一、完型填空
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An active person, Erin Brown becomes especially expressive when she talks about competing in the triathlon at the Paralympics Games (残奥会) in Tokyo in 2021. Her hands flying, her eyes 1 , she explains that COVID-19, which has 2 gyms and beaches in the Bahamas, has only somewhat slowed her training. She found a private pool to swim in, and she is cycling indoors. Sports competition is extremely empowering for people with disabilities, giving them more 3 in controlling their life. She says, “People don’t 4 what you look like. They only focus on the efforts and 5 you’ve made.”
In fact, the forty-year-old mother of two children has made empowering disabled people the driving force of her own life. She runs a small firm to 6 in many areas, including health care and employment. She is the one-person department of disability affairs at the University of The Bahamas, which has become more 7 since COVID-19 complicated the 8 faced by students with disabilities. And she plans on becoming a disabilities rights attorney (代理人). She’s empowering disabled people to engage, to be aware of their 9 , whether that’s in employment, in making health services more 10 , or in getting them at the forefront of planning. 1．A．red 2．A．closed 3．A．attention 4．A．ask 5．A．mistakes 6．A．compare 7．A．challenging 8．A．tests 9．A．rights
B．open B．limited B．confidence B．know B．decisions B．plan B．deserving B．difficulties B．advantages
C．watery C．changed C．options C．care C．responses C．help C．inspiring C．dangers C．impact
D．bright D．destroyed D．reasons D．ignore D．achievements D．improve D．amusing D．questions D．value
D．disability-friendly
10．A．child-friendly B．customer-friendly C．eco-friendly
【答案】 1．D 2．A 3．B 4．C 5．D 6．C 7．A 8．B 9．A 10．D
2．
Our neighbor's son was getting married in 1971 at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were invited. We immediately rushed out to a 1 , and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. The dress was a little 2 , but I had a month before the June 30 3 , and I would lose a few pounds.
June 29 came and, of course, I hadn't lost a single pound; in fact, I had 4 two. But I 5 a nice new girdle (紧身衣) would cure everything. So on our way out of the city, we 6 once again at the store, I ran in and told the clerk 1 needed a 7 large party girdle.
The clerk found the box with the 8 girdle, marked “LG”, and asked if I would like to try it on. “Oh, no, a large will fit just right. I 9 try it on.”
The next morning was one of those ninety-degree days, so I 10 to get dressed until about 45 minutes before time to go. I popped open the box only to 11 a new, $ 49.95 girdle in a small size. Since it was too late to find another one and the dress wouldn't 12 right without a girdle, a fight 13 in the hotel room between me and the girdle. Have you ever tried to 14 20 pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag? Finally, my husband, 15 like crazy, got hold of each side and shook me down -into it. At once I put on the dress, which didn't 16 very well with my purple face, and I was ready to go.
Finally we got to the 17 . I heard one of the people say that they were having a High Mass (大弥撒). I turned to my husband and asked, “What is a High Mass?” He shrugged his 18 . 19 , I learned that this particular mass would last one hour, twenty-two minutes and eight-and one-half seconds-the priest(神父) blessed 20 except my girdle. 1．A．hotel 2．A．long 3．A．marriage 4．A．won 5．A．thought 6．A．went 7．A．size
B．store B．tight B．holiday B．received B．suggested B．arrived B．length
C．church C．small C．wedding C．gained C．demanded C．stopped C．width
D．office D．perfect D．date D．lost D．figured D．entered D．depth
8．A．described 9．A．can't 10．A．wanted 11．A．find 12．A．work 13．A．broke down 14．A．put 15．A．laughing 16．A．do 17．A．town 18．A．shoulders 19．A．Happily 20．A．something
B．bought B．needn't B．expected B．notice B．use B．broke out B．lay B．crying B．go B．store B．arms B．Generally B．nothing
C．sold C．shouldn't C．tried C．search C．fit C．broke up C．push C．shouting C．work C．church C．head C．Luckily C．anything
D．said D．mustn't D．waited D．look D．wear D．broke away D．shake D．smiling D．look D．hotel D．hands D．Unfortunately D．everything
【答案】 1．B 2．B 3．C 4．C 5．A 6．C 7．A 8．A 9．B 10．D 11．A 12．C 13．B 14．D 15．A 16．B 17．C 18．A 19．D 20．D
3．
I can remember once when I was just a little boy, I sat on a chair and watched as my mum painstakingly 1 a large, homemade quilt (被子). I looked over at one edge of the quilt being
sewed and saw a piece of thread 2 . Without thinking I reached over to 3 it.
“No!” yelled my mum. I jumped back. That was the first time I can ever remember her yelling at me. Seeing the 4 look on my face, she smiled and 5 showed me why she had yelled. That piece of thread 6 in and out, making its way from one end of the quilt to the other. If I had pulled it out, I might have torn the entire quilt and 7 hours of work.
As I look back on that 8 today, I can see that each of our lives is like that 9 . We are all just a 10 string in the tapestry (挂毯) of life. We can’t always 11 where we are going or what we are connected to. If we pull ourselves out of it, we will leave a 12 in it.
Don’t feel lost in the tapestry of life then. Embrace your 13 in it. You may 14 be a single piece of thread but your love and your life help to 15 the whole thing together. 1．A．sewed 2．A．winding up 3．A．curl 4．A．depressed 5．A．gently 6．A．wove 7．A．stopped 8．A．behavior 9．A．quilt 10．A．special 11．A．recall 12．A．blank 13．A．change 14．A．only 15．A．do
B．ironed B．laid aside B．pull B．disappointed B．reluctantly B．followed B．ruined B．emotion B．thread B．strong B．believe B．hole B．weakness B．surely B．press
C．folded C．sticking out C．tie C．terrified C．roughly C．ran C．repaid C．response C．scene C．straight C．see C．line C．power C．still C．push
D．measured D．wrapped up D．break D．annoyed D．eagerly D．circled D．disturbed D．moment D．work D．single D．discuss D．mark D．place D．even D．hold
【答案】 1．A 2．C 3．B 4．C 5．A 6．A 7．B 8．D 9．B 10．D 11．C 12．B 13．D
14．A 15．D
4．
In face of COVID-19, every medical worker is a hero. Sigrid Stokes, a nurse, is in no 1 to retire at age 76. She is too busy working to save lives during this 2 pandemic, just as her mother, Kristine Mueller, did more than a century ago. Her mother 3 those people stricken by flu pandemic in 1918. Now, Stokes is 4 to give vaccinations to health care workers 5 the coronavirus.
Among the many photos of her mother, Stokes has one that she displays 6 of her mother in her white 7 talking to child star Shirley Temple as both smiled broadly.It’s the same sense of 8 at helping people that Stokes brings to her own work.
“I give very good 9 ,” she says with a slight smile. She proves it when she 10 puts a needle into the arm of a health care worker who doesn’t even 11 it.
Stokes was working part-time when the coronavirus began to 12 the country last year. She was too old to 13 COVID-19 patients, but knew she could help with vaccinations. As she arrives at work each day, she wears her uniform and a necklace that her mother 14 each day when she was alive. “I wear them every time I come to work 15 I feel like my mom is with me.” 1．A．dream 2．A．local 3．A．tended to 4．A．ordered 5．A．analyzing 6．A．desperately 7．A．uniform 8．A．sorrow 9．A．tests 10．A．secretly 11．A．tolerate 12．A．sweep 13．A．move 14．A．bought 15．A．because
B．mood B．slight B．ran into B．expected B．battling B．hurriedly B．coat B．belonging B．shots B．quickly B．accept B．influence B．reject B．found B．although
C．need C．deadly C．relied on C．examined C．dominating C．proudly C．skirt C．stress C．operations C．nervously C．feel C．control C．comfort C．wore C．unless
D．quality D．Annual D．looked for D．assigned D．exploring D．cautiously D．dress . D．joy D．instructions D．skillfully D．make D．destroy D．treat D．grabbed D．or
【答案】 1．B 2．C 3．A 4．D
5．B 6．C 7．A 8．D 9．B 10．D 11．C 12．A 13．D 14．C 15．A
5．
One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited worriedly at their desks for the test to begin. The professor 1 the question papers, with the paper facing down as usual. After he gave them all out, he asked his students to 2 the paper and begin. To everyone's surprise, there were no 3 , just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the 4 on everyone's face, told them the following: \"I want you to write what you 5 there.\"
The students got started on the inexplicable (费解的) task.
At the end of the class, the professor 6 all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no 7 , described the black dot, trying to explain its 8 in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been 9 , the classroom was silent, and the professor began to 10 :
\"I' m not going to grade this 11 wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the 12 part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our 13 . We have a white paper to observe, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a 14 given to us with love and care, and we always have 15 to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that 16 our livelihood and the miracles (奇迹) we see every day.
17 , we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health problems that worry us, the lack of money, the 18 relationship with workmates, the 19 with a friend, etc.
The dark spots are very 20 compared to everything we have in our daily life, but they are the ones that pollute our minds. 1．A．handed out 2．A．appreciate 3．A．exercises 4．A．surprise 5．A．remember 6．A．collected
B．put down B．turn B．vocabularies B．sadness B．imagine B．exchanged
C．took back C．open C．questions C．fear C．avoid C．marked
D．pointed at D．use D．scores D．excitement D．see D．selected
7．A．excuse 8．A．direction 9．A．revised 10．A．recite 11．A．also 12．A．big 13．A．lives 14．A．symbol 15．A．reasons 16．A．earns 17．A．However 18．A．specific 19．A．stay 20．A．dark
B．doubt B．position B．answered B．draw B．just B．black B．classrooms B．gift B．festivals B．develops B．Therefore B．unfriendly B．contact B．round
C．exception C．size C．returned C．explain C．even C．unique C．colleges C．journey C．freedom C．provides C．Besides C．equal C．satisfaction C．small
D．wonder D．colour D．read D．write D．never D．white D．studies D．lesson D．time D．changes D．Somehow D．special D．disappointment D．dirty
【答案】 1．A 2．B 3．C 4．A 5．D 6．A 7．C 8．B 9．D 10．C 11．B 12．D 13．A 14．B 15．A 16．C 17．A 18．B 19．D 20．C
6．
Thomas Crum, living in a toy school, was a boy made from plasticine (橡皮泥). He 1 showed respect for others. Thomas always went round the classroom 2 his drum, and the fact that he was annoying others didn’t 3 him in the least.
His classmates had had enough of this. Coco Wiseman, a very clever boy made of lego (乐高积木), 4 some special earplugs (耳塞)to block out the annoying sounds. Upon seeing that, Thomas immediately got very 5 with Coco Wiseman. They had a fight, by chance, the inventor 6 falling from the table to the floor into pieces.
Though it was a(n) 7 , everyone was unhappy with Thomas. 8 wanted anything more to do with him. But a few days later, a cuckoo clock was put in the 9 , just next to the shelf Thomas slept on. The cuckoo clock was 10 making noise “tick-tock” and every hour the cuckoo came out to do its “cuckoo cuckoo!”
Thomas couldn’t get any rest at all. 11 , the others, with their special earplugs, were fine. Thomas started to 12 just how much he had annoyed everyone with his drum, and how 13 it had been to fight with Coco Wiseman. 14 to become the best-behaved (表现最好的), most respectful boy, he spent days and nights 15 Coco Wiseman in secret.
Everyone got a big 16 when Coco Wiseman finally came back to life, and they 17 Thomas for bringing their friend back. Thomas, 18 , asked them to pardon him for his lack of 19 for others. Soon Coco Wiseman also made a pair of earplugs for him, so Thomas could also get enough 20 now and learn to show respect for others. 1．A．once 2．A．showing 3．A．influence 4．A．introduced 5．A．angry 6．A．found out 7．A．mistake 8．A．Nobody 9．A．fight 10．A．slowly 11．A．Anyway 12．A．notice 13．A．strange 14．A．Supposed 15．A．repairing 16．A．surprise 17．A．blamed 18．A．in return 19．A．need 20．A．food
B．often B．beating B．touch B．bought B．pleased B．gave up B．accident B．Everybody B．game B．actually B．However B．expect B．stupid B．Excited B．questioning B．help B．caught B．in time B．hope B．sleep
C．ever C．making C．relax C．borrowed C．strict C．ended up C．excuse C．Somebody C．classroom C．gradually C．Luckily C．remember C．interesting C．Determined C．dreaming C．success C．thanked C．in particular C．change C．space
D．seldom D．selling D．frighten D．invented D．satisfied D．turned out D．chance D．Anybody D．school D．repeatedly D．Finally D．realize D．pleasant D．Encouraged D．watching D．choice D．paid D．in fact D．care D．time
【答案】
1．D 2．B 3．A 4．D 5．A 6．C 7．B 8．A 9．C 10．D 11．B 12．D 13．B 14．C 15．A 16．A 17．C 18．A 19．D 20．B
7．
I made up my mind to drive to South Carolina to meet my friends in my used car. Though I had only been there once 1 and did not know the 2 very well. I was on the 3 after I had made some enquiries.
At Ashvelle, there was a crossroad where I could go on along the main road or I could take a short cut(小道，近路). The short cut was to 4 several hills and was dangerous, I hesitated (犹豫)for a little while and then chose the main road, for I wanted to be 5
Something strange happened 6 I drove a long way and found it was not the correct road that I wanted to 7 , but the hilly road I decided to avoid. I realized that it was at the 8 that I had made the 9 mistake. “What shall I do?” I asked myself. If I went back to take that road again, it would be very late by the time I got to Columbia. Thinking it 10 , I decided to go on. “If 11 people can go along this road, why can’t I?” I 12 myself.
The short cut, to my surprise, was not that 13 In fact, it was only a very peaceful country road, 14 up and down two low 15 .There was 16 traffic. On both sides of the road, you could see trees, wild flowers, and 17 with cows and horses. My fear was 18 with the wind. Listening to the beautiful country music over my car stereo (立体声), I drove on and 19 the scenery which was so quiet and so natural. Even my used car forgot to give me 20 It was just in this light heartedness that I arrived at my destination. My friends, after they heard what had happened to me, all said it sounded like an adventure.
1．A．ago 2．A．town 3．A．highway 4．A．have 5．A．safe 6．A．after 7．A．come 8．A．station 9．A．road 10．A．about 11．A．another 12．A．asked 13．A．far 14．A．going 15．A．lands 16．A．heavy 17．A．farms 18．A．gone 19．A．looked 20．A．happiness
【答案】 1．B 2．C 3．A 4．D 5．A 6．A 7．C 8．C 9．B 10．B 11．B 12．C 13．D 14．A 15．D 16．B 17．A
B．before B．country B．car B．go B．dangerous B．before B．leave B．corner B．direction B．over B．other B．forced B．safe B．coming B．cars B．little B．trucks B．together B．liked B．scenery
C．already C．way C．train C．ride C．fast C．if C．take C．crossroad C．disappointed C．of C．the other C．encouraged C．dirty C．driving C．farms C．few C．houses C．covered C．enjoyed C．joys
D．still D．friends D．phone D．cross D．slow D．since D．drive D．beginning D．interesting D．up D．others D．told D．dangerous D．walking D．hills D．much D．villages D．coming D．found D．problems
18．A 19．C 20．D
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