完形填空
Robert was a life insurance(人寿保险) salesman. Try __1__he might, he was still unable to get a
couple to sign up for a policy(保单). "I certainly don"t want to frighten you into a __2__," he announced,
standing up to__3__. "Please sleep on it tonight, and __4__ you wake up in the morning, let me know what you think."
People can be motivated by many different __5__. Fear is the common one.__6__many people find that other kinds of motivation are usually __7__ effective in getting more out of those with whom we live and
work.
A twelve-year-old girl took her younger brother, who __8__from a mental disability, Christmas
shopping. As they went into a department store, the__9__accidentally hit a display, knocking shoes in every __10__. At that __11__ a(n) angry clerk grabbed the boy by the arm and __12__, "Pick them up."
"No," the boy screamed in defiance(反抗).
"Pick them up," the clerk__13__.
"No," the boy shouted back.
His older sister began picking up the __14__. Then the boy started to __15__. Before long, the boy,
his sister and the clerk were __16__ together to put the shoes back in __17__.
When they finished, the girl taught the clerk a(n) __18__ lesson with these words: "You have to
encourage my brother to do it in action."
If you live or work with other people, you may benefit from the older sister"s advice. If you want people
to respond to you, try encouraging them in action. People prefer __19__. When you fill people with what
they want, you"re __20__ to get what you want out of them. |
( )1. A. however
( )2. A. trouble
( )3. A. defend
( )4. A. should
( )5. A. feelings
( )6. A. Thus
( )7. A. less
( )8. A. arose
( )9. A. boy
( )10. A. section
( )11. A. occasion
( )12. A. demanded
( )13. A. expected
( )14. A. shoes
( )15. A. cry
( )16. A. walking
( )17. A. process
( )18. A. thoughtful
( )19. A. gift
( )20. A. positive | B. as
B. sale
B. fight
B. will
B. plans
B. But
B. more
B. contributed
B. girl
B. direction
B. stage
B. conflicted
B. commented
B. books
B. help
B. organizing
B. silence
B. instant
B. stick
B. likely | C. since
C. bargain
C. leave
C. shall
C. means
C. Plus
C. half
C. benefited
C. clerk
C. shelf
C. situation
C. reminded
C. shouted
C. toys
C. complain
C. working
C. detail
C. cautious
C. honey
C. confident | D. in spite of
D. decision
D. argue
D. may
D. results
D. Since
D. just
D. suffered
D. salesman
D. course
D. point
D. arranged
D. acquired
D. bottles
D. worry
D. assisting
D. order
D. complex
D. tears
D. probable |
| 1-5: BDCAC 6-10: BBDAB 11-15: DACAB 16-20: CDACB |
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| 完形填空 | On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were
dressed warmly and 1 with the rented(租)video we had been dying for watch. I was feeling a little
2 , as I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the 3 .They were so heavy that I decided to
4 some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can 5 I noticed a poor man walking his bike
out of the restaurant in front of us. He 6 a paper bag with his dirty hand. He headed over to another
nearby garbage can and started 7 it.
I suddenly felt very 8 because I was about to do away with a new drink just 9 it was heavy. I
knew this man would take all he could 10 , so I walked up to him and 11 the drink and some snacks
to him. The man looked up 12 and took what I gave him. A huge smile spread 13 his face and this
caused me to feel indescribable 14 . I felt like I 15 be happier with myself, but then he said, "This is
my son"s lucky day!"
With that, he 16 me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him 17 a song as he rode
away. I got a warm feeling inside and I knew I had done something good, for the man and his family. I
now understand what is 18 by the saying "Giving is getting".
Since then, every time I have the 19 to do something nice, the image of the man"s happiness caused by
my small gift appears in my mind. This is the 20 of charity. | ( )1. A. equipped
( )2. A. upset
( )3. A. video
( )4. A. send off
( )5. A. after
( )6. A. owned
( )7. A. going into
( )8. A. stupid
( )9. A. since
( )10. A. get
( )11. A. dropped
( )12. A. sadly
( )13. A. in
( )14. A. regret
( )15. A. couldn"t
( )16. A. smiled
( )17. A. whistling
( )18. A. referred
( )19. A. time
( )20. A. power | B. covered
B. happy
B. books
B. throw away
B. when
B. presented
B. finding out
B. guilty
B. until
B. search
B. kept
B. coldly
B. across
B. satisfaction
B. shouldn"t
B. told
B. whispering
B. said
B. chance
B. effect | C. done
C. tire
C. pizz
C. put away
C. before
C. held
C. looking through
C. disappointed
C. because
C. hear
C. turned
C. thankfully
C. by
C. failure
C. needn"t
C. saw
C. listening
C. meant
C. idea
C. result | D. offered
D. excited
D. clothes
D send out
D. while
D. sought
D. working out
D. happy
D. when
D. see
D. handed
D. patiently
D. through
D. curiosity
D. mustn"t
D. thanked
D. making
D. spoken
D. effort
D. mystery | 阅读理解
The rumors had been spreading for months but it still came as a shock when the hospital would be
closing. It had served this poor neighborhood for nearly 100 years but it would close because of the health care crisis.
The day after the announcement co-workers found out that pretzels(椒盐饼干) had been eliminated.
Soft pretzels are the lifeblood of this city. So losing access to soft pretzels is no small matter.
A week later, I decided to cheer up my co-workers by picking up some soft pretzels at a local store.
I arrived just as it opened so I was the only customer. But I only had $6 in my wallet. I was working inside a large office at the hospital and knew I"d need more than the half dozen pretzels my six dollars would buy. A man"s voice interrupted my thoughts. "Can I help you?"
I said, "I only have $6. I"m not sure how many pretzels I need. You see, I work at a hospital and it"s
closing and they stopped selling pretzels." The man"s smile disappeared. "What hospital?" "Oh,
Northeastern Hospital."
The guy looked deeply shocked. "I used to sell medical supplies and that was one of my hospitals."
Then he turned around and grabbed a box of 25 pretzels and slid them across the counter.
I was surprised by his generosity and started to reach for my wallet, "Oh I can pay. Please let me …
The guy smiled, "Just tell them Joe Sullivan said to do something nice for someone else."
And so that day everyone in medical records was treated to a soft pretzel. Word spread fast as people came asking, "Is it really true?" It was as if I"d carried in a box of gold. It mattered to them that a stranger
cared.
1.The underlined word "eliminated" in Paragraph 2 means _____.
A. highly priced
B. added
C. overcooked
D. removed
2.Why did the author decide to buy pretzels for his co-workers?
A. To show his generosity.
B. To make them feel less sad.
C. To show his thanks to them.
D. To encourage them to work hard.
3.To buy 25 pretzels, the author should pay ____.
A. $25
B. $12.5
C. $12
D. $50
4.According to the passage, Joe Sullivan used to be a ____.
A. cook
B. doctor
C. shopkeeper
D. salesman
5. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. A nice treat
B. The rumor that came true
C. Tell them Joe cared
D. Northeastern Hospital is closing down | | 阅读理解 | Few people ever took notice of Mr. Jimmy Tan whenever he entered a room. He was a shy, quiet
and simple man who preferred to keep to himself in public. On the other hand, Mr. Thomas Kim, a
fellow scientist, was a man everyone would notice on the streets. He wore bright outfits with huge flower
prints, spoke with a booming voice, and his laughter could be heard from all corners of a room. In
addition to the differences in their characters, Mr. Kim and Mr. Tan were also great rivals at work in the
Institute of Future Science.
On Christmas Eve, everyone left work early to celebrate the special occasion, except for Mr. Tan
and Mr. Kim. They were in their laboratory analyzing the results of their latest experiments. Mr. Tan
realized that something special was taking place in his experiment -the bacteria he had cultured were
growing extremely quickly under high pressure and at a very low temperature. After noting down the
findings in his notebook, he left the room to prepare for another round of tests. Shortly after, Mr. Kim
entered.
"Hey Jimmy," Mr. Kim called out, "do you have an extra copy of the laboratory booking form?"
There was no reply, so Mr. Kim looked through Mr. Tan"s things. He soon found Mr. Tan"s
notebook and was horrified to see that Mr. Tan had managed to make one of the most important
discoveries in modern science. He then looked into the deep-freeze cupboard where a dish containing
the bacteria was kept. He put them into his pocket and returned to his own laboratory.
Mr. Tan came back an hour later to find his notebook and the dish missing. He knew that Mr. Kim
had taken them and went to Mr. Kim"s laboratory to find out. When he opened the door, he found Mr.
Kim lying on the floor motionless. His face was pale and his skin had turned black. The deadly bacteria
had been handled improperly. He shook his head and left.
1. From the first paragraph we know Mr. Kim was a quite ___ person.
A. famous
B. hardworking
C. wealthy
D. outgoing
2. The underlined word "rivals" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to .
A. enemies
B. colleagues
C. competitors
D. friends
3. What does the underlined word "them" refer to in the 4th paragraph?
A. the most important discoveries
B. the notebook and the dish
C. the cupboard and the bacteria
D. the dish and the bacteria
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Mr. Kim was afraid Mr. Tan might succeed ahead of him.
B. Mr. Tan"s bacteria grew very fast in a warm container.
C. Mr. Tan worked much harder than Mr. Kim.
D. Mr. Kim was so tired that he fell down into sleep.
5. What happened to Mr. Kim in the end?
A. He died on Christmas Eve.
B. He was arrested by the police.
C. He shared the success with Mr. Tan.
D. He succeeded ahead of Mr. Tan. | | 阅读理解 | In the kitchen of my mother"s houses there has always been a wooden stand (木架) with a small
notepad (记事本)and a hole for a pencil.
I"m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother.
Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current
paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can"t be the same pencil? The pad is more
modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
"I"m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years." I
say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. "You still use a pencil.
Can"t you afford a pen?"
My mother replies a little sharply. "It works perfectly well. I"ve always kept the stand in the kitchen.
I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in those days."
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one
hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, "One day I was
cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the
children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the
back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on."
This story-which happened before I was born-reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is,
as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to
wor k. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards.
Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics.
Those symbols have travelled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden
breadboard, invisible (看不到的) exhibits at every meal.
1. Why has the author"s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?
A. To leave messages.
B. To list her everyday tasks.
C. To note down maths problems.
D. To write down a flash of inspiration.
2. What is the author"s original opinion about the wooden stand?
A. It has great value for the family.
B. It needs to be replaced by a better one.
C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood.
D. It should be passed on to the next generation.
3. The author feels embarrassed for .
A. blaming her mother wrongly
B. giving her mother a lot of trouble
C. not making good use of time as her mother did
D. not making any breakthrough in her field
4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The mother is successful in her career.
B. The family members like travelling.
C. The author had little time to play when young.
D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.
5. In the author"s mind, her mother is .
A. strange in behaviour
B. keen on her research
C. fond of collecting old things
D. careless about her appearance(B) | | 阅读理解 | A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ￥
100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, "Who would like this ￥100 bill?" The students
began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, "I am going to give this ￥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this." He then made the
bill into a ball. Then he said, "Who wants it now?" The hands went back into the air.
" Well," he said, "What if I do this?" and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up
the dirty, crumpled bill and said, "Who still wants it?" Hands went back into the air.
"My friends," he said, "you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter what I did to the money,
you still wanted it because it did not go down in value. It was still worth ￥ l00!"
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the
things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value
doesn"t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don"t ever forget it!
1. Even though it was dirty, the money _______.
A. still went up in value
B. was worth nothing
C. didn"t go down in value
D. was still ours
2. We are always valuable to the people _______.
A. who pay us
B. who call us
C. who hate us
D. who love us
3. Your value doesn"t come from what you do but _______.
A. who you know
B. who made you
C. who you remember
D. who you are
4. The sentence "Hands went back into the air" means "_______".
A. the students put up their hands again
B. the students put down their hands
C. the students put their hands behind their backs again
D. the students put their hands in front of them
5. Why did the famous teacher use a ￥100 bill at his lesson?
A. Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball.
B. Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.
C. Because he was going to give the bill to one of his students.
D. Because he wanted to make the students know what value was. |
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