第二节：完形填空（ 共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分。 ）.

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher    36   each child to bring a bag   37_____a few potatoes. Each potato will be     38    a name of the person that the child    39     , so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his/her bag will     40   the number of people the child hates.

Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had up to    41   potatoes. The teacher then told the children to    42   the bag wherever they go for a      43   .

   44   the days went by, the children started to    45     because of the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten(腐烂) potatoes. And the students with five potatoes also had to carry   46   bags.

After a week, the teacher asked, “How did you feel？”The children started complaining about the   47 they had to   48   . When they had to carry the heavy and   49   potatoes everywhere they went.

Then the teacher said, “This is the   50   where you carry your hate for somebody    51  your heart. The smell of hate will   52   your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot   53   the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine   54   it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your    55   .

36. A. ordered                   B. liked                      C. told                       D. preferred

37. A. containing               B. putting                   C. covering                 D. including

38. A. called                     B. given                     C. used                      D. offered

39. A. missed                     B. hates                      C. likes                      D. offers

40. A. depend on                B. decide on               C. set down                D. write down

41. A. six                           B. two                       C. ten                        D. five

42. A. bring                       B. wash                      C. carry                     D. take

43. A. week                       B. day                        C. month                    D. holiday

44. A. After                       B. Until                     C. Before                    D. As

45. A. cry                          B. complain                C. laugh                     D. disagree

46. A. heavier                    B. lighter                   C. bigger                    D. older

47. A. happiness                 B. joy                        C. trouble                   D. sadness                        

48. A. get along                 B. go over                  C. get away                D. go through

49. A. funny                      B. smelly                   C. tasty                      D. dusty 

50. A. situation                   B. view                      C. expression              D. sign

51. A. without                   B. outside                   C. with                       D. inside

52. A. injure                      B. keep                     C. pollute                   D. protect

53. A. like                         B. bear                      C. escape                    D. throw

54. A. whom                     B. how                       C. which                    D. what

55. A. youth                      B. school life             C. lifetime                  D. Childhood

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A certain student passed all his school examinations and then went to a college to continue his studies. There he put his name 1 for a course in geography, but after the first lecture, he did not go to it 2 .The geography lecturer noticed that this student was always absent and thought that he had 3 to another course, so he was very 4 when he was the boy's name on the 5 of students who wanted to 6 the geography examination at the end of the year.

The lecturer had prepared a difficult examination paper, 7 followed his lecture very closely, and he was 8 to see 9 the boy's answers 10 the questions would be. He 11 that they would he very bad, but when he examined the paper 12 , he was able to find only one small mistake 13 it. As this surprised him very much, he went 14 the paper once again, but was 15 not able to find more 16 that one small mistake, so he 17 for the student to question him about his work.

When the student had come into the room and had sat down, the lecturer said to him, “I know that you came only to my first lecture and that you have been absent 18 all the others; but now I have examined your answer paper throughly and I have been able to find only one small mistake, I am 19 to know your explanation for that.”

“Oh, I am very sorry about that mistake, sir ”answered the student.“After the examination, I realized what I ought to have written. I 20 that mistake if I had not been confused(混淆)by your first lecture.”

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A shopkeeper in England was sent a telegram 1 him of the news 2 his 3 won 100,000 pounds in the Irish Sweepstakes(爱尔兰大马赛). He 4 to be home nursing a heart condition, and his wife opened the message. 5 that the 6 news might 7 a heart failure to her husband, she invited the family 8 to dinner and asked him 9 on the good news with professional tact(策略).After dinner, the doctor 10 his patient to one side.

“How are you 11 on with your business?” the doctor began.

“It could be better. I could use a few hundred pounds,” said the shopkeeper.

“Well,”the doctor said 12 ,“you have a sweepstakes ticket. What would you do if you 13 1,000 pounds?”

“Nobody 14  wins,”the an answered with a sigh(叹息).“But if I win, I will send my family to the seashore, and 15 off our debts.”

“ 16 you win 50,000 pounds…”

“I would buy this house and a villa(别墅) 17 the country.”

“What would you do if you won 100,000 pounds?”

The man looked up.“ Listen, my friend,” he said 18 .“I swear(发誓)I would give you half of it.”

19 this, the doctor gasped(喘粗气), opened his mouth, and dropped 20 .

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阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lecture at a university to a large group of students. As most of the students couldn't understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter（口语翻译）.

　During his lecture he told an interesting story which went on for rather a long time. At last he stopped to allow the interpreter to translate it into Japanese, and was very surprised when the man did this in a few seconds, after which all the students laughed loudly.

　After the lecture, the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him, “Now, please tell me how you translated that long story of mine into a short Japanese one.”

　“I didn't tell the story at all,” the interpreter answered with a smile, I just said, “The honourable lecturer has just told a funny story. You will all laugh, please.”

1． The man was invited to give a lecture ________. 

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A． to some university students

B． to some writers

C． on English idioms

D． on translation

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A． the students were Japanese

B． the students could hardly understand English

C． only a few of the students could understand spoken English

D． he was poor at Japanese

3． What surprised the lecturer?　　　

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A． The students' laughter．

B． The interpreter's good work.

C． The speed of the interpreter's translation.

D． The slowness of the interpreter's translation

4． The lecturer's story was about _______.　　　　　　　　

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A． something interesting

B． nothing

C． English learning

D． his stay in Japan

When I got home, I found the door open. A terrible thought suddenly ___me-had anyone broken into the house?

A. struck　　B. beat　　C. knocked　　D. attacked 答案：A。