完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~45各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up near the sea. For more than 40 years, he raced in international sailing competitions.
In 1987, Kierman was competing in an around-the-world race when he began to the huge amount of rubbish in the world’s oceans. When he returned to Australia, he to do something about it.
He organized a community called “Clean Up Sydney Harbour.” On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40,000 volunteers came out to away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the clean-up a national event. It was a huge . Across Australia, about 300,000 people spent the day improving their local .
Since then, “Clean Up Australia” has got every year. In 2002, for example,800,000 people cleaned up almost 15,000 tons of rubbish from Australia’s beaches, parks and streets.
Kierman was with the success of his project. In 2003, he started an even bigger program. With the of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced “Clean Up the World”, an international program that supports communities around the world in cleaning up and protecting the environment. “Clean Up the World” has grown and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.
1.A. save B. collect C. notice D. produce
2.A. refused B. decided C. pretended D. stopped
3.A. law B. party C. company D. event
4.A. clear B. send C. turn D. give
5.A. problem B. success C. surprise D. failure
6.A. culture B. project C. government D. environment
7.A. older B. smaller C. bigger D. faster
8.A. happy B. angry C. disappointed D. concerned
9.A. need B. help C. hope D. action
10.A. loudly B. gently C. rapidly D. busily
语法选择(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从1~20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once, a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument. One day, a magic man the king a harp(竖琴).
The king took it to the palace, but he played it, the harp sounded terrible. Many people tried it. They agreed that the harp was and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish.
A poor little girl found the harp, and even though she didn’t know how it, she decided to have a try. She played and played, the whole day through, for months and years. The music she produced was never perfect, each time it sounded a little better.
Then one day, suddenly, the harp started to play the most beautiful music. It was in fact magic harp, and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort.
The king heard the music from his window, and called the girl to the palace. When the king saw that she was playing his old harp, he was filled joy. At that moment he made the girl his own private , giving her and her family many riches.
1.A. offer B. offers C. offered D. has offered
2.A. when B. before C. if D. because
3.A. another B. other C. others D. the other
4.A. used B. using C. useless D. uselessness
5.A. late B. lately C. latest D. later
6.A. played B. to play C. playing D. to playing
7.A. so B. and C. or D. but
8.A. a B. an C. the D. /
9.A. in B. of C. by D. with
10.A. music B. musical C. musician D. musically
Could you tell me ______ a moment ago?
A. what were they talking about
B. what are they talking about
C. what they were talking about
D. what they are talking about
--- ______will the invitations be sent to our guests? --- In three days.
A. How often B. How soon C. How long D. How far
Many houses ______ by the earthquake and thousands of people were left homeless.
A. damaged B. were damaged
C. were damaging D. are damaged
The boy looked ______ because he didn’t pass his maths exam.
A. sad B. sadness C. saddest D. sadly