完形填空(Cloze Test)
How lucky we are today that we can protect ourselves against many illnesses that once meant death to thousands of people.This is because of work of a famous French scientist who suffered a great deal in his own life so that others might 1 .Louis Pasteur was a bright boy, 2 his teachers said he was 3 .The reason for this was simple.Louis was very 4 with everything he did.He wanted to understand all and he asked many questions.“Listen, ” 5 an angry teacher one day.“You are supposed to(應(yīng)該)answer the question 6 asking them!”
However, he never stopped asking questions.There was one 7 question he asked:By what was illness 8 ? 9 he discovered the answers that have helped men to be 10 from death ever since.He worked very hard to keep 11 going on.When the silkworms(蠶)began 12 , France's silk-makers 13 money.They 14 Pasteur for help.
He found out the answer:certain tiny living things called germs(細菌) 15 the silkworm eggs.Pasteur found a way of 16 these germs, or something like them.The whole country was 17 , but during his years of work three 18 of his own died.Even in his 19 he believed that other children's lives could be saved if he could stop germs from 20 .
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A. |
live
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B. |
work
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C. |
suffer
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D. |
die
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(2) |
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A. |
even
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B. |
though
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C. |
and
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D. |
so
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(3) |
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A. |
slow
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B. |
fool
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C. |
foolishly
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D. |
clever
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A. |
careless
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B. |
careful
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C. |
satisfied
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D. |
unsatisfied
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(5) |
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A. |
shouted
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B. |
said
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C. |
called
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D. |
stared
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(6) |
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A. |
instead of
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B. |
in case of
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C. |
in need of
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D. |
in time
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(7) |
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A. |
common
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B. |
simple
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C. |
funny
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D. |
special
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(8) |
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A. |
made
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B. |
caused
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C. |
taken
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D. |
treated
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In time
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B. |
On time
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C. |
At times
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D. |
Time and time again
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(10) |
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A. |
prevented
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B. |
saved
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C. |
kept
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D. |
stopped
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(11) |
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A. |
life
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B. |
lives
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C. |
persons
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D. |
animals
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(12) |
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A. |
losing
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B. |
dead
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C. |
die
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D. |
dying
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(13) |
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A. |
missed
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B. |
wasted
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C. |
earned
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D. |
lost
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(14) |
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A. |
took over
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B. |
took up
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C. |
turned over
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D. |
turned to
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A. |
fed
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B. |
caused
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C. |
protected
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D. |
attacked
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(16) |
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A. |
getting rid of
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B. |
completing
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C. |
separating
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D. |
ending
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A. |
sad
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B. |
silent
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C. |
thankful
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D. |
sorry
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A. |
relatives
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B. |
children
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C. |
silk-makers
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D. |
silkworms
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(19) |
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A. |
trouble
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B. |
anger
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C. |
sorrow
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D. |
satisfaction
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(20) |
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A. |
hatching
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B. |
spreading
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C. |
missing
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D. |
coming
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