Years ago, a farmer owned some land along the Atlantic coast. He often advertised for assistants, but he
got no reply as most people feared the terrible storms across the Atlantic coast.
Finally, a short, thin man came to the farmer. "Well, I can sleep when the wind 1 ," said the little man.
Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, badly in need of help, hired him. The little man worked
well around the farm and the farmer felt 2 with the man"s work.
Then one night the wind blew loudly in from the shore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer caught a
lantern (提灯) and 3 next door to the little man. He shook the little man and shouted, "Get up! A storm
is coming! Tie things down 4 they are blown away!"
The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No, Sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."
The farmer was very 5 and hurried outside to prepare for the storm himself. 6 , he discovered
everything was tied down.
The farmer then 7 what his hired man had said. When you"re prepared, you have 8 to fear.
Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life? |
( )1. A. blows
( )2. A. excited
( )3. A. broke
( )4. A. before
( )5. A. upset
( )6. A. To his surprise
( )7. A. explained
( )8. A. something | B. flies
B. satisfied
B. rushed
B. after
B. angry
B. To his sorrow
B. remembered
B. nobody | C. flows
C. amazed
C. fled
C. as
C. calm
C. To his joy
C. added
C. nothing | D. moves
D. worried
D. knocked
D. when
D. confident
D. To his disappointment
D. understood
D. anything |
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试题【完形填空。 Years ago, a farmer owned some land along the Atlantic coast. He often】；主要考察你对 人物故事类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 完形填空。 | I believe listening is a powerful (强效的) medicine.
It was Sunday. I had the last 1 to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on
the bed, trying to 2 her socks. Usually I said something like this: "How are you fecling? The nurse says
your son is visiting you today. Ibelieve you are 3 seeing him."
She 4 me with a serious voice, "Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours."
I was surprised and 5 . I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her
only son lived not far from her, 6 she had not seen him for five years. She helieved her health
problems were worse because of 7 her son. After hearing her story and helping her pur on her socks,
Iasked if there was 8 I could do for her. She 9 her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do
was to 10 .
Each story is 11 . Some are clear, others are not. Some are true, others are not, yet all those
things do not really 12 . What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.
Listening to someone"s story costs nothing but it is the key to bealing (康复). I often 13 what the
woman taught me, and I 14 myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I
15 the power of listening. | ( )1. A. doctor
( )2. A. take off
( )3. A. looking forward
( )4. A. impressed
( )5. A. escited
( )6. A. or
( )7. A. missing
( )8. A. nothing else
( )9. A. shook
( )10. A. see
( )11. A. terrible
( )12. A. happen
( )13. A. think of
( )14. A. teach
( )15. A. talk about | B. nurse
B. get off
B. asking for
B. stopped
B. mad
B. so
B. loving
B. anything clse
B. dropped
B. smell
B. different
B. appear
B. dream of
B. ask
B. show of | C. patient (病人)
C. clean out
C. going on
C. asked
C. embarrasssed
C. but
C. understanding
C. nothing
C. waved
C. listen
C. similar
C. matter
C. remind
C. remind
C. believe in | D. student
D. put on
D. worrying about
D. greetde
D. angry
D. if
D. meeting
D. everything
D. moved
D. feel
D. true
D. change
D. laugh at
D. cheer
D. run out of | | 完形填空 | I knew little about English when I first came to America. So I went to a language school every day
to 1 English. One day, during the break, I asked one of my classmates a question. When I thanked her
for it, she said," 2 . It"s a piece of cake." I thought to 3 , "She wants a piece of cake?" So I said to
her, "I haven"t taken any piece of 4 with me today. What about a piece of biscuit (饼干)?"
She looked at me in surprise and then smiled. She knew that I didn"t 5 her. She said, "What I mean
is "no problem,"" Then I began to learn that "a piece of cake" is not only a piece of cake, but also means a
thing that is very easy. | ( )1. A.tell
( )2. A.All right
( )3. A.yourself
( )4. A.bread
( )5. A.understand | B.know
B.The same to you
B.myself
B.pizza
B.remember | C.teach
C.You’re welcome
C.himself
C.biscuit
C.find | D.learn
D.Nothing serious
D.herself
D.cake
D.believe | | 完形填空。 | My friend, David Smith, kept birds. One day he phoned and 1 me he would be away for a week.
He asked me to feed the bird 2 him and said he would leave his key in my mailbox.
Unfortunately, I did not remember to feed the birds 3 the night before David was going to return.
I rushed out of my house and it was already dark when I arrived at 4 house. I soon found the key he
gave me could unlock neither the front door 5 the back door! I kept 6 of what David would say
when came back.
Then I noticed 7 one bedroom window was open. I found a big tone and pushed it under the
window 8 the stone was very heavy. I heard of niose. But in the end, I managed to climb up.
I had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 9 a torch (电筒) up at me.
I looked down and saw 10 policeman and an old lady, one of David"s neighbours. "What are you doing
up there?" Said the policeman. Feeling like a fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr. Smith"s birds." | ( )1. A. tell
( )2. A. with
( )3. A. until
( )4. A. her
( )5. A. and
( )6. A. to think
( )7. A. how
( )8. A. If
( )9. A. is shinning
( )10. A. a | B. tells
B. to
B. before
B. his
B. but
B. think
B. that
B. Because
B. was shone
B. the | C. told
C. for
C. as
C. their
C. or
C. thinking
C. what
C. When
C. shines
C. an | D. had told
D. at
D. since
D. our
D. nor
D. thought
D. why
D. Whether
D. was shining
D. / | | 完形填空。 | I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman. "You look 1 . Come and sit here," she said. " 2
are you going?"
"I don"t know. I just want to catch a 3 and see what it will be like at the end."
"I"m afraid you"ll see 4 there. Why don"t you enjoy the sights on the way?"
"How can I do that while my heart"s 5 ?" I asked sadly. My best friend had left me.
The woman seemed to understand my feeling. "Don"t cry, little girl. I"ve had a similar experience to you.
Thirty-five 6 ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad. I decided to kill myself
and the children, so I took 7 to the sea. 8 , they seemed to know what would happen, so they 9
loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me 10 . How could I 11 my hope to live for one of life"s problems?
After that, I worked hard to raise the children. Now they all live 12 and one of them has his own family.
Then the woman gave me a 13 , "We should never wait for the door to 14 before us. We should
find the key to the 15 or try to find another way".
The bus came and I got on it with a smile. | ( )1. A. tired
( )2. A. What
( )3. A. train
( )4. A. nothing
( )5. A. smiling
( )6. A. days
( )7. A. her
( )8. A. So
( )9. A. laughed
( )10. A. in
( )11. A. give away
( )12. A. happily
( )13. A. cry
( )14. A. open
( )15. A. classroom | B. excited
B. How
B. bus
B. everything
B. breaking
B. weeks
B. them
B. Or
B. talked
B. out
B. give up
B. sadly
B. shout
B. close
B. office | C. happy
C. Where
C. boat
C.something
C. singing
C. months
C. him
C. Besides
C. spoke
C. up
C. get up
C. badly
C. hit
C. lock
C. door | D. well
D. When
D. plane
D. anything
D. dancing
D. years
D. it
D. However
D. cried
D. down
D. stand up
D. hopeless
D. smile
D. mend
D. shop | | 完形填空。 | One will feel happy when others flatter (奉承) him in his face. It is said that the best way of flattering
someone is to give him a "top hat" 1 .
A student was going to leave the capital to become 2 official (官员) in a city far away. Before he
started, he came to say 3 to his teacher.
"It is 4 job to be a good official." his teacher said. "You must be strict 5 yourself and never be
careless."
"Don"t worry about me, sir." The student answered. "I have already 6 anyone hundred top hats,
which will 7 those people quite happy."
"But we are really gentlemen! 8 could a real gentleman do such a thing?" His teacher was a bit 9 .
"Never forget 10 I taught you in class!"
" 11 are always right, sir. I also hate such things. But, sir, 12 no one really gentleman like you
can be seen in the world now." said the student. It seemed that he had to do so.
13 hearing this, the teacher was pleased. "What you said is true!"
"I have 14 one top hat already. Now I have ninety-nine 15 ." the student said to his friend later
on when he asked the student what he had talked with the teacher about. | ( ) 1. A. to dress
( ) 2. A. a
( ) 3. A. hello
( ) 4. A. not an easy
( ) 5. A. about
( ) 6. A. made
( ) 7. A. give
( ) 8. A. How
( ) 9. A. pleased
( ) 10. A. that
( ) 11. A. You
( ) 12. A. hardly
( ) 13. A. Before
( ) 14. A. sent out
( ) 15. A. left | B. dressing
B. the
B. goodbye
B. not easy
B. with
B. bought
B. let
B. What
B. angry
B. how
B. We
B. about
B. After
B. bought
B. already | C. wearing
C. an
C. OK
C. a good
C. from
C. prepared
C. keep
C. Why
C. excited
C. why
C. They
C. almost
C. Because
C. sold
C. yet | D to wear
D. /
D. thanks
D. difficult
D. to
D. repaired
D. make
D. When
D. sorry
D. what
D. Us
D. nearly
D. If
D. borrowed
D. else |
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