二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in her life, she might go home and write in her diary. Now, a teenager with   16   problems might go onto the Internet and write about his problems in a blog. In many ways a diary and a blog are very   17  . So, what makes blogging different from writing in   18   diary?

The biggest difference is that blogging is much more   19   than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of   20   that she does not want to   21 

It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog   22   a diary will probably write nearly the same information.

I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her   23   . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.  24  I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but   25   in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was   26   that my sister might read it!

The biggest   27   with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something   28   about her in my diary, she would never know!   29, if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend   30  read her blog and get a “cry”.

There are also   31   to blogging, of course. If I felt sad one day and wrote in my diary: “Nobody cares about me.”   32   would know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would   33   respond（回应）and tell her how much they  _34   her. Blogs help people   35   in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.

16. A. the same      B. troublesome       C. difficult      D. daily

17. A. familiar          B. special              C. similar            D. different

18. A. a personal    B. an ordinary     C. a common   D. a traditional

19. A. attractive     B. public         C. convenient   D. quick

20. A. thoughts      B. puzzles          C. mysteries     D. secrets

21. A. tell         B. share          C. publish        D. solve

22. A. instead of     B. as well as      C. in favor of   D. in spite of

23. A. blog        B. diary          C. report       D. web

24. A. Although     B. Since         C. When       D. Because

25. A. only        B. already          C. still          D. never

26. A. angry      B. concerned      C. glad         D. worried

27. A. problem          B. doubt         C. trouble            D. mistake

28. A. boring     B. wrong         C. unpleasant   D. funny

29. A. Beside     B. However       C. Therefore    D. Then

30. A,. should     B. will           C. must        D. might

31. A. reasons     B. disadvantages     C. shortcomings D. advantages

32. A. everyone      B. no one              C. anyone        D. someone

33. A. happily     B. especially      C. quickly       D. immediately

34. A. like         B. miss           C. need        D. help

35. A. lose         B. stay           C. get           D. find

 

My Forever Valentine 我永远的“情人”

Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought   1   him as my “Valentine man”.

My first recollection of the   2   he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was   3   “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to   4   my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is   5   difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember   6   that ring with pride that all the cards in the world   7   not surpass (超越).

  8   I grew older, the gifts gave   9   to heart-shaped boxes filled with my   10__   chocolate and always included a   11   card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became   12   of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less   13  , and I took for granted that the Valentine would   14   be there. I had   15   my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite   16  .

His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a   17   of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a   18_        of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.

Those things never   19  , nor does the memory of a man who never   20   being my Valentine.

1. A. of           B. about             C. up            D. over

2. A. memory     B. magic      C. puzzle         D. presents

3. A. read               B. Written      C. shown         D. signed

4. A. recover       B. resemble    C. represent     D. replace

5. A. much         B. little        C. great        D. less

6. A. having        B. owning      C. wearing       D. watching

7. A. could         B. did          C. must        D. should

8. A. Because      B. Since       C. When              D. As

9. A. room          B. way         C. honour        D. seat

10. A. favorite           B. lovely      C. dear         D. precious

11. A. usual        B. common     C. strange        D. special

12. A. less          B. little        C. more        D. much

13. A. important     B. beautiful    C. familiar       D. standard

14. A. surely       B. always            C. regularly     D. often

15. A. let         B. kept         C. placed         D. remembered

16. A. suitable     B. enough       C. effective      D. sacred

17. A. signal       B. certificate   C. Consequence D. reminder

18. A. tradition          B. hobby      C. habit        D. custom

19. A. lose          B. die           C. miss         D. appear

20. A. thought     B. wanted       C. tried         D. Stopped

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in her life, she might go home and write in her diary. Now, a teenager with   36   problems might go onto the Internet and write about his problems in a blog. In many ways a diary and a blog are very   37   . So, what makes blogging different from writing in   38   diary?

The biggest difference is that blogging is much more   39   than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of   40   that she does not want to   41  .

It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog   42  a diary will probably write nearly the same information.

I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her   43   . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.   44   I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but   45   in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was   46  that my sister might read it!

The biggest   47   with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something   48  about her in my diary, she would never know!   49  , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend   50   read her blog and get a “cry”.

There are also   51   to blogging, of course. If I felt sad one day and wrote in my diary:  “Nobody cares about me.”   52   would know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would   53   respond and tell her how much they   54  her. Blogs help people   55   in touch with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.

1.A. the same	B. troublesome	C. difficult	D. daily
2.A. familiar	B. different	C. similar	D. special
3.A. a common	B. an ordinary	C. a personal	D. a traditional
4.A.attractive	B. convenient	C. public	D. quick
5.A.thoughts	B. secrets	C. mysteries	D. puzzles
6.A. tell	B. publish	C. share	D. solve
7.A. in spite of	B. as well as	C. in favor of	D. instead of
8.A. web	B. diary	C. report	D. blog
9.A. Since	B. Although	C. When	D. Because
10.A. still	B. already	C. only	D. never
11.A. worried	B. concerned	C. glad	D. angry
12.A. problem	B. trouble	C. doubt	D. mistake
13.A. boring	B. wrong	C. unpleasant	D. funny
14.A. Therefore	B. However	C. Beside	D. Then
15.A. will	B. should	C. must	D. might
16.A. reasons	B.shortcomings	C. disadvantages	D. advantages
17.A. no one	B. everyone	C. anyone	D. someone
18.A. happily	B. suddenly	C. especially	D. quickly
19.A. miss	B. like	C. need	D. help
20.A. lose	B. get	C. stay	D. find

 

C

If you have to miss a meal a day, which meal will cause you fewest health problems if you don’t eat it? If you have to make a decision of this type, most people (especially very busy people) will choose to skip breakfast.

However, many experts in the field of health consider breakfast ( the meal which “break” you “fast” ) to be the most important  meal of the day. If we eat a good breakfast, they say, we will have the energy and nutrients (营养) we need to begin our working day with vigor(活力) and stay hopeful with good honor. However, many people skip breakfast or substitute a cup of coffee for a well balanced meal. What happens if we ignore the importance of breakfast?

One recent study conducted in the United States tested a large number of people. Participants(参加者) included both males and females who ranged in age from 12 to 83. The results showed that if a person eats an adequate(丰富的) breakfast, he or she will work more efficiently(效率高地) and more productively than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person’s work involves mental(脑力的) activities. The study showed that if school-children eat fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, they will learn more quickly and will be able to concentrate on their lessons for a longer period of time than if their breakfast is inadequate(不丰富).

The study also showed that contrary to what people believe, if you skip breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry if they skip breakfast that they eat too much for lunch and end up gaining weight instead of losing. So remember, if you want to lose weight, skipping breakfast will not help you. You will likely lose more weight if you decrease your other meals.

1. According to experts, breakfast is the most important meal of the day because _____.

A．a good breakfast breaks you down fast

B．you’ll lose weight quickly if you skip breakfast

C．breakfast provides what a person needs to work

D．after a long night, you’ll feel very hungry

2.The underlined part “substitute a cup of coffee for a well balanced meal”(Para. 2) probably means _______.

A．to exchange a cup of coffee for a well balanced meal.

B．To drink a cup of coffee instead of a well balanced meal.

C．To change a cup of coffee into a well balanced meal.

D．To regard a cup of coffee as a well balanced meal.

3.The example of school-children in para.3 shows that _______.

A．school-children will be quick and attentive all day if they eat breakfast

B．a proper breakfast will make mental workers more efficient

C．fruit, eggs, bread and milk are the best breakfast for mental workers

D．school-children who have breakfast are much brighter than those who don’t

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to Para. 4?

A．Some people skip breakfast because they want to be slimmer.

B．Most people who skip breakfast actually eat more for lunch.

C．People put on weight because they eat too much breakfast.

D．Skipping breakfast won’t help people who want to lose weight.

5.The best title of the passage is _______.

A．How to Lose Weight                     B．What’s a Healthy Diet

C．Surprising Results of a Study               D．Breakfast – A Meal That Breaks You Fast

 

完形填空(共20小题；满分30分) 注意：15分钟内完成

Most people in school like Gloria. So when she 36 sick, some boys 37 to visit her. But none of them wanted to 38 any money on a gift to bring along. Then Willie said, "We can 39 some flowers from a 40. Gloria will not know 41 they come from, and the dead man will not 42 them. "

Everybody was afraid 43 Willie. So he went alone and found some beautiful flowers. Then they went to Gloria's 44 , and the boys acted 45 the flowers were from all of them, but 46 did not mind. After their visit, Willie 47 the other boys, "It's a good thing that I was not afraid. Gloria liked the flowers. "

The other boys laughed. Gloria 48 not have liked the 49 if she had known they had 50 from a grave (坟墓).

That night, Willie was reading a book 51 his mother came into his room. "There's a man 52 asking for you," she asked. "He said that you didn't 53 the flowers. "

"What does he look like?" Willie asked.

"That's hard to say," Willie's mother answered. "He is all 54 with mud. "（泥巴）

Willie, all of a sudden, turned  55 .

36. A. got   B. fall            C. made         D. took

37. A. thought   B. asked         C. planned       D. suggested

38. A. keep B. cost           C. take            D. spend

39. A. steal B. rob            C. buy           D. beg

40. A. shop        B. store     C. street       D. grave

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

42. A. miss        B. lose     C. hate           D. love

43. A. beside      B. besides   C. including      D. except

44.A. room        B. house     C. school        D. library

45. A. as if        B .if          C. that          D. as

46. A. Gloria      B. some       C. Willie         D. nobody

47. A. told      B. asked           C. said to        D. explained

48. A. must       B. can         C. could         D. would

49. A. boys       B. flowers      C. secret        D. news

50. A. stolen      B. robbed      C. taken         D. come

51. A. as         B. when        C. while         D. suddenly

52. A. inside      B. outside       C. still               D. also

53. A. ask for     B. pay          C. pay off               D. pay for

54. A, painted          B. dressed      C. wrapped         D. covered

55. A. sad        B. red          C. pale       D. glad