完型填空

It’s never easy to admit（承认）you are in the wrong. We all 1 to know the art of apology（道歉）. Think how often you’ve done wrong. Then count how many 2 you’ve expressed clearly you were 3 . You can’t go to bed with an easy mind if you do 4 about it.

A doctor friend, Mr Lieb, told me about a man who came to him with different kinds of signs: headaches, heart trouble and insomnia（失眠症）. 5 some careful exams, Mr Lieb found nothing wrong with him and said, “If you don’t tell me what’s 6 you, I can’t help you”.

The man admitted he was cheating（骗取） his brother of his inheritance（遗产）. Then and there the clever doctor 7 the man write to his brother and 8 his money. As soon as the letter was put into the post box, the man suddenly cried.“Thank you ,” he said to the doctor, “I think I’ve got well.”

An apology can not only save a broken relationship（关系）, but also make it 9 . If you can think of someone who should be 10 an apology from you, do something about in right now.

1.                A．decide 　　 　  B．have　　       C．need 　　　  D．try

 

2.                A．mistakes 　　   B．people         C．ways D．times

 

3.                A．sorry 　　　    B．weak           C．sad 　　　    D．wrong

 

4.                A．something 　    B．anything        C．nothing　　   D．everything

 

5.                A．Before 　　　   B．After           C．Till 　　　    D．Since

 

6.                A．hurting 　　    B．changing        C．touching　    D．worrying

 

7.                A．made 　　　    B．helped         C．let　　　　   D．saw

 

8.                A．gave 　　　    B．kept           C．returned 　   D．paid

 

9.                A．newer 　　　   B．worse          C．harder　　    D．stronger

 

10.               A．received 　　   B．given          C．known 　　    D．forgotten

 

 

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation(手术) could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.
　　When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother， “Only a miracle(something couldn’t happen) can save him now，” the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.
　　She hurried to a drugstore(药店)with the money in her hand.
　　“And what do you want？” asked the salesman. “ It's for my little brother，” the girl answered. “He's really，really sick and I want to buy a miracle. ”
　　"Pardon？”said the salesman.
　　“My brother Andrew has something bad growing in-side his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost？”“We don't sell a miracle here，child. I'm sorry，”the salesman said with a smile.
　　“Listen，if it isn't enough，I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs. ”
　　A well-dressed man heard it and asked， “What kind of a miracle does your brother need？”　　“I don't know，” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He's really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can't pay for it， so I have brought all my money. ”
　　“How much do you have？” asked the man. “$ 1.11， but I can try and get some more，” she answered.
　　“Well, what luck，”smiled the man. “$ 1.11， the price of a miracle for little brothers. ”
　　He took up the girl's hand and said， “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the kind of miracle you need. ”
That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn't long before Andrew was home again.
　　How much did the miracle cost？
【小题1】What was the trouble in the little girl's family？
A. Her brother was seriously ill.
B. They had no money.
C. Nothing could save her brother.
D. Both A and B.
【小题2】In the eye of the little girl,a miracle might be _______.

A．something interesting

B．something beautiful

C．some wonderful medicine

D．some good food

【小题3】What made the miracle happen？

A．The girl's love for her brother.

B．The girl's money.

C．The medicine from the drugstore.

D．Nobody can tell.

【小题4】From the passage we can infer(推断) that _______.

A．The doctor didn't ask for any pay

B．A miracle is sure to happen if you keep on

C．The little girl is lovely but not so clever

D．Andrew was in fact not so sick as they had thought

完形填空

　　Form Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and (1) themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies. others (2) sports. This is decided by their own (3) . There are many different way to spend own (4) time.

　　Almost everyone has some kind of (5) : it may be something from collecting stamps to (6) model planes. Some hobbies are very (7) , but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections (收藏) are worth (8) of money, others are valuable (有价值的) only to their owners.

　　I know a man who has a coin collection worth several (9) dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare (罕见的) fifty-cent piece which (10) him ＄ 250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them. but I wonder (11) they are worth any money. However. (12) my brother they are quite valuable. (13) makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection. That's what a hobby means. I think. It is something we (14) to do in our free time just for the (15) of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

(1)

[　　]

A. love	B. work
C. enjoy	D. play

(2)

[　　]

A. look like	B. take care of
C. think about	D. take part in

(3)

[　　]

A. lives	B. interests
C. jobs	D. things

(4)

[　　]

A. working	B. free
C. own	D. whole

(5)

[　　]

A. hobby	B. thing
C. job	D. way

(6)

[　　]

A. make	B. making
C. makes	D. made

(7)

[　　]

A. interesting	B. exciting
C. cheap	D. expensive

(8)

[　　]

A. a little	B. a few
C. a lot	D. a number

(9)

[　　]

A. thousand	B. thousands
C. thousands of	D. thousand of

(10)

[　　]

A. paid	B. cost
C. took	D. spent

(11)

[　　]

A. that	B. if
C. what	D. why

(12)

[　　]

A. to	B. on
C. with	D. in

(13)

[　　]

A. Everything	B. Anything
C. Nothing	D. Something

(14)

[　　]

A. have	B. need
C. refuse	D. like

(15)

[　　]

A. money	B. work
C. fun	D. time

In the summer of 1978 an English man named Steven was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered something strange. Some of his wheat was lying on the ground. The flattened wheat formed(形成)a circle about six meters across . Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat.

　 Three years later a farmer who lived nearby discovered almost the same circles in one of his fields. These circles were larger—nearly 15 meters across . That same year , another English farmer discovered three circles of flattened wheat on his land—one large circle between two small circles. During the following years, farmers in England found circles in their fields more and more often.

　 The circles are called “crop circles” because they usually appear in fields of wheat or corn. The wheat in the circles lies on the ground but is never broken; it keeps on growing, and the farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September. What causes the crop circles?

　 At first, people thought that some kids were making them as a joke, or that farmers were making them to attract tourists.(In fact, in 1991, two men said they made the circles themselves, but many scientists don’t believe them.) People tried to copy them: They tried to make circles exactly like the ones the farmers had found. They couldn’t do it. They couldn’t enter a field of wheat without leaving tracks, and they couldn’t flatten the wheat without breaking it.

　 Several times people reported seeing stranger objects near the fields where crop circles later appeared. Many people believe that these crop circles are the messages sent by living things from outer space(外层空间)or the marks left by their spaceships.

　 Scientists who have studied the crop circles try to find out what causes them. In the summer of 1990 some scientists spent three weeks in the part of England where many circles have appeared. They had all the latest high-tech equipment(最新高科技设备). The equipment—worth 1.8 million dollars—got nothing. But one night, as the scientists were watching a field, crop circles formed in the field behind them, which were quite different from the others. The scientists had neither seen nor heard anything.

　 When Steven discovered the crop circles on his land in 1978, he said, “It was just like something that had landed in the field from the air and gone back up again. I don’t know what to make of these things.”

　 Crop circles have appeared in England, Japan, the United States and Russia. Experts from all over the world have studied them, and they say what Steven said: They don’t know what to make of these things.

1.Which picture is probably the one formed in the field behind the scientists?

2.“Flattened wheat” means ___________.

　　   A. broken wheat             B. lying wheat

　　   C. harvested wheat          D. growing wheat

3.The passage is mainly about something ___________ .

A. that is done by living things from outer space

B. that cannot be solved but found all around the world

C. that cannot be made clear or understood

D. that is discovered and copied by the farmers