完形填空

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C或者D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

（一）

My birthday was a few days ago. Now Im 24 years old and Im ___1____ with teaching. I didnt remember my birthday until the morning of the 20th. It was just ___2____ an ordinary day， no presents， no party， no cake… and I ___3____ it that way. When I was younger， I always felt sad that almost ___4____ remembered my birthday， not even my family.But now I dont ___5____ any more， especially this year， from 23 to 24， not much ___6____. Im just not a birthday or holiday person. This month I have several foreign students ___7____ Chinese with me. I give lessons privately[個別地]， so I ___8____ to do quite a lot of work before each lesson. So far Im getting more ___9____ in teaching foreigners Chinese， and I think its a very cool job. When I was at ___10____， I wanted to follow these native[本國的]English speakers.

They can ___11____ to foreign countries and get teaching jobs easily almost anywhere even ___12____ theyre not real teachers. I complained Chinese peo-ple didnt have as many ___13____ as peo-ple from the West.

But now things are ___14____. AsChina is becoming stronger， Chinese is becoming more and more ___15____， and maybe in the future I can get teaching jobs in foreign coun-tries. Ill study more and get ready.

（ ）1. A. worth B. busy C. weak D. silent

（ ）2. A. like B. before C. opposite D. between

（ ）3. A. report B. prevent C. prefer D. reach

（ ）4. A. everybody B. somebody C. anybody D. nobody

（ ）5. A. receive B. agree C. care D. blow

（ ）6. A. secret B. difference C. experience D. address

（ ）7. A. collecting B. choosing C. celebrating D. learning

（ ）8. A. need B. mean C. miss D. afford

（ ）9. A. amazed B. interested C. frightened D. covered

（ ）10. A. school B. library C. meeting D. channel

（ ）11. A. ring B. search C. travel D. greet

（ ）12. A. unless B. since C. after D. though

（ ）13. A. relatives B. chances C. voices D. programs

（ ）14. A. increasing B. rewarding C. disappearing D. changing

（ ）15. A. popular B. confident C. central D. proud

（二）

Life is not easy， so Id like to say “When anything happens， believe in yourself.”When I was a young boy， I was ___1___ shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often ___2____ me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later， ___3____ happened， and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to ___4____ it. What a terrible idea！ It meant I had to speak ___5____ all the teachers and students of my school！

“Come on， boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to ___6____.” Then mother and I talkedabout many different topics. At last I ___7____ the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 ___8____. With my mothers great love， I did ___9____ in the contest. I could hardly believe my ___10____ when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers[贊美] ___11____ the teachers and students. Those classmates ___12____ once looked down on[瞧不起] me， now all said “Congratulations！” ___13____ me. My mother hugged me and cried excitedly.

___14____ then， everything has changed for me. When I do anything， I try to tell ___15____ to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.

（ ）1. A. too B. so C. quite D. very

（ ）2. A. made faces at B. looked after

C. caught up with D. laughed at

（ ）3. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything

（ ）4. A. take part in B. join C. get D. make

（ ）5. A. with B. to C. among D. before

（ ）6. A. lose B. win C. pass D. beat

（ ）7. A. brought B. reached C. thought D. chose

（ ）8. A. words B. times C. topics D. sentences

（ ）9. A. well B. good C. bad D. interested

（ ）10. A. result B. speech C. eyes D. ears

（ ）11. A. from B. of C. for D. to

（ ）12. A. when B. what C. which D. who

（ ）13. A. to B. at C. with D. on

（ ）14. A. Except B. Since C. Before D. From

（ ）15. A. someone B. me C. everyone D. myself

（三）

短文填詞：根據短文內容，用方框中所給單詞的適當形式填空，使短文內容完整，語句通順。

snowman; while; happy; cover; China; friendly; there; like; big; with

I still remember visiting Moscow. It is the capital of Russia， the ___1____ country in the world. I went there ___2____ my parents when I was eight years old. I lived and studied there for one year， and I had some happy memories.

One of the most interesting things of that city was that ___3____ were many dogs. Perhaps Russians ___4____ dogs very much. You can see dogs here and there. Almost each of the families had a dog. I made friends with many Russian children ___5____ I was living and studying there. They were all very nice. They had fair hair and fair skin. I played with them

___6___ though I could only speak a little Russian at first. They were ___7___ to me. The weather in Moscow was very cold. It snowed almost every day in winter. The ground was always ___8___ with a lot of snow. We often made ___9___ together.

Now I am back in ___10___， but I miss them so much. I think I will never forget my happy memories of this visit to Moscow.

1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________ 4.__________ 5.__________

6.__________ 7.__________ 8.__________ 9.__________ 10.__________

（四）

Mrs Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She ___1___ him very much and as he was not a ___2___ child， she was always ___3___ that he might be ill. ___4___ she used to take him to see the best ___5___ in the town four times a year to be looked ___6___.

___7___ one of these visits， the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests and then said to him，” Have you had any ___8___ with your nose or ears recently ？” Mick ___9___ for a second and then answered .” Yes， I ___10___.”

Mrs Ball was very ___11___.”But Im sure you have ___12___ told me that， Mick ！” She said worriedly.” Oh， really ？” said the doctor ___13___.” And what trouble have you with your nose and ears， my boy ？” “Well，” answered Mick， “I always have trouble with them when Im ___14___ my sweater off， because the ___15___ is very tight[緊的].”

（ ）1. A. loved B. hated C. missed D. looked

（ ）2. A. rich B. clever C. strong D. happy

（ ）3. A. afraid B. surprised C. glad D. sure

（ ）4. A. Which B. For C. But D. So

（ ）5. A. player B. teacher C. doctor D.lawyer

（ ）6. A. round B. over C. for D. after

（ ）7. A. At B. During C. For D. To

（ ）8. A. answer B. thing C. word D. trouble

（ ）9. A. waited B. thought C. stood D. looked

（ ）10. A. did B. will C. have D. do

（ ）11. A. excited B. interested C. pleased D. surprised

（ ）12. A. already B. just C. never D. always

（ ）13. A. angrily B. seriouely C. happily D. carefully

（ ）14. A. turning B. taking C. keeping D. putting

（ ）15. A. collar[衣領] B. nose C. mouth D. ear

（五）

Who says honesty is dead？ Last Tuesday morning Alan Reed， a student at Claremont College here， was getting ___1___ money out of the bank. He wanted to have 50 dollars and the teller[銀行出納員] ___2___ him five twenties instead of five tens. For a few seconds， as Alan tells it， he wondered ___3___ to do. Should he give the extra money back？ Keep it？ ___4___ he kept it， he could buy several new CDs， or he could take his friend Simon to a big dinner. ___5___ no one would ever notice[注意]. But then he ___6___ the teller. She was a middle-aged woman with a sweet face， and she reminded him of his mother. She had been nice to him. Then he thought that there were probably exact[精確的] ___7___ kept of how much money was paid out， and the ___8___ would probably get in trouble. ___9___ of all， Alan felt he would probably feel ___10___ about keeping the extra money. Alan gave back the money.

（ ）1. A. less B. some C. any D. several

（ ）2. A. added B. took C. asked D. gave

（ ）3. A. what B. how C. where D. when

（ ）4. A. So B. If C. As D. Since

（ ）5. A. Quickly B. Shortly C. Probably D. Safely

（ ）6. A. saw B. listened to C. heard D. looked at

（ ）7. A. records B. dates C. photos D. places

（ ）8. A. mother B. student C. lady D. man

（ ）9. A. Each B. Worst C. Part D. Best

（ ）10. A. excited B. satisfied C. happy D. guilty

（六）

Ten-year-old Johnny was one of the laziest boys in his class. His homework was always ___1___ and it was usually wrong. He only did half the number of math problems ___2___ the other children did and in his compositions he ___3___ half the number of words. And usually the words were ___4___ spelled because he was too lazy to use a ___5___.

One day his class went on a bus trip. The ___6___ did not want to take Johnny with them. But there was no one to look after Johnny at the school so she had to take ___7___. “Now， children，” the teacher said， “On our bus trip we will ___8___ old buildings， some beautiful countryside， and many other things. I want you to write about ___9___ interesting you see on the trip.” The bus trip ___10___. The children looked out of the windows at all the interesting things. They took notes ___11___ their notebooks. The teacher was very ___12___ with them. Then she saw Johnny ___13___ on the floor of the bus and went up to him.

“Are you ___14___？” she asked him.

“No.” he said.

“Then ___15___ are you lying on the floor？”

“If I cant see anything，” he said， “I cant write about it， can I？”

（ ）1. A. late B. early C. good D. fine

（ ）2. A. that B. who C. what D. whom

（ ）3. A. learned B. made C. wrote D. read

（ ）4. A. badly B. well C. correctly D. nicely

（ ）5. A. radio B. pen C. library D.dictionary

（ ）6. A. driver B. mother C. father D. teacher

（ ）7. A. him B. himself C. his D. he

（ ）8. A. hear B. listen to C. see D. feel

（ ）9. A. nothing B. something C. nobody D. everybody

（ ）10. A. ended B. began C. finished D. closed

（ ）11. A. over B. by C. in D. at

（ ）12. A. angry B. pleased C. patient D. careful

（ ）13. A. standing B. sitting C. eating D. lying

（ ）14. A. busy B. sick C. happy D. glad

（ ）15. A. where B. what C. how D. why

（七）

In 1608 an Englishman named Thomas Coryate traveled in Italy. He liked the country and ___1___ down everything interesting. But he found one thing ___2___ interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote：“___3___ the Italians eat meat， they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because， as they say， people do not always have ___4___ hands.”

Before he want back to England， Thomas Coryate bought a few ___5___.

At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak[牛排] was brought out， he took out a fork and wanted to ___6___ the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were ___7___ when they saw this， He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas Coryate tried to prove that his friends were ___8___， so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first ___9___ of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor， His friends began to ___10___ at him and he had to take the fork away.

People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.

（ ）1. A. broke B. wrote C. went D. calmed

（ ）2. A. less B. much C. even D. more

（ ）3. A. Why B. When C. Which D. Where

（ ）4. A. clean B. big C. dirty D. safe

（ ）5. A. knives B. dishes C. forks D. plates

（ ）6. A. use B. eat C. make D. cut

（ ）7. A. worried B. bored C. tired D. surprised

（ ）8. A. honest B. correct C. wrong D. clever

（ ）9. A. piece B. kilo C. pound D. packet

（ ）10. A. scream B. look C. shout D. laugh

（八）

How ___1___ do you know about manners[禮儀]？ Different countries have ___2___ manners. In ___3___ Asian countries， it is good manners to take off your shoes before you go into a house. ___4___ in European[歐洲] countries， even if they sometimes become very dirty， this is not done. If you are a ___5___ in a Chinese house， when you have a meal， you usually do not ___6___ the food. You often leave a little to ___7___ that you have had enough. But in England， a visitor always finishes food to show that he has ___8___ it. We must know the customs [風俗] of other ___9___ so that they will not think ___10___ bad-manners. People all over the world ___11___ that a well-mannered person should be kind and ___12___ to others. If you remember this， at ___13___ you will not go very far wrong. ___14___ likes a person with good manners， but no one likes a person ___15___ bad manners.

Keep your manners.

（ ? ? ）1. A. well ? ? ? B. ＼ ? C. much ? ? ? ? D. many

（ ? ? ）2. A. same ? ? ? B. different ? C. some ? ? ? D. interesting

（ ? ? ）3. A. some ? ? ? ? B. any ? ? ? ? C. other ? ? ? D. few

（ ? ? ）4. A. And ? ? ? ? B. So ? ? ? ? C. But ? ? ? ? ? ? D. Or

（ ? ? ）5. A. stranger ? B. traveller ? C. visitor ? ? D. foreigner

（ ? ? ）6. A. need ? ? ? B. finish ? ? C. choose ? ? D. have

（ ? ? ）7. A. say ? ? ? ? B. see ? ? ? C. understand ? D. show

（ ? ? ）8. A. finished ? ? B. enjoyed ? ? C. taken ? ? D. drunk

（ ? ? ）9. A. countries ? B. villages ? ? C. cities ? ? D. places

（ ? ? ）10. A. them ? ? ? ? B. me ? ? ? ? C. us ? ? ? D. him

（ ? ? ）11. A. find ? ? ? B. know ? ? ? ? C. guess ? ? D. agree

（ ? ? ）12. A. careful ? B. helpful ? ? C. hardworking ?D. healthy

（ ? ? ）13. A. end ? ? ? B. first ? ? ? C. least ? D. last

（ ? ? ）14. A. Somebody ? B. Anybody ? C. Nobody ? ? D. Everybody

（ ? ? ）15. A. with ? ? ? B. had ? C. knows ? ? ? D. is

參考答案

（一）1-5 BACDC 6-10 BDABA 11-15 CDBDA

（二）1-5 ADBAD 6-10 BDBAD 11-15 ADABD

（三）1. biggest， 2. with， 3. there， 4. like， 5. while，

6. happily， 7. friendly， 8. covered， 9. snowmen， 10. China.

（四）1-5 ACADC 6-10 BBDBC 11-15 DCBBA

（五）1-5 BDABC 6-10 DACBD

（六）1-5 AACAD 6-10 DACBB 11-15 CBDBD

（七）1-5 BDBAC 6-10 BDCAD

（八）1-5 CBACC 6-10 BDBAC ? 11-15 DBCDA