第一节 完形填空
People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents DVDs, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City 21 has only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes have.
But how do you explain the following? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is “22 ”,year after year. People wait half an hour for a parking space to become 23 .
This outdoor festival, 24 by a newspaper, occurs every April for one weekend. This year’s attendance was about 145,000. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an 25 question period following each talk. Book lovers were also able to collect some of the signatures of their favourite authors. A food store sold all kinds of popular foods. 26 a$7 parking fee, the festival was free. Even so, some people 27 the food store prices by 28 taking in their own sandwiches and drinks.
The idea for the festival occurred years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed. 29 book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would Los Angeles people welcome one?“Los Angeles people are very 30 ,”said one of the festival founders.
1. A. cinemas B. libraries C. supermarkets D. parkings
2. A. broken out B. carried out C. sold out D. run out
3. A. possible B. available C. acceptable D. useful
4. A. bought B. discovered C. taken D. sponsored
5. A. expert B. accurate C. audience D. optimistic
6. A. Except for B. Consisting of C. Rather than D. Along with
7. A. avoided B. increased C. asked D. bargained
8. A. openly B. secretly C. slowly D. naturally
9. A. As if B. When C. Even that D. Although
10. A. confident B. unexpected C. friendly D. unpredictable
科目:高中英语 来源:广东省普宁梅峰中学2010届高二下学期期末考试试题(英语) 题型:完型填空
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Cars are too expensive for many people around the world to own. Not only that, many cities are already full of traffic, and many country areas have rough roads.
So how do people 21 those distances that are too far to walk? They use public transportation. If you ride the subway 22 bus where you live, you can appreciate some of the benefits of public transportation. With many people 23 one bus or train there is less traffic and, more importantly, less 24 .
Which of the types of mass transit described below are you familiar with? If a regular bus can 25 dozens of people, imagine what a bus twice the size can hold! In Great Britain, there are many buses that are 26 double-deckers.
Buses in Haiti are often very crowded. It’s not 27 for passengers to actually sit on the rooftops. Buses are sometimes called “tap-taps”, because the riders on the roof tap(敲击)when they want to be dropped off.
Many large cities around the world take advantage of the 28 beneath the streets and run underground trains. People in Paris, Mexico City and Tokyo may use the subway system to get to school, to work, or to visit friends in other neighborhoods. Both the Japanese and French have 29 High-speed trains to link various cities. While electric trains in North America 30 130 kph, the French TGV (high-speed-train) is the world’s fastest, averaging over 270 kph!
21. A. find B. fly C. observe D. travel
22. A. and B. also C. or D. as well as
23. A. sharing B. crowding C. sparing D. sitting
24. A. smoke B. people C. buses D. pollution
25. A. include B. stand C. hold D. seat contain
26. A. known as B. popular with C. familiar with D. looked like
27. A. frequent B. usual C. true D. uncommon
28. A. building B. structure C. space D. channel
29. A. imported B. operated C. produced D. developed
30. A. travel B. average C. run D. fly
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一模拟考试广东卷英语(三) 题型:完型填空
Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节,满分35分)
第一节完形填空 (共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30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。
Before a master of performance performed, his pupil told him that his shoelace (鞋带) was loose. The master nodded, __21__ him, and then squatted (蹲下) down to tie it carefully.
After his pupil turned round, he again squatted down and __22__ his shoelace.
A looker-on saw all these things and asked the master with a confused __23__, "Master, why loose shoelace again?" The master answered, "Because the person that I play in the performance is a __24__ traveler. The long and difficult __25__ makes his shoelace loose, and his tiredness and emaciation (憔悴) can be __26__ from this detail." "Why not tell your pupil directly?"
"He can discover that my shoelace is loose carefully, and tell me enthusiastically. I must __27__ this kind of enthusiasm and encourage him in time. __28__ why to untie the shoelace, there will be more __29__ to teach him how to perform in the future. I can say to him next time.
The teacher is a real talented master of performance. To educate his pupils he can perform both on the __30__ and in everyday life.
21. A. praised B. thanked C. encouraged D. appreciated
22. A. tied B. broke C. loosed D. removed
23. A. smile B. voice C. expression D. question
24. A. tired B. excited C. experienced D. confused
25. A. performance B. preparation C. interview D. journey
26. A. reduced B. shown C. increased D. cancelled
27. A. avoid B. keep C. protect D. prevent
28. A. As for B. Instead of C. As if D. In case of
29. A. situations B. lessons C. conditions D. opportunities
30. A. train B. stage C. plane D. playground
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科目:高中英语 来源:广东省广州市越秀区2011届高三上学期摸底考试试题(英语) 题型:完型填空
第一节 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1-15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。
Dad loved children. And he always wanted a ____1______ family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visitors.
Once, Dad _____2_____ presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, "And this is our _____3_____ model, complete with all the improvements. And don't think that this is all; we are _____4_____ the 1953 model some time next month."
But what he _____5_____ most was taking us o t or a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted _____6_____ that he had seen eleven people in our car, not _____7_____ Mum and Dad. _____8_____, called out over his shoulder, "You _____9_____ the second baby up from the front here, Mister."
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure then whether he was telling us the ____10_____. Mum, who was a psychologist (心理学家), once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the _____11_____. When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was fine _____12_____ one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been _____13_____. When he pointed at the child that had been _____14_____, Mum looked at him calmly and said, "That's not one of ours, dear. He _____15_____ next door."
1. A. rich B. lovely C. close D. large
2. A. surprisingly B. nervously C. kindly D. proudly
3. A. dearest B. smallest C. latest D. youngest
4. A. ordering B. selling C. expecting D. improving
5. A. hated B. enjoyed C. cared D. hoped
6. A. crazily B. excitedly C. curiously D. directly
7. A. counting B. naming C. showing D. reaching
8. A. Immediately B. Carefully C. Angrily D. Easily
9. A. saw B. missed C. forgot D. left
10. A. truth B. story C. adventure D. accident
11. A. lecture B. house C. office D. activity
12. A. even if B. apart from C. so that D. except that
3. A. troublesome B. careless C. active D. quiet
14. A. found B. caught C. punished D. wounded
15. A. goes to B. belongs to C. works D. plays
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010-2011学年广东省高三开学初模拟考试英语试题(十) 题型:完型填空
第一节完形填空(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1—15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。
Friendship has great power, and it can inspire the people in trouble as well as in easy circumstances.
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've 1 just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I 2 to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we 3 hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he 4 with drugs and was into other self-destructive[自毁] 5 . I was blown away! She told me how she had been 6 to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big 7 . I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and 8 by the experience. It had been so 9 , I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didn't. I put the 10 of friendship to the 11 test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she 12 me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our 13 , and then she told me that she had 14 with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the 15 rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
1. A. divided B. shared C. experienced D. enjoyed
2. A. got B. traveled C. moved D. arrived
3. A. took B. spared C. offered D. spent
4. A. supplied B. experimented C. tried D. provided
5. A. action B. movements C. behavior D. activities
6. A. explaining B. speaking C. calling D. lying
7. A. trouble B. worry C. difficulty D. task
8. A. burned down B. turned down C. turned out D. worn out
9. A. discouraging B. encouraging C. exciting D. inspiring
10. A. strength B. force C. power D. energy
11. A. last B. final C. late D. recent
12. A. treated B. regarded C. honored D. valued
13. A. information B. dialogue C. conversation D. communication
14. A. broken out B. broken up C. broken away D. broken off
15. A. luckily B. correctly C. naturally D. truly
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010-2011学年广东省高三开学初模拟考试英语试题(十一) 题型:完型填空
第一节完形填空(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1—15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。
Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks(条纹,线条) of light cast by the blinds of the tall ___1___ send shafts(杆状物) of light through the dusty air. I take a deep breath and the concrete and paint ___2___ tickle my nose. I ___3___ everything about this room.
Some of the best times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic(讽刺的), but the ___4___ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to __5 ___ to be someone I’m not. Like many teenagers, I almost ___6___ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears. People only look at your acting ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually ___7 ___.
When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes(消失). All the worries and __8 ___ of the outside world are put on hold. Nervousness is still present, but it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy(不稳定的) ___9 ___ of being different and alone.
I ___10___ love to work backstage and on lighting. I ___11___ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder ___12___ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it. It makes me unique and gives me a sense of ___13___ to know that I succeed in an area where few others — and virtually(事实上) no girls — do.
High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it ___14___. Like others, I’m often insecure(不安的), not ___15___ who I am or where I’m going in life. Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater.
1. A. doors B. windows C. roofs D. walls
2. A. smells B. tastes C. sounds D. looks
3. A. hate B. love C. miss D. forget
4. A. room B. office C. building D. stage
5. A. pretend B. expect C. want D. decide
6. A. hardly B. seriously C. constantly D. happily
7. A. thought of B. judged C. taken care of D. feeling
8. A. happiness B. anxieties C. chances D. pressures
9. A. feeling B. idea C. hope D. fact
10. A. seldom B. almost C. relatively D. absolutely
11. A. hope B. doubt C. think D. suspect
12. A. up for B. out at C. up to D. down to
13. A. pride B. duty C. humor D. sight
14. A. cruelly B. tensely C. friendly D. mildly
15. A. fond of B. afraid for C. sure of D. interested in
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