2012中考英语：四月鼎级精品【完形填空第4集共30页】

2012中考英语：四月鼎级精品【完形填空第4集共30页】
该精品资源每一篇完形填空都有答案，有50-60%的有详细解析。精选了近年中考、一摸、二模出现的经典考题，也新编了一些具有预测性的新题，选择了东部、中部、西部的各省市的考题。

Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s beautiful but it’s hot in __1__. So I usually returned to my hometown when my __2__ began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could __3__ in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.
One day I had some __4__ to solve. But I didn’t take the dictionaries home. My father told me Charlie, one of my __5__, had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I __6__ middle school. At first he didn’t recognize me. He __7__ me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred!”
Of course we were __8__ to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and __9__. Later on he showed me around his library. It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I __10__ were in them too. At last I said, “__11__ you lend some dictionaries to me, please?”
“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to __12__,” said the young man.
“Are you afraid I’ll __13__ them?”
“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t __14__ them to me. Look! All the books are not __15__, but borrowed!”
A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
A. birthday B. Saturday C. Sunday D. holiday
A. study B. play C. rest D. run
A. words B. sentences C. problems D. stories
A. brothers B. sisters C. aunts D. classmates
A. finished B. heard C. saw D. met
A. lifted B. carried C. looked D. pulled
A. angry B. happy C. worried D. sad
A. doctors B. teachers C. workers D. drivers
A. looked for B. read C. wrote D. looked at
A. Need B. Must C. May D. Can
A. other B. the other C. others D. another
A. lose B. sell C. throw D. know
A. pay B. return C. use D. look after
A. made B. picked C. won D. bought
参考答案
答案简析
B。hot应该指的是夏天的天气情况。
D。大学生暑假回家度假。
A。学生暑假应该不忘学习。
C。solve problems意为“解决问题”。
D。根据下文可得知。
A。finish middle school表示“中学毕业”。
C。look sb. up and down表示“上下打量某人”，这时look用作及物动词。
B。老同学相见自然是高兴。
B。同学之间谈论的主要对象一般应该是同学和老师。
A。根据上下文得知“我”正在寻找一本字典。
D。这里指征求别人的意见，故用can。
C。泛指其他人，故用复数。
A。“我”以为他怕我把书弄丢，所以不借。
B。根据下文得知他的书都是借的，所以他不愿借给我，怕我也象他一样借书不还。
D。这些书都不是买的，而是借的。
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Unless we spend money to spot(认出，发现) and prevent asteroids(小行星) now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids(流星体) that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don’t threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.
But $500 million worth of new telescopes right now, then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we’ll have a way to change its course.
Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are (i) How likely the event is; (2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare but if one did fall. It would be the end of the world. “If we don’t take care of these bid asteroids, they’ll take care of us,” says one scientist. “it’s that simple.”
The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets(舰队，车队) of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? “the world has less fear from doomsday(毁灭性) rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them.” Said a New York Times article.
What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids?
A. They are heavenly bodies different in composition.
B. They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.
C. They are more asteroids than meteoroids.
D. Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.
What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth?
A. It is very unlikely but the danger exists.
B. Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.
C. Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected.
D. It’s still too early to say whether such a collision might occur.
What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to alter the course of asteroids?
A. It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem.
B. It may create more problems than it might solve.
C. It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely.
D. Further research should be done before it is proved applicable.
We can conclude from the passage that __
A. While pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world.
B. Asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future.
C. The worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in our lifetime.
D. Workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth.
5.. Which of the following best describes the author’s tone in this passage?
A. Optimistic(乐观的) B.Critical(批评的) C. Objective(客观的) D. Arbitrary(武断的)
参考答案
B A B D C
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Mr. Wang teaches English in a middle school. He likes his work very much. He wanted 1 a teacher even when he was a young boy.
There are six classes in a school day at Mr. Wang's middle school. Mr. Wang teachers five of these six classes. 2 his "free" hour from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, Mr. Wang 3 meet with parents, check students' homework and 4 many other things. So Mr. Wang works hard from the moment he gets to school early in the morning until he leaves for home late in the afternoon, and his "free" hour is not free at all.
In his English lesson, Mr. Wang sometimes teaches poems (诗). He likes poems very much, and he likes Li Bai’s poems 5 of all.
In his fifth class today, Mr. Wang taught a poem. He wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it. As soon as he finished 6 the poem, the students began to ask questions. He answered all the questions. Then he asked his students to talk about the poem. 7 one wanted to stop when the bell rang.
8 home, Mr. Wang thought about the fifth class. He was happy about what he did as a teacher. Every one of his students 9 the poem. When they started to talk, they forgot about the time. He did not have to make them 10 . He only had to answer their questions and help them understand the poem.
1. A. was B. being C. to be D. be
2. A. In B. At C. To D. On
3. A. has to B. has C. able to D. will
4. A. take care for B. care of
C. take care of D. be careful of
5. A. better B. good C. well D. best
6. A. reading B. to read C. read D. doing
7. A. Not B. No C. Have no D. Any
8. A. By the way B. To his way
C. On his way D. In the way
9. A. liked B. asked C. had D. wanted
10. A. learning B. to learn
C. learn D. leant
参考答案
答案简析
1. C。语法结构 want后面跟不定式。
2. B。时间点后面跟介词at。
3. A。has to意思是“不得不，必须”。这里引出所要做的事。
4. C。固定短语。
5. D。此句后面有 at all这一比较范围，故用最高级。
6. A。finish后面跟动名词。
7. B。课堂上学生们积极发言，没有人想停下来。
8. C。on one’s way home意思是“在回家的路上”。
9. A。学生受老师的影响也开始爱诗歌了。
10. C。语法结构：make sb.do sth。
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The law says that women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as men and earn the same as them.
The reality is very different. Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay Act, many of them still get paid less than men.
They lose because they do lower-paid jobs which men just won’t consider. And they lose they are the ones who interrupt a career to have children.
All this is reported in an independent study ordered by the Government’s women’s unite.
The biggest problem isn’t equal pay in work places such as factories. It is a sort of work women do.
Make a list of low-paid of jobs_ then consider who does them.
Try nurses, secretaries, cleaner, clerks, teachers in primary schools, dinner ladies, and child care helpers. Not a lot of men among that group, are there?
Yet some of those jobs are really important. Surely no one would deny that about nurses and teachers, for a start.
So why do we reward the people who do them so poorly? There can be only one answer--- because they are women.
This is not going to be put right overnight. But the Government, which employs a lot of them,, and other bosses have to make a start.
It is disgraceful(可耻的) that we have gone into the 21st Century still treating women like second-class citizens.
Women should have the chance of doing the same jobs and be paid equally as men ____.
A. after 25 years
B. according to the law
C. as a result of the Equal Pay Act
D. because women are as strong as men
We can learn from the text what the problem really matters is ____.
A. that the women interrupt a career to have children
B. what sort of work women do
C. because they are women
D. what an unfair pay women get in workplaces.
Which of the following best describes the writer’s idea?
A. Women should get equal pay for equal work to that of men.
B. Women should strengthen加强 themselves.
C. The Government ought to protect women against getting paid less than men.
D. Some of the jobs that women do are of great importance.
When the writer says “This is not going to be put right overnight”, he means ____.
A. we must solve the problem very quickly.
B. there is not completely fair thing all over the world.
C. we need a long time to change the unfair reality.
D. the problem that women lose will be solved soon.
Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Work to give women a fair pay deal.
B. Time to change the situation.
C. Equal work, equal pay.
D. Should women be treated like second-class citizens?
参考答案 B B A C A
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Many animals use some kinds of “language”. They use signals(信号) and the signals have meanings. For example, __1 a bee has found some food, it goes 2 its home. 3 is difficult for a bee to tell __4 bees where the food is speaking to them, but it can do a little dancing. This tells the bees where the food is and 5 it is.
Some animals show 6 they feel by making sounds. It is not difficult to tell if a dog is angry because it barks. Birds make several different sounds and 7 has its meaning. Sometimes we humans make sounds in the same way. We make sounds like “Oh” to 8 how we feel about __9__ or we 10 something on our feet.
We humans have languages. We have words. These words have meaning of things, action, feeling or ideas. We are able to __11__ each other information, to tell other people 12 we think or we feel. By writing down words, we can remember what has happened or 13 messages to people far away.
Languages, like people, live and die. If a language is not used by people, it is called a dead language. This language cannot live and grow because 14 speaks it.
A living language, of course, is often spoken by people today. It grows and changes with time. New words are created, and some old words have 15 meanings.
1. A. because B. since C. when D. as
2. A. out of B. back from C. away from D. back to
3. A. It B. This C. That D. He
4. A. each other B. another C. the other D. others
5. A. how long B. how far away C. how many D. how old
6. A. why B. which C. how D. what
7. A. each B. every C. all D. some
8. A. show B. say C. talk D. speak
9. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
10. A. put B. drop C. fall D. set
11. A. give B. put C. show D. take
12. A. that B. which C. what D. why
13. A. send B. bring C. push D. get
14. A. someone B. no one C. anyone D. everyone
15. A. new B. right C. real D. good
参考答案

答案简析
1．C。表示”当……的时候”。
2．D。蜜蜂发现食物会返回蜂窝，通知其它蜜蜂。
3．A。形式主语。
4．C。the other bees其它的蜜蜂。
5．B。蜜蜂通过跳舞告诉同伴物源有多远。
6．C。用how作状语修饰feel。
7．A。根据谓语动词has应选each.。each指代的是可数名词sound，所以不能用all或some，而every是形容词，不能做主语。
8．A。用语言来表示自己的感觉，故选show。
9．B。
10．B。ouch表示疼痛，故推测是东西砸到了脚上。Fall是不及物动词，故不选。
11．A。
12．C。think为及物动词，这里what做think宾语。
13．A。send messages为固定搭配，表示“发送信息”。
14．B。根据文意，一种语言如果没人使用，就会灭亡。
15．A。旧词新意。
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There have never been many adventurers. You van read stories about men called adventures. But they were really businessmen. There was something they wanted----- a lady, or money, or a country, or honor. And so they got it. But a true adventure is different. He starts without any special purpose. He is ready for anything he may meet.
There have been many half-adventurers. And they were great men. History is rich with their stories. But each of them had a special purpose. They were not followers of true adventure.
In the big city of New York, Romance and Adventure are always waiting.
As we walk along the street, they are watching us. We look up suddenly and see a face in a window. The face seems to interest us strangely. Or in a quiet street, we hear a cry of fear and pain coming from a house where no one lives. A car takes us to a strange door, instead of to our own. The door opens and we are asked to enter. At every corner, eyes look toward us, or hands are raised, or fingers point. Adventure is offered.
But few of us are ready to accept. We are ready to do only the things we do every day. We wish to do only the things that everyone else does. We move on; and some day we come to the end of a long quiet life. Then we begin to think. Then, when it is too late, we are sorry that we have never known true Romance and Adventure.
In the author’s opinion, there are ____ true adventures.
many B. few C. no D. a few
In what way does the author say a true adventure is different from a business man?
He is ready for anything he may meet.
B. He is not interested in money.
C. He enjoys excitement while a business man does not.
D. A true adventure is romantic, while a businessman is dull.
According to the passage, a cry of fear and pain coming from a house where no one lives in a quiet street means____.
A. a number B. a fight C. wealth D. adventure
The passage doesn’t mention it, but we can infer from the passage that when most people meet an offer of adventure, they will ____.
A. grow angry but curious
B. accept the offer
C. grow embarrassed and reject the offer
D. be frightened and cry for help.
When do most people wish that they had known romance and adventure?
A. When they are young.
B. When it involves a beautiful lady or handsome man.
C. When something interests them strangely.
D. When they reach the end of a long quiet life.
参考答案 B A D C D
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It’s never easy to admit(承认) you are in the wrong. We all __1__ to know the art of apology. Think how often you’ve done wrong. Then count how many __2__ you’ve expressed clearly you were __3__. You can’t go to bed with an easy mind if you do __4__ about it.
A doctor friend, Mr. Lied, told me about a man who came to him with different kinds of signs: headaches, heart __5__ and insomnia (失眠). __6__ some careful exams, Mr. Lied found nothing ___7__ with him and said, “If you don’t tell me what’s __8__ you, I can’t help you.” The man admitted he was cheating his brother of his inheritance(遗产). Then and there the __9__ doctor __10__ the man write to his brother and __11__ his money. As soon as the __12__ was put into the post box, the man suddenly cried. “Thank you,” he said to the doctor, “I think I’ve got __13__.”
An apology can not only save a broken relationship(关系) but also make it __14__. If you can think of someone who should be __15__ an apology from you. Do something about it right now.
1. A. decide B. have C. need D. try
2. A. mistakes B. people C. ways D. times
3. A. sorry B. weak C. sad D. wrong
4. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
5. A. trouble B. matter C. illness D. problem
6. A. Before B. After C. Till D. Since
7. A. well B. wrong C. good D. bad
8. A. hurling B. changing C. touching D. worrying
9. A. clever B. silly C. good D. kind
10. A. made B. helped C. saw D. let
11. A. returned B. gave C. kept D. paid
12. A. paper B. box C. money D. letter
13. A. better B. well C. sick D. worse
14. A. never B. worse C. stronger D. harder
15. A. given B. received C. known D. forgotten
参考答案

答案解析
1. C。这里指的是人们有必要了解道歉这门艺术。
2. D。times这里表示次数。
3. A。根据上文，承认错误决非易事，道歉更是一门艺术，此时作者是建议读者计算一下有过多少次是能清楚地表达自己的歉意的，所以选sorry。
4. C。如果你对自己的错误什么也不去做, 你睡觉也不会睡得好。
5. A。这里表示心脏有毛病。
6. B。
7. B。nothing wrong 表明这个人生理没有任何问题, 看下文就可以知道这一点。
8. D。
9. A。这是一名很聪明的医生, 所以他提出了下面一个方法。
10. D。made 具有强制性的意思, 故选let sb. do sth..好。
11. A。上文得知这人骗了哥哥的遗产, 所以还了他所欠的钱才能治好他的心病。
12. D。根据后面的post box可以得知这里是指寄出了那封信。
13. B。这个人其实没有病, 所以在解决了心理问题后,他一下子觉得好了, 而不是好转, 故选well 而不是better。
14. C。道歉不仅可以挽救破碎的人际关系, 还可以增强人与人之间的联系。harder指的是具体事物的“坚硬”, 故此处不当。
15. A。give sb. an apology意为“向某人道歉”。
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Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventures ----those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate excitement from a risky activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds.
I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 metres above the ground with an elastic (有弹性的) rope tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometres an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that about 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall building and diving into the sea from the top of high cliff.（悬崖）
Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists suggest that it is because life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, diseases could not easily be cured, and life was a continuous battle for survival.(生存).
Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work in comparatively safe conditions; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping.
A best title for the text is ____.
A. Dangerous sports: what and why
B. The boredom of modern life
C. Bungee jumping: Is it really dangerous?
D. The need for excitement
More and more people today ____.
are trying activities such as bungee jumping
B. are climbing the highest mountains
C. are coming close to death in sports
D. are looking for adventures such as traveling into unknown places
In bungee jumping, you ____.
A. jump as high as you can
B. slide down a rope to the ground
C. attach(系) yourself to a rope and fall to the ground
D. fall towards the ground without a rope
People probably take part in dangerous sports nowadays because _____.
A. they have a lot of free time
B. they can go to hospital if they are injured
C. their life is short of excitement
D. they no longer need to hunt for food
The writer of the text has a ____ attitude towards dangerous sports.
Positive(肯定的) B. negative(否定的) C. neutral(中立的) D. nervous(紧张的)
参考答案 A A C C C
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Mr. and Mrs. king have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by the bus station. They’re __1__ to everybody and have a lot of friends. They often __2__ the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people __3__ them and their friends often call on (拜访) them and __4__ them. We can always hear their rooms are full of __5__ and quarrel.
It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next __6__. It was a little far from our town. So they had to __7__ earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After __8__ a few friends came to see them while they were cooking some __9__ and drinks for the picnic. Mr. king and his wife had to stop __10__ them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the __11__ on the wall. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious (焦急) but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. The woman thought for a few __12__ and had an idea. She said to her __13__, “Oh, it’s eleven o’clock! You’d better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to __14__!
Mr. king heard this and stood up and said __15__ to the visitors and they left soon.
1. A. had B. polite C. cold D. careful;
2. A. help B. hurt C. hit D. watch
3. A. know B. understand C. meet D. like
4. A. play with B. fight with C. talk with D. catch up with
5. A. cry B. shout C. noise D. laugh
6. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. laugh
7. A. go to work B. get up C. go to sleep D. open the shop
8. A. breakfast B. lunch C. supper D. meal
9. A. clothes B. bags C. books D. food
10. A. receive B. to receive C. receiving D. to accept
11. A. phone B. photo C. clock D. picture
12. A. minutes B. days C. weeks D. months
13. A. visitor B. husband C. brother D. father
14. A. go home B. go to bed C. go shopping D. have a rest
15. A. hello B. goodbye C. sorry D. nothing
参考答案

答案简析
1. B。根据下文have a lot of friends可以推断他们待人友好(friendly)。
2. A。他们帮助穷困的学生。
3. D。根据上文得知，别人都很喜欢他们。
4. C。talk with 表示聊天。
5. D。他们的家里总是充满了欢笑。
6. A。根据下文他们要赶早班车得知是早上。
7. B。为了赶早班车他们不得不早起，故选get up。
8. C。这是一个星期五的晚上，故是晚饭后。
9. D。他们正在为第二天的野餐准备食物和饮料。
10. B。停下（手中的事）来做某事，用stop to do sth.，另外receive sb. 表示接待某人。
11. C。他聊得很尽兴，以致于忘了时间，也就是忘了看墙上的钟。
12. A。这里指很短的时间。
13. B。
14. A。表示时间已经不早了，客人们肯定着急要回家了。
15. C。丈夫向客人道歉，表示是自己忘了时间，这样客人就不会尴尬了。
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The report came to the British on May 21,1949. The German battleship Bismarck, the most powerful warship(战舰) in the world, was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean. Her task: to destroy the ships supplies from the United States to war-torn England.
The British had feared such a task. No warship they had could match the Bismarck in speed or in firepower. The Bismarck had eight 15-inch guns and 81 small guns. She could move at 30 nautical(海上的) miles an hour. She was believed to be unsinkable.
However, the British had to sink her. They sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hunt down the Bismarck. On May 24, the Hood found the Bismarck.
It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see. His orders were to destroy the British ships that were carrying supplies, but to stay away from a fight with British warships.
The battle didn’t last long. The Bismarck’s first torpedo(鱼雷) hit the Hood, which went down taking all but three of her 4,419 men with her.
But in the fight, the Bismarck was slightly damaged. Her commander decided to run for repairs to France, which had at that time been taken by the speed and the heavy fog, they lost sight of her.
For two days, every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck, but with no success. Finally, she was sighted by a plane from the air. The Bismarck was hit.
On the morning of May 27, the last battle was fought. Four British ships fired on the Bismarck, and she was finally sunk.
The Bismarck sailed into the Atlantic Ocean ____.
A. to sink the Hood
B. to gain control of France
C. to cut off American supplies to Britain
D. to stop British warships reaching Germany
2. Many people believed that the Bismarck could not be defeated because she ____.
A. was fast and powerful B. had more men on board
C. was under Luetjens’ command D. had bigger guns than other ships
3. We learn from the text that on 24 of May ____.
A. the British on the battle against the Bismarck
B. the Bismarck won the battle against the British
C. the British gunfire damaged the Bismarck seriously
D. the Bismarck succeeded in keeping away from the British
4. Luetjens tried to sail to France in order to ____.
A. have the ship repaired B. join the other Germans
C. get help from the French D. get away from the British
5. Which of the following is the immediate cause of the sinking of the Bismarck?
A. The British air strikes.
B. The damage done by the Hood.
C. Gunfire from the British warships.
D. Luetjens’ decision to run for France.
参考答案 C A B A C
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Martin Henfield talks about some of his experience(经历) as a twin: when we were small my mother dressed us __1_ the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didn’t like it. But we went on our first camping trip, it was even __2__. We were only ten years old, and while __3_ went into their sleeping bags for the _4__, we were not happy to snuggle(偎依) inside a double sleeping bag my mother made for us.
At school our classmates __5__us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people ___6__ even see our difference according to our initials because __7__ of us were M.O. It was only when I went to _8___ and began to have my own friends that I started to feel my own freedom of identity（身份）.
Before I went to college, during my secondary school __9__, I __10__ to a job on a building site. My twin brother, Mike Henfield, didn’t work. One day I asked my boss, “Can I have a week _11__?” “Certainly,” he said, “but you won’t have the job when you 12__ back.” I didn’t want to __13__ the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went there in my _14__, jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week __15___ of them knew the difference.
1. A. in B. for C. on D. with
2. A. badder B. worse C. good D. better
3. A. all boys B. another boy
C. all the other boys D. all the boys
4. A. day B. holiday C. night D. mid-night
5. A. called B. knew C. told D. made
6. A. didn’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. couldn’t
7. A. very B. each C. both D. all
8. A. middle school B. college C. high school D. school
9. A. holidays B. week C. weekend D. holiday
10. A. received B. got C. find D. made
11. A. off B. free C. on D. back
12. A. came B. will get C. got D. are
13. A. miss B. lose C. lost D. losing
14. A. coat B. shirt C. shoes D. trousers
15. A. None B. Nobody C. All D. Each
参考答案
答案解析
1. A。“给某人穿（衣服）”应为dress sb. in。
2. B 根据下文可知野营中的情况比平时更糟糕.。
3. C。the other加名词复数表示“剩余的所有的人”。
4. C。睡袋应用于夜间。
5. A。“称呼某人……”用call sb. …。
6. D。
7. C。根据后面的系动词were, 应用both表复数。
8. B。根据上下文可知, 直到大学, 这种情况才有所改变。
9. D。指中学生涯的最后一个假期。
10. B。“找到一份工作”可用get/find a job, 但此处应用过去时。
11. A。have a week off 休息一个星期。
12. D。只有D项时态正确。
13. B。
14. D。
15. A。没有一个人看出这时双胞胎交换了一下。B项不可带of。
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“I would almost rather see you dead.” Bobert S. Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia, shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist. In the 19th century, playing at drawing or painting on dishes was all right for a young lady, but serious work in art was not. And when the young lady’s family racked among(挤身于) the best of Philadelphia’s social(社会各界的) families, such an idea could not even be considered.
That was how Mary Cassatt, born 1844, began her struggle as an artist. She did not tremble before her father’s anger, she opposed(反对) him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Many Cassatt gave up her social position and all thoughts of a thousand and a family, which in those times was unthinkable for a young lady. In the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance(坚持), she became America’s most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.
How did Mr Cassatt react(反应) when his daughter made her announcement?
A. He feared for her life. B. He was very angry.
C. He nearly killed her. D. He warned her.
2. What in fact was Mr Cassatt’s main reason in opposing his daughter’s wish?
A. Drawing and painting was simply unthinkable among ladies in those days.
B. He did not believe his daughter wanted to work seriously in art.
C. He believed an artist’s life would be too hard for his daughter.
D. Ladies of good families simply did not become artists in those times.
3. What made Mary Cassatt’s “struggle” to become a recognized artist especially hard?
A. She was a woman B. Her father opposed her.
C. She had no social position. D. She didn’t come from an artist’s family.
4. What do we know about Mary Cassatt’s marriage?
A. Her marriage failed because she never gave a thought to her husband and family.
B. She never married because she did not want to be just a wife and mother.
C. After marriage she decided to give up her husband rather than her career.
D. She did not marry because for a lady of her social position to marry below her was unthinkable.
5. What do we know about Robert Cassatt’s character from the text?
He was a cruel man. B. He was a stubborn (固执的) man.
He knew nothing about art. D. He knew little about his daughter.
参考答案 B A A B D
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Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, ? 1? give your money back? Of course, it ? 2? happens quite like that. The only language ? 3? to learn is the mother language. And think ? 4? practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language 5 the literature(文学) of the country. Now most people want to ? 6? a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning 7 . How do they do it? Some people try at home 8 books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. 9 they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will ? 10? a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or ? 11? hours a day. It's much easier to learn the language in the country where it ?12 ?. But most people are ? 13?? to do this, and many people don't have to do so. Machines and good books will be very ? 14? , but they can not do the students' work. ? 15? the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work. 1. A. so B. or C. and D. but2. A. can＇t??????? B. impossible?? C. never???? D. often3. A. easily??????? B. difficult?????? C. able????????? D. easy4. A. how much??? B. how long?? C. how fast? D. how many5. A. studied??? B. to study?? C. studying?? D. study6. A. talk???? B. tell????? C. speak???? D. say7. A. them????? B. this?? C. that? D. it8. A. without???? B. with??????????? C. in??????????? D. by9. A. If??????????? B. When????????? C. Since???????? D. Until10. A. spend???????? B. use??????????? C. take????????? D. cost11. A. some????????? B. more???????? C. other???????? D. less12. A. speaks??????? B. is speaking??C. spoke???????? D. is spoken13. A. able????????? B. possible?????? C. unable??????? D. not possible14. A. careful?????? B. forgetful???? C. wonderful???? D. helpful15. A. either??????? B. whether??????C. what??????? D. how
参考答案
答案简析
B。这里的or是“否则”的意思。
C。根据作者的观点，这种事绝对不可能发生。impossible是一个形容词，不符语法，can’t后不可能跟happens，often意思与作者的意图相反。
D。唯一容易学的语言是母语。这里需要一个形容词充当后置定语。
A。用来修饰不可数名词，只有用how much，全句意为“母语好学，还需要那么多的练习。”何况外语呢？。
B。动词不定式充当目的状语。意为“学习外语来研究文学”。
C。说某种语言用speak，speak English，speak Chinese。
D。用it代指上文所说的a foreign language。
B。这里的with是“用”的意思。
A。作者在这里提出一种假设。如果他们一星期只有一两次使用外语。
C。固定短语，意为“做某事花费某人多长时间”。
B。后面省略了than 6 hours。意为6个小时或更多的时间。
D。it 代指上文所指的foreign language，故用被动被态。
C。许多人不可能做到这一点。这里不可以用not possible，因为它的主语不可以用人。
D。机器和书对于学习英语来说是很有帮助的。
15. B。whether …or…固定短语。
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I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪僻的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn’t the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.
It had been snowing heavily that I didn’t know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone… even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal (丑闻) . I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn. “I wouldn’t leave her out in the cold!” he said.
Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldn’t let anyone but a doctor touch her !” he said, and burst into tears again.
The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means____.
A. expect B. understand C. see clearly D. hear clearly
2. Before he arrived at the farmer’s house, the writer expected to see Milly lying ____.
A. on the ground of a barn B. on the floor of a room
C. in bed in a room D. in bed in a barn
3. What do we know about Milly from the story?
A. She had met with an accident B. She had caused a scandal.
C. She was seriously ill. D. She was hidden somewhere.
4. The farmer wished that the writer might ____.
A. look into the matter B. bring Milly back to life
C. free him from a scandal D. keep the whole thing a secret
5. The person who told the story is probably a ____.
farmer B. policeman C. country doctor D. newspaper reporter
参考答案 B C A B C
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I have tried many ways to be 1 . I don’t wear a sweater when I 2 , and two days ago I walked in the 3 without my shoes. But so far nothing 4 . Debbie once told me about a boy in her class who liked 5 school. He would rub(摩擦) the end of the thermometer (温度计) until it went 6 to 39℃. Then he’d put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was 7 ill.
This morning I tried doing that but it 8 went above 35℃ and I rubbed it for ten 9 . So I held the thermometer 10 the light on my desk and it went up to 40℃. I thought I’d put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that. 11 my mother would take it out and she would be 12 when she saw that I was rather ill.
The only trouble was I didn’t know the thermometer would be so 13 , As soon as I put it into my mouth I burnt my tongue(舌头)! I spit (吐) the thermometer out. It fell 14 the floor but it 15 .
1. A . well B. fine C. ill D. bad
2. A . could B. should C. must D. might
3. A . water B. rain C. sun D. wind
4. A . happens B. happened C. will happen D. has happened
5. A . being away from B. leaving
C. staying at D. being out of
6. A . on B. down C. up D. off
7. A . really B. real C. bad D. badly
8. A . can’t B. not C. never D. didn’t
9. A . seconds B. hours C. minutes D. moments
10. A . near B. near to C. next D. next to
11. A . When B. Then C. So D. If
12. A . worried B. surprised C. happy D. frightened
13. A . cold B. hot C. warm D. cool
14. A . off B. down C. to D. on
15. A . didn’t break B. didn’t broke C. wasn’t broken D. was broken
参考答案

答案解析
1．C。根据下文得知，这个小孩就是想让自己生病。
2．B。这里应选择情态动词should, 表示在该穿毛衣的时候他不穿, 其实他就是想让自己冻出病来。
3．B。跟上两题同解。
4．D。so far常与动词的现在完成时连用，表示“到目前为止”。
5．A。leave school表示“辍学、毕业离校”的动作，be away from school则表示“不上学、逃学”的状态。
6．C。up表示“温度上升”。
7．A。妈妈会认为他真的病了，故选副词really。
8．C。其他选项在语法上均错。
9．C。根据文意。
10．D。next to表示“临近、非常接近”。
11．B。Then是副词，表时间上的“顺承”。 其他三选项均引导从句, 故不选。
12．A。妈妈得知孩子生病, 首先感到担心。
13．B。这里表示“烫”, 所以不能选warm。
14．D。fall on为“掉到……上”, fall off 是指“从某处摔下”, fall down是“落下”。
15．C。break为及物动词, 与主语构成动宾关系，所以用被动语态形式was broken。
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Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their 1 .
The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two 2 there, winter and summer, There are no spring 3 autumn there. The winter nights are 4 . You can't 5 the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never 6 and there is no night.
The Eskimos have 7 clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of animals. From these skins they make coats, caps and 8 .
Near the North Pole trees can't grow, for it is too 9 there. The Eskimos 10 make their houses from skins, snow or stones (石头). When they 11 in storm and can't 12 home, they make house of snow. They 13 these snow houses when the storm is 14 .
Life is 15 for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.
1. A. work B. life C. holiday D. families
2. A. weather B. seasons C. months D. years
3. A. not B. or C. and D. as
4. A. short B. warm C. long D. cold
5. A. see B. watch C. look D. look at
6. A. rises B. goes up C. drops D. goes down
7. A. beautiful B. metal C. warm D. cool
8. A. goods B. drinks C. medicine D. shoes
9. A. cold B. hot C. dry D. wet
10. A. will B. should C. never D. have to
11. A. go out B. go over C. keep on D. get on
12. A. get back B. got off C. get on D. get in
13. A. make B. leave C. stay D. break
14. A. over B. coming C. going D. hard
15. A. easy B. interesting C. hard D. lucky
参考答案

答案简析
1. B。根据下文得知这里介绍的是爱斯基摩人的生活（life）。
2. B。根据winter和summer判断。
3. B。no....or....表示对两者否定。
4. C。由后一句话可推断答案。冬夜很长，几乎看不到太阳，也就是没有白天，这正是北极的气候特征。
5. A。see表示“看”的结果，watch和look都表示“看”的动作。
6. D。夏天白昼长，几乎没有夜晚，太阳从不下山，所以选 go down。
7. C。他们要穿上暖和的衣服才能抵御严寒。
8. D。这里是指用动物皮来做衣服鞋帽。
9. A。北极很冷。
10. D。表示客观原因使他们不得不用特殊的材料来建房。
11. A。表示在外面遇到风暴时。
12. A。由于风暴而回不了家。
13. B。用雪造房是因为遇到风暴回不了家，风暴过后自然要离开雪房子了。
14. A。be over表示结束。
15. C。这种恶劣的气候条件下，生活是很艰难困苦的，故选hard。
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More than 6000 children were expelled(开除) from US schools last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.
The department gave a report on the expulsions as saying handguns accounted for 58 per cent of the 6093 expulsions in 1996—97, against 7 per cent for rifles(步枪) or shotguns and 35 per cent for other types of firearms.
“The report is a clear sign that our nation’s public schools are cracking down(严惩)” on students who bring guns to school, “Education Secretry Richard Riey said in a statement. “We need to be tough-minded(坚强的) about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.”
In March 1997, a 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old using hand-guns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Missisippi school. Two months later, a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Daducab, Kentucky.
“Most of the expulsions(开除), 56 per cent, were from high schools, which have students from about age 13, 34 per cent were from junior high schools and 9 per cent were from elementary schools.” The report said.
From the first paragraph we can infer that in the US schools ____.
A. students enjoy shooting B. students are eager to be soldiers
C. safety is a problem C. students can make guns
2. The report from the US Department of Education shows that ____.
A. the number of the expulsions is now large
B. the number of the expulsions is wrong
C. there are soldiers hiding among the students
D. guns are out of control in US schools
3. The main idea of paragraph four shows us ____.
A. some examples of shootings in US schools
B. the Americans’ feeling
C. some famous schools
D. that some teachers were killed by students
4. How many students were shot dead in 1997 in US schools?
A. 10 B. 9 C. 12 D. 22
5. From this passage we know that ____.
A. every American cannot have guns
B. only soldiers and police can have guns
every American citizen can own guns
D. teachers have no money to buy guns
参考答案 C D A B C
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Life in the twenty-first century will be very 1 . Many changes will take place, but 2 will the changes be.
The population is growing 3 . There will be many 4 in the world and most of them will live 5 than people in the twentieth century.
Computers will be much smaller and 6 and there will be at least one in every 7 . And 8 studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.
People will work 9 and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. 10 will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to 11 countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our 12 , too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be 13 . Work in the future will be different, too. 14 and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, 15 will not have enough work to do .This will be a problem.
1. A. interesting B. hard C. different D. beautiful
2. A. why B. how C. when D. what
3. A. slowly B. fast C. quietly D. suddenly
4. A. people B. workers C. scientists D. doctors
5. A. long B. longer C. happy D. lucky
6. A. more useful B. useful C. helpful D. less useful
7. A. hospital B. factory C. home D. town
8. A. science B. maths C. English D. computer
9. A. fewer hours B. more hours
C. eight hours D. more than eight hours
10. A. Seeing doctors B. Going to the cinema
C. Shopping D. Travelling
11. A. rich B. other C. poor D. small
12. A. food B. clothes C. fruit D. drinks
13. A. fatter B. thinner C .healthier D. more pleased
14. A. Safe B. Easy C. Simple D. Dangerous
15. A. a few people B. all the people
C. many people D. some people
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答案解析
1. C。以下讲的是二十一世纪发生的一系列的变化，由于变化，生活也就变得与以前不同，故而选C。
2. D。这些变化会是哪些变化呢？What在这里充当的是表语。
3. B。众所周知，人口增长速度很快。
4. A。由上下文可知，这里指人口增多，故选people。
5. B。由于生活条件和习惯的改变，人们寿命将会更长，所以longer为正确选项。
6. A。电脑将发挥更大的作用，故选比较级more useful。
7. C。电脑将走进各家各户。
8. D。这一小节都讲的是电脑，故选D。
9. A。根据下文得知人们将有更多的时间用来娱乐，证明工作时间减少了，故选fewer hours。
10. D。根据下文的for holidays可知这里说的是旅行。
11. B。由于条件好了，更多的人都能够去其他国家旅游了，故选other。
12. A。根据下句得知，这里讲的是饮食变化。
13. C。由于饮食习惯发生变化，人们将更加健康。
14. D。和hard并列的词应选择dangerous。
15. C。因为很多工作都是由机器人来完成，那么许多人也就面临着失业的危险。
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