Cloze 4 (2015江苏徐州)

       A wise man was walking from one town lo another with a few of his followers,and they happened to pass a lake.So they stopped there to 1  for a while,and the wise man said to one of his followers,I am very 2  . Could you please get me some water from the lake?

       The follower walked to the 3  as the wise man requested. Some people were washing clothes in the water,and right at that mo?ment,several bikes started crossing the lake. 4 ,the water became very muddy at once.

      Then the follower 5  He told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not 6  to drink.

      After they had rested for about half an hour,the wise man again asked the 7  follower to go back to the lake and get him some wa?ter to drink.As requested,the follower went to the lake.This time he found that all the mud had gone down to the 8  . The water in the lake was very clear and looked fit to drink. So he 9  his water bottle and took it to the wise man.

      The wise man took the water bottle and drank,then looked up at the follower.⁴⁴See what you did to make the water 10  ?”he said,“ You let it be for a 11   and the mud settled down on its own, —12 you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that lake when it is 13  by something. If you just let it be and give 14   a little time,it will most likely settle down on its own 15  putting in any effort at all to calm it."

      So we should find some time to calm down when we are stressed or angry next time.

   1.A. rest   B. look   C. watch   D. see

   2 .A. hungry   B. thirsty   C. happy   D. sad

   3.A. lake   B. town   C. bottle   D. bikes

   4.A. However   B. Instead   C. In addition   D. As a result

   5.A. refused   B. required   C. returned L) . replied

   6.A. fit   B. able   C. important   D. interesting

   7.A. different B .same   C. other   D. left

   8.A. top   B. left   C. bottom   D. right

   9.A. got   B. finished   C. reached   D. filled

   10.A. dirty   B. clear   C. fresh   D. sweet

   11. A. year   B. month   C. day   D. while

   12. A. so that  B. even though  C. because  D .when

   13.A. broken  B. left  C. disturbed   D. given

   14.A. him   B. it   C. me   D. us

   15.A. without   B. through   C. after   D. like

Cloze3 (2015江苏泰州靖江) 

     The Catherine family enjoyed the good things in life as much as anyone else.They 1  books,music,toys,good food and good times. But sometimes 2  seemed,especially to Mrs. Catherine that they had too many things in the house,which made Mrs. Catherine a little 3  

     One day,at breakfast,Mrs.Catherine made a 4  .“This fami?ly ,” she said, “has too many things. Ifs time to deal with some of them." The three children all 5  with this idea and helped pack used things and unused things into the car.

     Their first 6  was the Home for the Elderly. Nurses and doctors looked after them,but sometimes the old got a little lonely and 7  . They liked visitors and things to do. When the family ar?rived,they 8   out their games and puzzles to the old and then sat down to play games and do puzzles with them.They had a 9 time and they were sorry when it was time to leave.

     Their next stop was the Young Cubs Hospital. The Catherine family brought a lot of used toys which were very welcome.The hospi- tal workers said the toys would be given out at the hospital 10  party.

     Their last stop was People WTio Care store.This was a store that sold things to 11  money for those who needed warm clothes and good food.The Catherine family left all their old clothes and furniture there.

     After lhat,lhe Catherine family 12  home with warm feelings about what they had done. 13  they drove along,they passed the lighted 14  of supermarkets which were beautifully decorated for Christmas.There were windows of the very latest things,but they were so filled with special thoughts about helping others that they 15  noticed the wonderful things in the windows.

   1.A. read   B. played   C. had   D. enjoyed

   2.A. this   B. they   C. it   D. that

   3. A. uncomfortable  B. happy C. satisfied   D. pleased

   4. A. report   B. reply   C. mistake   D. decision

   5.A. did   B. agreed   C. argued   D. dealt

   6.A. stop   B. home   C. thing   D. person

   7.A. bored   B. surprised   C. excited   D. relaxed

   8.A. found   B. sold   C. took   D. put

   9.A. terrible   B. sad   C. bad   D. wonderful

   10.A. Thanksgiving  B. Christmas C. Halloween   D. Eastern

   11.A. borrow   B. pay   C. raise   D. waste

   12.A. left   B. drove   C. walked ) .ro (ie

   13.A. As   B. Though   C. Since   D. Before

   14.A. rooms   B. windows   C. floors   D. houses

   15.A. hardly   B. nearly   C. closely   D. immediately

Cloze 2 (2015江苏苏州局新区)

      “Two reporters will visit our new school. And some of you will be in the photo.Ms. Myers told Room 5. The kids were 1  and started doing their hair except Brad. He knew he wouldn't be in the photo.

       Brad was small.Kids were always making jokes about how 2  he was/*They wont put Brad in or youM need a magnifying glass (放大镜) to see him ,” Charlotte said.The other kids laughed.Brad 3 to smile,even though what Charlotte said was 4  . He be?lieved they didn’t mean to 5  him.

      Two reporters named Rick and Tegan arrived half an hour later.“Time to take photos,” Tegan said.“Who do you want,Rick?”

      “I'll have these three girls and those three hoys." Then he pointed to Jocob,Eddie,and Brad. Brad could 6  believe it.

       Rick set up the six kids in front of the new library's big painting. “It's big,” he said. “We’ll get you guys to kneel (跪) in front of it, 7   it looks even bigger. ”

       Is that why you picked Brad?' said one of the Room 5 kids.“So it looks really big?” Some people laughed. Brad also gave a 8 as he usually did.

      But Rick shook his head.“No,” he said ,“I chose him because he's got a huge smile two miles wide."

      He looked at Brad and said,^u Plus,this guy is big inside,and it 9 .Right?” Hearing this,Brad spoke before he could think.‘‘In my heart,Frn three miles wide." Room 5 laughed again. But Brad knew that they were laughing 10  him this time.

   1.A. nervous   B. proud   C. excited   D. lucky

   2.A. ugly   B. short   C. thin   D. fat

   3.A. had   B. preferred   C. tried   D. turned

   4.A. sad   B. true   C. funny   D. mad

   5.A. stop   B. encourage   C. punish   D. hurt

   6.A. exactly   B. hardly   C. certainly   D. probably

   7.A. if   B. although   C. so that   D. because

   8.A. smile   B. reply   C. look D-reason

   9.A. happens   B. hides   C. appears   D. matters

   10.A. at   B. with   C. about   D. to

Cloze 1 (2015江苏南京鼓楼区4月期中) 

     Singapore worries a lot about the     fitness of its people. One third of the     people in the country of four million are     overweight,and about 6% of them are obese     (过度肥胖) .Every year,September is fitness   month and the 1  for the month was   “Fighting Obesity” .

     This fight 2  unhealthy lifestyles starts in the schools. Everyone is educated about eating well and taking ex?ercise. Students whose weight is more than it should be are asked to join the school health club and take part in special activities to help them 3   a couple of kilograms.During breaks they do not go to the canteen (餐厅) to eat snacks, 4   to the school hall for some exer?cise. The school also talks to their parents to see if they can plan a healthier diet for the children. Sometimes the parents 5  it is their cooking that is causing the problem and then it is easy to persuade (说服) them to change.Some children find it 6  to lose weight,but they are told not to give up easily.A big 7  is made to interest them in sports. Fun and games are used to attract the students to run?ning and jumping. One school gives its students a smart student card which they can use to buy books and food.Parents can 8   a list of the food the child is eating and discuss it at home. Fitness classes may be held on Saturdays for those who need them.Parents come and help with ball games and races.

     Schools 9  to allow some types of food like French fries. Young people,10  ，often like junk food and use their pocket money on the way home to buy hamburgers and pizza.lt is difficult to stop this,but the schools try,and to encourage the schools there are Trim and Fit Awards for the ones with good ideas or whose students are fit and healthy.

   1.A. theme   B. title   C. idea   D. spirit

   2.A. over   B. beyond   C. against   D. with

   3.A. cut   B. lose   C. drop   D. leave

   4.A. and   B. or G.so   D. but

   5.A. wonder   B. realize   C. complain   D. promise

   6.A. difficult   B. dangerous   C. harmful   D. possible

   7.A. effort   B. success   C. progress   D. reward

   8.A. find out   B. hand out   C. put out   D. print out

   9.A. agree   B. expect   C. refuse   D. manage

   10.A. otherwise   B. moreover   C. anyway   D. however

Cloze 10(2013江苏泰州海陵区) 

       With a hat by his feet,a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I'm blind.Please help."

       Only a few people put 1  in the hat. A man was walking by. He 2   some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign 3  , wrote some words,put the sign back and left.

       Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people 4  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see 5  things were.The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked,Wert* you the one who 6  my sign this morning? What did you write?”

       The rr said,“I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a 7 way." What he had written was, ^uToday is a beautiful day,8   I cannot see it."

       Both the 9  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 10  people to help by throwing some money into the 11  The second one,however,told people that they were able to enjoy the 12  of the day,but the boy couldn’t 13   he was blind.

      There are at least two lessons we can learn 14  this story. First,be thankful for what you have.Someone else has less.Help them if you can. 15 ,be creative.Think differently.

There is always a better way!

   1.A. eggs   B. coins   C. toys   D. pencils

   2.A. got   B. lost   C. took   D. dropped

   3.A. on   B. off   C. back   D. around

   4.A. asked   B. began   C. hoped   D. continued

   5.A. how   B. what   C. whose   D. which

   6.A. put   B. found   C. changed   D. cleaned

   7.A. usual   B. simple   C. different   D. dangerous

   8. A. as   B. so   C. for   D. but

   9.A. signs   B. men   C. boys   D. lessons

   10.A. told   B. took   C. helped   D. ordered

   11.A. bag   B. hat   C. pocket   D. basket

   12.A. food   B. songs   C. beauty   D. pictures

   13.A. because   B. unless   C. before   D. though

   14.A. about   B. with   C. from   D  except

   15.A. First   B. Second   C. Third   D. Fourth

Cloze 9(2013江苏镇江) 

     Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outsideChina. However,Daisy Raffan,a British girl,hopes to bring the 1 to the young people.

      Daisy has set up an online learning website to teach the language to as many people as possible.

      With China's fast development in the world,Daisy thinks 2importantforpeopletolearnthelanguagesoonerratherthanlater.

     Daisy has been learning Mandarin (普通话) 3 the age of five.Two years ago,4 she decided to pass on what she had learn?ed,she 5 the idea for the website,kidschineseclub.com.

     She said, “People are afraid to learn Mandarin. One of the main reasons is that they think it's an 6  language to learn,but I have had fun doing it.And I hope what I have clone is easy and fun."

      Her 7 offers a series of lessons,which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture.

      Daisy's website has 8 the support of several important per?sons—the teenager says she has received a letter praising (赞扬) her work from Gordon Brown 9 is the British Prime Minister.(首相) .She said ,“I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter 10  He said that what I was doing was really good."

   1.A. language   B. idea   C. information   D. gift

   2.A. that   B. this   C. them   D. it

   3.A. for   B. at   C. since   D. in

   4.A. before   B. after   C. if   D. although

   5.A. came out   B. came on   C. came over   D. came up with

   6.A. impossible   B. interesting  C.excellent   D. easy

   7.A. e-mail   B. magazine   C. essay   D. website

   8.A. won   B. made   C. given   D. beaten

   9.A. what   B. which   C. who   D. /

   10.A. in   B. back   C. down   D. up

Cloze 7(2014江苏常州) 

     When I was 15, I announced to my English class that I was going to write my own books. All the students nearly fell out of their chairs’laughing at me. “ Don’t be 1  . Only geniuses (天才) can become writers ,” the English teacher said sarcastically (讽刺地) . “And you are getting a D this term." I was hurt deeply and I cried sadly.

     That night I wrote a short,sad poem about 2  dreams and mailed it to the Cappers Weekly newspaper. To my surprise,they published it,and sent me two dollars. I was a   ( an) 3 writer!1 showed my teacher and my classmates. They laughed again. “ just plain dumb luck (纯属饶幸) ，” the teacher said.However’I'd tasted 4  .I'd sold the first thing I'd ever written.

      By the time I graduated from high school (with a C-minus aver?age ) ， 1 had scrapbooks filled with my published 5  . I never talked about my writing to my teachers,friends or my family again. They were dream killers,and if people must choose between their friends and their dreams,they must always choose their dreams.

Later,! wrote a book about what I understood and 6  about life. It took me nine months,just like a ( an )7   I chose apublisher and wrote a letter,which read：1 wrote this book myself.I hope you like it. Chapters (章节) 6 and 12 are my 8  . Thank you." 1 mailed it without an envelope.

     A month laler,I received a letter,and a request to start working on 9  book. Crying Wind became a bestseller,and was translated into 15 languages.People ask what college I attended,what degrees I have,and what qualities I have to be a writer.The answer is 10 .1 just write.Pm not a genius,and Fm not gifted.I just write.To all those who dream of 11  ,I'm shouting at you ,“ Yes,you 12 !Don’t listen lo them!” Writing is easy.It's fun,and anyone can do it.

   1.A. shy   B. dishonest   C. silly   D. proud

   2.A. strange   B. broken   C. beautiful   D. unusual

   3.A. welcomed   B. educated   C. honored   D. paid

   4.A. luck   B. failure   C. success   D. pain

   5.A. works   B. poems   C. letters   D. jokes

   6.A. did   B. felt   C. heard 13. saw

   7.A. animal   B. plant   C. baby  D.boy

   8.A. explanations   B. reasons

    C. dreams   D. favorites

   9.A. others   B. another   C. other  D.the other

   10.A. many   B. few   C. some   D. none

   11.A. writing  B. being famous C.success   D. being rich

   12. A. must   B. need   C. can   D. should

Cloze 8(2014江苏无锡崇安区) 

     Sometimes it is impossible to deliver (投递) all the mail that rives at the post office.Perhaps there is an 1  mailing address and there is no return address.The post office cannot just 2  the mail,so it becomes “ dead mailDead mail is 3  to one of the U.S. Post Serviced in Atlanta,New York,and San Francisco.Seventy-five million pieces of mad can be put in these offices in one year.

     There the workers of the dead mail offices have 4  ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all,they look for 5  that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages,ex?pecting that something 6  will show where the package comes from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed oil a 7   so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen.However,all of this mail cannot simply be 8  forever;there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together,the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍卖). Every three months,some people who are 9  are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the 10  bidder (出价者) .

   1.A. impatient   B. unimportant  C. unclear   D. inactive

   2.A. turn off   B. eat up   C. sell out   D. throw away

   3.A. sent   B. returned   C. lent   D. sold

   4.A. no   B. various   C. silly   D. cruel

   5.A. people   B. time   C. clues   D. books

   6.A. funny   B. inside   C. useless   D. outside

   7.A. phone   B. mirror   C. TV set   D. computer

   8.A. stored 13. put   C. bought   D. borrowed

   9.A. bored   B. interested   C. worried   D. satisfied

   10.A. cheapest   B. cleverest  C. highest   D. easiest

Cloze 6(2014江苏南京建邺区)     

      BEIJING—The sky is gray and the air smells strange. Ifs another day of smog.

      On Saturday’heavy haze (霞) still covered north and east China.Highways were closed and 1  couldn’t take off on time.

      The smoggy weather 2  the country's land from north to south,including Beijing,Hebei,Shandong,and other provinces. People could only see clearly 3  than 50   meters in some areas.

      Cities 4  Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear 5  . In Nanjing Lukou International Airport,more than 60 flights were canceled (取消) on Saturday 6  the haze,which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop 7  on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.

      The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several 8  reasons behind tlie widespread haze ： unpleasant weather conditions making 9 difficult for smog to disappear,motor vehicle exhaust (尾气) ，and coal use for winter heating.

      To fight pollution,the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use, 10   some factories,anti removing 6 million old cars from the roads.

     “We must face up to the facts ,” said Yan Naiqiang,a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The treatment of smog will be a long fight.From now on,if we use busesor cars less and do more riding,we believe a clear sky is not a far?away dream.

   1.A. coaches   B. trains   C. flights   D. double-deckers

   2.A. afforded   B. affected   C. admired   D. announced

   3.A. less   B. more   C. farther   D. nearer

   4.A. in   B. like   C. around   D. outside

   5.A. hats   B. gloves   C. sunglasses   D. masks

   6.A. besides   B. except   C. because of   D. for

   7.A. classes   B. rest   C. work   D. shopping

   8.A. mainly   B. mostly   C. main   D. most

   9.A. that   B. this   C. one   D. it

   10. A. close   B. closing   C. open   D. opening

Cloze 5 (2015江苏盐城射阳第一次摸底) 

      On August 26,1999,New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm.The rain caused the streets to 1  and the underground system almost came to a stop.

Unluckily this happened during the 2  rush hour. Many people who were going to work were 3  to go home. Some tried their best to 4   a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others 5  the storm bravely,walking miles to get to work.

     I happened to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from underground line to underground line only to find that most 6  had stopped. After making my way through crowds of people,I finally found an underground line that was 7  .Unluckily,there were so many people waiting to 8  the underground that I could not even get down the stairs to the 9  .So I took the train going in the 10  direction,and then turned back to the Howntown (市中心) train.Finally,after what seemed like forever,the train 11  my stop.Then I had to walk several blocks in the heavy rain.When I finally got to my office,I was 12  through,tired and discouraged.

My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5： 00 p.m. , I was ready to go home.I was going to 13  off my computer when I received an e-mail from Garth,my director ： 1 would like to thank all of you who made the 14  and finally came to work.lt is always reassuring (令人欣慰的) ，at times like these’when workers so clearly show their attention and devotion to their 15  .Thank you.

   1.A. break   B. flood   C. fall   D. crash

   2.A. afternoon   B. evening   C. morning   D. night

   3.A. made   B. asked   C. invited   D. gathered

   4.A. order   B. pay   C. call   D. search

   5.A. showed   B. fought   C. broke   D. faced

   6.A. practice   B. order   C. process   D. service

   7. A. working   B. acting   C. turning   D. rushing

   8.A. check   B. get on   C. jump into   D. find

   9.A. street   B. ground   C. floor   D. road

   10.A. different   B. opposite   C. changed l) . right

   11.A. stopped   B. crossed   C. reached   D. parked

   12.A. wet   B. hungry   C. angry   D. cold

   13.A. pay   B. get   C. turn   D. put

   14.A. rule   B. effort   C. promise   D. model

   15.A. computers   B. lives   C. actions   D. jobs