．I’m thinking the job interview tomorrow and I would appreciate_________very much if you could give me some advice.

A．you

B．that

C．it

D．this

 

  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Isabel Powell likes to swim. It’s a（n）  1   thing that she shares with a movie star she’ll

be meeting later this year—a star whose life story is coming to a theater near you this month.

Who’s the star? A dolphin named Winter. And   2   is not the only thing that she and Isabel have in common.

Winter lost her   3   when she was a baby. She got it caught in a trap used to   4__   crabs. Isabel, who had a similar experience to Winter, once had a   5   life.   6   , when she was 2 a tumor（肿瘤）on her foot   7   her leg.

Now, both Winter and Isabel   8   artificial limbs. In Isabel’s case, it’s an artificial leg and foot. In Winter’s case, it’s an artificial tail.

In November, Isabel will travel from her home to Clearwater, Florida, to   9   Winter. Clearwater is the site of the aquarium（水族馆）where Winter has lived since she was   10   from that trap.

According to the Kitsap Sun, the meeting was set up by the man who designed Winter’s artificial tail—Kevin Carroll. Carroll also   11   artificial limbs for people.

He and Isabel   12   met last month in Bremerton, Washington, at the  13   where she got her artificial leg, which freed her of the   14   that had troubled her for years.   15__   Carroll met Isabel and found out she wants to be a veterinarian （兽医）, he decided to set up the meeting.

She   16   people who’ve lost limbs by   17   them they can still do the things they used to do. According to the Kitsap Sun, she plays softball,   18   karate competition and chases after her dog, too. For years, she didn’t know anybody else who had an artificial limb. Now, she’s about to meet a movie star who has one, too.

And she no longer feels so   19   . “I think it’s pretty cool,” Isabel told Kitsap Sun reporter Chris Henry. “Winter has an artificial tail. That makes me think that I’m not the only   20   one. There are thousands more.”

1.A. interesting B. disappointing     C. terrifying            D. frightening

2.A. playing                          B. swimming        C. sailing                                D. exploring

3.A. leg  B. foot                   C. tail                                 D. body

4.A. attract                          B. attack                           C. hit                                     D. catch

5. A. happy                           B. miserable                    C. sad                                    D. dull

6. A. Undoubtedly B. Unfortunately  C. Strangely             D. Surprisingly

7. A. took over B. cut down        C. took away         D. cut out                            

8.A. purchase  B. enjoy             C. prefer                 D. wear

9.A. meet                             B. welcome                      C. interview                         D. study

10. A. operated B. rescued        C. caught               D. killed

11. A. creates                      B. builds                            C. designs                             D. invents

12.A. purposely B. deliberately       C. willingly            D. reportedly

13.A. studio                         B. lab                                 C. cinema                             D. clinic

14.A. pressure B. debt  C. pain      D. pleasure

15.A. Before                        B. Until                              C. After                                 D. While

16. A. puzzles                      B. inspires                        C. amuses                            D. shocks

17. A. showing B. warning         C. admiring            D. calling

18. A. participates inB. struggles for  C. calls on               D. turns down      

19.A. strange                      B. common                      C. usual                                 D. different

20.A. particular B. positive             C. unlucky                 D. enthusiastic

 

Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: “How do I get a good job?”___71___.

There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time. ___72____. He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad(少年) offered to take his place. ___73___.

__74__. If the lad had gone home to ponder（考虑）his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.

Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs（美差）. When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying. ___75___. And within a year this person had become general manger of the company.

A. This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself.

B. People find jobs in an infinite number of ways.

C. it’s almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers

D. Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor.

E. But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company’s faults.

F. He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.

G. It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.

 

 

 

The following conversation is between Susan Russell-Robinson from the US Geological （地质学的）Survey and Barbara Reynolds from USA Today .

Q: Why , after 600 years of no activity , did Mount Pinatubo in Philippines erupt（喷发）in 1991 ?

A: Volcanoes （火山）each have their own eruption styles . This volcano probably has a rule which makes it erupt in the order of every 500 to 1000 years , but a volcano in Hawaii seems to erupt every year , and some of the Alaskan volcanoes might erupt every 10 or 20 years .

Q: So nothing caused it ?

A: There’s nothing out of the ordinary . If you were to take an ordinary calendar year , 50 to 75 or 80 volcanoes erupt around the world every year . There are 20 to 30 volcanoes every month that show signs of unrest . That might be a full-blown eruption or a whole host of activities like that .

Q: What is “the ring of fire” ?

A: If you look at where active volcanoes are placed around the world , there are somewhere between 500 and 600 of them . There is what appears to be almost a necklace that goes around the Pacific Ocean . It makes a ring where 60% of the world’s volcanoes lie .

Q: Why such a concentration（集中）there ?

A: That’s based on a theory that the oceans and the continents are like separate pieces . When they move , one might ride up over the other one . In this case , the Pacific Ocean goes under the continents and when that happens it seems to produce magma （熔岩）at depth and then you have volcanoes in the same ring .

1．What kind of writing do you think this passage is ?

         A．A text taken from a geography book .       B．An interview published in the press .

         C．A conversation carried out in a film .         D．An oral test recorded as an example .

2．Which of the following statements can correctly explain why we have so many volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean ?

         A．The movement of the surface of the earth makes it possible.

         B．The Pacific Ocean produces magma and presses it everywhere.

         C．The oceans and the continents are separated from each other.

         D．The earth’s surface around the Pacific is thinner than any other part.

3．Barbara Reynolds’ main purpose here is______________ .

         A．to show how dangerous volcanoes are to the world

         B．to learn what signs a volcano gives us before its eruption

         C．to warn the world of the existence of “the ring of fire”

         D．to introduce some general idea of volcanoes to the public

4．Which of the following can be considered as the best conclusion of the conversation?

         A．There are so many volcanoes in the world and we are always in danger.

         B．Volcanoes have erupted more frequently than ever before.

         C．Volcanoes are waiting to be better known.

         D．Something must be done to protect the people near the ring of fire.

 

In the interview, he was asked the same question_________he would like to apply for that job.

A．where

B．that

C．as

D．why