完形填空 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

"I am going to have a dance performance tonight." Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I hope you'll come. ” She left   31    , disappearing in the throngs of people quickly.

I could hardly believe my ears, for Mary was a quite ordinary girl. I had never seen her   32  or wearing attractive clothes, moreover, she always wore her big black-frame glasses.

I arrived at the hall with the ticket, and found my seat. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would suffer from a hard time before her   33   , for I had no   34   of art, but her performance was worth  35 , no matter how long I would wait for. Time went slowly, I                                36    not to fall asleep.

Finally it came Mary’s turn. I opened my eyes as large as possible,   37    to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the glorious stage. Her dress went well with the brilliant lights. I could feel all the audience in the hall   38   their eyes on her and it was also   39    for me to remove my sights from her.    40     with a charming smile, she looked like a pretty butterfly flying on the splendid     41   . After all the performances ended, I waited for her at the gate.

"Hi!" She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and dressed as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen. I expressed     42   to her. "I knew it would be wonderful." She could not hide her    43   , laughing like a child. Her crystal shoes were shinning in the wonderful    44    night. Suddenly I    45     that every girl has a pair of special shoes like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

A. hurriedly      B. worriedly        C. surprisedly      D. contentedly

A. taking up      B. making up        C. coming up        D. getting up

 A. time         B. chance           C. turn         D. occasion

 A. request       B. need         C. use          D. sense

A. watching       B. reading      C. listening        D. looking

 A. handled       B. dealt            C. fought           D. struggled

 A. fearing       B. wishing      C. wondering        D. ordering

A. attended       B. absorbed     C. fixed            D. pointed

A. right          B. easy         C. wrong            D. hard

A. Singing        B. Practising       C. Playing      D. Dancing

A. stage           B. hall         C. house            D. gate

A. thanks     B. wishes           C. congratulations  D. apologies

A. sadness        B. excitement       C. enjoyment        D. eagerness

A. starry         B. rainy            C. cloudy           D. stormy

 A. thought       B. realized     C. expected     D. supposed

The Man behind Blue Jeans

Levi Strauss was born in 1829 in Bavaria, Germany. He was the fifth of six children. His father sold dry goods from door to door. (Dry goods include many different things: fabric, thread, scissors, combs, buttons, yarn, etc.)

In 1845, his father died. All six children decided to go to the United States. Two of Strauss’ bothers started a dry goods company in New York City. Strauss’ sister Fanny and her husband started a similar business in San Francisco. Strauss decided to go to the southeastern part of the United States. For eight years, he walked along the country roads selling dry goods from door to door –just like his father in Bavaria.

In 1853, Strauss decided to move to San Francisco. (At that time, thousands of people traveled to California to look for gold.) On the way to California, Strauss sold almost all of his dry goods. He had only one thing left—some canvas.

In California, Strauss tried to sell the canvas to the gold miners. He said they could make tents from the canvas. But they weren’t interested in canvas for tents. Strauss didn’t know what to do with the canvas. Then, he had an idea. Strauss could see that the miners needed new pants. There were holes in their pants because the fabric wasn’t strong. He decided to make the canvas into pants. They called them “Levi’s”. Later, Strauss stopped using canvas and used a different fabric. It was a heavy cotton fabric—the same kind people wear today.

Levi Strauss died in 1902. He never married and left his money to his nephews. He left the world much more—the jeans that so many people wear.

________ isn’t a kind of dry goods.

 A. Thread    B. Gold    C. Comb    D. Yarn

What is canvas?

A. Tent.    B. Pants.    C. A very strong fabric.

D. Anything which is used to make all kinds of trousers.

Why did the miners call the pants “Levi’s”?

A. Because the pants belonged to Levi Strauss’ father

B. In memory of Levi Strauss’ father.          C. It’s the name of Levi’ Strauss’ nephew.

D. Because the pants are Levi’s invention.

Which of the following is NOT true about Levi Strauss?

A. He was born in Germany.     B. His parents had six children.

C. He had five children.        D. He died in 1902.

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