III. 完型填空 (1.5x20=30) 36 – 55
Learning is natural. It began with the minute we are born. Our first teachers are our families. At home we learn to talk and to dress and feed ourselves. We learn these and other skills by 36 .
Then we go to school. A teacher tells us 37 to learn and how to learn. Many teachers teach us, and we pass many 38 . Then people say we are educated.
Are we really educated? Let’s think about the real meaning of 39 . Knowing facts does not mean 40 able to solve problems Solving problems 41 creativity (创造力), not just a good memory. Some people who don’t know many 42 are good at solving problems.
Henry Ford is a good 43 . He quit school (辍学) at age 15. Later when his company could not build cars 44 , he solved the problem. He 45 of the assembly line (装配线). Today the answer seems 46 . Yet think of the many university graduates who 47 solved that problem.
What does a good teacher do? Does he give students facts to 48 ? Well, yes, we must sometimes remember facts. But a good teacher 49 how to find answers. He brings us to the 50 of knowledge so we can drink for ourselves. When we are hungry we know where to go.
True learning combines (结合) intake (吸入) with output (输出). We take information into our brains. Then we use it. Think of a 51 , it stores a lot of information, but it can’t think. It only obey commands. A person who only remembers facts hasn’t really learned. Learning takes place only when a person can use what he knows.
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III. 完型填空 (1.5x20=30) 36 – 55
Cloze test Passage 23
John had to go to work. So he set off half an hour earlier than usual and arrived at the library before anybody else. The 1 to come was Mr. Steele, who thought, “This must be a wonder. John is 2 the first here. If he came as 3 as this every morning, he would get a lot more 4 done.” John began to get on with work and 5 half past nine he had 6 all the postcards he had to write. It was a quarter to ten, and Mary had not arrived 7 . He wondered 8 she was ill or if she had taken the day 9 . But Mr. Steele came and 10 him if he knew where Mary was. If she were ill, she would 11 , he said, it’s not like her. She’s usually the first to come. John said that he had no idea where Mary was. But at the moment the door opened and there was Mary. She was looking very 12 and tired. She apologized to Mr. Steele and explained that she had been 13 most of the night. She hadn’t 14 to sleep until five in the morning and had overslept. Mr. Steele was very 15 and suggested that she 16 the day off. She 17 him and said she would stay, but she 18 said a word for the 19 of the morning. John, on the other hand, was feeling happy so at once he suggested 20 Mary that they go and have lunch together and she agreed.
| 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. | A. next A. almost A. soon A. job A. by A. taken A. too A. whether A. on A. told A. telephone A. happy A. asleep A. got A. cruel A. work A. taught A. hardly A. all A. to | B. last B. about B. early B. book B. at B. sold B. yet B. why B. over B. warned B. drive B. pale B. away B. wanted B. kind B. sleep B. told B. nearly B. left B. for | C. third C. actually C. late C. work C. for C. finished C. still C. when C. off C. answered C. ride C. red C. alone C. hoped C. angry C. bring C. laughed at C. mostly C. rest C. at | D. first D. finally D. quick D. thing D. in D. ended D. already D. either D. up D. asked D. stay D. excited D. awake D. begun D. glad D. take D. thanked D. immediately D. first D. in |
Cloze Test
Passage 20
A driver had to stop his car soon after setting out from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange 1 from the back of the car, he naturally got out to have look. He 2 the wheels carefully but as he found nothing 3 , he continued his way. The noise 4 almost immediately and now it was 5 than ever. Quickly 6 his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great black 7 following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told a 8 bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of 9 nearly.
On hearing this, the man realized that the only way to 10 would be to drive away as quickly as possible. After an hour’s 11 driving, he arrived in London where he stopped his car outside a 12 and sent in to have a drink. It was not long 13 a policeman who had seen him arrive hurried 14 to inform him that his car was 15 with bees. The poor driver explained to the policeman what happened. The policeman 16 that the best way to deal with the situation would be to 17 a bee-keeper. In a short time, the bee-keeper arrived. He found the 18 passenger hidden near the wheels at the back of the car. Very grateful(感激) to the driver for the unexpected 19 , the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of 20 home in a large box. Equally grateful, the driver drove away in a hurry.
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Cloze test Passage 20
It’s Sunday night, time for me to write the composition I tried to write this afternoon. This afternoon I sat 1 my desk for hours and did not write anything. Well, that’s not true. I started to write something down 2 times, but each time I stopped, stared at the sentence for 3 minutes, and then either 4 it out or crumpled(弄皱) up the paper. This composition is 5 tomorrow, but at this rate(速度) it will never 6 . Why is such a 7 to write a composition?
I have trouble in writing a composition every weekend. I 8 putting off doing the homework until Sunday afternoon. Then when I finally sit down to begin, I don’t begin. I 9 up to sharpen my pencils. Then I 10 up to get more paper and to get a 11 of water. By this time I am so 12 that I have to get up again to go to the bathroom. When I finally 13 , I find that I still can’t begin. 14 I get an idea and try to write it down, I don’t like the way the words 15 on paper, so I just sit there, trying to find the 16 sentence to begin my composition. After several hours of getting nowhere, I go and get 17 supper. Then I drag myself back to the desk. I hurriedly write something down to 18 the teacher’s demands for a composition when I’m just about to fall asleep. It is always a lot 19 than the teacher wants, and I always think it is so bad that I never 20 it over before giving it to the teacher.
I can’t delay any longer. It’s going to be a long night again.
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Cloze test Passage 22
While we were in India, Grandfather found a young tiger hiding under a big tree. He brought it home and 1 Tim.
Tim enjoyed playing with us and we had great 2 with him. When we took him out for a walk, our 3 of the road was never crowded.
When Tim was about six years old, it was too dangerous for us to 4 him at home. 5 Grandfather decided to put Tim in a zoo two hundred miles away. The zoo was 6 to have the tiger, so well fed, beautiful and tame(). He was 7 in a cage at once. Grandfather was a little 8 when he said goodbye to Tim.
Six months later, Grandfather had a chance to 9 the zoo. He went straight to the 10 . The tiger was fully-grown now. “Hello, Tim!” Grandfather said. The tiger came to him. Just 11 Grandfather was going to put his arms 12 the bars() of the cage, a zoo worker called out, “ 13 . What are you doing?”
“I was 14 Tim.” Said Grandfather. “You were here when I 15 him to the zoo six months ago. Do you remember?”
“ 16 …,” said the man, “that is not your tiger. I 17 your tiger very well. He 18 two months ago.”
“Died!” Grandfather said in surprise.
“Yes, he 19 a very bad cold. That tiger was brought here last month. He is very dangerous.”
Slowly Grandfather stepped 20 from the cage, giving the tiger one last look. Then he walked quickly out of the zoo.
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Cloze test
The best advice young men and women can hear is “Go West”. Those who 36 to make their fortune or, at the very 37 , find good jobs have a better chance of doing so in China’s western provinces 38 in the increasingly crowded eastern cities. Along the eastern coast, cities are 39 with newcomers looking for work. They seek 40 from the lowest-level unskilled jobs to the instant-millionaire Internet chance of lifetime. 41 have found the latter, and fewer ever 42 .
Some 160 years ago, young men and women moved 43 into New York, Philadelphia, Boston---the United States’ equivalent(相等，相当) of China’s Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing. All of these young people were 44 for work, for riches, for fame. Few found any of them. The 45 joined the masses working hard at low-level jobs 46 to support themselves and their 47.
Horace Greeley, a well-known American newspaper editor(编辑) of the period had 48 advice for those seeking work. “Do not,” Greeley said, 49 in the cities! There is room and health in the country, away from the 50 of idlers(闲散者) and imbeciles(fools). Go West…”
In the mid-19th century, when Greely called 51 people to go west, America was just to develop its western regions(地区)--- 52 as China today. Out west, the unemployed could find jobs.
One thing more should be 53 to Horace Greely’s advice to the youth of his time: Go West---but go 54 . What are you 55 for?”
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