第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

A Washed Day

In the faint light of the attic（阁楼）, an old man, bent down and made his way to a pile of boxes . Brushing aside a lot of  36  , he began to lift out one old 37  after another.

He  38  opened the long buried treasures and soon was 39  in a sea of memories.

Setting  40  one of the dusty albums, he pulled from the box what to be a  41  from his grown son's childhood. He  42  not recall ever having seen it before,  43  that his son had ever kept a journal. Opening the  44  pages, he glanced over a short reading, and his  45  curved in an unconscious smile.  46  his eyes brightened as he read the words. It was the voice of the little boy who had grown up far too fast in this  47  house, and whose voice had grown fainter and fainter over the  48 . The words of a  six-year-old  49  the old man back to a time  50  totally forgotten.

Reminded that he had kept a daily journal of his  51 activities over the years, he closed his son's journal. Opening a glass cabinet door, he reached in and  52  an old business journal. Then he sat down at his desk and  53  the two journals beside each other. As he opened his journal, the old man's eyes fell upon several words that  54 .  In his own neat handwriting were these words:

55 the whole day fishing with Jimmy. Didn't catch a thing. With a deep sigh and a shaking hand, he took Jimmy's journal and found the boy's entry for the same day: Went fishing with my dad. Best day of my life.

36.A. sweat       B. water         C. dust       D. rain

37.A. diary        B. album         C. book      D. dictionaries

38.A. carefully       B. carelessly      C. casually      D. anxiously

39.A. surprised      B. disappointed      C. interested   D. lost

40.A. aside        B. up             C. off         D. out

41.A. photograph   B. letter          C. journal          D. card

42.A. could       B. would         C. should     D. might

43.A. and              B. so              C. but        D. or

44.A. colored     B. yellowed       C. turned     D. touched

45.A. nose         B. eyes           C. ears       D. lips

46.A. Thus        B. Then          C. Even      D. However

47.A. very         B. just            C. poor      D. big

48.A. hours       B. weeks         C. months       D. years

49.A. forced      B. carried              C. left        D. made

50.A. seldom     B. hardly         C. almost     D. never

51.A. politics     B. business        C. science       D. holiday

52.A. pulled up      B. Pulled off      C. pulled out   D. pulled over

53.A. placed      B. threw         C. hid        D. read

54.A. picked out    B. stood out       C. worked out D. took out

55.A. Spend      B. Enjoyed        C. Spared         D. Wasted

 

The year is 2094.It has been announced that a comet(彗星) is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably__1__the southern half of the Earth.

__2__17 July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth's __3__ with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the __4__  part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of __5__. The sea __6__ and a huge hole is made in the sea bed.Huge waves are created and spread out from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African are totally destroyed and millions of people are__7__.

Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet __8___ in Argentina.Earthquakes and volcanoes are__9__ off in the Andes Mountains. The shock __10__move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely __11__by earthquakes. Millions of people in the __12__ half of the earth are already dead, __13__  the north won't be safe for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is __14__  by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world falls to almost zero. Crops are ruined.The sun won't be seen again for many years. Wars __15__ as countries fight for __16__.A year later, no more than 10 million people remain __17__.

Could it really __18__？ In fact, it has already more than once in the history of the Earth. Science shows that the dinosaurs(恐龙)__19__on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared.Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of heavenly object. The dinosaurs couldn't live __20__ the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?

1．A.attack  　　　B．hit　　　　C．beat　　　　 D．damage

2．A.On          B．In         C．At          D．During

3．A.air          B．environment  C．situation    D．atmosphere

4．A.rest         B．other       C．remaining    D．half

5．A.sound          B．light          C．earth               D．air

6．A.burns           B．destroys        C．harms            D．boils

7．A.dead             B．lost              C．killed               D．damaged

8．A.enters          B．comes          C．flies               D．lands

9．A.sent              B．set              C．caused                 D．made

10．A.rocks          B．waves         C．earth             D．shakes

11．A.damaged     B．changed      C．ruined      D．injured

12．A.southern    B．northern     C．western      D．eastern

13．A.and        B．besides      C．but         D．so

14．A.colored     B．hidden     C．polluted       D．shut

15．A.come out    B．erupt     C．take place     D．break out

16．A.water     B．money      C．food        D．the earth

17．A.dead     B．injured      C．active       D．on the earth

18．A.be true           B．happen

C．hit the earth      D．destroy the world

19．A.have been  B．had been  C．were      D．would be

20．A.for        B．through   C．with      D．on

Science has told us too much about the moon that it is fairly easy to imagine what it would be like to get there. It is certainly not a friendly place. Since there is no air or water, there can be no life of any kind. There is not much variety of scenery either. For mile after mile there are only flat plains of dust with mountains around them. Above, the sun and stars shine in the black sky. If you step out of the mountain shadow, it means moving from the severe cold into intense (强烈的) heat. These extreme temperatures continually break rocks away from the surface of the mountains. The moon is also a very silent world, for sound waves can only travel through air. But beyond the broken horizon, you see a friendly sight. Our earth is shining more brightly than the stars. From this distance, it looks like an immense (巨大的) blue, green and brown ball.
【小题1】The moon is an unfriendly place because                   .

A．there is no air, no water, no life, no scenery	B．the sun and stars shine in the sky
C．temperature breaks rock away	D．all of the above

【小题2】Without           , the moon is a silent world.

A．man

B．air

C．sound

D．water

【小题3】According to the passage we know that             .

A．the earth looks like a colored ball

B．we can enjoy the scenery on the moon

C．every inch of the moon is very hot

D．the extreme temperature breaks rocks away from the surface of mountains

【小题4】We can conclude（断定） that “continually” means          .

A．sometimes

B．always

C．without break

D．frequently

【小题5】The best title for the passage is                        .

A．An Unfriendly and Friendly Place	B．The Geography of the Moon
C．Moon, a Silent World	D．The Moon

It’s not just women who wear skirts.   1.   In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition.

A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knees. It has checks（格子）on it with different colors, like red and blue.   2.   

  3.   There are many stories about it. One story is that kilt was invented in the 1720s by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson.

Thomas Rawlinson had a number of Scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work.    4.    

Today, most Scotsmen look the kilt as formal dress. They usually only wear them at wedding or big dinner.     5.  

A．Each family in Scotland has it’s own colors.

B．There are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day.

C．How did the Scots start to wear skirts ?

D．It was important for Scots to wear skirts at any time.

E.So he cut their long clothes into shorter skirts.

F.Wearing skirts is very beautiful for women.

G.Men can wear them, too.

 

 

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It’s not just women who wear skirts.   1    In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition.

A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knees. It has checks（格子）on it with different colors, like red and blue.    2    

    3    There are many stories about it. One story is that kilt was invented in the 1720s by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson.

Thomas Rawlinson had a number of Scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work.     4     

Today, most Scotsmen look the kilt as formal dress. They usually only wear them at wedding or big dinner.    5   

A. Each family in Scotland has it’s own colors.

B.There are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day.

C.How did the Scots start to wear skirts ?

D.It was important for Scots to wear skirts at any time.

E.So he cut their long clothes into shorter skirts.

F.Wearing skirts is very beautiful for women.

G.Men can wear them, too.