完形填空（共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分）
The Healing
Jim and his wife, Connie, were shocked by the loss of their four-month-old son—Joshua, whose life was taken by SIDS—sudden infant death syndrome.
Thirty hours ago Jim drove to the baby-sitter’s home to 1 Joshua. It was a 2 trip, like the one he made five days every week. He arrived, and little Joshua could not be 3 from his nap. The next few hours were a time of life and death: the racing ambulance, swift-moving doctors and nurses….but 12 hours later, at children’s Hospital, 4 the doctors had exhausted all 5 , little Joshua was gone. Yes, they wanted 6 of Joshua’s usable organs to be donated. That was not a 7 decision for Jim and Connie, a loving and 8 couple.
The next morning dawned and many things had to be arranged. Telephone calls and funeral plans. 9 one point Jim realized he needed a 10 .When Jim settled into the chair 11 the barber’s, he began to 12 the past hours, trying to 13 some sense of it all. 14 had Joshua, their first-born, the child they had waited so long for, been taken so soon….he had 15 begun his life….The question kept coming, and the pain in Jim’s heart just 16 him.
While talking with the barber, Jim mentioned the organ donations, looking at his watch: “They are transplanting one of his heart valves(瓣膜) right now.”
The 17 stopped and stood motionless. Finally she spoke, but it was only a whisper. “You’re not going to believe this….but about an hour ago the customer sitting in this chair wanted me to hurry 18 she could get to Children’s Hospital. She 19 here so full of joy….her prayers had been answered. Today her baby granddaughter is receiving a 20 needed transplant—a heart valve.”
Jim’s healing began.
| 小题1: | | A．pick out | B．pick up | C．set out | D．set up |
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| 小题2: | | A．routine | B．annual | C．average | D．difficult |
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| 小题3: | | A．conveyed | B．transplanted | C．awakened | D．convinced |
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| 小题4: | | A．though | B．since | C．because | D．as |
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| 小题5: | | A．medicine | B．strength | C．attempts | D．spirits |
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| 小题7: | | A．good | B．difficult | C．stupid | D．wise |
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| 小题8: | | A．giving | B．tiring | C．boring | D．thinking |
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| 小题10: | | A．haircut | B．break | C．donation | D．decision |
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| 小题12: | | A．decide on | B．reflect on | C．keep on | D．focus on |
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| 小题15: | | A．barely | B．nearly | C．seldom | D．almost |
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| 小题16: | | A．covered | B．drew | C．enveloped | D．choked |
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| 小题17: | | A．hairdresser | B．customer | C．father | D．parent |
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| 小题19: | | A．arrived | B．left | C．stayed | D．sat |
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| 小题20: | | A．desperately | B．disappointedly | C．clearly | D．obviously |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:A |
试题分析：本文讲了Jim ，Connie夫妇的孩子去世了。这对善良的夫妻把孩子的器官捐了出去。Jim回忆往事，很悲伤，但他偶然听到了自己孩子器官的接受者的祖母是那样开心，心里有了些许安慰。
小题1:这里想说三十小时以前，Jim开车去保姆家去接Joshua，故选B，pick up接。
小题2:根据like the one he made five days every week.可知这里想说这是一次常规的出行，故选A，routine常规的。
小题3:根据from his nap，故选C，awakened唤醒。
小题4:这里想说尽管医生已经尽力了，though 尽管，故选A。
小题5: 这里想说尽管医生已经尽力了，attempts试图、尝试，故选C。
小题6:这里想说他们想捐出Joshua全部可用的器官，all全部的，故选D。
小题7:根据for Jim and Connie, a loving and giving couple，故选B，difficult困难的。
小题8:根据That was not a difficult decision，故选A。
小题9:at one point是固定用法，意思是在某一时刻，故选D。
小题10:根据When Jim settled into the chair at the barber’s,故选A，haircut理发。
小题11:表示在理发店里，故选B。
小题12:这里想说他开始回忆过去的时光，reflect on回忆，故选B。
小题13:make sense of 意思是理解；懂；明白，故选D。
小题14:这里表示为什么Joshua他们等了这么久的第一个孩子，这么快就被带走了，故选B。
小题15:这里想说他才刚刚开始他的生命，故选A，barely仅仅。
小题16:这里想说Jim内心的痛苦包围了他，故选C，enveloped 包围。
小题17:根据Finally she spoke, but it was only a whisper. “You’re not going to believe this….but about an hour ago the customer sitting in this chair wanted me to hurry so she could get to Children’s Hospital，故选A，hairdresser理发师。
小题18:这里想说所以她能够去儿童医院，so所以，故选C。
小题19:这里想说她充满快乐的离开这里，故选B，left离开。
小题20:这里想说她的孙女将接受极度需要的移植器官，desperately极度地，故选A。
点评：答题前一定要略读全文，把握文章要表达的主题，注意前后句与句，段落与段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一遍文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。 |
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I want to talk about the economy．Not "the economy" we hear about endlessly in the news each day and in politicians" speeches．I want to talk about the real economy, the one we live in day by day．
Most people aren"t particularly interested in "the economy"．"Share prices are flying high; interest rates are soaring; the Dow Jones Index closed sixty-three points down on 8472．35．" We hear this and subconsciously switch off．
Notice that "the economy" is not the same as the economy, "The economy" is what men in suits play with to make vast personal wealth．The economy is where the rest of us live on a daily basis, earning our living, paying our taxes, and purchasing the necessities of life．
We are supposed to be benefiting from all the advantages of a well-off society．So why do we feel tired and stressed? We have no time for anything other than work, which is ridiculous given the number of labor-saving devices in our lives．Our towns become more and more crowded．We poison our air and seas, and our food is full of chemicals．There"s something wrong here．If times were truly good, then you may think we"d all feel optimistic about the future．Yet the majority of us are deeply worried．More than 90 percent of us think we are too concerned about ourselves and not concerned enough about future generations．
The term "economic expansion" suggests something desirable, but expansion simply means spending more money．More spending doesn"t mean that life is getting better．We all know it often means the opposite - greed, crime, poverty, pollution．More spending merely feeds our whole economic system, which is based on production and consumption．Unless money keeps circulating, the economy breaks down．If we don"t keep consuming, the whole system goes into stalemate（僵局）．
How do we break the cycle and make some changes? We need to become far more aware of the results of our actions．We buy clothes that are made in sweat shops by virtual slaves in poor parts of the world．We create mountains of waste．We demand cheap food, mindless of the fact that it totally lacks taste and is produced using chemicals that poison the land．
The consumption culture makes us unaware of the effect of our own behavior．Our main problem is not that we don"t know what to do about it．It is gathering the desire to do it．
小题1:According to the author, which one belongs to the real economy?| A．The Dow Jones Index． | | B．Increases in interest rates | | C．Skyrocketing share prices | | D．Shopping in a supermarket |
小题2:It can be concluded from Paragraph 4 that ．| A．people are benefiting from a well-off society | | B．the future generation is a big concern for most people | | C．people still feel much pressure despite labor-saving devices | | D．the majority of people are optimistic about the future |
小题3:What is true about economic expansion?| A．It guarantees a better life for us． | | B．It may lead to some social problems． | | C．It will stop the circulation of money． | | D．It has only brought desirable effects． |
小题4:The author writes the passage mainly to ．| A．call on us to change our behavior | | B．suggest a solution for over-consumption | | C．make a distinction between two economies | | D．inform us of the effects of economic expansion |
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My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard. 小题1: Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.
My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 小题2: She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.
小题3: Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. 小题4: She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.
Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! 小题5: This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.| A．She enjoys listening to classic music. | | B．As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort. | | C．She loves her students and cares for them. | | D．She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals. |
E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.
F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind. |
It was only in the eighteenth century that people Europe began to think mountains were beautiful .___36___ that time, mountains were ___37__ by the people living on the plains,__38___ by the city people, to whom they were wild and ___39___ places in which one was easily ___40___ or killed by terrible animals.
Slowly ,however , many of the people who were living ___41__ in the towns began to grow tired of ___42___. They began to feel interested in looking for things that could not be explained , for sights and sounds which produce a feeling of fear and excitement .___43___in the __44___century, people began to turn away from the man-made __45___ to the untouched country, and particulary ___46___a place where it was dangerous and wild. High mountains began to be __47__ for a holiday.
Then , mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport. To some people ,there is something greatly __48__about getting to the _49___ of a hight mountain . Struggling against nature is finer than a battle __50____ other human beings. And then, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult__51__, what a _52____ reward it is to be able to look _53___on everything within__54___! At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down__55____.
| 小题2: | | A．hated | B．liked | C．feared | D．observed |
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| 小题3: | | A．however | B．further | C．sometimes | D．especially |
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| 小题4: | | A．exciting | B．interesting | C．dangerous | D．alone |
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| 小题5: | | A．fallen down | B．lost | C．discovered | D．caught |
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| 小题6: | | A．unhappily | B．lonely | C．comfortable | D．easily |
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| 小题7: | | A．them | B．it | C．themselves | D．that |
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| 小题9: | | A．last | B．recent | C．eighteenth | D．early |
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| 小题10: | | A．country | B．houses | C．town | D．planet |
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| 小题12: | | A．important | B．right | C．necessary | D．popular |
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| 小题13: | | A．pleasant | B．interested | C．dangerous | D．terrible |
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| 小题15: | | A．with | B．to | C．against | D．between |
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| 小题16: | | A．fight | B．climb | C．walk | D．running |
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| 小题17: | | A．surprising | B．satisfactory | C．disappointing | D．worrying |
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| 小题18: | | A．behind | B．up | C．down | D．around |
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| 小题19: | | A．miles | B．minutes | C．seeing | D．sight |
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| 小题20: | | A．above | B．below | C．under | D．away |
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Children and young people tend to have certain role models – people they want to be like when they grow 1 . Though at first children would have wished to copy their mother, father or a (n) 2 relative, gradually these role models are thought of as famous people or popular 3 . People have different opinions about whether popular stars or other famous people are good role models for children. Charming models, such as Katie Price, are often 4 and thought highly of by young girls. This is the biggest worry of parents and teachers. They wish to 5 their children to have the concept that success is achieved through hard work and 6 rather than an attractive looking.
Most people tend to grow up to be those 7 are close to home — their parents or family friends. Some decide to be like their favorite teacher. A child who loves to 8 may want to grow to be the next Picasso or Van Gogh; Someone who loves to 9 might imagine themselves as a famous writer; if a child enjoys dancing, he or she 10 well admire a famous dancer, but this is not the case. A lot of dance students wish to be like their 11 teacher.
Therefore, the job of a teacher is 12 just providing knowledge of a given subject. They should be able to 13 their students’ trust and 14 them well. Helping youngsters to learn from models, to learn how to accept 15 with grace(优雅) and losing with respect, is central to any parent’s or teacher’s job. Manners are very important and a dance teacher can make use of his or her position and influence(影响) to introduce good behaviors to youngsters.
| 小题1: | | A．younger | B．stronger | C．older | D．taller |
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| 小题2: | | A．generous | B．favorite | C．ordinary | D．humorous |
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| 小题3: | | A．fans | B．stars | C．singers | D．dancers |
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| 小题4: | | A．awarded | B．admired | C．admitted | D．afforded |
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| 小题5: | | A．encourage | B．receive | C．hold | D．ignore |
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| 小题6: | | A．luck | B．imagination | C．effort | D．effect |
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| 小题8: | | A．read and write | B．sing and dance | C．listen and speak | D．draw and paint |
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| 小题9: | | A．write | B．read | C．travel | D．think |
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| 小题10: | | A．should | B．may | C．must | D．need |
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| 小题11: | | A．dance | B．music | C．art | D．piano |
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| 小题12: | | A．better than | B．less than | C．more than | D．rather than |
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| 小题13: | | A．receive | B．lose | C．gain | D．accept |
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| 小题14: | | A．communicate with | B．keep up with | C．come up with | D．catch up with |
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| 小题15: | | A．challenging | B．falling | C．failing | D．winning |
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I moved to the small, busy town of Edison in New Jersey six years ago. It was during the second term of my fifth grade. My parents got new jobs and higher income, so they decided it was time to move from Woodbridge to a better, more educational town.
In the US, it is unnecessary to take a test to get into a “good” middle or high school. You just attend the school close to where you live. So, many parents will think about the quality of the local school when they decide to buy a new house. My parents did the same. We finally chose Edison mainly because of the high quality of its school.
In New Jersey, an area with a good school usually means a concentration of Asian people. There are about 300 students in our school. 55% are Asians and just under half of that are Chinese. There are so many Chinese people nearby that we even have our own Chinese school.
Edison is an old town, just like thousands of others in the United States. However, I have treated it as my hometown. That’s where I spend much of my youth, and the memories there can’t be moved anywhere else.
小题1:Why did the writer’s parents move to Edison?| A．Because they were born there. | B．Because it was a better educational town. | | C．Because the writer began his fifth grade. | D．Because the writer didn’t need to take a test. |
小题2:How many students are from Asia in the writer’s school?| A．About 80. | B．About 160. | C．About 220. | D．About 300. |
小题3:What does the underlined expression “a concentration of” mean in Paragraph 3?| A．None of. | B．The whole of | C．A large number of | D．A small number of |
小题4:Why can’t the writer forget Edison?| A．Because he regards it as his hometown. | B．Because his parents got new jobs there. | | C．Because there are many Asians there. | D．Because it is in the state of New Jersey. |
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