Cloze test

Bill was an American. Last year he worked hard so his boss（老板）allowed him to have a traveling for several weeks.

　　Bill went to Canada. There he had some 1 . So Bill visited them. Two of them were Mr．and Mrs．Brown. They lived in the center of the city. Bill was 2 to live in their house. He lived there for about two weeks and felt very 3 .

　　On his last evening, when Bill was 4 TV with Mr．and Mrs．Brown, he said, “I am going back home tomorrow. I feel so happy here 5 I hope I can stay here for more days. But I have to 6 I hope I can visit you next time.” “What a pity（遗憾）!” said Mr．Brown． “We hope to see you soon. By the way, will you 7 plane or a train?” “By plane. I think it's faster. My plane leaves very early tomorrow morning. I'm going to 8 at 5 o'clock and make my breakfast. Please don't come down.” Then Bill said good-bye to his friends and went to sleep.

　　The next morning, Bill got up early and did some cooking for himself. When he was ready to have breakfast, he saw a picture of 9 . They were smiling to Bill in the picture. Bill laughed happily and said to himself, “That's great! I wouldn't like to eat breakfast 10 this morning.”

Do you know why different animals or pests(害虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be mainly used to    1   themselves.

Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫), but birds cannot    2  catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their   3   with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look    4 . But as the harvest time comes, locusts change into the same brown color    5  crops have. Some other pests whose colors are   6   plants are easily found and eaten by   7  . So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only   8  .

If you    9 animals’ life, you’ll find the main use of colors is to protect    10  . Bears, lions and other animals  11  quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters   12  their colors are much like the trees.

Colors are useful not only on the land, but also in the   13 . A kind of fish can   14  a kind of black liquid(液体) when they face danger. The liquid spreads over quickly, so they cannot be found by their enemies and can quickly swim away. That is   15  they can live safely though they are not strong at all. So colors are really useful to animals.

1.                A．show          B．protect         C．kill  D．interest

 

2.                A．easily          B．freely          C．safely    D．differently

 

3.                A．sizes           B．smells          C．colors    D．shapes

 

4.                A．yellow         B．red            C．black D．green

 

5.                A．so             B．as             C．like  D．with

 

6.                A．different from   B．same as         C．similar to  D．opposite with

 

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

 

8.                A．in the morning   B．at noon         C．at night   D．in the daytime

 

9.                A．study          B．write           C．draw D．work

 

10.               A．them          B．themselves      C．it D．itself

 

11.               A．run            B．fight           C．move D．eat

 

12.               A．because        B．so             C．and  D．although

 

13.               A．forests         B．desert         C．sea   D．mountains

 

14.               A．keep out       B．come out       C．look out   D．give out

 

15.               A．why           B．when          C．how  D．where

 

 

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阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Do you know why different animals or pests(害虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be mainly used to ___1___ themselves.

Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫), but birds cannot ___2___catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their__3___ with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look ___4___. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change into the same brown color __5___ crops have. Some other pests whose colors are ___6__ plants are easily found and eaten by ___7___. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only __8____.

If you ___9___ animals’ life, you’ll find the main use of colors is to protect __10___. Bears, lions and other animals ___11___ quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters ___12___ their colors are much like the trees.

Colors are useful not only on the land, but also in the __13___. A kind of fish can __14____ a kind of black liquid(液体) when they face danger. The liquid spreads over quickly, so they cannot be found by their enemies and can quickly swim away. That is ___15____ they can live safely though they are not strong at all. So colors are really useful to animals.

1.                A．show          B．protect         C．kill  D．interest

 

2.                A．easily          B．freely          C．safely    D．differently

 

3.                A．sizes           B．smells          C．colors    D．shapes

 

4.                A．yellow         B．red            C．black D．green

 

5.                A．so             B．as             C．like  D．with

 

6.                A．different from   B．same as         C．similar to  D．opposite with

 

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

 

8.                A．in the morning   B．at noon         C．at night   D．in the daytime

 

9.                A．study          B．write           C．draw D．work

 

10.               A．them          B．themselves      C．it D．itself

 

11.               A．run            B．fight           C．move D．eat

 

12.               A．because        B．so             C．and  D．although

 

13.               A．forests         B．desert         C．sea   D．mountains

 

14.               A．keep out       B．come out       C．look out   D．give out

 

15.               A．why           B．when          C．how  D．where

 

 

These days computer games are becoming more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along the __1__have changed into computer game houses in order to get more __2___. These places are always crowded with people.
In the computer game houses, people __3__a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__without it.
The result(结果) is that some people don’t want to __8__and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer game houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their __12__. Some of them are not __13__enough to get the money. So they have to steal（偷） or rob（抢） others’ money and become __14__.
Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a(n) __15__problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.
(   ) 1 A streets      B schools      C towns        D cities
(   ) 2 A boys             B money        C computers    D houses
(  ) 3 A take            B spend        C cost         D pay
(   ) 4 A possible         B easy         C good         D hard
(   ) 5 A read             B learn        C win           D download
(   ) 6 A lose             B try          C waste         D watch
(   ) 7 A come         B eat          C study        D live
(   ) 8 A watch        B win          C stay there   D work
(   ) 9 A better       B exciting         C even worse   D interesting
(   ) 10 A lessons         B games        C families         D sports
(   ) 11 A classes         B rooms        C schools      D shops
(   ) 12 A classmates  B teachers         C sisters       D parents
(   ) 13 A lucky       B unlucky      C careful      D polite
(   ) 14 A good        B bad          C badly        D worse
(   ) 15 A important   B serious      C unusual      D wonderful