完形填空(1)
一、
You and your family are planning a picnic for tomorrow. But you want to 1 the weather forecast (预报) first to see whether there will be rain or not. Your father turns on the television and the family listens to the 2 make the weather report.
"It will be partly cloudy tomorrow morning, 3 clearing by early afternoon. The high tomorrow will be 85."
As there will be no rain, the whole family feels 4 . Without the weather forecast, you would not know this, and you would just have to take your chances. But now you can plan your picnic 5 worrying whether it will rain or not.
The man you can thank for this is Cleveland Abbe. He is known as the father of the weather bureau (局). He was the first person to publish 6 weather forecasts in the United States.
Abbe began his daily weather bulletins (简报) in 1869. They were based on weather 7 he drew from telegraphed reports of weather conditions. Because of their accuracy (准确), the reports were 8 .
Congress(国会) became 9 in Abbe's weather reports. They made Abbe a meteorologist (someone who studies weather conditions), and he 10 issuing (发布) forecasts three times a day. He was the first official forecaster of the U. S. Weather Service. Because he often forecast probable storms, Abbe earned the nickname of "Old Probabilities".
1. A. produce B. spread C. check D. organize
2. A. fireman B. postman C. fisherman D. weatherman
3. A. so B. but C. after D. because
4. A. happy B. worried C. stressed D. curious
5, A. about B. without C. against D. from
6. A. online B. polluted C. daily D. indoor
7. A. maps B. stations C. space D. centres
8. A. strange B. popular C. terrible D. useless
9. A. successful B. similar C. bored D. interested
10. A. avoided B. began C. minded D. risked
二、
Rose was telling her granddaughter Lily stories about how she had written a best-selling 1 in her early thirties.
"Did you always know you wanted to be a 2 , Grandma " asked Lily. Rose smiled at her granddaughter, "I 3 knew it on my first day of primary school."
"I felt like that on my first day of primary school too! It was singing. I used to be sure that I would be a singer," said Lily. "Why 'used to', Lily " Rose asked.
"Well," began Lily," I 4 be the best singer in the class. But there was a new girl coming to my class, and she was better at singing than I was. What was the point(意义) of 5 as she was much better than me "
"You know, Lily," Rose said. "Although I was the best at writing in primary and middle school, when I got into high school, I met a girl in my English class. She was always the best writer; I used to 6 because of it, thinking that I was no longer the best writer; I was 7 ."
"So what did you do " Lily asked. "I did what any person would do," said Rose. "I did everything lo be better than her."
"Did you ever write better than her in your class " Lily asked. "No. But I realized that it wasn't about being the best out of everyone, it was about being the very best that I could be. So I 8 my love for writing, and look where I am now..." Rose 9 .
"Wow!" said Lily in surprise. "But what's that girl doing now " "Who knows, but there's one thing I am 10 of: she hasn't written a best-selling book yet."
1.A.magazine B. newspaper C. book
2.A.singer B. writer C. teacher
3.A.hardly B. already C. once
4.A.used to B. tried to C. wanted to
5.A.working B. thinking C. trying
6.A.change B. imagine C. cry
7.A.nobody B. somebody C. anybody
8.A.broke B. followed C. started
9.A.shouted B. smiled C. agreed
10.A.sure B. worried C. satisfied
三、
The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. It is celebrated 1 the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
Yuanxiao is the special 2 for the Lantern Festival. It to the Lantern Festival is the 3 as dumplings to the Spring Festival. Yuanxiao is a kind of small dumpling balls. It 4 sweet and delicious. There is also a kind of these balls 5 tangyuan. They are similar to yuanxiao. What's more, tangynan in Chinese has a similar 6 with tuanyuan, meaning reunion and happiness for the family.
Guessing lantern riddles (谜语) is an important part of the festival. Lanterns can be made into different 7 — flowers, animals and many other things.
8 making lanterns, people usually write riddles on lanterns. On the evening of the Lantern Festival, there are many lanterns in the streets. Children also hold self-made or bought lanterns to 9 in the streets. 10 is very interesting and everyone is very happy on that day.
1.A. on B. in C. at D. for
2.A. drink B. food C. vegetable D. fruit
3.A. different B. same C. beautiful D. ugly
4.A. tastes B. feels C. smells D. looks
5.A. phoned B. made C. bought D. called
6.A. color B. size C. height D. pronunciation
7.A. shapes B. subjects C. names D. ways
8.A. Where B. Unless C. While D. If
9.A. play B. make C. throw D. pick
10.A. Everything B. Anything C. Something D. Nothing
四、
In our class, many students are not interested in some subjects at all. They think they don’t need to 1 the subjects they don’t like in their daily life at all. So they shouldn’t study them at school. Studying the subjects is a waste of time. What is the meaning of studying so many subjects at school
Whether or not we like some subjects, we can get 2 from them. For example, the logical thinking ability from math can help us solve some problems in our life. 3 we don't like math, we shouldn't drop it. Maybe some students think learning English is 4 because they don't want to get a job in a big company in a big city and they don’t want to 5 with a foreigner. But if they learn English well now, it can prove that they have the 6 of learning languages. What’s more, they can learn from some Western culture that is 7 . Chinese culture. If they go to England or America to travel one day, they will find that knowing about its 8 is important.
When we want to give up some subjects that we are not interested in, please stop and think about a thing: When we 9 in a computer game, we always want to try it again, because we want to get the highest mark, though it is 10 for us to get it. Then in our life, we should also learn to face difficulties and try to challenge ourselves as often as possible and then make the greatest progress.
1. A. use B. learn C. speak D. practice
2. A. treasure B. money C. knowledge D. health
3. A. If B. Even if C. Until D. Because
4. A. interesting B. useless C. helpful D. important
5. A. compare B. make C. communicate D. help
6. A. ability B. idea C. way D. difficulty
7. A. the same as B. similar to C. different from D. important to
8. A. background B. culture C. country D. instruction
9. A. succeed B. pass C. fail D. pay
10. A. easy B. hard C. exciting D. boring
五、
It was night. A dark figure (身影) carefully unlocked the door and went out. He looked 1 . Was there anybody there No, all was 2 . He ran quickly to some other doors and opened them. Then he went straight to the kitchen.
Last month, 3 things began to happen at London’s Battersea Dogs Home. Every morning when the staff (职员) 4 , they saw that a lot of dogs were out of their cages. It was a mystery. "It happened so many times," said Amy Watson, one of the staff members. "We even 5 that perhaps it was the ghost of Mary Tealby." It was Mary Tealby that started the home in 1860. The staff decided to put 6 in all the cages and film what happened.
The next day the staff watched the film. They were surprised at what they 7 . Red, a four-year-old dog, used his teeth to open the door of his cage. Then he did the same for his friends in the next cages. All the dogs 8 and had a great time. Amy told us," 9 ate lots of food, played and had lots of fun, and made lots of mess!" Reporters from Japan, Germany, and America came to film Red, and 400 people phoned 10 they wanted to give him a home. Red is a famous film star now.
"He’s a real celebrity (名人)!" said Amy.
1.A.up B.in C.down D.around
2.A.clean B.dirty C.noisy D.quiet
3.A.terrible B.strange C.exciting D.wonderful
4.A.moved B.waited C.arrived D.shouted
5.A.hoped B.decided C.noticed D.thought
6.A.cameras B.boxes C.toys D.food
7.A.saw B.said C.heard D.made
8.A.gave out B.found out C.got out D.tried out
9.A.He B.She C.It D.They
10.A.so B.but C.because D.though
六、
In August of 2011, Apple Computer became the most popular company in the world. However, Steve Jobs did not get to enjoy the 1 because he was in bad health because of cancers. Of course, any other person couldn’t 2 the best medical care that he had got, including a liver transplant (肝移植).
I think Steve was a great 3 leader. After learning about his death, I decided to find out more about Steve and share what I have 4 .
In some ways, he was not much different from you and 5 He was raised 6 a working-class parents. Growing up he was energetic, cool and fun-loving. However, he was 7 .
He was very clever. Like any other single child, he was 8 with few friends, and did not know how to share happiness. He couldn’t get on well with 9 .He didn’t know how to make friends. But luckily, his wife was strong enough to 10 him. He invented Apple, had a child, and finally became 11 and famous.
He became the CEO of Apple again in 1997 when the business was bad. He and his team worked clay and night to turn this around. Sometimes he would 12 someone in the middle of the night about a great idea he 13 . He was a hard-working worker. In 2004 he had been in had health. In 2009 he had a liver transplant. On October 5th, 2011, he 14 .
Money does not mean much if you do not have good 15 .Health is more important than material success.
1.A. success B. sadness C. decision D. work
2.A .give B. afford C. take D. offer
3.A. school B. shop C. business D. factory
4.A. heard B. read C. talked D. learned
5.A. I B. my C. myself D. me
6.A. in B. by C. from D. with
7.A. the same B. stupid C. different D. outgoing
8.A. quiet B. happy C. cute D. cool
9.A. another B. others C. the others D. other
10.A. sit B. hate C. support D. love
11.A. rich B. poor C. strong D. friendly
12.A. say B. all C. watch D. hear
13.A. came out B. came up with C. caught up D. picked up
14.A. got well B. arrived in C. passed away D. came in
15.A. time B. life C. family D. health
答案以及解析
一、答案:1-5 CDBAB 6-10 CABDB
解析:1.考查动词辨析。句意:但是你想先查看一下天气预报,看看是否有雨。根据句意可知选C。
2.考查名词辨析。根据后面的"预报天气"可知,本处意为"气象员"。结合语境可知,正确答案为D。
3.考查连词辨析。上文说"明天上午局部地区多云",下文说"午后天气会变晴朗";前后文为转折关系,应用but(但是)。
4.考查形容词辨析。一家人想去野餐,得知没有雨,当然会感到高兴。
5.考查介词辨析。句意:但是现在你可以计划野餐,不必担心是否会下雨。根据句意可知选B。
6.考查形容词辨析。根据下文"Abbe began his daily weather bulletins in 1869"可知,本处指的是"每天的天气预报"。 daily每天的。
7.考查名词辨析。根据后面的动词"drew(画画)"可知,本处指的是"气象图"。
8.考查形容词辨析。句意:由于它们的准确性,这些气象预报很受欢迎。 strange奇怪的; popular受欢迎的,流行的; terrible可怕的,糟糕的; useless无用的。
9.考查形容词辨析。根据后文可知,国会对他的天气预报很感兴趣。 successful成功的; similar相似的; bored烦的; interested感兴趣的。
10.考查动词辨析。根据语境可知,国会批准之后,他开始( began)每天三次发布天气预报。
二、答案:1-5 CBBAC 6-10 CABBA
解析:1.根据语境以及文中的最后一段中的she hasn't written a best-selling book yet可知此处应用名词book, 意为"书"。故选C项。
2.联系上文"罗丝三十几岁时写过一本最畅销的书"可知此处莉莉在询问罗丝: 你一直清楚自己想要成为一名作家吗 故用名词writer, 意为"作家"。故选B项。
3.联系上下文可知, 从事写作是罗丝一辈子的追求, 由此判断本句句意为: 在上小学的第一天我就已经清楚这一点了。故用already, 意为"已经"。故选B项。
4.联系上下文可知此处指莉莉曾经是班里唱歌最好的。used to意为"曾经"。故选A项。
5.联系上文可知, 新来的女孩唱歌比莉莉好。由此判断本句句意为: 她比我强很多, 我努力还有什么意义 try意为"尝试; 努力"。故选C项。
6.结合上文She was always the best writer可知此处表示"我曾因为此事哭过"。cry意为"哭"。故选C项。
7.结合上文语境可判断罗丝感到自己无足轻重。故用nobody意为"无足轻重的人"。故选A项。
8.结合上文可知, 罗丝意识到自己不应该一直做追求超越他人的最优秀者, 而应该努力成为最优秀的自己, 由此判断本句句意为"因此我坚持自己对写作的喜爱......"。follow意为"跟随; 继承"。故选B项。
9.结合上文语境可判断, 罗丝对自己取得的成就感到很欣慰, 由此推知她微笑着说。smile意为"微笑"。故选B项。
10.联系空前的Who knows可判断此处指但是有一件事"我"可以确定, 她还没有写出一本最畅销的书。sure意为"肯定的; 确定的"。故选A项。
三、答案:1.A; 2.B; 3.B; 4.A; 5.D; 6.D; 7.A; 8.C; 9.A; 10.A
解析:1.根据文中信息"the fifteenth day of the first month"可知,此处表示具体的某一天,应用介词on。
2.根据常识可知元宵是食物,drink意为"饮料";food意为"食物";vegetable意为"蔬菜";fruit意为"水果"。
3.根据上句"元宵是元宵节的特殊食物"和本句中的"饺子对于春节"可知,此处选same, the same as表示"和一样"。
4.根据文中信息"sweet and delicious"可知,此处表示"尝起来",故用tastes: feel意为"触,摸";smell意为"嗅,闻";look意为"看起来"。
5.根据文中信息可知,此处表示"叫做,称作",故D项符合语境。
6.根据文中信息"tuanyuan"可知,空处表示"发音"。color意为"颜色";size意为”尺寸";height意为"高度” pronunciation意为"发音”。
7.根据空后的"flowers, animals and many other things."可知,此处表示"形状",故A项符合语境。
8.由常识可知,制作灯笼时,人们把谜语写在灯笼上。while意为"当……时"。
9.根据语境可知,此处表示孩子们也在街上拿着自制的或买的灯笼玩。play意为"玩",符合语境。
10.根据文中信息"and everyone"可知,空处和everyone为并列关系,故A项符合语境。
四、答案:1.A; 2.C; 3.B; 4.B; 5.C; 6.A; 7.C; 8.B; 9.C; 10.B
解析:1.根据下一句"So they shouldn’t study them at school"(所以他们不应该在学校学习它们)可知,应是"他们认为他们根本不需要在日常生活中使用这些他们不喜欢的科目"。use "使用",故选A。
2.treasure"金银财宝"; money"钱";knowledge"知识";health"健康"。由下文提到的例子可知,应是"我们能从它们那里得到知识"。故选C。
3.if"如果";even if"即使";until"直到为止";because"因为"。由句意"即使我们不喜欢数学,我们也不应该放弃它" 可知选B。
4.interesting"有趣的";useless"无用的";helpful"有帮助的";important"重要的"。由下文中的"because they don’t want to get a job in a big company in a big city"可知,他们认为学英语是无用的,故选B。
5.由句中的a foreigner可知,应是不想和外国人交流。communicate"交流" 。
6.ability"能力";idea"想法,主意";way"方法";difficulty"困难".由空前的"But if they learn English well now"(但是如果他们现在学好英语)可知,应是"它能证明他们有学习语言的能力",故选A。
7.be the same as"与相同";be similar to"与相似";be different from"与不同";be important to"对重要"。由常识可知,东西方文化是不同的,故选C。
8.此处和上文提到的东西方文化相呼应,指了解它的文化是重要的,故选B。
9.succeed"成功";pass"通过";fail"失败";pay"付款"。由后面的"we always want to try it again"(我们总是想再次尝试它)可知,此处指当我们玩游戏失败时,故选C。
10.easy"容易的";hard"难的";exciting"令人激动的";boring"没趣的"。由常识可知,得到好的成绩对我们来说是难的,故选B。
五、答案:1.D; 2.D; 3.B; 4.C; 5.D; 6.A; 7.A; 8.C; 9.D; 10.C
解析:1.由前一句"一个黑色身影小心地打开门出去了"和后面的"那里有人吗 没有"可推知,这个身影出去后向四处看是否有人。look around意为"环视"。
2.由"No"可知没有人,所有的地方都是静悄悄的。
3.由第二段第二句中的"... they saw that a lot of dogs were out of their cages. It was a mystery"可推知,奇怪的事情开始发生。
4.由后面的"they saw that a lot of dogs."可知,只有职员们来到了,他们才会看见异常情况,故选C。
5.我们甚至认为也许它是Mary Tealby的幽灵。
6.由后面的"and film what happened"可知.他们想要拍摄下发生的事情,只有把照相机放到所有的笼子里去才能拍到。
7.由前面的"The next day the staff watched the film"可知,他们对所看到的事情感到惊奇。
8.由前面的"Then he did the same for his friends in the next cages"可知,这条狗不仅用牙齿打开了自己的笼子,还为其他狗打开了笼子,所以这里表示所有的狗都出来了。get out 意为"出去"。
9.由前面的"All the dogs"可知,这是指所有出来的狗吃了许多食物,玩得很愉快,故用They来代替。
10.空处前后为因果关系,空后为因,故用because。
六、答案:1.A; 2.B; 3.C; 4.D; 5.D; 6.B; 7.C; 8.A; 9.B; 10.C; 11.A; 12.B; 13.B; 14.C; 15.D
解析:1.结合上下文的描述可知,Steve Jobs没有来得及享受“成功”, 故success符合题意。
2.他得到了别人无法“负担起”的最好的医疗护理,故afford符合题意。
3.“我”觉得Steve是一位伟大的“行业”领导者。故business符合题意。
4.作者想要和我们分享他“了解到”的东西。故learned符合题意。
5.在一些方面,他与你“我”没有什么太多不同。故所缺的词是me。
6.此处所缺的介词是by,表示“由;被”。
7.结合上下文的转折语气可知,他有点“与众不同”。故different符合题意。
8.结合下文的did not know how to share happiness 可知,他很“安静”。故quiet符合题意。
9.他和别人相处得不好。此处所缺的词是others,泛指“别人;其他人”。
10.结合上文的描述可知,他不知道怎样和人交朋友,但幸运的是,他的妻子足够坚强一直在“支持”他。故所缺的词是 support,此时support 表示“支持”。
11.此处所缺的词是rich,和famous是并列关系。
12.他有时会半夜给人“打电话”,谈论他想出的好主意。故call符合题意。
13.和a great idea 搭配的短语是come up with。
14.他于2011年10月5日“去世”了。pass away意为“去世”。
15.结合本段的描述可知,如果你没有了“健康”,钱就失去了意义。故health符合题意。