题目内容
One town of eleven hundred people took part in an experiment run by a watch company. The firm wanted to learn how much people needed clocks and watches. For two days and nights no one used a timepiece. The people "parked" their watches. All public clocks were covered with plastic or cardboard. No church bells chimed. And the fire whistle that usually blew at noon was silent.
A blast on the fire whistle marked the end of the experiment. The experts talked to 167 townsfolk. The people said they had become fretful and nervous when they didn't know the real (clock) time. Many weren't sure whether they were hungry or not.
1. The experiment was run by_______.
A. the town B. the fire brigade C. a watch company D. the local church
2. The experiment lasted__________.
A. a day B. a day and a night C. two days D. two days and nights
3. Church bells were not allowed to ring because_________.
A. they could chime the hoursB. they might awaken people
C.the project had to be silent D.the people were nervous
4. The signal that ended the experiment was ________.
A. a church bell ringing B. a whistle blast
C. the town clock chiming D. the removal of the covers
5.After the experiment the experts questioned________.
A. everyone taking part B. a certain number of people
C. those who had had to work D. workers on an eight-hour shift
6.Living without clocks had made the people_______.
A.fretful and nervous B. hungry and thirsty
C.eager to buy watches D. early for work
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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。
When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and 4them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and 6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that evening said that he 8 immediately.
Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were 10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them. 12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor. Another officer who 15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose 16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."
"Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly 21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming 23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one 25 you attack(攻击)?"
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(1) |
A. In spite of |
B. Because of |
C. For |
D. To |
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(2) |
A. always |
B. seldom |
C. forever |
D. sometimes |
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(3) |
A. As |
B. Where |
C. Wherever |
D. Whenever |
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(4) |
A. meet with |
B. deal with |
C. meet |
D. judge |
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(5) |
A. about |
B. from |
C. in |
D. of |
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(6) |
A. was breaking |
B. would break |
C. had broken into |
D. was breaking in |
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(7) |
A. charging |
B. charged by |
C. in charge of |
D.in charge from |
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(8) |
A. was leaving |
B. is coming |
C. will leave |
D. would come |
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(9) |
A. would go |
B. need come |
C. dared come |
D. had to go |
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(10) |
A. very |
B. very much |
C. heavily |
D. much more |
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(11) |
A. the biggest |
B. a much bigger |
C. a bigger |
D. a big |
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(12) |
A. In fact |
B. But |
C. So |
D. And |
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(13) |
A. strong-looking |
B. weakest-looking |
C. stronger-looking |
D. strongest-looking |
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(14) |
A. seize |
B. caught |
C. get rid of |
D. deal |
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(15) |
A. was |
B. had been |
C. would be |
D. happened to be |
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(16) |
A. such an |
B. so a |
C. such a |
D. a such |
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(17) |
A. Yet |
B. But |
C. So |
D. Then |
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(18) |
A. don't |
B. didn't |
C. can't |
D. do |
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(19) |
A. had got drunk |
B. is drunk |
C. is drinking |
D. drank |
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(20) |
A. all |
B. very |
C. too |
D. quite |
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(21) |
A. how |
B. what |
C. why |
D. that |
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(22) |
A. will carry |
B. take |
C. am taking |
D. am holding |
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(23) |
A. up |
B. at |
C. onto |
D. towards |
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(24) |
A. not smaller than |
B. as big as |
C. as small as |
D. much smaller than |
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(25) |
A. would |
B. will |
C. shall |
D. can |
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完形填空
Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have ever 1 a place once, they will be able to find it again years 2 .
I am one of those unfortunate people who have a very 3 sense of direction and I may have visited a place time and time but I still manage to get 4 on my way there.
When I was young I was so 5 that I never dared ask complete strangers the 6 and so I used to walk round in 7 and hope that by some chance I would 8 to the place I was heading for.
Now I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive 9 that puzzle(使迷惑) me.Often people do not like to admit that they do not 10 their home town and will insist on telling you the way 11 they do not know it; others, who are anxious to 12 that they know their home town very well, will give you a long 13 of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember; and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the 14 direction to that in which you should be going.
If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere, I always pretend to be a 15 to the town in order to avoid(避免) giving them 16 directions, but even this can have embarrassing(令人窘迫的) results.
Once I was on my way to work when I was 17 by a man who asked me 18 I would direct him to the Sunlight Building.I gave my 19 reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I 20 that he had asked for directions to my office building.
However, it was too 21 to turn back and search him out of the crowd 22 me, for I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to 23 him waiting.
How embarrassed I was when my secretary 24 in the very man who had asked for directions to my 25 !
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| A.known | B.seen | C.visited | D.searched |
| 2. | |||
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| A.ago | B.before | C.old | D.later |
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| A.fine | B.poor | C.distant | D.good |
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| A.lost | B.done | C.there | D.it |
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| A.sure | B.proud | C.sky | D.nervous |
| 6. | |||
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| A.road | B.way | C.street | D.road |
| 7. | |||
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[ ] |
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| A.turn | B.time | C.public | D.circles |
| 8. | |||
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| A.get | B.come | C.go | D.return |
| 9. | |||
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| A.advice | B.information | C.replies | D.messages |
| 10. | |||
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| A.like | B.know | C.understand | D.remember |
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| A.because | B.when | C.if | D.even if |
| 12. | |||
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| A.say | B.explain | C.teach | D.prove |
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| A.talk | B.line | C.way | D.list |
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| A.opposite | B.other | C.same | D.exact |
| 15. | |||
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| A.guide | B.stranger | C.fool | D.visitor |
| 16. | |||
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| A.different | B.many | C.difficult | D.wrong |
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| A.met | B.found | C.stopped | D.admired |
| 18. | |||
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| A.where | B.how | C.why | D.if |
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| A.usual | B.known | C.common | D.same |
| 20. | |||
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| A.realized | B.recognized | C.believed | D.considered |
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| A.impossible | B.slow | C.late | D.impolite |
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| A.in front of | B.behind | C.around | D.over |
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| A.hear | B.see | C.keep | D.stop |
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| A.showed | B.take | C.call | D.hand |
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| A.house | B.office building | C.secretary | D.position |