完形填空     I sent copies of the draft of my last book to both my sisters. Naomi, the oldest, read it and sent me
detailed (详细的) and helpful __1__. Mimi kept it a while, and then told me that she had begun reading
it but hadn"t gotten very __2__. She realized that she"d rather give me a necklace of glass beads (珠子)
that she made. I couldn"t have been more __3__. The necklace is beautiful, and wearing it __4__ me
of Mimi"s loving __5__, as well as her __6__, so different from mine.
     I have another reminder of Mimi"s support: an e-mail message that I have __7__ over my writing
desk. It __8__: "Stop reading this, and go back to writing your book. Love, Mimi." This __9__ makes
me smile- and get back to work- whenever I glance at it.
     Naomi is always __10__ me, too, in her different way. __11__ each of my books __12__, I appeared
on television, and my parents would be sure to __13__. I always knew that when I arrived home, the light
on my answering machine __14__ be blinking, (闪烁) and when I __15__ "play" I"d heard my mother"s
voice saying __16__ like: "I loved watching you, you were wonderful, I"m proud of you!" My mother
died while I was writing my previous book. The first time I arrived home after a television __17__, I was
afraid of walking past the dark, __18__ answering machine. But the __19__ light was __20__. I pushed
"play"- and heard Naomi"s voice: "I loved watching you, you were great, I"m so proud of you."

(     )1. A. remarks       (     )2. A. much         (     )3. A. bored         (     )4. A. tells         (     )5. A. kindness     (     )6. A. presents     (     )7. A. posted       (     )8. A. says         (     )9. A. order         (     )10. A. with         (     )11. A. Before       (     )12. A. came up     (     )13. A. see         (     )14. A. might       (     )15. A. pressed     (     )16. A. everything   (     )17. A. interview   (     )18. A. silent       (     )19. A. machine     (     )20. A. lighting	B. words       B. well       B. thrilled   B. informs     B. appearance B. talents     B. received   B. reads       B. advice     B. by         B. While       B. came on     B. watch       B. could       B. put         B. anything   B. program     B. noisy       B. message     B. sounding	C. messages       C. far             C. disappointed   C. warns           C. help           C. habits         C. left           C. ends           C. comment         C. for             C. When           C. came to         C. notice         C. would           C. touched         C. something       C. appearance     C. terrible       C. information     C. flashing	D. replies       D. long           D. embarrassed   D. reminds       D. support       D. hobbies       D. taken         D. begins         D. command       D. besides       D. Because       D. came out       D. observe       D. should         D. held           D. much           D. show           D. calm           D. notice         D. ringing
1-5: ACBDB 6-10: BACBA 11-15:  CDBCA 16-20: CCABC
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Thomas Wheeler, CEO (首席执行官) of a company, and his wife were driving along a highway when he noticed that their car was low on gas. Wheeler got off at the next exit and soon found a rundown (破旧) gas station with just one gas pump. He asked the lone attendant (服务人员) to fill the tank and check the oil, and then went for a little walk around the station to relax his legs.      As he was returning to the car, he noticed that the attendant and his wife were talking excitedly. The conversation stopped as he paid the attendant. But as he was getting back into the car, he saw the attendant wave and hear him say, "It was great talking to you."      As they drove out of the station, Wheeler asked his wife if she knew the man. She readily admitted and she did. They had gone to high school together and had dated steadily for about a year.      "Boy, were you lucky that I came along," bragged (自夸) Wheeler. "If you had married him, you"d be the wife of a gas station attendant instead of the wife of a CEO."      "My dear," replied his wife, "if I had married him, he"d be the CEO and you"d be the gas station attendant."
1. How did the CEO feel when he saw his wife talking with the attendant?
A. strange and curious   B. curious and angry   C. happy and proud     D. strange and proud
2. Which of the following statements is NOT right?
A. The attendant worked alone and couldn’t make much money.         B. The wife stopped talking with the attendant as soon as her husband returned. C. It seemed that the CEO and his wife had driven far before coming to the station. D. The CEO"s wife had once been the attendant"s girlfriend for about a year.
3. The best title for the passage would be_____________.
A. Good marriage leads to a good life.   B. A rich CEO and a poor attendant. C. True love can last for a long time.   D. Behind every great man is a great woman.
It seems that no matter when and where, a cat and a mouse just can"t get along well. Cats always like to run after mice; therefore, whenever a mouse meets a cat, the mouse will try to run away as fast as possible. But, like everything else, there is an exception sometimes.       On day, a young mouse ran around for fun under a tall tree by himself. Maybe because of running too fast, the mouse accidentally kicked up a small piece of rock. The rock went up to the air then dropped down hitting a newborn kitten which happened to be taking a nap under the same tree a few feet away from the mouse"s amusing place. The cat"s body was covered by the falling leaves so the mouse did not notice a cat sleeping nearby.      The kitten was only a few weeks old. He had never seen a mouse. After being hit, he woke up and found that the rock was from another animal.      "What kind of strange animal is it? The inexperienced kitten thought, It must have lots of power as it could kick up a piece of rock to hit me." The kitten was scared. Without mother by side, the kitten ran home immediately.      The incident made the young mouse very proud. He told his friends, the other mice, "Everybody says that a mouse is afraid of a cat, but today a fact proved that a cat was afraid of me." So the mouse announced that he would not escape any more when he saw a cat again. The young mouse"s friends explained to the young mouse that the rock-hitting case was but an incident. The kitten was too young to know a mouse. When the kitten grew up becoming a big cat, it would be different. Therefore, the other mice advised the mouse that he must run away whenever he saw a cat. But the self-important mouse would not take the advice.      As time went by, after the fall and winter, when the spring came, the kitten had grown up and became a big cat. One day, when the mouse and several other mice were gathering under the same tree to discuss something, the former kitten, now a big cat, suddenly showed up. All the mice hurriedly ran away except the mouse that had frightened away the former kitten. The mouse recognized the cat who was frightened away by him before, so he remained staying there without escaping.
1. When was the kitten frightened by the young mouse?
A. In spring     B. In summer     C. In autumn     D. In winter
2. Why did the mouse dare to play under the tall tree?
A. It knew that the cat was afraid of it.   B. It knew the cat was too young. C. It didn"t know there was a cat       D. It wanted to scare the cat away
3. What do you think happened in the end?
A. The mouse was killed             B. The cat ran away immediately C. The cat was defeated              D. The mouse begged for mercy
4. What lesson can we learn from the passage?
A. There is an exception to everything       B. It takes only courage to achieve something C. One can never be strong once frightened D. One should consider everything before taking action
When one of Ullman"s grandsons, Jonas Rosenfield, Jr. was having dinner in Japan a few years ago, "Youth" came up in conversation, Rosenfield told his dinner companion, a Japanese business leader, that the author was his grandfather. The news was staggering.      " "You are the grandson of Samuel Ullman?" he kept repeating," says Rosenfield, head of the American Film Marketing Association. "He couldn"t get over it."      Then the executive pulled a copy of "Youth" from his pocket and told Rosenfield, "I carry it with me always."      Three years ago, several hundred top businessmen and government leaders gathered in Tokyo and Osaka to celebrate their admiration of Ullman"s "Youth". Konosuke Matsushita, founder of the Panasonic Company, said "Youth" has been his motto for 20 years."      Someone asked, "Why don"t Americans love "Youth" as much as we do? It sends a message about how to live beautifully to men and women, old and young alike."      Samuel Ullman was born in 1840 in Germany and came to this country as a boy. He fought in the civil War and settled in Birmingham, Ala. He was a hardware businessman with a liking for public service that continues 67 years after his death. In the last few years more than $36,000 from Japanese royalties (皇室) on a book and a cassette reading of his work has gone to a University of Alabama at Birmingham scholarship fund. Not bad for a man who started writing in his 70s.
1. What does "Youth" refer to?
A. a newspaper         B. a magazine       C. a notebook       D. an essay
2. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. The news is not true. B. The news is exciting. C. The news is shocking D. The news is useful.
3. Which of the following statements is RIGHT?
A. The Japanese like "Youth" better than the American B. Japanese royalties recorded "Youth" on a tape. C. "Youth" is a book about public service. D. "Youth" has a great effect only on businessmen and leaders
4. What can you infer from the passage?
A. The two men met to discuss "Youth". B. The American was trying to find a copy of "Youth". C. The Japanese was trying to find the author of "Youth". D. Perhaps Rosenfield"s mother was Ullman"s daughter.
One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn"t or couldn"t sleep, I tried everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, thinking that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill off the hours until dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tip-toed out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi"s forty-fifth birthday.      My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.      I found in my baby"s behaviour a metaphor（隐喻，暗喻）for the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit（吐液）upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don"t read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: "Let them watch it!" If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!
1. From the passage we know that the author is a(n) _____.
A. doctor       B. editor       C. writer       D. teacher
2. Why did the writer bring the portable TV into his baby’s room.
A. To amuse his baby B. To entertain himself C. To enjoy a celebration D. To help fall asleep
3. What is the writer"s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To show that babies now are hard to please.   B. To show a new function of TV C. To advise people to let children watch TV.   D. To show the bad influence of TV on children.
4. What do you think the author wants to express through the last two sentences?
A. People have no way to prevent children from watching too much TV. B. It is not necessary for people to force children to read. C. People have to take action to protect children from the bad influence of TV. D. People should try to develop children"s interest in reading from an early age.
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In her sixth period today, Mrs. Cox has taught a poem by a well-known black writer in the United States. She wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it aloud.        No sooner had she finished reading the poem than students" questions began pouring in. One boy said the poem was heart-breakingly sad. Another student, a girl, said she had read a book by the same writer, but she wasn"t able to enjoy it as much as her mother did, and she didn"t know why. A third, a keen viewer of TV theatre, recognized a phrase in the poem which had been used as the title of a recent play. As she answered the questions, Mrs. Cox made sure that her students understood every line of the poem.  he  asked  them  to  discuss  if  the  poem  contained  any  message.  The discussion became so lively that no one wanted to stop when the bell rang. Some said there was no message, some said it didn"t really matter, and the class ended at that.        As she drove home, Mrs. Cox thought about the class she had just left. Today she could feel good about what she had accomplished as a teacher. None of her students looked bored. Every one of them seemed interested in the poem. Once they started to talk, they forget about the time. She did not have to make them learn? she only had to answer their questions and to guide the discussion. This, she thought to herself, is what teaching is all about!    1. Mrs.Cox was a ________   A. writer       B. poet         C. teacher       D. poet and teacher   2. One of the students said_____________   A. the poem wasn"t sad at all   B. she wasn"t able to enjoy the poem as much as her mother did   C. he recognized a phrase in the poem which had been used as a title of a  recent play   D. he understood every line of the poem   3. Which of the following is Wrong?   A. The writer of the poem had written a book.   B. A student often went to a TV theatre.   C. Every student was excited when discussing the poem.   D. The discussion ended before the bell rang.