三、完形填空(共20小题;每题1.5分,共30分.)

1、三、完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，共30分。）通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。I went there in 1948, no local planes in those days, so I made the trip by bus. It was a thousand kilometers long and it took twenty hours. I sat by a fellow about my own age, 24. He said his name was Karl Packer, bu

2、t he told me _31_ anything else. He _32_ me because he had so little to say. No opinions, no memories, no tales to _33_. Had his home, his life, the war and so on _34_ no mark at all on him? It was very puzzling. I was glad when the pillows were _35_, and I could politely try to sleep. I _36_ I woul

3、d never meet him again. The next time I went to Fairbum was in 1974. By _37_, of course. The president was going to “open” the new town, _38_ had taken twenty-six years to be _39_. I sat next to a man of about fifty, whose face was a book. I guessed he had something _40_ to tell me.The face was roug

4、h, brown and lined. There were _41_ of worry and of fear perhaps, two old scars. But _42_ them, and stronger, I saw success and power. I guessed he was the boss of _43_. Perhaps he hadnt _44_ it big or hadnt wanted it.He had done it well, no doubt. The thing had clearly _45_ him the power of decisio

5、n, _46_. We started to talk The next two hours were for me the most interesting and exciting that I remembered. I did not give a quarter as good as I got. He kept me _47_, open mouthed with wonder. Our plane _48_ at Fairbum. I _49_ his hand and thanked him for making the journey so pleasant. I told

6、him my name. “The _50_ was mine,” he said, “I was Chief Engineer here at Fairbum until last year. I built the new town. Karl Packer is the name. Havent we met before somewhere?”(   )31.A. hardly   B. almost   C. nearly   D. mostly(   )32.A. moved

7、0;  B. excited   C. disappointed  D. encouraged(   )33.A. say    B. speak    C. tell    D. talk(   )34.A. kept    B. stayed   C. remained   D. left(   )35.A. set out 

8、;  B. given up   C. given out   D. sent off(   )36.A. hoped   B. considered  C. imagined   D. dreamed(   )37.A. bus    B. land    C. air    D. chance(   )38.A. it  &

9、#160;  B. that    C. which   D. this(   )39.A. built    B. made    C. set    D. founded(   )40.A. good    B. bad    C. wrong   D. old(   )41.A. lots &

10、#160;  B. stories   C. lines    D. places(   )42.A. on    B. above   C. over    D. in(   )43.A. something  B. anything   C. nothing   D. everything(   )44.A. expected 

11、60; B. wanted   C. thought   D. regarded(   )45.A. taught   B. offered   C. gave    D. showed(   )46.A. command   B. obey    C. conclusion  D. invention(   )47.A. still   

12、; B. busy    C. quiet    D. calm(   )48.A. landed   B. flew    C. stopped   D. fell(   )49.A. snatched   B. shook   C. seized   D. caught(   )50.A. thank    B.

13、happiness   C. excitement  D. pleasure四、阅读理解（共15小题；每题2分，共30分。）阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。AMike found that young birds in isolation could only make some simple sound. Mike learned that a young bird has to hear other old birds song during the period before it

14、is seven weeks old. Then there is a long time until the next spring before the bird begins to sing. And when it does start, it needs to practise before it finally gets the song right.Further studies have proved that young birds do indeed need musical education. After several of the young birds raise

15、d in isolation were put together for about ten months, they learned from one another and finally could sing. The songs they sang, however, were quite different from the wild birds. On the other hand, the young birds caught after their time was spent listening to the wild birds songs, knew how to sin

16、g.(   )51. Mike found the truth that _.A. birds were born with the ability to singB. birds were born without the ability to singC. birds were born without the ability to make noisesD. birds were born without the ability to learn how to sing(   )52. Young birds raised in isolation

17、 could only make some simple sound because _.A. they had no choice but to do soB. they couldnt get the chance of practicingC. they hadnt heard the old birds songD. they were too young to sing(   )53. The bird begins to sing when _.A. it is seven weeks old    B. the next spri

18、ng comesC. it gets musical education   D. it is very happy(   )54. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?A. Why do Birds Learn to Sing?  B. When do Birds Learn to Sing?C. How do Birds Learn to Sing?  D. What do Birds Learn to Do?BNot many years

19、 ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five, he gave 1200 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a childrens playground.As a result of hi

20、s kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humour (幽默). He liked whisky (威

21、士忌酒) and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck

22、. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.(   )55. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson _.A. had no children    B. was a strange manC. was very fond of children  D. want

23、ed people to know how rich he was(   )56. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out _.A. what kind of whisky he had B. how to live longerC. how to become wealthy D. in which part of the neck to have an injection(   )57. The newspaperman _.A. should have reported what Johnson had t

24、old himB. shouldnt have asked Johnson what injection he hadC. was eager to live a long lifeD. should have found out what Johnson really meant(   )58. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that _.A. he drank a glass of whisky in the eveningB. he nee

25、ded an injection in the neckC. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep wellD. there was something wrong with his neck CMost great inventors often met with much trouble in their work. Before they could succeed, they had to overcome thousands of difficulties which were put in their

26、way. The following is one of such examples.George Stephenson (17811848), a famous British inventor, made the first train in 1825, using a steam engine. When he was experimenting with the engine on the train, he met with troubles from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. T

27、hey said that the noise and the smoke would kill cows, horses and sheep, that the engine would burst or that the hot coals from it would set fire to their houses. People believed what they said. George Stephenson told the people that train could go on samll rails, could pull carriages full of goods

28、and passengers and that there was no great danger to them. It was a very difficult matter for him to make them believe. However, after some time, he was able to do it, and the first train that was driven by Stephenson himself proved what he had said. On the train there was a new steam engine. It was

29、 invented by him, and was proved a complete success. The first day when the train ran on the rails, people along the way heard the noise of the train in the distance, and saw it running quickly to them.They thought it was a genie. They ran quickly back home for fear and closed their doors tightly. T

30、hey did not dare to come out until it had passed. A week later an old woman still said that her hen had been so frightened that it hadnt laid any eggs for three days.(   )59. The story tells us something about _.A. the life of George StephensonB. the invention of the trainC. the trouble of

31、 Stephenson in his inventionD. the use of the engine on the train(   )60. Troubles came from _ during the experiment with the engine on the train.A. the government      B. the newspapersC. the gentlemen in the country     D. Not only A and B, bu

32、t also C(   )61. People along the way were _ when the first train ran on the rails.A. greatly frightened      B. very happyC. running quickly to it     D. proud of the invention(   )62. People ran quickly back home because they thought

33、 _.A. a genie was coming     B. the train would kill themC. the train would set fire to their houses D. the smoke would choke themDKing Albert of the Belgians was born in 1875. In his youth he studied engineering and was especially interested in ships and planes. One of his favor

34、ite sports was mountain climbing, and it was as a result of falling while out climbing that he died in 1934. He was 59.He is best remembered by the Belgians for his leadership during World War I, which broke out in 1914, only five years after he came into power. Belgium was officially a neutral coun

35、try at the start of the war, but because the Germans could more easily attack France by crossing Belgium, they did not care about Belgiums neutrality, and invaded it soon after the beginning of war. Albert realized that his small country had no chance of stopping the German army, but decided that rather than just surrender, the Belgian army should fight. Although almost the whole of their country was conquered, the Belgians, led by their king, continued to fight against the Germans throughout the full four years of the