完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,撑握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was the time when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication. A young man  36  for a job as a Morse Code(摩尔斯电码)operator.

Having answered an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that was  37  .When he arrived, he entered a large, busy   38   filled with noise and clatter, including the sound of the telegraph in the background. A   39   on the wall told job applicants to fill out a form and wait until they were   40   to enter the inner office. The young man filled out his form and sat down with the seven  41  applicants in the waiting area.   42  a few minutes, the young man stood up suddenly,   43    the room to the door of the inner office, and walked right in.   44   the other applicants came alive, wondering what was   45   . They whispered among themselves that they hadn’t been told to come yet and thought that the young man made a   46   and wouldn’t be accepted.

   47  , when the employer went out of the office with the young man, he said to the other applicants , “Gentlemen, thank you very much for coming, but the   48   has just been filled .”

The other applicants began   49   and one of them   50   , “Wait a minute, I don’t understand. He was the   51   to come in, and we never even got a chance to be   52   . Yet he got the job. That’s not fair!”

The employer said, “I’m sorry, but   53   you’ve been sitting here, the telegraph has been  54  the following message in Morse Code: If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours.  55  of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. The job is his.”

36. A. allowed                B. applied               C. cared                            D. stood

37. A. listed                      B. proved                 C. named                          D. formed

38. A. market                  B. school                  C. office                             D. clinic

39. A. letter                     B. book                     C. mirror                           D. sign

40. A. persuaded             B. refused               C. forced                           D. ordered

41. A. another                 B. other                   C. others                           D. else

42. A. Since                      B. Before                 C. After                             D. For

43. A. tied                         B. left                       C. crossed                        D. cleaned

44. A. Surprisingly          B. Strangely            C. Regularly            D. Naturally

45. A. going on                B. going for             C. set aside                      D. set up

46. A. difference             B. mistake               C. decision                      D. point

47. A. Therefore             B. However             C. Otherwise                   D. Moreover

48. A. job                          B. room                    C. seat                               D. gap

49. A. working                 B. cheering             C. complaining                D. hesitating

50. A. spoke aloud          B. carried out        C. asked for                      D. told of

51. A .first                        B. best                     C. worse                           D. last

52. A. checked                 B. interviewed       C. informed                      D. invited

53. A. at times                B. all the time        C. ahead of time             D. at one time

54. A. ticking out            B. knocking out      C. pointing out                D. showing out

55. A. Some                      B. None                    C. Any                                D. Each

                                  C

She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.

The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre museum(卢浮宫博物馆)where it is housed.

“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed the changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state.

Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision(视觉)is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”

However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.

In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.

During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.

Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.

63. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means the Mona Lisa ________.

       A. is losing its value                              B. is being damaged after so many years

       C. is getting more valuable with years passing     D. will rot away

64. Experts haven’t any repairs on the Mona Lisa because______.

    A.it is now in a poor chemical state

 B. they don’t know how to replace the wooden panel

 C .they don’t have the materials Da Vinci used

 D. they are afraid it will be done further damage.

65. The smile of the Mona Lisa can only be seen_______.

       A. by indirect vision      B. at a distance       C. by direct vision         D. in shadows

66. From the last paragraph, we can infer that______.

A. many interesting stories have been written about the Mona Lisa

B. people are interested in the stories about the Mona Lisa.

C. some mysteries still remain to be solved about the Mona Lisa.

D. Many more stories will be told about the Mona Lisa.

阅读表达。阅读下面的短文,并根据文章后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求)

A poet is in his words

The writings of William Shakespeare are today little read by young people in Britian. His young readership is limited to those who choose to study literature at university.

 Still, in British schools, ____________ to study the poet, and when something is made compulsory, usually the result is boredom, resentment or both. Shakespeare, Chareles Dickens, Jane Austen-for many of the young, reading them can seem like being forced to eat medicine, especially when people are at an age when they are beginning to discover themselves and wanting to claim their independence.

 This was my experience of the classics at school. But when I reached my late teenage years, I had a change of heart. Like every other young person since the dawn of time, the world confused me. I wanted answers, so I turned to books to find them.

 I went on to take a PhD in literature and have taught the subject in universities in Britain and China. I have never regretted it. There is something in literature that people want, even if they don’t read books.

 You see this in the popularity of TV and movie adaptations of great works, the recent film version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice being a case in point. These popular adaptations may help increase people’s interest in the classic.

 Reading a simplified Romeo and Juliet may perhaps lead to a reading of Shakespeare’s actual play. If that is the case then I welcome the trend. But do not make the mistake of thinking that it is the same thing. Shakespeare is a poet and his greatness is in his language. Reading someone else’s rewriting of his work is like peeling (剥皮) a banana, throwing away the fruit, and eating the skin. Take on the original. It really is worth the effort.                                                                             

Find a sentence from the text which can explain the title.

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Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words to complete the sentence. (within 5 words)

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Why are the adaptations of great works popular?

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Do you think it necessary to read the original? Why? (within 30 words)

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Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

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