Before India gained independence (独立), a few young men from the villages wanted to free India from the foreign rule; they wanted the British to quit India. They needed material wealth to 36 the British out of India, so they started collecting 37 in the Indian villages.
One day, they got encouraged to collect 38 things as well. They went from door to door carrying a huge bag, which gradually was 39 with money and gifts. As they went, a one-legged beggar kept 40 them. The young men did not mind.
At the 41 of the day, they entered a house to see 42 they had collected. The beggar also wanted to enter, but since he was not a member of the group, they did not 43 him in. The beggar said to them: “I walked such a 44 distance right behind you. You want freedom; I also want freedom. India is not only your motherland. It is also my motherland.”
45 , the young men got mad and told the beggar to go away. Then one of the men felt 46 for him, so they decided to 47 him the things they had collected. 48 the beggar was looking at the gifts in their bag, most of them were showing no 49 for him. Then suddenly the beggar opened up the bag that he had been carrying. It 50 a few coins and some rice. He threw all the contents into their bag at once.
At the 51 of this, immediately all the members of the revolutionary group started dropping 52 of gratitude (感激), because he had 53 all that he had to their cause. On that day, they had gone to visit so many rich families, who had given them next to 54 ; but this beggar had given them everything that he had! They were deeply 55 by the beggar’s contribution.
| 小题1: | | A．drive | B．grow | C．help | D．pick |
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| 小题2: | | A．food | B．money | C．papers | D．seeds |
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| 小题3: | | A．military | B．material | C．mysterious | D．cultural |
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| 小题4: | | A．tired | B．satisfied | C．filled | D．covered |
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| 小题5: | | A．following | B．cheating | C．calling | D．beating |
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| 小题6: | | A．beginning | B．end | C．front | D．middle |
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| 小题8: | | A．stop | B．drop | C．allow | D．promise |
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| 小题9: | | A．short | B．near | C．long | D．little |
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| 小题10: | | A．At last | B．At first | C．At a time | D．In that case |
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| 小题11: | | A．necessary | B．patient | C．thankful | D．sorry |
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| 小题12: | | A．trouble | B．serve | C．show | D．excite |
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| 小题13: | | A．Since | B．While | C．If | D．Although |
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| 小题14: | | A．interest | B．courage | C．respect | D．disappointment |
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| 小题15: | | A．included | B．consisted | C．held | D．contained |
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| 小题16: | | A．thought | B．sight | C．sound | D．moment |
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| 小题17: | | A．laughter | B．difference | C．truth | D．tears |
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| 小题18: | | A．taken | B．given | C．wasted | D．lost |
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| 小题19: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．everything | D．anything |
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| 小题20: | | A．moved | B．removed | C．excited | D．surprised |
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小题2:B
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小题6:B
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小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:C
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试题分析：本文讲述了印度处于英国殖民统治时期时，一位单腿的乞丐为了自己国家的自由倾囊相助的故事。
小题1:A 从上句内容可知为了获取自由，必须把英国殖民者从印度赶出去。
小题2: B 根据第二段开头：革命者忽然想到可以同时募集物品，可知他们起初仅打算募集钱款。
小题3:B 上下文串联。由后文gifts可知应是实物。
小题4:C 革命者挨家挨户去拜访，他们所携带的一个大袋子很快装满了硬币和捐赠的实物。
小题5: A 一个单腿的乞丐一直跟着这群年轻的革命者，但他们对他根本没有在意。
小题6: B 在走了一天后，革命者们来到一所房子清点今天都收到了什么捐赠。
小题7: B在走了一天后，革命者们来到一所房子清点今天都收到了什么捐赠。
小题8:C 乞丐也想进入那座房子，但因为他不是他们中的一员，所以就被拒之门外。
小题9: C由第二段乞丐跟了他们一整天可知是走了很长的一段距离。
小题10: B 根据下文语境，起初，这些年轻人对乞丐非常生气，要他马上离开。
小题11:D 根据下文语境，其中的一个年轻人非常同情乞丐，决定让乞丐看看他们募集到的东西。
小题12:C其中的一个年轻人非常同情乞丐，决定让乞丐看看他们募集到的东西。
小题13: B 根据下文语境，当乞丐在看他们的东西时，大部分人对他不屑一顾。
小题14: C 词义辨析。A兴趣B勇气C尊重D失望；大部分人对他不屑一顾，不尊重他。
小题15: D乞丐打开自己的袋子，里面装着一些硬币和一些大米（乞丐所有的财产）。
小题16: B 看到这一情形，所有在场的革命者都立刻留下了感激的泪水。
小题17:D 名词辨析。A笑声B差异C真相D泪水；所有在场的革命者都立刻留下了感激的泪水。
小题18:B乞丐把他所有的财富都奉献给了革命事业。
小题19:B 在一天的募集活动中他们去了很多大财主家，可他们却一毛不拔。
小题20:A 根据第五段第一句内容可知革命者被乞丐的爱国热情深深地感动了
点评：本文讲述了印度处于英国殖民统治时期时，一位单腿的乞丐为了自己国家的自由倾囊相助的故事。考生在选择答案时要根据上下文的复现或同现以及这些词之间的有机联系来确定答案。由于完形填空的文章是一个意义相关联的语篇，围绕一个话题论述，因此在行文中词语的重复、替代、复现和同现现象是不可避免的。根据这个原则，某一个空格所对应的答案很可能就是在上下文中复现或同现的相关词：原词、同义词、近义词、反义词等。 |
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I live in a very over populated beach area in the Los Angeles, and I love the beautiful scenery! But because of many people, lots of things are easy to be out of order, and sometimes it’s also easy to lose your cool. Today was a day I wish I did not get out of bed. I mean that if I did not have to wake up and deal with all the things that I deal with on a daily basis, it would have been wonderful.
I had a cup of coffee this morning and that was my meal for breakfast, not healthy I know. Anyway, my stomach was sounding like a truck. So, I jumped in my car and decided to buy some food.
I was in line at Taco Bell (一家墨西哥速食店) and the line was like a long snake! Finally I got to place my order, but a young girl in nice clothes pulled in and was stuck in such a way that unless I moved for her, she wouldn’t be able to get out. So I backed up and waved her into my place in the front of the line.
To my surprise, this young girl did not say thanks. I was cool with it because I thought that I had done something nice for a change. After the girl received her food and pulled away, I pulled into the ordering spot, not mad, but hungry, and the employee said, “Hi, that girl just paid for your food.”
That food was the most satisfying nourishment (营养品) my body had ever taken! If just by chance you are that person who bought my food, I should say “Thank you!”
小题1:The underlined part in the first paragraph probably means “_____”.| A．be friendly to others | B．become angry | | C．get warmer | D．remain calm |
小题2:What happened to the author according to the passage?| A．He remained lying in bed all the morning. | | B．He didn’t feel well after drinking a cup of coffee. | | C．He made room for a girl who jumped the queue. | | D．He had a quarrel with a girl who didn’t stand in line. |
小题3:How did the young girl show her thanks to the author?| A．She got out of her car and said thanks. | | B．She drove away with her own food. | | C．She received her food and waved goodbye. | | D．She paid for the author’s food without him knowing. |
小题4:The best title for the passage might be _____.| A．Kindness is spreading | | B．Being patient wins respect | | C．Being calm is important in accidents | | D．Being polite can change the world |
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Since I moved to Seattle, there’s no farm whose name has come up more than Quillisascut. Quillisascut is a cheese company, 36 what they call “traditional farmstead cheese’’, but it’s also a school. 37 completing a five-day “Introduction to Farming” workshop at Quillisascut, I understand why this farm school is so 38 . I hope that you can one day visit it, too.
At Quillisascut, mornings begin at 5:30 am with 39 and milking the goats. The morning’s 40 is made into cheese in the afternoon. Cheese making requires many steps. The process can take one day to several months, 41 the type of cheese being made.
During our workshop, we were lucky enough to have the farm’s chefs 42 meals of grains and beans from neighboring farms and herbs from the garden. All of the foods used for cooking are either grown there or 43 sourced.
Any 44 from meals is made into compost(堆肥). It is 45 onto the farm’s land, transforming Quillisascut’s soil 46 fertile salad bars for the goats. In addition to sunlight, rain, and compost, the goat farm 47 seeding and reseeding.
When I know where my food came from, who 48 it, and the complex process it took to get to my 49 , food does more than fuel my body. It also heats my 50 . I wonder how different our food and healthcare systems would look like if all people learnt firsthand about the 51 and tears involved in bringing food to the table.
If every food production operation 52 the public onto its ground, it is possible that our country’s food system would look very different; and our country’s connection with food could 53 . But for now, Quillisascut and other educational farms are making a(an) 54 , carrying out the goal “to make the world a more 55 place”.
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| 小题2: | | A．Until | B．Unless | C．After | D．If |
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| 小题3: | | A．beloved | B．interested | C．moved | D．excited |
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| 小题4: | | A．observing | B．feeding | C．introducing | D．finding |
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| 小题5: | | A．goat | B．milk | C．choice | D．meat |
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| 小题6: | | A．putting on | B．taking on | C．focusing on | D．depending on |
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| 小题7: | | A．describe | B．check | C．cook | D．heat |
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| 小题8: | | A．regionally | B．comfortably | C．formally | D．positively |
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| 小题9: | | A．leftover | B．makeup | C．food | D．drink |
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| 小题10: | | A．passed | B．based | C．worked | D．spread |
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| 小题12: | | A．avoids | B．protests | C．requires | D．promotes |
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| 小题13: | | A．tasted | B．measured | C．grew | D．learnt |
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| 小题14: | | A．car | B．wallet | C．wall | D．plate |
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| 小题15: | | A．soul | B．face | C．hand | D．dream |
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| 小题16: | | A．seed | B．sweat | C．money | D．imagination |
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| 小题17: | | A．welcomed | B．persuaded | C．demanded | D．suggested |
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| 小题18: | | A．break | B．settle | C．begin | D．deepen |
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| 小题19: | | A．performance | B．difference | C．expression | D．impression |
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| 小题20: | | A．famous | B．curious | C．beautiful | D．traditional |
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A 16-year-old South Dakota boy who became lost while hunting and spent 16 hours alone in the Black Hills National Forest says he was scared but still managed to make a survival plan.
Austin DuVall, of Rapid City, became lost on Nov.3 while hunting with his father. He ran after a deer, and soon found himself alone. “I ran after a deer, but I didn’t get it,” he said. “Then I was really lost.”
He had only his hunting rifle(步枪) and the clothes he was wearing. He had no food or water and had nothing that could help him find his way to safety. “I knew that no one could hear me. I decided to just sleep and get up in the morning and find safety,” he said.
Austin climbed up on a rock and slept through the night. Then he awoke and relied on skills he learned in a hunter safety course. He followed a stream to an occupied cabin. The couple there called his parents and cooked him a breakfast. “ It’s probably one meal I’ll never forget for the rest of my life,” he said.
After DuVall’s disappearance, a lot of emergency officials and more than 100 volunteers went searching for him. “He wasn’t sitting there waiting for someone to come and find him,” said his father, Steve DuVall. “We didn’t find him; he found himself.”
Mike Kintigh, regional supervisor for the Game, Fish & Parks Department, said one or two hunters will go missing each year, but rarely for more than 24 hours. “We’re a little bit unique in the Black Hills as it’s hard to get lost for a very long time. That’s because we’ve got so many roads here compared to the Rocky Mountains,” Kintigh said. “You can certainly spend a very uncomfortable night in the woods like Austin did.”
小题1:After Austin realized he lost his way, he ___.| A．was very nervous but excited | | B．cried aloud for help | | C．tried to find a safe place | | D．decided to sleep in the wild |
小题2: Who saved Austin according to his father?| A．The couple in the cabin. | | B．Emergency officials. | | C．Volunteers. | | D．Himself. |
小题3:From what Mike Kintigh said, we learn that _______.| A．if someone gets lost in the Rocky Mountains, it is hard to find a way out | | B．too many people go missing in the Black Hills every year | | C．the rescue team is skillful enough to find the lost people in less than 24 hours | | D．people who are lost in the Black Hills have to spend a night in the woods |
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Dana Cummings was in his thirties before he first went surfing. But, even more interesting is that Dana Cummings chose to learn the sport after losing a leg in a car accident. Now, nine years later, he helps other disabled (伤残的) people learn how to ride the waves in AmpSurf.
On the coast of Maine, he is working with 27-year-old Matthew Fish, who is partly blind. Cummings takes hold of Fish and leads him into the ocean. The surfboard floats next to them. Fish lies on the surfboard. He tries to stand up on it. After a few attempts (尝试) he is up and riding all the way back to land. “That was exciting,” Fish says.
A car accident in 2002 took Dana Cummings’ leg. He says the crash changed him more than just physically. “Losing my leg made me realize how precious (珍贵的) life is and get off the couch and start living. I do more things now than I ever did before. Next week I am going to compete in a contest in Hawaii,” Dana says.
One year later Dana Cummings formed AmpSurf. AmpSurf is a group that volunteers to hold surfing classes and events for people with all kinds of disabilities.
Recently, AmpSurf took its training programs to the East Coast. Eleven students attended the class in Maine. They came from all over the northeastern United States.
Dana Cummings thinks AmpSurf can change the way a disabled person thinks. “Most people with disabilities consider himself or herself unlucky and useless, but we want them to see what they can do. Who cares you lose your leg or you are blind, whatever? Have fun. Just enjoy life. Take the most advantage of it you can,” Dana says.
小题1:Matthew Fish thinks learning to ride the waves is _____.| A．boring | B．easy | C．interesting | D．difficult |
小题2:When did Dana Cummings set up AmpSurf according to the text?| A．In 2002. | B．In 2003. | C．In 2008. | D．In 2011. |
小题3:According to Dana Cummings, AmpSurf can _____.| A．ease the physical pain of the disabled | | B．help the disabled learn to get used to their life | | C．change the attitude of the disabled towards life | | D．make the disabled pay more attention to their disabilities |
小题4:What is the best title for the text?| A．Dana Cummings — a great surfer | | B．AmpSurf — a training group | | C．How to learn to live with disabilities | | D．Disabled surfers ride the waves |
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Have you listened to music on an iPod? Used a computer at home? Those are just two of the ways your life was touched by the work of Steve Jobs.
Jobs, one founder of Apple Computers, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. He had been fighting with cancer since 2004.
Steven Jobs was born in Los Altos, California. He and his childhood friend, Steve Wozniak, designed and built the first Apple computer in his parents’ garage in the 1970s. The Apple II, built when Jobs was just 21 years old, was the first personal computer to be widely sold to the public.
Steven Jobs didn’t stop there. He went on to invent more devices (设备) that allowed people to bring their own creativity to computing: the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. People found his products beautiful and easy to use.
Jobs also changed the music and film industries. He started Pixar, a film production company in 1986. Toy Story was the world’s first computer-animated feature film (电脑动画电影).
“Steve was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, confident enough to believe he could change the world, and clever enough to do it,” said President Barack Obama. “By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only easy to reach, but fun ... And there may be no greater praise to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his death on a device he invented.”
All around the world, people are talking about the effects that Jobs’ creations have had. By creating products that surprised people, he changed the way people worked and lived their everyday lives.
小题1:Which of the following about Steve Jobs is NOT true?| A．He was born in California in 1955. | | B．He built the Apple II in 1970. | | C．He set up a film production company at 31. | | D．He was found to suffer from cancer at 49. |
小题2:The underlined word “innovators” in Paragraph 6 could best be replaced by _____.| A．inventors | B．businessmen | C．producers | D．founders |
小题3:According to Barack Obama, the highest praise for Steve Jobs is that _____.| A．his products are widely used all over the world | | B．his products are thought to be beautiful and easy to use | | C．people all over the world are sad at his death | | D．people learned about his death from his products |
小题4:Jobs changed the way we work and live by _____.| A．building the first personal computer | | B．making computer-animated feature films | | C．developing the music industry | | D．creating surprising products |
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