The detective_____the spy to_______.

A. killed...dead            B.shoot......die

C.fired...dying             D.shot...death

完形填空 （共15小题； 每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 下列各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

An English padre（神父） wanted to become a member of a certain club in Africa. In order to become a member, each person had to   1   at least one lion. The padre had never shot an animal for his life. So, armed with a rifle and led by a young African boy, the padre set out one evening for a pool in the jungle where he was told a lion came each evening to   2   . He waited patiently for a few   3   until shortly before midnight when he heard a rustling(沙沙声) noise. Sure enough a few feet away the head of the lion appeared above a bush that separated the padre and the pool. He aimed and fired. The head of the lion   4   fell behind the bush but a moment later

   5   . So the padre aimed and   6   again. The head of the lion fell behind the bush and once more reappeared. The padre fired again: the same   7   . He remained calm because he   8   he had brought sixteen bullets with him. After his fourth try, his aim seemed to become more and more   9   : in fact, after his  10  

try the African boy had to  11   him: “This is your last chance. If you  12   this time, we are in trouble.” The padre then realized how  13   the situation was, so he took a deep breath, aimed very carefully and fired. They waited for a moment, and then slowly  14   up to twenty: the head of the lion did not reappear. The padre was certain that at last he had shot his lion. They  15   forward together to the spot behind the bush. And what do you think they found? Sixteen lions!

1. A. shoot         B. kill         C. catch            D. hurt

2. A. eat           B. walk         C. drink            D. hunt

3. A. minutes       B. seconds      C. days         D. hours

4. A. fast          B. immediately  C. once         D. directly

5. A. turned        B. reappeared   C. returned         D. moved

6. A. killed            B. jumped       C. fired            D. tied

7. A. result            B. situation        C. answer       D. problem

8. A. acknowledged  B. understood   C. believed     D. knew

9. A. inaccurate   B. unnecessary  C. impossible   D. indirect

10 A. last          B. fifteenth        C. sixteenth        D. many

11. A. tell             B. frighten     C. warn         D. remain

12. A. fell         B. shot         C. fired            D. missed

13. A. difficult        B. serious      C. exciting     D. mad

14. A. counted      B. waited       C. added        D. named

15. A. drove         B. rushed       C. wandered     D. climbed

This is Ted’s photo. We miss him a lot. He       trying to save a child in the earthquake    

  A. killed              B. is killed            C. was killed              D. has killed

On March 14, violent crimes of beating, looting and burning in Lhasa of Tibet broke out, _____ 13 innocent people and with more than 300 _____.

A. killed; injured       B. killing; injured       C. killed; injuring   D. killing; injuring

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and China, and it is 8 900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people ever to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Men from several different countries climbed it after that.
Jumko Tabei, a Japanese from Hokkaido, was the first woman to make this difficult climb. A Tokyo newspaper television organized the climb in 1975. They chose fifteen women from mountaineering (登山) clubs to go to Nepal. The group climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche (雪崩). The heavy ice and snow injured ten of the women. They had to stop climbing, the other five women continued.
Only Ms. Tabei was able to climbing the last 70 meters. She was standing on the top of the world. She was the first woman there.
Ms. Tabei was 35 years old at the time. She is 1 meter 50 centimeters and weighs 42 kilograms. She says that she is an ordinary housewife. She started climbing mountains in 1960. She climbed every mountain in Japan. Then she climbed Mount Annapurna, another high mountain in the Himalayas. Finally she climbed the world’s highest mountain.
When she reached the top, she thought, “I’m at the top and I’m glad that I’m at the top.” Then she climbed back down the mountain.
1. Ms. Tabei was great because _________.
A. she was the first one ever to climb Mount Everest
B. she had climbed every mountain in Japan
C. she was the first woman that climbed the world’s highest mountain
D. she had climbed many mountains though she was small and young
2. “The heavy ice and snow injured ten of the women.” The word “injured” means ________.
A. killed       B. hurt     C. buried      D. froze
3. Which of the following is true?
A.None of the group reached the top of Mount Everest.
B. Ms. Tabei was one of the other five women who reached the top of Mount Everest.
C. The other five women reached the top of Mount Everest but Ms. Tabei was the first one.
D. Ms. Tabei was the only one of the group who reached the top of Mount Everest.
4. Ms. Tabei had practiced climbing for _________ years.
A. fifteen     B. twenty-two      C. thirteen   D. ten
5.What’s the main idea of the passage ?
A. The highest mountain in  the world.
B. The first woman to set foot on the highest mountain in the world.
C. How to climb the highest mountain in the world.
D. The exploration to the highest mountain in the world.