One of my fondest memories as a
child is going by the river and sitting idly(閑散地)on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and___1___, watch the water
___2__downstream, and listen to the chirps(喳喳聲)of the birds and the rustling (沙沙聲)of the leaves in the trees. I would also___3___the bamboo trees___4___under
pressure from the wind and watch them ___5____gracefully to their upright or ___6___
position after the wind had___7____. When I think about the bamboo tree’s ___8____to
bounce (彈回) back or return to
it’s original position, the word resilience(彈性)__ 9___to mind. When used in ___10_____ a person , this word means the
ability to readily _11__from shock, depression or any other situation___12____stetches
the limits of a person’s emotions. Have you ever felt like you are about to
snap(高聲喊叫)? Have you ever felt like you are
at your __13__point?__14__, you have survived the experience to live to talk
about it. During the experience you probably felt a mix of __15____that
threatened your health. You felt emotionally drained(耗盡),___16_____ exhausted and you
most likely endured(忍受) unpleasant
physical symptoms.
Life is a __17__ of good times and bad
times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are __18___one of
those bad times or unhappy moments that take you __19____to your breaking
point, bend but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the
best of you. A measure of hope will__20__ you through the unpleasant ordeal(嚴(yán)峻的考驗(yàn)).
1.A. quiet B. beautiful C. noisy D. happy
2.A. flow B. rush C. go D. come
3. A. see B. notice C. watch D. look at
4.A. bend B. swing C. break D. tremble
5.A. return B. recover C. give D. fly
6.A. straight B. original C. quick D. necessary
7.A. died from B. died out C. died down D. died off
8.A. ability B. power C. energy D. strength
9.A. strikes B. goes C. appears D. comes
10.A. preference
to B. conference to C. reference to
D. appearance to
11.A. recover B. calm C. comfort D. sink
12.A. where B. that C. when D. in which
13.A. high B. low C. breaking D. returning
14．A．Thankfully B. Hopefully C.
Happily D. Surprisingly
15.A. senses B. emotions C. thoughts D. minds
16.A.
physically B. mentally C. patiently D. fully
2.【完形填空】My grandfather took me to the fish
pond on the farm when I was seven. He told me to throw a__21____into the water.
And he told me to watch the____22___created by the stone. Then he asked me to__
23__ of myself as that stone.
“You may24 lots of splashes (飛濺 ) in your life,___ 25___the waves that come from those splashes will
___26____the peace of all your fellow___27_____,”he said.
“Remember that you are ___28____for what you put in your circle and
that the circle will also___29____many other circles. You will need to live in
the ___30____that allows the good that comes from your circle to ___31____the
peace of that goodness to___32____. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy
will send those___33_____to other circles. You are responsible for____34_____.”
That was the first time I ___35_____each person creates the inner peace
or discord (沖突) that
____36_____out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are
___37____with inner conflicts, hatred, ____38______, or anger. We radiate (流露) the feelings and thoughts that
we hold ____39_____,whether we speak them out or not. Whatever is splashing
around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord
with all other circles of life.
We are ____40_____to everything and everyone else around in the
universe.
21. A. stick B. brick C. stone D. ball
22. A. holes B. circles C. drops D. waters
23. A. think B. accuse C. regard D. warn
24. A. produce B. damage C. prevent D. create
25. A. but B. because C. while D. for
26. A. cut B. disturb C. bring D. block
27. A. students B. friends C. creatures D. workers
28. A. proud B. helpful C. respectful D. responsible
29. A. hear B. leave C. strike D. touch
30. A. family B. situation C. way D. hurry
31. A. send B. provide C. destroy D. keep
32. A. them B. nobody C. someone D. others
33. A. tastes B. smells C. feelings D. views
34. A. all B. both C. neither D. any
35. A. realized B. recognized C. admitted D. promised
36. A. flows B. takes C.
picks
D. brings
37. A. prepared B. filled C. presented D. supplied
38. A. honesty B. truth C. doubt D. modesty
39. A. forward B. outside C. inside D. upward
40. A. referred B. intended C. devoted D. connected
In the United States there was an
unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）. One day while walking along the
bank of a lake, the girl____1_____ to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After
some time the girl___2_____ the mother would not return to her eggs and she
____3___ to take them home. There she carefully ___4___ the eggs in the heat of
a lamp. Several days ___5____ the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the____6__.
Geese are known to take the first living
thing they see as their mother. ___7___, to these young geese, the girl was
their mother.
As they ___8____, the girl was able to
___9___ her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to
___10____. The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when __11____
and in her dreams. Later, she had an ___12____: She would pilot a plane to
guide them in ___13__.She asked her father for a plane and he assembled(組裝) a small aircraft for her.
Caring about ___14___ safety, the
father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not ___15___
or follow him, and ____16___ slept in the grass.
One day, the girl ____17__ into
the plane, started it and soon left the __18_____. Seeing their mother take to
the air, the birds __19____ flapped(拍打)their wings and ___20____. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her
young birds following.
1. A. managed B. attempted C. happened D. supposed
2.A. realized B. expected C. imagined D. admitted
3.A. helped B. decided C. afforded D. meant
4.A. placed B.
protected C.
treated D.
examined
5.A. ago B.
out
C. later
D. long
6.A. family B. lake
C. home D.
world
7.A. But B.
Also
C. Thus
D. Still
8.A. increased B. improved C. rose
D. grew
9.A. ask
B. lead
C. want
D. allow
10.A. fly B.
race
C. swim
D. sing
11.A. asleep B. away
C. around D. awake
12.A. idea B.
opinion C.
explanation D. excuse
13.A. sky
B. heaven C.
flight
D. plane
14.A. his
B. her
C. their
D. its
15.A. respect B. remember C. recognize D. receive
16.A. so
B. instead C.
hardly
D. too
17.A. climbed B. looked C.
reached
D. fell
18.A. house B.
floor
C. water
D. ground
19.A. secretly B. disappointedly C. patiently D. eagerly
20.A. looked
away B. set out
C. went by
D. turned back
One morning I stood beside the
window. Across the river, the __1___ decorated the edge of the shore in white.
I stood __2____ and looked at what the night’s storm had ___3___.
I leaned forward and stood close to the window. There was a goose out
there, quite ___4___, its wings folded to its sides, its feet ___5___ to the
ice. Then from the dark skies, I saw a line of swans. They moved in their own
___6___ style, graceful and free.
As I watched, the leader __7___ from the sky and landed on the ice. As
the swans surrounded the frozen goose, I __8___ it might be killed by those
great swan beaks(鳥(niǎo)喙).
__9__instead, those beaks began to work on the ___10___. The long necks
were lifted and curved down, again and again. At last, the goose’s head
___11___; its body pulled. Then the goose was ___12____ and standing on the
ice. And the swans stood in the air ___13___. It seemed as if the goose was
crying, “I cannot fly.” Four of the swans came down around it. Their powerful
beaks cleaned the goose’s ___14___ from top to bottom, chipping off the ice
held in the feathers. ___15___at last the goose’s wings were free, the four swans ___16___ and joined the group.They restarted
their eastward journey cheerfully.
I watched them until they ___17____ over the tops of the farthest
trees. Only then did I realized that __18____ were running down my cheeks.
Believe me! This story is __19____. And I will ask “If so for birds why not for
___20____?”
1.A. flower B.
tree
C. snow
D. picture
2.A. quietly B.
silently C.
happily D.
nervously
3.A. washed B.painted C.
destroyed D. cleaned
4.A. hungry B.
thirsty C.
terrible D. still
5.A. frozen B.
put
C. turned
D. tied
6.A. common B. ordinary C.
noticeable D. boring
7.A. dived B. moved C.
flew
D. circled
8.A. frightened B. feared
C. hoped
D. knew
9.A.
Wonderfully B. Puzzlingly C. Surprisingly D. Disappointingly
10.A. ice
B. earth C.
goose
D. swan
11.A. carried B. pushed C. moved D.
lifted
12.A. glad
B. sad
C. free
D. lucky
13.A. listening B. hearing C.
fighting
D. watching
14.A. head
B. legs
C. feathers
D. body
15.A. While B.
When C. Before D.
Until
16.A. took off B. took
up C. got
away D.
got up
17.A. climbed B.
stopped C.
disappeared D.
landed
18.A. leaves
B. hairs C.
rivers
D. tears
19.A. actual
B. real C. true
D. right
20.A. animals B.
man
C. people
D. insects
Key:
1---5CABDA 6―10 CABCA 11---15 DCDDB 16---20 ACDCB
4.【答案與簡(jiǎn)析】
1.Ｃ。根據(jù)后面的white可知。
2.A．靜靜地站著。
3.B．暴風(fēng)用雪繪出地畫(huà)面。
4.D．凍得一動(dòng)不動(dòng)。
5.A．凍在冰里。
6.C．吸引人的。
7.A．從空中俯沖而下。
8.B．我恐怕這只鵝會(huì)被這群天鵝殺死。
9.C．令人吃驚的是，它們挽救了它。
10.A．前面提到過(guò)ice.
11.D．由于天鵝的幫助，鵝的頭挺起來(lái)了。
12.C．能動(dòng)了，自由了。
13.D．天鵝在空中注視著。
14.D．
15.B．when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。
16.A．起飛。
17.C．消失。
18.D．
19.C．
20．B．man指“人類(lèi)”。
【錯(cuò)題反思】
5.完形填空（07山東卷）
Life is filled with challenges. As
we get older we ___1____ realize that those challenges are the very things that
____2__ us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come
with ____3___.
When we are faced with a
challenge, we usually have two __4___. We can try to beat it off, or we can
decide that thing ___5___ the challenge isn’t worth the __6__ and call it
quits. Although there are certainly ___7___ when calling it quits is the right
thing to do, in most ___8____ all that is needed is ___9___ and communication.
When we are committed to
something, it means that no mattter how ___10____ or how uncomfortable
something is, we will always choose to ___11___ it and work it through instead
of running away from it. Communication is making a ___12___ for discussion and
talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did
wrong. ___13____ you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt,” ___14____ “You
hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with many challenges
that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for ____15__ they are: small
hurdles you need to jump or ___16___ on your way through life. Nothing is so
big that it is ___17____ to get over, and hurt only __18____ to make us
stronger. It is all part of growing up, it ___19___ to everyone, and some day
you will ___20___ all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am
today. And that is a good thing.”
1.A. seem to B.
come to
C. hope to
D. try to
2.A. design
B. promote C.
direct
D. shape
3.A. confidence B. pressure C. friendship D.
difficulty
4.A.
opportunities B.
expectations C.
choices
D. aspects
5.A. demanding B. deserving C. predicting D.
presenting
6.A.comment B.
loss
C. trouble
D. expense
7.A. spans
B.times
C. dates
D. ages
8.A.cases
B. fields
C. parts
D. ocassions
9.A. assessment B. commitment C. encouragement D. adjustment
10.A. doubtful B. shameful C. harmful D. painful
11.A. keep
B. control
C. face
D. catch
12.A. space
B. plan
C. topic D.
room
13.A. If
B. As
C. While
D. Unless
14.A. other
than B. rather
than C. or
rather D.or else
15.A. what B.
who
C. where
D. which
16.A. pass by B. come across C. get through D. run
over
17.A.
unnecessary B. necessary C. impossible D. possible
18.A. serves B.
means C.
aims D.
attempts
19.A. opens B.
appeals C.
goes D. happens
20.A. look down
on B. look back on C. look forward to D. look up to
15.A．習(xí)慣用法，see sb/sth what they are 的一部分，意為“看清某人或某事”。
16.C．動(dòng)詞不定式作賓語(yǔ)，意為“度過(guò)”。
17.C．形容詞作表語(yǔ)，意為“不可能的”。
18.A．動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)，意為“起作用”。
19.D．動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)，意為“發(fā)生”。
20.B．動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)，意為“回首，回顧”。
【錯(cuò)題反思】
6.完形填空（06保定高三模擬考試）
My earliest bee experience took
place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby.
We all began to ___1____ our destination. The girls took the concrete stairs,
but the boys ran ___2___ up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long
wooden fence. Without __3___ the boys ahead of me vaulted over the fence
bravely.
What should I do? Take the stairs
and ____4___ a girl, or jump the fence and look ___5____? Then I took my chance
with the fence. I placed both ____6___ on the top and jumped, feeling uneasy.
I didn’t ___7___ it. As I tried,
my foot ___8___ on the top of the fence. Down I went! I landed on my backside.
I tried to ____9___ off the accident, but then I felt something ___10____ under
me. Just then I saw ___11____ seemed like hundreds of bees flying toward me. I
had landed on a beehive! I ___12___ up and rushed as fast as I could. But the
bees flew faster. What a/an __13____ situation I was in!
My clothes were covered with __14____
. I parked myself in the camp and I was at a loss. __15____ this, my teacher
quickly took off all my clothes but underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and
___16___ out of my mouth!
I had gained the __17____ of all
the campers, but I didn’t feel cool. I had been __18____ almost 40 bees stings(蟄) all over my body. I learned a
most ___19____ lesson that day. When we are led by the ___20___ to show off, we
might find ourselves sitting on a beehive.
1.A. get
B. walk C.
set
D. race
2.A. already B . happily C. straight D. fast
3.A. fear
B. fun
C. help
D. luck
4.A. feel like B. look like C. care about D. wait for
5.A. excited B. worried C .strong D. cool
6.A. hands B. feet
C. arms D.
legs
7.A. do
B. climb C.
make
D. succeed
8.A. arrived B. got
C. caught
D. stepped
9.A. fall
B. laugh
C. put
D. take
10.A. beating B. putting C.
flowing D.
moving
11.A. that B.
what
C. which
D. if
12.A. sat
B. stood
C. picked
D. jumped
13.A. difficult B. hopeless C.
embarrassing D. pleasing
14.A. bees B.
grass
C. dust
D. tears
15.A. At
B. For
C. In
D. With
16.A. almost B. again
C. even
D. still
17.A. attention B. experience C. knowledge D. respect
18.A. got B.
given
C. found
D. put
19.A.
successful B. deepest
C. difficult D.
valuable
I was having my dinner at McDonald’s
one evening when an old couple slowly walked in. They ___1____ their meal, took
a table near the window and started ____2___ food out of the plate. There was
one hamburger, one order of French fires(炸薯?xiàng)l) and one drink. The man ____3___ the food into two halves and
carefully placed ___4____ before his wife.
He took a sip(一小口) of the drink. His
wife also took one and then ___5____ the cup down between them. “That ____6___
old couple! All they can ___7____ is one meal for the two of them,”thought I.
___8____ the man began to eat his French fires, I ___9____ to my feet, went
over and said that I was ___10____ to buy another meal for them. But he
___11____ refused me and said that they made it a ___12____ to share
everything.
___13___, the lady didn’t take a bite. She sat there ___14____ her
husband eat, and taking turns sipping the drink. Again I ___15___ to buy them
something but was refused. When the man finished eating and was ___16____ his
face with a napkin. I ___17___ no longer stand it. I made an offer to them a
third time. ___18____ being politely refused. I asked the lady ___19___, “Madam,
why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything. ___20____ is it that
you are waiting for?” “The teeth,” she answered.
1.A. served B. requested C.
collected
D. ordered
2.A. carrying B.
taking C. fetching D.
bringing
3.A. divided B.
cut
C. changed D. formed
4.A. it
B. this C.
that
D. one
5.A. got
B. settled
C. set
D. turned
6.A. funny
B. crazy
C. strange D. poor
7.A. afford
B. pay
C. demand
D. choose
8.A. While
B. Since
C. As
D. Until
9.A. came
B. struggled
C. rushed D. rose
10.A. anxious B.
willing
C. satisfied D. quick
11.A. warmly B.
proudly C.
kindly
D. seriously
12.A. way
B. habit
C. case
D. model
13.A.
Surprisingly B. Sadly
C. Shockingly
D.Bitterly
14.A. seeing B.
noticing C.
watching D.
finding
15.A. wanted B.
asked
C. planned
D. attempted
16.A. wiping B.
touching
C. bathing D. washing
17.A. should B.
could
C. might D.
would
18.A. In
B. Upon
C. After D.
With
19.A. curiously B. carefully C.
naturally D.
plainly
The books in David’s schoolbag
felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play
basketball with Eric, ____1____ his mother told him he would have to return his
sister’s books to the library first.
He had ___2___ set foot in a
library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just ____3___ the books in
the outside return box. But there was a ____4___ : it was locked.
He went into the building, only a
few ninutes ____5____ closing time. He put the books into the return box. And
after a brief ____6____ in the toilet, he would be on his way to the pay ground
to __7____ Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet
and stopped in ___8___ ---the library lights were off. The place was ____9___.
The doors had been shut. They ___10____ be opened from the inside. He was
trapped----in a library!
He tried to ___11____ a telephone
call, but was unable to ___12_____ . What’s worse, the play phones were on the
outside of the building. ____13___ the sun began to set, he searched for a
light and found it.
___14___ he could see. David wrote
on a piece of paper: “___15____! I’m TRAPPED inside!”and stuck it to the glass
door. ___16____ , someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this
place was not so unpleasant, ___17____. Rows and rows of shelves held books,
videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf.
He settled into a chair and started to ___18____.
He knew he had to ___19____, but
now, that didn’t seem to be such a ___20____ thing.
1.A. but
B. because
C. or
D. since
2.A. ever B.
nearly
C. never
D. often
3.A. pass B.
drop
C. carry
D. take
4.A. problem B. mistake
C. case
D. question
5.A. during B.
after
C. over
D. before
6.A. rest
B. break
C. walk
D. stop
7.A. visit B.
meet
C. catch
D. greet
8.A. delight B. anger
C. surprise
D. eagerness
9.A. lonely B.
empty
C. noisy
D. crowded
10.A. wouldn’t B. shouldn’t
C. couldn’t D. needn’t
11.A. make B.
fix
C. use
D. pick
12.A. get on B. get up
C. get through D. get
in
13.A. If
B. As
C. Though D. Until
14.A. On time B. Now and then C .By the
way D. At last
15.A. Come B.
Help
C. Hello
D. Sorry
16.A. Surey B.
Thankfully C. Truly
D. gradually
17.A. at most B. after
all C. in
short
D. as usual
Mother came from our home village.
She stayed with us for ten days. When she was ___1____ to leave, she wanted to
buy us something ____2___ a present.
“You’ve got ___3____,” she said, “but you
seem to have got ___4____. The TV set is yours, but the people who walk back
and forth in it are all ___5____, even murderers, corrupt officials and thieves
come in and ___6____ it from time to time. The radio cassette player is yours,
but it’s all others who __7____ in it. The books on the shelf are yours, but
they are all ___8____ by others. The fridge is yours, but all the year round it’s
____9____ frost that comes from God knows where. __10___they make your life
easy and comfortable, ___11___ of them BELONGS to you in the real sense of the
word.
___12___ the day she was to leave
for home, she got up early in the morning and ____13____ back a pickle(泡菜) pot from the market.
“___14____ some pickle in it,” she
said, “and have something ____15____ suits your own taste.”
Since then pickles of our own
____16_____ had been added to our diet. When we had guests, we often had
pickles ____17____ wine. Slightly intoxicated(excited greatly), everyone would
say, “A country flavor, not bad, Not bad, a country flavor (特別的風(fēng)味)”.
____18___ we had something to our
own taste. When we looked at the ___19____, it was standing quietly at the
corner. Amid the hustle and bustle of our ____20___ life and in the apartment
of reinforced concrete, the pot stood there by itself, brewing an old and
simple flavor.
1.A. on
B. about C.
for
D. of
2.A. since
B. because
C. as
D. for
3.A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
4.A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
5.A. murderers B. thieves C.
actors
D. strangers
6.A. out
B. out of C.
into
D. along
7.A. sing
B. dance
C. plays
D. act
8.A. writing B.
written C.
read
D. reading
9.A. full
B. filled of C. filled
with D. full with
10.A. As
B. But
C. Because
D. Though
11.A. no one B.
none
C. neither
D. either
12.A. On
B. In
C. During D. Of
13.A. took
B. brought C.
fetched
D. carried
14.A. Do
B. Cook
C. Make
D. Prepare
15.A. what
B. /
C. that
D. as
16.A. smell
B. sound
C. feel
D. taste
17.A. to go
with B. went
with C. to drink D. drinking
Last evening I was watching the
evening news on television. The news was about a prize for scientific ___1____;
I forgot what it was. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, said something
that caught my ___2____. “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people
between the ages of twenty-five and thirty.” ____3____ a little over thirty
myself, I wanted to disagree with him. ____4___ wants to think that he is past
the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be in the public
library and spent several hours looking up the ___5____ of famous people and
their discoveries. Ralph was right. First I looked at some of the ___6_____
discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries the famous experiment that proved
that bodies of different ___7___ fall at the same speed was made by Galileo
when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that __8___ to Nobel prize
when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of
relativity. Well ___9___ of that. Yet I ___10_____ if those “best years” were
true in other ____11____.
Then how about the field of ___12____? Surely it needed the wisdom of
age to make a good leader. Perhaps it ___13_____ , but look when these people
___14_____ their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons
at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln ___15____ the life of a country lawyer and
was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.
But why __16____ best years come after thirty? After thirty, I ___17___
, most people do not want to take risks or try ___18______ ways. Then I thought
of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works
at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was __19___ trying new ways of
painting when he was thirty!
Perhaps there is still ___20____ for me.
1.A. invention B. discovery C. experiment D. progress
2.A. mind B. idea C.
attention D.
thought
3.A. As
B. Being
C. However
D. Beyond
4.A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Nobody D. Whoever
5.A. names B. ages C.
addresses D.
education
6.A. modern B. scientific C. last D. oldest
7.A. heights B. sizes C. weights D. things
8.A. led B.
meant
C. stuck D. referred
9.A. plenty B. enough C. much D. none
10.A. believed B. trusted C. wondered D. asked
11.A. fields B. countries C. courses
D. ages
12.A.
agriculture B.
politics C.
industry D.
society
James sat outside the office
waiting for the interview. He felt so ___1____ that he didn’t know what to do
with ___2___. The person who had gone in ___3____ him had been in there for
nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. ___4______James.
He felt ____5___ that she had already got the ____6___ . The problem was that
he wanted his job___7____. It meant __8____ to him. He had ___9____ it such a
lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself ___10____
brilliantly at the interview and ___11_____ the job immediately. But now here
he was feeling ___12___. He couldn’t ____13____ all those things he had
____14____ to say. At the moment, he almost decided to get up and __15___. But
no―he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t.___16____
like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the
door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier come out
looking very ___17____ with herself, she smiled sympathetically at James. At
that moment James ___18____ her. The managing director then appeared at the
office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept
you waiting.” James suddenly ___19_____ that he had gone home after all. He got
up, legs ___20____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as
terrified as he felt.
1.A. healthy B. nervous C.
careless D. confident
2.A. the managing
director B. the woman C. himself D. the situation
3.A. by B. with C. before D. after
4.A. Not like B. So
did C. Do as D. Do like
5.A. doutful
B. sure C.
angry D.
astonishing
6.A. reward
B. first
C. prize
D. job
7.A. hopelessly B.
naturally C.
easily
D. so much
8.A. everything B.
happiness C.
difficulty D. nothing
9.A. dreamed of B. learned of C. thought about D. talked about
10.A.
explaining B.
performing C.
answering D. writing
11.A. offered B. asked
for C. being offered D. being asked for
12.A. crazy B. excited C. probable D. terrible
13.A. depend on B. afford C. believe in D. remember
14.A. kept B. been taught C. planned D. been supplied
When I was a teenager, my dad did
everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer(造酒人). He’d _____1___ his life brewing
beer for local breweries only to make a living, ___2___ had his father and
grandfather before him. He didn’t want me __3____ near a vat(釀酒用的桶) of beer. So I did as he asked. I
got good ____4___, went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate
program there that ___5___ me to study law and business at the same time.
In my second year of graduate
school, I began to be ___6_____ that I’d never done anything but go to school.
So, at 24 I decided to drop out. ___7____ , my parents didn’t think this was a
great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t ____8____ till you’re 65 to do
what you want in life.
In Glasgow, Scotland,
a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter
objected to her family’s 21
lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!”
She left home. Before long,
she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do
everything she could to 22 money. Many years
passed by, her father died, her mother grew 23
, and the daughter became more and more entrenched (不易改的) in her way of life.
No contact was made between
mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having
24 her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor
part of the city in 25 of her daughter.
She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple 26 .
“Would you allow me to 27 this
picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a
handwritten 28 at the bottom, “I
love you still…come home!”
One day the daughter wandered
into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat 29
listening to the service, all the while letting her 30
wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could
that be my mother?
She
couldn’t 31 until the service
was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those
words, “I love you still…come home!” 32
she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too 33
to be true.
It was night, but she was so 34
by the message that she started walking home. 35
the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and 36
her way timidly. As she knocked, the door 37
open on its own. She thought someone must have broken into the house. Concerned
for her mother’s 38 , the young woman
ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m
home!”
The mother couldn’t believe
her eyes. They fell into each other’s arms. The daughter said, “I was so
worried and 39 someone had
broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that
door has never been 40 .”
21．A．shabby B．religious
C．a(chǎn)wful D．simple
22．A．earn
B．win
C．offer
D．a(chǎn)pproach
23．A．lonelier
B．slower
C．elder
D．older
24．A．told about
B．heard of
C．learned from
D．informed of
I was shopping in
the supermarket when I heard a young voice.
“Mom, come here!
There’s this lady here my size!”
The mother rushed
to her son; then she turned to me to apologize.
I smiled and told
her, “It’s okay.” Then I talked to the boy, “Hi, Mickey, I’m Darry Kramer. How
are you?”
He studied me from
head to toe, and asked, “Are you a little mommy?”
“Yes, I have a
son,” I answered.
“Why are you so
little?” he asked.
“It’s the way I
was born,” I said. “Some people are little. Some are tall. I’m just not going
to grow any bigger.” After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy’s
hand and left.
My life as a
little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and
explaining why I look different from their parents.
It takes only one
glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an
achondroplasia dwarf (侏儒). Despite this, I
did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn’t realize
how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me
names. Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year. New
students would always stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus
stairs.
But I learned to
smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I
decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I
lacked in height, I made up for in personality.
I’m 47 now, and
the stares have not diminished
as I’ve grown older. People are amazed when they see me driving. I try to keep
a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, “Look what else I have---a
great family, nice friends.”
It’s the
children’s questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their
questions. My hope is that I will encourage them to accept their peers (a
person of the same age, class, position, etc.), whatever size and shape they
come in, and treat them with respect.
41．Why did the mother apologize
to the author?
A．Because the boy ran into the author.
B．Because the boy laughed at the author.
C．Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.
D．Because the mother thought the boy’s words had hurt the author.
42．When did the author realize
that she was too short?
A．When she grew up.
B．When she was 47 years old.
C．When she began to go to school.
D．When she met the boy in the supermarket.
43．Which of the following word
can best replace the underlined word “diminished”?
44．How does the author feel
about people’s stares?
A．Angry. B．Calm. C．Painful. D．Discouraged.
B
The term IQ, or
Intelligence Quotient, generally describes a score on a test that rates the subject’s
cognitive(認(rèn)知的) ability as compared to the
general population. IQ tests use a standardized scale with 100 as the median
score. On most tests, a score between 90 and 110 or the median plus or minus 10
indicates average intelligence. A score above 130 indicates exceptional
intelligence and a score below 70 may indicate mental retardation (智力遲鈍). Like their predecessors, modern tests do take
into account the age of a child when determining an IQ score. Children are
graded relative to the population at their developmental level.
IQ tests are
designed to measure your general ability to solve problems and understand
concepts. This includes reasoning ability, problem-solving ability, the ability
to perceive relationships between things and the ability to store and regain
information. IQ tests measure this general intellectual ability in a number of
different ways. They may test: the ability to visualize control of shapes; the
ability to solve problems；the ability to
complete sentences or recognize words when letters have been rearranged or
removed; the ability to recall things presented either visually or aurally（聽(tīng)覺(jué)上）.
Most people
perform better on one type of question than on others, but experts have determined
that people who are good at in one category do similarly well in the other
categories, and if someone does poorly in any one category, he/she also does
poorly in the others. Based on this, these experts theorize there is one
general element of intellectual ability that determines other specific
cognitive abilities. The best tests, therefore, feature questions from many
categories of intellectual ability so that the test isn’t weighted toward one
specific skill.
IQ tests measure
your ability to understand ideas, not the quantity of your knowledge; learning
new information does not automatically increase your IQ. Learning may exercise
your mind, however, which could help you to develop greater cognitive skills,
but scientists do not fully understand this relationship. The scientists are
still in the dark about the connection between learning and mental ability, as
are the workings of the brain and the nature of intellectual ability.
Intellectual ability does seem to depend more on genetic factors than on
environmental factors, but most experts agree that environment plays some
significant role in its development.
45. In determining an IQ score, _______________.
A. the subject’s
cognitive ability is compared with his/her former performance
B. the children’s
age is taken into consideration
C. 100 is treated
as the standard score
D. children of
various developmental levels are tested
46. What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A. A person who
does poorly in one category is not necessarily poor in other categories.
B. Experts got the
conclusion that learning new information can automatically increase your IQ.
C. The general
intellectual ability can determine specific cognitive abilities to some extent.
D. Whether a
person can do well in one category is not decided by IQ.
47. What is known to be certain about intellectual ability?
A. The
relationship between learning and intellectual ability.
B. The connection
between the workings of the brain and the nature of intellectual ability.
C. Environment
does play a role in the development of intellectual ability.
D. Genetic factors
are the determining factors of intellectual ability.
C
Below is an advertisement in
a travel brochure.
Book this package
There are few areas better than LakeMyvatn
for viewing the Northern Lights and discovering the wonders of the Icelandic
winter.
Day 1
Reykjavik―Akureyri―LakeMyvatn
Flight to Akureyri from where you will be picked up. Transfer to
LakeMyvatn. Sightseeing tour of the LakeMyvatn
area. After the tour an introduction of the activities available.
Day 2
Free day at LakeMyvatn: optional tours
available. Please note that all tours are dependent on weather and road
conditions, and therefore only booked locally at LakeMyvatn.
Day 3
Akureyri―Reykjavik
The morning will be spent at LakeMyvatn
and then in the afternoon a transfer to Akureyri where you will go on a short
sightseeing tour of Akureyri enjoying the beautiful sights. Afternoon flight
back to Reykjavik.
Activities available at LakeMyvatn
Snowmobile
Take an exciting adventure on our snowmobiles out on the frozen LakeMyvatn
or travel deep into the Highlands with one
of our guides. 30 min and 1 hour tour available.
Super-jeep
Sightseeing at Myvatn and a super-jeep adventure. 3 tours
available: around the area of LakeMyvatn; a tour to Dettifoss, the most powerful
waterfall in Europe and unforgettable at
winter time; a tour further into the Myvatn area.
Sightseeing tours
Sightseeing tours to some spectacular places: Icelandic farms,
power station, museums and a search for the northern lights. These tours are
recommended for all nature lovers.
Cross-country skiing
The LakeMyvatn area and surrounding Highlands
are great for cross-country skiing. There is a good mixture of areas from
easy to more demanding and the length of each tour also depends on one’s
ability.
Horse riding
A wonderful area that offers a great variation of trekking（跋涉）routes. On offer are tours from one hour to a day tour with
different destinations, something to match your desire.
Go-carts on ice
Experience the adventure of driving on the ice of the lake. The
snow is taken away and you drive with “nailed” tires. Also available is
go-carts in the snow.
Winter garden
Different kinds of amusements on the frozen lake: bowling,
cricket, skating, mini golf etc.
48. What is the purpose of the
ad?
A. To inform the timetable of a trip.
B. To list the steps to see the Northern Lights.
C. To introduce a special traveling package.
D. To introduce the wonders of the Icelandic winter.
49. Where will you spend most of
the time during the trip?
A. Reykjavik. B. Akureyri. C. LakeMyvatn. D. Icelandic farms.
50. Which activity is not
included in the travel package?
A. Sightseeing tour in the LakeMyvatn area.
B. Sightseeing tour of Reykjavik.
C. Sighteeing tour of Akureyri.
D. Seeing the most powerful waterfall in Europe.
51. If you want to view the
Northern Lights, you will join in _________.
A. Horse riding
B.
Cross-country
skiing
C. Super-jeep
D. Sightseeing tours
D
Life has changed
in Mexico City.
Streets normally filled with people are empty. One of the most popular
professional soccer teams recently played a game in an empty stadium that can
seat more than 100,000 people. It’s swine (豬) flu that has made life in Mexico City grind to a halt (慢慢停了下來(lái)).
Seemingly out of
nowhere, swine flu has caused confirmed deaths in 12 countries as of April 30.
It has sent a wave of alarm around the world. Governments are trying to find
ways to prevent further outbreaks. The World Health Organization has raised its
swine flu global threat level to five out of six.
People may be
familiar with bird flu, but they know little about swine flu. Swine flu is a
contagious (傳染性的) respiratory (呼吸的) disease in pigs. It is caused by a type-A influenza virus.
Humans can also
catch swine flu. The virus causes regular outbreaks in pigs, but people usually
do not catch it. However, there have been cases of the virus spreading to
people, and then from one person to another.
The symptoms of
swine flu are similar to the common flu. They include fever, lethargy (無(wú)精打采), lack of appetite, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, nausea (惡心), and vomiting (嘔吐). The high
proportion of young adults among the deaths is one of several mysteries about
this virus. Most of the dead had lung damage. What caused it is not yet known.
The virus spreads
the same way the common flu does. When an infected person coughs or sneezes
around another person, the latter is put at risk. People can get the disease by
touching something with the flu virus on it and then touching their mouth, nose
or eyes.
There are
medicines to treat swine flu. Doctors suggest using anti-viral drugs. They keep
the virus from reproducing inside the body.
Although there are
no vaccines (疫苗) for it now, several
everyday steps can help prevent the spread of the virus: washing hands
frequently; avoiding close contact with people who are sick; and avoiding
touching surfaces that might have the virus on it.
People may worry
that they will get swine flu from eating or preparing pork. In fact, you cannot
catch the virus from pork products if they have been properly prepared and
cooked. Cooking food at temperatures of 71°C
kills the virus.
52.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. It mainly tells us how swine flu broke out in
Mexico City.
B. It presents the reader with some information
concerning swine flu.
C. It tells us the differences between swine flu
and bird flu.
D. It mainly tells readers the dangers caused by
swine flu.
53. The following tips can protect us from swine flu EXCEPT
________.
A. keeping us away
from other people
B. washing hands
frequently
C. avoiding close
contact with sick people
D. avoiding
touching surfaces that might have the virus on them
54. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. Mexico City is really a
place of horror now.
B. People in Mexico City like staying
at home.
C. People in Mexico City don’t like
soccer.
D. Swine flu has
seriously affected people’s life in Mexico
City.
55. What can we infer from the passage?
A. At present
there still aren’t effective vaccines for swine flu.
B. Swine flu virus
cannot spread in the air.
C. From now on,
people can’t eat pork if they want to be safe.
D. All of the dead
killed by swine flu had lung damage.
E
Cole Bettles had
been rejected by a number of universities when he received an e-mail from the University of California,
San Diego, last
month, congratulating him on his admission and inviting him to tour the campus.
His mother booked a hotel in San Diego, and the
18-year-old Ojai, California, high school senior arranged for his
grandfather, uncle and other family members to meet them at the campus for
lunch during the Saturday tour.
“They were like
‘Oh my God, that’s so awesome (棒的)’,” Bettles said.
Right before he got in bed, he checked his e-mail one last time and found
another message saying the school had made a mistake and his application had
been denied.
In fact, all
28,000 students turned away from UC San Diego, in one of the toughest college
entrance seasons on record, had received the same incorrect message. The
students’ hopes had been raised and then dashed (破滅) in a cruel twist that shows the danger of instant communications
in the Internet age.
UCSD admissions
director Mae Brown called it an “administrative error” but refused to say who
had made the mistake, or if those responsible would be disciplined (受訓(xùn)).
The e-mail, which
began, “We’re thrilled that you’ve been admitted to UC San Diego, and we’re
showcasing (展示) our beautiful campus on
Admit Day,” was sent to the full 46,000 students who had applied, instead of
just the 18,000 who got in, Brown said.
The error was
discovered almost immediately by her staff, who sent an apology within hours.
“It was really
thrilling for a few hours; now he’s crushed (壓垮),” said Cole’s mother, Tracy Bettles. “It’s really tough on them.”
The admissions
director said she was in the office on Monday until midnight answering e-mails
and phone calls from disappointed students and their parents. She said she took
full responsibility for the error. “We accessed the wrong database. We
recognize the incredible pain receiving this false encouragement caused. It was
not our intent (意圖).”
56. A
total of_____ received an admission e-mail from the University of California,
San Diego (UCSD).
A. 18,000
candidates B. 28,000 students C. 46,000 applicants
D. 18 students
57. From the text, we can see that ________.
A. Cole Bettles had been
rejected by several universities but was finally accepted by a good one
B. Cole Bettles felt on top
of the world one moment but the next he was flooded with bitter disappointment
by the final message
C. Cole Bettles could hardly
believe the fact that he was rejected by UCSD, one of the best universities
D. Cole Bettles was
disappointed that he couldn’t go to tour the beautiful campus of UCSD with his
family
58. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the wrong
e-mail message?
A. The mistake was
made on purpose to cause pain among the applicants.
B. It was UCSD
admissions director Mae Brown who made the mistake.
C. UCSD admissions
staff got information from the wrong database.
D. Staff did not
discover the mistake until next Monday.
59. The admissions director Mae Brown did what she could to
__________.
A. make up for the
mistake
B. punish herself
for the mistake
C. protect the
person who made the mistake
D. help the
disappointed students enter the university
60. What’s the correct understanding of the sentence “it’s really
tough on them” in Paragraph 7?
A. Being rejected
time and again is even hard for adults, let alone them.
B. The university
staff has made a great effort to correct the mistake.
C. It’s difficult
for senior students to be admitted by the universities.
D. The unexpected
twist from thrill to pain is just too much for these high school seniors.
61. His platinum albums such as “You Make Me Happy and Sad,” “Flowery
Heart,” “Music Brings Us Together” and “Emil & Friends” have brought him
numerous awards in Singapore, and China’s Taiwan and Hong Kong.
62. Jonathan Lee represents the creative spirit of the past 20
years in Taiwan and many renowned singers like Sarah Chan (Chen Shuhua), Sandy
Lam (Lin Yilian), Emil Chau (Zhou Huajian) and Karen Mok (Mo Wenwei) draw great
inspiration from Lee's works.
63. Jasmine Leong is a Malaysian singer who is very popular on the
Taiwan
music scene. Focusing on lyrical songs, Leong's Beijing performance will also tap into rock
& roll music.
64. To remember Henrik Ibsen, with pianist Wolfgang Plagge,
violinist Annar Folles and soprano Gao Xia, the Norwegian Ibsen Trio will
present the classic works of the celebrated playwright.
65. The mix of musical treats for children in Beijing includes various kinds of art forms,
including Western classical music and Chinese traditional music, as well as
puppet plays, crosstalk shows, and highlights of Chinese local operas such as
Peking Operas and Kunqu Operas.
A. Commemorative show: To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, the founder of modern prose drama, a concert
titled “Nora's Songs” will be given.
Time: 7:30 pm, March 20
Place: Peking University Concert Hall
Tel: 6275-2279, 6275-9637
B. Feel the mood: Jonathan Lee will host his 2006 concert in Beijing. As the master of
music in Taiwan,
Lee is famous for his unique annotation of love, mood and life.
Time: 7:30 pm, March 24, 25
Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District
Tel: 6835-4020
C. Chamber music: The chamber concert series of China Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra will greet audiences with a woodwind quintet, a string
quartet plus Bach's piano concerto and suite.
Time: 7:30 pm, March 25
Place: The Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music, 43
Baojiajie, Xicheng District
Tel: 6641-4759, 6642-5744
D. Pop star: Singer and composer Emil Chau, one of the most admired
music idols in China and
Southeast Asia, will perform a solo concert in Beijing. Chau was born in Hong Kong and
attended college in Taiwan.
He has released more than 30 albums in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.
Time: 7:30 pm, March 31
Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District
Tel: 6833-5552
E. Music for children: Some 50 colourful music-related performances
will be staged until August 28 in
an "Open the Door to Music" series of concerts, in a move to foster
Chinese children's taste for art. The concert series will be held in several
venues, sponsored by the Forbidden City Concert Hall and supported by the
Beijing Municipal Culture Bureau.
Tickets: 10-100 yuan (US$1-12)
Time/date: 2 pm or 7:30 pm, July 20-August 28
Location: mainly in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan
Park, some in Peking University Hall in Haidian District and in the China
Puppet Art Theatre and Poly Theatre
Tel: 6506-5343, 6506-5345
F. Beautiful timbre: Jasmine Leong will meet her Beijing fans next month. Singing with
beautiful timbre, Leong will present a series of love stories to the audience.
To highlight the theme of love, 200 sets of lover's tickets, valued at 1800
yuan will be presented.
Tickets: 180-980 yuan (US$22-121)
Time/date: 7:30 pm, September 9
Location: Workers' Gymnasium, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District
He is born in a farmer’s
family in Suizhong County, Liaoning Province in June, 1965. When he was
a child, he dreamed of flying in the sky. He joined in the army in June,
1983. In 1992, he was sent to the air force base. In August, 1996, he was
one of the first 14 members from 1,500 pilots through the physical examination.
He worked hard, but he was among the first astronaut of the county in
1998 and was chosen one of the first manned space aircraft
astronauts late. On Oct.15, 2003, he successfully flew to space,
circling around the earth about 14 circles and then returned. Lucky enough,
she was honored to have been given the chance to be the first Chinese to
travel in space.
