1、1 故事类阅读故事类阅读 完形填空 One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather.Several times,it _1_several obstacles(障碍物)in its path.And after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour(绕道). At one point, the ant had to cross a crack about 10 mm wide.After some _2_ thoughts
2、, the ant laid the feather over the crack,walked across it and picked the feather up on the other side,then continued on its way.I was _3_ by the cleverness of this ant.It was only a small insect,lacking of_4_ yet equipped with a brain to reason,explore, discover and overcome. But this ant, like the
3、 other two-legged creatures _5_ on the earth, also shares human failings. After some time the ant _6_ reached its destination-a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its _7_ home.It was there that the ant met its _8_.How could that large feather possibly_9_ such a small hole? Of cours
4、e, it couldnt.So the ant, after all this _10_ and using great brightness,overcoming problems all along the way, just gave up the _11_ and went home.The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a burden.Isnt our _12_ like tha
5、t? We worry about our families; we worry about the _13_ of money and we worry about all kinds of things.These are all burdens-the things we pick up along lifes path,and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to _14_ that at the destination they are _15_ and we
6、cant take them with us. ()1. A. brought about ()2. A. brave ()3. A. frightened ()4. A. size ()5. A. working ()6. A. probably ()7. A. underground ()8. A. partner ()9. A. fit ()10. A. decision ()11. A. insect ()12. A. study ()13. A. waste ()14. A. think ()15. A. bad B. got over B. tiring B. attracted
7、B. height B. sleeping B. suddenly B. lonely B. match B. fix B. pleasure B. problem B. aim B. lack B. find B. practical C. came across C. magic C. annoyed C. depth C. living C. easily C. comfortable C. parent C. suit C. trouble C. hole C. dream C. worth C. wonder C. useless D. dealt with D. short D.
8、satisfied D. length D. walking D. finally D. big D. friend D. fill D. matter D. feather D. life D. danger D. warn D. meaningful 2 完形填空 In the United States, I have a close friend named Jim Forest. When I first1him eight years ago,and we have a good time together. Last winter, Jim came to 2 . I usual
9、ly wash the dishes after weve finished our 3 , before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone else. One night, Jim asked if he might do the dishes. I said, 4 , but if you wash the dishes you must know the5to wash them. Jim replied, Come on, you think I dont know how to wash the dishes? I 6 , The
10、re are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes 7 the second is to wash the dishes to wash the dishes. Jim was delighted and said, I 8 the second way - to wash the dishes to wash the dishes. From then on, Jim knew how to wash the dishes. I 9 the resp
11、onsibility to him for an entire week. While washing dishes,10 we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus 11to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a(n) 12 , then we are not washing the dishes to wash the dishes. Whats more, we are not13during the time we are washing the dishes.14
12、, we are completely incapable of15the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we cant wash the dishes, the chances are we wont be 16 to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely17 of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into
13、 the 18and we are incapable of actually 19 one minute of life. Try to wash the dishes the next time you wash the dishes, when your mind is20 but on the dishes. ()1.A. met ()2.A. play ()3.A. meeting ()4.A. Go ahead ()5.A. limit ()6.A. complained ()7.A. so ()8.A. hate ()9.A. transferred ()10. A. becau
14、se ()11. A. planning ()12. A. annoyance ()13. A. pleased ()14. A. Otherwise ()15. A. wondering ()16. A. able B. called B. visit B. travel B. As usual B. method B. shouted B. but B. understand B. showed B. if B. stopping B. job B. proud B. In fact B. receiving B. likely C. admired C. study C. meal C.
15、 No way C. effect C. whispered C. and C. remember C. explained C. although C. forgetting C. test C. alive C. However C. admitting C. sure D. joined D. settle D. talk D. By chance D. importance D. answered D. as D. choose D. contacted D. before D. hurrying D. help D. ready D. Even worse D. realizing
16、D. willing 3 ()17. A. proud ()18. A. future ()19. A. sparing ()20. A. somewhere B. aware B. time B. achieving B. something C. afraid C. past C. living C. everything D. ashamed D. distance D. changing D. everywhere 1-5: ABCAB6-10: DCDAB11-15: DACBD 16-20: ABACD Every year millions of people travel by
17、 plane without difficulty. I dont1very often, but I always seem to 2 into trouble. Trouble seems to like me; it goes with me 3 a friendly dog! Last year, for example, I wanted to come home4a winter vacation in Miami, Florida. I had to5a plane to Atlanta and then take another plane home. We left Miam
18、i on a Sunday morning. The 6 there was warm and sunny. We arrived in Atlanta at 12:30 p.m. but then it 7 to snow. In the next three hours,ten inches of snow fell.8the plane could not leave. After twenty-four hours at the Atlanta airport, I was able to 9 my journey! I arrived home and went to 10 . Yo
19、u look tired, the people at work said. You need a vacation! This year I had to go to Washington D.C. for an important business meeting. 11 the plane journey, I wore sports clothes; they were old, but I felt12in them. My good clothes for the meeting were in my suitcase (手提箱). That was a very 13 idea!
20、 I 14 in Washington, but my suitcase didnt. Maybe it went to London or 15 to San Francisco, I didnt know, but it didnt arrive in Washington 16 me! I went to my important meeting 17 my tennis clothes. Now that is not a good way to 18 business! People in Washington wear suits to business meetings, not
21、 shorts and tennis shoes. My meeting did not 19 well. That was twoweeks ago. Now I am home again, and I am 20 waiting for my suitcase. ()1. A. drive ()2. A. go ()3. A. like ()4. A. in ()5. A. sit ()6. A. temperature ()7. A. stopped ()8. A. And ()9. A. go ()10. A. job ()11. A. For ()12. A. worried ()
22、13. A. bad ()14. A. reached ()15. A. surely B. fly B. jump B. as B. for B. ride B. weather B. began B. Or B. keep B. office B. Like B. cold B. strange B. arrived B. certainly C. run C. fall C. for C. from C. make C. climate C. went on C. But C. continue C. bed C. As C. warm C. good C. got C. later D
23、. walk D. get D. with D. on D. take D. day D. grew D. Because D. stop D. work D. With D. comfortable D. possible D. stopped D. perhaps 4 ()16. A. by ()17. A. on ()18. A. make ()19. A. go ()20. A. yet B. with B. in B. join B. get B. still C. to C. with C. do C. feel C. not D. for D. without D. take D. do D. also 偏难 1-5: BDABD 6-10: BBACD 11-15: ADCBD 16-20: BBCAB
