完形填空(本题有15小题,每小题1分,共15分)解读

完形填空

（本题有

15

小题，每小题

1

分，共

15

分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从

A

、

B

、

、

D

四个选项中选出最 佳选项。

Carter liked telling lies. All his friends were fooled and Carter even fooled some of

them

again

and

again.

Those

friends

became

so

annoyed

that

they

wanted

to

punish

﹡

him for it, __31__ they could not find any ways to do it.

One day they met Tony, a wise man in their town. They told Tony __32__ it.

Tony thought for a while and then he __33__ an idea.

That

afternoon Tony went

to

see Carter with

Carter’s

friends. He said,

“I hear

you

__34__

telling

lies.

But

I

have

invented

a

drink.

__35__

you

drink

a

little

bottle

of

the

drink, you’ll tell the truth.”

Of

course,

Carter

didn’t

__36__

it.

He

said

__37__

,

“The

man

who

can

fool

me

hasn’t been born yet.”

“Do you dare to have a try?” said Tony. “I bet y

ou __38__ tell the truth if you do as I

say.”

“Well,” said Carter

with a smile

. “

But

I’m sure that I’ll

__39__

.”

Tony brought out a little __40__ and gave it to Carter. As soon as he drank a little, the

smile froze on Carter’s

face

at once. He wanted

__41__ something, but

he remembered

__42__ he had just said, so he stood there quietly.

“Go on!” Tony said

with a smile

. “Is it wonderful?”

Carter

couldn’t

help

shouting, “It’s not

__43__, but kerosene

﹡

!”

All

Carter’s

friends

began

to

__44__

.

“Don’t

you

think

my

invention

amazing?”

asked Tony. Carter’s

__45__ turned red.

31.

A. so

B. but

C. and

D. or

32.

A. with

B. for

C. by

D. about

33.

A. came up with

B. set up

C. put up with

D. cheered up

34.

A. are able to

B. are terrified of

C. are good at

D. are bad for

35.

A. If

B. Because

C. Although

D. Since

36.

A. decide

B. find

C. believe

D. suppose

37.

A. sadly

B. carelessly

C. proudly

D. lonely

38.

A. may

B. must

C. need

D. might

39.

A. beat

B. fail

C. win

D. achieve

40.

A. bottle

B. knife

C. fork

D. spoon

41.

A. to say

B. to talk

C. to tell

D. to speak

42.

A. that

B. which

C. why

D. what

43.

A. a lie

B. a bottle

C. a gift

D. a drink

44.

A. worry

B. fight

C. laugh

D. cry

45.

A. hand

B. face

C. eyes

D. nose

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（本题有

15

小题，每小题

分，共

30

分）

A

A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people

rowed a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person

was

so

bi

g

that

he

couldn’t

get

into

any

hospital

room.

Would

you

believe

these

stories?

Well,

they

may

sound

strange

but

they

really

happened. James Cornell has many strange but true stories like these in

a book

V

ery Strange People

.

Unlike

many

refer enc

e

﹡

materials,

the

stories

are

listed

in

the

book

according

to

when they happened.

Here is a part of the content

s

﹡

of

Very Strange People

.

Very Strange People

Chapter

﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍

Page

One

A Dog’s Life

﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍

3

Two

A Fallen Pilot

﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍

14

Three

High Wire Act

﹡

﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍

33

Four

Fat Men

﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍

41

Five

Over the Falls

﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍

43

Six

The Unending House

﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍

53

Seven

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍

60

Eight

The Tower Builder

﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍

85

46.

In 1918, Captain Hedley fell off his plane in the sky, and soon he fell back into it again!

You would most likely read about this story in Chapter _____.

A. Two

B. Three

C. Six

D. Eight

47.

Sarah thought she would die as soon as her house was finished. So she kept on adding

more and more rooms. Her story most likely appears on Page _____.

A. 3

B. 43

C. 53

D. 85

48.

Because

of

his

great

size,

Robert

could

not

enter

any

hospital

room.

Which

story

appears

BEFORE

this one?

A. Over the Falls

B. The Tower Builder

C. High Wire Act

D. Fat Men

B

Do you always agree with your teacher? Sometimes you can’t have an ans

wer to a

math

problem.

Or

perhaps

they

scol

d

﹡

you

when

you

don’t

think

you

did

anything

wrong.

What

do

you

do

then? A

story

at

said

that

more

and

more

students

were

speaking out and even quarrelling with their teachers.

2

It’s good for students dari

ng talk back to their teachers. It was an unwritten rule that

the teachers’ opinions were always right. But now students are beginning to think more by

themselves and dare to say what they want.

But

students

should

choose

the

right

way

to

speak

out.

You

should

respect

your

teachers.

They

are

older

than

you

and

have

more

experience.

So,

never

use

rude

words

when

speaking

to

them.

And

don’t

make

them

embarrassed

when

you

don’t

agree

with

them.

Try to find the right time to talk to your teacher. For example, discuss the problem

after class.

49.

The writer tells us more and more students are now speaking out and even quarrelling

with their teachers. The story about that can be found in (on) _______.

A. a website

B. a magazine

C. a novel

D. a newspaper

50.

In

the

writer

’

s

opinion,

it

is

_____ for students

to

say out

different

ideas

from their

teachers’

bravely.

A.

not polite

B. good

C. not good

D. rude

51.

The best title of this passage is __________.

A.

Questions and Answers

B. Learn From Each Other

C.

How to Talk to Others

D. The Right Way to Speak Out

C

These are four pieces of news from

21

st

Century

:

April 13

--- MICHAEL Jordan is a legend. With his amazing moves and slam dunk

s

﹡

, he

was one of the world's best basketball players.

Jordan could jump really high to shoot. He jumped 1

–

1.2m in the air! This is why fans

called him “Air Jordan”. But now Jord

an has a new name: Hall of Fam

e

﹡

. Jordan led the

Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships. He was a 14-time NBA All-Star and a five-time

NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.

April

21

---

DICKY

and

the

alien

dog

as

well

as

the

movie

Changjiang 7 (CJ7) were very popular in 2008.

Xu

Jiao,

an

11-year-old

girl,

plays

Dicky.

On

April

21,

Xu

won Best New Performe

r

﹡

at the Hong Kong Film Awards for

her role in CJ7.

Xu once said it was difficult to play a boy.

what a boy is like,

April 23

--- Forty-six ships had a big party in Qingdao on

April 23. They came from15 countries around the world.

They came for the birthday party of the Chinese

navy

﹡

.

The Chinese navy is 60 years old! The Chinese

ships and weapons are all the work of Chinese engineers.

May 6

--- A plane which was sent to fetch

98

Chinese

citizens

from

Mexico

arrived

in

Shanghai

Pudong

3