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。

When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My   36   took me by train or by car to a hotel by the   37  . All day, I seem to remember, I   38   on the sands with strange   39   children. We made houses and gardens, and   40   the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we   41   over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.

In those days the   42   seemed to shine always brightly   43   the water was always warm. Sometimes we  44   beach and walked in the country, exploring(搜寻) ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   45   in one’s pockets or good places where one could   46   ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   47   is much the same as it was. I   48   like the sun and warm sand and the sound of   49   beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   50   any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   51  , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I   52   what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am   53  . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   54   who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves   55   on too many ices creams.

1.A. teacher        B. parents     C. nurse           D. younger sister

2.A. sea           B. lake         C. mountain        D. river

3.A. played           B. slept       C. sat           D. stood

4.A. moving          B. exciting    C. anxious       D. nervous

5.A. made            B. brought     C. watched       D. heard

6.A. collected         B. jumped     C. turned         D. climbed

7.A. light             B. sun         C. moon          D. lamp

8.A. and              B. yet          C. but            D. or

9.A. left              B. came to      C. stood by       D. played by

10.A. sweets           B. sand         C. ice-creams    D. money

11.A. make            B. sell           C. buy           D. offer

12.A. house           B. holiday        C. garden        D. tide

13.A. hardly           B. almost        C. still            D. perhaps

14.A. waves           B. tides          C. hands          D. feet

15.A. destroy          B. fix            C. use             D. build

16.A. But              B. However      C. Otherwise       D. Besides

17.A. wonder          B. feel           C. understand     D. believe

18.A. strong           B. weak          C. young          D. old

19.A. children         B. boys           C. girls            D. grown-ups

20.A. happy           B. tired           C. sad             D. sick

 

When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable (痛苦的), Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe. Working in a bakery(面包房) when you are allergic to (对…过敏) flour can be painful.

    But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a businessman and he helped them improve production. At last his health problems became too serious. He left and formed his own company.

    With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery. They tried new recipes (配方), changing the kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain. The bread, made with unbleached flour (标准粉), was baked in a brick oven (烘炉).

    They began by baking two dozen loaves. The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf. Winning customers to his unusual, old-fashioned bread took time. But Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.

1.A good title for this passage would be ______.

A. A Sick Baker                      B. A Brick-oven Bread Baker

C. An Old-fashioned Baker             D. How to Overcome Allergy

2. Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he ______.

A. suffered from allergy to flour         B. didn’t like the job

C. wanted to make more money         D. wanted to form his own company

3.During his stay in the National Biscuit Company, ______.

 A. he founded Arnold Bakery         

 B. he tried a new method of baking

 C. he helped the company improve their production

 D. he became successful in his business

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

   A. Arnold’s bread was baked in a brick oven.

   B. Arnold’s bread was made with unbleached flour.

   C. Arnold’s bread was sold at a low price.

   D. Arnold’s bread was of poor quality.

 

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