【高中完形填空专项训练25篇】

高中完形填空专项训练

1

When I come across a good article in reading newspapers

，

I often want to cut and keep it

．

But just as I

am about to do so

，

I find the article on the 1 side is as much interesting

．

It may be a discussion of the way to

2 in good health

，

or advice about how to 3 and conduct yourself in society

．

If I cut the front articles

，

the

opposite one is likely to suffer

4

，

leaving one half of it or keeping the text

5 the titl e

．

Therefore

，

scissors would stay before they start

，

6 the cutting would be halfway done when I find out the 7

result

．

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time

，

both worth your 8

．

You can only take up one of

them

；

the other has to wait or be

9

up

．

But you know the future is unpredictable

—

the changed situation

may not 10

you to do what is left behind

．

Thus you are 11 in a difficult position and feel sad

．

How come

nice 12

and clever ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life

13

greatly on

your preference of your one choice to the other

．

In fact that is what 14 is like

；

we are often 15 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both

desirable

16 a newspaper cutting

．

It often occurs that our attention is drawn to the thing only 17 we get

into another

．

The 18 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind

．

I 19 remember a

philosopher’s remarks

：

“When one door shuts

，

another opens in life

．

”So a casual

20 may not be a bad one

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B

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help

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for

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but

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either

C

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1ead

C

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1ead

D

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front

D

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keep

D

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dress

B

．

bring

B

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destroy

4

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A

．

damage

C

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hurt

C

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so

D

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injury

D

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for

C

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without

D

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off

C

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surprising

D

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impossible

C

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strength

D

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attention

C

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held

D

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made

D

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tell

D

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attracted

C

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allow

C

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caught

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wishes

C

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society

C

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fixed

C

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as

C

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before

C

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above

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A

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satis fying

B

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regrettable

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courage

9

．

A

．

given

B

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patience

B

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picked

B

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struck

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A

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pers uade

B

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agree

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fil led

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chances

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prog resses

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study

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A

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19

．

A

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B

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D

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D

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nature

D

．

faced

C

．

changes

D

．

improves

15

．

A

．

supplied

B

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connected

B

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B

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until

B

．

also

D

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by

D

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D

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2

When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble.

For

this

reason,

the

navy

___1___

has

its

police

in

big

ports.

Whenever

sailors

cause

trouble,

the

police

come and ___2___ them.

One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call ___3___ a bar in the town. The barman

said that a big sailor had got drunk and ___4___ the furniture in the bar. The officer in charge of the police

guard that evening said that he would come immediately.

Now, officers who ___5___ and punish the sailors ___6___ drunk usually chose ___7___ policeman

they

could

find

to

go

with

them.

___8___

this

particular

officer

did

not

do

this.

___9___,

he

chose

the

smallest and ___10___ man he could find to go to the bar with him and ___11___ the sailor.

Another officer who ___12___ there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard chose such a

small man. ___13___ he said to him, “Why ___14___ you take a big man with you? You have to fight the

sailor who ___15___.”

“Yes,

you

are

___16___

right,”

answered

the

officer

of

the

guard.

“That

is

exactly

___17___

I

am

taking

this

small

man.

If

you

see

two

policemen

coming

___18___

you,

and

one

is

___19___

the

other,

which one ___20___ you attack?”

1. A. always

B

. seldom

C. forever

D. sometimes

2. A. meet with

B

. deal with

C. see

D. judge

3. A. about

B

. from

C. in

D. of

4. A. was breaking

B. was ordering

5. A. would go

B

. might beat

6. A. slightly

B

. not at all

7. A. the biggest

B. the youngest

8. A. In fact

B. But

C. was moving

D. was dusting

C. dared to fight

D. had to go

C. heavily

D. much more

C. the bravest

D. the experienced

C. So

D. And

9. A. Instead

B. Therefore

C. Although

D

. Then

10. A. good-looking

B. weakest-looking

C. ugly-looking

D. strongest-looking

11. A. seize

B

. kill

13. A. Yet

B. But

14. A. don’t

B. couldn’t

C. get rid of

D. catch up with

D. happened to be

C. So

D. Then

C. can’t

D. do

12. A. will go

B

. had come

C. would start off

15. A. looks strong

B. is drunk

C. seems rude

D. is dangerous

16. A. all

B

. very

C. too

D. quite

17. A. how

B. what

18. A. up

B. at

19. A. not smaller than

B. as big as

C. why

D. that

C. before

D

. towards

C. as small as D. much smaller than

20. A. could

B

. will

C. do

D. can

3

Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The

instructor asked us to list ___1___ in our past that we felt ___2___ of, regretted, or incomplete about and

read our lists aloud.

This seemed like a very ___3___ process, but there’ s always some ___4___soul in the crowd who will

volunteer. The instructor then ___5___ that we find ways to ___6___ people, or take some action to right

any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever ___7___ my communication.

Then

the

man

next

to

me

raised

his

hand

and

volunteered

this

story:

“Making

my

___8___,

I

remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff ___9___ of us

kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a ___10___ on him.

After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the

tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.. The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious

___11___. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one

___12___ found out.”

“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name ___13___ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was s

till

___14___. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still

listed. I tried his number. After a few ___15___, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.”

“Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”

“And I w

ant you to know that I did it

？

”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and

a ___16___ discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ___17___ your buddies

got

it

off

their

chest,

but

you

were

carrying

it

___18___

all

these

years.

I

want

to

thank

you

for

calling

me...for your sake.”

Jimmy inspired me to ___19___ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what

I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ___20___the past wrongdoings.

1. A. something

B. anything

C

. somebody

D. anybody

2. A. ashamed

B

. afraid

C. sure

D. proud

3. A. private

B

. secret

C. interesting

D. funny

4. A. foolish

B

. polite

C

. simple

D. brave

5. A. expected

B

. suggested

C. ordered

D. demanded

6. A. connect with

B. depend on

7. A. improve

C. make apologize to

D. get along with

B. continue

C. realize

D. keep

8. A. notes

B. list

C. plan

D. stories

9. A. any

B. most

C. none

D. all

10. A. part

B. game

C. trick

D. record

11. A. view

B. sign

C. attention

D

. remark

12. A. also

B. even

C. still

D. ever

13. A. appears

B

. considers

C

. presents

D. remembers

14. A. angry

B

. happy

C. doubtful

D. alive

15. A. words

B. rings

C. repeats

D. calls

16. A. cold

B

. plain

C

. nervous

D. lively

17. A. in case

B

. so long as

C

. unless

D. because

18. A. around

B

. out

C. on

D. away

19. A. build up

B

. make up

C. clear up

D. give up

20. A. regret

B. forgive

C. right

D. punish

4

The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he's been gone for 17

years, his

1

still resonate. He taught me how to run my own

2

in life. But the most inspiring

thing he taught me was to

3

.

One incident is

4

in my mind. It happened when

I was a teenager. My sister and I weren’t

very fond of a so-called friend of

5

. Dad was a very generous man, and as he'd done with so many

people, he'd given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor

6

, the guy didn't deliver.

Dad’s

outlook

on

most

things

was

and

let

live.

In

this

case,

however,

his

calmness

7

Terre and me, and we let him know it.

8

he's not

being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?

us,

9

.”

I didn't

10

it at first, but over the years I came to understand the

11 . Holding a grudge doesn't

12

the person you're angry with, but it changes you. It makes you 13

and gives you more weight to drag

around.

After my father died in 1991, a

（

n

）

14

came from a fellow I'd had a quarrel with years before to

15

his sympathy. He wrote:

16

the loss of your father. I know

he

17

the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts.

wrote back. I thanked him for his

18 . And then, because he'd

19

our disagreement, I recalled Dad's

20

words.

1. A. lectures

B. suggestions

2. A. engine

B. race

4. A. vital

C. lessons

D. pictures

C. forget

D. excuse

D. vivid

C. route

D. car

C. visual

3. A. forgive

B. persuade

5. A. sister’s

B. mine

B. obvious

C. father's

D. mother’s

C. by return

D. by turn

C. interrupted

D. bothered

6. A. in return

B. in turn

7. A. relaxed

B. moved

8. A. and

B. nevertheless

C. still

D. so

9. A. anger

B. disappointment

C. worry

D. yesterday

10. A. make

B. get

C. work

D. hear

11. A. reason

B. word

12. A. change

14. A. news

15. A. explain

16. A. in

17. A. showed

19. A. referred

13. A. stronger

C. philosophy

D. sentence

C. upset

D. disturb

B. hurt

B. weaker

C. rougher

D. heavier

B. express

C. produce

D. present

C. about

D. at

B. represented

C. equaled

D. meant

B. sympathy

C. understanding

D. consideration

B. mentioned

C. reminded

D. retold

B. instructive

C. inspiring

5

D. forgiving

B. letter

C. message

D. information

B. with

18. A. kindness

20. A. well-known

Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to

make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children

whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___

of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been

busy, in spite of the ___5___

that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.

___6___, the girls’ world was invaded by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency.

They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to

___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would

be

difficult

to

compete.

The

shock

was

even

greater

than

they

had

___11___

when

most

of

their

best

customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.

To

try

a

new

___13___

Kristy

recruited

a

few

older

kids

who

told

the

club

they

didn’t

want

to

___14___

their

money

with

the

other

group.

The

club

___15___

only

too

quickly

that

these

older

girls

joined

only

as

spies

and

didn’t

___16___

for

their

job

assignments(

分派

).

Thus,

more

parents

were

___17___ with the club.

Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched

television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the

children

of

the

families

started

to

___20___,

and

a

near

accident

almost

occurred,

the

club

went

to

the

parents to tell them what was happening.

1. A. active

3. A. children

4. A. alarm

5. A. fact

6. A. Therefore

7. A. attracting

8. A. younger

9. A. compete

B. thoughtful

B. members

B. traffic

B. degree

B. Suddenly

B. finding

B. cleverer

B. fight

C. easy

C. go through

C. circles

C. phone

C. question

C. Rergularly

C. calling

C. taller

C. do

D. hard

D. take advantage of

D. players

D. neighbor

D. demand

D. Unwillingly

D. matching

D. older

D. meet

2. A. take care of

B. run into

10. A. heard

11. A. damaged

12. A. hoped

13. A. chance

14. A. share

16. A. check up

17. A. satisfied

18. A. kids

19. A. that

20. A. blow

B. knew

B. caught

B. liked

B. possibility

B. give

B. end up

B. unhappy

B. adults

B. when

B. complain

C. promised

C. expected

C. refused

C. power

C. provide

C. found out

C. look up

C. curious

C. systems

C. where

C. appreciate

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D. shot

D. forced

D. seemed

D. policy

D. mark

D. come through

D. show up

D. helpful

D. situations

D. how

D. spread

15. A. put down

B. paid off

In 1985 a France television company sent its reporters to the Paris Metro. They took ___1___ to see

what

passengers

would

do

if

they

saw

someone

___2___

on

the

platform

or

trains.

The

incidents

looked

___3___ but they were all done with the help of actors. however, very ___4___ people tried to help, and

most passengers ___5___ not to notice. In one of the ___6___, a foreigner was attacked by three men. The

attack was on a ___7___ which was quite full, and although the man tried to get ___8___ passengers to help,

they all refused.

This

is

not

only a

French ___9___. A British newspaper

reported in

1991 that a professor

of Social

Psychology in New York had ___10___ his students out to rob their own

cars. The students didn’t try to ___11___ what they were doing. About 80 people ___12_250 car thefts, and

only twelve of them tried to ___13___ the student robbers. In a typical incident, one man stopped, looked,

and then put his hands over his ___14___ and shouted “I didn’t see that!” About forty people ___15___ to

help the thieves, and two people ___16___ sat down next to the car and ___17___ to buy a camera and a

television set a student was ___18___ from the back seat of his own car. The professor ___19___ whether it

is a problem of big cities or would be the ___20___ thing as happens anywhere.

1. A. notes

2. A. wounded

3. A. great

4. A. many

5. A. seemed

7. A. train

8. A. the other

9. A. situation

10. A. brought

11. A. hide

B. cameras

B. stolen

B. serious

B. few

B. pretended

B. plane

B. all

B. problem

B. took

B. expose

C. trains

C. attacked

C. terrible

C. old

C. managed

C. incidents

C. truck

C. more

C. agreement

C. sent

C. tell

D. newspapers

D. struck

D. real

D. large

D. asked

D. accidents

D. bus

D. another

D. accident

D. put

D. find

6. A. passengers

B. actors

12. A. realized

13. A. help

14. A. face

15. A. offered

16. A. bravely

17. A. wanted

18. A. taking

19. A. knows

20. A. same

B. discovered

B. refuse

B. head

B. expected

B. actually

B. waited

B. sending

B. learns

B. different

C. found

C. report

C. ears

C. hated

C. surely

C. needed

C. offering

C. wonders

C. former

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D. watched

D. stop

D. eyes

D. liked

D. certainly

D. loved

D. robbing

D. asks

D. small

I once found out that doing a favor for someone could get you into trouble. I was in the eighth grade at

___1___ time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl next to me ___2___ something, but I

didn’t quite catch it. ___3___ I leaned over her way and found out she was asking me if I could ___4___ her

a pen. She showed me that hers was ___5___ ink and ___6___ not write. I ___7___ to have an extra one and

I handed it to her.

After the test papers had been ___8___, the teacher asked me to stay in the room. As soon as we were

___9___, she began to talk to me about ___10___ it meant to grow up, and how important it was to stand

___11___ your own feet. For a long time, she talked about the importance of ___12___ and the harm of

cheating, she made me ___13___ that I would think seriously about what she’d said. I kept ___14___ for

quite a while why she had to talk to me about all those things.

Later, I found out that she ___15___ I had done some cheating in the test, and ___16___ answers from

the girl’s test paper. I

managed to ___17___ about the pen, but she said ___18___ seemed very wrong to her

that

I

didn’t

mentioned

anything

about

it

___19__she

talked

to

me

right

after

the

test.

I

am

sure

she

continued to believe that I had cheated in the ___20___ of the test.

1. A. any

2. A. whispered

3. A. But

4. A. spare

5. A. without

6. A. would

7. A. used

9. A. lonely

10. A. that

11. A. on

12. A. test

13. A. agree

B. a

B. shouted

B. Because

B. change

B. off

B. should

B. happened

B. together

B. which

B. against

B. study

B. promise

C. the

C. spoke

C. And

C. share

C. out of

C. must

C. seemed

C. alone

C. what

C. with

C. honesty

C. insist

D. one

D. talked

D. So

D. borrow

D. lack

D. might

D. found

D. both

D. how

D. towards

D. trust

D. allow

8. A. handed over

B. handed out

C. handed around

D. handed in

14. A. discovering B. wondering

15. A. thought

16. A. copied

17. A. quarrel

18. A. that

20. A. end

B. concluded

B. judged

B. explain

B. this

B. beginning

C. finding

C. recognized

C. found

C. argue

C. it

C. after

C. course

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D. understanding

D. regarded

D. corrected

D. prove

D. I

D. once

D. way

19. A. the moment B. before

The habit of chewing gum has lasted for more than a century. Millions of people all ___1___ the world

chew billions of pieces of gum every year.

Chewing gum became popular in the United States mainly ___2___ of the work of one man, William

Wrigley, ___3___ for many years was the head of the Wrigley Company. Earlier Thomas Adams first began

his experiment in about the ___4___ 1870. It was he who first made the gum soft and pleasant to chew. But

it was not until Wrigley joined the business in about 1890 ___5___ people everywhere began to pick up the

habit of chewing gum.

Wrigley liked to do ___6___ in a big way. In his first year, he borrowed money and ___7___ more than

a million

dollars in

advertising. For

years, there

was

a large Wrigley’s ___8___ on every streetcar in

the

United

States.

___9___

complained

that

they

c

ould

not

go

___10___

without

seeing

Wrigley’s

name.

Wrigley

even

___11___,

free

of

charge,

pieces

of

gum

to

every

person

___12___

the

telephone

book

of

every city and town in the United States. Finally he began to advertise that it was ___13___ for health

to

chew gum, that it calmed the nerves, and that it helped keep the teeth ___14___.

He

used

to

give

the

gum

free

to

___15___

child

in

the

United

States

on

its

second

birthday.

He

___16___ young women who, in long, orange-striped dresses would go from city to city in groups of four or

five,

___17___

at

street

corners

and

give

free

sample

of

chewing

gum

to

every

person

who

passed

by.

___18___ this way each woman gave away about five thousand ___19___ of Wrigley’s gum every day. As a

result of this pains-taking advertising, people in the United States began to buy ___20___ chewing gum.

1. A. about

2. A. since

3. A. that

4. A. year

5. A. that

6. A. jobs

7. A. spent

9. A. Anybody

11. A. carried

B. over

B. as

B. who

B. time

B. in which

B. work

B. took

B. People

B. sent

C. of

C. because

C. whom

C. age

C. when

C. things

C. cost

C. Men

C. anywhere

C. brought

D. across

D. for

D. which

D. period

D. where

D. tasks

D. paid

D. business

D. Passengers

D. somewhere

D. took

8. A. information

B. advertisement

C. pictures

10. A. everywhere B. nowhere

12. A. in

13. A. good

14. A. dirty

15. A. every

16. A. asked

17. A. watch

18. A. By

19. A. pieces

B. on

B. bad

B. clean

B. all

B. employed

B. sat

B. On

B. packets

C. at

C. harm

C. hard

C. many

C. wanted

C. stand

C. In

C. bags

D. by

D. wrong

D. strong

D. most

D. wished

D. wait

D. At

D. boxes

20. A. less and less

B. more and more C. more or less

D

. fewer and fewer

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She was born into a rich family in Florence, Italy, in 1820. Most women like her ___1___ an equally

wealthy husband and had children. But if she had ___2___

social customs, Florence Nightingale wouldn’t

have found a place in ___3___. And the International Council of Nurses would not have ___4___ May 12,

her birthday, as International Nurse Day.

When she told her parents she wanted to become a ___5___, they were against the idea. Nursing was

seen as a job for a working class woman. But she never gave ___6___ and, by her early 30s, she had become

England’s leading authority on

___7___.

___8___

Russia

invaded

Turkey

in

1853,

Britain

and

France

went

to

___9___

Turkey,

starting

the

Crimean War (1854-56). ___10___ after arriving in Turkey, 8,000 British ___10___ caught

cholera

and

malaria

. Nightingale took a group of 38 nurses to the country and ___12___ the army hospital, making it

cleaner

and

so

reducing

the

death

___13___

.

“Wherever

there

is

disease,

that

woman

is

___14___

to

be

seen,”

___15___

British newspaper the Times in 1855. “As she walks along each

corridor

, every fellow’s

face softens with thanks at the ___16___

of her.”

Nightingale

___17___

to

England

in

1856

as

a

national

heroine.

She

worked

tirelessly

to

___18___

medical care in England and India. She died on August 13,1910, ___19___ her ideas on nursing and hospital

management live ___20___

in the medical world. Nightingale’s most famous book, “

Notes on Nursing

”, is

still read by nurses today.

1. A. found

2. A. broken

3. A. town

4. A. chosen

5. A. doctor

6. A. in

7. A. schools

8. A. If

9. A. help

10. A. Quickly

B. married

B. made

B. home

B. considered

B. nurse

B. up

B. women

B. Before

B. fight

B. Soon

C. took

C. kept

C. earth

C. regarded

C. teacher

C. out

C. hospitals

C. When

C. beat

C. Fast

D. carried

D. done

D. history

D. taken

D. worker

D. away

D. trees

D. Since

D. attack

D. Early

11. A. soldiers

12. A. made

13. A. rate

14 A. right

15.A. wrote

16. A. view

17. A. got

18. A. improve

19. A. so

20. A. for

B. workers

B. ran

B. speed

B. eager

B. said

B. sight

B. came

B. fight

B. but

B. out

C. teachers

C. took

C. length

C. anxious

C. reported

C. sound

C. flew

C. find

C. and

C. on

10

D. doctors

D. gave

D. speed

D. sure

D. considered

D. thought

D. returned

D. work

D. or

D. in

“Mum, I want to make you a bet,” I said. “If I go a whole year without TV, will you give me a hundred

dollars?”

“Well, if you can ___1___ do it, …”

“Of course I can,” I replied, ___2___ to

convince myself.

___3___, all this started from my ___4___ of a picture in the newspaper. I couldn’t bear to look at that

boy, ___5___ to have gone one year without TV for a hundred dollars, staring at me with mocking eyes. He

seemed to ___

6___ at me! “I did it, ___7___ you can’t!” he said. I___8___ at the boy’s face.

That year I did a lot of things. ___9___, my father taught me to ski, which became my favourite sport.

Many winter afternoons snowball wars with my neighbours ___10___ daily drama. I went on bike trips with

my friends and ___11___ as much as a fish.

It was unbelievable how much ___12___ I had without TV. I learned so many new games. I guess the

biggest thing I learnt, ___13___, was self-motivation.

I started to do my ___14___. I went from a D student to an A student within a couple of weeks.

I ___15___

hate reading

if

there

were

no ___16___,

but

now

I

began

to

read

and

enjoy

it.

I

could ___17___ all the pictures just the way I wanted them

—

my own little ___18___, right inside my head!

I’m ___19___ what I did. I got a lot more from the

___20___ than just the 100 dollars!

1. A. only

2. A. trying

3. A. however

4. A. joy

5. A. managed

6. A. glare

7. A. and

8. A. wondered

10. A. replaced

B. really

B. advising

B. What’s more

B. disbelief

B. expected

B. laugh

B. but

B. glanced

B. formed

C. occasionally

C. needing

C. As a result

C. anger

C. said

C. come

C. or

C. glared

C. For example

C. offered

D. finally

D. asking

D. In fact

D. curiosity

D. had

D. shoot

D. besides

D. looked

D. In place

D. joined

9. A. Worse still

B. Such as

11. A. ran

13. A. though

14. A. washing

15. A. came to

16. A. pictures

17. A. draw up

18. A. TV

B. swam

B. but

B. shopping

B. used to

B. explanations

B. arrange off

B. books

C. breathed

C. fun

C. luckily

C. sports

C. stopped to

C. plots

C. make up

C. work

C. proud of

C. incident

11

D. jumped

D. trouble

D. even

D. homework

D. happened to

D. praises

D. find out

D. drama

D. changed by

D. picture

12. A. difficulty

B. knowledge

19. A. surprised at B. interested in

20. A. experience

B. bet

The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window

the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold, ___1___ passengers.

Suddenly a little boy ___2___ his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is

all

alone

among

the

___3___

grown-ups.

What

a

brave

child,

I

think.

His

father

___4___

very

strange

happens

suddenly.

The

___5___

little

boy

slides

down

from

his

seat

and

leans

his

hand

on

my

knee.

___6___, I think that he wants to ___7___ me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead

he leans forward and holds his ___8___ up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower

my head to receive the ___9___. Wrong again! What I do receive is a ___10___ kiss on the cheek.

The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am ___11___.

What just happened? A child is kissing ___12___ grown-ups on the train. How can anybody want to kiss

such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are certainly ___13___. Nervous and

a little surprised, we ___14___ at the father. When he sees our questioning ___15___ as he gets ready for his

stop, he offers a clue.

“He’s so happy to be alive,” the father says. “He has been very sick.”

Father and son ___16___ into the crowd moving toward the exit. The doors close and the train goes on.

On my cheek I can still ___17___ the child’s kiss—

a kiss that has triggered some soul-search inside me.

How many ___18___ kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to

the privilege of ___19___?

The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful you don’t let yourse

lf ___20___

before your heart stops!

1. A. excited

2. A. feels

4. A. likes

5. A. impolite

6. A. In no time

B. tired

B. fights

B. promises

B. serious

C. pleased

C. pushes

C. angry

C. chooses

C. lucky

D. surprised

D. picks

D. kind

D. agrees

D. ugly

D. Once in a while

3. A. unfriendly

B. friendly

B. For a moment

C. In a while

7. A. kick

8. A. eye

9. A. news

10. A. loud

11. A. pleased

13. A. praised

14. A. stare

15. A. glances

16. A. appear

17. A. touch

19. A. a child

20. A. live

B. strike

B. ear

B. message

B. foolish

B. shocked

B. kissed

B. smile

B. anger

B. get

B. trust

B. a kiss

B. stop

C. kiss

C. head

C. kiss

C. strange

C. satisfied

C. unknown

C. scolded

C. warn

C. mouths

C. disappear

C. smell

C. keep on

C. living

C. die

12

D. pass

D. lip

D. fortunate

D. interested

D. familiar

D. persuaded

D. whisper

D. whisper

D. feeling

D. follow

D. feel

D. insist on

D. death

D. sleep

12. A. well-known

B. smart

18. A. go around

B. come at

In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report

was a result of a three-year ___1___.

According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___2___ one. The world will

be more ___3___ because the population

will continue to

grow. The population

could

be ___4___ 6 300

million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in

___5___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___6___ have 15 million by then.

Food

production

will

___7___,

but

not

enough

to

feed

all

the

people.

Farmers

will

grow

90%

more

food

than

they

did

in

1985,

___8___

most

of

the

increase

would

be

in

countries

that

___9___

produce

enough food for their people. Little increase is ___10___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor

farming

ways

are

___11___

large

areas

of

crop

land,

changing

farms

into

deserts.

More

farmland

is

___12___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___13___ will get worse as industrial countries

burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___14___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down.

Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010

___15___. They only carried out the situation that ___16___ today. By changing the situation, by ___17___

the

problems,

the

picture

can

be

changed.

There

is

___18___

time

for

the

nations

of

the

world

to

work

___19___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___20___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce

the chances of success.

1. A. learning

2. A. pleased

3. A. dangerous

B. project

B. pleasant

B. beautiful

C. notice

C. safe

C. crowded

C. as much as

C. big

D. study

D. blue

D. terrible

D. as large as

D. mountainous

4. A. no more than

B. as many as

5. A. developing

B. developed

6. A. none

7. A. insist

8. A. so

9. A. already

10. A. wanted

12. A. saved

14. A. animals

16. A. happens

17. A. settling

18. A. no

19. A. about

20. A. working

B. each

B. reduce

B. but

B. hardly

B. lacked

B. lost

B. plants

B. develops

B. working out

B. still

B. in

B. suggesting

C. all

C. increase

C. or

C. partly

C. found

C. disturbing

C. discovered

C. forests

C. exists

C. answering

C. less

C. out

C. spending

13

D. neither

D. continue

D. however

D. never

D. expected

D. interrupting

D. used

D. people

D. appears

D. dealing

D. plenty of

D. for

D. waiting

11. A. destroying

B. protecting

13. A. Air pollution

15. A. must be true

B. Water pollution

C. Some diseases

D. All farmland

B. will come true

C. can’t be true

D. may be wrong

It’s not

polite to arrive at a dinner more than 15 to 20 minutes late. The host or hostess usually waits for

all the ___1___ to arrive before serving the meal. If someone is late, the food may be spoiled, and ___2___

may the host or hostess’ spirits. If you have to

be ___3___ call and tell them to start ___4___ you.

It’s even worse to be early! The host or hostess will probably not be ___5___. If you are early, drive or

walk around the block a few times, or just sit in your car until the right time.

Though it’s ofte

n ___6___ to arrive at a party on time, on the other hand, the host or hostess ___7___

guests to arrive and leave between certain times, so you can ___8___ at any time between the times he or

she gives you.

It’s nice to bring an empty stomach, but it’s eve

n nicer to bring ___9___ present. The present should

not cost a lot, or you might make the host or hostess ___10___. Flowers, wine, or a box of candy will be fine.

___11___ bring money as a present. In an introduction, the ___12___ of a name is: (1) the given name; (2)

the family name. In other ___13___, the given name comes ___14___. It’s important not only to learn and

remember ___15___, but to repeat them often in conversation. After the introduction, we usually call friends

by their ___16___ names. Older people may want you to call them by their titles and family names, such as

“Mrs Smith”, “Mr Johnson”, “Dr. Brown”.

A maiden name is a ___17___ family name at birth. In the United States and Canada, after a woman

___18___, she takes the family name of her ___19___ in place of her maiden name. It is now becoming

common, however, for women to ___20___ their maiden names after they get married.

1. A. guests

2. A. or

3. A. tired

B. visitors

B. so

B. hungry

C. customs

C. but

C. late

D

.

passengers

D

.

yet

D. early