Question

.完形填空．（共20小题；每小题1.5分满分30分）先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

A young man was interested in jade(玉)stones. So he went to Mr Smith,a gemologist(玉家)，to learn from him. Mr. Smith refused because he feared(害怕) that the young man would not have ______ to learn.The young man asked for a chance again and again. _______ Mr Smith agreed and told him “Be here tomorrow”

The next morning the young man came.Mr Smith put a jade stone in the young man’s hand and told him to________ it.He then went about his work.The young man sat quietly and waited.

The following morning,Mr Smith again ______ a jade stone in the young man’s hand and told him to hold it.On the third,fourth,and _______day,Mr Smith did the same thing and repeated his______.On the sixth day,the young man held the jade stone,  _______he could no longer stand the silence.”When am I going to learn something?”asked the young man.

“You will learn,”said Mr Smith and went about his work..

Several more days went by and the young man felt very ________ .One morning he was asked to do it once more.As soon as he held it,the young man shouted _______ looking at his hand,”This is not the same jade stone!”

“You have begun to _______,”said Mr Smith.

1.A.chance    B.ability   C.patience     D.time

2.A.Slowly    B.Sliently  C.Quickly     D.Finally

3.A.cut       B.hold     C.touch       D.watch

4.A.placed    B.took     C.gave        D.sent

5.A.third      B.fourth   C.fifth         D.sixth

6.A.instructions B.suggestions C.promise    D.decisions

7.A.and       B.but      C.or        D.so

8.A.unhappy   B.excited   C.surprised    D.pleased

9.A.at        B.on       C.without     D.by

10.A.refuse     B.follow    C.accept     D.learn

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个年轻的人对玉石感兴趣，他去找一个玉石专家Mr Smith，像他学习，但是Mr Smith拒绝他了，是因为怕他没有耐心，在学习的过程中，老师每天让他握着那个玉石，过了几天他感到有些不高兴了，突然有一天我喊了出来，因为手中的玉石有了感觉。

1.A.chance 机会；B.ability能力；C.patience耐心；D.time时间；

结合语境可知Mr. Smith拒绝了，因为他害怕这个年轻的人将没有耐心。故选C。

2..A.Slowly慢地；B.Sliently沉默地；C.Quickly 快速地；D.Finally最后地；结合句意可知这个人一次又一次的请求，最后Mr Smith同意了，并告诉他明天来。故选D

3.；A.cut 切；B.hold 握住；C.touch 触摸；D.watch观看；表示Mr Smith把一块玉石放到这个年轻人的手里，告诉他握住它，故选B

4.54.A.placed放置；B.took 带去；C.gave给；D.sent发送；联系上下文可知第二天Mr Smith又放了一块玉石在这个人的手里，告诉他把他握住，故选A

5.A.third 第三；B.fourth第四；C.fifth第五；D.sixth第六；

根据句意：在第三天，和第四天和第五天Mr Smith做相同的事情；故选C。

6.A.instructions说明 B.suggestions建议 C.promise答应 D.decisions决定；根据句意可知，重复他的说明。故选A。

7. A.and 和，又 ；B.but但是；C.or 或者；D.so因此；根据句意但是，他不在沉默地站在那。故选B

8.. A.unhappy不高兴的；B.excited激动的；C.surprised吃惊的；D.pleased高兴的；根据句意又过了几天，这个年轻的人们感到不高兴的。故选A。

9.Without表示没有；结合语境可知年轻的人没有看着他的手，喊道。故选C

10.A.refuse拒绝；B.follow跟随；C.accept接受；D.learn学习；

结合语境可知，你已经开始在学习了。故选D。

考点：人生百味类短文。