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第一节完形填空 Japanese high school students do not drive cars. Many either walk or ride bicycles if distance is not too great. In other cases, a lot of students must 1 public buses and trains, often changing lines several times in order to reach their 2 . it is common for students to 3 two or more hours each day on public transportation. After junior high school, students attend schools based on standardized high school entrance examination scores. As a result some students travel a great distance to 4 the school. The school day begins at 8:30, so students may leave home as early as 6:30. While some students sleep or study during their long travel, public transportation also 5 a chance for socializing with peers. Students 6 to school is regulated by school policies. There policies may prohibit 7 activities in public－chewing gum, consuming snacks, 8 books while walking－anything that might reflect 9 on the reputation of the school. Each school has a unique uniform that makes its students easily identifiable to the public. School policies often require students to 10 on buses and trains, leaving seats open for other passengers in order to show his thoughtfulness（关怀；体贴） towards others. ( ) 1. A. go B .have C. take D. get ( ) 2. A. homes B. destinations C. schools D. classrooms ( ) 3. A. take B. cost C. spend D .have ( ) 4. A. go B. leave C. attend D .pass ( ) 5. A. gives B. offers C. sends D .takes ( ) 6. A. on the way B. in the way C .by the way D. at the way ( ) 7. A. sure B. certain C. special D. probable ( ) 8. A. carrying B. taking C. holding D .reading ( ) 9. A. worse B. well C. badly D. truly ( ) 10. A. silence B. sit C. seat D. stand
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According to the Hong Kong-based newspaper Ta Kung Pao, Jackie Chan 11 participated in the promotion of many famous brands of clothing, shoes and food in recent years. Several days ago, he showed the public a 12 (limit) edition four-wheel drive car, 13 is especially made 14 his personal taste. At the press conference in Singapore a few days ago, Jackie said that he 15 have cooperated with Parjero, but the plan was suspended （暂缓）because of the sudden death of the car 16 (design). Later he decided to work with his old partner Ralliart, one of the brands of Mitsubishi, and finally rolled out (正式推出) this limited edition car with a storage capacity of 3,500 cubic centimeters of oil. Only 50 such cars will be available in the world. As a car fan, Jackie has participated in 17 car design himself. The car, 18 (decorate) with the symbols of “dragon”, is said to be comfortable and powerful. Jackie said that making this car was 19 (fulfill) his dream, not to make money. The price of the car has not been announced yet due to 20 status of the limited edition and different taxation systems all over the world.
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第二节语法填空 Table manners vary from culture to culture. What is acceptable in one country 11 be considered extremely rude in another . Here we will tell you about the traditional table manners 12 the modern table manners in Korea . 13 ( tradition ), it was the woman’s job to cook food and 14 ( set ) the table . The woman would sit 15 her husband to make sure that he had everything he needed for a pleasant meal . Only 16 the husband finished , would the woman and her children eat . Nowadays, table manners have changed a lot. 17 of the family members eat together at the same time . It is common to see everyone help with the meal, 18 ( include ) the husband. One tradition , however, has not changed . It is that the oldest person starts the meal. 19 ( stay ) until the oldest person is finished is considered to be 20 basic tradition of Korean table manners .
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第一节 完形填空 You’ve just finish you’re a-levels and you’ve got a place at university, but you’d really like a break from the academic world. Why not think about taking a year out? While most students go 1 from school to university, more and more people today are choosing to spend a year at “the university of life” 2 . There are lots of things to choose from. You could work in a bank or do community work. You might even do something challenging, such as 3 an exploration（探险）to the Amazon rainforest. The experience will 4 your horizons and teach you new skills. It may also give you the chance to earn some money, which will be very helpful when you 5 start your studies. If you are interested in taking a year out, you must make sure that the university will 6 your place for you till next year. Most are quite happy to do this, 7 they find that year-out students are 8 experienced, confident, and independent. But don’t forget: it’s a year out not a year 9 . Your university will want to know what you’re going to do. They won’t be very pleased if you just want to do _10 for a year. So what would do with a year out? ( ) 1. A. easily B. simply C. fast D. straight ( ) 2. A. last B. first C. at last D. at first ( ) 3. A. participating B. joining C. attending D. expecting ( ) 4. A. broaden B. spread C. improve D. raise ( ) 5. A. hopefully B. willingly C. eventually D. happily ( ) 6. A. hold B. leave C. occupy D. remain ( ) 7. A. however B. though C. as D. when ( ) 8. A. less B. much C. even D. more ( ) 9. A. in B. off C. away D. through ( ) 10. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
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第二节：语法填空 In the past few years, quite a number of men and women have chosen to do something less competitive. They are afraid that the stress and strains of work will rob them ____11_ ___ joy and happiness and ____12 ____ them harm both physically and mentally. In fact, however, stress isn’t the bad thing ____13____ it is often supposed to be. Above all, ____14____ it gets out of control, a certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and challenge, and to give purpose and significance to ____15____, otherwise meaningless, idle life. ____16___, people under stress tend to express their full range of potential and to actualize their own _____17____(person) worth—the very aim of a human life. Stress is a natural part of everyday life and _____18 ___ is no way to avoid it. What we can do is ____19____(develop) our adaptive abilities to deal with it rather than to escape ____20___ it.
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第一节 完形填空 People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents DVDs, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City 21 has only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes have. But how do you explain the following? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is “22 ”，year after year. People wait half an hour for a parking space to become 23 ． This outdoor festival, 24 by a newspaper, occurs every April for one weekend. This year’s attendance was about 145,000. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an 25 question period following each talk. Book lovers were also able to collect some of the signatures of their favourite authors. A food store sold all kinds of popular foods. 26 a＄7 parking fee, the festival was free. Even so, some people 27 the food store prices by 28 taking in their own sandwiches and drinks． The idea for the festival occurred years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed. 29 book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would Los Angeles people welcome one?“Los Angeles people are very 30 ，”said one of the festival founders． 1. A. cinemas B. libraries C. supermarkets D. parkings 2. A. broken out B. carried out C. sold out D. run out 3. A. possible B. available C. acceptable D. useful 4. A. bought B. discovered C. taken D. sponsored 5. A. expert B. accurate C. audience D. optimistic 6. A. Except for B. Consisting of C. Rather than D. Along with 7. A. avoided B. increased C. asked D. bargained 8. A. openly B. secretly C. slowly D. naturally 9. A. As if B. When C. Even that D. Although 10. A. confident B. unexpected C. friendly D. unpredictable
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第二节：语法填空 On keeping a Diary in English Keeping a diary in English is one of the 11._____ (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability. 12.______ (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes 13.______ time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. 14.______ we persist in this practice, gradually we’ll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many 15.______. In the first place, 16.______ often happens that we have trouble finding appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. 17.______ it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly. As far as I 18.______ (concern), my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is 19.______ great use to keep a diary in English for 20.______ development of our writing skills.
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第二节：语法填空 There are two main reasons 11 the temperature of the air is always 12 （change）. One reason is that the air around you moves in from somewhere else . Air usually moves in large bodies 13 (call) air masses. Some air masses move in from the north. These air masses usually have cold air that cause the temperature 14 (drop). Air masses also move in from the south. They usually have 15 (warm) air that causes the temperature to rise. Temperature changes during the day or night can be great 16 small. This depends partly 17 how many clouds are in the sky. 18 there are many clouds during the night, they act like tile covers on your bed. They blanket the earth and keep the air from losing much of 19 heat. The temperature usually does not drop much during such a night. When there are many clouds during 20 day, some of the sun's energy will not reach the earth. The temperature usually does not rise much on such a day.
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第一节：完形填空 It’s not just an American phenomenon: 1 the globe, single-parent homes are on the 2 . Numbers for one-parent families increased from England to Australia during the 1990s, mirroring demographic (人口统计学的) changes reflected in the US census. Just as in America, those changes 3 new questions about how 4 government should be in helping single-parent families, which often are less well-off 5 than those led by a married mom and dad. Should single parents be afforded tax breaks to help pay for child 6 ? Should employers be monitored to make 7 flexible work hours are offered? Annie Oliver, a 32-year-old single mother from Bristol, England, thinks so. “You wouldn’t believe 8 becoming a single parent suddenly made me a second-class 9 ,” said Oliver, who struggles to 10 a full-time job and give the extra care her disabled son needs. ( ) 1. A. on B. in C. across D. through ( ) 2. A. rise B. way C. fall D. decrease ( ) 3. A. asked B. answered C. avoided D. raised ( ) 4.A. included B. concluded C. involved D. intended ( ) 5. A. physically B. financially C. mentally D. spiritually ( ) 6. A. care B. growth C. happiness D. concern ( ) 7. A. clear B. known C. out D. sure ( ) 8. A. when B. what C. how D. why ( ) 9. A. employee B. citizen C. partner D. mother ( ) 10. A. keep B. look for C. find D. own
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第二节：语法填空 I have a friend who must be the sweetest, shyest person in the world. He is forty years old, rather short and 11 (skin), and has a thin moustache and even thinner hair on his head. Since his vision is not perfect, he wears glasses: 12 are small, round and frameless. He always walks sideways so 13 not to inconvenience anyone. Instead of saying “Excuse me”, he prefers to glide by one side. 14 the gap is so narrow that it will not allow him to pass, Luke waits patiently 15 the obstruction (障碍物) moves by itself. Stray dogs and cats panic him, and in order to avoid them, he constantly crosses from one side of the road to the 16 . He speaks in 17 very thin, subtle voice, so inaudible that it is hard to tell if he is speaking at 18 . He has never interrupted anybody. On the other hand, he can never manage more than two words without 19 (interrupt). This does not seem to irritate him; in fact, he actually appears happy 20 (be) able to utter(发出) those two words.
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第一节：完形填空 It was said by Sir George Bernard Shaw that "England and America are two countries separated by the same language". My first personal ___1___ of this was when I worked as a camp instructor for two months in 2006 in a Summer camp __2__ by the Boy Scouts of America, __3__ part of an international leader exchange program. Before I went, all the participants in the program were given a list of words that are in common __4__ in the UK which Americans would either be confused by or would __5__ make them angry. I memorized the words and thought "I'll manage." However, when I finally arrived in the States three months later, I realized that perhaps a lifetime of watching American television was not __6__ preparation for appreciating and __7__ the differences between American and British speech. In the first hour of arriving at the camp, I was __8__ to High School American English, Black American English and the American English spoken by other ordinary people, all very __9__ to each other. Needless to say, I __10__ manage in the end. The Americans I met were very helpful, and I found they were patient with me when I made a social communicative mistake when I used an inappropriate word or phrase. ( ) 1. A. chance B. opinion C. viewpoint D. experience ( ) 2. A. run B. set C. controlled D. found ( ) 3. A. with B. for C. as D. like ( ) 4. A. sense B. practice C. phenomenon D. use ( ) 5. A. even B. ever C. hardly D. never ( ) 6. A. wrong B. adequate C. true D. real ( ) 7. A. helping with B. doing with C. dealing with D. comparing with ( ) 8. A. shown B. put C. faced D. exposed ( ) 9. A. similar B. alike C. different D. opposite ( ) 10. A. did B. should C. might D. would
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第二节：语法填空 In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom, __11______ 8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop _12_____ sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream?" "Fifty-cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled _13_____ right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of ___14___ in it. "How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit __15_____ (patience). "Thirty-five cents," she said _16_____ (rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins _17_____. "I will have a plain ice cream," he said. The waitress walked _18______. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long _19_____ the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised at what she saw. There, _20_____ (place) neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies --- her tip!
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第一节：完形填空 San Francisco is a big city which lies in the west of the United States very near the Pacific, where two earth's plates often meet and jump. So earthquake is a 1 word to hear there. It is recorded that at least 2 big earthquakes have happened in San Francisco since the beginning of the _3 century. One happened in 1906, the other in 1989. The second worst earthquake _4 San Francisco on the evening of October 17, 1989, when people were traveling to their 5 . A wide and busy overhead road fell onto the one 6 _. Many people were killed in their cars. A few 7 ones were not hurt, but many thousands became 8 . A large number of weak buildings didn't _9 in the quake and the 10 electricity was cut off for several days, too. ( ) 1. A. terrible B. sad C. usual D. funny ( ) 2. A. two B. three C. four D. five ( ) 3. A. 17th B.18th C. 19th D 20th ( ) 4. A. shook B. felt C. discovered D. moved ( ) 5. A. offices B. homes C. factories D. schools ( ) 6. A. above B. nearby C. below D. round ( ) 7. A. young B. tall C. strong D. lucky ( ) 8. A. homeless B. jobless C. friendless D. childless ( ) 9. A. put up B. go up C. stay up D. turn up ( ) 10. A. company's B. school's C. country's D. city's
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第二节: 语法填空 Vitamins are a group of substances（物质）found in food. The body needs them for life and health. So usually, many people care for the question: am I getting enough vitamins, and am I getting the right kind? Even though very small amounts of each vitamin are enough for the needs of the body, the worry people have about vitamins has some reasons. And this has to do with their ___11_ --- the food they take in. A person eating a good variety of food get all the vitamins now ___12 ___ (know) to be needed. The problem is that there are many people who don’t ___13_ __ foods wisely. So the answer ___14 ___ this question is: No extra ___15_ __ are needed, ___16 __ you eat proper foods. In fact, many of the vitamins cannot be ___17_ __（store） in the body, so when extra vitamins are taken in, the body simply gets rid of them. It is even ___18 ___ (harm) to put too much of certain vitamins into the body. This has been found to be ___19 (truth) of vitamin A and D, when ___20 ___ amounts are taken in.
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第一节：完形填空 My friend Gayle has been "living" with cancer for four years and it is progressively getting worse. One day Gayle 1 that one of her childhood wishes was to have a red Radio Flyer bicycle. As a child she never received one because she believed that if you told your birthday wish it wouldn't 2 . I was at an ice cream stand one day and in the window was a miniature (微型的) red Radio Flyer bicycle that could be won in a 3 drawing (抽奖). For each ice cream you could fill out a ticket for a chance to win. After several weeks and many ice creams, I didn't win. I got up the courage to ask the person 4 if I could buy one. T 'went to the window and as I began 5 , I could feel my throat 6 and my eyes overflowed with tears. However I managed to tell him the story, and after writing a 7 I left carrying it. The bicycle was 8 the next day, and Gayle's dream came true. The following day I received a letter that read: Dear Bonnie, Once in a while there is an opportunity to pass on a 9 I lost my parents to cancer six months ago. I cared for both of them but could not have done it without the love and generosity of friends - friends who 10 . The best to you, Norma It was from the owner of the ice cream stand. Enclosed was my uncashed check. ( ) 1. A. expressed B. whispered C. told D. ordered ( ) 2. A. realize B. appear C. happen D. come true ( ) 3. A. daily B. weekly C. monthly D. yearly ( ) 4. A. in the charge B. in charge C. in office D. in public ( ) 5. A. to say B. to tell C. to weep D. to speak ( ) 6. A. tighten B. loosen C. dry D. wet ( ) 7. A. name B. check C. notice D. note ( ) 8. A. bought B. came C. ridden D. delivered ( ) 9. A. hand B. check C. kindness D. bicycle ( ) 10. A. care B. treasure C. value D. promise
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第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分） Television is now playing a very important part in our life. But television, like many 11 things, has both advantages and disadvantages. Do the 12 outweigh (比…更重要) the latter? In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also 13 comparatively cheap one. For a family of four, for example, it is 14 as well as cheaper to sit comfortably at home, with almost unlimited entertainment available, than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere. All they have to do is 15 (press) a button, and they can see plays, films, operas, and shows of every kind, not to mention the latest 16 (excite) football match. Some people, 17 maintain that this is precisely 18 the danger lies. The television viewer makes no choice and exercises no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything 19 (present) to 20 without any effort on his part.
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完形填空 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项: It is always interesting to visit another country, especially for those who have never traveled a great deal. Foreign __1__ can be very educational for __2__ if he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand. Learning the language of the new country would be __3__ for the traveler, but the benefits of __4__ an effort would become obvious immediately __5__ his travel. It may not seem important to him when he comfortably stays at home, but knowing __6__ to order a meal or rent a room is necessary for the newcomer in a strange country. Without __7__ the language, it is very difficult for the stranger to __ 8__ the people of the new country and their customs. To be sure, he can see places and things without the use of a language, but places and things are not the heart of any country. To get the greatest __9__ from a trip to another country, it is __ 10__ important for the visitor to have an understanding of the language. ( ) 1. A. travel B. country C. language D. people ( ) 2. A. someone B. everyone C. anyone D. no one ( ) 3. A. usual B. easy C. difficult D. interesting ( ) 4. A. so B. what C. quite D. such ( ) 5. A. after B. before C. for D. at ( ) 6. A. why B. who C. how D. when ( ) 7. A. hearing B. knowing C. saying D. reading ( ) 8. A. see B. recognize C. understand D. believe ( ) 9. A. benefit B. success C. satisfaction D. money ( ) 10. A. how B. indeed C. also D. finally
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第二节语法填空 I was always told that the three Ps, patience, positive thinking and perseverance（毅力），were a sure path 31 success. But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school maths exam is one example. The exam, 32 was originally to be held in our classroom, 33 (change) to the library at the last minute. This, 34 ，didn’t bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax 35 ．But my mood quickly changed when I saw一36 first question. I had no idea how to do it. I tried to stay positive and persevered 37 I finally found the solution. With the problem 38 (solve), I felt proud of my achievement. 39 (fortunate), I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left 40 (complete) the rest!
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