完形填空

　　Harriet Beecher Stowe had put her heart into her antislavery book, “Uncle Tom's Cabin”. But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big 1 . The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to share the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough 2 for her to buy a new silk dress.

　　But when the 3 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they were sold out in two days. In a year 300,000 copies were sold in 4 and 150,000 in England. For a while it was sold in 5 quantities than any other book in the world, 6 the Bible.

　　Within six months after it came out, a play was made 7 the book which ran 350 performances in New York and 8 America's most popular play for 80 years.

　　It might appear that “Uncle Tom' Cabin” was 9 popular, 10 this was certainly not true. Many people during those Pre-Civil War days--particularly defenders of the slavery system, considered it as 11 propaganda（宣传）and poorly written drama.

　　Harriet did have strong religious views 12 slavery, and she tried to make people 13 slavery was wrong, 14 perhaps the book could be thought propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, because it exactly 15 the wrongdoing of slavery.

　　Though she was born in Connecticut in 1832, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the office of president of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary（神学院）. Ohio was a 16 state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in 17 . She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe 18 her book.

　　Its vast influence（影响）strengthened the anti-slavery movement and 19 defenders of the slavery system. Today some historians think that it 20 to bring on the American Civil War.

完形填空

　　It's an age-old saying: Men are from Mars; women are from Venus. Males and females 1 different behaviors almost 2 birth. Researchers say these behaviors are due to 3 differences in brain structure and activity. Studies show men are better at hitting targets(靶子) and solving math problems 4 women are better at memorizing words and 5 faces. Why the differences?

　　A test of the brain's electrical activity (EEG) shows that women 6 use both sides of their brain while men rely more on one. Scientists 7 know that the two sides of the brain control different functions--one controlling the sense of space, 8 , the other controlling 9 Some researchers 10 that the different ways men and women use their brains 11 from ancient times, when cave men hunted and women 12 the children. Men had to have good 13 . Women had to talk to the kids.

　　Whatever the 14 , the battle of the sexes 15 And although their brains are constructed slightly differently, men and women may be 16 capable. They may simply 17 different abilities. Take a couple arguing over the location of their car in a parking lot. The man might use his sense of 18 to find it, while the woman relies on her memory of landmarks. 19 of them find the car. But chances are, they'll still 20 who's the better driver and who's better at finding the way home.

完形填空

　　Many people see a person who can't read or spell as disabled, but what does disabled really mean? Well, with Andrew Mertzit of Maryland it meant he would not be 1 to attend his school any more. Andrew's 2 is that whenever he is reading, he sees the letters p, d, q and b as a 3 and stick. Since Andrew's teachers couldn't 4 him much, Suzanne, Andrew's mother decided to take 5 in her own hands. She decided to home school Andrew. In ten months, Suzanne, a trained reading specialist tried many different 6 to help Andrew with his disability. She helped Andrew with making letters out of sand, rice and shaving cream. Now, about nine years later Andrew is 7 having some problems with reading, but certainly a lot better than before.

　　Lately researchers have been finding many different ways to help learning disabled students by 8 things like rice and shaving cream or even to get little computers. Also, nowadays there are schools all over that have programs to help disabled kids, unlike back in 1995 when Andrew had to be 9 schooled by his mother. But to help disabled students it takes about $ 8.12 billion. You probably think that's a lot of money, but if you 10 that in 1996 there were about 2.6 million kids who were disabled, it may not seem all that 11 . Even though a person may have a learning disability at a certain subject, like reading, it does not mean that he or she doesn't have a talent（才能）at something else. For example, 15 years ago when Joey Hollingsworth entered kindergarten, teachers said that Joey was very clever. Once Joey started getting 12 , his grades got lower. Lots of people just thought he was 13 and had discipline（纪律）problems. Many years later he finally was 14 for learning disabilities and found out he really did have a disability.

　　Still many people believe kids like Joey who can't read or write are lazy. It's hard to understand that 15 a person doesn't look disabled, he can have problems with learning, and it's even harder for the 16 . But now they are getting close to understanding how learning disabilities start. Brain researchers have some new equipment. These machines 17 pictures of the brain while in 18 . They're learning a lot already by examining the brains of the people who have been 19 and who have learning disabilities. It is reported that some of these damaged brain cases are 20

like the picture we see all the time on the learning-disabled cases where we don't know the cause.

完形填空

　　The Voice of America began during the World War Ⅱ, when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 1 . American officials believed they should 2 the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in 3 :“The 4 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA 5 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

　　After the World Wax Ⅱ ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's

6 had to be changed, 7 the Soviet Union（苏联）became enemy of America. They wanted to 8 Soviet listeners. The VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

　　In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was 9 “Music USA.” Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know 10 English to completely understand its 11 English broadcast. So VOA 12 a simpler kind of English, 13 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken 14 . Of course, it is special English.

　　In the 15 of most VOA listeners, the most 16 program is the news report. News from around the world, 17 into the VOA news room in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in 18 cities and also from other 19 like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to 20 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

完形填空

　　Martin Luther King, the son of a minister in the church, was born in 1929 in the USA. He won an entrance prize to a college when he was 15. After

1 , he became a minister 2 the church. Then, he 3 in Philadelphia until 1951.

　　 4 slavery was ended in 1865, the separation of blacks and whites 5 still continued. Laws passed to forbid whites to marry 6 blacks. There were 7 shops, restaurants, hospitals, buses, trains and schools for blacks. Blacks were not 8 to vote in the southern states 9 they passed a reading test.

　　King thought it was right and necessary 10 blacks to win equal civil rights 11 peaceful revolution, not by fighting and killing. He 12 the government to set blacks free and give them 13 rights. In 1964, he got the Nobel Prize for Peace and 14 the whole of the $ 54,600 prize to the 15 movement. In the same year a new Civil Rights Act was 16 to treat blacks equally. In 1965 a new Voting Rights Bill became 17 . From then on, all blacks had the rights 18 .

　　King was murdered on April 14th, 1968, because he made many 19 in the black liberation movement. 20 , his struggle had already changed the society. He was considered as an important leader in the black liberation movement.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　Every year millions of people travel by plane without difficulty. I don't _____1____ very often, but I always seem to _____2___ into trouble. Troubles seem to like me;“goes with me___3___a friendly dog! Last year, for example, I wanted to come home ____4___ a winter vacation in Miami, Florida. I had to ___5____ a plane to Atlanta and then take another plane home. We left Miami on a Sunday morning. The ___6____ there was warm and sunny. We arrived in Atlanta at 12∶30 p.m., but then it_____7___to snow. In the next three hours, ten inches of snow fell. ____8____ the plane could not leave. After twenty-four hours at the Atlanta airport, I was able to _____9____ my journey. I arrived home and went to _____10___.“You look tired,”the people at work said.“You need a vacation! ”

　　This year I had to go to Washington DC for an important business meeting. ____11___ the plane journey, I wore sports clothes; they were old, but I felt ____12___ in them. My good clothes for the meeting were in my suitcase. That was a very ____13____ idea! I ____14___ in Washington, but my suitcase didn't. Maybe it went to London or _____15___ to San Francisco, I don't know, but it didn't arrive in Washington _____16___ me! I went to my important meeting _____17___ my tennis clothes. Now that is not a good way to _____18__ business! People in Washington wear suits to business meetings, not shorts and tennis shoes. My meeting did not _____19___ well. That was two weeks ago. Now I am home again, and I am ____20___ waiting for my suitcase.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　Susan Cleveland is the young president of a candy company started by her father 40 years ago. Susan, ___1___, did not have any jobs before becoming head of the company. She ____2___ finished the college.

　　The employees（雇员）became ___3___ concerned during Susan's first month on the job. Mr Cleveland had been a ___4___ leader. But Susan permitted many employees to make their own ___5___. One employee said, “Old Mr Cleveland ___6___ told us what to do. He kept people on a short leash. But the company did ___7___”.

　　A leash is a kind of rope. We use a leash to ___8___ our pet dogs. So, keeping a person on a short leash means keeping him or her ___9__ close control. The person can't make many decisions for himself or herself. Ms Cleveland doesn't like the idea. ___10__, she encourages the employees to get ___11___ ways to do business. For example, her ___12__ proposed（建议）an idea. She said the company should ___13__ a sum of money as a prize to the best ___14___ in the high school ___15___ the factory. The winner could use the prize money to ___16___ at a university. Ms Cleveland ___17___ the idea. After the prize was announce, ___18___ who lived in the area of the factory began to buy ___19__ of the company's candy, Local ___20___ wrote about the competition. Business improved.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with ___1___ If you want to make friends, you must be able to take ___2___. You must first go ___3___ there are people. You won't make friends staying home alone.

　　Join a club or a group, for talking with those who ___4___ the same things as you do is easier. ___5___ . join someone in some activity.

Many people are ___6___ when talking to people. ___7___ meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it's human ___8___ to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown about the unknown.

　　Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from ___9___ about ourselves. We ___10___ other people are judging us, find us too tall or too short, too thin or too fat. ___11___ don't forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself ___12__ you are, and try to put the other person at ease. In this way you'll feel ___13___.

　　Try to be self-confident even if you don't feel that way ___14___ you enter a room full of ___15___ such as a big hall, walk straight in, look ___16__ at other people and smile. If you see someone you'd like to say something to, don't wait for the other person to ___17___ a conversation.

　　Just meeting someone ___18___ doesn't mean that you will make friends with that person--friendship is ___19___ on mutual liking and “giving and taking”. It takes ___20___ and effort to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.

完形填空

　　What kind of homes will we live in in the future? (1) can be sure, but scientists are working (2) new ideas now.

　　Some scientists are (3) about building whole cities under huge glass domes(圆顶). (4) advanced heating and cooling systems will be (5) to control the weather in the domes. (6) there will never be any (7) or snow, and the temperature will always be (8) .

　　Perhaps everyone will live in vertical(垂直) cities——high rises (9) are so large that they can (10) all the necessities of life. Since vertical cities will use (11) land than flat cities, and provide homes (12) mote people, they will be practical for small countries that have (13) population.

　　 (14) idea that will be helpful to small countries is the (15) city. Monaco has already built homes, stores, and offices (16) the water of the Mediterranean Sea.

　　There are some people who think that we will go back to (17) in caves. (18) the caves of the future will be very different from the caves of the Stone Age. Farms and parks will be on the land (19) the cave city. When people want to go to the country or to a park, a short ride in a (20) will take them there.

(1)

[　　]

A．Somebody　　　　　　B．Anybody

C．Nobody　　　　　　　D．Everybody

(2)

[　　]

A．off　　　　　　　　　B．out

C．in　　　　　　　　　 D．by

(3)

[　　]

A．thinking　　　　　　　B．considering

C．imagining　　　　　　D．suggesting

(4)

[　　]

A．On the other hand　　　B．As a result

C．Of course　　　　　　  D．At the same time

(5)

[　　]

A．possible　　　　　　　B．suitable

C．pleasant　　　　　　　D．necessary

(6)

[　　]

A．Similarly　　　　　　B．Therefore

C．According to　　　　 D．Moreover

(7)

[　　]

A．cloud　　　　　　　B．rain

C．wind　　　　　　　D．ice

(8)

[　　]

A．cool　　　　　　　B．warm

C．comfortable　　　　D．satisfied

(9)

[　　]

A．that　　　　　　　B．they

C．where　　　　　　D．who

(10)

[　　]

A．construct　　　　　B．continue

C．remain　　　　　　D．contain

(11)

[　　]

A．wider　　　　　　B．more

C．less　　　　　　　D．fewer

(12)

[　　]

A．on　　　　　　　B．to

C．with　　　　　　D．for

(13)

[　　]

A．a small　　　　　B．a large

C．a few　　　　　 D．many

(14)

[　　]

A．One　　　　　　B．Second

C．Next　　　　　　D．Another

(15)

[　　]

A．floating　　　　　B．flowing

C．shipping　　　　 D．blowing

(16)

[　　]

A．in　　　　　　　B．above

C．over　　　　　　D．on

(17)

[　　]

A．live　　　　　　B．be living

C．living　　　　　D．having lived

(18)

[　　]

A．Also　　　　　B．But

C．Then　　　　　D．Again

(19)

[　　]

A．in　　　　　　B．under

C．beside　　　　D．over

(20)

[　　]

A．lift　　　　　B．underground

C．plane　　　　D．bus

完形填空

　　Linon was the first woven material from which clothes were made. (1) very early times, men have known how to make flax （亚麻）(2) fine linen. In fact, over four thousand years (3) , Egyptians grew flax (4) the banks of the Nile River. They learned how to make threads (5) the flax plant, (6) the linen that the ancient Egyptians wore was a softer, finer linen even than the linen of (7) . However, only the very rich Egyptians could (8) this fine linen. The poor people of ancient Egypt (9) very rough oinen (10) animal skins, and most of them (11) only one piece of clothing per person.

　　Wool was probably the second woven material to be used (12) clothes, (13) there are many kinds of (14) that can live in many different (15) , and because sheep are easy to (16) , they have been raised in many parts of the (17) for their meat and their soft, warm wool. We do not know (18) people first thought of cutting off the sheep's wool and weaving (19) into threads. However, we (20) not know whether, very early in (21) , rich and poor people were (22) wearing wool clothes.

　　Wool clothes (23) be worn all the year round because wool is a natural insulator(隔热体). (24) protecting the body from outside changes in temperature, wool (25) the body warm in winter and cool in summer.

(1)

[　　]

A．In　　　　　　　　B．At

C．From　　　　　　　D．On

(2)

[　　]

A．to　　　　　　　　B．for

C．into　　　　　　　D．of

(3)

[　　]

A．before　　　　　　B．ago

C．after　　　　　　 D．later

(4)

[　　]

A．by　　　　　　　B．on

C．along　　　　　　D．of

(5)

[　　]

A．from　　　　　　B．for

C．into　　　　　　D．to

(6)

[　　]

A．but　　　　　　B．how

C．what　　　　　 D．and

(7)

[　　]

A．present　　　　　B．today

C．past　　　　　　D．others

(8)

[　　]

A．get　　　　　　B．afford

C．after　　　　　 D．supply

(9)

[　　]

A．dressed　　　　 B．took

C．put　　　　　　D．wore

(10)

[　　]

A．and　　　　　　B．besides

C．but　　　　　　D．or

(11)

[　　]

A．borrowed　　　　B．have

C．owed　　　　　 D．owned

(12)

[　　]

A．to　　　　　　B．as

C．for　　　　　　D．like

(13)

[　　]

A．because　　　　B．unless

C．when　　　　　D．once

(14)

[　　]

A．animals　　　　B．sheep

C．cows　　　　　D．horses

(15)

[　　]

A．parts　　　　　B．weather

C．climates　　　 D．areas

(16)

[　　]

A．grow　　　　　B．raise

C．rise　　　　　 D．to be fed

(17)

[　　]

A．world　　　　B．earth

C．ground　　　 D．soil

(18)

[　　]

A．how　　　　　B．why

C．if　　　　　　D．when

(19)

[　　]

A．them　　　　　B．it

C．hair　　　　　 D．fibre

(20)

[　　]

A．did　　　　　　B．didn't

C．do　　　　　　D．don't

(21)

[　　]

A．time　　　　　B．history

C．age　　　　　 D．period

(22)

[　　]

A．alike　　　　　B．like

C．all　　　　　　D．both

(23)

[　　]

A．must　　　　　B．should

C．would　　　　 D．can

(24)

[　　]

A．By　　　　　　B．With

C．In　　　　　　 D．From

(25)

[　　]

A．lets　　　　　　B．protects

C．keeps　　　　　D．has