完形填空 阅读短文, 从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier（国境） to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming 1 the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike 2 the frontier, Peter would stop the man and 3 him take the straw off and untie（解开） it. Then he would examine the straw very 4 to see 5 he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets 6 he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always 7 to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was 8 something, but he was not 9 to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets 10 usual, he 11 to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things 12 this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my 13 day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell 14 if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for 15 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”
| 小题2: | | A．arrived | B．appeared | C．came | D．reached |
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| 小题4: | | A．carefully | B．quickly | C．silently | D．horribly |
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| 小题6: | | A．before | B．after | C．first | D．so |
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| 小题7: | | A．lucky | B．hoping | C．thinking | D．wondering |
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| 小题8: | | A．taking | B．smuggling | C．stealing | D．pushing |
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| 小题9: | | A．possible | B．strong | C．able | D．clever |
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| 小题11: | | A．told | B．cried | C．ordered | D．said |
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| 小题12: | | A．cross | B．past | C．across | D．into |
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| 小题13: | | A．last | B．first | C．newest | D．second |
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| 小题14: | | A．everyone | B．anyone | C．no one | D．someone |
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| 小题15: | | A．moment | B．long time | C．sometime | D．some time |
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小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:D |
试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了一个发生在边境线上的故事。检查人员彼得怎么也不知道这个人究竟走私的是什么东西，最后通过这个老人之口才知道了原来就是每天他认真检查过的自行车。
小题1:短语辨析。Come towards 一般无此配；come down下降，下来；come to想起，总计；come up出现，发生。结合语境可知一名工厂工人上山来。故选D。
小题2:结合语境可知指的是自行车达到边境线，arrive一般不直接接宾语，故选D，到达。
小题3:词义辨析。A.问，要求；B.命令；C.使得，安排；D.拜访，召集；结合语境可知是让这个人把稻草移开。故选C，make后接不带to的不定式做宾语补足语。
小题4:结合语境可知他非常细心的检查这些稻草。故选A，细心地。
小题5:词义辨析。A. 因为，以至于；B.在哪儿；C.怎样； D.是否。结合语境可知句意为：看看是否能发现什么东西。故选D。
小题6:连词辨析。A. 在……之前； B.在……之后；C.首先；D.因此。结合语境可知此处指的让他再次把稻草绑好之前。故选A。
小题7:词义辨析。A.幸运的；B.希望；C.认为；D.想知道。结合语境可知他总是希望找到黄金或者其它的有价值的东西。故选B。
小题8:词义辨析。A. 带着；B.走私；C.偷D.推挤。结合语境可知此处指的是走私什么东西。故选B。
小题9:结合语境可知他不能想出会是什么东西，故选C，be able to be可能是。
小题10:考察短语as usual像往常一样。故选D，通常的。
小题11:词义辨析。A.告诉；B.哭；C.命令；D.说。联系下文，可知指的是他对他说。故选D。
小题12:词义辨析。A.交叉，不能用作介词；B. 越过，多用来指时间数量的超过；C.横穿；D.进入。结合语境可知此处指的穿过国境线。故选C。
小题13:联系下文，明天他就要退休了。可知这是他工作的最后一天。故选A，最后的。
小题14:代词辨析。A.每个人；B.任何人；C.没有人；D.一些人。结合语境可知此处是指不告诉任何人。故选B。
小题15:词义辨析。A.瞬间；B.长时间；C.某一时间的；D.一些时间；结合语境可知他有一些时间没说什么。故选D。
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当做单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。 |
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试题【完形填空 阅读短文, 从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）Peter’s job was to examine 】；主要考察你对
人物故事类等知识点的理解。
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An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.
The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can"t even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, " What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
The old woman was greatly surprised. "On, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type."
小题1:The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop.| A．to buy something | | B．to play a joke on someone | | C．to look for someone | | D．to talk to the girl |
小题2:The assistant was a ________.| A．woman | B．model | C．robot | D．man |
小题3:The assistant took no notice of the old woman because _______.| A．she was a plastic model | | B．she was a robot | | C．she was not a good assistant | | D．she had bad hearing |
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Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
小题1:The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________.| A．she had paid him for this | | B．she knew him very well | | C．she was tired of listening to the piano. | | D．she enjoyed his singing |
小题2:Nat King Cole succeeded because ________.| A．the lady helped him a lot | | B．he caught the chance(机会) | | C．he continued to play in the bar | | D．he played the piano well |
小题3:The words “sit on” in the passage probably mean “________”.| A．fail to realize | B．forget to use | | C．try to develop | D．manage to show |
小题4:From the story we know if you have some talent, you should __________.| A．hide it and wait | | B．ask others for help | | C．pay no attention to it | | D．work hard to improve yourself |
小题5:Which could be the best title(标题) for the passage?| A．Sing in the Bar | | B．Achieve Success in Life | | C．Never Lose Heart | | D．Find Your Hidden（隐藏的） Talent |
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完形填空 （共15小题；每小题1分,计15分）
阅读短文,从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
About a week ago, when I was playing basketball at our local park, I noticed a small group of boys picking on a smaller, skinnier boy. They were _1___his names and even pushed him to the ground and kicked dirt in his face. ___2___I saw that, I walked over to the group.
I stepped ___3__them and the smaller boy, and asked them politely what this boy had done worthy of __4__they were doing to him. One of the boys replied, “He’s weird.” At that, I asked one of the boys if he thought his friend was weird, and the __5__was “No.” So, I asked another boy what the word “weird” __6_, and he said, “Different.” That was my cue(暗示). I told them that everyone is __7__, and that they all looked just as different to the other boy as he did to them. They all stood __8___for a moment, and then the most amazing thing happened. One of the boys helped the small boy off the ground and then said sorry to him. He ___9___to let him play with them.
I thanked the boy for being so __10___. As I looked around, I realized that there were dozens of other people at the park ___11___no one else had stopped to help this boy. I felt happy that the boy was strong enough to stand up against his friends to ___12___someone in need, but I felt sad that ___13___else had even taken a second look.
I hope that my action helped them __14___ that they could have made a difference with a little ___15___, and maybe next time they will be the ones who choose to help.
| 小题1: | | A．giving | B．making | C．calling | D．telling |
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| 小题2: | | A．When | B．Before | C．If | D．Though |
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| 小题3: | | A．against | B．between | C．beside | D．With |
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| 小题5: | | A．guess | B．sign | C．problem | D．answer |
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| 小题6: | | A．read | B．proved | C．meant | D．wrote |
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| 小题7: | | A．different | B．free | C．important | D．Strong |
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| 小题8: | | A．angrily | B．silently | C．carefully | D．happily |
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| 小题9: | | A．refused | B．expected | C．offered | D．prepared |
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| 小题10: | | A．proud | B．clever | C．honest | D．patient |
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| 小题12: | | A．help | B．stop | C．love | D．remember |
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| 小题13: | | A．someone | B．anyone | C．no one | D．everyone |
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| 小题14: | | A．decide | B．realize | C．suggest | D．agree |
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| 小题15: | | A．energy | B．practice | C．knowledge | D．effort |
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When we talk about stars, especially women stars，it seems that they are always young，pretty and own charming body shapes．But recently a Britain"s Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely．
Simon Cowell，one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyle"s voice．”This lady came up，and I"m thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea.’ That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through —it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.
The performance was posted online and before long，the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world．
Speaking from her home in Scotland．Ms. Boyle said that she hadn"t thought of changing her appearance．She said that her friend helped her with make-up．“I mean，that"s hardly a makeover．”she added．
Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents．”I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence．’
小题1:Susan Boyle is __________．| A．a judge | B．a reporter | | C．a beautiful lady | D．a Scottish woman |
小题2:Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because _________.| A．she was confident of her singing | | B．she was satisfied with the judges | | C．she was pretty and in good shape | | D．she sang the song，I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables |
小题3:According to the passage，which is NOT true?| A．It was the vocal talents that built Susan"s confidence． | | B．Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school． | | C．Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance． | | D．Simon Cowell didn"t think Susan Boyle a good singer at the time sight． |
小题4:What can we learn from Susan Boyle"s success?| A．It"s never too old to learn． | | B．It"s easier to succeed at the age of 47． | | C．If you have a dream，try to make it come true! | | D．If you are not able to study well，to be a singer instead． |
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James Naismith was a Canadian. He invented basketball in 1891. At that time. He was a P.E. teacher a Springfield College,. In the USA.. He invented an indoor game for his students so that they could play it even in bad weather.
Do you know how to score points in the game? Well, just put the ball into the other side’s basket. You can throw the ball into the basket from any part if the court. And you can throw it with one hand or both hands. But you must follow the rules.
Now, over a century later,. More and more people play basketball ..In the USA. ,the NBA is very popular. People from all over the world like to watch and play basketball. They love this game.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（10分）
小题1: James Naismith came from_____| A．America | B．China | C．Canada | D．Canadian |
小题2: In 1891, James Naismith invented_____| A．baseball | B．basketball | C．football | D．volleyball |
小题3: What did James Naismith do?| A．a doctor | B．a student | C．a worker | D．a teacher |
小题4: Which of the following sentences is not right?| A．You must put the ball into the other side’s basket to score. | | B．You must follow the rules. | | C．You can only throw it with both hands | | D．You can throw the ball into the basket from any part of the court. |
小题5:When was basketball invented?| A．Over 100 years ago | B．100 years later | | C．50 years ago | D．50 years later. |
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