题目内容
.____me that you choose,so long as you finish the job on time.
A.It isn’t a matter to me what B.What doesn’t matter is that
C.It doesn’t matter to me which D.No matter which
C
完形填空(共20小题;每小题l 5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After winning a big game,athletes are often asked how they feel.Usually athletes say how 21 it is to win this big game.On the contrary,the fact is that losing a big game,or in my case,all the games,can be even harder.
From the spectators’ point of view,last year’s basketball 22 for my high school team was nothing 23 of an embarrassment.And 24 0—20 is certainly nothing to be proud of,that season had a bigger impact on me than any other.As a team captain,I knew it probably wouldn’t be the 25 year,but did I ever think we would lose every game?Of course not.Since six of our top players had graduated,it was clear that we were a (n) 26 team who would struggle.The struggle began earlier than expected, 27 ,as our team center was suspended (禁赛) for the season,and two key members decided to 28 for some reason.At this point,dropping out probably passed through every player’s mind,but in the end,we all stuck it out, 29 to work still harder.
Then there came a time when even our 30 had given up on us.Personally,I felt like it was 31 worthwhile giving my all.I thought,if even the coach doesn’t believe in us,why should I?But just as my hope began to 32 ,a teammate called a meeting.He said,“Nobody thinks we are going to win,but,as teammates and friends,we 33 it to each other to go all out every game.”
It was that moment that 34 me how to be a leader.It hit me that I certainly didn’t 35 the role.As a leader you can never quit 36 the team who looks up to you.It is one 37 to be named captain,feel great and go through the motions,but it is quite another to be a real captain and make sure everyone realizes their full 38 all the time.
I am sure it is great to go through without losing and bringing home awards.But in all honesty,I 39 the fact that my team lost every game last year.It may not help me to become a better basketball player,but it already has made me a better leader,and 40 .
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There was a park near my home. But I didn’t go there very often. Many people said there was nothing special. One afternoon I went into the park and found it was really small. I walked quickly because there wasn’t much to see. I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths. 71 I found that the two paths were different from each other.
The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren’t very beautiful, they made me feel good. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. The path didn’t look nice. 72 Grass grew everywhere. For a long time I couldn’t make up my mind.
73 It wasn’t nice , but I didn’t want to give up. At last, I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen. 74
Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now I’d like to tell them that if they had followed the right way, they would have felt differently. But when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didn’t believe me. They couldn’t even remember that path because it was so small.
75 Don’t be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!
| A.There is nothing that I want to see. |
| B.It looked like it had not been cleaned for months. |
| C.After a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path. |
| D.“ Which way should I go?” I asked myself. I looked at one way, then the other. |
F. My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life.
G. There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the nicest part of the park.
I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke(唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is ,because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
【小题1】By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that ______.
| A.she uses English in foreign trade | B.she is fascinated by languages |
| C.she works as a translator | D.she is a writer by profession |
| A.impolite | B.amusing | C.imperfect | D.practical |
| A.Americans do not understand broken English. |
| B.The author’s mother was not respected sometimes. |
| C.The author’ mother had positive influence on her. |
| D.Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. |
| A.well structured | B.in the old style |
| C.easy to translate | D.rich in meaning |
| A.The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English. |
| B.The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother. |
| C.The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English. |
| D.The author’s experiences of using broken English. |
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect example of Chinglish.
Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a ruled English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting. I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not convince me at all. So I did a research on google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages containing “Long time no see.” This sentence has been widely used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible places. Though it is sort of informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. Ironically, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.
Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully created a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan likes to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, “Long time no see” became a popular phrase in the real world with thanks to the popularity of these movies.
Some scholars refer to America as a huge pot of stew. All kinds of culture are mixed in the stew together, and they change the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic(少数民族的成员) group in the United States, is also contributing some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be influenced in the mixed stew.
You can have some other examples than adoptions from Chinese, such as pizza from Italian, susi from Japanese, and déjà vu from French etc. There is a long list! Americans do not just simply borrow something from others. They will modify it and make it their own, so you would not be surprised to find a tofu and peanut butter hamburger in a restaurant, or to buy a bottle of iced Chinese green tea with honey in a grocery store. Since Americans appreciate Chinese culture more and more nowadays, I believe more Chinese words will become American English in the future. In this way the American stew keeps adding richness and flavor.
【小题1】The writer himself felt surprised at ______.
| A.the Chinglish expression “Long time no see” |
| B.“Long time no see” used as standard American English |
| C.so many literal translation of the expressions used in America |
| D.finding out Americans use the expression every day |
| A.mixture literature | B.Confucius’ words |
| C.a kind of cooked dish | D.American changing cultures |
A. detectives translate the phrase “Long time no see”
B. Hollywood made “Long time no see” popular
B. “Long time no see” used as standard American English
D. cultures can be changed in the huge pot of stew
【小题4】The main idea of the passage is that ______.
| A.some Chinese expressions are introduced into English |
| B.you’ll not be surprised at a tofu in a restaurant in America |
| C.some American expressions can be used in China |
| D.American English keep being enriched from different cultures |
| A.Informal language sometimes doesn’t go with grammar and structure. |
| B.Languages are always ruled by grammar and structure. |
| C.Long time no see” has been used in at least four media mentioned in the passage. |
| D.There are four languages mentioned to be adopted in the American stew. |
I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a big company. I told him honestly that the principal reason that I was interviewing with them was my need to keep my family in Boston. My wife had recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some pain for my 16-year-old daughter and me. It was important to me to keep her present high school.
Bruce, the interviewer, was politely kind, but he didn't search any further. He acknowledged(承认) my loss and, with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of interviews, Bruce took me to lunch with another manager. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he had lost his wife. And, like me, he had also been married 20 years and had 3 children. I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had and it was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a loved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, should I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call. Whether I got the job or not, he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help.
From that one act of kindness, when he had no idea if we could ever see each other again, he helped our family deal with one of life's greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview process into an act of earing and supporting for another person in a time of extreme need.
【小题1】According to the passage, the interviewer, Bruce, was very .
| A.generous | B.kind | C.happy | D.mean |
| A.main | B.unimportant | C.necessary | D.possible |
| A.the writer didn't get the job in the company |
| B.Bruce made the writer pass the interview |
| C.another manager also lost his wife |
| D.the business interview was cold |
| A.The writer's daughter was studying in Boston at that time. |
| B.Both the writer and the interviewer experienced the same pain. |
| C.Bruce was a senior manager of a big firm. |
| D.Bruce wanted to make Mends with him because he gave him his business card and home phone number. |