Question

二、完形填空。(15分)

   Jenny was my grandmother's sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and 1 in 2000. It was 2 that she didn't live to celebrate (庆祝) her 100th birthday,3 she had a good,long life.

   She had already been a professional 4 before many women had jobs. She taught in Africa for many years. Then she 5 Malaysiaand taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn't travel 6  a plane,so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months 7  fromEnglandtoMalaysiain those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling 8 easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.

  Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at 9 stories. I always loved to hear her 10 her stories. They were 11 interesting that I 12 listen to her when I was free. It was 13 that she could remember everything even though she was so 14 . I think it was because she never stopped 15 My grandmother's sister was really an amazing woman.

() 1. A. death     B. die         C. dead   D. died

() 2. A. a pity    B. happy       C. lucky   D. exciting

() 3. A. but       B. and         C. or   D. so

() 4. A. nurse     B. teacher     C. doctor   D. worker

() 5. A. moved     B. moved to    C. moved away   D. move to

() 6. A. on        B. at          C. to   D. by

() 7. A. to sail   B. sailing     C. to fly   D. to drive

() 8. A. too         B. much      C. more   D. quite

() 9. A. listening   B. saying    C. speaking   D. telling

() 10. A. talk to    B. talk with   C. talk about   D. to talk about

() 11. A. so   B. such   C. very                D. too

() 12. A. hated to   B. refused to   C. wouldn’t like to   D. would like to

() 13. A. boring     B. relaxing   C. amazing   D. excited

() 14. A. old        B. young      C. foolish   D. bad

() 15. A.work and think   B. working and thinking

            C. to work arid think   D. to work or think

Answer 1

1.D 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.A 7.A 8.B 9.D 10.C 11.A 12.D 13.C 14.A 15.B

1. D 

(根据上下文可知这里指的是她去世的日期。故选   D. )

2.A

(根据下文she didn't live to celebrate her 100th birthday ,这

应该是个遗憾的事情。故选A. )

3. A 

(尽管她没能活到过100岁生日那天，但是这也算是很幸 福、长寿的了。故选A. )

4. B

 (根据下文可知道“她一生在世界各地教学”可以推断她是 一名教师。故选   B. )

5. B 

(根据所给的四个选项可推断她搬到了马来西亚。move to 意为“搬到某地”。故选   B. )

6. A 

(travel on a plane = travel by plane 意为“乘飞机旅行”，故 选A. )

7. A 

(根据it takes sb. some time to do sth.可以确定此处用动词不定式，故排除B;根据上文she had to travel there by ship 可以断定这里应该填to sail。故选A. )

8. B 

(too和quite修饰原级，more本为比较级，不能修饰比较 级，much可以修饰比较级。故选   B. )

9. D 

(根据上下文可知她擅长讲故事。tell stories意为“讲故 事”。故选   D. )

10. C 

(作者总是喜欢听她讲她的故事。hear sb. do sth.听某人做某事。

talk to sb.和talk with sb.都表示与某人说话，talk about sth.意为“谈论某事”。故选   C. )

11. A 

(根据后面的that和所给的选项推断此处为so... that或 such…that结构，故排除C、D两项；such修饰名词，也可以 排除。故选A. )

12. D 

(根据上下文推测句意是:它们是那么有趣以至于我一有 空就想听她讲。故选   D. )

13. C 

(根据上下文推测句意是:令人称奇的是，她能什么都记得 很清楚，尽管她年纪那么大。A、B、D三项的含义与前文对她 的描述不符，故选   C. )

14. A 

(所给的C、D两项肯定不是她的品质，可以排除，根据上 文介绍可知她并不年轻。故选A. )

15. B 

(这里指她从未停止过工作与思考。stop to do sth.停下 来去做某事;Stop doing sth.停止正在做的事。故选   B. )