Even though it was only October，my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more_36__ waiting for the final school bell. Upon its__37__ everyone would run for their coats and go home，everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often__38__ what kind of home life David had，and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so__39__for the cold winter months without a coat，boots，or gloves. But something made David__40__.I can still remember he was always__41__a smile and willing to help. He always__42__ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He__43__ just simply smile and ask what else he could do，then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__44__ home.
Weeks passed and the__45__ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__46__ before the holiday break. I smiled in__47__ as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David__48__ standing by my desk.
“I have something for you，”he said and__49__ from behind his back a small box.__50__ it to me，he said anxiously，“Open it.” I took the box from him，thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my__51__ I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said，“The box is nice，David，but it’s__52__.”
“Oh，no. It isn’t.” said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes___53__I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given__54__ to. After that Christmas，David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning__55__the little empty box set on my desk.
| 小题1: | | A．anxious | B．courageous | C．serious | D．cautious |
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| 小题2: | | A．warning | B．ringing | C．calling | D．yelling |
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| 小题3: | | A．scolded | B．wondered | C．realized | D．learned |
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| 小题4: | | A．modestly | B．naturally | C．inaccurately | D．inappropriately |
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| 小题5: | | A．popular | B．upset | C．special | D．funny |
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| 小题6: | | A．expressing | B．delivering | C．wearing | D．sharing |
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| 小题7: | | A．practised | B．wandered | C．studied | D．stayed |
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| 小题8: | | A．would | B．should | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题9: | | A．aim at | B．turn to | C．put off | D．head for |
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| 小题10: | | A．argument | B．excitement | C．movement | D．judgment |
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| 小题11: | | A．school | B．year | C．education | D．program |
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| 小题12: | | A．relief | B．return | C．vain | D．control |
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| 小题13: | | A．weakly | B．sadly | C．quietly | D．helplessly |
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| 小题14: | | A．searched | B．found | C．raised | D．pulled |
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| 小题15: | | A．Holding | B．Handing | C．Sending | D．Leaving |
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| 小题16: | | A．delight | B．expectation | C．appreciation | D．surprise |
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| 小题17: | | A．cheap | B．empty | C．useless | D．improper |
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| 小题18: | | A．as | B．until | C．because | D．though |
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| 小题19: | | A．advice | B．support | C．attention | D．command |
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| 小题20: | | A．from | B．behind | C．over | D．towards |
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:B |
试题分析：本文是关于学生准备圣诞节，而David的穿着不好，给了老师一个空的盒子.文章中充满了浓浓的师生之情。
小题1:A 本题考查学生对文章的理解和对词义的辨析，anxious焦急的；急切的。
小题2:B 本题中its指的是school bell 所以只能和ring搭配。
小题3:B 本题考查动词词义的辨析，后面用的是what kind of home life David had, 所以用wondered。
小题4:D 本题考查副词词义的辨析，inappropriately 不适当地，根据下文中的without a coat, boots, or gloves可知David穿得不合适。
小题5:C 本题考查形容词的词义辨析，special特殊的；特别的，上文中说到David穿得不好，下文中说到作者能记得的是David 脸上一直挂着微笑，总是乐于助人，说明他与众不同。
小题6:C本题考查动词的辨析，wear呈现，显现，在这儿意思是面笑容。
小题7:D本题考查动词的辨析，David在放学后待在学校摆齐凳子，拖地，故选D。
小题8:A本题考查情态动词的辨析，would老是，总是。
小题9:D本题考查动词词组的区别： head for朝……进发，前进。在这儿是说David打扫完教室后回家。
小题10:B本题考查名词的辨析，excitement指学生期待已久的圣诞到来的兴奋之情。
小题11:A 本题考查名词的辨析，before the holiday break显然是school day.
小题12:A本题考查名词的辨析，relief轻松，宽慰。
小题13:C本题考查副词的辨析：由上下文可知，这儿应是David静静地站在讲桌旁。
小题14:D本题考查动词的辨析，此处应是David从身后把那个盒子拉出来。
小题15:B本题考查动词的辨析，hand sth. to sb. 把……交给某人
小题16:D 本题考查名词的辨析，既然是送给老师的礼物，盒子里应该有东西，而老师打开后盒子是空的，所以感到惊奇。
小题17:B本题考查形容词的辨析，由上文中的saw nothing和下文中的It’s full of love。知选B。
小题18:A本题考查连词的用法，as 在这儿引导时间状语从句。
小题19:C本题考查句词的辨析，由前文中的We never talked much可知，作者并没对David注意太多。
小题20:B本题考查介词的辨析，由整篇文章可知，这儿是空盒子背后的意义。
点评：整个完形填空大题，设空科学合理，考生很容易从中领会大意，从而下手会比较顺利，从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据故事情节，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。 |
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试题【Even though it was only October，my students were already whispering about Christ】；主要考察你对
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"Everything happens for the best, "my mother said whenever I faced disappointment, "If you 1 on, something good will happen some day." Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had 2 myself for a sports announcer. So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was 3 every time. In one station, a kind lady told me that 4 stations wouldn"t employ a person without 5 since I had just graduated. "Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance, "she said.
I returned to Dixon, where I had finished my high school education and had 6 in the school football team. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to manage its sports department. The job sounded just 7 for me but I wasn"t hired.
My disappointment had 8 as if by design. "Everything happens for the best," Mum 9 me. Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio Davenport. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer. 10 I left his office,! asked aloud," 11 can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can"t get a job in a radio station?" Suddenly, I heard the director 12 . "Do you know anything about football? " Then he asked me to 13 an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was 14 and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the 15 Saturday.
| 小题1: | | A．put | B．take | C．move | D．carry |
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| 小题2: | | A．devoted | B．designed | C．found | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题3: | | A．invited | B．promised | C．refused | D．accepted |
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| 小题4: | | A．large | B．all | C．no | D．small |
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| 小题5: | | A．experience | B．examination | C．agreement | D．college |
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| 小题6: | | A．played | B．joined | C．taken | D．fought |
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| 小题7: | | A．possible | B．successful | C．right | D．important |
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| 小题8: | | A．shown | B．disappeared | C．resulted | D．turned |
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| 小题9: | | A．woke | B．advised | C．demanded | D．reminded |
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| 小题10: | | A．While | B．After | C．Before | D．So |
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| 小题11: | | A．What | B．How | C．Whenever | D．Wherever |
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| 小题12: | | A．calling | B．answering | C．broadcasting | D．announcing |
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| 小题13: | | A．make | B．act | C．broadcast | D．play |
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| 小题14: | | A．moved | B．sorry | C．thankful | D．satisfied |
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| 小题15: | | A．future | B．coming | C．last | D．later |
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Feeling blue about world? “Cheer up.” Says science writer Matt Ridley．”The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature．”
Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational, because he’s carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good．And this is what he’s set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book．The Rational Optimist．He views mankind as grand enterprise that on the whole, has done little but progress for 100,000 years．He backs his finding with hard facts gathered through years of research．
Here’s how he explains his views．
1) Shopping fuels invention
It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone．Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, better ears, and of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us．This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we’ll be．
2）Brilliant advances
One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs -food, clothing, fuel and shelter- have grown a lot cheaper．Take one example．In 1800 a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work．In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for．In 1950 it was eight seconds．Today it’s half second．
3）Let’s not kill ourselves for climate change
Mitigating（减轻）climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself．A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossil-fuel（化石燃料）electricity is forbidden by well - meaning members of green political movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change．If climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes real pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nose - bleed by putting a tourniquet（止血带）around our necks．
小题1:What is the theme of Ridley’s most recent book?| A．Weakness of human nature． | | B．Concern about climate change． | | C．Importance of practical thinking． | | D．Optimism about human progress． |
小题2:How does Ridley look at shopping?| A．It encourages the creation of things． | | B．It results in shortage of goods． | | C．It demands more fossil fuels． | | D．It causes a poverty problem． |
小题3:The candle and lamp example is used to show that ．| A．oil lamps give off more light than candles | | B．shortening working time brings about a happier life． | | C．advanced technology helps to produce better candles． | | D．increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods． |
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As I sit at home thinking about my upcoming adventure and the things I need to bring, it makes me even more excited to begin my travel. I will be making my way around the world.
The first places on the list are Andalusia and Africa in the book The Alchemist. I will need to pack a lot of things and make sure I have enough money to provide myself with food and enough to drink. The Sahara desert is always hot and requires plenty of water.
Next I will head to Mexico in the book Born to Run, where I will meet the Tarahumara Indian tribe(部落). I will need to get into shape and do some jogging(慢跑) if I want to keep up with them. I will have to pack my running shoes, though, because the Tarahumarans have mastered the art of running on the tough land.
After Mexico, my journey takes me to the Egyptian desert in the novelThe Paris Vendetta. There I hope to help uncover an ancient conspiracy (阴谋) that goes back centuries. Just like my trip to Andalusia, I will have to make sure I have plenty of water. Packing the Camelbak products seems like the best idea, so I will have enough on hand at all times. I expect this adventure to be quite interesting, and I am very excited about it.
Lastly, I will make my way back to America in the book Shattered: Struck Down, But Not Destroyed. This makes me feel excited because like the main character in the book, I also wanted to become a professional athlete when I was younger. For this trip, I will go with an open mind and hopefully meet some friends along the way.
I am ready to embark on my adventure of traveling, and I cannot wait any longer!
小题1:How will the author go on adventure? | A．By carrying a lot of equipment. | | B．By reading novels. | | C．By daydreaming. | | D．By marking out routes. |
小题2:According to the passage, the Tarahumaras _______. | A．come from India | B．are good at running | | C．need running shoes | D．own amounts of land |
小题3:The Camelbak products are probably made to _______. | A．help people find out the truth | | B．supply people with water | | C．protect people from the sun | | D．show people the right direction |
小题4:The underlined words“embark on” in the last paragraph probably mean “________”. | A．start | B．prepare | C．appreciate | D．record |
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A major new development in system of work in Britain is taking place. Flexible working hours, or “Flextime”, are catching on fast, and trend is continuing. In 1973, over 500 organizations had adopted the idea, and by 1974, this number had risen to over 200,000.
Flexible working hours were invented in Germany in the late 1960’s, but reached Britain only in 1972. The system allows workers to start and finish work whenever they want, with only two requirements. These are, firstly, that all workers must present for certain “key” times in the day, and secondly, that all workers must work an agreed total number of hours per week.
The system had proved a total success wherever it has been tried. A survey of 700 workers on flexible hours showed three main advantages: a better balance between working and private life, avoidance of the need to travel during rush hours and the ability to finish a certain task before leaving.
From the employer’s point of view, the system tends to increase productivity, reduce labour turnover and give workers a greater sense of duty. At first, “Flexible” was mainly confined to white-collar workers, but it is now being applied to manual workers too.
小题1:According to “Flextime” system, workers need not _________.| A．work at the same time | B．work all the weekdays | | C．work hard | D．ask for leave when being absent |
小题2:“Key” time is a period when _________.| A．visitors come to the plants | | B．all workers must be at work | | C．employers go round in the workshop | | D．rush hours are over |
小题3:No matter where it is used, this system has proved _________.| A．entirely effective | B．totally correct | | C．a complete failure | D．quite difficult |
小题4:One of the great advantages of “Flextime” for workers is that they _________.| A．have a great sense of duty | B．can avoid busy traffic | | C．can get higher pay | D．can avoid working hard |
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Children today would rather toy with new technologies. The role of children has changed as well as that of teens. The world has truly evolved (进化）throughout the years.
Today，a typical day in the life of a five year old is entirely different from what it once was. A few decades ago children used to work. They did the kind of work parents do today. Today there are shows on which children are putting pounds of makeup on and have flashing things all over their bodies. This makes a child want to paper over all of their imperfections. They think they have to look perfect all the time.
Teens have changed as well. My grandma got married when she was thirteen. Girls who had an arranged marriage had no time to play because they were expected to cook, clean，take care of the kids, and do housework every single day. Today，we go to school every morning, maybe participate in some after-school activities, and possibly go to work for extra cash. Then we go home and do homework, and eat. After all of this we have to find the time to socialize by texting, talking on the phone, or logging on to social networking sites. We enjoy ourselves a lot.
The generation before us complains about how they did not have the things we have now. They say we are not appreciative and do not value life or just do not care about our futures anymore. Let"s make a change! The youth have the power to work on whatever they believe in and make a difference in the world. Take advantage of your resources. It is never too late to make a positive change in our world.
小题1:The role of children and teens has changed mainly because _____.| A．new technologies are developing and widely used | | B．they don"t have to work hard as their parents did | | C．their world has truly evolved | | D．they look perfect all the time |
小题2:The underlined phrase (in the 2nd Para. ) probably means to _____.| A．put up with | B．make up for | C．put aside | D．cover up |
小题3:We can learn from the text that nowadays teenagers _____.| A．do housework as their parents did | | B．are having a social life in richer ways | | C．are seldom satisfied with what they have | | D．don"t appreciate and value life |
小题4:The author"s attitude towards changes of teen’s life is _____.| A．critical | B．neutral | C．optimistic | D．complaining |
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