完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的(A、B、C和D)四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I-595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale, picking up rubbish. I paused to  36  the sweat off  my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky.“  37  can’t it rain?” I thought. That would   38  things down.

I thought about my  39  , who were probably sitting in an air-conditioned  40  right now. I’d had some problems in school,   41  my parents decided to let me  42  full-time with my dad, We both worked for my uncle, who had taken  43  of a maintenance(道路养护)company. It was up to us to keep the roads  44  of rubbish. The job was  45  and dirty, especially on hot days  46  this. I wondered why I ever agreed to do it.

We continued our  47  route along the I-595,   48  for the overpass bridge. Then I noticed an area where some  49  were broken on the ground. It wasn’t like that before.

“Dad! Pull over! I want to  50  something out.”

I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge. Something was telling me to  51  …there wasn’t much time.  52  I saw a Toyota that   53  upside down in the tree. Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody  54  there, I thought. Then, just at that   55  , I noticed something moving. It was a bloody leg poking out of the driver’s side window!

“Help!” a lady moaned.

36. A.wipe                   B.cut                                 C.put                                 D.send

37. A.When                 B.How                          C.Why                    D.Where

38. A.turn          B.keep                     C.make                    D.cool

39. A.parents    B.school-times     C.friends                          D.school yards

40. A.office     B.classroom           C.restaurant                   D.living room

41. A.but            B.or                                   C.for                                  D.so

42. A.work                  B.study                    C.stay                     D.spend

43. A.business  B.possession                   C.position              D.place

44. A.away                  B.from                     C.far                                  D.clear

45. A.easy                   B.lonely                            C.smelly                           D.noisy

46. A.for             B.like                                 C.after                     D.as

47. A.regular     B.common                 C.unusual                         D.normal

48. A.reaching  B.going                    C.looking                          D.heading

49. A.cars          B.bottles                          C.branches             D.glasses

50. A.check     B.help                          C.take                    D.bring

51. A.decide     B.hurry                    C.consider             D.stop

52. A.Above     B.Behind                          C.Ahead                           D.Below

53. A.hung                  B.trapped                        C.caught                          D.fell

54. A.stored     B.deserted                 C.lost                                D.hid

55. A.bridge     B.tree                     C.moment                  D.way

         April 22,2010 will be the 18th celebration of the annual Take Our Daugluers to Work Day (TOD), a project the National Ms.Foundation for Women of America (NFW) developed to expose girls to expanding opportunities for women in the workplace.

         The program offers, millions of girls a first - hand view of the many career opportunities available in their futures.Now that women make up 46 peroent of the U.S.workforce, girls can find role models in every occupational field-from politics to molecular biology to professional athletics, to name just a few.TOD encourages girls to focus on their abilities and opportunities, not just their appearance.

         The NFW developed the project more than a decade ago to address the self - esteem problems that many girls experience when they enter adolescence.At school, boys often receive more encouragement in the classroom, especially in math.science and computer science, the academic fields that tend to lead to the highest salaries.Women receive on average only 73 cents for every dollar that men are paid.and remain vastly underrepresented (数量不足) in top executive positions and technology fields.TOD aims to give girls the confidence and inspiration they need to develop successful careers, particularly in non-traditional fields.

         Perhaps because the program had become so widespread and successful, TOD had been criticized for excluding boys.and it was expanded in 2003to include boys.The program’s official website states that the program was changed in order to provide both boys and girls with opportunities to explore careers at an age when they are more flexible in tenns of gender stereotyped roles."We should also show boys that becoming a child care provider is as acceptable a choice as becoming a police officer or CEO," added Sara K.Gould.executive director of the NFW.

61.The purpose for having a Take Our Daughters to Work Day is ____

         A.to encourage girls to get top paying jobs                            ,

         B.to let girls spend more time with their mothers

         C.to show girls possibilities for work and careers

         D.to give girls a chance to visit their mothers' offices

62.Why are women underrepresented in some fields such as technology?

         A.They are not interested in these fields.

         B.They are not encouraged to work in these fields.

         C.They are not paid the same as men in these fields.

         D.They are not allowed to be educated in these fields.

63.TOD was criticized because some people ____.

         A.thought it was not fair to boys

         B.did not like having children at work

         C.did not have daughters to take to work

         D.would rather have their daughters stay at home

64.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

         A.Boys are now included on Take Our Daughters to Work Day.

         B.Women and men have always been treated equally at work.

         C.Homemaking and raising children are jobs for girls only.

         D.Girls grow up receiving more attention than boys.

65.What can we learn from Sara K.Gould's words?

         A.Boys are sometimes more careful and responsible than girls.

         B.It is most suitable for women to look after children at home.

         C.Aboy's life ambition should be to become an officer or CEO.

         D.It is also acceptable for boys to do what girls are supposed to.

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, “Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.” How right they were! Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!” when others shout, “No, you can’t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist(遗传学家)who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach(巴赫). As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As author and poet Samuel once wrote, “Years wrinkle(使生皱纹)the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power. Patricia Mallrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, “My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money.”

 If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can do it as a hobby. Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended her depression(抑郁)that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “I am persuaded to call Layton a genius.”

We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be.” We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses—finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow.

Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A. Enthusiasm can give you courage and strength in difficult times.

B. If you don’t have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing.

C. Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame

D. Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honor

The author mentions cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that ________.

A. music can arouse people’s enthusiasm

B. enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed

C. enthusiasm can make people feel young

D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy

How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?

A. Two.                   B. Three.                  C. Four.                D. Five.

The author holds the view that ________.

A. enthusiastic people will never get old

B. enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life

C. enthusiasm is more important than experience

D. enthusiasm can give people more success and fame

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