完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always   1  him. No one showed kindness to him.

His only friend was a  2  named Tiger. He gave it enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn’t know that a(n)   3   word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.

One day when he walked down the street, a young lady was walking   4  him. Suddenly one of her  5  dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came up to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to   6  . These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her   7  she went far away, and then he whistled(吹口哨) to his dog and went directly to the   8   nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” he repeated  9   words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog. “You are a  10  little dog!” Tiger raised its ears as if (好像) it understood.

“Uhum! Even a dog likes it!” he said, “Well, Tiger, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Tiger waved its tail   11 .

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at  12  in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a   13   nice boy. He was amazed.   14  , he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the  15  seed(种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!”

1. A. played with          B. laughed at         C. worried about          D. sang for

2. A. cat                          B. tiger                 C. dog                         D. sheep

3. A. good                    B. kind                 C. clear                       D. unkind

4. A. in front of            B. behind              C. near                        D. next to

5. A. boxes                  B. bags                 C. baskets                    D. pockets

6. A. him                     B. you                  C. me                          D. her

7. A. after                    B. as soon as         C. until                        D. since

8. A. cinema              B. library              C. hospital                   D. river

9. A. the boy’s              B. the dog’s           C. the woman’s            D. the Tiger’s 

10. A. clever                B. nice                  C. healthy                    D. beautiful

11. A. sadly                  B. quickly             C. happily                    D. silently

12. A. itself                  B. themselves        C. herself                     D. himself

13. A. dirty                  B. clean                C. smart                             D. lazy

14. A. From then on      B. At first              C. So far                     D. From time to time

15. A. first                   B. second             C. third                        D. fourth

阅读理解

阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

The friendship between humans and dogs possibly began 14,000 years ago. Here are four examples of “a dog’s life” in the human world today.

Treated like a queen

Tiffy is one of these dogs. Her owner, Nancy, treats her like a queen. She prepares Tiffy’s meals of meat, fish, chicken and different kinds of fresh vegetables. Tiffy also eats yoghurt and biscuits after dinner. Nancy’s husband has a very good job and her two sons are away at university, so she has the time and money to treat Tiffy very well, and she really enjoys doing it. “I want to give her the healthiest, most wonderful life as long as possible.” she says.

Food sniffer dogs(嗅探犬)

Food sniffer dogs work at international airports in the US. Their job is to smell and find illegal(不合法的) fruits, vegetables and other foods in bags and mail. These foods sometimes bring something which could be dangerous for plants and animals. The dog sits down next to anything if it smells suspicious(可疑的). The dog’s human partner then checks for illegal foods. Sniffer dogs are friendly and cute. More importantly, these dogs have an astonishing nose for food. They can find food in bags 84% of the time.

Animal carers

Jessie is a whippet(小灵狗) that visits very sick children in hospital. She shows them her love and when they feel sad, Jessie makes them happy. Jessie helps patients to stay strong during their time in hospital.

There are many different kinds of animals that help people. We train “service dogs” to help people with physical disabilities. The best known service dogs are guides for the blind. But they can also learn to open and close doors, turn lights on and off, pick up objects from the floors and even pull wheelchairs.

Doggie detectives(侦探犬)

Search-and-rescue(SAR) dogs use their amazing noses to find people. They can smell small clues(线索) that people leave wherever they go. These include bacteria(细菌), small pieces of clothing and hairs. They may find missing hikers and search through rubble(碎石) after earthquakes and other disasters.

1. What food does Tiffy eat?

A. Dog food from shops.                        B. Anything except vegetables.

C. Only yoghurt and biscuits.                  D. The meals its owner prepares.

2. Which kind of dogs is the most useful when a child is lost?

A. Queen dogs.                                     B. Sniffer dogs.

C. Whippet dogs.                                  D. SAR dogs.

3. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce different kinds of food sniffer dogs.

B. To tell the readers the importance of protecting animals.

C. To show the special relationships between dogs and humans.

D. To share with the readers the pleasure of keeping dogs as pets.

It was a sunny and enjoyable day. Everyone in the railway station was waiting for the train to arrive.

A group of friends made a loud noise to welcome the train as it moved into the station. They ran to get their seats before anyone else entered the train.

The empty seats were filled and the train whistled to move. An old man with a young boy aged around 15 had their seats just next to the friends’ group. The young boy was so surprised to see everything.

He cheered, “Dad, the train is moving and the things are moving backward.” His father smiled and nodded his head.

As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed, “Dad, the trees are green in color and run backward very fast.” His father said, “Yes, dear.” and smiled.

Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great interest.

The group was watching all the activities of the boy and asked the boy’s father, “Is your son having any problems? Why is he behaving so differently?”

“His son is mad, I think,” a friend from the group made fun of him and shouted.

The father of the young boy, with patience, replied to the friends group, “My son was born blind. Only a few days ago he had an operation on his eyes. He is seeing different things in his life for the first time.”

The young friends became very quiet.

1. The boy was so interested in everything he saw because ________.

A. he was mad

B. he had never taken a train

C. there was something wrong with him 

D. he saw the things for the first time in his life

2. What do you think of the group of friends?

  A. They are quiet.                                        B. They are not polite.

  C. They are friendly.                                     D. They are not helpful.

3. The best title of this passage is most probably ________.

A. Don’t behave differently                          B. Don’t play a joke

C. Enjoy our trip                                       D. Think before we speak

The film Alice Through the Looking Glass is on. Millions of people go to cinemas to see it. The little girl Alice, with long hair of gold, is alive in people’s mind again after the film Alice in Wonderland was shown in 2010.

These two popular films were adapted(改编) from the novels Alice’s Adventures on Wonderland and Through the Looking Class. Both of them were written by Lewis Carroll, a famous English writer, who himself was as interesting as his books.

Lewis Carroll was a math teacher and writer. In 1856, he met Henry Liddell and his three lovely daughters. His friendship with the family became an important part of his life over the following years. He liked the girls very much, especially the youngest one, Alice Liddell. He often told stories to make them happy. One day he took the girls to a boat trip. To make the time more enjoyable, he began a story about the adventure of a little girl named Alice in Wonderland. Many other strange characters such as the Mouse, the March Hare, the Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts were brought to this wonderful world, too.

Alice Liddell loved the story and she asked Carroll to write it down for her. After Carroll finished the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, he gave it to the girl as a Christmas present. When the book was published in 1865, it was a great success, and soon was famous around the world.

1. The film Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass were from __________.

A. Henry Liddell’s adventure                   B. two novels by Lewis Carroll

C. three girls’ trip experience                  D. Lewis Carroll’s life story

2.            are not the characters in the story Alice in Wonderland.

  A. Alice Liddell and her sisters                 B. The Queen and Alice

  C. The Mouse and the March Hare          D. The Cheshire Cat and the Mouse

3. Lewis Carroll wrote down the story he told on the boat trip because __________.

A. he wanted to publish it and made money

B. he thought it was a very interesting story

C. Alice loved the story and asked him to do so

D. Alice thought others also wanted to read the story

4. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

  A. Carroll finished the book and gave it to Alice.

  B. Lewis Carroll was the three lovely daughters’ teacher.

  C. The friendship between Carroll and Alice lasted until 1865.

  D. The book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland became famous after the film were shown.

词汇运用;根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

Sally is my best friend. These days, she looks a bit unhappy. We have several   1  (讨论).

    Yesterday afternoon, she told me the   2  (原因). Last Thursday evening, she lay in bed, she was so nervous that she didn’t fall asleep until midnight, because she would have an English  3  (考试) the next day. Unluckily, she   4  (失败) it. But she didn’t tell her parents the  5  (真相). 

In my   6  (观点), parents are our friends. We’d better tell them the problems when we are   7  (处于) trouble. If we tell lies, they will be even   8  (生气) with us.

Hearing my words, Sally called her mother at once and said sorry to her. Instead of  9  (惩罚) her, Sally’s mother said to her, “Dear, it doesn’t matter, but you should never do that again.”

Sally  10  (意识到) that being honest is the most important.