第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项

Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more  36  and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which came from the printed papers  37  on streets. These printed things  38  newspapers but have hardly anything to do with  39  , you can only find reading materials badly made up there—— some are too strange for anyone to 40 ; others are frightening stories of something  41 .However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such 42  reading, which 43   them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares(恶梦)and immoral(邪恶的)ideas in 44  . Homework was left  45  ; daily games lost.

  These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers,  46  they are, we never know, are  47  their silent money.

  The sheep - skinned wolf’s story seems to have been forgotten once again. Why not  48  this kind of thing? Yes, both teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers.  49  , the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it.  50   you may even find out several children, driven by the curious nature,  51   one patched paper, which has traveled from hand to hand.

  It really does 52   to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The 53  teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young  54  need more interesting books to help them  55  those ugly papers.

  36.A. writers      B. readers     C. students      D. teachers

  37.A. sold        B. printed     C. put          D. found

  38.A. work out    B. look like    C. act as        D. depend on

  39.A. them       B. children     C. young people  D. it

  40.A. think      B. believe      C. know        D. understand

  41.A. still worse   B. even better   C. very good    D. more important

  42.A. wonderful   B. interesting   C. useful        D. poisonous

  43.A. spends     B. costs        C. pays         D. takes

  44.A. sight       B. common     C. return       D. use

  45.A. unknown   B. much        C. less         D. undone

  46.A. what       B. whoever     C. whatever     D. who

  47.A. making     B. spending     C. wasting      D. using

  48.A. forbid      B. separate      C. leave        D.forget

  49.A. Luckily     B. Unfortunately C. Badly        D. Happily

  50.A. Always     B. Hardly       C. Sometimes   D. Seldom

  51.A. share       B. get          C. hold        D. take

  52.A. good       B. favor        C. wrong       D. harm

  53.A. puzzled     B. surprised     C. disappointed  D. worried

  54.A. teachers     B. parents      C. readers       D. writers

  55.A. come into   B. break down   C. get rid of     D. get of

About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and — WHUMP! — it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH...!!!! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what are you doing?!" Building up a head of steam, he went on. “That’s my new car.  That brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?"

"Please, mister, please....I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do!" begged the boy. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!" Tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. "It’s my brother, mister," he said. "He rolled of the curb (路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up. "Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman," Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.”

Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow (咽下) the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to the black, shining Jaguar XKE — a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (凹痕) to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.

57. The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because ____________.

A. the businessman drove at a high speed                   B. he envied the new car very much

C. he wanted to ask for some money                         D. he wanted to get help from the driver

58. Which of the following is the right order of the story?

a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.  b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.

c. The younger brother begged Josh for help. 

d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.   e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.

A.b, a, e, c, d        B. a, c, d, b, e           C. b, a, c, e, d    D. a, c, b, e, d

59. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Josh would accept the money from the kids.          B. The two kids were Josh’s neighbors.

C. Josh was a kind-hearted man.                               D. Josh’s new car broke down easily.

60. According to the passage, the underlined sentence in the last paragraph means ____________.

A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life

B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous

C. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble

D. protecting oneself from being hurt

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每题2分,满分40分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life.The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle(抽奖) when he was 25 years old.But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery(彩票) game.To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on.The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X.If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables(变量) is going to be greater.So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money.

Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables.One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours.The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period.This was a tough decision.

Finally, Sam flipped a coin.It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager.He picked right.The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times.Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000.Sam dreamily left the lottery studio.Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.

Sam is slowly getting better.He was in the hospital for a month.His hospital bill was $110,000.And the insurance company for the little sports car’s owner sued(起诉)Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs.Also, Sam still has to pay federal taxes on his winnings.Sam doesn’t play the state lottery any more.He says it’s better to be unlucky.

56.What can be inferred about Sam from the passage?

      A.He always has bad luck.             B.He seldom goes to a raffle.

       C.He is a very careful person in life.     D.He used to be crazy about lottery tickets.

57.Which of the following played a vital role in Sam’s winning the big prize?

       A.The cube. B.The coin.  C.The blanket.     D.The stop sign.

58.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

       A.The lottery game was a complete lie.

       B.Sam was quite familiar with the boy.

       C.The owner of the car is now in hospital.

       D.Sam will have none of the prize money left.

59.What could be the best title for the passage?

      A.Curiosity killed the cat       B.Joy puts heart into a man

       C.Extreme joy ends in sorrow    D.A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

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