完形填空考题分析与练习
He guo gui
(1)
I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most 36 and tiring games I’ve ever had. When Ed first phoned and 37 we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an 38 victory. After all, Ed’s idea of 39 has always been nothing more 40 than lifting a fork to his mouth. 41 I can remember, Ed’s been the least physically fit member in the family, and 42 proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often 43 about that, Ed refused to buy a 44 T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed 45 for our game not only with the button at his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly 46 , I was so surprised that I was 47 . My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. 48 , at the point in our game when I’d have predicted (预计) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was 49 7 to 9 – and Ed was 50 . The sudden realization was painful. We 51 to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious 52 about staying alive until 21 years old, let alone 53 that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to 54 . In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my 55 .
36. A. encouraging B. shapeless C. surprising D. regular [C]
37. A. decided B. mentioned C. persuaded D. suggested [D]
38. A. unforgettable B. unexpected C. easy D. early [C]
39. A. exercise B. preparation C. joy D. fitness [A]
40. A. time-saving B. comfortable C. suitable D. effort-making [D]
41. A. as soon as B. As long as C. when D. since [B]
42. A. strongly B. personally C. reasonably D. eagerly [A]
43. A. cared B. forgot C. quarreled D. joked [D]
44. A. clean B. larger C. straight D. darker [B]
45. A. set out B. got ready C. arrived D. returned [C]
46. A. notice B. admire C. believe D. measure [A]
47. A. nervous B. curious C. careless D. speechless [D]
48. A. After all B. As a result C. Above all D. At last [B]
49. A. mistakenly B. then C. instead D. naturally [C]
50. A. leading B. coming C. waiting D. counting [A]
51. A. prepared B. stopped C. continued D. decided [C]
52. A. thought B. doubts C. situations D. problems [B]
53. A. scoring B. completing C. receiving D. keeping [A]
54. A. play B. start C. sleep D. move [D]
55. A. friendship B. respect C. support D. favor [B]
解题思路：
第36空：C。 理解作者感情变化： 开始是不屑一顾，后来是钦佩，所以应该选 surprising。译文：上周我和侄子艾德赛了一场壁球。这是我曾有过的最吃惊和最疲劳的一场比赛。
第37、38空：D、C。第37空：根据句子结构和词语搭配只能是suggest we play,其他都不可搭配。第38空：根据当时与对手较量的心态应该是容易取胜，其他选项意义不搭。 译文：当艾德第一次打电话建议我们去打球时，我暗笑，料想会轻易获胜。
第39、40空：A、D。根据本句意思断定。译文：毕竟，艾德总认为锻炼所用的气力只不过和举叉子吃饭一样。选：exercise 和 effort-making。
第41、42、空：B、A。 第41空：根据上下文选as long as: 达。。之久，不是“只要”的意思。第42空：从语篇中我们进行逻辑判断：在我印象中（尽我能想起来的），艾德一直是家里最小的身体健康的一个，奇怪的是他还很自傲。
第43、44空：D、B 根据逻辑判断：他的肚子在T-shirt和裤子间鼓鼓的。虽然家里人老是拿他开心（joked），但艾德拒绝买大号(large)T-shirt，也不减肥。
第45、46、47空：C、A、D。
所以当艾德到赛场时，把上衣掖在裤子里，而且你几乎看不出他的肚子。我吃惊地没话说。
第48、49、50空：B、C、A。 第48空：理解上下文的逻辑关系。上文提到Ed做好了充分准备，接下来是结果。因此选 As a result。第49空：上句谈到我预计9：1领先，却打成了7：9。 只有instead表示“却”。第50空：处于领先位置，该用“be leading”。
译文：我侄子肯定是努力使自己在状态上。我本来预计在比赛得分上是9比1领先于他，结果，艾德领先,我却7比9落后了。
第51、52、53空：C、B、A。第51空要凭借逻辑推断他们还要接下去比赛，所以选continued。第52空要根据主人公心理活动，对自己的体力感到怀疑，而不是考虑、问题或形式，因此选doubts。 第53空考查对词语搭配的掌握。能够与搭配，表示“得。。。分”；应该选 score。译文：突然的领悟是痛苦的。我们像疯了似地继续比赛。当比分打到16平，我真怀疑我这21年是怎么活过来的，更不必说拿许多分了。
第54、55空：D、B。第54空可以根据结构和上下文很容易判断答案是too tired to move。第55空考查对关键信息的准确理解。从整体内容看，经过一场拼打，Ed从作者那赢得了“尊重”。而不是“友谊、支持和恩惠”。
译文：比赛终于结束，我们俩平躺在地上，累得动不了。从某种意义上说，我认为我们俩都赢了： 比赛是我胜了，而侄子艾德赢得了我的尊重。
摘采完形填空语篇中的短语词组：
figure on : plan on, reckon, estimate, conclude 预计，料想，盘算
I figure on finishing the book by the end of this year.
我预计今年年底写完这本书。
I’d figure on seeing her at the library, but she wasn’t there.
我料想能在图书馆见到她，可她不在那。
ballooned out 鼓起
His dress was always ballooned out so he looked very fat.
他的衣服总是鼓鼓囊囊的，看起来很胖。
make an effort 努力做
He made the effort to climb the stairs. 他很费力地爬上楼。
They promised to make every effort to finish the work on time.
他们设法按时完成工作。
let alone：without referring or considering且不论；至于…更不必说
She cannot find money for necessities, let alone such luxuries as wine and good meal.
她连生活必需品都没钱买，更不必说好酒饭等奢侈品了。
get oneself into shape: 处于状态中；整理
He tried to get himself in good shape, although he was very tired.
虽然他很累，但还极力表现佳状。
He put the idea into shape. 他整理好思路。
nothing more than: 只不过（不强于，不多于）
Nothing more than a little trouble greeted them.
他们面对着的只不过是小麻烦。
in one’s favor: 对有利
The present rate of exchange is strongly in our favor.
现在的汇兑率对我们极为有利。
in a way: 在某种程度（意义、角度）上; 有几分、一丝
In a way, we had already taken the first step. 从某种意义上说我们已经走了第一步。
Obviously he had won in a way. 显然他有几分胜利了。
反思：
本篇是讲述叔侄二人打一场壁球的心理活动。应学会从故事与人物的思想变化和心理活动中体会和感受亲情关系，并提炼主旨要义。
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When I was in the army I 36 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and , against an 37 of 100, scored 160. I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not 38 have scored more than 80. 39 , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him - and he always 40 it. Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man 41 questions for some intelligence test. By every one of them I’d prove myself a 42 . In a world where I have to work with my 43 , I’d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man 44 . He had a habit of telling 45 . One time he said., “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb man 46 some nails.
Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 47 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 48 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 49 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left.
Well, Doc, the 50 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. 51 do you suppose he asked for them ?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out
laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his 52 and asked for them. I’ve been 53 that on all my customers today, but I knew 54 I’d catch you .” “Why is that ?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very 55 .”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
36. A. failed B. wrote C. received D. chose
37. A. average B. total C. exam D. number
38. A. always B. possibly C. certainly D. frequently
39. A. Then B. Thus C. Therefore D. Yet
40. A. fixed B. checked C. drove D. changed
41. A. answered B. practiced C. designed D. tried
42. A. teacher B. doctor C. winner D. fool
43. A. brains B. effort C. hands D. attention
44. A. again B. as usual C. too D. as well
45. A. lies B. jokes C. news D. tales
46. A. bought B. tested C. found D. needed
47. A. cutting B. hammering C. waving D. circling
48. A. nodded B. raised C. shook D. turned
49. A. brought B. packed C. sent D. sold
50. A. clever B. other C. right D. next
51. A. What B. How C. Who D. Which
52. A. imagination B. hand C. voice D. information
53. A. trying B. proving C. practicing D. examining
54. A. for sure B. at once C. in fact D. right now
55. A. clear B. silly C. slow D. smart
key: 36. C 37. A 38.B 39. D 40.A 41. C 42. D 43. C 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.D 51. B 52. C 53. A 54. A 55. D
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NMET2002 (Beijing)
As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange 36 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 37 me so much. There was never total 38 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 39 clothes hung over a chair take on the 40 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 41 , I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 42 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My 43 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would 44 very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 45 on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home— that was no 46 . After school, 47 , when all the buses were 48 up along the street, I was afraid that I get on the wrong one and be taken to some 49 neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t 50 the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears 51 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 52 by others. Being popular was so important to me 53 , and the fears of not being liked was a 54 one.
One of the processes(过程) of growing up is being able to 55 and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that frightened us as a children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
36. A. way B. time C. place D. reason
37. A. wounded B. destroyed C. surprised D. frightened
38. A. quietness B. darkness C. emptiness D. loneliness
39. A. got B. forced C. made D. caused
40. A. spirit B. height C. body D. shape
41. A. eye B. window C. mouth D. door
42. A. breath B. wind C. air D. sound
43. A. belief B. feeling C. imagination D. doubt
44. A. lay B. hide C. rest D. lie
45. A. especially B. simply C. probably D. directly
46. A. discussion B. problem C. joke D. matter
47. A. though B. yet C. although D. still
48. A. called B. backed C. lined D. packed
49. A. old B. crowded C. poor D. unfamiliar
50. A. leave B. let C. order D. send
51. A. above B. in C. of D. at
52. A. protected B. guided C. believed D. accepted
53. A. then B. there C. once D. anyway
54. A. strict B. powerful C. heavy D. right
55. A. realize B. remember C. recognize D. recover
简析：
36. A.本题难在所在的句子是个包含一个定语从句的强调句，空格所缺的是定语从句的先行词。解题的思路是根据定语从句的结构（Sub+link-v.）可看出其中少了关系词。一般说来只有做宾语的关系代词才可以省略,而另外一种情况是，（通常只有）way做定语从句的先行词时后面的关系词（that/in which）也可以省略。
37. D.根据短文主旨（Fears）知道只有该项符合题意。
38. B.根据下文but a streetlight or passing car lights…能判断出。
39. C.本空格需填入谓语动词。由其宾语补足语不带to的不定式(take on)的形式可知应是一使役动词，故选C。注意句中hung over a chair只是过去分词做后置定语。
40. D. 根据句意知街灯、车灯中只能是形影(shape)做take on的宾语，须注意搭配。
41. A. 根据下文，做saw动作应该用eye。
42. B. 有风窗帘才动，反言之窗帘动常与风有关。
43. C. imagination 意为“想象”。在惊疑不定时想象力越发能够展开翅膀。
44. D. 根据语境即可作出判断。注意及物动词lay意为“放置”或“下蛋”。
45. A. especially使情景进一步具体到放学路上。
46. B. 上文说明放学路上尤其害怕走失，下文解释了原因是此时公共汽车排列太多，那么校车停在家门口不会有问题。
47. A. 先根据逻辑关系去掉 B、D两个选项。然后根据句子需要填入副词though而不选连词although。
48. C. 试设想一辆辆校车沿街排列的情境。line up意思是“列队，排列”。
49. D. 事实上，做完形填空每个题目都应紧紧围绕文章并联系上下文。使“我”“害怕”（主题）的是上错车（上下文）被带到陌生（unfamiliar）之地。
50. B. 由于害怕走失而不让领队出我视野。
51. C. of 最常用以表示范围，这儿也是如此。并非与all(代词指所有令人害怕之事)构成所谓固定搭配。
52. D. 根据连词or常连接并列的两个结构、功能或意义相似的成分可推断出应与liked意思接近的词accepted。
53. A. 应选一合适的副词做状语。本文为追忆“成长的烦恼”，写的自然是“昔日”（then）之事。
54. B. 也许只有这道题辩清词汇意义就能顺利做出。powerful意思是“强烈的”。
55. C. 做对本题既要注意时态，更要理解句意。即兼顾“现在”“认出”过去经历的可怕之事。
He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world---Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The 1 of the Snowman has been around for 2 . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they 3 this creature and called it the “Yeti,” and they said that they had 4
caught Yetis on two occasions 5 none has ever been produced as evidence.
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 6 . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not 7 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 8 that the Abominable Snowman might really 9 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were 10 foot prints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 11 animal tracks, which had been made 12 as they melted and refroze in the snow. 13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was 14 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric human. But, 15 , no evidence has ever 16 been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman 17 . But if they ever 18 catching one, they may face a real 19 : Would they put it in a 20 or give it a room in a hotel?
1.A. event B. story C. adventure D. description
2.A. centuries B. too long C. some time D. many years
3.A. heard from B. cared for C. knew of D. read about
4.A. even B. hardly C. certainly D. probably
5.A. as B. though C. when D. until
6.A. developed B. changed C. occurred D. continued
7.A. entirely B. naturally C. clearly D. simply
8.A. found B. declared C. felt D. doubted
9.A. exist B. escape C. disappear D. return
10.A. clearer B. more C. possible D. rare
11.A. huge B. recent C. ordinary D. frightening
12.A. strange B. large C. deep D. rough
13.A. In the end B. Therefore C. After all D. However
14.A. imagined B. real C. special D. familiar
15.A. so B. besides C. again D. instead
16.A. rightly B. actually C. normally D. particularly
17.A. lightly B. jokingly C. seriously D. properly
18.A. succeed in B. insist on C. depend on D. join in
19.A. decision B. situation C. subject D. problem
20.A. zoo B. mountain C. museum D. laboratory
Key:
1-5 BDCAB 6-10 DDCAB 11-15 CBDBC 16-20 BCADA
思路点拨：
本篇完形填空是2001年高考试题。题材涉及了人类对 “雪人”科学探索方面的情况;体裁属于叙述文。完形填空题型比较集中地体现了对语言知识综合运用能力的考查。在解题过程中, 既要求学生熟练运用所掌握的常见词汇及惯用知识,更要求他们具备较强的语篇的整体处理能力,即: 能够根据上下文线索通篇考虑,并结合个人所具备的各方面常识以及逻辑推理等与语言运用相关的经验做出正确的判断和最佳选择。尽管完形填空给学生提供的是一篇残缺不全的文章，但作答前花上两、三分钟，忽略残缺部分，了解全篇大意，抓住中心议题，对整个篇章做出判断是完全必要,也是很值得的。只有这样,才能弄清作者思路,情节发展过程,建立起必要的背景知识,做到心中有底。其后才能不断根据文中提供的信息,将被删除的细节补全,使文章的情节得到正常发展，最后获得完整语篇。本篇完形,属于句子层次(即: 只须读懂设空所在句,便可找出答案)的题目只有2题: 5和19,占8%。选择答案时要逾越句子层次(即: 答题时还必须考虑到设空以外的其他句、段内容)的占92%。从这个统计来看,把握整体语篇, 对语篇作整体处理是关键。
从设空所涉及的词类来看，动词5个,名词4个,連词1个,形容词4个,副词6个。我们可以看出设空是以实词为主的，其中动词是核心。结合上下文，我们要明确：动词的主语，即，谁支配这个动作，这涉及到动词与名词、代词的关系；动词的宾语，即，谁受这个动词的支配，也涉及到动词与名词、代词的关系；动词的修飾语，即，谁修饰这个动词、修饰到什么程度，这涉及了动词与副词的关系。当然，在一个句子中，还有其他的关系，像名词与形容词的关系、名词与介词的关系等等；此外句子与句子之间的关系、一句与整个段落或全文的关系也都是非常重要的。要解决以上所涉及的问题，都需要通过上下文语篇来解决。以下我们结合几个具体填空进行分析。
第1空, 名词支配的动词是be around，为“到处（流传）”之意，event, adventure, description 这三个词在本文中是无法支配这个动词的，根据全文中心,只有story能够被“到处流传”；
第3空的主语是the native people，根据文章内容,他们没有read about（读到）, heard from（收到信），cared for（喜欢、照顾）雪人, 只是直接知道一些情况，因此要选knew of；
第4空涉及到前后两句的关系，前句的动词是knew of，后句的动词是caught，造成了前后的递进关系，我们选even；
第5空涉及主从句的关系，前句提到当地人抓住过Snowman，后句说没有证据，前后句是让步关系，要选though；
第6空, 主语是the story，根据上下文，这个故事没有什么发展developed，也没有发生什么变化changed，也不是刚刚发生occurred，而是同样的内容，我们选continued（继续）；
第7、8两空的主语是Eric Shipton，人物身份大概是摄影師或科学家，他虽然没有见过Snowman，但他拍了一些照片，所以认为这些脚印并不只是猴子或熊的脚印，7空应选simply（只是）；但他不可能发现(found)或宣布(declared) 雪人的存在，他既然拍过照片，也不会怀疑(doubted)之，因此只能是“觉得”(felt)有这种存在；
第10空,句中的the only things证明,人们只发现过脚印，而没有发现其他痕迹，所以不存在clearer(更清楚)的问题，要选more(更多)；
第12空，句中主语是“大多数人”，他们不相信雪人的存在，所以他们认为脚印“大”，只是因为融化后又冻上造成的，要选large；
第13空，要看前后句关系，后句的主语是一个俄国科学家，他的看法与大多数人不同，说到相反的情况，要选however；
第15空，本句再次提到没有证据，所以选again；第17空，从下文我们看出，这句话a few people指的是那些相信雪人存在的人，这些人对待这个故事当然是严肃的，要选seriously。
I climbed the stairs slowly, carrying a big suitcase, my father following with two more. By the time I got to the third floor, I was 1 and at the same time feeling lonely. Worse still, Dad 2 a step and fell, sending my new suitcases 3 down the stairs. “Damn!” he screamed, his face turning red. I knew 4 was ahead. Whenever Dad’s face turns red, 5 !
How could I ever 6 him to finish unloading the car 7 screaming at me and making a scene in front of the other girls, girls I would have to spend the 8 of the year with? Doors were opening and faces peering out (探出), as Dad walked 9 close behind. I felt it in my bones that my college life was getting off to a(n) 10 start.
“ 11 the room quickly,” I thought. “Get him into a chair and calmed down.” But 12 , would there be a chair in Room 316? Or would it be a(n) 13 room?
14 I turned the key in the lock and 15 the door open, with Dad 16 complaining(抱怨) about a hurting knee or something. I put my head in, expecting the 17 . But to my 18 , the room wasn’t empty at all! It had furniture, curtain, a TV, and even paintings on the walls.
And there on a well-made bed sat Amy, my new 19 , dressed neatly. Greeting me with a nod, she said in a soft voice, “Hi, you must be Cori.” Then, she 20 the music and looked over at 21 . “And of course, you’re Mr. Faber,” she said, 21 . “Would you like a glass of iced tea?” Dad’s face turned decidedly 23 before he could bring out a “yes.”
I knew 24 that Amy and I would be 25 and my first year of college would be a success.
1.A.helpless B. lazy C. anxious D. tired
2.A.took B. minded C. missed D. picked
3.A.rolling B. passing C. dropping D. turning
4.A.suffering B. difficulty C. trouble D. danger
5.A.go ahead B. look out C. hold on D. give up
6.A.lead B. help C. encourage D. get
7.A.after B. without C. while D. besides
8.A.best B. beginning C. end D. rest
9.A.with difficulty B. in a hurry C. with firm steps D. in wonder
10.A.fresh B. late C. bad D. unfair
11.A.Search B. Find C. Enter D. Book
12.A.in fact B. by chance C. once more D. then again
13.A.small B. empty C. new D. neat
14.A.Finally B. Meanwhile C. Sooner or later D. At the moment
15.A.knocked B. forced C. pushed D. tried
16.A.yet B. only C. even D. still
17.A.worst B. chair C. best D. tea
18.A.regret B. disappointment C. surprise D. knowledge
19.A.roommate B. classmate C. neighbor D. companion
20.A.turned on B. turned down C. played D. enjoyed
21.A.Dad B. me C. the door D. the floor
22.A.questioning B. wondering C. smiling D. guessing
23.A.red B. less pale C. less red D. pale
24.A.soon B. there C. later D. then
25.A.sisters B. friends C. students D. fellows
Key: 1-5 DCACB 6-10 DBDAC 11-15 BDBAC 16-20 DACAB 21-25 ACCDB
思路点拨：
这是2000年高考试题，是一篇叙事文。本篇文章描述了在不长的一段时间内发生的情况，但在这段时间中，主人公的情绪有一个根本的转变。我们在阅读这段短文时，不但要读懂文章，还要体会出这种转变，同时根据这种转变作出正确判断，从而找出合适的选项。
在通读本文之后，我们发现文章的第1段到第3段的基调是一致的，从第4自然段中间开始，往后的文章气氛有了一个转折。正因为这个转折，我们可以发现前后文章所用词汇有着鲜明的对比，当然，选项也就出现相应的变化。比如在前面部分中有slowly, lonely, worse still, fell, “Damn!”, scream, turning red, complaining 等词汇，这些词汇使我们体会出这段文章的沉闷气氛；这一部分中的tired, missed, trouble, look out, with difficulty, bad, empty , worst等选项，正是与这种气氛符合的选项。第二部分所用词汇显然发生变化，如：wasn’t empty at all, furniture, curtains, a TV set, even paintings on the wall, well-made bed, dressed neatly, greeting, soft voice, success等等；这一部分中的smiling, less red, friends等选项既符合这一部分的轻松气氛，也与前面部分出现对比。
下面我们以其中一些空为例，进行更具体的分析、说明。
第1空的4个选项虽然方向是一致的，但根据上文语境中提到的slowly、carrying a big suitcase等等，这种情况产生的结果应该是tired。第4空还是根据上文语境中提到的一系列不利情况的发生，可以想见会有麻烦－－trouble；suffering, difficulty, danger 在此虽然符合文段气氛，但都过分夸张或与实际情况有出入，所以不能选。第5空在第4空选对的基础上，可以看出应该“小心”，所以选look out。
第6空的4个动词选项放在句中，语法上都行得通，但此处须结合下文意义看，我们可以说“使”某人做什么事，是为了产生或不产生什么结果，而“帮助”、“鼓励”或“领导”某人做什么事，应该是为产生一个结果，如此看来只能选get了。
第11空：我们已经知道主人公是个新大学生，父亲正帮着她搬家，根据常识，他们首先应该“找到”房间，不会搜寻（search）或订（book）房间；而enter应该发生在“找到”之后，同时它与修饰词quickly不搭配，也不合适，因此只能选find。
第12空：but then again 是一个固定词组，相当于however, 中文意思是“但是（也可能是另外一种情况）”, 如果知道这一点，此空就很容易做出了。
第13空：从下文中的提示the room wasn’t empty at all可以看到该选empty。
第17空的选项与这个空所处的位置有很大关系，我们前面提到文章前半部分处于低调，这就决定了作者此时的态度是作好了最坏的准备，选worst；而其他3个选项都与这种气氛无关。
第23空：故事发展到此，整个气氛已经有了根本的转变，而就是在这时作者的想法也有了转变，此空4个选项中有3个表示时间: soon, later, then, 前两个时间都表示将来，与故事的发展不符合，then表示“此时”，与情节符合，所以选它；there表示地点，而地点仍然是过去的地点，并没有发生变化，因此不选。
做完形填空后，我们一定要把文章完整地读一读，看看是否顺畅、有道理、一气呵成。往往在检查中，我们才能看到错误选项造成的说不通、气氛不协调、不符合逻辑。
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bell. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 1 and have made up their minds to 2 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest (抗议) against heavy trucks which run 3 through the narrow High Street.
“They not only make it 4 to sleep at night, but they are 5 damage to our houses and shops of historical 6 ,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“ 7 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student, “why don’t they build a new road that goes 8 the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a 9 village. Its streets were never 10 for heavy traffic.”
Harry Fields also studying 11 said they wanted to make as much 12 as possible to force the 13 to realize what everybody was having to 14 . “Most of them don’t 15 here anyway,” he said, “they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), 16 they probably don’t 17 the noise all that much. It’s high time they realized the 18 .”
The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were 19 on their side, and even if they weren’t they soon would be.
20 asked if they were 21 that the police might come to 22 them.
“Not really,” she said, “actually we are 23 bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no 24 against practicing.”
I 25 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
1.A.college B. village C. town D. church
2.A.change B. repair C. ring D. shake
3.A.now and then B. day and night C. up and down D. over and over
4.A.terrible B. difficult C. uncomfortable D. unpleasant
5.A.doing B. raising C. putting D. producing
6.A.scene B. period C. interest D. sense
7.A.If B. Although C. When D. Unless
8.A.to B. through C. over D. round
9.A.pretty B. quiet C. large D. modern
10.A.tested B. meant C. kept D. used
11.A.well B. hard C. biology D. education
12.A.effort B. time C. trouble D. noise
13.A.townspeople B. other students C. government officials D. truck drivers
14.A.stand B. accept C. know D. share
15.A.shop B. live C. come D. study
16.A.but B. so C. or D. for
17.A.notice B. mention C. fear D. control
18.A.event B. loss C. action D. problem
19.A.hardly B. unwillingly C. mostly D. usually
20.A.I B. We C. She D. They
21.A.surprised B. afraid C. pleased D. determined
22.A.seize B. fight C. search D. stop
23.A.proper B. experienced C. hopeful D. serious
24.A.point B. cause C. need D. law
25.A.left B. found C. reached D. passed
Key: 1-5 DCBBA 6-10 CADCB 11-15 CDCAB 16-20 BADCA 21-25 BDADA
思路点拨：
这是1999年高考试题，是一篇报导。此篇报导涉及了一个热门话题：环境保护问题。这种体裁及题材在日常生活中，尤其是在报刊杂志中最为常见。因此文章的实用性体现得极为突出。
第1空：D 考查语境理解。最后一句提示，采访地点和敲钟地点是一处：教堂（church）
第2空：C 考察对文章主线的把握。四名大学生鸣钟(ring the bell)表示抗议。最后一句有提示。
第3空：B 我们知道本篇文章是讲噪音污染的，交通噪音污染对人们的骚扰很严重，而且是持续不断的，在此只有day and night频率最高，能表达这种意义, 而over and over, now and then都不能准确表达这种持续性。
第4空：B 考查对句子结构和句意的理解。形容词difficult在句中做补语，修饰不定式to stop, 而指人的感受， 不修饰动作，不符和逻辑意义。
第5空：A do damage to sb. or sth.为固定搭配。
第6空：C 文章前面提到houses, shops，这些都是地点，因此不能选sense(表示感觉), period(表示时间)；scene可以表示地点，但这个词表达不出这些地点的价值；interest可以说明是“名胜”，体现出了地点的价值。
第7空: A 涉及到上下句之间的逻辑关系问题。上句we must have these noisy trucks on the roads, 与下句why don’t they build a new road...，尤其上句中的must这个词，使我们体会到两句之间是条件关系，而下句的don’t又使我们决定应该选if，全句意思是“假如我们必须忍受路上的这些卡车，他们为什么不能建一条绕城公路呢？”；although引导让步状语从句；when引导时间状语从句；unless虽然引导条件状语从句，但它与if意义正好相反，也不能选。
第8空:D 根据上下文提供的语境，我们知道，此句话是抗议者说的，抗议者当然希望道路“绕城”而过，不会是“穿城”而过，因此只能选 round，不能是through。
第9空:C 句型not more than = at most, 意思是“至多”，much只起修饰作用，根据这个意义及后面的被修饰词village，我们可以选quiet 或large，如果选quiet village---“平静的村落”，这个意义与“至多”相矛盾；而large village---“大村子”，却说明“至多是个大村子”，言外之意就是不适宜繁忙的交通。
第10空: B 根据下文的for，我们想到mean sb./ sth. for...是“准备…干某工作”的意思，与上下文符合；本空如果选used，那么就意味着“从来没有载重卡车”，这种说法与文中抗议者要表达的意思是不一样的。这两句的意思是“伯零顿至多是个大村庄，镇子里的路并不是为载重卡车设计的。 ”
第11空：C also 是关键词。说明被采访的第三个大学生与上一个大学生相同，也是生物系的大学生。
第12空：D 根据主题，大学生要把钟声搞大，以引起政府官员来关注噪音污染这一社会问题，可断定答案为noise。其他选项make efforts（努力）, make time （腾出时间）；make trouble(捣乱)，均在意义上不符。
第13空：C 考查对人物的判断。根据下文可判断they 指政府官员。
第14空：A 此处宾语从句中的主语everybody指的是城市居民。本文的主题是大学生敲钟是要官员们意识到城镇居民所忍受的（stand）噪音问题。因此选stand；accept是“接受”的意思，人们对噪音如果接受了，那就不要抗议了，因此不能选；know是“知道”的意思，与上下文无关；share是“共享”的意思，这与噪音不能搭配。
第15空：B 下文提到“他们（政府官员）进城是为了开会，据此可断定”他们大多数不住城里。
第16空：B 考查并列连词的用法， 同时理解上下文意义上的逻辑关系。这里是因果关系。
第17空：A 政府官员不住在此处，市政厅又是隔音的，他们可能根本注意不到噪音，选notice正是这个意思；mention“提到”，与此处意义不符；fear是“害怕”的意思，对噪音谈不上害怕；control“控制”也与此处上下文不符。
第21、22空:B,D 句子中提到警察会对这些学生采取的行动，这些学生并没犯罪，警察所能采取的行动只可能是制止他们，而不会“抓”（seize）或“战斗”(fight )或搜身（search）最后一句提示，从这些分析出发，这两空选afraid、stop。
第23空：A 看下句 I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. 下句是对上句的解释，即：这些学生只是帮助敲钟。再从他们的身份来看，他们是学习生物的大学生，他们毕业后也不会从事此项工作，因此不能选 hopeful, 或 serious；更不可能是experienced---有经验的, proper在此是“规矩的，守法的”的意思意义，指他们不是专职敲钟人，也就不会触犯法律。
第24空：D 这个学生在针对记者的发问回答，在提问中，谈到警察会制止他们，警察加以干涉的事情，一定与法律有关，警察是不会因为其他原因进行干涉，因此只能选law。
第25空：A 采访结束，作者自然是离开采访现场（left the church）。
Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house. She 1 John very much. In her 2 he couldn’t do anything
3 . Every morning she would give him breakfast 4 bed and bring him the papers to 5 . It isn’t really true that he was too 6 to work --- in fact he had tried a few 7 . First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to 8 at least six windows. Then he 9 a bus conductor and on his second 10 a passenger stole his bag with all the fares(车费) collected. He 11 lost his job as a postman 12 he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people’s houses. It seemed that there was 13 suitable work for him. So he 14 to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so 15 about this that she told the 16 to all her neighbors. ‘My John is going to be a soldier,’ she said. ‘He is going to be the best soldier there 17 was, I can tell you!’
Then the great day came 18 he was to march past the palace in the parade (接受检阅的队伍). His 19 mother traveled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good 20 in the crowd.
The parade was full of sound and color. But when John and his 21 came in sight some of the people watching 22 laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others as they marched along.
But Ella Fant, who was filled with 23 , shouted at the top of her voice: ‘Look at 24 ! They’re all out of 25 except my John! Isn’t he the best!’
1.A.depended on B. waited on C. trusted D. loved
2.A.hope B. eyes C. head D. beliefs
3.A.wrong B. great C. good D. strange
4.A.to B. at C. in D. by
5.A.check B. read C. keep D. sign
6.A.lazy B. young C. weak D. shy
7.A.ones B. years C. tasks D. jobs
8.A.rub B. drop C. break D. clean
9.A.followed B. met C. became D. found
10.A.day B. try C. route D. chance
11.A.thus B. even C. once D. only
12.A.even if B. so that C. because D. though
13.A.some B. such C. less D. no
14.A.began B. promised C. managed D. decided
15.A.excited B. worried C. anxious D. curious
16.A.incident B. change C. news D. matter
17.A.yet B. ever C. never D. just
18.A.where B. since C. when D. till
19.A.proud B. kind C. strict D. lucky
20.A.time B. position C. experience D. impression
21.neighbours B. army officer C. mother D. fellow soldiers
22.A.couldn’t help B. shouldn’t burst out C. stopped D. kept
23.A.sadness B. happiness C. surprise D. regret
24.A.them B. those C. that D. him
25.A.sight B. order C. mind D .step
Keys
(1) 1-5 DBACB 6-10 ADCCA 11-15 BCDDA 16-20 CBCAB 21-25 DABAD
思路点拨：
从第一遍通读中，我们知道了不少信息，充分利用上下文提供的信息，也就是我们常说的语境---语言环境，把握文章基调，才能找出正确答案。 文章本身是个故事，是以讽刺口吻写的。它向我们展示了一位盲目信赖、崇拜自己儿子的母亲。
第3空：根据中心，就知道这位母亲认为儿子一切正确、不会做错事，应选wrong。
第7空：根据下文陈述的几项工作，而得出选jobs。
第8空：上文有managed这个词，很容易选成clean，但读过下文后，我们会发现John换了工作，可见他干了错事，选clean与下文不符，只能选break，才与下文连得起来。
第11空：前文已经谈到John两次失误，这第三次与前两次的关系是递进关系，当然选even。
第13空：本空是对前面情况的总结，John三次失败，说明没有工作适合于他，因此选no。
第14空：谈到John下一步情况，选项的四个词都可以与下面的不定式连用，但意义不一样，began和managed都表示已经采取行动，而从下文看，此时John只是在作计划，promised 表示‘答应参加’，与上下文不符，只有decided可以说明John的打算。
第15空：既然John此时只是打算参军，还未行动，他的母亲谈到的只能是个消息，应选news。
第19空：与全篇基调一致，崇拜儿子的母亲对儿子的一切都感到自豪，因此是proud mother。
第20空：本空所在的句子中有地点状语in the crowd,我们可以看出应该选与地点有关的position。
第24空：后面紧接着They’re all...,可见前面提到的是“他们”，应选them。
第25空：本空相对来说难一些，out of order是一个固定搭配，我们平时也常常用到它，但它与上下文不符合，上文提到’the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others’,可见John并不是“坏了”或“不合规定”，而是“不合步子”，要选step。
(1)
I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18, when the 1 rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles home. On the 2 was Marty Banderas, a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft(草稿) of my novel three weeks earlier. I have a couple of 3 , Banderas said. First, how old are you? I’m 48, I replied. Are you in good 4 ? Yes, excellent. What’s this about? I’ve sold your novels 5 one and a half million dollars.
I sat down in 6 . I had written over fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been 7 by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been 8 , but not me. Each time, I just 9 writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do, but I refused to 10 up. Seeing this book 11 was the best thing that has ever happened to me. Its mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best-seller 12 two weeks after publication!
I got my first lesson in story 13 from my grandmother. She used to read me stories. She was the one who gave me a 14 of words. She sparked(激发) my 15 and she has been a 16 influence on me. I always had stories running through my 17 and as soon as I could write I 18 them down on paper.
I married young and I have three children , but I never stopped writing,
19 novels between doing the diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I am writing another novel now. Yes, my 20 has changed my life.
1.A.phone B. bell C. clock D. alarm
2.A.line B. step C. outside D. doorway
3.A.novels B. things C. questions D. problems
4.A.wealth B. health C. condition D. order
5.A.to B. for C. on D. in
6.A.need B. joy C. settlements D. shock
7.A.rejected B. received C. decided D. lost
8.A.worried B. encouraged C. discouraged D. excited
9.A.couldnt help B. got down to C. got used to D. went on
10.A.hold B. look C. give D. set
11.A.sold B. published C. printed D. passed
12.A.books B. shops C. record D. list
13.A.writing B. organizing C. telling D. reading
14.A.use B. love C. meaning D. respect
15.A.hope B. efforts C. novels D. imagination
16.A.lasting B. normal C. careful D. general
17.A.head B. mouth C. voice D. work
18.A.took B. put C. broke D. added
19.A.writing B. reading C. developing D. translating
20.A.friend B. call C. success D. work
（1）1-5 AACBB 6-10 DACBC 11-15 BDCBD 16-20 AABCC
思路点拨：
本篇文章讲述了一个坚持不懈奋斗，最后终于成功的母亲。本文用了 “倒叙”手法，这种手法在英语中是通过时态体现的，这一点，对于学生来说很容易忽略，因为中文不存在动词变形问题。因此学生做题时要通过考虑时态来分清时空关系。在第二段中，第一句和第二句的不同时态就可以看出，从第二句开始，作者开始对更早情况回忆。第三段虽然没有用过去完成时，但从意思上可以看出是对童年事件的回忆。第四段的第一句仍然是回忆，但后两句时态变化说明回忆停止。阅读时，首先应该看到这一点，思路要随着这个线索发展。
第4空：在文章刚刚开始阶段，讲的是作者写文章时的情况，当时作者虽已是三个孩子的母亲，已经四十多岁了，但还未成功。而出版商问的问题是有目的的，她问了作者的岁数，再问作者的健康情况，因为她怕作者经不住这个突然的消息，过度兴奋而出现问题，因此要选 health。
第6空： 本空虽然在第二段，但与第一段事件一致，作者听到这个消息确实感到震惊，作者的这种感情与她过去的经历有直接的关系，shock恰如其分地表达了作者的这种感情。
第9空： 本空处在作者对自己不断失败的回忆中，她不屈不挠，虽然失败，但立刻开始新的尝试，此空的四个选项虽然都可以与 -ing 形式搭配，但只有 got down to 的意义符合这种情况。
第13空： 作者在回忆童年时期祖母对自己的影响，祖母当然只是讲故事，而不可能写故事，telling 是合适选项。
第14、15空： 这两个空都说明了祖母对作者的影响，一个人有了热爱，才可能有投入，而祖母激起了作者对文学的热爱和她的想象力，这些都是作者坚持不懈写作的原因，其他词不能表达这种含义。
第16空： 作者讲述并总结祖母对自己的影响，这种影响不是一般的影响，不是仔细的影响，只能是持续的影响，因此要选 lasting。
第19空： 我们注意到作者做的这件事是在看孩子与做饭之间做的，这种时候，一般腾不出手来写作，也无法读书，只能思索、发展思路，因此只能选developing。
（2）
Every year between February and April, when the southwest monsoon(季风) blows, a fever seizes the Thais(泰国人). It is the kite, and kite flying in Thailand 1 a strong feeling of interest that is nothing 2 of feverish.
During the summer, in the months of March and April, the skies 3 cities, towns and villages throughout the Kingdom are 4 with kites of all descriptions --- long-tailed dragons, twisting snakes, beautiful butterflies, or familiar cartoon characters wheeling and weaving in the warm air.
One afternoon, a friend and long-time kite flier invited me to 5 him at the Pramane Ground. What’s the attraction? I asked as he flew a huge kite. Well, you can feel a bit of a 6 at first, he replied, a grown man standing there holding the end of a string and 7 up into the sky. But once you forget yourself, you get caught up in the 8 of controlling something in the air where you cannot follow. You’re on the ground: the kites in the air but its you that are making it all 9 . Go on, go fly a kite.
I took his advice in the 10 it was meant and, holding the hand of my young daughter so that others would think I was only satisfying a child’s
11 , I bought a rainbow-colored snake. After a few failed runs we got the kite into the air 12 greater ease than I expected. It was only my daughters crying, My go, my go that I realized Id been holding the string, completely 13 what I was discovering was a very pleasing pastime.
Like many other 14 of popular culture, the sport of kite flying in Thailand has been 15 down from generation to generation. Its origins(起源) are 16 probably in ancient China, although it seems likely that Thai kites are as old as the 17 itself. It was a crazy 18 by everyone from the king down.
Its a great tradition(传统), that has the 19 of bringing generations together. says my friend. What you see today at the Kings Cup is the 20 as the people of the past would have seen more than two hundred years ago.
1.A.fires B. fights C. turns D. keeps
2.A.long B. short C. fond D. proud
3.A.on B. over C. around D. in
4.A.alive B. ready C. open D. equal
5.A.see B. care C. accept D. join
6.A.hero B. fool C. master D. fireman
7.A.flying B. missing C. staring D. jumping
8.A.match B. comfort C. excitement D. movement
9.A.happen B. begin C. attend D. break
10.A.way B. while C. language D. need
11.A.game B. sport C. request D. best
12.A.for B. with C. beyond D. under
13.A.tired of B. fit for C. helped with D. devoted to
14.A.laws B. rules C. forms D. researches
15.A.put B. handed C. sat D. looked
16.A.rooted B. left C. dated D. hoped
17.A.history B. Kingdom C. time D. earth
18.A.imagined B. used C. enjoyed D. told
19.A.effect B. right C. name D. science
20.A.same B. kite C. invention D. relation
（3） 1-5 ABBAD 6-10 BCCAA 11-15 CBDCB 16-20 ABCAA
思路点拨：
本文讲述了泰国春天的风筝热。文章大多数设空都在考查学生根据上下文选择正确选项的能力。
第1空：上下文提到“风筝”，“强烈的兴趣”，在此只有把fire作动词用，才能与它的主语及宾语搭配，fire本意为“点燃”，而此时为“激发(兴趣)”之意。
第2空：根据此句的句意，大家对放风筝有一种狂热，句子中有nothing，与之搭配用short，就成了“决不缺乏热情”的意思。
第4空：此句的主语是skies, 天空中满是风筝飞舞，充满活力，alive恰到好处地表达了此意。
第6空：根据下文提到的情景，一个大人站着，手中拿着线，眼睛盯着天空，显得傻乎乎的，fool就表达了这种意思。
第11空：父亲带女儿放风筝，装作是在满足女儿的要求，以致不会被看作傻乎乎，因此要选“要求”即request。
第16空：本文在此叙述到起源，因此选rooted。
第17空：泰国是个“王国”，也就是Kingdom，而在本句中提到了它，后面又用了反身代词itself，因此应选kingdom。
[完形填空练习]
(1)
I met this guy who told me an amazing story. He was 1 Scotland on a motorbike by himself. One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin. He was traveling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really 2 girl standing by the road, hitchhiking（沿途搭车）. Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a 3 to Elgin. She got on and he drove off. He said he 4 having her on the back, as it was nice 5 . But after a time he forgot that she was there. Suddenly he 6 her, but he realized that he couldn’t feel her knees 7 against him! He 8 behind him but...she wasn’t there.
He said he felt frightened 9 his life! He felt cold all over. He thought she must have 10 off the back. So he turned round and 11 back along the road. He didn’t find her. He went to see if she had crawled(爬) into a field or something. But he didn’t find her. So he began to think that she might have been 12 by someone else.
Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn’t see anyone 13 he came to a pub. He decided to 14 so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell 15 . He went into a pub and talked to the barman. He told the barman what had happened. He said the barman didn’t seem to be at all 16 . He just carried on 17 the glasses.
Then the barman said, “You’re not the 18 person to come in here and tell the same 19 . That girl you think you picked up 20 seven years ago...in a motorbike accident.”
1.A. touring B. searching C. defending D. circling
2.A. poor B. attractive C. tall D. terrible
3.A. help B. lift C. service D. trip
4.A. chose B. came C. meant D. liked
5.A. business B. event C. company D. action
6.A. thought B. considered C. remembered D. called
7.A. pressing B. turning C. going D. running
8.A. looked B. took C. felt D. seized
9.A. out of B. in case of C. in place of D. to the best of
10.A. jumped B. kept C. kicked D. fallen
11.A. raced B. walked C. got D. watched
12.A. picked up B. searched for C. taken away D. brought back
13.A. when B. until C. although D. since
14.A. wait B. enter C. stop D. march
15.A. someone B. nobody C. the father D. the police
16.A. worried B. surprised C. moved D. satisfied
17.A. breaking B. waving C. knocking D. drying
18.A. first B. last C. right D. honest
19.A. story B. message C. lie D. truth
20.A. was saved B. ran away C. died D. left
(2)
Some twenty years ago I was working in a factory with Walter Jansen who was
retired after 40 years of work; for the 1 twenty-five he had been the factory foreman(工头). How he 2 the people he worked with! And they loved him. This was my first year to work but it was Walter's 3 . It was Walter Jansen who told me about the big “Trip to the Island” tradition. Every December the two hundred workers' families would 4 and each family would place five dollars in a box and write its name on 5 . Then someone would be blindfolded (蒙眼) and draw the 6 of the family that would go for a happy two-week 7 .
“Why don't you come to the gathering?" Walter suggested to me. “I'll introduce you to everyone."
8 three o'clock each family had put five dollars. But before the 9 the announcer called Walter up and 10 him a medal expressing their thanks for his years of care and 11 . Then I was asked to draw the name of the 12 family. I was blindfolded and 13 to the box. I reached in, and finally 14 on one.
I took off the blindfold and read the piece of paper, “Water Jansen!" The 15 were deafening. Everyone surrounded him, 16 .
17 the gathering continued I 18 to reached back into the box, and 19 out a handful of pieces. Each one, in 20 handwriting, carried the same name--Walter Jansen.
1.A.ordinary B. natural C. past D. proper
2.A.missed B. watched C. feared D. loved
3.A.last B. past C. first D. second
4.A.get together B. travel around C. go home D. drop in
5.A.the money B. the box C. a piece of paper D. a book
6.A.name B. money C. member D. box
7.A.work B. trip C. party D. time
8.A.At B. For C. By D. On
9.A.drawing B. eating C. gathering D. celebrating
10.A.presented B. got C. threw D. made
11.A.education B. deed C. courage D. friendship
12.A.famous B. helpful C. lucky D. thankful
13.A.led B. came C. rushed D. stuck
14.A.counted B. settled C. depended D. agreed
15.A.cheers B. voices C. answers D. thunders
16.A.introducing B. congratulating C. calming D. begging
17.A.While B. Whenever C. Though D. However
18.A.decided B. asked C. pretended D. happened
19.A.found B. helped C. pointed D. drew
20.A.the same B. colorful C. different D. careful
(3)
There is an old saying that husbands and wives start to look and behave like each other after a time. I don't know if this was true of my mother and father.
1 of my parents had brown hair and brown eyes and low 2 . My father,
3 , was eight years older than my mother and taller and thinner. He was built as 4 as an arrow. My mother was shorter and had a rounder and 5 face and she looked as soft as a 6 .
My mother was quieter and talked 7 than he did. She was also a much more patient person than my father. My father was more experienced 8 life. He was
9 to doing everything quickly. My mother, 10 , worked and spoke more
11 .
They were fond of nature and 12 , such as walking, gardening and swimming. They were both 13 in reading and music, but my father 14 history books, while my mother liked to read romantic novels. In music, their 15 were similar, and they never 16 of listening to it. Most of the time they were in agreement on bringing 17 their children. They both believed in giving them love and neither one believed in 18 them physically. At times, their personalities were very much alike, but at other times, they seemed very 19 . Perhaps that is 20 none of their children knows which parent he looks or behaves like.
1.A.All B. Both C. None D. No
2.A.age B. height C. levels D. voices
3.A.but B. and C. however D. though
4.A.straight B. narrow C. fast D. sharp
5.A.thinner B. emptier C. fuller D. longer
6.A.rock B. stone C. bag D. pillow
7.A.less B. fewer C. more D. better
8.A.in B. with C. of D. over
9.A.used B. led C. devoted D. stuck
10.A.in the end B. on the other hand C. sooner or later D. believe it or not
11.A.carefully B. slowly C. eagerly D. anxiously
12.A.work B. sports C. movies D. geography
13.A.fond B. rich C. interested D. encouraged
14.A.wrote B. saw C. read D. preferred
15.A.types B. theories C. tastes D. tasks
16.A.proud B. tired C. afraid D. fond
17.A.up B. to C. in D. on
18.A.punishing B. scolding C. treating D. telling
19.A.silimar B. different C. good D. bad
20.A.why B. what C. when D. who
(4)
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And 1 he does not become very rich, he wants people to 2 he is. That is what keeping up with the Joneses is about. This is the story of someone who tries to look as 3 as his neighbors.
It was in 1913 that the expression was 4 used by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told the story about 5 : He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got 6 and moved with his wife to a very 7 neighborhood outside New York City. Then when he saw that rich people had 8 , Momand and his wife also 9 one and gave big 10 for their new neighbors.
It was like a 11 , but one could never 12 it because one was always trying to keep up. The race 13 for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved 14 an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked 15 himself and noticed that many people do things 16 to keep up with rich life-style of their neighbors. He saw the 17 side of that and started to 18 a series of short stories. He called it Keeping up with the Joneses, because ‘Jones’ is a very 19 name in the United States. Keeping up with the Joneses came to 20 keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you.
1.A.even if B. as though C. as soon as D. no matter whether
2.A.know B. see C. think D. realize
3.A.good B. rich C. kind D. polite
4.A.first B. then C. only D. really
5.A.himself B. his friend C. his neighbor D. other people
6.A.tired B. known C. excited D. married
7.A.nearby B. wealthy C. clean D. far
8.A.houses B. servants C. money D. pleasure
9.A.bought B. hired C. earned D. got
10.A.parties B. rooms C. lectures D. shows
11.A.movement B. liberation C. revolution D. race
12.A.leave B. hold C. win D. finish
13.A.waited B. looked C. fitted D. ended
14.A.into B. out of C. on to D. back to
15.A.after B around C. for D. through
16.A.even B. already C. just D. forever
17.A.other B. right C. bad D. funny
18.A.listen to B. laugh at C. write D. read
19.A.interesting B. wonderful C. ugly D. common
20.A.appear B. enjoy C. mean D. show
(5)
They called him the Fool. His name was Suchinsky, a peasant on the Polish-Ukrainian border.
In 1941, when Hitler's army overrun the village, he dug a cave with his hands 1 his farmhouse and 2 a family there for two years. They were named Zeiger.
Once when Suchinsky learned the Nazis were going to search the farm with dogs 3 to find people, he stayed all night 4 waste from outhouses to throw off the scent. The Germans came, but they never found the Zeigers.
After they were 5 in 1944, the Zeigers went to America. Over the years they 6 sent package of food and clothing to Suchinsky. As he could neither read nor write he 7 for the gifts with a flower drawn to the Zeigers. But in the late 1950's the thanks stopped. When Zeigers asked, the officials told them there was no Suchinsky.
8 1987 did one of the sons, Shelley Zeiger, now a successful New Jersey businessman, learn the 9 . Suchinsky had become seriously 10 , and was moved to a nearby town, where a cousin nursed him back to 11 .
Then in October 1987, while Zeiger was 12 a business trip in Moscow,
he sent a note to Suchinsky, who 13 through friends with a one-line 14 :
"You have no idea of the 15 I have to see you."
The Zeigers returned to the village for the 16 time in forty-four years. The people of the village 17 the streets carrying flowers.
"You could see in their faces," Zeiger called up, "that now Suchinsky, the fool, was a hero, the one among them who had done what was 18 . What matters most is that when you do good, 19 will come back to you. When you do good you will not be forgotten. We can never 20 him fully."
1.A.beside B. beyond C. under D. above
2.A.placed B. hid C. set out D. kept on
3.A.trained B. watched C. planned D. invited
4.A.throwing B. sweeping C. spreading D. laying
5.A.set B. shut C. lasted D. liberated
6.A.regularly B. politely C. certainly D. secretly
7.A.looked B. answered C. thanked D. cared
8.A.Even in B. Only after C. Never in D. As for
9.A.excuse B. idea C. reason D. discovery
10.A.ill B. deaf C. busy D. nervous
11.A.health B. death C. strength D. wealth
12.A.for B. in C. on D. around
13.A.sent B. answered C. asked D. proved
14.A.information B. message C. article D. news
15.A.pressure B. thought C. longing D. suffering
16.A.first B. second C. last D. final
17.A.stood B. surrounded C. lined D. rowed
18.A.famous B. brave C. strict D. right
19.A.god B. good C. bad D. danger
20.A.praise B. thank C. repay D. respect
(6)
Mr. Gray traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of different kinds to farmers. It was not really a very 1 job, but Mr. Grey had always been interested in 2 , and he was quite 3 with his life.
One of Mr. Grey's problems was often 4 to stay when he reached some small place in the country. He did not expect great 5 and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a 6 room and when there was no hot water or good food after a long and 7 day.
Late one 8 evening, Mr. Grey arrived at a small railway station. The journey by 9 that day had not been 10 interesting, and Mr. Grey was cold and tired and hungry. He was 11 a simple but satisfying meal by a bright burning 12 , and then a hot bath and a comfortable 13 .
While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was 14 walking there, “As this is my first 15 to this part of the country and I was in too much of a 16 to find out about hotels before I left home, I would very much like to know how many you have here?"
The local man answered, "We have two."
“And which of the two would you 17 me to go to?" Mr. Grey asked then.
The local man scratched his 18 for a few moments and then answered, “Well, it's like this: 19 you go to, you'll be 20 you didn't go to the other."
1.A.curious B. serious C. exciting D. horrible
2.A.working B. farming C. studying D. teaching
3.A.satisfied B. terrified C. thankful D. careful
4.A.where B. which C. what D. how
5.A.position B. respect C. comfort D. money
6.A.cold B. small C. common D. local
7.A.happy B. interesting C. tiring D. ordinary
8.A.winter B. summer C. Sunday D. holiday
9.A.bus B. train C. plane D. boat
10.A.in all B. at all C. all over D. all the same
11.A.booking B. ordering C. longing for D. finding out
12.A.fire B. light C. wood D. stove
13.A.hotel B. room C. seat D. bed
14.A.already B. also C. yet D. quite
15.A.arrival B. look C. visit D. moment
16.A.while B. hurry C. habit D. wonder
17.A.want B. suggest C. allow D. advise
18.A.paper B. head C. hand D. notebook
19.A.whenever B. wherever C. whichever one D. neither one
20.A.proud B. sure C. sorry D. glad
(7)
In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold doughnuts and coffee. 1 on a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few minutes to wait for their 2 .
I 3 coffee in takeout cups and 4 waited on customers who’d point through the glass case and say, No, not that one, the one two rows over.
Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of school children would 5 into the shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and 6 on. I didn’t mind if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.
I came to know them 7 well. The girls would talk about school. The boys were more quiet, choosing not to 8 their secrets, but still, they’d wait every day in the store 9 their bus came.
Sometimes Id hand out bus fare when a ticket went 10 ---always repaid the next day. When it snowed, the kids and I would wait anxiously for a very 11 bus. They’d call their parents to let them know they were okay. I 12 a lot of doughnuts on snowy days. I enjoyed my pals, but it never 13 to me that I played an important 14 in their lives---until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man entered the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o’clock. I 15 it was true, and he introduced himself 16 the father of two of my favorites---a brother and sister team.
I want you to know I appreciate what you do for my children. I 17 about them having to take two buses to get home. It means a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping 18 on them.
I told him it wasn’t a big 19 , that I enjoyed the kids.
No, you don’t understand. When they’re with the doughnuts lady, I know they’re 20 . It is a big deal. And I’m grateful.
So I was the Doughnuts Lady. I not only had received a title, I had become a landmark.
1.A.Crowded B. Situated C. Directed D .Removed
2.A.ride B. chance C. children D. jobs
3.A.tasted B. had C. made D. poured
4.A.finally B. probably C. fairly D. patiently
5.A.burst B. break C. look D. point
6.A.go B. come C. pass D. pull
7.A.pretty B. not C. usually D. far
8.A.hear B. notice C. share D. search
9.A.when B. before C. after D. until
10.A.stored B. required C. missing D. remaining
11.A.early B. late C. fast D. big
12.A.ate up B. gave away C. let out D. got back
13.A.stuck B. reminded C. moved D. occurred
14.A.lesson B. moment C. life D. part
15.A.admitted B. limited C. guessed D. considered
16.A.for B. to C. as D. like
17.A.care B. worry C. talk D. wonder
18.A.a space B. an eye C. the possession D. a knowledge
19.A.pride B. pleasure C. deal D. help
20.A.happy B. active C. alive D. safe
(8)
In the year 1818 the people of the Missouri asked the Congress(国会) of the United States that Missouri be admitted as a state to the Union.
This 1 a discussion in Congress. The Northern states did not want 2
extended to another state. The Southern states 3 the slaveholders who were
already in Missouri. After long discussion a 4 was finally made. Congress agreed to admit Missouri as a slave state, 5 by the admission of Maine as a 6 state. As part of the agreement, 7 slave states were to be admitted north of the southern border of Kansas, Calorado and Utah.
Before a vote could be taken in the House, Representative(代表) Felix Walker, from Buncombe County, North Carolina, rose and asked 8 to speak.
Representative Walker gave a 9 speech. It had nothing to do with the
question, and it seemed to 10 nothing to do with anything else.
At first the other Representatives were 11 . But as the speech went
12 , the tired audience kept crying for him to stop. Walker paid no attention. He went on calmly 13 he had finished his speech and then, pleased with himself, sat down.
Later Walker was asked 14 he had made a speech that had nothing to do with the discussion. Walker smiled. The 15 at home, he said, expected him to make a speech of some 16 . Since it was expected, he had carefully 17 a speech. He was not speaking so much for 18 ---he “was only talking for the people back home in Buncombe."
The word “buncombe” was 19 by the press. Frequently it was misspelled
“bunkum”, and later shortened to “bunk”. It meant any kind of 20 talk, or any untrue statement.
1.A.began B. started C. reduced D. organized
2.A.wealth B. progress C. slavery D. poverty
3.A.supported B. oppressed C. liberated D. rejected
4.A.way B. decision C. suggestion D. conclusion
5.A.proved B. balanced C. treated D. ruled
6.A.free B. slave C. proper D. main
7.A.no less B. no more C. no good D. no one
8.A.question B. service C. reply D. permission
9.A.long, boring B. long, interesting C. short, uninteresting D. short, exciting
10.A.say B. have C. deal D. cover
11.A.polite B. tired C. calm D. warm
12.A.step by step B. back and forth C. again and again D. on and on
13.A.until B. for C. since D. while
14.A.what B. when C. how D. why
15.A.crowds B. union C. folks D. members
16.A.sort B. else C. time D. invention
17.A.made B. collected C. prepared D. chosen
18.A.all B. himself C. people D. Congress
19.A.taken up B. put away C. looked up D. got in
20.A.empty B. excellent C. serious D. harmful
(9)
“Do you think we’ll win?” ten-year-old Tyrus Lucas asked his mother 1 he wrote his name on the entry(参赛作品) to Cartoon Network’s toy sweepstakes.
“We can 2 ,” said his mother, a divorced mother who works as a teacher and struggled to 3 her kids, she didn’t have much cash for 4 .
A week later the phone rang. “Your son won our drawing!” a woman 5 .
“Great,” cried his mother. “Which 6 did he win?”
“All of them. A thousand toys!”
The next Saturday when the doorbell of their home rang, Tyrus, not 7 the surprise, opened the door and his face 8 up. “Mom,” he cried. “Cartoon Network is here!”
So were dozens of 9 kids who had run over to the cartoon-covered truck. They jumped 10 as hundreds of toys tumbled from the truck’s back doors.
Tyrus thought he could 11 his whole room with them. But as he looked at the children around him, he 12 . The others in their working-class neighborhood didn’t have 13 either.
“Here,” he said, 14 a doll to a little girl. Then he handed a boy a Lite Brite. “Take 15 you want,” Tyrus told the kids---and they did, 16 him over and over.
Tyrus kept several games, but he wasn’t done giving. “Why don’t we give some to your 17 , Mom?” he asked. They 18 almost 100 toys to the elementary school where she works. “The first thing my son thought of was to 19 ,” his mother says, beaming. “I’m so 20 of him.”
1.A.though B. as C. as long as D. so that
2.A.guess B. ask C. wait D. try
3.A.support B. promise C. treat D. consider
4.A.drawings B. extras C. food D. contests
5.A.declared B. explained C. celebrated D. praised
6.A.prize B. pay C. toy D. wealth
7.A.seeing B. helping C. knowing D. enjoying
8.A.lighted B. looked C. turned D. set
9.A.attractive B. warm C. helpful D. excited
10.A.off B. out C. down D. up and down
11.A.join B. fill C. keep D. have
12.A.worried B. stopped C. laughed D. examined
13.A.much B. them C. little D. qualities
14.A.showing B. moving C. handing D. driving
15.A.wherever B. however C. whenever D. whatever
16.A.troubling B. disturbing C. reminding D. thanking
17.A.school B. friends C. students D. children
18.A.contributed B. delivered C. sold D. lent
19.A.take B. create C. give D. forgive
20.A.fond B. proud C. sure D. kind
(10)
In about 250 BC, the Greek scientist Archimedes was asked by King Hieron to find out if his crown was 1 gold. Archimedes thought and thought about the problem. Suddenly the 2 came to him when he was having a 3 .
As he got into the bathtub, Archimedes 4 that if he immersed(浸入)the King's crown in a vessel 5 to the brim(边缘) with water, it would cause some water to 6 . If he then immersed a piece of pure gold of the same 7 as this crown, the same amount of water would overflow if the crown was pure gold. 8 , Archimedes found that the crown was not pure gold.
He is believed to have rushed naked(赤裸) from his bathtub into the 9 shouting, "Eureka!", which means, "I've 10 it!"
Archimedes made many important scientific 11 , including pulleys, and he first explained why things float.
A one-word code was 12 from Kissinger(基辛格) to Nixon(尼克松), “Eureka”, meaning that the trip had been 13 . After returning from Beijing, Kissinger and his assistant wrote a 14 to Nixon, “We have laid the 15 work for you and Mao to turn a page in 16 ." On July 15 Nixon informed stunned television viewers of Kissinger's 17 trip and his own 18 to visit China some time before May 1972. In October 1971, Kissinger returned to 19 , with a team of “advance men”, to 20 for Nixon's own visit.
1.A.special B. true C. simple D. pure
2.A.news B. answer C. word D. way
3.A.lesson B. dinner C. bath D. walk
4.A.realized B. said C. remarked D. knew
5.A.filled B. full C. exact D. perfect
6.A.freeze B. overflow C. flee D. lose
7.A.weight B. size C. length D. shape
8.A.After a while B. On that day C. In no time D. In this way
9.A.bath-room B. bedroom C. home D. street
10.A.decided B. made C. found D. done
11.A.experiments B. discoveries C. programs D. researches
12.A.sent B. given C. left D. passed
13.A.successful B. necessary C. secret D. public
14.A.letter B. report C. note D. notice
15.A.result B. ground C. full D. language
16.A.the world B. the century C. history D. progress
17.A.secret B. tiring C. helpful D. dangerous
18.A.trip B. plan C. reply D. condition
19.A.China B.US C. his hometown D. Greece
20.A.prepare B. wait C. help D. look
(11)
A true apology is more than just admission of a mistake. It’s recognition that something you’ve said or done has 1 a relationship---and that you care 2 about that relationship to want it repaired.
It’s never 3 to admit you are in wrong. Being human, we all need the 4 of apology. Look back and think how 5 you’ve judged roughly, said 6 things, pushed yourself 7 at the expense of a friend. Some 8 thought in us knows that when even a small mistake has been made, your feeling will stay out of 9 until the mistake is admitted and regret 10 .
I remember a doctor friend telling me about a man who came to him with different 11 : headaches, insomnia, stomachaches and so on. No 12 cause could be found. Finally the doctor said to the man, “Unless you tell me what’s on your conscience, I can’t help you.”
After a short 13 , the man told the doctor that he 14 all the money that his father gave to his brother, who was 15 . His father had died, so only he himself knew the 16 . The old doctor made the man write to his brother making a(n) 17 and enclosing a 18 . In the post office, the man dropped the letter into the mail box. As the letter 19 , the man burst into 20 . “Thank you, doctor,” he said. “I think I’m all right now.” And he was.
1.A. built B. damaged C. had D. formed
2.A. little B. enough C. of D. for
3.A. difficult B. easy C. shy D. shameful
4.A. skill B. way C. art D. reason
5.A. along B. often C. much D. soon
6.A. unusual B. unimportant C. unknown D. unkind
7.A. ahead B. away C. off D. down
8.A. deep B. new C. other D. simple
9.A. time B. body C. breath D. balance
10.A. expected B. explained C. described D. expressed
11.A. acts B. manners C. illnesses D. feelings
12.A. single B. real C. physical D. serious
13.A. rest B. stay C. absence D. silence
14.A. accepted B. received C. seized D. robbed
15.A. present B. dead C. abroad D. lost
16.A. matter B. result C. cause D. relation
17.A. secret B. joke C. excuse D. apology
18.A. card B. letter C. check D. photo
19.A. arrived B. disappeared C. changed D. floated
20.A. laughter B. speech C. sounds D. tears
(12)
My wife and I had just finished the 150-mile trip home from our daughter's college. It was the first time in our lives that she would go away for any length of 1 . We wondered how other people had 2 it.
Later in bed, I 3 the time I started college. My father had driven me, too. My mother had to stay 4 to keep the cattle from getting into the crops. I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to 5 college.
The truck was slow, and I was glad. I didn't want to get to 6 too soon. I shook hands with my father in the truck and he didn't say a word. But I knew he was going to make a little 7 . He finally said, “I never went to college and 8 of your brothers went to college. I can't say don't do this or that, because everything is 9 and I don't know what is going to 10 , but I think things will work out. When you get a job, be sure to be 11 and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be 12 in the big town and I would be 13 the life.
Then my father brought out the Bible(圣经) that he had read so 14 . I knew that he would miss it and I must 15 it. He just said, “This can help you if you will let it.”
When I finished school I took the Bible back to my father. But he said he wanted me to 16 it.
Now, too late, I remember. It would have been so 17 to give it to my daughter when she got out of the car. But I didn't. I could give her 18 . My father could give me only a Bible. but I don't really believe now that I gave her 19 as much as my father gave me. So the next morning I 20 up the book and sent it to her. I wrote a note. “This can help you,” I said, “if you will let it.”
1.A.time B. distance C. way D. direction
2.A.understood B. stood C. thought D. tried
3.A.called B. remembered C. thought of D. went through
4.A.away B. out C. behind D. up
5.A.take part in B. go away to C. begin with D. believe in
6.A.my daughter's college B. my home C. the city D. the farm
7.A.speech B. attempt C. promise D. impression
8.A.some B. one C. none D. all
9.A.meaningful B. different C. interesting D. difficult
10.A.come up B. go out C. take down D. break in
11.A.lively B. hard C. reasonable D. honest
12.A.happy B. alone C. sure D. lost
13.A.losing B. leading C. missing D. thinking
14.A.hard B. smoothly C. poorly D. often
15.A.repeat B. read C. follow D. take
16.A.keep B. return C. post D. sell
17.A.natural B. strange C. ready D. nice
18.A.something B. everything C. money D. the Bible
19.A.half B. just C. surely D. really
20.A.set B. turned C. gave D. wrapped
(13)
On the morning of May 29, Donna left unusually early for her 5:30 a.m. waitressing shift at Noone’s Restaurant. She drove along a rural road, 1 as she often did to 2 the old renovated farmhouse she passed each day. But as she looked more 3 , she saw flames flickering on one of the porch’s posts. Donna 4 into the driveway and honked her horn(喇叭).
No 5 . With flames cutting her 6 from the front entrance, she ran to a side door, which was 7 . “Wake up,” she cried, running through the house. “ 8 !”
Just hours earlier Corinne Allin had put 18-month-old Benjamin, Devon, seven, and Amy, nine, to 9 . Now, awakened by the shouts, she stumbled down the steps into a 10 and saw the fire immediately. “My children , my husband ---they’re 11 upstairs,” Corinne said.
“I’ll get them,” Donna responded. “Call 911.”
Donna 12 her way up the stairs through the 13 . While Hugh Allin went to see if he could put the fire 14 with the hose(水管), Devon dashed into Amy’s room. “Get up,” he cried. Amy lifted Benjamin from his crib. With windows exploding and smoke 15 them, they made their way out of the side door.
In the 16 that followed, Donna slipped away to work. Passing the blackened house that evening, she stopped and left a 17 . Later that night the Allin family paid a 18 . Corinne explained that the fire began when she pressed out a 19 in a potted plant on the front porch. “But thanks to you,” she said with tears in her eyes, “we’re 20 .”
1.A.speeding B. slowing C. getting off D. going out
2.A.build B. clean C. admire D. paint
3.A.closely B. quietly C. proudly D. tightly
4.A.pulled B. walked C. broke D. looked
5.A.people B. families C. response D. movement
6.A.up B. in C. around D. off
7.A.closed B. open C. locked D. unlocked
8.A.Fire B. Help C. Hello D. Come on
9.A.bed B. desk C. playground D. school
10.A.room B. heat C. stranger D. street
11.A.already B. just C. still D. even
12.A.found B. stepped C. made D. removed
13.A.flames B. smoke C. rubbish D. ashes
14.A.out B. down C. up D. over
15.A.covering B. reaching C. wiping D. surrounding
16.A.disorder B. rescue C. calmness D. noise
17.A.name B. message C. bag D. note
18.A.bill B. visit C. debt D. part
19.A.match B. wood C. cigarette D. stove
20.A.free B. awake C. alive D. successful
(14)
It was Friday--the most trying day of a teacher's week. As I was going to dismiss the class, Jan, who sat in back of Bill, suddenly shouted, "Teacher! Bill took my dime. It was 1 here by my ink bottle when I went to sharpen my pencil and now it's 2 ."
Billy only dropped his head 3 .
The dime had 4 been there. I had seen it. And Billy was the 5 one who had been near Jan's desk.
By now the children were quiet, obviously waiting for me to take 6 . Perhaps I hadn't slept well the night before; 7 perhaps it was the look of expectation in the children's eyes. 8 , I lost my control. I scolded Billy for being 9 .
"Give Jan her dime." I ordered. Billy didn't say one word in 10 .
"Now turn all your 11 inside out and take off your shoes!" He did 12 . But there was no dime.
" 13 your desk!" I commanded. Patiently he did so. The dime wasn't there either. He returned the books and papers to his desk without a word. Then he 14 his face in his arms.
Instantly I 15 my mistake. I, the person who could defend him, had 16 him. That afternoon one of the boys went to the front of the room to sharpen his pencil. "Hey!" he cried, "Here's Jan's dime on the board ledge(突出的狭长部分). She must have 17 it here when she sharpened her pencil."
I felt heartsick. I went to Billy, and 18 him into my arms. "I'm so sorry, Billy. I had no 19 to scold you. Will you ever pardon me?"
Slowly he raised his eyes to mine. There were no tears but the 20 in his eyes branded my heart forever.
1.A.only B. very C. straight D. right
2.A.settled B. lost sight C. disappeared D. gone
3.A.low B. down C. loose D. on
4.A.certainly B. directly C. not D. already
5.A.troublesome B. actual C. first D. only
6.A.place B. the place C. action D. turn
7.A.and B. but C. or D. either
8.A.Forever B. Anyway C. Even D. Still
9.A.silent B. dishonest C. untrue D. frightened
10.A.self-satisfaction B. self-defense C. self-respect D. self-service
11.A.clothes B. bags C. pockets D. hands
12.A.so B. such C. this D. that
13.A.Move B. Lift C. Push D. Empty
14.A.covered B. touched C. turned D. buried
15.A.recognized B. realized C. thought D. explained
16.A.failed B. protected C. encouraged D. cheated
17.A.put B. hidden C. taken D. got
18.A.drew B. caught C. sent D. led
19.A.power B. change C. excuse D. right
20.A.apology B. honesty C. hurt D. horror
(15)
Six-year-old Lena Fugatt liked to sit beside her grandfather while he drove his 3,000-pound tractor around the family farm. One afternoon Ray Fugatt, 58, took Lena with him when he went to 1 a pile of brush.
He 2 gasoline on the pile and set fire to it. The brush 3 into flames that engulfed(吞没) him instantly . Screaming, Fugatt fell to the ground and 4 to put out the fire. Pushing himself to his 5 , he struggled to where Lena was on the tractor, 30 feet away. Go get Mema, he whispered, using Lenas name for her grandmother. Then he fell down unconscious(失去知觉) onto the flat field.
The 6 on Fugatts arms had come off, his chest was a 7 of deep red blisters(泡), and his face was badly burnt. But Lena didnt 8 . Afraid to leave her grandfather alone while she ran for 9 , she realized her only 10 was to drive the huge tractor to the house, a half mile away. Her grandfather had 11 her to drive it alone, but now the 3.5-foot-tall girl decided to do 12 that.
She slid forward on the seat and used her toe to 13 the red starter button. The machine moved 14 , and Lena struggled to drive it back to the house. When the people of emergency services arrived, there were huge 15 tracks in the field, showing the girls 16 around trees, bushes and ditches.
Ray Fugatt suffered second-and-third-degree burns 17 40 percent of his body but has made almost complete 18 . According to the doctor, he would not have been saved if Lena had not 19 so quickly. Lena 20 her cool, knew what had to be done, and did it.
1.A.burn B. gather C. sweep D. plough
2.A.took B. fetched C. poured D. mixed
3.A.burst B. became C. looked D. broke
4.A.jumped B. dropped C. rolled D. ran
5.A.hands B. feet C. body D. legs
6.A.cover B. burn C. blood D. skin
7.A.rest B. piece C. pair D. mass
8.A.fear B. afraid C. leave D. stop
9.A.help B. service C. touch D. safety
10.A.hope B. reason C. comfort D. action
11.A.allowed B. forbidden C. prevented D. persuaded
12.A.almost B. even C. just D. otherwise
13.A.press B. pull C. command D. catch
14.A.around B. again C. ahead D. across
15.A.S-shaped B.X-shaped C. direct D. square
16.A.walk B. journey C. match D. level
17.A.on B. over C. around D. from
18.A.efforts B. sense C. recovery D. use
19.A.driven B. acted C. called D. run
20.A.kept B. saw C. recognized D. pretended
(16)
Over years of study, Paco has discovered that people act in predictable (可预测) ways when they are shopping. Successful shops adapt(使适应) themselves to these habits. For example, people tend to 1 to the right when they enter a building. That is why many shops have their entrances on the 2 . Also, people speed up when they enter shops and need space to 3 down. That is why there is often a(n) 4 space just inside a shop door giving people a 5 to make themselves at home.
Men and women shop in different ways. Men like to decide what they want
6 they shop. Then they go straight out and get it without buying anything else. Seventy-five per cent of men who try clothes on buy them 7 away. Only 35 per cent of women do the 8 . Men also 9 not to talk to shop assistant.
Women enjoy the shopping 10 more. They will shop first and decide what they want later, trying different things out 11 the way. Women also like to
12 their time. A shopping trip that takes a man and a woman one hour will take two women three hours. Paco suggests that shops provide nurseries for
13 , with video games and a TV tuned to a sports channel. The women can then shop in 14 while the men play.
According to Paco, these differences can 15 back to the hunter-gatherer period of human history. Men were hunters. They focused(集中) on stalking 16 and then killing them. Women 17 wild vegetables and fruits. They needed to be 18 , to talk to each other and to cover as much ground as possible.
Every modern city has its shopping area. And the shops are 19 of modern, hi-tech goods. But the people shopping are 20 in the same way that their ancestors did forty thousand years ago.
1.A.lead B. stick C. turn D. join
2.A.right B. left C. side D. way
3.A.slow B. go C. look D. put
4.A.empty B. useful C. standing D. living
5.A.lesson B. spirit C. picture D. chance
6.A.after B. before C. when D. if
7.A.far B. out C. straight D. from
8.A.same B. thing C. shopping D. wrong
9.A.continue B. decide C. prefer D. admit
10.A.goods B. places C. equipment D. experience
11.A.along B. beyond C. of D. in
12.A.spend B. care C. break D. take
13.A.women B. men C. children D. customers
14.A.silence B. peace C. time D. common
15.A.date B. come C. get D. fight
16.A.lions B. humans C. animals D. comrades
17.A.cut B. planted C. gathered D. watered
18.A.patient B. tender C. skilled D. useful
19.A.proud B. fond C. afraid D. full
20.A.buying B. selling C. wondering D. behaving
(17)
Yes, she was a helpful neighbor. She moved away the leaves for me in fall, 1 my ice in winter, and mowed the lawn in summer. And she asked for nothing in 2 , but God knows what she was 3 !
Then one day last year, while my wife and I were entertaining friends in our backyard, I heard a 4 crack. My basement window had been broken to pieces. We rushed to the 5 , and there was that busy woman again! “What have you done to my window?” I asked angrily.
“Nothing. I was just sweeping the leaves when it suddenly broke. I didn’t 6 touch it.”
“Shut up! No more 7 ! Do you want to fix it for me, or should I call the police?”
“Kindness is never paid in kindness,” she mumbled to herself. “ 8 me right.”
“Speak out. What are you going to do?”
“I’ll get your window 9 .”
“When?”
“Right now,” she said 10 as she walked away.
A man came and took the 11 . Thirty minutes later he returned with a new window. In less than an hour, my forty-year-old wooden window was replaced by a(n) 12 one. To tell you the truth, I had wanted to change it for a long time, but just didn’t have a chance. Thank God, I got it free of 13 at last. Why not? She was a helpful woman who 14 doing good deeds for others 15 .
Just 16 you and me, the true story is that while she was sweeping the tree leaves for me, my boy---who was playing in the basement--- 17 his ball right through the old window. It was the perfect 18 for me to threaten to 19 charges against her. What a helpful 20 !
1.A. covered B. cleaned C. melted D. spread
2.A. turn B. return C. common D. favor
3.A. up to B. back from C. instead of D. as for
4.A. loud B. weak C. terrible D. huge
5.A. woman B. pieces C. scene D. door
6.A. almost B. just C. really D. even
7.A. excuses B. stories C. reasons D. helps
8.A. Serve B. Tell C. Call D. Pass
9.A. repaired B. replaced C. paid D. built
10.A. happily B. firmly C. hopefully D. luckily
11.A. control B. chance C. aims D. measurements
12.A. modern B. expensive C. complete D. cheap
13.A. charge B. care C. fault D. duty
14.A. finished B. allowed C. practiced D. enjoyed
15.A. therefore B. indeed C. anyway D. forever
16.A. between B. among C. for D. with
17.A. put B. played C. kicked D. watched
18.A. work B. match C. moment D. choice
19.A. collect B. increase C. carry D. press
20.A. trap B. boy C. woman D. event
1-5 BBAAC 6-10 DBAAB 11-15 DAADC 16-20 ACCDB
(18)
Day after day Mary Feldman saw teens stand about outside her 1 at the King Street Palace, an entertainment center in Charleston. She knew they attended a nearby middle school and were 2 from class---again.
Feldman believed that if someone didn’t 3 out to these teenagers, they would soon lose all 4 in school. So one afternoon she went outside to
5 with them.
“I asked what 6 them,” she says. “Their response were always the 7 : music, art and sports.” The 42-year-old businesswoman 8 a music program would be a great way to keep 9 kids interested in learning.
Then Feldman found the middle school principal with her 10 for Blues in the Schools---a program that would bring 11 into the schools to perform and teach. He liked her idea, but said she’d have to raise the 12 .
Local businesses came to her 13 . In four months they’d donated(捐赠) about $15,000--- 14 to bring in Billy Branch, a great blues harmonica(乐器) player, who had 15 a similar program in Chicago schools. During Branch’s three-week after-school class in Charleston, 16 listened to music and learned to write and perform the blues 17 . “We needed skilled musicians who wanted to 18 the tradition to younger people,” Feldman says.
The next year Feldman increased the numbers of Blues. Now 19 5,000 middle and elementary school students in a dozen cities 20 the country take part.
1.A.office B. school C. center D. program
2.A.separating B. telling C. hearing D. escaping
3.A.come B. get C. pick D. reach
4.A.interest B. happiness C. trust D. strength
5.A.play B. compare C. speak D. meet
6.A.reminds B. excites C. satisfies D. impresses
7.A.various B. same C. clear D. right
8.A.knew B. thought C. realized D. said
9.A.bored B. funny C. disappointed D. surprised
10.A.plan B. promise C. thought D. help
11.A.music B. musicians C. sports D. businessmen
12.A.courage B. efforts C. money D. level
13.A.sight B. way C. scene D. rescue
14.A.enough B. sure C. about D. pleased
15.A.started B. seen C. donated D. learned
16.A.people B. musicians C. actors D. students
17.A.themselves B. for them C. all the time D. by chance
18.A.add up B. carry out C. pass on D. get through
19.A.some B. even C. rather D. just
20.A.outside B. with C. across D. of
1-5 ADDAC 6-10 BBCAA 11-15 BCDAA 16-20 DACAC
(19)
When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modern artist, Graham Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid for to 1 the Grand Old Man of World War II.
Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this 2 of respect and affection. 3 of them, of course, allowed the others to see how much they both disliked the portrait. “It makes me look 4 ---which I am not!” protested Churchill in private(私下). 5 , he only remarked that it was “a fine example of modern art”. His friends smiled; it was well known that Churchill didn’t 6 modern art.
Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it
7 . Churchill died at ninety in 1965. Lady Churchill 8 him in 1977. Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to the 9 , and a heated argument broke out. The painter was 10 sad. The artist community, shocked and 11 , said that the destruction of the picture had been a crime(罪行). Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of (a) 12 document. All agreed that the Churchills didn’t have the 13 to do what they had done.
Graham Sutherland had told Churchill that he would 14 him “as he saw him.” Churchill never had a chance to see the work in 15 since the painter
16 to show it to him. He found out only 17 he received his present that Sutherland had seen him 18 a heavy, sick, tired old man. Since he hated old age, he was naturally 19 .
Who has the right to a work of art---the owner, the donor, or the artist who created it? Was the portrait a good one, as many (including the painter) said? Or was it bad as others thought? None of these questions have been answered yet to everybody’s 20 .
1.A.give B. honor C. paint D. please
2.A.mark B. piece C. prize D. trade
3.A.Neither B. Both C. Either D. All
4.A.wise B. gentle C. stupid D. happy
5.A.Fortunately B. Obviously C. Straight D. Publicly
6.A.care for B. look like C. turn down D. make up
7.A.hidden B. hanged C. destroyed D. returned
8.A.mourned B. missed C. followed D. buried
9.A.painting B. man C. woman D. artist
10.A.understandably B. unexpectedly C. unreasonably D. unthinkingly
11.A.afraid B. regretful C. curious D. angry
12.A.interesting B. colorful C. expensive D. historical
13.A.chance B. right C. power D. courage
14.A.help B. obey C. paint D. show
15.A.progress B. place C. need D. sight
16.A.agreed B. promised C. refused D. hated
17.A.until B. when C. before D. though
18.A.as B. to C. about D. for
19.A.moved B. worried C. tired D. hurt
20.A.surprise B. disappointment C. delight D. satisfaction
(20)
Chad performs his 24-foot aluminum (铝)boat past willow young trees that stick out of the waters of the Mississippi River. 1 dances off maples(枫树), their branches heavy with 2 spring leaves. But a 3 inspection discloses trouble behind the beautiful sight. Rubbish is 4 in a logjam(河道内运完木材所剩的木头) and hangs from the trees branches.
5 the next three hours Chad and his team pull plastic bags, tanks, bottles and 6 bowling pins out of the water. Then they 7 for a picnic table caught in the trees.
Welcome to the Mississippi River Beautification & Restoration Project, began in 1997 as Chads one-man 8 to pick up rubbish along a 400-mile stretch of the 2340-mile river. That year, often working 9 , the 22-year-old cleaned 150 miles of shoreline.
At first the project appeared 10 and useless. But Chad tried his best to find 11 , and with their backing, he soon had a new boat and a five-man team---the Boom Crane Crew. Last year alone the crew 12 from the water 44055-gallon drums, 1104 tires and enough plastic bags to cover a football field. Much of the waste will be 13 .
Chads operation is the only one actually in 14 on the river, says Mark of the Mississippi River Basin Alliance, a union of environmental groups. Its the 15 Ive ever seen in 20 years, and he is inspiring others to do the 16 .
The Mississippi was my back 17 , Chad says. In his teens he and his brother worked on the river as clammers(掘蚌者) and camped on islands 18 the waterway. The river has given me a livelihood and brought me so much 19 , Chad says. I wanted to do something in 20 .
1.A.Sunlight B. Air C. Dust D. Moonlight
2.A.ripe B. brown C. falling D. fresh
3.A.wider B. quicker C. closer D. stricter
4.A.placed B. piled C. trapped D. thrown
5.A.For B. At C. After D. By
6.A.ever B. even C. nearly D. merely
7.A.come B. save C. head D. fight
8.A.work B. discovery C. place D. effort
9.A.alone B. strongly C. quietly D. fiercely
10.A.large B. happy C. impossible D. possible
11.A.supporters B. workers C. engineers D. pioneers
12.A.came B. pulled C. pushed D. appeared
13.A.burned B. buried C. used D. recycled
14.A.ending B. progress C. discussion D. common
15.A.biggest B. earliest C. latest D. luckiest
16.A.deed B. favor C. same D. wrong
17.A.way B. school C. interest D. yard
18.A.blocking B. standing C. dotting D. traveling
19.A.time B. joy C. pride D. waste
20.A.return B. turn C. danger D. trouble
key to (1)—(20)
(1) 1-5 ABBDC 6-10 CACAD 11-15 CABCA 16-20 BDAAC
(2) 1-5 CDAAC 6-10 ABCAA 11-15 DCABA 16-20 BADDC
(3) 1-5 BDCAC 6-10 DAAAB 11-15 BBCDC 16-20 BAABA
(4) 1-5 ACBAA 6-10 DBBBA 11-15 DDDDB 16-20 CDCDC
(5) 1-5 CBACD 6-10 ACBCA 11-15 ACBBC 16-20 ACDBC
(6) 1-5 CBAAC 6-10 ACABB 11-15 CADBC 16-20 BDBCC
(7) 1-5 BADDA 6-10 CACDC 11-15 BBDDA 16-20 CBBCD
(8) 1-5 BCABB 6-10 ABDAB 11-15 ADADC 16-20 ACDAA
(9) 1-5 BDABA 6-10 CCADD 11-15 BBACD 16-20 DAACB
(10)1-5 DBCAA 6-10 BADDC 11-15 BAABB 16-20 CABAA
(11)1-5 BBBCB 6-10 DAADD 11-15 CCDCC 16-20 ADCBD
(12)1-5 ABCCB 5-10 CACBA 11-15 DBCDD 16-20 ADBAD
(13)1-5 BCAAC 6-10 DDAAC 11-15 CCBAD 16-20 ADBCC
(14)1-5 DDAAD 6-10 CCBBB 11-15 CADDB 16-20 AAADC
(15) 1-5 ACACB 6-10 DDAAA 11-15 BCACA 16-20 BBCBA
(16) 1-5 CBAAD 6-10 BCACD 11-15 ADBBA 16-20 CCADD
(17)1-5 BBAAC 6-10 DBAAB 11-15 DAADC 16-20 ACCDB
(18)1-5 ADDAC 6-10 BBCAA 11-15 BCDAA 16-20 DACAC
(19)1-5 BAACD 6-10 ACCAA 11-15 DDBCA 16-20 CBADD
(20)1-5 ADCCA 6-10 BCDAC 11-15 ABDBA 16-20 CDCBA
(1) 03.4. Haidian’s
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the 36 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to 37 in good health, or 38 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 39 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 40 the title. Therefore, the scissors would 41 before they start, 42 halfway done when I find out the 43 result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 44 . You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 45 up. But you know the future is unpredictable (不可预料) ---- the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 46 . Thus you are 47 in a difficult position and feel sad. How 48 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once ? It may happen that your life 49 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that what 50 is like: we are often 51 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 52 we get into another. The 53 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 54 remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual (不经意) 55 may not be a bad one.
36. A. front B. same C. either D. opposite
37. A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring
38. A. advice B. news C. a theory D. a report
39. A. suffer B. reduce C. prevent D. cause
40. A. on B. for C. without D. off
41. A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay
42. A. or B. but C. so D. for
43. A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible
44. A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience
45. A. given B. held C. made D. picked
46. A. near B. alone C. about D. behind
47. A. filled B. attracted C. caught D. struck
48. A. dares B. comes C. deals D. does
49. A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes
50. A. study B. society C. nature D. life
51. A. faced B. supplied C. connected D. fixed
52. A. before B. after C. until D. as
53. A. following B. next C. above D. former
54. A. still B. also C. once D. almost
55. A. treatment B. action C. choice D. remark
KEY:
36.D 37. B 38. A 39. A 40. C 41.D 42. A 43. B 44. C 45. A 46. D 47. C
48. B 49. B 50. D 51. A 52. B 53. D 54. A 55. C
(2) 2003.5. Haidian
(3) 2003.6. Haidian
Cloze Test
(1)
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the 36 we discuss in our classes is the 37 of quality employees.
“What has caused you to stay 38 enough to become a manager?” I asked. After a while a new manager took the 39 and said slowly, “it was a baseball glove.”
Cynthia said she used to 40 a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的) one while she looked for something 41 . On her second day behind the counter, she received a(an) 42 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 43 a baseball glove for the little League. She 44 that as a single mother, money was 45 , and her first check would have to go for paying 46 .
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you 47 to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is 48 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 49 you can buy gloves. You know we can’t 50 good people like you as 51 as we would like to; but we do 52 and I want you to know how 53 you are to us.
The thoughtfulness, empathy (同情) and love of the store manager show vividly that people 54 more how much a(an) 55 cares than how much he pays.
36. A. topics B. problems C. difficulties D. lessons
37. A. employing B. praising C. keeping D. improving
38. A. soon B. long C. strong D. calm
39. A. position B. decision C. question D. advice
40. A. take B. change C. lose D. consider
41. A. lighter B. easier C. better D. higher
42. A. letter B. call C. answer D. email
43. A. bought B., kept C. needed D. offered
44. A. complained B. explained C. understood D. admitted
45. A. short B. enough C. spare D. tight
46. A. food B. education C. clothes D. bills
47. A. talking B. crying C. arguing D. scolding
48. A. easy B. hard C. simple D. nice
49. A. after B. until C. when D. before
50. A. value B. remain C. pay D. fire
51. A. much B. many C. pleasant D. possible
52. A. regret B. agree C. worry D. care
53. A. excellent B. important C. thankful D. thoughtful
54. A. remember B. refuse C. thank D. realize
55. A. mother B. clerk C. official D. manager
(2)
Fourteen year ago, nine million citizens of London heard sirens (警报) all over the town. Emergency services, the fire brigade, the 1 , hospitals and ambulances stood by, ready to go 2 action. In railway and underground stations, people 3 posters and maps telling them 4 to go and what to do in the emergency. This was 5 Flood –call. London wasn’t flooded yet. But it is 6 that it will be.
In 1236 and 1663, London was badly flooded. In 1928, many people 7 in Westiminister, the heart of 8 were drowned in floods. And in 1953, 100 people living on the eastern edge of the London suburbs were 9 again in the floods. 10 , the Greater London Council (议会) is taking action to 11 this terrible accident happening again. 12 the flood wall will not be built until the 1980s. And in the meantime, Londoners 13 be prepared. When it 14 , 50 underground stations will be 15 water. Electricity, gas and phone services will be out of 16 . Roads will be impossible. It will be impossible to 17 any of the bridges between North and South London. Imagine ---- London will 18 like Venice.
But the Flood-call didn’t 19 panic among Londoners. Most people knew it was just a 20 . One comment from a lady who was walking along the Embankment when the sirens sounded was, “It's a flood warning, isn’t it ? The water doesn’t look high to me.”
1.A. Londoners B. police C. doctors D. nurses
2.A. up B. into C. to D. it
3.A. saw B. put up C. received D. read
4. A. when B. what C. where D. why
5. A. Exercise B. Train C. Drill D. Practice
6. A. dangerous B. necessary C. possible D. imaginable
7. A. living B. staying C. lived D. stayed
8. A. England B. Europe C. London D. the island
9. A. saved B. killed C. in danger D. safe
10. A. Then B. Later C. At last D. in the future
11. A. prevent B. make C. help D. control
12. A. And B. Now C. So D. But
13. A. would B. must C. could D. ought
14. A. starts B. begins C. happens D. takes place
15. A. below B. above C. under D. in
16. A. water B. city C. action D. houses
17. A. cross B. across C. pass D. past
18. A. look B. get C. see D. hear
19. A. rake B. get C. cause D. make
20. A. proposal B. warning C. joke D. game
1-5 BBDCA 6-10 CACBC 11-15 ADBCC 16-20 CAACB
(1)
When I first started working in factory two years ago I was 1._____
not as disappointed as they were. I didn’t care much for the 2._____
working environment or the salary. I was glad that I was independent 3._____
from then on and would not have to rely on my parents some more. 4._____
Maybe I could support them repay them for bringing me up and 5._____
give me an education. It’s true that we are at a disadvantage if we 6.____
compare ourselves of other schoolmates who are now working for 7._____
electrical enterprises or in big company earning a lot of money. They 8._____
should realize that there are millions of laid-off worker throughout 9. _____
the country because of that the reform to a market economy. 10._____