阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　Joan of Arc died trying to drive the English from her country. She gave _____1____ the safety of her life as a farm girl to follow an ideal. In modern times John Brown also followed _____2_____ ideal when he led his attack on Harper's Ferry. John Brown believed in God. When he was young, he ____3_____ taken a young run-away slave into his home. He hated _____4_____ and felt it was against God's will. During the battle over Kansas, Brown and his sons fought _____5_____. In 1859 he came to the East to fight ____6___ slavery. With him, in a farmhouse outside the town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, were twenty-one followers, five of them black men. Harper's Ferry lay ___7_____ the Shenandoah and the Potomac Rivers. It was on the border of Pennsylvania, a ____8_____ state. Brown felt that the ____9_____ he would easily free would easily go to the“free”land. Behind Harper's Ferry lay hilly country, where Brown and his men could hide out if the attack _____10_____.

　　As Brown and his men made their way forward, he told them,“Word will soon ____11____ throughout the countryside. Slaves will take up hatches, guns and knives. They _____12_____ join us. ”But Brown didn't succeed. His men ____13_____ take over（占领）the Rifle House and the Engine House. And Brown took a number of hostages（人质）as the ____14_____ spread. But word of the attack reached the Charles Town militia（民兵）, who. surrounded Brown the next day. The militia ____15____ fighting when Brown ____16____ a man with an offer of stopping fighting he was shot down. The next day Colonel Robert E. Lee and a group of US soldiers drew up before the Engine House. During the entire time of the attack, no slave had ____17___ Brown. Brown asked to be allowed to escape with his____18___. Lee____19___. Very soon it was allover. Most of Brown's men were _____20_____. Two soldiers were killed. Brown was badly wounded. Thirty-seven days later, he was hanged.

(1) A．up	B．out	C．in	D．away
(2) A．the	B．a	C．an	D．this
(3) A．was	B．is	C．had	D．has
(4) A．God	B．slavery	C．the ideal	D．the farm girl
(5) A．brave	B．strong	C．hard	D．hardly
(6) A．with	B．without	C．together	D．against
(7) A．among	B．in	C．between	D．from
(8) A．big	B．cold	C．new	D．free
(9) A．followers	B．slaves	C．soldiers	D．sons
(10) A．failed	B．succeeded	C．missed	D．finished
(11) A．pass	B．spread	C．come	D．go
(12) A．must	B．can	C．will	D．shall
(13) A．managed	B．succeeded	C．had to	D．did
(14) A．fighting	B．fight	C．war	D．news
(15) A．kept	B．stopped	C．gave up	D．enjoyed
(16) A．asked	B．sent	C．ordered	D．suggested
(17) A．said	B．joined	C．seen	D．noticed
(18) A．soldiers	B．men	C．slaves	D．sons
(19) A．agreed	B．refused	C．accepted	D．promised
(20) A．black	B．still	fighting	C．dead

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn（谷仓）. The watch was very cheap but it was very   1   to him because it was a gift from his father.

After   2   the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for   3   from a group of children playing nearby.

He   4   them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded（报偿）.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn   5  . They searched everywhere but still could not find the  6  . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another   7  .

The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer   8   the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he   9__ where others had failed.

The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a   10   mind can think better than an excited one.

1.A. important   B. expensive  C. useless      D. interesting

2.A. finding     B. searching  C. watching     D. studying

3.A. money     B. danger     C. work        D. help

4.A. promised   B. taught     C. warned       D. believed

5.A. angrily     B. slowly     C. quickly      D. hardly

6.A. rule        B. book      C. child        D. watch

7.A. way        B. chance    C. lesson       D. smile

8.A. threw       B. sent      C. gave         D. caught

9.A. came       B. knew     C. succeeded     D. suggested

10.A. beautiful   B. smart     C. peaceful       D. quick

 

 

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

    This story happened after the First World War. A French soldier named Frank returned to his hometown after the war.___41___he had been disabled in the war, he could hardly do anything. So before long he became very___42___.

    Every year the former___43___ in the town would hold a party.Once the party was held in Bill’s house.Since he had become a rich man,he___44___the other soldiers with a lot of good wine and tasty food. At the party,Bill was so glad that he took out a big gold ___45___he had collected to___46___them. The coin was passed around.They talked and laughed.___47___,most of them got drunk and the gold coin was soon___48___. When Bill remembered the gold coin,he found it was___49___.Everybody helped to___50___the coin in the room,but they___51___.At that time,someone___52___that everyone in the room be searched.Everyone else___53___except Frank.”I’m not a___54___,why should I be searched?” Then he went out of Bill’s house.Since then people believed that it was Frank___55___had stolen the gold coin.Frank was looked down upon from then on.All the people in the town___56___from him.

    Several years later,when Bill repaired his house,he___57___to find the gold coin in a crack of the floor.He hurried to Frank’s house to tell him about it and he___58___to Frank.Then he asked Frank,”But why didn’t you___59___to be searched at the time?”Hearing this Frank’s face turned red.”Because… my ___60___was full of bread and chicken that I had taken from your table and would carry home for my hungry wife and children.”

  41.A. But          B. And          C. Because        D. Or

  42.A. rich          B. strong        C. stupid          D. poor

  43.A. soldiers       B. farmers       C. businessmen    D. workers

44.A. gave         B. brought        C. offered        D. provided

  45.A. pen          B. watch         C. coin           D. bowl

  46.A. give         B. show          C. enjoy          D. interest

  47.A. Late         B. Lately         C. Later          D. Latest

  48.A. found        B. kept           C. forgotten       D. seen

  49.A. missing       B. broken        C. wrong          D. false

  50.A. look at       B. look after       C. look for        D. look out

  51.A. won         B. defeated        C. failed          D. succeeded

  52.A. said         B. thought         C. held           D. suggested

  53.A. spoke        B. agreed          C. refused        D. wondered

  54.A. thief         B. soldier          C. woman        D. guest

  55.A. whom        B. which          C. that           D. he

  56.A. kept away     B. kept out        C. kept up        D. kept on

  57.A. hoped        B. seemed         C. wanted        D. happened

  58.A. spoke        B. liked           C. apologized     D. went

  59.A. need         B. allow           C. stop          D. refuse

  60.A. hand         B. pocket          C. car           D. mouth

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.

   He may have the belief that he is not capable (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is __36__ because he doesn’t understand how to make the __37__ of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their __ 38__.

   A person who believe that he is incapable will not make a real __39__ because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for __40__ , and he won’t  work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is __41__ likely to fail, and the failure will __42__ his belief in his competence (才能) .

   Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had __43__ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor __44__ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not __45__ too much of him. In this way, they two __46__ the idea. He accepted __47__ mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to __48__ and was very poor at maths, __49__ as they expected.

   One day he worked at a problem which __50__ of the other students had been able to solve.

  Alder __51__ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now __52__ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at __53__. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned __54__ in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may __55__ himself as well as others by his ability.

36. A. clever                 B. shy                   C. useless                  D. stupid

37. A. biggest                B. most                 C. highest                     D. deepest

38. A. ability                 B. age                   C. brain                        D. knowledge

39. A. decision                     B. success             C. effort                       D. trouble

40. A. work                  B. study                C. improvement            D. success

41. A. truly                   B. really                 C. however                   D. therefore

42. A. lead to                B. strengthen         C. increase                   D. add to

43. A. an experience      B. an example        C. a thought                  D. a story

44. A. state                   B. mind                 C. start                         D. ending

45. A. blame                 B. expect               C. get                           D. win

46. A. developed            B. organized           C. discovered                D. found

47. A. his                     B. her                    C. its                          D. their

48. A. manage               B. succeed             C. try                         D. act

49. A. only                    B. almost               C. just                        D. then

50. A. none                   B. no                     C. no one                    D. nobody

51. A. gave                   B. succeeded         C. failed                      D. believed

52. A. lived                   B. worked             C. played                    D. graduated

53. A. lessons               B. medicine            C. subjects                  D. maths

54. A. early                   B. deeply               C. late                        D. simply

55. A. encourage           B. love                  C. astonish                  D. disappoint

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.

   He may have the belief that he is not capable (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is __1__ because he doesn’t understand how to make the __2__ of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their __ 3__.

   A person who believe that he is incapable will not make a real __4__ because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for __5__ , and he won’t  work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is __6__ likely to fail, and the failure will __7__ his belief in his competence (才能) .

   Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had __8__ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor __9__ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not __10__ too much of him. In this way, they two __11__ the idea. He accepted __12__ mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to __13__ and was very poor at maths, __14__ as they expected.

   One day he worked at a problem which __15__ of the other students had been able to solve.

  Alder __16__ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence (信心). He now __17__ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at __18__. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned __19__ in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may __20__ himself as well as others by his ability.

1. A. clever                   B. shy                   C. useless                     D. stupid

2. A. biggest                 B. most                 C. highest                     D. deepest

3. A. ability                  B. age                   C. brain                        D. knowledge

4. A. decision                B. success              C. effort                       D. trouble

5. A. work                    B. study                C. improvement            D. success

6. A. truly                        B. really                C. however                   D. therefore

7. A. lead to                 B. strengthen         C. increase                    D. add to

8. A. an experience        B. an example        C. a thought                  D. a story

9. A. state                         B. mind                 C. start                         D. ending

10. A. blame                 B. expect               C. get                           D. win

11. A. developed           B. organized          C. discovered                D. found

12. A. his                     B. her                    C. its                          D. their

13. A. manage               B. succeed             C. try                         D. act

14. A. only                   B. almost               C. just                        D. then

15. A. none                   B. no                    C. no one                    D. nobody

16. A. gave                   B. succeeded          C. failed                            D. believed

17. A. lived                  B. worked             C. played                    D. graduated

18. A. lessons                   B. medicine           C. subjects                  D. maths

19. A. early                  B. deeply               C. late                        D. simply

20. A. encourage           B. love                  C. astonish                  D. disappoint