Job stress has been known to cause heart problems in people who already have cardiovascular(心血管) disease. Now Finnish scientists have shown that 50 in healthy people the pressure of work can cause damage.
High blood pressure, lack of 51 , smoking and being overweight 52 to heart disease—a 53 killer in many industrialized countries.
But Mika Kivimaki, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and his colleagues, who studied the 54 histories of 812 healthy Finnish men and women in a metal industry company over 25 years, said job stress also plays an important role.
Workers who had the highest job-related stress levels at the start of the study were more than twice as 55 to die of heart disease, 56 the study published in The British Medical Journal.
Work stress 57 too much work as well as a lack of satisfaction and feeling undervalued and 58 .
Many people work long hours but if the effort is 59 the stress is minimized. Kivimaki said job pressure is damaging when being overworked is 60 with little or no control, unfair supervision and few career opportunities.
The British Heart Foundation said the results 61 earlier research showing that people in jobs with low control, such as manual workers, could be at greater 62 of heart disease than other employees.
“It is 63 for people to try to minimize levels of stress at work and for employers to 64 people to have more control at work and to be rewarded for their success,” the foundation said in a statement.
A.though B.seldom C.even D.thereby
A.exercise B.patience C.enthusiasm D.interest
A.add B.propose C.introduce D.contribute
A.leading B.plain C.moderate D.heavy
A.personal B.professional C.medical D.family
A.much B.likely C.equal D.stable
A.due to B.owing to C.according to D.contrary to
A.contains B.brings C.proceeds D.involves
A.isolated B.unappreciated C.disconcerted D.stimulated
A.rewarding B.improved C.increasing D.neglected
A.sponsored B.responded C.threatened D.combined
A.indicate B.simplify C.support D.overflow
A.portion B.chance C.danger D.risk
A.advisable B.predictable C.profitable D.comfortable
A.persuade B.transfer C.allow D.rescue
Once again, science supports what your grandmother told you: A good night's sleep helps your body fight a cold.
People who averaged fewer than seven hours of sleep per 1 in the weeks before being exposed to the cold virus were nearly three times 2 likely to get sick as those who 3 eight hours or more, a new study found.
Researchers used frequent telephone 4 to track the sleep 5 of more than 150 men and women aged 21 to 55 over the course of a few weeks. Then they 6 the subjects to the virus, quarantined them for five days and kept 7 of who got sick.
8 sleeping more, sleeping better also seemed to 9 the body fight illness: Patients who fared better on a measure 10 as 'sleep efficiency' - the percentage of time in bed that you're actually sleeping - were also 11 likely to get sick.
The results held 12 even after researchers 13 for variables such as body-mass index, age, sex, smoking and pre-existing antibodies to the 14 .
15 your grandmother, the researchers aren't exactly sure 16 sleeping better makes you less likely to 17 a cold. But they 18 take a stab at the answer: 'Sleep disturbance influences the regulation of proinflammatory cytokines(促炎细胞因子), histamines, and other symptom mediators that are released in response to infection.' In plain English, maybe tossing and turning when you're 19 with the cold virus 20 to the symptoms that define a cold.
The researchers were based at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia, and the study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
( ) 1. A. day B. night C. week D. month
( ) 2. A. more B. as C. less D. same
( ) 3. A. occurred B. worked C. averaged D. longed
( ) 4. A. interviews B. reports C. announcements D. demands
( ) 5. A. hobbies B. quality C. progress D. habits
( ) 6. A. exposed B. placed C. protected D. prayed
( ) 7. A. touch B. check C. track D. reward
( ) 8. A. Except B. Besides C. Within D. Through
( ) 9. A. benefit B. guard C. help D. assist
( ) 10. A. known B. acted C. appointed D. classified
( ) 11. A. more B. less C. far D. totally
( ) 12. A. ideal B. false C. actual D. true
( ) 13. A. adopted B. adjusted C. enlarged D. employed
( ) 14. A. bodies B. cells C. virus D. medicines
( ) 15. A. Like B. As C. Against D. By
( ) 16. A. What B. When C. Where D. Why
( ) 17. A. develop B. form C. fight D. prevent
( ) 18. A. did B. often C. do D. never
( ) 19. A. infected B. surrounded C. limited D. attached
( ) 20. A. pulls B. promotes C. speeds D. contributes
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,掌握其大意。然后从36-55各题所给的选项中,选出最佳选项,并在
The car, running along the well-lit road now sank in darkness. I broke the 36 on purpose, 37 that the driver was too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening?”“9 o’clock after this 38 .”“Then when do you come out in the morning?”I 39 another question. “9 o’ clock, too—just as if I worked at an office.” His 40 surprised me, because every time I ride a taxi, what I 41 from the driver are only complaints that they have to work from morning till night, it’s hard to earn money, they’re often 42 by the police, or that their leaders are seated lazy, 43 the fruits. But this driver told me, “ I find it 44 to be a section chief as I was before. I like driving just for 45 . It’s fortunate that I hardly drive 46 a passenger. So I earn two or three thousand Yuan a month with ease. Yes, I never 47 an empty taxi. If it goes southward, I go northward. If it goes along a 48 , I turn into a narrow street…”
His words showed his 49 with his life and the pride he 50 in his job Such feelings are so rare among people nowadays as oxygen in high 51 。As an
ancient saying goes,“Neither joy in material 52 nor grieve(痛苦) over Personal setbacks.”How many people nowadays can show high ideals by 53 living and go far
with a calm mind? I couldn’t help feeling 54 when finding such a state of mind
in a stranger on a cold 55 .
36.A.window B.stillness C.silence D. quietness
37.A.on condition B.for fear C.in belief D. in order
38.A. night B.trip C.cycle D. process
39.A.threw out B.gave away C.made up D. led to
40.A.character B.confidence C.attitude D. easiness
41.A.suffer B.request C.benefit D.hear
42.A.detected B.ordered C.fined D.seized
43.A.keeping B.tasting C. enjoying D.choosing
44.A.exciting B.disappointing C.tiring D. amazing
45.A.freedom B.pleasure C.hobby D. company
46.A.without B. with C.behind D.beside
47.A .follow B. admire C.envy D. meet
48.A.route B.path C.railway D.highway
49.A.intelligence B.satisfaction C.competition D.honesty
50.A.made B.held C.caught D.took
51.A.buildings B.mountains C.standard D.heaven
52.A.gains B.concerns C.supports D. loss
53.A.special B.happy C.simple D. original
54.A.angry B.content C.dangerous D. curious
55.A.morning B.night C.moment D.season
The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece. If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals (彩排), or tryouts, revising will seem a natural part of the writing ___21___.
What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out-of-town previews that many Broadway shows go through? The answer is adding, deleting, replacing, reordering, __22___ revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent(经历)such a process.
When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had in mind a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in 1986, the audience saw a moving psychological love story set to music. The musical had ___23___ several revisions due to problems with costuming andmakeup (戏服和化妆). For instance, Lloyd Webber ___24___ some of the music because the Phantom's makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds.
When you revise, you change aspects of your work in ___25___ to your evolving(不断演变的) purpose, or to include ___26___ ideas or newly discovered information.
Revision is not just an afterthought that gets only as much time as you have at the end of an assignment. ___27___, it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to ___28___ topics while prewriting is a type of revising. However, don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows training. Always make time to become your own __29__and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you ___30___ new ideas.
Revising involves __31__ the effectiveness and appropriateness(恰当)of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more ___32____, and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas you present. When you revise, ask yourself the following questions, keeping in mind the audience for whom you are writing: Is my main idea or purpose ___33__ throughout my draft? Do I ever lose sight of my purpose? Have I given my readers all of the __34___; that is, facts, opinions, inferences --- that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too many___35___ details that may confuse readers?
A.technique B.style C.process D.career
A.in particular B.as a result C.for example D.in other words
A.undergone B.skipped C.rejected D.replaced
A.rewrote B.released C.recorded D.reserved
A.addition B.response C.opposition D.contrast
A.fixed B.ambitious C.familiar D.fresh
A.However B.Moreover C.Instead D.Therefore
A.discuss B.switch C.exhaust D.cover
A.director B.master C.audience D.visitor
A.personal B.valuable C.basic D.delicate
A.mixing B.weakening C.maintaining D.assessing
A.specifically B.freshly C.swiftly D.loosely
A.amazing B.bright C.unique D.clear
A.angles B.evidence C.information D.hints
A.unnecessary B.uninteresting C.concrete D.final
完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、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。
On the morning of May 18, 2010, Enzo PiscoPo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back.
“I ________ so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,” he says. He became paralyzed (使瘫痪,使麻痹) from the waist down, Doctors said he’d likely never ________ again.
The last three years have been a challenging, but equally ________ , journey for Enzo, a Coca-Cola employee since 1966. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a ________ .
“These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,” Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so ________ after such a life-changing ________ . It’s a question, he admits; he’s asked himself more than a few times.
One particular ________ changed Enzo. A few weeks after his injury, he was talking to his wife in his hospital room. ________ focusing on what he had, he fixed his attention on what he thought he’d ________.
His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were ________ intact (完好无损的), and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they ________ to do, including traveling.
“That conversation ________ me that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kid,” he says.
Enzo, who returned to work three months after his injury, ________ that happiness is a choice. “You can find millions of ________ to either be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours. Many people who seemingly have everything are ________ , while some of the ________ people in the world are deeply happy. The ________ is focusing on the things that really matter. Today I make an effort to ________ all the ‘little things’ that make me happy. I still want to ________ and grow as a person in all aspects of my life, ________ I’m now enjoying the abundance of things I already have much more.
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完形填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A young man stole into a room through an open window. He ________ through all the room, but he didn’t find any money ________ a bankbook(存折). He thought, “If I have some credentials (证件)of the ________ , I’ll be able to get the money in the bank. ” Suddenly to his ________ , he caught sight of an identity card(身份证)on the ________ of the desk just before him. So he snatched it quickly and rushed to the bank with ________ .
________ the bankbook and the identity card, the woman clerk in the bank was so ________ that her face suddenly turned ________ and she sat there dumbfounded (发呆) for a minute. But she tried the best to hide her ________ , and then in a ________ voice said to the uncommon man, “Excuse me, can you tell me what is the ________ between you and the owner of the bankbook?” Being so ________,the young man who was waiting turned red:“He…he…oh, sorry, I ________ she…she is my wife…” “Now I see,”said the woman clerk, and almost at the time, she gave a quick ________ on a button. Immediately an aged policeman came out of a side room.
“Come along with me, young man! ” said the policeman.
“What’s the matter?” the man ________ back in a cold voice.
“Look at this!”it was a woman’s angry voice.
The man couldn’t ________ looking up and to his surprise he found ________ was the woman clerk who was holding the identity card ________ her face. Also, the photo on it suggested she happened to be the ________ owner of the bankbook.
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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。
My father was a self-taught mandolin (曼陀铃) player. He was one of the best string ________ players in our town. He could not ________ music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it.
Dad loved to play the mandolin for his ________ for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there, ________ his time and efforts to making sure that his family had enough in their life. I had grown into a man and had children of my own ________ I realized how much he had sacrificed.
I joined the United States Air________ in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home ________ , I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could ________ your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his ________ in his ability to play so well for his family.
In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was ________ in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand ________ by the machine. ________ he didn’t lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, it did ________ his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, every time we asked him to play, he would make ________ for why he couldn’t play. Eventually, we could persuade him and he would say, “Okay. But I can’t hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it didn’t make any ________ .
In August of 1993, my father was discovered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life ________ dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said “okay”. He knew it would probably be the ________ time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few ________ . When I looked around, there was not a ________ eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, ________ . As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad surely could play that Mandolin!
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At a gathering,we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments.It came around to Frank.
Frank began to tell us of his childhooD. "I in San Pedro.My Dad was a fisherman,and he loved the seA. He had his own boat,but it was making a living on the seA. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to the family."
He looked at us and said,"I you could have met my DaD. He was a big man,and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for the .When you got close to him,he like the ocean.He would wear his old coat and his overalls.No matter how much my mother them,they would still smell of the sea and of fish."
Frank's voice dropped a bit."When the weather was bad he would me to school.He had this old truck that was older than he was he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear.He would right in front of the school gate,and it seemed like everybody be standing around and watching.Then he would over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy.It was so for me.I was twelve years old,and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"
He and then went on,"I remember the day when I said 'No' ”
It was the first time I had ever talked to him that ,and he had this surprised look on his face.
I said,'Dad,I'm too for a goodbye kiss.'
My Dad looked at me for the longest time,and his eyes started to tear up.I had never seen him .He turned and looked out the windshield(挡风玻璃).'You're right,' he saiD. 'You are a big boy....a man.I won't kiss you anymore.'”
Frank got a sad look on his face,and the tears began to in his eyes,as he spoke."It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back.”
Tears were running down Frank’s cheeks.He spoke again."Guys,you don't know wha would .to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek. to feel his rough old face.to smell the ocean on him. to feel his arm around my neck.
I wish I had been a man then.If I had been a ,I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss."
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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,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. But I didn’t want my children to know we were poor, so when Christmas was drawing near, I decided to give them some money to buy some .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking what they wanted for Christmas. Luckily, I had saved$120 for __ to share by all five of us.The big arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开).We had two hours to shop, then we would back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually .She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies, fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,________to be angry again. This is what she told me.
“I was looking ________ thinking of what to buy, and I ________ to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees’. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ________ for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃).So I took the card off the tree and ________ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so ________ as I did that day.
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The story happened years ago,when my daughter was still little.
I was driving across the country with my daughter to ____ my husband. Since I intended to get to my destination before supper time, I drove ____ for a long time without a stop. Then after driving for many miles, I became tired and needed to stop for a break to get ____.
I found a rest area. It was mostly deserted, in a quiet area of the highway. I parked the car and carried my ____ into the restroom. When I came out I saw a middleaged __ _ wandering around. Feeling ____ about that, I asked the lady. What ____ me was: they were waiting for us!
The lady told me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our ____. She explained that sometimes rest areas could be a ____ place for a young lady like me. She told me that she had a daughter almost my age, so they wanted to make sure that I got safely back on my way.
I was very touched by their ____. Being young, and probably naive to the potential ____ of rest areas, it had never occurred to me that there was any possibility of something going wrong. I ____ them for their kindness. My daughter and I continued our journey and ____ our destination safely.
I never got their names but years have passed and their kindness is still not ____. Sometimes angels come in makeup and just because you can't see their ____ it doesn't mean they aren't angels.
A.desert B.stop C.join D.save
A.slowly B.quickly C.safely D.quietly
A.excited B.bored C.interested D.refreshed
A.daughter B.luggage C.license D.car
A.lady B.man C.couple D.angel
A.angry B.curious C.jealous D.terrible
A.surprised B.worried C.annoyed D.upset
A.room B.car C.area D.park
A.quiet B.noisy C.dangerous D.safe
A.devotion B.honesty C.potential D.consideration
A.stops B.dangers C.mistakes D.changes
A.forgave B.asked C.thanked D.blamed
A.reached B.left C.missed D.passed
A.seen B.forgotten C.deserted D.recognized
A.kindness B.safety C.faces D.wings
Two men, both seriously ill, were in the same hospital room. One man was allowed to 46 in his bed for an hour each afternoon for treatment. His 47 was next to the room's only window. The other man 48 spend all his time flat on his back. Every 49 when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he 50 pass the time by describing(描述) to his 51 all the things he could see outside the window. The window overlooked(远眺) a 52 with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children 53 their model boats. Young lovers walked 54 among flowers. As the man by the window described all this beautifully, the other man would close his eyes and 55 the scene.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the 56 body of the man by the window, who had died 57 in his sleep. She was sad and 58 the hospital attendants (服务员) to take the body away. 59 it seemed appropriate (合适的), the other man asked if he could 60 next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch(调换), and after 61 he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he sat up to take his 62 look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the 63 of seeing it for himself. He strained (紧张地) to slowly turn to 64 the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have forced his dead roommate to 65 those wonderful things outside this window. The nurse answered that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”
A.stand up B.lie down C.sit up D.sit down
A.room B.table C.seat D.bed
A.had to B.would rather C.prefer to D.rather than
A.morning B.evening C.afternoon D.dawn
A.will B.would C.should D.might
A.nurse B.workmate C.roommate D.doctor
A.park B.street C.farm D.field
A.played B.made C.started D.sailed
A.face to face B.shoulder to shoulder C.arm in arm D.back to back
A.describe B.tell C.hear D.imagine
A.strong B.warm C.sick D.lifeless
A.peacefully B.sadly C.secretly D.completely
A.looked B.found C.called D.saw
A.Before B.As soon as C.Although D.As far as
A.changed B.sit C.be moved D.be taken
A.making sure B.depending on C.making up D.accounting for
A.next B.first C.last D.another
A.surprise B.feeling C.try D.joy
A.look out B.look at C.glare at D.stare at
A.remember B.describe C.write D.talk
In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was 31 working and Christmas was the one day of the year 32 the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children valued it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even 33 — smelling it, touching it and loving it. Usually they tried to kept it for so 34 that it often went bad before they ate it.
This year John knew he would soon be 35 enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it 36 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday.
Christmas day finally came. The children were so 37 as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big 38 . Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John’s heart 39 . He turned and ran back to the cold room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears.
Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a 40 on her face held out her small hands. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John 41 his head, he saw a big juicy orange all peeled (剥皮) and quartered ……. Each child had sacrificed (舍弃) their own orange by 42 a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him.
John never forgot the sharing, love and personal sacrifice his friends had shown him that Christmas day. 43 that day, after he became rich, every year he 44 send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His 45 was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit!
A.forced B.passed C.taken D.spent
A.as B.when C.while D.which
A.months B.days C.years D.seasons
A.much B.soon C.long D.far
A.old B.strong C.tall D.experienced
A.seriously B.softly C.secretly D.carefully
A.nervous B.excited C.pleasant D.eager
A.cry B.disappointment C.surprise D.noise
A.jumped B.stopped C.broke D.settled
A.look B.tears C.comfort D.smile
A.shook B.lifted C.put D.turned
A.sharing B.breaking C.eating D.taking
A.In return for B.In case of C.In memory of D.In search of
A.must B.would C.might D.should
A.desire B.idea C.meaning D.thinking
Whenever I recall my childhood, there is one thing I remember clearly. My father used his 36 to let my mother 37 her parents who lived far away. There was just my younger brother and myself in the 38 . One evening, our father came home and there was no 39 , not even a piece of bread. My father had no money and he was as 40 as we were. My brother and I went to bed without having anything.
41 I knew from the expressions on my father’s face that he could not 42 us be hungry for long. He left the house, and about two hours later he 43 and woke us up. He had two small potato pies in his hands. I didn’t know where he got the money for the food but somehow he 44 to find a way. It was clear that he wanted to get his children 45 .
My father did not eat and had 46 all day but he sat there and felt 47 at seeing us eat. This has always stuck in my 48 . At that moment, I felt 49 knowing that he tried his best not to let us 50 , and he wanted us to know he was always there with us.
In 51 times, I think, it is important not to 52 weakness but strength. 53 the mother is the cement(黏合剂)that 54 a family together, then the father is the steel that strengthens that cement.
It is his values and 55 that have carried me forward and helped me deal with my own problems in life.
A.car B.ticket C.savings D.right
A.call B.visit C.bring D.invite
A.classroom B.office C.house D.farm
A.food B.drinks C.electricity D.gas
A.poor B.hungry C.angry D.sleepy
A.So B.Till C.But D.Since
A.hear B.let C.remember D.prevent
A.lost B.hid C.found D.returned
A.managed B.forgot C.needed D.refused
A.something B.nothing C.anything D.everything
A.bargained B.worked C.searched D.prepared
A.lucky B.sorry C.pleased D.regretful
A.mouth B.teeth C.mind D.chest
A.excited B.moved C.surprised D.frightened
A.change B.share C.wait D.suffer
A.difficult B.dangerous C.interesting D.comfortable
A.admit B.show C.discuss D.understand
A.Unless B.If C.Though D.Until
A.designs B.places C.takes D.holds
A.permission B.hobbies C.actions D.attitudes
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand (农场工人). At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he __31 to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social 32 with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was 33 because many farmhands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied with his 34 . In his words, he 35 thought of changing his job.
At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a schoolteacher. In the following spring I came 36 into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt 37 . She told Dad that they must make a 38 .
My mother had 39 of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and 40 . And she 41 that I would some day become a great leader 42 men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she 43 Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and 44 a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for 45 education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother’s hope, Dad and I 46 what we have today. Dad runs a big international 47 and I am a successful lawyer 48 great fame in my country, 49 not a leader as my mother expected.
Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand. 50 he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.
A.rode B.walked C.ran D.drove
A.conversations B.games C.relationships D.activities
A.cold B.crowded C.quiet D.dirty
A.horse B.entertainment C.life D.beer
A.often B.ever C.never D.sometimes
A.laughing B.singing C.sleeping D.crying
A.unimportant B.busy C.unsatisfied D.tired
A.living B.change C.decision D.house
A.dreamed B.heard C.thought D.spoken
A.honesty B.money C.fame D.energy
A.cared B.knew C.forgot D.hoped
A.training B.ruling C.helping D.protecting
A.warned B.wanted C.allowed D.persuaded
A.start B.find C.design D.sell
A.farther B.higher C.easier D.closer
A.showed B.kept C.lost D.achieved
A.company B.school C.farm D.café
A.suffering B.sharing C.enjoying D.following
A.though B.if C.and D.since
A.So B.However C.Or D.Because
第三节 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。
A young girl, Hattie, stood outside a small church. "I can't go to Sunday School," she said to the pastor(牧师). The next time the 21 met her he said "Hattie, we are going to have a larger Sunday school room soon. When we get the 22 with which to found a school building we are going to 23 one large enough to get all the little children in, and we are going to begin very soon to 24 the money for it."
The pastor did not see Hattie 25 , until he heard from her parents some two years later that Hattie died. As her poor little body was being moved, a purse was found. Inside was found 57 cents and a note 26 : "This is to help build the little church 27 so more children can go to Sunday school."
For two years she had saved for this offering of 28 . When the pastor tearfully read that 29 , he knew instantly what he would do. 30 this note, he told the 31 of her love and devotion.
A newspaper 32 the story and published it. A man 33 them a land worth many thousands. Checks came from far and wide. Within five years the little girl's gift had 34 to $250,000.00 a huge sum for that time.
Her unselfish love had 35 wonders. When you are in the city of Philadelphia, look up Temple University, 36 hundreds of students are trained. Have a look, 37 , at a Sunday School building which houses hundreds of Sunday scholars, 38 no child in the area will ever need to be left outside at Sunday school time. In one of the rooms of this 39 may be seen the picture of the sweet face of the little 40 whose 57 cents made such remarkable history.
21.A. assistant B. teacher C. pastor D. professor
22.A. chance B. time C. help D. money
23.A. build B. buy C. visit D. damage
24.A. spend B. raise C. waste D. return
25.A. again B. completely C. either D. suddenly
26.A. lasted B. read C. searched D. posted
27.A. stronger B. taller C. bigger D. smaller
28.A. art B. life C. honor D. love
29.A. note B. notice C. need D. worry
30.A. Joining B. Carrying C. Setting D. Adding
31.A. use B. matter C. story D. cost
32.A.learned of B. called for C. made up D. brought back
33.A. sent B. offered C. caught D. carried
34.A. gathered B. turned C. increased D. fallen
35.A. covered B. beaten C. made D. done
36.A. where B. when C. which D. that
37.A. already B. too C. instead D. though
38.A. as long as B. even if C. so that D. ever since
39.A. library B. cinema C. church D. building
40.A. scientist B. writer C. boy D. Girl
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