完形填空 （共20小题，满分33分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员) though she was a disabled woman.
“Early on I decided not to allow the 16 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 17 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion(酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my 18 . Doctors told me that the nerve (神经) damage was the 19 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 20 me.”
“My 21 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 22 to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play using my feet and can 23 the pitch of a note(音调高低) by the vibrations(振动). I feel through my body and through my 24 . My entire sound world exists by making full ___25___ of every sense that I have.”
“I was 26 to be considered as a musician, but not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had 27 this before and some teachers were ___28___ to admit me. However, based on my performance, I was 29 admitted and went on to 30 with great honour.”
“After that, I became a full-time solo percussionist. I 31 a lot of musical pieces since 32__ had been written specially for solo percussionists.”
“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 33 the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t 34 that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 35 by others’ attitude. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”
| 小题1: | | A．conditions | B．opinions | C．actions | D．suggestions |
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| 小题2: | | A．enjoying | B．choosing | C．taking | D．giving |
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| 小题3: | | A．sight | B．hearing | C．touch | D．taste |
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| 小题4: | | A．evidence | B．result | C．excuse | D．cause |
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| 小题5: | | A．left | B．excited | C．supported | D．disappointed |
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| 小题6: | | A．achievement | B．decision | C．promise | D．goal |
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| 小题7: | | A．turned | B．learned | C．used | D．ought |
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| 小题9: | | A．carefulness | B．idea | C．imagination | D．experience |
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| 小题10: | | A．use | B．effort | C．feeling | D．idea |
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| 小题11: | | A．dissatisfied | B．shocked | C．determined | D．unhappy |
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| 小题12: | | A．done | B．accepted | C．advised | D．admitted |
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| 小题13: | | A．learning | B．excited | C．willing | D．unwilling |
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| 小题14: | | A．usually | B．finally | C．possibly | D．hopefully |
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| 小题15: | | A．study | B．research | C．graduate | D．progress |
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| 小题16: | | A．wrote | B．translated | C．heard | D．read |
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| 小题17: | | A．enough | B．some | C．many | D．few |
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| 小题18: | | A．However | B．Although | C．When | D．Since |
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| 小题19: | | A．mean | B．seem | C．conclude | D．say |
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| 小题20: | | A．failed | B．beaten | C．taught | D．affected |
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小题1:B小题1:C小题1:B小题1:D小题1:A
小题1:D小题1:B小题1:A小题1:C小题1:A
小题1:C小题1:A小题1:D小题1:B小题1:C
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完形填空讲述的是英国著名聋女打击乐手Evelyn Glennie成功的故事。本文中的很多词汇，如：solo、percussion等在牛津英语教材模块八第二单元中均有所涉及。
小题1: B。从上下文可知Glennie不想让别人的看法（the opinions of others）左右自己成为音乐家的理想。A条件；C项行动；D项推荐。
小题1: C。Glennie八岁开始学习钢琴。take lessons上课，固定短语。
小题1: B。 从下文可知，Glennie听觉（hearing）逐渐失去，直到12岁时完全失聪（completely deaf）。
小题1: D．神经损伤（the nerve damage）是Glennie失去听觉的主要原因（cause）。evidence证据；result结果；excuse借口。
小题1: "我对音乐的爱从来没有离开过我。"根据never，句意否定，所以B项excite sb.令人激动，C项accompany sb.陪伴某人不正确。D项应为disappear from sb.。
小题1: D。人生的目标 （goal ）,purpose目的；decision决定；promise许诺。
小题1: B。"我学会了’听’（learn to do）音乐。"turn to转向（某人寻求帮助）；used to 过去常常（做某事）；ought to应该做某事。
小题1: A。tell 辨别；see看到；hear听到；smell闻到。句意是：通过振动来辨别音调的高低。
小题1: C。据句意，为了分辨音调的高低，除了通过身体对振动的感觉，还可以通过我的想象（imagination）。因为Glennie以前没有失聪过，所以不会有experience（经验）；而carefulness（细心）和身体的movement（运动）对聋人来说是无法分辨音调高低的。
小题1: A。"我只有通过调动全部的感觉（sense）器官"才能弥补失聪的遗憾来感受周围世界。定语从句I have修饰的我能拥有的sense 感觉、effort努力、feeling感情、idea想法中A项符合句意。
小题1: C。Glennie下定决心（be determined to do）要被别人评价为一名音乐家，而不是一名聋人音乐家。dissatisfied不满意的； astonished惊讶的；discouraged气馁的。A、B、D都是Glennie对别人评价的反应，而Glennie这时实际上还没有成名，所以不可能有这些感觉。
小题1: A。"以前没有失聪学生做过（done）这件事（applied to the Royal Academy of Music）"。Accept接受，advise建议，admit承认。根据语意，A项正确。
小题1: D。因为以前没有失聪学生被录取，所以一些老师反对（oppose）Glennie进入the Royal Academy of Music。
小题1: B。由于Glennie的表现，最终（finally）被录取。
小题1: C。以最高的荣誉从the Royal Academy of Music毕业（graduate）。
小题1: A。作曲write musical compositions。
小题1: D。自己作曲的原因是很少有人（few）专门为打击乐器独奏演员作曲。
小题1: B。尽管医生认为Glennie完全聋了，但并不意味着她的热情被忽视了。Although引导让步状语从句。从语意判断，B项最佳。
小题1: A。mean意味着。conclude作结论。
小题1: D。Glennie根据自己的切身体会告诫人们：不要被别人这样那样的说法所禁锢（limit）。 |
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试题【完形填空 （共20小题，满分33分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案。Evelyn Glennie was the 】；主要考察你对
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[详细]举一反三
Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16,1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices (偏见) of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously (匿名 ).
But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath’s many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, basically keeping its streets and public buildings in the original shape, just like what she described in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen’s Bath can be enhanced (增强)by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen’s time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.
The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizs (小测验) are offered to keep the children busy.
You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen’s Bath, which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.
小题1: Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.| A．in her early twenties | B．in her  early teens | | C．in her late twenties | D．in her late teens |
小题2:What can we learn about Bath from the passage?| A．Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen’s death. | B．The city has changed as much as J ane Austen knew it. | | C．Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen’s time. | | D．No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen’s time. |
小题3: The author writes this passage in order to________.| A．attract readers to visit the city of Bath | | B．ask readers to buy Austen’s books | | C．tell readers about Jane Austen’s experience | | D．give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society |
小题4:It takes you about one and a half hours________.| A．to get to the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street | | B．to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts | | C．to find a guide to take you to the Centre | | D．to look around the city of Bath on foot |
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A middle-aged stranger visited us late on a dark rainy night when my father was working the night shift (a job for a period during the night). The stranger asked if he could wait under the eaves of our roof for the rain to stop. Then he disappeared, and we started hearing footsteps and creaking boards in the attic(the space or room at the top of a building, under the roof, often used for storing things). Was the stranger inside our house? My whole body couldn’t help but stiffen. In my mind’s eye, I could imagine the stranger pu shing through the attic door and approaching us.
We immediately called Jerry, our neighbor, for help. He searched everywhere, but the visitor was nowhere to be found. As Jerry looked in the garage, he found the stranger lying underneath the car. Jerry exclaimed with fright, “You are not allowed to enter the house. Get off the property right now.”
We were determined to leave the house immediately. As we drove away, we saw the man blocking our way on the road and staring at us. We had to swerve to miss him. After that, I never saw the stranger again.
小题1:The text is mainly about .| A．the neighbor Jerry | B．a strange dream | | C．a strange visitor | D．footsteps in the attic |
小题2:Based on the text, which of the following statements is true?| A．The family h it the stranger with their car. | | B．The stranger pushed through the family’s door. | | C．Jerry was hurrying back from the night shift. | | D．The author’s father wasn’t at home that night. |
小题3:Why did the family leave their house on a late, dark night?| A．It was raining hard and the eaves of their roof were broken. | | B．There was a ghost wandering around the house. | | C．They did not feel safe in their house. | | D．The stranger was still somewhere inside the house. |
小题4:The text was written in order of .| A．time | B．space | C．importance | D．age of the family |
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完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1分；满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从 21～40 各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Once upon a time, there was a herd offorest deer. In this herd was a wise and respected 21 , tricky in the ways of deer. He taught the tricks and strategies of 22 to the young fawns.
One day, his younger sister brought her son to him, to be taught 23 is so important for deer. She said, "Oh brother teacher, this is my son. Please 24 him the tricks and strategies of deer." The teacher said to the fawn, " 25 , you can come at this time tomorrow for your first lesson."
26 , the young deer came to the lessons as he was 27 to. But soon, he became more interested in playing with the other young bucks 28 does（雌鹿）. He didn"t 29 how dangerous it 30 be for a deer who learned nothing but deer games. So he started cutting classes. Soon he was playing hooky all the time.
31 , one day the fawn who played hooky 32 in a snare and was trapped. Since he was missing, his mother 33 . She went to her brother the teacher, and asked him, "My brother, how is my son? Have you taught your 34 the tricks and strategies of deer?"
The teacher replied, "My sister, your son was 35 and unteachable. Out of respect for you, I tried my best to teach him. But he did not want to learn the tricks and strategies of deer. He played hooky! How could I 36 teach him? You are obedientand faithful, but he is not. It is useless to try to teach him."
Later they heard the 37 news. The naughty fawn who played hooky had been 38 and killed by a 39 . He skinned him and took the meat home to his family.
The moral is: 40 can be learned from a teacher by one who misses the class.
| 小题1: | | A．leader | B．student | C．pupil | D．teacher |
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小题2: | A．survival | B．approval | C．arrival | D．travel |
小题3: 小题4: | A．learn | B．study | C．teach | D．bring |
小题5: | A．How simple | B．Very well | C．Quite easy | D．What a pity |
小题6: | A．At first | B．For the first | C．The first time | D．Firstly |
小题7: | A．preserved | B．thought | C．supposed | D．suspected |
小题8:. 小题9: | A．realize | B．orgnize | C．admit | D．clarify |
小题10: | A．should | B．could | C．would | D．must |
小题11: | A．Generally | B．Luckily | C．However | D．Unfortunately |
小题12: | A．banned | B．caught | C．stepped | D．broke |
小题13: | A．fainted | B．delighted | C．shocked | D．worried |
小题14: | A．uncle | B．aunt | C．nephew | D．niece |
小题15: | A．dishonest | B．disobedient | C．inconvenient | D．unbelievable |
| 小题16: | | A．possibly | B．likely | C．necessarily | D．logically |
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小题17: | A．rare | B．good | C．sad | D．popular |
小题18: | A．bought | B．kidnapped | C．transported | D．trapped |
小题19: | A．hunter | B．researcher | C．advocator | D．settler |
小题20: | A．Anything | B．Nothing | C．Something | D．Everything |
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An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies.
James Harrison has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia. He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracey, who had a healthy son thanks to her father"s blood.
Mr. Harrison has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations. When he started donating, his blood was deemed so special that his life was insured for one million Australian dollars.
He was also nicknamed the “man with the golden arm” or the “man in two million”. He said: “I"ve never thought about stopping. Never.” He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 litres of blood. “I was in hospital for three months,” he said. “The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18.”
Just after he started donating he was found to have the rare and life-saving antibody in his blood. At the time, thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease. Other newborns suffered permanent brain damage because of the condition. The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother"s blood and her unborn baby"s blood. It stems from one having Rh-positive blood and the other Rh-negative.
His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti-D. After his blood type was discovered, Mr. Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of tests to help develop the Anti-D vaccine. “They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of,” he said. “I wasn"t scared. I was glad to help. I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away.”
Mr. Harrison is Rh-negative and was given injections of Rh-positive blood. It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women. It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing the disease.
It is estimated he has helped save 2.2 million babies so far. Mr. Harrison is still donating every few weeks now.
小题1:How old is James Harrison？小题2:What does the underlined phrase “two million” refer to?| A．babies | B．mothers | C．dollars | D．all of the above |
小题3: Why did James decide to donate his blood? Because _____.| A．his daughter asked him to help her son | | B．he has a golden arm worth a million dollars | | C．a vaccine called Anti-D is to be developed | | D．someone else’s blood saved his life |
小题4:The sentence “The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother"s blood and her unborn baby"s blood” (underlined in Paragraph 5) suggests that _____.| A．babies suffer permanent brain damage before born | | B．the mother and the baby have different types of blood | | C．Rhesus disease contributes to permanent brain damage | | D．all the patients have a rare antibody in their blood |
小题5: What can we infer from the sixth paragraph?| A．Some of the tests to develop the vaccine are dangerous. | | B．His wife Barbara needed to be taken care of badly then. | | C．Mr. Harrison was glad to help develop a new vaccine. | | D．His blood type was accidentally discovered after tests. |
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Sam’s uncle had an old bird which sat in its cage all day. One day his uncle said, “It is too expensive to 36 that bird. We will get rid of it.” But Sam wanted to 37 the bird.
Sam’s grandfather told him that the bird was once a famous 38 bird. Now 39 people knew it. His grandfather took the bird out, and then quickly took his arms away. The bird opened its huge 40 and flew into the sky. After a few minutes, it 41 with a small rabbit, cut it open and started to 42 it.
The next morning, Sam asked his uncle out. Sam did 43 his grandfather had done, but the bird 44 to the ground and stood still. Sam’s uncle 45 . Later his grandfather told him that the bird only hunted in late afternoon when light was less 46 . Sam asked his uncle to come out before 47 . This time the bird caught a mouse. His uncle was quiet with 48 , but laughed again, “We can’t eat mice, so this bird is 49 .” And he sold the bird without telling Sam.
Before Sam found the bird was 50 , two angry men arrived in a car. They 51 his uncle and said, the bird couldn’t hunt and they wanted their money back. Sam’s uncle looked 52 and said, “I have spent it. But… don’t worry!” He 53 at Sam, “Sam will show you 54 to make the bird hunt! It’s a great bird, isn’t it, Sam?” Sam opened the door of the car and took out the 55 . It flew away and disappeared forever.
| 小题3: | | A．singing | B．sleeping | C．eating | D．hunting |
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| 小题5: | | A．mouth | B．wings | C．tail | D．eyes |
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| 小题6: | | A．dealt | B．returned | C．met | D．parted |
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| 小题7: | | A．watch | B．search | C．eat | D．help |
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| 小题9: | | A．fell | B．rose | C．walked | D．ran |
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| 小题10: | | A．shouted | B．cried | C．laughed | D．nodded |
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| 小题11: | | A．attractive | B．pleasant | C．poor | D．strong |
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| 小题12: | | A．bed | B．supper | C．lunch | D．breakfast |
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| 小题13: | | A．patience | B．surprise | C．joy | D．sadness |
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| 小题14: | | A．harmful | B．strange | C．cheap | D．useless |
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| 小题15: | | A．leaving | B．gone | C．dying | D．cooked |
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| 小题16: | | A．shouted at | B．smiled at | C．looked after | D．took after |
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| 小题17: | | A．impressed | B．worried | C．satisfied | D．bored |
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| 小题18: | | A．waved | B．pointed | C．aimed | D．jumped |
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| 小题20: | | A．money | B．coat | C．bird | D．everything |
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