Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on TV. The news was about a prize for sci entific
discoveries. The 1 said something that caught my 2 . "All great discoveries," he said, "are made by
people between the ages of 25 and 30." Being a little over 30 myself, I wanted to 3 with him. Nobody
wants to think that he has passed the age of making any 4 . The next day I went to the public  library,
spending several hours, and 5 to find the ages of famous people and their discoveries. The announcer
was right!
First, I looked at some of the 6 discoveries. One of the earliest, the famous one that 7 that bodies
of different weights 8 at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started
her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he 9 his world-changing Theory of Relativity. Well, 10 of that. Yet I wondered if those "best years" were true in other 11 .
Then how about this in 12 ? Surely it needs the wisdom of 13 to make a good leader. Perhaps it
does, but look when these people 14 their careers. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of
Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 15 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the
government at what age? Twenty-six!
But why don"t best years come after 30? After 30, I 16 , most people don"t want to take risks or
try new ways. Then I thought of people 17 Shakespeare and Picasso. The 18 was writing wonderful
19 at the late age of 50, 20 the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was 90!
Perhaps there is still hope for me. |
( )1. A. announcer
( )2. A. mind
( )3. A. disagree
( )4. A. chance
( )5. A. happened
( )6. A. last
( )7. A. found
( )8. A. disappear
( )9. A. invented
( )10. A. plenty
( )11. A. fields
( )12. A. election
( )13. A. age
( )14. A. finished
( )15. A. led
( )16. A. guess
( )17. A. as
( )18. A. first
( )19. A. painting
( )20. A. when | B. conductor
B. care
B. talk
B. discovery
B. wanted
B. scientific
B. proved
B. move
B. improved
B. enough
B. science
B. politics
B. brain
B. won
B. devoted
B. know
B. to be
B. writer
B. idioms
B. while | C. speaker
C. attention
C. meet
C. research
C. succeeded
C. oldest
C. doubted
C. drop
C. published
C. much
C. courses
C. leaders
C. living
C. started
C. began
C. believe
C. like
C. poet
C. fiction
C. who
| D. hostess
D. surprise
D. advise
D. fortune
D. managed
D. modern
D. showed
D. fall
D. made
D. all
D. ages
D. society
D. leadership
D. defeated
D. gave up
D. agree
D. about
D. former
D. works
D. after
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试题【完形填空 Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on TV. The news was a】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 完形填空 | It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite
shirt on.A __1__ came, "Nice shirt, " I smiled from ear to ear. T hen another voice said, "That shirt
belonged to my dad. Greg"s mother works for my family. We were going to __2__ that shirt away, but
gave it to her __3__." I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I __4__ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed
her __5__, "I will no longer work for your family," she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she
couldn"t clean anymore; she knew her life"s __6__ was something greater.
The next morning, she __7__ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her
that without a proper education, she could not teach. So Mom decided to __8__ a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, "You are __9__,
aren"t you? I think I have a __10__ for you as a teacher"s assistant. This opportunity deals with children
who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of__11__." Mom accepted the opportunity very
__12__. For almost five years, as a teacher"s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the
children and quit, feeling __13__. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal __14__ in
her classroom. The principal said, "We have watched how you __15__ the children and how they
communicate with you and admire your hardworking __16__ over the last five years. We are all in
agreement that you __17__ be the teacher of this class."
My mom spent more than 20 years there.__18__ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year.
All of this came about because of the __19__ comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed
me how to handle __20__ situations and never give up. | ( )1. A. noise
( )2. A. get
( )3. A. otherwise
( )4. A. settled
( )5. A. teacher
( )6. A. purpose
( )7. A. went
( )8. A. visit
( )9. A. serious
( )10. A. career
( )11. A. learning
( )12. A. patiently
( )13. A. upset
( )14. A. looked up
( )15. A. believe
( )16. A. spirit
( )17. A. must
( )18. A. At
( )19. A. worthless
( )20. A. challenging | B. voice
B. take
B. anyhow
B. pushed
B. employer
B. encouragement
B. met
B. continue
B. fortunate
B. duty
B. judging
B. eagerly
B. frightened
B went up
B. protect
B. intention
B. would
B. During
B. thoughtless
B. different | C. sound
C. carry
C. instead
C. stored
C. director
C. achievement
C. worked
C. attend
C. careful
C. position
C. obeying
C. successfully
C. guilty
C. took up
C. treat
C. action
C. might
C. On
C. hopeless
C. dangerous | D. tune
D. throw
D. actually
D. put
D. adviser
D. victory
D. stayed
D. prepare
D. responsible
D. part
D. imagining
D. skillfully
D. ashamed
D. showed up
D. receive
D. attempt
D. should
D. With
D. helpless
D. strange | | 完形填空 | I ran into a stranger as he passed by. "Oh, excuse me please" was my _1 . He said: "Please excuse
me too; I wasn"t watching for you." We were very 2 , this stranger and I. We went on our way and we
said goodbye. But at home a 3 story is told.
Later that day, when I was cooking the evening meal, my daughter stood beside me very 4 . When I 5 , I nearly knocked her down. "Move out of the 6 ," I said with a frown. She walked away, her
little heart broken. I didn"t 7 how harshly (严厉地) I"d spoken.
While I lay awake in bed that evening, my husband said to me, "While 8 a stranger, you are polite,
but with the girl you love, you are 9 . Go look on the kitchen floor; you"ll find some flowers by the door.
Those are the flowers she brought for 10 . She picked them herself: pink, yellow and blue. She
stood quietly not to 11 the surprise, and you 12 saw the tears in her eyes."
_13 , my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt down by her bed. "Wake up, little girl," I said.
"Are these flowers you picked for me?" She smiled: "I found them out by the tree. I picked them 14
they"re pretty like you. I knew you"d like them, especially the blue."
I said: "Daughter, I"m sorry for the way I 15 today. I 16 have yelled at you that way."
She said: "Oh Mom, that"s okay. I love you anyway."
I said: "Daughter, I love you too. And I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
I had got the world 17 again. I"d 18 to be polite to people in the street - good 19 make
society work. But a stranger is someone we bump into once and then never see again - and 20 is for
life. | ( )1. A. answer
( )2. A. careful
( )3. A. interesting
( )4. A. still
( )5. A. called
( )6. A. house
( )7. A. realize
( )8. A. referring to
( )9. A. anxious
( )10. A. us
( )11. A. ruin
( )12. A. seldom
( )13. A. By this time
( )14. A. while
( )15. A. considered
( )16. A. shouldn"t
( )17. A. clear
( )18. A. begin
( )19. A. manners
( )20. A. lover | B. words
B. polite
B. meaningful
B. noisy
B. turned
B. space
B. care
B. listening to
B. patient
B. you
B. expect
B. simply
B. At one time
B. so
B. acted
B. couldn"t
B. right
B. learn
B. habits
B. companion
| C. response
C. serious
C. similar
C. upset
C. returned
C. way
C. prove
C. dealing with
C. disappointed
C. the family
C. announce
C. even
C. For a time
C. unless
C. developed
C. wouldn"t
C. beautiful
C. continue
C. lifestyles
C. family | D. speech
D. unhappy
D. different
D. excited
D. removed
D. area
D. understand
D. picking up
D. unkind
D. her friends
D. handle
D. never
D. At the same time
D. because
D. performed
D. mustn"t
D. meaningful
D. change
D. behaviors
D. friend | | 阅读理解 | I have this old clock that belonged to my mom. My dad gave it to me years ago after mom passed
away.
I have mixed feelings about having the clock. I love it because it was my mom"s, but it also holds
some bad memories.
You see, it chimes. It counts out the hour and rings once on the half hour. Or at least it used to. Now
you never know what number it will ring.
When my mother was at home dying from cancer, she asked for the clock to be unplugged. Hearing
the hours count down really angered and frightened her.
Mom passed away. I decided I wanted to get the clock fixed so I could remember the good hours
we had with her.
I took it to a local clock shop the other day.
"I know this has no particular value as a clock, but it was my mom"s and I need to get it fixed," I said
to the shop owner.
I went on to describe the problem.
"We get a lot of these in," he told me. "Here"s what I do. We remove the clock works (机件) and
replace it with a battery-operated movement (机芯) that chimes electronically," he told me.
"You can"t fix this?"
"No, we don"t have the time nor the parts."
I thanked him and went home. I called a few other places and was told the same thing.
"How incredibly sad," I told the last one disappointedly.
How incredibly sad that we have become a society that replaces craftsmanship with convenience
and easy fixes. We copy the original instead of creating something new. We duplicate (复制); we don"t
originate (发明).
Sadly, the same goes for our attitude to life itself.
Each of us is an original, one of a kind. But we find it so much easier to copy another style than to
develop our own.
We are wannabes (崇拜别人的人) rather than hey-world-look-at-mes.
We fail to see the real value in who we are, so we spend our lives trying to be someone else.
1. Why did the author decide to get the clock fixed?
A. Because it was a really old and valuable clock.
B. Because it was the only thing that her mother had left her.
C. Because it brought her memories of being with her mother.
D. Because it left the author with mixed feelings.
2. What did the clock shop owners tell the author?
A. The parts that the clock needed were electronic.
B. It would cost a lot to repair the clock.
C. They had never repaired a clock like this before.
D. They could only make the clock electronic.
3. The author intends to ________.
A. criticize the irresponsible clock shop owners
B. criticize people who do not value things with a history
C. criticize people who do not have a creative attitude toward life
D. criticize people"s ignorance of traditional craftsmanship | An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa
was up early sitting at the kitchen table 1 his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and
tried to 2 him in every way he could.
 One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read that book just like you do, 3 I don"t
understand it, and what I do understand I 4 as soon as I close the book. What 5 does reading
the book do?"
The grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket
down to the river and bring me back a basket of 6 ."
 The boy did as he was told, but all the water 7 before he got back to the house.
The grandfather laughed and said, "You"ll have to move a little more 8 next time." Then he sent
the boy back to the river with the basket to try 9 . This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket
was 10 before he returned home.
 11 , he told his grandfather that it was 12 to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a
bucket 13 .
 The old man said, "I don"t want a 14 of water; I want a basket of water. You"re just not trying
hard enough." 15 he went out of the door to watch the boy try a gain.
The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran as hard as he could, but when he 16 his
grandfather the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, "See, Grandpa, it"s useless!"
"So you think it is useless?" the old man said, "Look at the basket."
 The boy looked at t he basket and for the first time realized that the basket was 17 . Instead  of a
dirty old coal basket, it was 18 , inside and out.
"Son, that"s what 19 when you read th e book. You might not understand or remember everything,
but when you read it, you will be 20 , inside and out." | ( )1. A. glaring
( )2. A. train
( )3. A. but
( )4. A. remember
( )5. A. task
( )6. A. water
( )7. A. ran away
( )8. A. quietly
( )9. A. once
( )10. A. empty
( )11. A. In a hurry
( )12. A. impossible
( )13. A. anyhow
( )14. A. bottle
( )15. A. This time
( )16. A. reached
( )17. A. wet
( )18. A. light
( )19. A. means
( )20. A. changed | B. staring
B. accept
B. and
B. forget
B. harm
B. fire
B. got off
B. quickly
B. also
B. full
B. To his surprise
B. important
B. indeed
B. bucket
B. Before long
B. left
B. different
B. popular
B. matters
B. combined | C. writing
C. copy
C. because
C. ignore
C. good
C. earth
C. set out
C. slowly
C. again
C. heavy
C. Out of breath
C. boring
C. therefore
C. bowl
C. In a way
C. followed
C. broken
C. clean
C. takes
C. consulted | D. reading
D. understand
D. although
D. recognize
D. importance
D. coal
D. leaked out
D. carefully
D. still
D. dirty
D. In his turn
D. unnecessary
D. instead
D. pot
D. In time
D. asked
D. new
D. complete
D. happens
D. confirmed | | 阅读理解 | "I"d be better off dead." he said, without any hesitation. Hearing those words come out of my best
friend"s mouth tore my heart apart. He has repeated that phrase more than once, and my mind
continually plays it over like a voice recording.
I met him about three years ago. After knowing me for six months, he told me about his struggles
with depression. Sadness was not the only feeling that came over me; I was shocked. He seemed so
outgoing and happy all the time. I soon learned that he was hurt physically and mentally as a young child,
causing him to have the thought of killing himself.
He refuses to talk to others about his depression because he now distrusts adults, especially those in
his family. However, he feels as if I understand him and that I know the right words to speak. Therefore,
when it comes to helping him, convenience is not in my vocabulary. It does not matter where I am or
what I am doing, for he always comes first.
Many students at his school laugh at him when they notice scars on his arms from cutting. As he sees
it, other kids have every right to make fun of him. But no one holds such a right, so I encourage him to
ignore the heartless kids who treat him badly. When he feels the weight of judging eyes or hateful voices,
I always remind him that I care about him unconditionally. Just hearing me say I will always be his best
friend seems to give him the safety he needs to keep on going.
My best friend once told me that if he had not had me, he would not be alive. He said that my
encouraging words helped him not to take his life. Our friendship has taught me that a single kind word
can influence someone’s life. Life is not easy for every one, which makes me strongly believe in the
necessity of encouragement. | | 1. According to the first paragraph, hearing his friend"s words, the author felt______. | A. puzzled
B. painful
C. frightened
D. hopeless | | 2. By saying "convenience is not in my vocabulary", the author means ______. | A. he is always ready to help his friend
B. he hardly spares time to help his friend
C. he has no good excuse for refusing his friend
D. he is not good at communicating with his friend | | 3. The author"s friend got into depression mainly because __________. | A. he lived without his parents
B. he had poor health
C. he received little care at school
D. he had a terrible childhood | | 4. What is the best title for the passage? | A. I enjoy friendship
B. My friend and I
C. I believe in encouragement
D. The story of my friend |
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