完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Long time ago, there was a farmer who lived with his daughter. A young man fell in love with the farmer’s beautiful daughter and wished to 36 her. One day, he went to the farmer to 37 his permission. The farmer looked at him and said, “ Guy, stand out in that 38 . I’m going to release (释放) 39 bulls, one at a time. If you can 40 the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”
41 , the young man got out and stood in the field, 42 the first bull. The barn（牛棚） door 43 and out came the biggest bull that he had ever seen. He 44 that one of the next bulls had to be a better 45 than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull 46 .
A few 47 later, the barn door opened again. Unbelievable! The young man had never seen any bull so 48 and fierce as this one in his life. It stood there, pawing（扒） the 49 and eyeing the young man. “ What the next 50 was like ? It had to be a better choice than this one,” he thought. He let the bull pass through again.
The door opened a third time. A 51 came across the young man’s face. This was the weakest bull that he had ever seen. “ This one was my bull,” he 52 to himself. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and 53 at just the exact moment. He threw his hands to catch ...... But to his 54 , the bull had no tail.
Life is full of opportunities. 55 catch the first one.
| 小题1: | | A．call | B．recognize | C．respect | D．marry |
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| 小题2: | | A．remember | B．copy | C．ask | D．answer |
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| 小题3: | | A．field | B．forest | C．river | D．building |
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| 小题5: | | A．see | B．cut | C．catch | D．discover |
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| 小题6: | | A．Immediately | B．Quietly | C．Finally | D．Proudly |
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| 小题7: | | A．talking about | B．thinking of | C．looking for | D．waiting for |
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| 小题8: | | A．moved | B．opened | C．broke | D．closed |
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| 小题9: | | A．decided | B．noticed | C．suggested | D．learned |
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| 小题10: | | A．rule | B．help | C．choice | D．reason |
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| 小题11: | | A．get up | B．go back | C．fall down | D．pass through |
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| 小题12: | | A．seconds | B．days | C．hours | D．months |
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| 小题13: | | A．famous | B．big | C．short | D．beautiful |
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| 小题14: | | A．house | B．wall | C．ground | D．door |
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| 小题15: | | A．fish | B．horse | C．bird | D．bull |
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| 小题16: | | A．pity | B．shame | C．smile | D．tear |
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| 小题17: | | A．explained | B．said | C．sang | D．flew |
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| 小题18: | | A．jumped | B．escaped | C．stopped | D．shouted |
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| 小题19: | | A．anger | B．surprise | C．joy | D．excitement |
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| 小题20: | | A．Never | B．Often | C．Seldom | D．Always |
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本文讲的是一个年轻人爱上了一个农民的女儿，但农民出了让他抓住三头牛中任何一头牛的尾巴就可以娶他的女儿，结果最后这个年轻人没成功。文中最后一句升华内容：生活中有很中的机会，我们要抓住第一个。
1. D 年轻人爱上了农民的女儿，肯定希望marry（与..结婚）她，从下文you can marry my daughter也可知道。A打电话B认出C尊敬，都不合题意。
2. C 此时属于固定用法ask….permission请求允许。A记得B复制D回答。
3. A 信息重现，从下文the young man got out and stood in the field可知选A。
4. B 从下文the three bulls可知有三头公牛，选B。
5. C catch the tail抓住尾巴。A see看见Bcut切D discover发现均与题意思不合，选C。
6. A immedietly立刻，马上，指这个年轻人马上出去到了田地里。B安静地C最终D自豪
7. D waiting for等待,指年轻人到田地里等公牛放出来。A谈论B考虑C寻找，故选D。
8. B open打开，牛棚肯定关了，故此时是打开牛棚。A移动C打破D关，从the barn door opened again也知选B。
9. A decide that对…作出抉择;决定,符合题意。此句是说：接下来两头中的一头是比第一头是更好的选择。B注意到C建议D学习。
10. C a better choice更好的选择，从上文可知推出来，年轻人是拿后两头中的一头对比第一头牛，从下文It had to be a better choice than this one也可知选C。
11. D pass through通过，年轻人决定了让第一头通过。A起床B回来C倒塌，故选D。
12. A seconds秒钟的意思，在这里不可能是B天C小时D月，不符合此处实际。
13. B big，此句为他从没看过如些大和凶猛的牛。A著名的C短的D漂亮的。
14. C ground地面，这里指牛用爪子扒地面，故选C。
15. D信息重现题，这篇文章讲的有三头牛，故选bull。
16. C smile微笑，指年轻人看到第三头牛最虚弱故脸上出现微笑, A遗憾B羞愧D眼泪。
17. B say to oneself自言自语，指年轻人跟他自己说。
18. A junp跳，指年轻人站好位置跳起来想抓牛的尾巴。B逃脱C停止D大叫，选A。
19. B to one’s surprise令…吃惊的是，固定说法。从下文知第三头牛没尾巴，肯定吃惊。A生气B高兴D兴奋，故选B
20. D always总是,考查频度副词。这句告诉我们要总是抓住第一次机会，其它不合题意。 |
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试题【完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。Long tim】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it 36 and as he is very 37 it, it still looks as good as new.
“That umbrella must have 38 you a great deal of money, Uncle.” I said to him one day.
“No,” he replied, “ 39 ”
“Was it a present?” I asked again.
“No,” said he.
“Then how did you get it?” I asked.
“Well,” he answered, “it is a strange true story. About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening 40 it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat and no umbrella. No buses ran through that street and there were no 41 in sight. As I was on my way to a party, I didn"t want to get 42 . So I stood at a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite 43 .There wasn"t a person around, and 44 it rained and rained. 45 a young man came to the place where I was standing, 46 a large umbrella over his head. 47 I hoped he would 48 me to walk to the next corner with him in order that I could get a taxi, I stepped 49 the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said: “ 50 , where are you going with that umbrella?”
51 by my sudden appearance, the young man 52 the umbrella, which, I"m afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and 53 into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be 54 in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I"ve kept it 55 .”
| 小题1: | | A．for months | B． for years | C．since childhood | D．for a few days |
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| 小题2: | | A．satisfied with | B．afraid of | C．proud of | D．careful with |
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| 小题3: | | A．given | B．cost | C．saved | D．made |
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| 小题4: | | A．very little | B．I don"t know | C．not a penny | D．quite a lot |
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| 小题5: | | A．when | B．though | C．because | D．after |
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| 小题6: | | A．bicycles | B．policemen | C．friends | D．taxis |
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| 小题7: | | A．tired | B．back | C．wet | D．away |
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| 小题8: | | A．dark | B．fine | C．dirty | D．dangerous |
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| 小题9: | | A．naturally | B．suddenly | C．always | D．still |
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| 小题10: | | A．At once | B．At last | C．As usual | D．As well |
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| 小题11: | | A．selling | B．carrying | C．moving | D．showing |
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| 小题12: | | A．As | B．Although | C．While | D．If |
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| 小题13: | | A．order | B．persuade | C．allow | D．promise |
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| 小题14: | | A．into | B．out of | C．towards | D．along |
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| 小题15: | | A．By the way | B．Help | C．Excuse me | D．Stop |
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| 小题16: | | A．Punished | B．Discouraged | C．Warned | D．Frightened |
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| 小题17: | | A．raised | B．took | C．dropped | D．forgot |
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| 小题18: | | A．disappeared | B．lost | C．pulled | D．turned |
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| 小题19: | | A．endless | B．interesting | C．exciting | D．hopeless |
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| 小题20: | | A．ever since | B．for a while | C．for you | D．forever |
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Jack was so excited about getting a new b ackpack because his old one had a broken zipper(拉链) and a hole in the bottom.
Jack’s elder brother took him to buy a new backpack. There were so many cool ones. How would he ever decide? He saw blue ones—his favorite color. He saw ones with his favorite action hero on the front. And then Jack saw a backpack with a black square design. When he opened it, he saw it had a hidden, secret small bag. He liked it, which made it different from others.
“This is the one,” he said, then carried it to the check-out counter.
That evening, Jack carefully filled his new backpack with his school thing s. He put his special pen in the secret small bag. The next day in English class, Mr. Mack said, “Let’s write an essay about earthquakes!” Jack looked for his pen in his backpack, but he couldn’t found it! He rummaged through his desk and his pockets, but no pen.
Jack asked if anyone had seen his pen, but no one had. Mr. Mack lent him a pencil, but Jack was feeling anxious because he lost his pen. When he got home, Jack told his brother he couldn’t find his favorite pen. His brother said, “You must have put it in that secret small bag.”
Jack laughed and said, “That small bag was so secret that I forgot all about it.”
小题1: Which backpack did Jack buy?| A．A blue one. | B．One with a black square design. | C．One with an action hero. | D．A small one. |
小题2: Jack decided to buy that backpack because __________.| A．it had his favorite color | | B．he liked the black square design | | C．the secret small bag made it special | | D．his brother suggested he get that one |
小题3:The underlined word “rummaged” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.| A．forgot to look at | B．searched really well | C．turned sideways | D．threw away |
小题4: When Jack realized what he had done, he thought it was ________.| A．funny | B．annoying | C．surprising | D．cool |
小题5: This text mainly tells us ________.| A．a story of Jack’s old backpack | | B．that Jack was studying earthquakes | | C．that Jack was old enough to do shopping | | D．a story of Jack’s pen and new backpack |
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Tsai Chin Chung is one of Taiwan’s most famous cartoonists, and his cartoons are enjoyed by people in many different countries in Asia. His books of cartoons have now become best sellers in Singapore, Malaysia, and even Japan.
As soon as he could hold a pencil, Tsai Chin Chung lived only for drawing. Every day he practised drawing people and things around him and from his favorite stories.
When he was only 15 years old, he left home to work for a publisher in Taipei. He worked hard to draw pictures for books. Two years later, he left his job and started to work on drawing cartoon series, which he liked better. He made up his mind to succeed as a cartoonist.
Now Tsai Chin Chung has achieved something unusual for a modern cartoonist. He has become extremely successful at changing Chinese literature (文学) and philosophy (哲学) into humorous comic stories. In this way, he has made the Chinese classics (古典文学) known to thousands of people.
Because of his great achievement, several years ago Tsai Chin Chung was given a prize as one of the 10 Outstanding Young People of Taiwan. Since then, he has won many prizes, and his cartoons have become popular throughout Asia, America and Europe. So far, he has published more than 20 comic books. Ten of these are about ancient Chinese philosophers based on Chinese historical and literary classics.
Many of Tsai Chin Chung’s books of cartoons and comics have now been published in English in countries like Singapore. His books have also been translated into several other languages, including Japanese, Korean and Thai. Even publishers in France and Indonesia have recently signed agreements for permission to publish his cartoon series.
小题1: Tsai Chin Chung first worked as ________.| A．a book seller | B．a cartoonist | | C．a writer of Chinese stories | D．an artist drawing pictures for books |
小题2:Tsai Chin Chung left his first job because he ________.| A．preferred drawing cartoons | B．wanted to go back to school | | C．enjoyed drawing pictures for books | D．wanted to be famous |
小题3:Tsai Chin Chung first became interested in drawing when he _______.| A．left school | B．was a very small child | C．was 15 | D．started to be a cartoonist |
小题4:Half of the books he has published are related to _______.| A．Chinese and foreign comics | B．countries in Asia, America and Europe | | C．foreign languages learning | D．Chinese history and literature |
小题5: Because of his great achievements, Tsai Chin Chung _______.| A．travelled a lot in Asia and Europe | B．went to live in Singapore | C．won an important prize in Taiwan | D．has become famous in Africa. |
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Three engineers(工程师) and three accountants (会计) were traveling by train to a meeting. At the station, the three accountants each bought a ticket, but the three engineers bought only a single ticket. “How are three people going to travel 36 only one ticket?” asked an accountant. “Watch and you’ll see,” answered an engineer.
They all 37 the train. The accountants took their own 38 , and all the three engineers went into a restroom and 39 the door behind them. The train 40 the station, and after a while the conductor (售票员) came to 41 tickets. He knocked on the restroom door and said, “Ticket, please!” The door opened just a 42 and a single arm appeared with a ticket in hand. The conductor 43 it and moved on.
The accountants saw this and 44 it was quite a clever idea. 45 after the conference, the accountants decided to 46 what the engineers did on the return trip and 47 some money.
When they got to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip. To their 48 , the engineers bought no tickets 49 .
“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asked one 50 accountant. “Watch and you’ll see,” answered an engineer. 51 they got on the train the three accountants went into a restroom and the three engineers went into another one that was 52 . Then the train started. Shortly afterwards(不久之后), one of the engineers left his restroom and walked 53 to the restroom 54 the accountants were 55 . He knocked on the door and said, “Ticket, please!”
| 小题2: | | A．put on | B．got off | C．got on | D．put off |
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| 小题3: | | A．seats | B．chairs | C．desks | D．tables |
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| 小题4: | | A．closed | B．hit | C．opened | D．knocked |
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| 小题5: | | A．arrived | B．left | C．walked | D．passed |
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| 小题6: | | A．get | B．put | C．collect | D．fetch |
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| 小题8: | | A．brought | B．took | C．held | D．returned |
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| 小题9: | | A．expected | B．agreed | C．showed | D．advised |
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| 小题11: | | A．learn | B．copy | C．tell | D．praise |
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| 小题12: | | A．save | B．earn | C．make | D．spend |
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| 小题13: | | A．pity | B．fear | C．joy | D．surprise |
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| 小题14: | | A．above all | B．after all | C．at all | D．in all |
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| 小题15: | | A．frightened | B．puzzled | C．excited | D．scared |
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| 小题16: | | A．After | B．Since | C．During | D．Before |
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| 小题17: | | A．not near | B．not far | C．not nearly | D．not closely |
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| 小题19: | | A．which | B．that | C．where | D．at where |
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| 小题20: | | A．hiding | B．standing | C．sitting | D．resting |
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King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.
The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy ,everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.
Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.
Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him. ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘ Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘ give me back my daughter.” ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.
小题1: The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because_____| A．she hoped to make the king the richest in the world. | B．She loved gold too. | | C．She wanted to teach the king a lesson. | | D．She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold gold. |
小题2: When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was _____
A. excited B. hungry C. worried D happy
小题3: Which of the following might have happened afterwards?| A．The king died in the river. | | B．The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl. | | C．All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones. | | D．Both B and C |
小题4:What do you think the story tries to tell us?| A．Gold makes people unhappy. | | B．More gold , more happiness. | | C．Gold is not the thing that makes life happy. | | D．People feel happy if they have not gold. |
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