一、完型填空
1．
Ranjitha was a good but poor student. Because she was 1 , she couldn't buy books to 2 to. The university library had a good 3 of reference books but they were not offered to the students. The books in the reference section were only 4 to the teachers.
Occasionally she wondered why the 5 didn't hand out the books to the students. She 6 herself that when she became a teacher, she would provide the students with all she as a student had 7 , like reference books. And the day came in no time.
Soon after getting her master's degree, Ranjitha entered a(n) 8 as a lecturer. Quickly she won the hearts of most students as she would 9 the students after class.There were too many students and it was 10 for her to remember all of them.
One day, two students came to Ranjtha 11 her to borrow three reference books. She agreed and 12 lent them the books. The 13 term would pass soon and she almost forgot about the books. At the end of the term, the director of the university called her,“Madam, we have instructions that all the books should be returned to the 14 . ”
Ranjitha tried hard to 15 the students who had borrowed the books but her 16 didn't help. So she 17 to go to the classroom and ask. However, to her disappointment, none of the students 18 . At last, Ranjitha borrowed money and paid it to the library.
Now she understands helping someone beyond a certain 19 will harm herself and that teaching students life principles is more 20 , which is a lesson she learned by paying $ 800 as a fee. She is still doing what she can do to help the students. 1．A．badly off 2．A．contribute 3．A．measure 4．A．supplied 5．A．directors 6．A．blamed 7．A．lacked 8．A．organization 9．A．comfort 10．A．important 11．A．assisting 12．A．happily 13．A．meaningless 14．A．student 15．A．consult 16．A．argument 17．A．had 18．A．regretted
B．well-behaved B．add B．knowledge B．packed B．teachers B．asked B．observed B．team B．help B．beneficial B．requesting B．generally B．boundless B．author B．remember B．discovery B．refused B．responded
C．tired out C．refer C．occupation C．rewarded C．leaders C．promised C．mixed C．university C．protect C．convincing C．allowing C．unfortunately C．entire C．bookstore C．push C．curiosity C．offered C．forgot
D．ill-mannered D．admit D．collection D．written D．booksellers D．terrified D．owned D．apartment D．represent D．difficult D．teaching D．impossibly D．boring D．library D．cheer D．memory D．learned D．screamed
19．A．doubt 20．A．confusing
B．speed B．frightening
C．distance C．worthwhile
D．limit D．traditional
【答案】 1．A 2．C 3．D 4．A 5．B 6．C 7．A 8．C 9．B 10．D 11．B 12．A 13．C 14．D 15．B 16．D 17．A 18．B 19．D 20．C
2．
I have always been hard-working in school. And I enjoyed gaining new understanding about study. One way was making 1 .
2 has always been my favorite subject. During each math class, while 3 , I waited for my golden opportunities to show myself, which were 4 .When they came, I would 5 my hand. Answering them 6 made me feel I was recognized by my classmates and teacher. The only problem was that I wanted to be 7 －to be right every time.
As it turned out, living up to this standard was 8 .In one class, I stood up confidently but gave a 9 answer. Even though I knew this was certainly not my first mistake in life, something 10 had come at that moment. I thought that my classmates might think I was 11 . The beautiful castle that I had built up 12 after my mistake.
In the following classes, I was in low spirits and became 13 .Even if I may have known the answer, I was 14 to take the risk of damaging my self-confidence any more.Noticing my 15 , my math teacher talked with me and learned my problem. She told me that mistakes are an important part of learning 16 they can point out our weaknesses and help us 17 .I should set up the principle of 18 mistakes.
From that experience, I realized that even though I thought I was right about most things, I was wrong in my 19 .School is not a place to 20 but a place to learn. What I now know is that by holding fast to humility (谦虚) and learning to grow from my mistakes, I can truly learn in a way I could never in the past. 1．A．mistakes B．rules 2．A．English B．Math 3．A．teaching B．writing 4．A．reports B．questions 5．A．touch B．shake 6．A．briefly B．finally 7．A．perfect B．creative 8．A．natural B．impossible 9．A．wrong B．short 10．A．important B．terrible 11．A．stupid B．funny 12．A．broke in B．turned up 13．A．sad B．silent 14．A．easy B．happy 15．A．awkwardness B．embarrassment
16．A．if B．so 17．A．recover B．think 18．A．accepting B．making 19．A．schedule B．concern 20．A．get along
B．show off
【答案】 1．A 2．B 3．D 4．B 5．C 6．D 7．A 8．B 9．A 10．C 11．A 12．D
C．friends C．Chinese C．reviewing C．tasks C．raise C．carefully C．smart C．unnecessary C．quick C．different C．clever C．set off C．sensitive C．unwilling C．loneliness C．as C．progress C．realizing C．hobby C．play
D．promises D．Physics D．listening D．challenges D．wave D．correctly D．popular D．informal D．right D．interesting D．strange D．fell down D．optimistic D．determined D．abnormality D．before D．compete D．repeating D．attitude D．choose
13．B 14．C 15．D 16．C 17．C 18．A 19．D 20．B
3．
Five days before Christmas, police officer Lima was sent to a local Stop and Shop for a reported theft. The accusation (指控) was that two females were 1 some items at the self-checkout but bypassing other items and 2 those items. The two females and two children were already 3 by the security guard over there.
Lima had two girls himself, similar in age to the two girls there, so it 4 him a little bit. Lima checked the 5 for the items they had paid for. There was nothing else like health and beauty items on it. The items were all 6 —things bought just to stuff themselves. Then he asked an employee where the other items were that they had 7 to take and was informed they were put back on the shelves.
Obviously, this family was in real need. While Lima firmly 8 following the law, he decided to cut them a break and not to 9 them.
The two-females, consequently, were very grateful but kind of 10 because generally, in that same situation there would probably be a different outcome and they’d be 11 .
Lima took things a step further in an effort to aid the family. He gave them $200 gift card, telling them not to get things in 12 ways any more.
“I purchased the gift card close to the 13 of what would have been taken,” said Lima, “I did what I felt was 14 . I just tried to show a little 15 to the extent permitted by law.” 1．A．counting 2．A．sorting 3．A．held 4．A．attracted 5．A．price 6．A．drinks 7．A．ordered 8．A．believed in 9．A．threaten 10．A．anxious 11．A．attacked 12．A．violent 13．A．value
B．searching B．bagging B．fired B．confused B．receipt B．luxuries B．managed B．objected to B．help B．innocent B．questioned B．different B．meaning
C．scanning C．labeling C．protected C．disappointed C．number C．presents C．planned C．put off C．comment C．shocked C．arrested C．tough C．use
D．testing D．checking D．misunderstood D．struck D．sheet D．foods D．requested D．took on D．charge D．ashamed D．offended D．illegal D．benefit
14．A．private 15．A．courage
B．right B．mercy
C．risky C．admiration
D．impressive D．respect
【答案】 1．C 2．B 3．A 4．D 5．B 6．D 7．C 8．A 9．D 10．C 11．C 12．D 13．A 14．B 15．B
4．
Our neighbor's son was getting married in 1971 at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were invited. We immediately rushed out to a 1 , and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. The dress was a little 2 , but I had a month before the June 30 3 , and I would lose a few pounds.
June 29 came and, of course, I hadn't lost a single pound; in fact, I had 4 two. But I 5 a nice new girdle (紧身衣) would cure everything. So on our way out of the city, we 6 once again at the store, I ran in and told the clerk 1 needed a 7 large party girdle.
The clerk found the box with the 8 girdle, marked “LG”, and asked if I would like to try it on. “Oh, no, a large will fit just right. I 9 try it on.”
The next morning was one of those ninety-degree days, so I 10 to get dressed until about 45 minutes before time to go. I popped open the box only to 11 a new, $ 49.95 girdle in a small size. Since it was too late to find another one and the dress wouldn't 12 right without a girdle, a fight 13 in the hotel room between me and the girdle. Have you ever tried to 14 20 pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag? Finally, my husband, 15 like crazy, got hold of each side and shook me down -into it. At once I put on the dress, which didn't 16 very well with my purple face, and I was ready to go.
Finally we got to the 17 . I heard one of the people say that they were having a High Mass (大弥撒). I turned to my husband and asked, “What is a High Mass?” He shrugged his 18 . 19 , I learned that this particular mass would last one hour, twenty-two minutes and eight-and one-half seconds-the priest(神父) blessed 20 except my girdle. 1．A．hotel 2．A．long 3．A．marriage 4．A．won 5．A．thought 6．A．went 7．A．size 8．A．described 9．A．can't 10．A．wanted 11．A．find 12．A．work 13．A．broke down 14．A．put 15．A．laughing 16．A．do 17．A．town 18．A．shoulders 19．A．Happily 20．A．something
【答案】 1．B 2．B 3．C 4．C 5．A 6．C 7．A 8．A 9．B 10．D 11．A 12．C 13．B 14．D 15．A 16．B
B．store B．tight B．holiday B．received B．suggested B．arrived B．length B．bought B．needn't B．expected B．notice B．use B．broke out B．lay B．crying B．go B．store B．arms B．Generally B．nothing
C．church C．small C．wedding C．gained C．demanded C．stopped C．width C．sold C．shouldn't C．tried C．search C．fit C．broke up C．push C．shouting C．work C．church C．head C．Luckily C．anything
D．office D．perfect D．date D．lost D．figured D．entered D．depth D．said D．mustn't D．waited D．look D．wear D．broke away D．shake D．smiling D．look D．hotel D．hands D．Unfortunately D．everything
17．C 18．A 19．D 20．D
5．
Throughout history，people have been interested in knowing how language first began，but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. 1 ，we do know a lot about 2 ，the languages of today and also the languages of 3 times. There are 4 about three thousand languages in the world today. Chinese is the language 5 the most speakers. English，Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people. 6 ，some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.
There are several important 7 of languages in the world. For example，most of the languages of 8 are in one large family 9 the Indo-European language family. The original language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years 10 .Many of the present languages of Europe and India are modern 11 of the language of 4,500 years ago.
Languages are 12 changing. The English of today is very different 13 the English of 500 years ago.Over time some even 14 completely. About 1,000 years ago 15 was a little known relative of German 16 on one of the borders(边界) of Europe.
If a language has 17 speakers or if it is very old，there may be 18 in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is，the language may have several 19 .Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers. The differences among the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China 20 understand speakers from other parts. 1．A．But 2．A．English 3．A．earlier 4．A．frequently 5．A．for 6．A．In a word 7．A．blocks 8．A．Europe 9．A．called 10．A．before 11．A．times 12．A．always 13．A．about 14．A．die out 15．A．Spanish 16．A．called
B．Rather B．history B．latter B．probably B．with B．At present B．accents B．Asia B．spoken B．ago B．families B．seldom B．with B．die away B．English B．referred
C．However C．Chinese C．modern C．fluently C．in
C．On the one hand C．families C．Africa C．calling C．later C．forms C．often C．in C．die down C．Chinese C．spoken
D．Besides D．languages D．hard D．gradually D．of
D．On the other hand D．changes D．America D．speaking D．old D．members D．sometimes D．from D．die off D．Russian D．named
17．A．a great deal of B．a few 18．A．speakers 19．A．dialects 20．A．mustn’t
B．differences B．spellings B．may not
C．a little C．identity C．usages C．won’t
D．a number of D．changes D．expressions D．can’t
【答案】 1．C 2．D 3．A 4．B 5．B 6．D 7．C 8．A 9．A 10．B 11．C 12．A 13．D 14．A 15．B 16．C 17．D 18．B 19．A 20．D
6．
In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 1 course about 20 years ago.
The professor 2 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans(豆), and invited the students to 3 how many beans the jar contained. After 4 shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 5 answer, and went on saying, “You have just 6 an important lesson about science. That is: Never 7 your own senses.”
Twenty years later，the 8 could guess what the professor had in mind. He 9 himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting 10 into an unknown world invisible to the 11 ， which can be discovered only through scientific 12 . But the seventeen－year－old girl could not accept or even 13 the invitation. She was just 14 to understand the world.And she 15 that her first－hand experience could be the 16 . The professor, however, said that it was 17 . He was taking away her only 18 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute(替代). “I remember feeling small and 19 ，” the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I 20 the course that afternoon, and I haven't gone near science since.” 1．A．art 2．A．searched for 3．A．count 4．A．warning 5．A．ready 6．A．learned 7．A．lose 8．A．lecturer 9．A．described 10．A．voyage 11．A．professor 12．A．model 13．A．hear 14．A．suggesting 15．A．believed 16．A．growth 17．A．firm 18．A．task 19．A．cruel 20．A．dropped
【答案】 1．C 2．D 3．B 4．D 5．C 6．A 7．B 8．D 9．C 10．A 11．B 12．D 13．A 14．B
B．history B．looked at B．guess B．giving B．possible B．prepared B．trust B．scientist B．respected B．movement B．eye B．senses B．make B．beginning B．doubted B．strength B．interesting B．tool B．proud B．started
C．science C．got through C．report C．turning away C．correct C．taught C．sharpen C．speaker C．saw C．change C．knowledge C．spirit C．present C．pretending C．proved C．faith C．wrong C．success C．frightened C．passed
D．math D．marched into D．watch D．listening to D．difficult D．taken D．show D．woman D．served D．rush D．light D．methods D．refuse D．waiting D．explained D．truth D．acceptable D．connection D．brave D．missed
15．A 16．D 17．C 18．B 19．C 20．A
7．
There are many opportunities for adults who want to make their lives better. There are public schools you can attend. In the schools you can 1 things like English, arithmetic and history. You can find classes in almost any subject you want to 2 . You may want to learn to type, sew, paint or fix TV sets. You may want to learn more about the trade you are already 3 . You may want to 4 a higher school diploma (文凭).You may even want to go to college. All it takes is time and 5
In many cities, there are adult classes in the 6 schools. You can attend many of these without having to pay 7 . In some schools you may have to pay a 8 fee (费用).There are also many kinds of private schools for adults, 9 you may have to pay more money.
Many job opportunities are 10 to those who wish to work. It helps if you know more than one language. There are good 11 for interpreters and typists who know English.
There are many good jobs in government. In most cases, you must be a citizen of this country, and you must 12 a civil service examination. These examinations are 13 to everyone, regardless of race, religion or color.
Many civil service jobs 14 a high school diploma. There are several 15 to get a high school diploma. You can study high school 16 at home and then take special tests. 17 you pass the tests, then you get a diploma. 18 you can go to night school. There are classes that 19 you to take special tests to get a diploma.
Be as well trained as you can. Get as much training as you can. 20 knocks at every door. Be sure that when it knocks at your door you are ready. 1．A．remember 2．A．organize 3．A．on 4．A．show 5．A．notice 6．A．famous 7．A．attention 8．A．high 9．A．which 10．A．chosen 11．A．jobs 12．A．take
B．take B．revise B．in B．explore B．role B．formal B．money B．monthly B．where B．allowed B．campus B．join
C．improve C．study C．over C．buy C．effort C．public C．bill C．entrance C．when C．promised C．agreements C．hold
D．exchange D．design D．under D．get D．chance D．private D．interest D．small D．why D．offered D．partners D．give
13．A．possible 14．A．want 15．A．ways 16．A．subjects 17．A．Before 18．A．Or 19．A．ask 20．A．Hope
B．open B．get B．goals B．experiments B．Because B．For B．push B．Job
C．limited C．advise C．keys C．tests C．If C．But C．register C．Diploma
D．easy D．need D．styles D．language D．Though D．So D．prepare D．Opportunity
【答案】 1．B 2．C 3．B 4．D 5．C 6．C 7．B 8．D 9．B 10．D 11．A 12．A 13．B 14．D 15．A 16．A 17．C 18．A 19．D 20．D
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