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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
Many years ago,I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold,wet night at about 3:30 a.m.,there was a    41   on the front door of our house.A young man,wet from      42     to toe,explained that he had      43     out of petrol about 30 km up the road.He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children    44   at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.
Once I had    45   a can with petrol,I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both    46  ,saying that they were cold.Once the car had started,I suggested that he    47   me back.
Before leaving,I had turned the heater    48   in the roadhouse,so that when we went in,it was nice and    49  .While the little ones played and ran    50  ,I prepared bread and butter for the children,and hot chocolate for the    51  .
It was about 5 a.m. before they   52 .The young fellow asked me how much he    53   
me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had    54   $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”,but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later,I received a    55   from Interstate,a large bus company that we bad been trying to    56   to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time.It    57   out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager,the most    58   person in the company.
In his letter,he thanked me again and    59   me that,from then on,all their buses would stop at my service station.In this    60  ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
41.A.kick                    B.hit                                   C.beat                          D.knock
42.A.finger                   B.shoulder                    C.head                         D.hand
43.A.driven                  B.used                          C.come                        D.run
44.A.away                    B.behind                      C.over                          D.out
45.A.supplied               B.poured                      C.equipped                   D.filled
46.A.sleeping                B.crying                       C.quarrelling                D.fighting
47.A.allow                   B.ring                          C.lead                          D.follow
48.A.on                        B.off                            C.in                             D.over
49.A.neat                            B.hot                           C.warm                        D.attractive
50.A.around                 B.inside                        C.nearby                      D.along
51.A.drivers                 B.guests                       C.customers                  D.adults
52.A.left                      B.arrived                      C.ate                            D.disappeared
53.A.gave                     B.paid                          C.owed                        D.offered
54.A.appeared               B.exhibited                   C.calculated                  D.shown
55.A.call                      B.letter                         C.check                        D.notice
56.A.get                       B.force                         C.require                      D.hope
57.A.pointed                 B.turned                       C.worked                            D.found
58.A.generous               B.successful                  C.serious                      D.powerful
59.A.praised                 B.persuaded                  C.informed                   D.convinced
60.A.lesson                   B.business                    C.aspect                       D.case
41-60 DCDBD BDACA DACDB ABDCD 

41.答案:D
解析:knock意为“敲”。根据其宾语the front door可判断出敲前门。kick 意为“踢”;hit 意为“打,打击,命中”;beat 意为“打,拍,敲,连打”,作“敲”的意思时表示用工具进行敲打。
42.答案:C
解析:head意为“头”,from head to toe表示“从头到脚”,根据上文中的One very cold,wet night可判断出来人从头到脚都湿透了。finger 意为“手指”;shoulder 意为“肩膀”;hand 意为“手”。
43.答案:D
解析:run out of意为“用完”。根据下文中的“Once I had filled a can with petrol”可判断出这位年轻人来的原因他汽车中的汽油用完了,想让作者帮忙。drive out of 意为“驱逐出”;come out of 意为“出现,真相大白”。
44.答案:B
解析:leave sb.behind意为“把某人留下”,根据上文中的“he had run out of petrol about 30 km up the road”可判断出他把怀孕的妻子和孩子们留在了汽车里。leave over 意为“剩下,暂时不去解决”;leave out 意为“省去,遗漏,不考虑”。
45.答案:D
解析:fill...with意为“用……充满”。根据上文中的内容可判断出作者充满了一罐汽油,带那位年轻人到他的妻子和孩子们留在的那个地方。supply 意为“供给,供应,配给,补充,填补,弥补(不足、损失等)”;pour 意为“注,倒,灌,泻,喷散(液体、粉粒、光线等),流(血等),倾注,源源不断地输送”;equip 意为“配备,装备”。
46.答案:B
解析:cry意为“哭叫”。根据下文中的“saying that they were cold”可判断出由于天气寒冷一个两岁的孩子和一个四岁的孩子都在哭喊。sleep 意为“睡,睡眠,睡着”;quarrel 意为“争吵,争论”;fight 意为“打仗,搏斗,打架”;都与下文中所提供的情景“saying that they were cold”不符。
47.答案:D
解析:follow意为“跟随”。根据下文的内容可判断出作者建议年轻人跟他一起回去。allow 意为“准许(做某事),许可(某现象存在)”;ring 意为“给……打电话”;lead 意为“率领,指挥,领导,主持”。
48.答案:A
解析:turn on意为“打开”。根据上文中“One very cold,wet night”可判断出作者已经把房间里的加热器打开了。turn off 意为“关掉”;turn in 意为“出卖,把……向内折,告发,取得”;turn over 意为“打翻,营业额达到,周转,移交给,反复考虑,翻身,折腾,翻阅”。
49.答案:C
解析:warm意为“温暖”。根据上文中的“I had turned the heater on in the roadhouse”可判断出把加热器打开的目的是使房间温暖。hot 意为“热的”;attractive 意为“有吸引力的”。
50.答案:A
解析:around意为“各处,四处”,run around表示“四处跑”;inside 意为“在内,在内部,在里面”;nearby 意为“附近”;along 意为“沿,循”。
51.答案:D
解析:adult意为“成年人”。根据上文的内容可判断出有孩子还有成年人。所以作者为孩子们和成年人准备面包。driver 意为“司机”;guest 意为“客人”;customer 意为“顾客”。
52.答案:A
解析:leave意为“离开”,表示当他们离开时,年轻人问欠多少钱。arrive 意为“到达”;eat 意为“吃”;disappear 意为“消失”。
53.答案:C
解析:owe意为“欠”。根据短文的开头中的“Many years ago,I owned a service station...”可判断出作者拥有一所服务站,为顾客服务自然要收费,所以那位年轻人问应付给作者多少钱。give 意为“给”,pay 意为“付(款)”,都表示给了作者多少钱,而实际上还没有付钱。offer 意为“提供,提出”。
54.答案:D
解析:show意为“显现,呈现”。根据上文中的“Once I filled a can with petrol”可判断出作者灌满了一罐汽油,所以加油泵上显示出油钱是15美元。appear 意为“出现,露出,显现”;exhibit 意为“表明,显示,显出”;calculate 意为“计算,核算”。
55.答案:B
解析:letter意为“信”。根据下文中的In the letter可判断出作者收到一封信。call 意为“电话”;check 意为“收据,发票,(餐馆)账单”;notice 意为“情报,消息,通知,预告,警告,(正式)通告,呈报”。
56.答案:A
解析:get to do sth.表示“有可能或有机会做某事”,因为作者开办的是个公路服务站,所以Interstate来这儿接受服务。force 意为“强制,迫使,逼迫”;require 意为“要求,请求,命令”;hope 意为“希望”。
57.答案:B
解析:turn out意为“证明是”,表示作者知道他帮助的那位年轻人是一位总经理。point out 意为“指出”;work out 意为“可以解决,设计出,计算出,消耗完”;find out 意为“找出,发现,查明(真相等),认识到,想出,揭发”。
58.答案:D
解析:powerful意为“有权力的”,根据上文中的“the young fellow I had helped was its general manager”可判断出因为这位年轻人是总经理所以在公司里最有权力。generous 意为“宽大的,慷慨的,大方的”;successful 意为“成功的”;serious 意为“严肃的,一本正经的”。
59.答案:C
解析:inform意为“通知”,根据上文中的“About a month later,I received a letter from Interstate”和In this letter可判断出这位总经理告诉作者以后公司的全部公共汽车将在他的服务站接受服务。praise 意为“称赞,赞扬,表扬,歌颂”;persuade 意为“说服,劝服,使相信”;convince 意为“使确信,说服,使承认”。
60.答案:D
解析:case意为“事例”,这篇短文讲述了作者在Interstate公司的总经理最困难的时候给予了帮助,而一月后他收到这位总经理的信,告诉他将让公司的全部公共汽车都在他的服务站接受服务,所以作者说,在这件事中,小小的好意获得了最大的好处。
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A youth lay in a bath of tomato juice during the “Tomatina” Tomato Fight in the town of Bunol, near Valencia, eastern Spain.
Tens of thousands of people took off their shorts and threw tons of juicy tomatoes at each other in the Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce (酱) on the streets of this Spanish town.
Five trucks carried 130 tons of the fruit for the hour-long fight which attracted foreign tourists. Among them are British, French, Argentineans and Japanese, as well as locals.
On the bell of noon the signal was given and for the next 60 minutes participants (参加人) hurled tomatoes at each other until a gunshot signalled the end of the festival.
The clean-up followed, with fighters washing the signs of battle away in the local river or under hundreds of temporary (临时的) showers. While the front of buildings were watered, they seemed brighter than ever after their bath.
The Tomatina, held on the last Wednesday in August, is said to be the world’s largest tomato fight. In the past people have been hurt during the tomato fight but no one was killed or injured this year.
The origin (起源) of the festival is unknown, but everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story. However, most agree it started around 1940.
小题1:The passage shows that the tomato fight this year is __________.
A.frighteningB.boring
C.popularD.harmful
小题2:The underlined word “hurled” means “__________”.
A.presented (赠送)B.threw
C.gaveD.picked
小题3:According to the passage, we can learn that __________.
A.participants can have a good rest after the fight ends
B.the festival came from a favorite story
C.only adults are permitted to attend the festival
D.no one was hurt in this year’s tomato fight
小题4:What is the best title for the passage?
A.A Youth Lay in a Bath of Tomato Juice
B.Tomato-hurling Festival in Spain
C.The History of “Tomatina” Tomato Fight
D.Festivals in Spain

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科目:高中英语 来源:不详 题型:阅读理解

To Whom It May Concern:
My husband and I got married in 1965 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very happy to stay home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest child went to school and I thought I might go back to work.
My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. He emphasized all of the things I can do around the house, and said he thought I could be a great success in business.
After several weeks of job-hunting I found my present job, which is working for a small public relations firm. At first, my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends , "My clever little wife can run that company she's working for."
But as his joking remark approached reality, my husband stopped talking to me about my job.I have received several promotions and pay increases , and I am now making more money than he is. I can buy my own clothes and a new car. Because of our combined incomes, my husband and I can do many things that we had always dreamed of doing , but we don't do these things because he is very unhappy.
We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends. For the first time in our marriage, I think there is a possibility that our marriage may come to an end.
I love my husband very much, and I don't want him to feel inferior, but I also love my job.I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don't know how .Can you give me some advice? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career?
Please help."Distressed"
小题1:The letter was most probable written ________.
A.in 1975B.around 1980C.four years agoD.in 1965
小题2:Her husband ________ when she first found her present job.
A.was very critical of herB.felt disappointed
C.was proud of herD.was happy but critical
小题3:What does the underlined word "promotion" mean?
A.scoldingB.criticismC.prizeD.advancement
小题4:As her income increased, ________.
A.she found a gap emerged between her and her husband
B.she bought more clothes and a house
C.she did the many things she and her husband dreamed of
D.she felt very proud of herself

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科目:高中英语 来源:不详 题型:完形填空


第二节完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Staring at a computer semen,Patty Hall noticed all e-mail from Christopher Mutuku,a driver she knew when volunteering in Kenya.People in his village of Kathmlgu were  36 ,he wrote.”The river has dried up and there is no water.Do you know anyone who can raise  37 to build a dam(坝)?”
Imagining a huge expensive concrete dam,Hall   38  .At 57 ,she was about to retire.after  35 years of  39 .Much as she wanted to help Kenya, she didn’t want to get  40  in a time-consuming project like this.She knew, 41 ,that the lack of clean water was a life-and-death problem in rural villages.Animals contaminated(污染)the rivers,the main  42  of drinking water.In summer,the rivers dried up completely.
“How much would it  43 .”she wrote to Mutuku.”About $7,000,”he answered.
That might be doable(可做的),she  44 .
Hall showed her students slides of Kenyan mud huts(棚屋)and asked them to  45  living without running water.She shared photos of young girls carrying h11ge containers of  46 on their backs. The girls were  47  to attend school because they spent most of their day walking  48 four miles to and from rivers,springs,orthe well in a nearby village.
49  to help,the ClaSS decided on a name—H2O for Life—and set to work.Students  50  H2O for Life wristbands(手带),holiday crafts and African-themed note cards.A student pianist held a  51 that brought in $400.A group of girls sold valentines(情人节卡)and collected $300.
In just six months,the kids  52  over $12,000.
Later, Hall flew to Kenya and visited Kathungu.The villagers held a  53  to welcome her and then showed her the dam that traps and filters(过滤)water so that it's  54 and drinkable all the year round.
Since that first e-mail,H2O for Life has  55  to 14 schools and raised $130,000 to bring clean water to communities in Africa and Central America.
36.A.anxious    B.diligent      C.stressful    D.desperate
37.A.money     B.awareness    C.material    D.contribution
38.A.delayed    B.puzzled      C.hesitated    D.quitted
39.A.working    B.teaching     C.serving    D.volunteering
40.A.involved    B.committed    C. buried     D.occupied
41.A.therefore    B.moreover     C.instead    D.however
42.A.resource    B.source        C.origin     D.root
43.A.pay        B.spend         C.cost      D.need
44.A.wondered    B.decided      C.convinced  D.expected
45.A.think       B.balance       C.predict     D.imagine
46.A.water       B.food         C.crop       D.drink
47.A.unlucky     B.unwilling     C.unable     D.unskillful
48.A.far         B.above        C.beyond     D.some
49.A.Likely      B.Eager        C.Fond      D.Active
50.A.sold        B.bought       C.wore      D.offered
51.A.party       B.contest       C.concert     D.exhibition
52.A.loaned     B.raised        C.donated     D.contributed
53.A.opening     B.greeting      C.celebration   D.reception
54.A.available    B.accessible    C.adaptable     D.acceptable
55.A.extended    B.spread       C.expanded     D.Intended

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