完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从短文后所给的四个选项(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。

I was 15 when I walked into McCarley' s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at  36  on the shelves, the man behind the counter,  37 , asked if I'd like  38 . I needed to start saving for college, so I said yes. I  39  after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped  40  my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college; I was a hotel maid and 41 made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most  42 .

One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost  43  we had at that time 44 and found other books we could order. She left the store less  45 .I've always remembered the pride I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a  46  in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born  47  his fingers connected, weblike. His family could not afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in      48 , hiding his hand in his pocket.

I  49  my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the  50  for free.

I visited the boy in the  51  room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you." I felt a sense of  52 .

In the past, while I was  53  ,I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it's the  54 . NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the  55 , helping them make sense of the world.

36. A. maps                    B. articles                           C. titles                                    D. reports

37. A. the reader           B. the shop owner         C. the college student        D. the customer

38. A. a book                  B. any help                        C. some tea                           D. a job

39. A. worked                  B. studied                         C. cooked                               D. read 

40. A. fit for                    B. pay for                          C. run for                                D. enter for

41. A. even                       B. yet                                 C. so                                          D. still

42. A. boring                   B. surprising                    C. disappointing                     D. satisfying

43. A. anything              B. something                   C. everything                          D. nothing

44. A. in need                 B. in all                              C. in store                                D. in order

45. A. satisfied                B. worried                           C. excited  D. puzzled

46. A. doctor                  B. store owner                C. TV reporter                        D. bookseller

47. A. with                        B. in                                     C. by                                        D. for

48. A. honour                   B. shame                           C. horror                                 D. danger

49. A. advised                B. forced                           C. permitted                           D. persuaded

50. A. operation              B. program                      C. treatment                         D. action

51. A. waiting                 B. operation                               C. reading                              D. recovery

52. A. sadness                 B. pleasure                        C. interest                        D. disappointment

53. A. at McCarley's Bookstore                                   B. in the Students Union

C. at the U. S. Forest Service                            D. at the TV station

54. A. difference            B. usual                             C. same                                    D. request

55. A. readers                B. passengers                  C. customers                         D. viewers

 “High income is not as good as high age ,and high age is not as good as high spirits.”

Generally speaking , the rich are happier because money can purchase goods and services and it is the consumption(消费) of these materials that increases one’s enjoyment of life . Especially nowadays , money seems to be one thing that drives the people around . “Human beings live for money while birds die for food.”—a well-known Chinese saying is quite quotable(适宜引用的)to interpret the present society. Some people try every means to make money at the expense of others interests . These people harm others to benefit themselves. They think the more money they make , the happier they will be.

In addition to money, people’s happiness was affected by other factors. High age is what many Chinese are dreaming of . Longevity(长寿) is the very term that the people often use to pray for their dears and elders. So there are many books and theories that introduce the way of living longer. Dancing , jogging , dieting , even singing and shouting together are said to do good to one’s health.

Nevertheless , some people think that high spirits is vital to the quality of one’s life . If you are in high spirits , you’ll find everything pleasing and comfortable in life: warm sunshine , blue sky, white clouds , happy birds ,comfortable breeze , sweet smiles ,and so on . You seem to have the friends across the world. Your life will be happy at every moment. You will have a good health and can make more money if you live longer.

In one word , let’s keep ourselves in high spirits , thus we could keep longevity and make considerable money at the same time.

63.The rich are happier because        .

A. they have the hobby of saving money.

B. they can gain all the things in the world

C. they help the poor by giving them a lot of money

D. the consumption can increase their enjoyment of life

64.What does the Chinese saying“Human beings live for money while birds die for food” tell us?

A. It tells us that people try every means to make money at the expense of everything.

B. It tells us that the more money people make ,the longer they will live.

C. It tells us that to live is to make more money.

D. It tells us that people will die for making more money, just as birds die for food.

65.The author thinks that       is the most important.

A. high income    B. high age    C. high spirits    D. the quality of one’s life.

 “Yes, madam, your husband ran into some trouble,” he replied. “They were caught in a heavy storm.” .Storms often cause trouble. When I was a baby, Dad had to spend long weeks at sea as a fisherman. One day, I suddenly began to cry loudly. No matter how Mom comforted me, I just kept crying. Mom felt uneasy. A feeling told her that something bad would happen. Then a word hit her----“Mayday”. Mom called the Coast Guard, asking the man on duty about my Dad and his ship.

Father and his crew radioed for help when water started pouring in his ship. We flew out there about an hour ago and dropped them a pump. “Take it easy. He will be back soon.” “What if the pump doesn’t work?” Mom questioned. “You should do another fly-over.” The man tried to comfort Mom, “He must be all right now, Mrs Hemingway, or we would have heard a radio signal from him.” “You haven’t got a Mayday?” “No, but we will let you know if we hear the radio signal.” Mom hung up.

I remained crying. Mom called the Coast Guard again. Finally, they said they would send out a rescue plane.

At midnight the phone rang. It was the Coast Guard. They had found my father and all his crew floating in sea 15miles off Jamaica. Dad’s ship had sunk, but fortunately all were safe.

“The pump they dropped didn’t work fast enough,” Dad said. “I radioed a Mayday, but I couldn’t get through.”

Dad didn’t get through to the Coast Guard because of the storm, but he got through to us. Really, there is something that can’t be seen but exists, as is said but can’t be explained, between us, the families. 

55. The underlined word “Mayday” in the first paragraph probably means “_________”.

A. a radio program                                         B. the signal for help   

C. the holiday in May                                            D. a sign of feeling sick

56. Why did the man on duty say the author’s father would return soon?

   A. The pump they dropped was of high quality.

   B. The author’s father called him and told him so.

   C. The plane waited until the pump worked.

   D. He thought no news was good news.

57. We can infer from the text that _________.

A. the man on duty in the Coast Guard was careless

   B. the plane failed to find the ship which was in danger

C. the author’s father was in charge of the ship

   D. the pump saved the author’s father finally

58. What may be the explanation for the author’s (as a baby) crying?

A. He might feel hungry in the evening

B. He might see something terrible in the room.

C. He might be afraid when left alone in room

D. He might have a feeling of uneasiness.

H

Why is there no risk to the customer when a bank prints the customer’s name to his cheques?

When anyone opens a current account at a bank, he is lending the bank money, repayment of which he may demand at any time, either in cash or by drawing a check in favor of another person. Primarily, the bank-customer’s account is in credit or overdrawn. But, in addition to that basically simple concept, the bank and its customer owe a large number of obligations(义务) to one another. Many of these obligations can give rise to problems but a bank customer, unlike, say, a buyer of goods, cannot complain that the law is loaded against him.

The bank must obey its customer’s instructions, and not those of anyone else. When, for example, a customer first opens an account, he instructs the bank to debit(把......记入借方) his account only in respect of checks drawn by himself. He gives the bank specimens(标本) of his signature, and there is a very firm rule that the bank has no right to pay out a customer’s money on a check on which its customer’s signature has been forged(伪造). It makes no difference that the forgery may have been a very skillful one: the bank must recognize its customer’s signature. For this reason there is no risk to the customer in the practice, adopted by banks, of printing the customer’s name on his checks. If this helps forgery, it is the bank which will lose, not the customer.

1. When you have a bank account, you ___

must always be in credit

can’t draw any money if you’re overdrawn

can draw money without notice

can’t pay money to anyone else

2. One of the obligations a bank has to a customer_____

is that it can’t take instructions from other people

is that it can avoid complications and problems

it must pay money to the customer even if he is seriously overdrawn

it must print the customer’s signature

3. The underlined part “the law is loaded against him” in the second paragraph is most likely to mean_____

the law is not of his interest

the law is unfavorable to him

the law is not in favor of him

the law is not in his honor

4. If someone forged your signature and drew money from your account___

the bank would always pay money to the forger

the bank wouldn’t lose any money

you wouldn’t lose any money

you wouldn’t lose your money

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