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第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(
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What would life be like without television? Would you spend more time 36 , reading, or studying? Well, now it’s your chance to turn off your TV and 37 ! TV-Turnoff Week is here.
The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets 38 and participate in activities 39 drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started the event in 1995. In the 40 , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more than 7.6 million people participated, 41 people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11th year in which 42 are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on 43 .”
According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average 44 in the US spend 45 time in front of the TV (about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in school (about 900 hours per year). Too much TV 46 has made many kids grow fat. 47 , in 2001’s TV-Turnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most 48 generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”
Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV 49 poor eating habits, too little exercise, and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or 50 , part of a healthy l
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“One of the great lessons of 51 TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that 52 I turn on the TV, I’m deciding not to do something else,” Vespe said.
TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a 53 . Recent US Census(人口普查)data 54 that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s 55 about 63 percent ten years ago.
36. A. drinking B. sleeping C. washing D. playing outside
37. A. find out B. go out C. look out D. keep out
38. A. away B. alone C. on D. beside
39. A. like B. as C. from D. such as
40. A. end B. event C. beginning D. total
41. A. besides B. except for C. including D. except
42. A. governments B. parents C. organizers D. businessmen
43. A. the light B. the radio C. life D. the Internet
44. A. grown-ups B. kids C. clerks D. parents
45. A. less B. enough C. little D. more
46. A. programmes B. screen C. hours D. watching
47. A. However B. On the contrary C. In fact D. As a result
48. A. overweight B. overeaten C. overgrown D. overseeing
49. A. leads to B. results from C. develops D. keeps away
50. A. will be B. should be C. may be D. could be
51. A. organizing B. taking part in C. participating D. asking for
52. A. wherever B. every day C. every time D. this time
53. A. living B. choice C. difference D. sense
54. A. shows B. says C. reads D. writes
55. A. rising B. down from C. up to
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试题【第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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第二节完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1. 5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Who are the artists singing all day lone on your MP3 player? They 36 be Jay Chou,Angela Chang or S. H. E. But when it comes to a 37 singer. Avril Lavigne is the one who is 38 listening to.
The Canadian star"s hit single Girlfriend was named the 39 download of 2008 by the International Federation of the Phonograph Industry(国际唱片业协会). She 40 China lastyear for her The Best Damn Tour 41 .
The pop rock princess played at Guangzhou first on the 27th of September, 42 by othercities such as Shanghai and Chengdu. Lavigne performed her most 43 hits in the concerts, 44 Complicated,Girlfriend and My Happy Ending.
Lavigne has been On the music 45 for eight years. She has proved that she is not 46 another pretty face. Lavigne 47 to Wear loose trousers,old T-shirts and a frown(皱眉). That"s not like the 48 clothes and sweet smiles of many pop stars.
Lavigne Was only 15 when she was 49 . At that time she had no 50 how to make an album. “A career just came 51 for me. I was trying to 52 this life,”she said. “My friends still don"t know if they want to be a teacher or a doctor. When I 53 to them, they"ll tell me they have 54 the next day. "
So what does Lavigne think about life? “Life is like a roller coaster(过山车). 55 it, mad be happy,” she said.
36. A. may B. must C. should D. can
37. A. home B. pop C. local D. foreign
38. A. different B. favorite C. worth D. busy
39. A. most B. top C. best D. great
40. A. landed B. voyaged C.toured D. visited
41. A. songs B. music C. artists D. concerts
42. A. surrounded B. followed C. started D. counted
43. A. Popular B. similar C. famous D. interesting
44. A. Leaving B. including C. sending D. concluding
45. A. show B. program C. sign D. scene
46. A. simply B. yet C. still D. even
47. A. wants B. intends C. prefers D. expects
48. A. 1ong B. short C. wide D. tight
49. A. invented B. discovered C. found D. admitted
50. A. idea B. point C. way D. doubt
51. A. clearly B. slowly C. early D. directly
52. A. figure out B. find out C. bring out D. put out
53. A. turn B. object C. face D. talk
54. A. sports B. exams C. jobs D. performances
55. A. Make B. Do C. Live D. Get
第三部分阅读理解(共20小题; 每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Willa Cather 0nce said. “When people ask me whether writing has been a hard or easy road,I always answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing; the road is all. That is what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure. I have never used the computer with the thought that one more task had to be done. "
Like most writers. Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her,but rather for the Pleasure that came in their writing. Her works were,like her,simple and full of the vigor of her days in Nebraska,where she grew from child to young womanhood and where she developed a deep 1ove for the treeless land of the great plain with its wild flowers,wheat fields and rivers.
“It’s a rather strange thing about the flat country," she wrote later. "It takes hold of you, it leaves you perfectly cold. A great many people find it very dull; they like a church tower,an old factory. a waterfall,the country all made to look like a German Christmas card…But when I come to the open plain,something happens. I"m home. I breathe differently. ”
56 Willa Cather wrote because she found writing .
A. simple and lively B. opened up a road to success
C. neither too hard nor too easy D. interesting and enjoyable
57. What was the place like where Cather grew up?
A. It was cold,plain and without a church.
B. It was vast, open,flat and wild.
C. It was like a German Christmas card.
D. It was a colorful world of wild flowers.
58. When she said “It takes hold of you,it leaves you perfectly cold. ”,Willa Cather meant that
A. you either love the place or hate it
B.you decide either to stay or to leave
C. some find the place warm: others find it cold
D. some find the place peaceful; others find it wild
59. What happens when Cather comes to the open plain?
A. She breathes differently from others.
B. She wants to make the place her home.
C. She feels completely comfortable.
D. She finds the place similar to her home.
It was a beautiful Sunday morning,and Maggie and I were returning from our walk through the woods. We were only a couple of blocks away from home when I suddenly saw a cellphone and a credit card sitting on the road. We took them home. We always find amazing things on the street and she looks upon them as a movable feast—a chicken wing here or a bone there.
I found another cellphone a few years back,too,and called a number in its phone book. I explained the situation to the guy who answered. He said it was his sister’s and that he’d come to pick it up,which he did.
And that was that. No verbal thank-you,no written thank-you,and no “here’s a box of chocolates” thank-you.
I didn"t have time to call anyone on my latest found cellphone. I was pouring myself coffee when it started to vibrate(振动)and dance across the kitchen counter.
“Who’s this?”someone asked when I picked up.
“Who"s this?" I asked. "Sarah?"
She was surprised at my knowing her name until she realized her name was on the credit card. “Could you send them to me?” she asked. She lives in Arlington,which is 2 miles away from my house.
“Hmm,no. ” I replied,adding that I thought she could come to get them,and that if I wasn’t at home,they would be in my mailbox.
A day later,when I was out for a run,someone came and took them away. There wasn"t even a piece of paper put in the mailbox with "Thanks" on it. In their age of e-mail and cellphone there"s really no excuse. Years ago,I found something more precious than a $100 bill on the street—a driver"s license. I saw that its owner lived a couple of blocks from me so I called him up. He asked whether I could slip the license through his front door.
“I guess I could,”I replied.
And that was that.
60. What is the relationship between Maggie and the writer?
A. Wife and husband. B. Daughter and father.
C. Teacher and student. D. Master and pet dog.
6 1. How did the writer know Sarah"s telephone number?
A. From her telephone’s phone book. B. From her credit card.
C. From her e-mail. D. From her driving license.
62. The writer wants to tell us through the unusual stories.
A. we should return the things we picked to the losers
B. we should learn to appreciate others because of the use of e-mail and cellphone
C. people would learn to appreciate persons who provide help)
D. the advance of society makes people lose some virtues(美德)
Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the
rewards of unselfish service.
Because the entire village lived on fishing, a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of emergency. One night, the winds 31 , the clouds burst and a strong storm overturned a fishing boat at sea. The crew in trouble 32 the SOS. The captain of the rescue rowboat team 33 the alarm and the villagers 34 in the town square overlooking the sea. When the team started their rowboat fought their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited 35 on the beach, holding lamps to 36 the way back.
An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared through the fog and the 37 villagers ran to greet them. Falling 38 on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more 39 and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have surely 40 the rescue boat and all would have been lost.
41 , the captain called for another volunteer team to 42 the survivor. Sixteen
-year-old Hans stepped forward. His mother grabbed his arm, crying, "please don"t go. Your father 43 in a shipwreck (船只失事) 10 years ago and your elder brother, Paul, has been lost 44 for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have left."
Hans replied, "Mother, I have to go. 45 everyone said I can"t go, let someone else do it? Mother, this time I have to do my duty. When the call for service 46 , we all need to take our turn and do our part. Hans kissed his mother, joined the team and 47 into the night. "
Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans" mother like a century. 48 the rescue boat dashed through the fog with Hans standing up in the bow. 49 his hands, the captain called, "did you find the lost man?" 50 able to control himself, Hans excitedly cried back, "Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it"s my elder brother, Paul!"
31. A. stilled B. screamed C. stopped D. calmed
32. A. set about B. sent out C. came up with D. took over
33. A. sounded B. set C. took D. made
34. A. gathered B. followed C. fought D. struggled
35. A. nervously B. angrily C. fearfully D. happily
36. A. hope B. light C. expect D. try
37. A. promising B. hoping C. cheering D. standing
38. A. uncomfortable B. exhausted C. disturbed D. painful
39. A. villagers B. sailors C. captains D. passengers
40. A. pushed B. pulled C. overturned D. settled
41. A. Anxiously B. Strangely C. Unexpectedly D. Doubtfully
42. A. look after B. look for C. lookout D. look on
43. A. died B. pulled C. went D. interrupted
44. A. in the fire B. at sea C. on strike D. in the war
45. A. How about B. What for C. What if D. What with
46. A. comes B. goes C. flies D. climbs
47. A. appeared B. disappeared C. came D. went
48. A. Therefore B. Firstly C. when D. Finally
49. A. Making B. Keeping C. Showing D. Cupping
50. A. Hardly B. Only C. Seldom D. Always
Mrs. Hunter: Jack,___61_____
Jack: Next year, we hope, mother, but we can’t be sure about it. Finding a house is a difficulty.
Mrs. Hunter : Have you made a
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Jack: Yes. __62___ . There are plenty of furnished flats, and furnished houses too, but the rents for these are very high. I couldn’t possibly afford them on my present salary.
Mrs. Hunter: What would it cost to buy a plot of land and build a house?___63___
Jack: No. I haven’t even thought of it . That’ll cost at least four thousand pounds. It’s no use our thinking about building a house.
Mrs. Hunter: And even if you had a house, there’d be the furniture and all sorts of other things.
Jack:___64_____ Anne and I have been saving up. We’ve saved a few hundred pounds between us
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and could buy furniture--- enough to start with. But the house is the problem.
Mrs
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Jack : Oh, quite a small one. A living room and a kitchen. We’d like a dining room of course. Two bedrooms and a bathroom.
Have you any idea
have you and Anne decided when you are going to get married ?
Yes, I know.
It’s almost impossible to find a suitable house to rent , unfurnished.
No, I’m trying to make more money to pay for the rents.
What size of house would you want ?
Excuse me, may I ask a question ?
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