三英語完形填空與閱讀訓(xùn)練(二十一)

1、完形填空Mother s Day was coming, but John had been visiting customers. He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do.He went into the shop and saw a young man 41 the clerk to sell him some roses for six dollars, but the clerk just explained that roses were 42 .The clerk lo

2、oked up at John, 43 her head. Something inside of John was 44 by the boy s voice. John had been5 in his business, and he looked at the clerk and 46 mouthed that he would pay for the roses.The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars. The young man almost jumped int

3、o the 47 and ran from the store with the48 . It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of _49 .John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the 50 would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her. He drove away from the shop, feeling very 51 . He caught a light about two b

4、locks away. As he 52 at the light, he saw the young boy walkingdown the sidewalk. He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates. Suddenly, he 53 that it wasn t a park but a cemetery（墓）.The light 54 , and John slowly crossed the intersection. He 55 and on an impulse（沖動）got o

5、ut and began to follow the boy. The young man stopped by a small monument and went to his 56 . He began to cry after he carefully 57 the roses on the grave. He stared at the little boy heaving （起伏的） body and listened to his crying.John turned with 58 , and walked back to his car. He drove 59 to the

6、shop and told her he would 60 the flowers personally. He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her.41. A.beggingB.orderingC.forcingD.urging42. A.cheapB.beautifulC.expensiveD.special43. A .shakingB.wavingC.noddingD.holding44. A .recalledB.touchedC.hurtD.lightened45. A .influe

7、ncedB.ruinedC.buriedD.blessed46. A .loudlyB.silentlyC.gentlyD.calmly47. A .riverB.airC.lakeD.hole48. A .moneyB.flowersC.basketD.cards49. A .surpriseB.horrorC.excitementD.sadness50. A .deliveryB.messageC.transportationD.transfer51. A.relaxedB.disappointedC.goodD.sorry52. A.sangB.waitedC.lookedD.stood

8、53. A .rememberedB.foundC.discoveredD.realized54. A .flashedB.changedC.disappearedD.shone55. A .drove backB.pulled overC.broke downD.burst out56. A .armsB.palmsC.feetD.knees57 A laidB decoratedCsetDgrew58 A laughterB angerCtearsDastonishment59 A slowlyB quicklyCcarefullyDexcitedly60 A bringB fetchCt

9、akeDcatchKey: 41 45ACABD46 50 BBBCA51 55 CBDBB56 60 DACBC閱讀理解（A）Early one morning ， more than a hundred years ago， an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem ： It seemed impos

10、sible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needleThough he was tired ， Howe slept badly He turned and turned Then he had a dream He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages（ 野人 ）whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine When he tried t

11、o do so ， Howe ran into the same problem as before The thread kept getting caught around the needle The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe They came up towards him with their spears中）raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something . There was a hole in the tip of each

12、spear The inventor awoke from the dream ， realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle ， he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build

13、the first really practiced sewing machine Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way Thomas Edison ， the inventor of the electric light ， said his best ideas came into him in dreams So did the great physicist Albert Einstein Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dre

14、ams in writing Jane EyreTo know the value of dreams ， you have to understand what happens when you are asleep Even then ， a part of your mind is still working This unconscious ， but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day It stores

15、all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain call send messages to the part you use when you are awake However the unconscious part acts in a special way It uses strange images（影像）which the conscious par

16、t may not understand at first . This is why dreams are sometimes called “ secret messages to ourselves ”57. According to the passage , Elias Howe was.A . the first person who solved problems in his sleepB . the great person who worked much harder than other inventorsC. the first person who designed

17、a sewing machine that really workedD . the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams 58. The problem Howe was trying to solve was .A . what kind of thread to useB . how to design a needle which would not breakC. where to put the needleD . how to prevent the thread from getting caught arou

18、nd the needle 59. Thomas Edison is spoken of because.A . he also tried to invent a sewing machineB . he got some of his ideas from dreamsC. he was one of Howe s best friendsD . he also had difficulty in falling asleep60. Dreams are sometimes called “ secret messages to ourselves.“ becauseA . strange

19、 images are used to communicate ideasB . images which are used have no meaningC. we can never understand the real meaning of what we dreamD . only specially trained people can understand the messages in dreams Key: 57-60 CDBA（B）A strong wind can be a dangerous thing-sometimes it is powerful enough t

20、o knock you off your feet. But to plants , the wind is a source of new life , carrying them or their spores （抱子） thousands of miles.A NASA satellite called QuikSCAT has discovered highways of wind over the Earths oceans. Scientists believe these invisible roads may explain why many nonflowering plan

21、ts ,such as mosses （苔葬） and lichens （地衣）,grow where they do .The satellite is able to send microwaves （微波）from space to the surface of the ocean. Thepattern of signals that come back shows which way the winds are blowingUsing this data, the scientists studied a group of islands in the southern hemis

22、phere （半球）, near Antarctica . Winds tend to blow anticlockwise （逆時針）in this region , but there are lots of local differences .When the researchers compared these local patterns to botanical （植物學(xué)）data, they found that the wind had an important effect on where species of mosses , lichens, and other no

23、nflowering plants grow .For example , Bouvet Island and Heard Island , share 30 percent of their moss species, 29 percent of liverworts （葉苔）,and 32 percent of lichens-even though they are 4,430 kilometers apart. In contrast, Gough Island and Bouvet Island , separated by just 1,860 kilometers of sea

24、, share only 16 percent of mosses and 17 percent of liverworts . They have no lichens in common .Ferns （蕨類植物） and flowering plants dont travel as well in the wind , so they dont show the same kinds of distribution （分布） patterns.This story is about.A . the discovery of wind highwaysB . how wind trave

25、lsC. how wind affects different plantsD . one of the windThe underlined word data in the fourth paragraph means .A . signalB . patternC. informationD . researchWhich of the following is WRONG?A . Bouvet Island , Heard Island and Gough Island are all in the southern hemisphere .B . Winds in the resea

26、rched areas blow anticlockwise .D. Without the QuikSCATC. The scientists neednt base this research on how winds affect where ferns grow .the research wouldnt have made sense.Which of the following diagrams shows the correct position of the islands?rikiJA（15 I二熊口曲【“nnJ.AnuCHjHe J-JjLwhIAnlr02iAnruxiK

27、J 一oih HLml ks5uIkKrtVl I 山 fid:14前.Key: 67. D 68. C 69. B 70. D（C）The television camera is rather like the human eye. Both the eye and the camera have a lens（ 鏡 頭），and both produce a picture on a screen. In each case the picture is made up of millions of spots of light.Let us see how the eye works.

28、 When we look at an object a person, a house, or whatever it may be .we do not see all the details of the object in one piece. We imagine what we do, but this is not the case. In fact, the eye builds up the picture for us in our brain, which controls our sight, in millions of separate parts, and, al

29、though we do not realize it, all these details are seen separately.This is what happens when we look at something. Beams of light of different degrees of intensity （強度）,reflected from all parts of the object, strike the lens of the eye. The lens then gathers together the spots of light from these be

30、ams and focuses them on to a light sensitive plate the retina （視網(wǎng)膜）at the back of the eyeball. In this way an image of the object is produced onthe retina in the form of a pattern of lights.The retina contains millions of minute light sensitive elements, each of which is separately connected to the

31、brain by a tiny fibre in the optic（視力的）nerve. These nerve fibres, workingindependently, pick out minute details from the image on the retina and turn the small spots of light into nerve impulses （沖擊） of different strengths. They then transmit these impulses to the brain. They do this all at the same

32、 time.All the details of the image are fed to the brain, and, as we have taught our brain to add them together correctly, we see a clear picture of the object as a whole. Television, which means vision at a distance, operates on a similar principle. A television picture is built up in thousands of s

33、eparate parts.Beams of light reflected from the subject being televised strike the lens of the television camera, which corresponds to (相當于) the lens of the eye. The camera lens gathers together the spot of light from these beams and focuses an image of the subject on to a plate, the surface of whic

34、h is coated with millions of photo electric elements sensitive to light.In the first paragraph, we are told that the television camera is like the human eye inA. one wayB. two waysC. three waysD. a large number of waysWhich of the following is NOT true according to the writer?The eye produces a pict

35、ure on a screen.Our sight is controlled by our brain.We see all the details of an object in one piece.The picture is made up of millions of spots of light.All the rays of light reflected from objects areA. of the same intensityB. not at all intenseC. to some degree intenseD. of varying intensitiesA

36、camera lens focuses an image on to.A. the subject B. a surface made up of millions of light sensitive elementsC. a television set D. millions of photo electric beams of light Key: B C D B(D)Ice climb in LondonThe huge ice rink at Somerset House has been drawing crowds each winter for years, but last

37、 November an ice wall was added for the first time, bringing even more danger and excitement. Standing more than 26 feet high is a column of pure ice, featuring three climbing faces of varying difficulty which are scaled using crampons, ice picks and ropes. Using it costs about 40 pounds (020 7845 4

38、600; www. Somersethouseicerink. org.uk). It is open from late November to the end of January.Hang-gliding in Rio De JaneiroAccording to the hang-gliders of Rio, once youve swooped(向下猛撲)over the city s streets, gazing at the Sugar Loaf, Corcovado, Ipanema, Leblon, Copacabana and the city of Niteroi o

39、n the other side of Guanabara Bay, yon will understand why birds are peaceful animals. Embrace the romantic notion on a 30-minute cycling flight from the 525-metre Pedra Bonita in the Sao Conrado mountain down to the Sao Conrado beach. It costs around 55 pounds.Contact Air Adventures (00 21 9843 900

40、6; www. riohanggliding, corn).Skywalk in Sydneys highestThis experience takes having a peek at a nice view to a whole other level, as you are suspended (吊；懸掛)more than 850 feet (260m) above street level, harnessed to a glassviewing platform that hangs from the side of Sydney Tower. It s the citytall

41、 as the Eiffel Tower. After a thorough briefing and being fitted with protective sky suits, sky walkers make their way along two purpose-built walkways and platforms, which have transparent floors, while a guide points out landmarks. Night time skywalks are also available. It costs 46 pounds.Mountai

42、n boarding in LeedsRiders roll down hills and fly off jumps, doing tricks. A number of special mountainboard parks have opened around the country (see www. R). But the Leeds body of the Northern Offroad Boarding Society (or Nabs) practise at least twice a week in the city in locations that include R

43、oundhay Park. Those with their own boards are welcomed to join them. Contact the society at www. scuz. info. Alternatively, beginners can get lessons in Halifax at the Another World (01422 245196; mountainboarding. co. uk) mountainboard centre for 8 pounds an hour, with equipment. 60. The purpose of

44、 the above ads is to .offer some ways to experience extreme sportshelp readers have different excitement during their holidaysintroduce the most exciting sports around the worldintroduce the latest sports popular in the world 61. Which of the following is open at night?A. Ice climb in London.B. Hang

45、-gliding in Rio De Janeiro.C. Skywalk in Sydney.D. Mountainboarding in Leeds.What kind of feeling would you have if you went Hang-gliding in Rio De Janeiro?A. Flying peacefully like abird.B.Jumping quickly like a sportsman.C. Flying over the city likea pilot.D.Flying like a romantic actor.You have n

46、ever tried dangerous sport, then you can get on to find some information.A. www. RB.www. RC. www. scuz. infoD.mountainboarding. co. ukKey: 60-63 ACAD(E)Australian scientists say an organic compound (復(fù)合物) used by Indian women to paint dots or bindi on their foreheads could hold the key to a breakthro

47、ugh in cancer treatment. Rose Bengal was first used in the early 1900s as a dye( 染料 ) for food, textiles and cosmetics (化妝) . But now it is proving to be a useful weapon in the fight against skin cancer.Television advertisements constantly warn of the dangers of overexposure to the fierce sun. Among

48、 them is the possibility of the disease melanoma ( 黑瘤 ), a type of skin cancer. More than 1,200 Australians die every year from the disease.Initial（ 最初的 ） trials of a solution of Rose Bengal injected into some melanoma cells have had a 75 percent success rate in controlling the disease. Professor Jo

49、hn Thompson, the director of the Melanoma Unit at the University of Sydney, says this organic dye could become a powerful cancer-fighting treatment.We believe it works by getting into the tumor （腫塊） cells and causing them to self-destruct. But the exact mechanism by which it works is not totally cle

50、ar. Its not useful for people who have a primary melanoma. The treatment of primary melanoma is surgical excision （切除 ）, he said. Its useful to inject （注射） tumors for people who have recurrences （復(fù)發(fā)） ; when the primary treatment has failed and when recurrence in the area, or at more distant sites ha

51、s occurred.About 90 percent of Australians who develop melanoma survive thanks to early diagnosis and treatment. If left untreated, however, the disease can be fatal.Convincing younger people in Australia about the dangers of over-exposure to the sun is a battle campaigners are constantly waging.Ver

52、onica Manock, a 21-year-old student, had two major operations to remove a cancerous tumor from her leg.Ive had a lot of friends who just said I thought it was just, you know, Ill get a mole （痣） cut out and thats it, whereas I dont think people realize how much danger theyre putting themselves into a

53、nd how easy it is to stop something like this happening to you just from doing little things, said Manock.Other researchers in Australia are investigating genetic treatments to skin cancer. There is a pressing need for such research to produce effective treatments. Australians, the majority of whom

54、are fair-skinned（ 淺膚色的 ）, are four times more likely to develop a melanoma than people in Canada, the United States or Great Britain. TOC o 1-5 h z The information about Rose Bengal is wrong EXCEPT .it is no longer used as a dye.B. it is used to cure skin cancer.it is a special kind of rose planted

55、in Australia.it can be effective in treating skin cancer.The main reason for Australia s high rate in skin cancer is .A. the overuse of cosmeticsB. overexposure to the sunC. the color of their skinD. the lack of preventionFrom the passage we can learn that.skin cancer is incurable.some young people

56、seem to know little about the danger of overexposure to the sun.about ninety percent of Australians are likely to develop melanoma.all moles should be cut out to prevent skin cancer.According to Professor John Thompson, the best way to deal with primary cancer is .A. injecting tumorsB. taking some m

57、edicineC. getting genetic treatmentD. having surgical excisionThe passage was intended for .A. general readersC. doctors and researchersB. people who like taking sun-bathingD. children at schoolKey: 68-72 DBBDA（F）Each year, road accidents kill a million people and injure millions more. The economic

58、costs are greatest for developing countries.Earlier this year, the United Nations called for a campaign to improve road safety.One way to avoid accidents is better driving. Another is better roads and bridges. Engineers in the United States have designed ten new concrete（混凝土 ） mixtures that they thi

59、nk could make bridges last longer.Professor Paul Tikalsky leads the experiments by a team at Pennsylvania State University. He says bridges made of concrete now last about twenty-five to thirty-five years. But he says the new mixtures might extend that to seventy-five or even one hundred years.Concr

60、ete is made of stone, sand, water and cement（水泥）.The materials in the cement hold the concrete together. Ancient Romans built with concrete. Yet strengthened concrete bridges did not appear until the late eighteen-hundreds. People keep looking for new ways to improve concrete. Professor Tikalsky say