完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分 30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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

   Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen   36   his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but   37   for a glance.

   One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,   38   in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he   39   the old gardener was blind.   40   , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t   41   in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you   42   reasons. First I was a   43   when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can   44  them. Third,I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s   45  .

    “Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man   46   .

   “Yeah, it’s   47   that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never   48   them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good   49   . In the meantime, it also   50   a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

    The old man’s   51   astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and  52  them as a link of minds so as to make   53   enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

   I believe every flower has   54  with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though   55  to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

36. A. loving        B. watering       C. tending      D. planting

37. A. stop        B. stay           C. live         D. run

38. A. kept          B. dropped        C. fallen           D. lost

39. A. realized       B. noticed         C. felt            D. thought

40. A. Excited       B. Frightened       C. Shocked       D. Satisfied

41. A. feel           B. see              C.hear            D.eat

42. A. one          B. two            C. three          D. four

43. A. gardener      B. teacher         C. farmer        D. painter

 44. A. taste          B. plant           C. touch         D. appreciate

 45. A. it            B. me             C. them          D. you

 46. A. with pleasure   B. in surprise       C. with hope     D. in anger

 47. A. true           B. possible        C. a pity         D. a shame

 48. A. put            B. turn           C. get           D. knock

 49. A. mind          B. life            C. future         D. mood

 50. A. introduces      B. offers          C. stands        D. leaves

 51. A. words         B. behavior        C. story         D. attitudes

 52. A. treats          B. acts           C. works         D. serves

 53. A. anybody       B. somebody       C. everybody     D. nobody

 54. A. ears           B. soul            C. eyes         D. heart

 55. A. refusing       B. trying          C. pretending     D. failing

Geniuses amaze us, impress us and make us all a little jealous.How do they differ from the average person? Scientists are working hard to figure out that answer.Tune in to the National Geographic Channel to find out about the discoveries they’re making in the series My Brilliant Brain.

When Marc Yu was only two years old, he began to play the piano.After a year, he started learning pieces by Beethoven.Now he’s a world-famous concert pianist at age eight.He learns newer and more difficult pieces with ease and can identify any note he hears.He seems to be specially designed for music.In Born Genius, National Geographic looks at the science behind child prodigies (神童) to explain why some children seem to be born without limits.

Genius didn’t come naturally to Tommy McHugh.His came only after he nearly died from bleeding in his brain.After recovering, McHugh’s head was filled with new thoughts and pictures.So, he began to express them in the form of poetry and art.Now, he’s a seemingly unstoppable creative machine.Sufferers of autism and brain injury have shown that great mental ability can sometimes come from damage or disease.Accidental Genius explores this puzzling relationship.

Can normal people be trained to be geniuses? Susan Polger has shown no signs of extraordinary intelligence.Yet, during her childhood, she studied thousands of chess patterns and learned to recognize them immediately.As a result, she was able to beat skilled adult players by age 10 and can now play up to five games at the same time without even seeing the boards.Make Me a Genius examines what it takes to turn an ordinary brain into that of a genius.

If becoming a genius were easy, we’d all be one.Yet, there is much more to super intelligence than simply being born lucky.Learn more about amazing brains this month on National Geographic’s My Brilliant Brain.

51.My Brilliant Brains is most probably from _______.

       A.a website            B.the radio                C.a magazine           D.a newspaper

52.The author takes Marc Yu as an example to show that a child prodigy is        .

       A.a person who learns something easily

       B.a child who is eager to learn new things

       C.a student who practices an instrument a lot

       D.a kid who works hard to do well in school

53.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

       A.New things about the brain are still being discovered.

       B.People without natural abilities can learn to do things well.

       C.Some people naturally have more active brains.

       D.People are usually smarter when they recover from brain injury.

54.From the passage, we know that ___________

       A.scientists completely understand the brain

       B.people can only be born as geniuses

       C.there’s no such thing as a true genius

       D.there are many factors in being a genius

55.The author develops the passage mainly by ___________.

       A.providing typical examples

       B.following the natural time order

       C.presenting a cause and analyzing its effects

       D.comparing opinions from different scientists

When the school year starts, it can be difficult to get up early.After a few early mornings, extreme tiredness might make you feel like you’re going to fall over.The amazing thing is that you probably manage to stay awake all day long and into the night.But how?

A chemical in the brain called dopamine(多巴胺)might be part of the answer.According to new research, dopamine is what keeps people who don’t get enough sleep from conking out.The chemical also has a complicated influence on your ability to think and learn when you don’t get enough sleep.

To study sleep loss and its effect on the brain, scientists rounded up 15 healthy volunteers.The scientists tested each person’s memory and ability to pay attention twice: once after a good night’s sleep and once after being kept up all night long.During the tests, the scientists measured levels of dopamine in the brains of the volunteers.

The results showed that when the volunteers stayed up all night, dopamine levels increased in the brain.Higher levels of dopamine kept the volunteers awake even though they felt tired.Some people are amazingly able to think clearly and react quickly, even when they haven’t had much sleep.Other people have a really hard time paying attention when tired, and their reactions are slow.All of these may be related to the dopamine levels.However, the researchers found that higher levels of dopamine don’t remove the trouble that people have thinking and learning while sleep-deprived (缺乏睡眠的).

55.The underlined phrase “conking out” in the second paragraph probably means      .

       A.staying awake        B.falling asleep         C.paying attention     D.falling over

56.With a higher level of dopamine, one      .

       A.will not dream dreams at night               B.may have trouble in falling asleep

       C.can still stay awake after staying up           D.can do better in learning and working

57.We can infer from the last paragraph that         .

       A.not all people can react quickly after they stay up late

       B.dopamine in our brain does not work when we are sleeping

       C.lack of sleep has no influence on one’s learning and thinking ability

       D.the higher the dopamine levels are, the less quickly one reacts

58.The passage is developed by         .

       A.setting up a point and discussing it

       B.giving examples and drawing a conclusion

       C.pointing out similarities and differences  

      D.showing a fact and explaining the cause

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