完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

    阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

    This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience．It happened about three years ago and it has had a  21  effect on me．I would like to show respect here for the two men I do not know  22  but whose actions gave a new  23  to the words — kind and generous.

    I was walking down a busy street on a cold, windy day in early  24  , A homeless man, probably about 60 and without wearing any shoes , was  25  for change on a street corner.

    A BMW car  26  on the other side of the street and an executive（主管）who was perfectly dressed stepped out of the car．He was probably about  27  years old．He was wearing a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie．He walked  28  across the street and over to the homeless man．Without saying anything, he first gave him a lot of  29  and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves（ 手套）, beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks．Then he    30  them to the homeless man．The homeless man took them and stared with a/an  31  mouth.

    As he drove off, I couldn’t   32  thinking that it was probably the first time he had  33  the pedal（ 踏板）of that top-brand BMW car with a   34   foot! I stood there and the looks of   35  appeared on my face and the homeless man’s.

    Two men of about the same age  36  very different lives had met and the one who was  37  in materials had offered  38  than his shoes．He had left this BMW car and   39  down from his high position．He lifted up the other man when he offered respect,   40  and real generosity.

1.A．strong           B．bad              C．light           D．slow

2.A．officially       B．personally       C．similarly       D．generally

3.A．benefit          B．attitude         C．meaning         D．award

4.A．spring           B．summer           C．autumn          D．winter

5.A．searching        B．making           C．blaming         D．begging

6.A．called up        B．broke up         C．pulled up       D．sped up

7.A．40               B．50               C．60              D．70

8.A．directly         B．usually          C．unwillingly     D．fluently

9.A．money            B．water            C．sand            D．oil

10.A．posted          B．handed           C．kicked          D．threw

11.A．closed          B．full             C．open            D．empty

12.A．stand           B．delay            C．forget          D．help

13.A．bended          B．cut              C．repaired        D．pressed

14.A．relaxed         B．large            C．bare            D．single

15.A．excitement      B．astonishment     C．sadness         D．pride

16.A．but             B．or               C．and             D．before

17.A．successful      B．careful          C．useful          D．helpful

18.A．rather          B．more             C．other           D．better

19.A．broken          B．fell             C．stepped         D．rolled

20.A．surprise        B．disappointment   C．anxiety         D．kindness

 

 

 

More perhaps than any other European nation, the Swiss have got used to looking after foreign travelers. As early as the 18th century, wealthy French, Germans and Italians were treating the country as an amusement center while, in the 19th century, it became the major holiday playground for the British nobles. Today, it attracts visitors from all over the world.

    The Swiss are clear about the importance of tourism to their economy, which makes up about eight percent of the Gross Domestic Product, and helps industry greatly. Managers of hotels from all over the world go to Switzerland to learn how to do the job, and a high standard can be expected from the great majority of the country’s hotels, most of which are small and pride themselves on personalized service. Public transport is the best in Europe. Both the Swiss Federal railways and the private railways are fully electric-powered, and the total network consists of about 5,000 kilometers of track.

    Under the Fly Baggage system passengers can check luggage in at 116 railway stations and have it automatically transferred to their flight. The national highway system is equally well planned, and the mountain roads offer views of some of the country’s most breathtaking scenery. Also serving the mountains is an effective system of railways and cable ways, while more than 160 passenger cars cross the lakes and rivers. Hiking in the mountains is equally popular with Swiss nationals and foreign visitors. For those who want to view the country from a great height without having to climb the mountain themselves, it is always possible to take in the view from a balloon.

１. Compared with other European countries, Switzerland ________.

A. places more importance on entertainment

B. thinks more about foreign travelers

C. has more convenient public transport

D. has more five-star hotels

２. According to the passage, Switzerland is now visited by ________.

A. wealthy French people               

B. rich Germans and Italians

C. British nobles                      

D. people from various countries

３. According to the passage we learn that ________.

A. most of the hotels in Switzerland are big

B. all the hotels in Switzerland offer exactly the same service

C. most of the hotels in Switzerland offer first class service

D. the hotels in Switzerland are accustomed to learning from the rest of the world

４. The Fly Rail Baggage system is a service to transport your luggage between the railway station and ________.

A. the airport                                B. the hotel   

C. the motorway station      D. the cable ways

５. The passage mainly tells us about ________.

A. scenery in Switzerland                 

B. the life in Switzerland

C. tourism in Switzerland               

D. the transportation in Switzerland

 

Visitors were still paying 20 yuan to hug Lele and have their photos taken yesterday despite a ban that forbids any such sontact with a wild animal. The ban was introduced more than a week ago.

“The city zoo broke the law and should be prohibited,” said an official at the State Forestry Administration.

The administration notice last Monday clearly bans contact with wild or captive animals, the abuse of wild or captive animals for performance purposes and any improper business related to wild animal products.

“Close contact with the chimp is the only bit that breaks the ban and we will end that soon,” said Beijing Zoo spokeswoman Ye Minxia yesterday.

“The chimpanzee performance can’t stopped overnight as we have a contract with a company scheduled to terminate at the end of this year,” she said.

“The zoo is negotiating with the company in the hope of terminating it sooner,” Ye said. She refused to answer directly whether the chimp photo sessions were still ongoing yesterday, instead, saying. “It’s very likely we will cancel it tomorrow.”

Zoo staff confirmed photos were taken yesterday, one employee saying 2-year-old Lele “works” form 10am to 3pm daily, according to the Leagl Mirror.

Such activities not only damage the mental and physical health of the animals, but also risk the safety of visitors, according to the official website of the State Forestry Administration where the notice was released.

“A pet male chimpanzee bit and attacked 55-year-old Chala Nash, causing serious injuries to her face, neck and hands at her friend’s home in Stamfor, Connecticut on February 16th last year,” CNN reported. The friend, Sandra Herold, called the police, who shot 14-year-old Travis many times after he also attacked an officer.”

“Putting a blue T-shirt on a wild animal and training it to bare its teeth and parade for visitors might not enhance that already-troubled image of Chinese animal protection,” the State Forestry official warned. “Some zoos even hit animals and promote themselves with commercials involving animal abuse, ” he said.

“Too much focus on the profits too often results in improper treatment of animals, contributing to their early and unnatural deaths,” the notice stated.

1.Where can people most probably find the article?

         A．In research reports.  B．In newspapers.

         C．In science fictions.     D．In book reviews. 

2.What do we learn about Lele?

         A．It’s used to make money.  B．It is hit by the people.

         C．It attacked its owners.      D．It died unnaturally.

3.What would be the best title of the article?

         A．Zoos Disobey National Ban        B．Profit-making Zoos

         C．Animals in Danger             D．Animal Abuse

 

    Language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.

There are several major language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3 percent of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families. （词数155）

1.The early language had ________.

A．a lot of problems	B．words and easy grammar
C．words but no grammar	D．grammar but not many words

2. In the next few hundred years we can expect language to _____.

A．stay exactly the same	B．change a great deal
C．change only a little	D．ask more words and drop some grammar

3.What this article shows is that _____.

A．languages change fast	B．languages really don't want to change
C．language really with changes in society	D．Spanish and English change

 

 

CARDIFF, Wales Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.

“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival in Wales.

    “Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early this month.

Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.

    Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving (coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales.

    “It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions. and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambrose said.

1. From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn _______.

A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago

B. why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way

C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live

D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit

2. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.

B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.

C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.

D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.

3. The underlined phrase in good hands means _______.

A. controlled by rich people              B. grasped by good storytellers

C. taken good care of                         D. protected by kind people