语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board (烫衣板) and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”
Mom clearly explained her reasons 1.________ this lesson. I was going to be in dependent and need to learn this important skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and 2.________ (proper) ironed clothes would help me make a good3.________ (impress) .
“ Learn to iron a shirt.” Mum said, “4. ________ you can iron anything.”
But ironing shirts was not easy work. It didn’t make use of long muscles (肌肉) we used5. ________ (throw) a baseball, and it wasn’t a special operation like ice-skating. Ironing was 6. ________driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet. 7. ________ , an iron produced steam and it carried some danger. If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get 8.________ (burn). If you forgot to turn it off when you went away, you might burn down the house.
Over the years, I have learned to iron shirts skillfully, 9. ________ gives me a sense of pride.
10.________ failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.
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 mind seems always to return to the day when I met Carl. I got on a bus, and ________ a place to sit. ________ , I spotted a place near the back.
The occupant( 占有者) of the ________ next to the one I was going for was an older man. Taking the seat next to the man, I began to read the________ I ’d been carrying. The man ________ next to me introduced himself by asking if I ’d read any other books like the one I was ________ holding. When I told him I had, he seemed to become interested, and, to tell the truth, ________ did I.
His name was Carl. He told me about how he loved jazz music and we ________ many stories and a lot of laughs. Carl and I talked about a lot of different things. The more we talked, the more ________ we became at how much the two of us really had________,despite (尽管) the age________ . Finally, Carl happily ________ at his stop. I haven’t seen him since then, but the thought of our ________ that day never leaves my mind.
Carl really makes me think about how much we can learn from each other ________ we just________ the barriers (障碍) we’ve got. I mean, I would have ________ thought before that day that I could have anything in common with someone so much________ than I . But Carl ________ me no matter how old we are ,we are just people, and we should make an extra ________ to try and get to know our neighbors and people we see every day. If we all took the time to try to ________ each other, the world would be a much better place.
1.A. gave up B. took over C. looked for D. picked out
2.A. Above all B. At last C. After all D. In all
3.A. seat B. room C. car D. position
4.A. map B. story C. newspaper D. book
5.A. standing B. seated C. lying D. walking
6.A. presently B. rightly C. frequently D. fortunately
7.A. neither B. as C. so D. such
8.A. told B. shared C. changed D. wrote
9.A. frightened B. ashamed C. amazed D. impressed
10.A. in trouble B. in total C. in need D. in common
11.A. limit B. difference C. range D. group
12.A. went down B. got on C. took off D. got off
13.A. performance B. speech C. connection D. behavior
14.A. though B. since C. as D. if
15.A. break down B. break through C. break off D. break into
16.A. often B. never C. just D. already
17.A. stronger B. taller C. better D. older
18.A. taught B. reminded C. warned D. promised
19.A. plan B. decision C. move D. effort
20.A. support B. meet C. understand D. remember
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Aquarium (养鱼缸)
An aquarium can be a small container for a few goldfish. 1. Aquariums give people the chance to observe an ecosystem (生态系统) very different from their own.
People who like fish often keep aquariums as a hobby. Popular fish for home aquariums include goldfish, guppies and bettas. Home aquariums can be as small as a bowl or as large as an entire wall. For their fish to survive, owners must make sure that their aquariums stay clean and that the water is the right temperature. They must not put too many fish or natural enemies together. 2.
Found in many large cities, public aquariums are buildings with large tanks of fish and other water animals. Different tanks contain fish, and salty waters. People come to see and learn about fish and their habitats. 3. . Marine biologists (海洋生物学家) help the animals to get well and then return them to the wild.
People have kept fish in man-made habitats for at least 4,500 years. The ancient Sumerians, Egyptians, and Romans kept fish in aquariums. 4. Man-made ponds filled with fish later became popular in European gardens. The trend spread to North America in 1800s. In 1853 the zoological Society of London, England, opened the first public aquarium. 5. More people also began keeping fish in small aquariums at home.
A. The Chinese kept goldfish in ponds and bowls.
B. Public aquariums soon opened in many other major cities.
C. They also must provide the right type and amount of food.
D. Public aquariums often care for sick or injured water animals, too.
E. There are some open-air aquariums in places where the climate(气候) permits.
F. It can also be a building that displays a large collection of water animals.
G. Fish have been raised as food in pools and ponds for thousands of years.
Sleep is just as important as diet and exercise, and not getting enough sleep can lead to obesity, heart trouble and other health problems. Now scientists are adding more wake-up call to that list: lack of sleep damages the brain.
People who regularly have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep (one study drew the line at 6.8 hours ) show changes in brain-----actual shrinking(缩小)，in some cases--- in area important for memory and problem solving.
“We’ve always believed that we can take the weekend to catch up and be fine,” says Sigrid Veasey, a researcher in University of Pennsylvania, but that may not be the case. When she stopped mice from sleeping for 3 days, they lost 25% to 30% of the neurons (神经元) important for focused attention---- and these remaining were damaged. What’s more, these brain cells never grew again.
Clearly, something important is happening while we sleep, but exactly what sleep does for the brain has been a mystery. That’s why scientists got excited when researchers at the university of Rochester Medical Center recently offered a new theory. While observing the brains of sleeping mice, they discovered a kind of brain-cleaning system that clears away neural waste, the buildup of which is connected with Alzheimer’s.
In another study, young healthy people whose sleep was limited to 7 hours per night for one week showed damaged brain function. Scarier is that with long-lasting short sleep, you may feel fully rested. When study subjects were limited to 4 hours of sleep for 5 days, they reported feeling very tired following the first night but they didn’t get any sleepier after that.
What’s more, a 15,000 –person study found that getting an average of less than 5 hours of sleep per night for several years resulted in a decrease in memory performance equal to the brain aging 2 years.
Have we persuaded you to turn in early tonight ? Excellent.
1.The text is mainly about _________.
A. how lack of sleep damages our brain.
B. why we feel rested without enough sleep.
C. how much sleep we should get every day.
D. Why we have trouble falling asleep sometimes.
2.Sigrid Veasey’s research shows that ________
A. lack of sleep doesn’t affect our attention.
B. damaged brain cells can not recover.
C. sleeping on weekends can make up for lost sleep.
D. most neurons will die if we sleep poorly for 3 days.
3.According to paragraph 5, after several days of short sleep people may feel _________.
A. tired B. sleepy
C. energetic D. angry
4.According to the 15,000-person study, lack of sleep may cause ___________.
A. heart trouble B. obesity
C. death D. memory loss
Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that. That’s when I learned about the Lighthouse project.
I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly, neither did my family.
Finally, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application (申请). After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I received a call asking me to report for duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria.
After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and greatly in need of proper accommodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes and food as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught in it. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.
Sometimes during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and I returned to the USA a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.
1.What do we know about the author?
A. His dream at university was to become a volunteer.
B. He took pride in making contributions to the world.
C. His university education focused on the theoretical knowledge.
D. He had dreamed about being a volunteer since he was in college.
2.According to paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author __________.
A. felt happy to leave his family and friends.
B. discussed his decision with his family.
C. asked previous volunteers about voluntary work.
D. attended special training to finish difficult tasks.
3.The underlined word “accommodation” in paragraph 4 means ________________.
A. drinking water.
B. English teachers.
C. living places and food
D. teaching buildings.
4.What can we infer from the author’s experiences In Nigeria?
A. He was chosen as the best teacher by his students.
B. He found some difficulty getting used to the local culture.
C. He had learned to communicate in the local language.
D. He had overcome all his weakness before he left for home.
Mark felt that it was time for him to take part in his community, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work. The area’s city councilwoman (女议员) was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was decreasing. The neighborhood faced many problems.
Mark looked at the chart taped to the walls. There are charts for parking problems, crime, and for problems in vacant buildings. People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman.
It was too much for Mark. “ The problems are too big. ” he thought. He turned to the man next to him and said ,“ I think this is a waste of my time. Nothing I could do would make a difference here.”
Mark thought some more on his way to the bus stop. “ People should just take care of themselves.” He decided. “That’s enough to do. I can’t take on all the problems of the world.”
As he neared the bus stop, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery bag and a baby. She was trying to unlock her car, but she didn’t have a free hand. As Mark got closer, her other child, a little boy, suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved , her bag shifted and the groceries started to fall out. Mark ran to take the boy’s arm and led him back to his mother. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. “ Thanks!” she said. “You have got great timing!”
“ Just being neighborly,” Mark said. As he rode home, he had a quick look at the walls of the bus. On one of them was “Small acts of kindness add up.” Mark smiled and thought, “ Maybe that’s a good place to start.”
1.The underlined word “darted” in paragraph 5 can be replaced by ________.
A. walked B. marched
C. climbed D. rushed
2. Which phrases can’t describe the woman in the passage?
A. at a loss B. at a panic
C. helpless D. scared to death
3.What does “ Maybe that’s a good place to start ” suggest?
A. If you are kind you will be treated in the same way.
B. All small acts will add up to kindness.
C. Everyone can play his part to make things better.
D. It’s a small act to help a person in need.
