完形填空 (共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分)

閱讀下面短文, 掌握其大意,然后從各題所給的四個選項A、B、C、D中, 選出最佳選項, 并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Your parents have just told you the news­­—you’re moving to a new house. How in the world will you tell your friends?

First, CALM DOWN.  36   a while to ­­­catch your breath and let the news sink in before you call your friends. Make   37   you have the whole story before you start telling people.

38  friends who need to hear the news from you. Think about  39  you’d like to tell them, and when. A face-to-face talk may be the best way to let  40  frie-

nds know, but the phone may be fine for others.   41  after school or on a weekend is good. You don’t want to drop big news like this on your friends during the school day.

HOW SHOULD YOU START? Say something like, “I have some big news I want to share   42   you.” That will prepare your friend for what is going to come. Then say, “I’m    43  .” Tell him as many details as you know,  44   let him know how you feel about it.

Each friend will have a different   45  to the news, so BE PREPARED. Some girls may   46  crying. But some may get   47  , some may get silly, and some may give you the   48   that they don’t care.   49  happens, be sure to talk to your friends if the things they do and say   50  your feelings.

Ask friends not to tell anyone else   51  you say it’s OK. You could say, “Please don’t tell   52  until Monday.” That will give you a   53  to let close friends hear the news from you first.

Ask your parents for help if you need it. A(n)   54  may be able to help you

55   the right things to say and help you understand your friend’s reactions.

36.	A.	spend	B.	take	C.	pay	D.	cost
37.	A.	sure	B.	believe	C.	certain	D.	clear
38.	A.	Take care of	B.	Take notice of	C.	Make a list of	D.	Make use of
39.	A.	how	B.	why	C.	where	D.	who
40.	A.	kind	B.	close	C.	happy	D.	clever
41.	A.	Speaking	B.	Telling	C.	Showing	D.	Talking
42.	A.	for	B.	in	C.	out	D.	with
43.	A.	starting	B.	lifting	C.	moving	D.	running
44.	A.	and	B.	but	C.	while	D.	unless
45.	A.	answer	B.	reaction	C.	appearance	D.	look
46.	A.	break down	B.	give up	C.	burst out	D.	end up with
47.	A.	noisy	B.	calm	C.	peaceful	D.	quiet
48.	A.	feelings	B.	emotions	C.	mind	D.	impression
49.	A.	whichever	B.	whatever	C.	whenever	D.	wherever
50.	A.	control	B.	warm	C.	hurt	D.	change
51.	A.	until	B.	since	C.	after	D.	when
52.	A.	no one	B.	someone	C.	anyone	D.	everyone
53.	A.	risk	B.	moment	C.	time	D.	chance
54.	A.	parent	B.	adult	C.	elderly	D.	teenager
55.	A.	figure out	B.	give out	C.	sort out	D.	deal with

 

六、單詞拼寫：（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋，在該句橫線上寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。

71. She ____________ (分享) my troubles as well as my joys.

72. Did they ____________ (幸免) the terrible earthquake?

73. This is a ____________ (被人遺棄) station, and there is not a single bus here.

74. The ____________ (大多數(shù)) of the Chinese believe the French President made a mistake to meet Dalai Lama.

75. I ____________ (交換) Christmas cards and gifts with my nephew every year.

76. She is so ____________ (獨立的) that she refused all pecuniary aid.

77. If plastic and rubber are burnt, they’ll give off ____________ (有毒的) gases.

78. We lack practice and ____________ (經(jīng)驗) nowadays in dealing with primitive conditions.

79. The loss of 150 lives in the plane crash was a great ____________ (災難).

80. She said she had the right to ____________ (毀壞) the letter.

81. In terms of money, he’s quite rich, but not in terms of ____________ (幸福).

82. You should ____________ (接受) your teacher’s advice.

83. I’m ____________ (決定) to devote myself to education cause.

84. I think it is ____________ (不禮貌) to go into someone else’s room without knocking at the door.

85. He refused to ____________ (道歉) for his lateness for school.

 

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.     36    I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed     37    . I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls     38    their souls belonged to the        39    .

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man     40    in front of it. "I'm Steve", he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. "I can't talk with you. I'm     41    ", he said. He was chatting online with somebody--probably someone he didn't know--and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game--a war game. I was surprised. He was chatting online and,     42    , he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was     43    .

Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried     44     to speak to that computer geek (怪人),     45    not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction（反應）. I was     46    . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, "    47    !"

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I     ___48    , and saw nobody showed any interest.

    49    , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more     50    having a relationship with the     ___51    , particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to     52     the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines     53    with people.

I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even     54    that the coffee was bad,   55   Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him.

1.A．Before           B．Since          C．Although       D．While

2.A．pain             B．loneliness     C．sadness        D．fear

3.A．because          B．when           C．until          D．unless

4.A．home             B．world          C．Net            D．Cafe

5.A．sleeping         B．laughing       C．sitting        D．learning

6.A．busy             B．thirsty        C．tired          D．sick

7.A．first of all B．just then          C．a(chǎn)t the same time D．by that time

8.A．surprised B．delighted             C．moved D．frightened

9.A．once             B．a(chǎn)gain          C．first          D．even

10.A．but             B．so             C．if             D．or

11.A．excited         B．respected      C．a(chǎn)fraid         D．unhappy

12.A．Shut up         B．Enjoy yourself C．Leave me alone D．Help me out

13.A．walked about B．walked out  C．raised my hand D．raised my head

14.A．From then on B．At that moment C．In all            D．Above all

15.A．interested in B．tired of         C．careful about D．troubled by

16.A．computer        B．soul           C．shop           D．geek

17.A．tell            B．plan           C．imagine        D．design

18.A．other than B．instead of          C．except for     D．a(chǎn)s well as

19.A．pretend         B．understand     C．insist         D．realize

20.A．a(chǎn)s if           B．just as        C．just after     D．even though

 

 

Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific purpose in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become.

When I was a kid in the New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores were closed, almost nobody worked, and the highways, as a result, were not the desperate steeplechases（障礙賽跑） they have become today. My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother—the same house my father was raised in, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-seek.

The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly. It was the repetition to church, our reward for an hour of devotion, an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there were no chores that couldn’t wait until Monday. Sunday was, indeed, different from all the other days of the week, because everyone seemed to be on the same schedule, which means that there was one day when everyone seemed to have time for everybody else.

         Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to consider that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association. In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visiting someone else’s home on Sunday. But now the question is, “What do you plan to DO this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall to participating in a road race to jetting to Montreal for lunch. If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such an answer would feel sepia-toned, an echo from another era.

I suppose I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land and tight relationships. Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere else, the state’s powerfully rural cast（特質(zhì)）still harbors at least remnants of the ethic of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries（反復無常的情況）and a challenging environment.

1．The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when _______.

A. everyone was paying a visit to some relative far away

B. everyone seemed to be free and could have some leisure

C. Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house

D. nearly every adult would go to church and children were not at school

2．In the fourth paragraph, the writer compares the response “I’m making a Sunday visit to family” to an echo from another era because _______.

       A. people nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday

       B. such answers are rarely heard in our modern society

       C. people in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday

       D. visiting someone on Sunday might take a lot of time

3．From the last paragraph we may infer that _______.

A. people in Maine suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment

B. people in Maine has abandoned their tradition and lived an absolute new life

C. land in Maine is short, thus the relationship between people is tense

D. people in Maine always help each other when they are in need

4．Which word we may use to describe the writer’s attitude towards the Sunday today?

A. Unsatisfied.           B. Anxious.              C. Treasured.            D. Teased.

 

One silly question I simply can’t stand is “How do you feel?” Usually the question is asked of a man in action — a man on the go, walking along the street, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He’ll probably say, “Fine, I’m all right,” but “you’ve put a bug in his ear” — maybe now he’s not sure. If you’re a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, that he overlooked that morning. It starts him worrying a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else, “How do you feel?”

Every question has its time and place. It’s perfectly acceptable, for instance, to asked “How do you feel?” if you’re visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to catch a train, or sitting at his desk working, it’s no time to ask him that silly question.

When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays, was in his eighties, someone asked him, “How do you feel?” Shaw put him in his place. “When you reach my age,” Shaw said, “either you feel all right or you’re dead.”

26. The passage tells us that some greetings such as “How do you feel?” __________.

A. show one’s consideration for others     

B. are a good way to make friends

C. are proper to ask a man in action       

D. generally make one feel uneasy

27. The question “How do you feel?” seems to be correct and suitable when asked of _________________________.

A. a man working at his work                 B. a person having lost a close friend

C. a stranger who looks somewhat worried   D. a friend who is ill

28. The writer seems to feel that a busy man should _________________.

A. be praised for his efforts             

B. never be asked any questions

C. not be troubled                    

D. be discouraged from working so hard

29. “You’ve put a bug in his ear” means that you’ve _________________.

A. made him laugh merrily              

B. given him some kind of warning

C. shown much concern for him          

D. played a joke on him

30. George Bernard Shaw’s reply in the passage shows his __________.

A. cleverness         B. cheerfulness              C. power and skills        D. politeness