例1（NMET 2001）
He has been called the “missing link .” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to
live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The ___1__ of the Snowman has been
around for ___2 __. Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like
those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people
said they___3___this creature and called it the “Yeti,”and they said that they
had___5__caught Yetis on two occasions ___4 __none has ever been produced an
evidence（证据）。
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has___6___.In 1951, Eric Shipton took
photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that
they were not ____7___the tracks of a monkey or bear and ____8___that the
Abominable Snowman might really____9___.
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things
people have ever found were ___10_ _footprints. Most believe the footprints are
nothing more than ___11___animal tracks, which had been made ___12___
as the melted（融化）and refroze in the snow. ____13___,in
1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was ____14___and was
a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, _15 __,no
evidence has ever ___16___been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable
Snowman ____17____. But if they ever ____18____catching one, they may face a
real _____19____: Would they put it in a___ 20____or give it a room in a hotel?
( )1. A.event
B.story C.adventure D.description
( )2. A.centuries B.too long C.some
time D.many years
( )3. A.heard from B.cared for C.knew
of D.read about
( )4. A.even
B.hardly C.certainly D.probably
( )5.
A.as B.though
C.when D.until
( )6. A.developed B.changed
C.occurred D.continued
( )7. A.entirely B.naturally
C.clearly D.simply
( )8. A.found
B.declared
C.felt D.doubled
( )9. A.exist
B.escape C.disappear D.return
( )10.A.clearer
B.more C.possible
D.rare
( )11.A.huge
B.recent C.ordinary
D.frightening
( )12.A.strange
B.large
C.deep D.rough
( )13.A.In the end B.Therefore C.After
all D.However
( )14.A.imagined
B.real
C.special D.familiar
( )15.A.so
B.besides
C.again D.instead
( )16.A.rightiy B.actually
C.normally D.particularly
( )17.A.lightly B.jokingly
C.seriously D.properly
( )18.A.succeed in B.insist on C.depend
on D.join in
( )19.A.decision B.situation
C.subject D.problem
( )20.A.zoo
B.mountain C.museum
D.laboratory
解析：本文是一篇以介绍一种“半人半兽”的生物“Yeti”为主要内容的说明文；主要介绍了其特征、居住地以及关于它的传说故事。解题时，应先略读文章，了解大意；再细读文章，依次解题；最后通读全文，检查答案的准确性。
本题考查对文章的理解和词汇的意义，兼考惯用搭配、常识和语法。题1、2、10、11、12、14、偏20重于考查对文章内容的理解；题38、41、8、9、18、19考查词汇（包括词组、动词、名词）的辨析；题4、7、15、16、17要求根据文章内容判断适当的副词；题4、13考查连词。
1.B。后文叙述的是关于“Yeti”的传说故事，故选“story”。
2.D。从1920年开始被发现，至今应有“许多年了”。
3.C。当地人称这种生物为“Yeti”，肯定是“知道”它以及关于它的事。
4.A。“抓住”比“知道”更进一步，用“even”表示强调程度的加深。
5.B。“曾经抓到”与“没有证据”之间为转折关系，即：“虽然……但是……”。
6.D。第二段讲述了关于“Yeti”的一个传说故事，后文中将有新的介绍。故可知“故事”在“继续”。
7.D。“Shipton”相信这些“脚印”不简简单单为“猴子”或“熊”的脚印，故选“simply”。
8.C。“felt”与“believed”并列。
9.A。“Shipton”感觉这种动物可能真的存在。
10.B。人们发现的仅仅是“更多”的脚印。
11.C。许我人相信这些脚印只不过是那些普通动物（比如猴子或熊）留下的。
12.B。“普通的脚印”看起来不“普通”，是因为其在雪里融化而变“大”了。
13.D。前文介绍了一些人脚印的判断，而后文是一位俄国科学家的新发现。故判断出两部分之间应用“however”转折。
14.B。“real”意为“真的”、“存在的”。
15.C。前面提到过，当地人的发现和传说没有证据可依，这一次“又”是如此。
16.B。没有证据被实际记载。
17.C。“take … seriously”把……当回事（严肃认真对待）。
18.A。“Succeed in doing”成功地做成某事。
19.D。“face a problem”面临问题。
20.A。前文提到这种生物“半人半兽”，那么如果人们真的抓住一个，将面临的问题是：把它放到动物园（当它是动物？）还是在旅馆里给它一个房间（当它是人？）
例2 (2004年全国卷I)
It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked a the list of
topics(题目)，"The Art of
Eating Spaghetti（意大利面条）" caught my eye. The word
"spaghetti" brought back the 36 of an
evening at Uncle Alien's in Belleville 37 all of us
were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 38 spaghetti for
supper, Spaghetti was an exotic（外来的）treat in
39 days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 40 of
the grown-ups had enough experience to be 41 it. What
laughing 42 we had about the 43
respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. 44
, I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 45
it down simply for my own 46 , not for Mr . Fleagle, my
composition teacher. 47 ,I would write something else.
When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 48 left to write a proper composition for Mr . Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to 49 my work. Two days passed before Mr . Fleagle returned the 50 papers. He said, "Now, class, I want to read you a composition, The Art of Eating Spaghetti."
My words! He was reading my words out 51 to the whole class, 52 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show 53 , but what I was feeling was pure happiness, 54 my words had the power to make people 55 .
( )1.A.memory
B.thought C.knowledge D.experience
( )2.A.when
B.where C.since D.after
( )3.A.cooked
B.served C.got
D.made
( )4.A.their
B.past C.last
D.those
( )5.A.none
B.one C.some
D.neither
( )6.A.careful about B.good at C.fond
of D.interested in
( )7.A.speeches
B.lessons C.sayings D.arguments
( )8.A.nearly
B.naturally C.officially D.socially
( )9.A.Especially B.Probably
C.Suddenly D.Fortunately
( )10.A.settle
B.put
C.bite D.let
( )11.A.work
B.story C.luck
D.joy
( )12.A.However
B.Therefore C.As for him D.Except for that
( )13.A.time
B.excuse C.way
D.idea
( )14.A.give up
B.continue C.hand in D.delay
( )15.A.written
B.graded C.collected D.calmly
( )16.A.loud
B.fast C.publicly D.calmly
( )17.A.People
B.Nobody C.Somebody D.I
( )18.A.shock
B.wonder C.worry D.pleasure
( )19.A.if
B.for C.while
D.although
( )20.A.excited
B.satisfied C.think D.laugh
解析：全文讲作者一次有趣的吃意大利面条的经历，偏巧老师让写作文，他便写了一篇文章，原想自己留着，另写篇上交。由于时间不够，他只好将原本想留给自己的文章上交了，没想到作文极为成功。
1.A。“Spaghetti”这个词使他想起了以前吃面条的事，所以用memory .
2.A。when引导定语从句，修饰前面的evening,意为“当时”。
3.B。那天晚上作者和其他一些亲属坐在桌边吃Aunt Pat所做的面条，此时的面条不是在加工厂制做当中，不用made，不是刚买到，不用got，也不是在厨房里煮制过程中，不用cooked,而是端到餐桌上了，故用served。serve除作“服务”解以外，还有“端上（饭菜）”之意。
4.D。“在那个时候”或“在那些日子”用in those
days。
5.A。
6.B。作者从未吃过意大利面条，而在座的成年人也都不擅长/没吃过，所以才有下文有关怎样吃意大利面条才得体的令人发笑的争论。
7.D。上句提到没有吃意大利面条的经验，因而大家才会争论怎样吃。所以填arguments。
8.D。吃东西的方式和举止要得体，要符合一定的社会文化，所以填socially。
9.C。文章开头提到spaghetti一词使作者想起过去的经历，由这经历突然想到了作文题，他要写这一文题。填suddenly表思绪的突然过渡。
10.B。
11.D。“把……写下来/记下来”用“put sth.down”。写下这一经历自己欣赏和享用，故用“joy”。
12.C。上文说自己要写吃意大利面条的经历，写下来自己留着享用，不给作文老师。作文是要交的，那么就写点别的给他吧。“As for him”可译为“至于他吗”
13.A。写完那篇文章，到了半夜了（自己还要睡觉），也就没有时间写准备上交的作文了。
14.C。别无选择，只好“上交”（原本打算留给自己的）作品。“hand in”是“上交”的意思。上交了但作品还是自己的，故不算放弃，不选A。B和D离题较远。
15.B。老师把作文收上去，过了两天发下来，那么这两天老师把作文批改，给分（或定个等级），作文也就是“被给过等级”的作文了。
16.A。老师极为欣赏作者的作文，所以把它朗读给全班，故选A。C项有干扰性，但“publicly”与“to the whole class”重复，不可选。
17.C。因故事有趣，有人先笑了，接着全班都开怀大笑。“then”是“接着、然后”的意思。先有人笑，然后是全都笑，不能是“无人笑，接着全都笑”，过于突兀，排除B。由于作者早已知道故事情节，未必先笑，排除D, People一词太空泛，范围过大，不可选。
18.D。自己的作文得到老师和同学们的欣赏，自然高兴，但不能显露自己的得意，所以填pleasure。
19.B。虽尽量不显示自己的得意，但心中还是充满了快乐，因为自己的作品能使人开怀一笑。所以填for，是表原因的并列连词。
20.D。从全文可知，使人发出笑声，而不是使人兴奋/满意/思考。排除其他选项。
A
How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years? It took me almost 20 years to have the 1 to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 2 drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a 3 that, in the past, would have started him 4 again. For a few years we were 5 to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.
"I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad's 6 to my 18-year-old unasked question. "The words were a constant (经常的) 7 to me that things were 8 so hard that I could not deal with them," Dad said. Then he 9 the poem with me. The poem's 10, yet profound (深刻的) words immediately became 11 of my daily routine as well.
About a month after this 12 with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one 13 for each day of the year.
It has been my 14 that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 15.
I 16 opened the book to November 10 to see 17 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I was 18 when I looked at the page, and then tears of disbelief and appreciation 19 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 20 my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity (平静) Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.
1. A. chance B. courage C. ability D. right
2. A. gave up B. took up C. went on D. carried on
3. A. way B. habit C. situation D. house
4. A. reciting B. asking C. smoking D. drinking
5. A. sure B. uncertain C. afraid D. eager
6. A. reply B. words C. excuse D. explanation
7. A. fear B. imagination C. thought D. reminder
8. A. never B. seldom C. always D. ever
9. A. discussed B. shared C. offered D. talked
10. A. wonderful B. long C. simple D. boring
11. A. all B. that C. any D. part
12. A. talk B. quarrel C. trip D. lesson
13. A. listed B. included C. read D. said
14. A. method B. experience C. wealth D. message
15. A. character B. birthday C. qualities D. favorites
16. A. doubtfully B. carefully C. happily D. hurriedly
17. A. where B. whether C. what D. how
18. A. excited B. astonished C. disappointed D. frightened
19. A. hung B. pulled C. rolled D. pushed
20. A. troubled B. disturbed C. pleased D. helped
B
When I moved into an empty dorm（宿舍） for the first time two years ago, I was certain of a few things. Firstly, I realized that I didn't 1 anybody at the school. Secondly, I knew that I wanted to work hard at my lessons and 2 something useful. And thirdly, I wanted to have a good time with new classmates, without my parents around.
The first 3 frightened me in the beginning. But that 4 quickly disappeared. It was the other two goals 5 ended up being my difficulties. I knew that it was 6 to devote enough time to class and to social efforts. But I wanted to 7 in both. I knew this would be a 8, but I didn't realize how much until classes began.
I got on well with the other girls who lived in my dorm. 9, instead of finishing my homework
10 it was due, I went upstairs and had ice cream with my neighbour. I always finished it the next day between classes. I knew 11 wasn't very good and the grade I 12 showed my lack of effort.
I was 13 that I needed to find some sort of balance.
So I created a schedule（时间表）that would 14 my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing（放松）. It seemed like a good idea, 15 I was only able to 16 it for a few days. A schedule like that was too much pressure.
So I tried another 17. Each week I made a list of everything I had to get done during that week. Then, under the list of things I had to get done, I 18 a list of things I could do if I had time.
This is the method I have used since then. I'm glad that I've learned to 19 things and it has 20 prepare me for what is to come after graduation.
1. A. know B. recognize C. realize D. like
2. A. understand B. learn C. try D. tell
3. A. teacher B. day C. class D. realization
4. A. happiness B. excitement C. fear D. desire
5. A. which B. what C. that D. who
6. A. hard B. easy C. interesting D. nice
7. A. win B. succeed C. get D. wish
8. A. chance B. job C. challenge D. time
9. A. Often B. Seldom C. Unluckily D. Fortunately
10. A. because B. when C. after D. before
11. A. it B. one C. these D. I
12. A. demanded B. took C. accepted D. received
13. A. asleep B. awake C. ashamed D. aware
14. A. fix B. divide C. put D. build
15. A. so B. and C. but D. however
16. A. use B. keep C. follow D. observe
17. A. plan B. energy C. pressure D. effort
18. A. made B. found C. picked D. brought
19. A. do B. control C. balance D. hold
20. A. had B. helped C. let D. forced
C
Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was 1 into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, was 2, with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn't 3 fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment（尴尬） at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof（证明）of how 4 I understood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very slowly to understand. "I guess we all have to 5 something,"Mother said quietly. I could 6 her pain and the tension（紧张）of 7 the strong feeling that were interrupted by my 8. Suddenly, something inside me lit up. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face 9 my shoulder and sobbed. I held her 10 and didn't try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could 11 was enough. At that moment, feeling Mother's 12 with feelings, I understood for the first time her being easy to 13. She was still my mother, 14 she was something 15: a person like me, capable of fear and 16 and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought 17 in her arms.
A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station 18.
"It's a job I can do, though." She said simply. But the evening practice on the green typewriter continued. I had a very 19 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her 20 away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.
1. A. tired B. ashamed C. lazy D. shocked
2. A. crying B. smiling C. thinking D. whispering
3. A. understand B. type C. run D. return
4. A. eagerly B. worriedly C. little D. much
5. A. fail B. win C. forget D. obtain
6. A. kill B. watch C. sense D. recognize
7. A. holding back B. putting away C. sitting up D. stopping from
8. A. pain B. laughter C. arrival D. feeling
9. A. to B. up C. through D. against
10. A. tightly B. thoughtfully C. carefully D. politely
11. A. and that B. now that C. but that D. so that
12. A. hand B. face C. hair D. back
13. A. content B. break C. fall D. shout
14. A. therefore B. although C. yet D. however
15. A. more B. excellent C. strange D. huge
16. A. wound B. defeat C. cut D. hurt
17. A. kindness B. memory C. comfort D. support
18. A. supplied B. offered C. paid D. contributed
19. A. different B. hard C. pleasant D. serious
20. A. crying B. laughing C. tapping D. sewing
答案及详解：
A：1-5 BACDC 6-10 ADABC
11-15 DAABB 16-20 DCBCD
本文通过父亲戒酒成功这件事，说明了世上无难事，只要意志坚定的道理。
1. 父亲戒酒近二十年了。他是怎么做到的呢？二十年后我才有勇气（courage）去问他这个问题。
2. 当初父亲戒酒时，全家人都担心他有朝一日会反复。take up意为"开始做某事"，逻辑不对。
3. 每当父亲可能继续酗酒时，大家都如坐针毡似的（be on pins and needles）。get into a situation陷入一种处境。
4. start sb. doing sth. 使某人开始干某事。
5. 有好几年我们不敢（be afraid to）提起这个话题，担心父亲重新酗酒。
6. 此处填reply与下文的question相呼应。
7. 原来，父亲戒酒成功的秘诀在于每天反复背诵这首诗来提醒自己。reminder提醒物。
8. 从来没有（never）什么事情如此困难以致于做不到（这里指决心戒酒一事），关键在于意志是否坚定。
9-11. 父亲与我分享（shared）这首诗，这首诗语言浅显（simple）但寓意深刻，发人深省。它也成为了我日常生活中不可或缺的一部分（part）。
13. 这份礼物是关于名言警句的一本书。这本书为一年中的每一天都列出了（listed）警言。
15. 下文There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem说明作者迫切地想知道自己生日那天会有什么样的提醒。
16. hurriedly（匆忙地）一词能够恰如其分地描绘出作者当时的心情。
17. what引导宾语从句。我急于知道什么样的生日提醒在等待着我。in store表示"贮藏着，准备着"。
18. 我翻到11月10日那一页时，首先是非常惊奇（astonished），然后不相信和感激的泪水夺眶而出。
19. roll down滚落下来。
20. 这首诗"帮助"我父亲戒掉了酒，走过了这么多年。这也注定要使我受益匪浅。
B：1-5 ABDCC 6-10 ABCAD
11-15 ADDBC 16-20 CAACB
本文作者主要描述了自己在学校的学习生活情况，从而说明了合理分配时间的重要性。
1. 刚刚来到新的学校，这里没有我认识（know）的人。recognize辨认出。
2. 我要努力学习，学到（learn）一些有用的知识。
3-4. 最初"实现（realization）"第一个目标让我担心，但这种担心（fear）很快就消失了。
5. 此处是强调句型。end up doing以做……结束。这里表示实现另外两个目标对我来说是最大的挑战。
6. 由上下文可知此处意为"合理分配时间去学习和参加社交活动是困难的（hard）"。
7. succeed in sth./doing sth. 在……方面取得成功。
8. 这对于我来说将是一个挑战（challenge）。
9. 我经常（often）和我的室友上楼去吃冰激凌，而不去按时完成作业。
10. before it was due在作业应该上交之前。
11. it指上文提到的作者的学习情况。
12. receive the grade表示"获得成绩"。此处I received修饰grade。
13. 我意识到（be aware of/that...）我需要某种平衡。
14. 由下文内容提示可知此处意为"我制定了一个时间表，来分配（divide up）自己的时间，但并没有一直坚持下去。
16. follow这里表示"遵循"。
19. 我已经学会平衡（balance）各种事务，合理分配时间。
20. 这必将帮助（helped）我去迎接未来生活的挑战。
C：1-5 DABCA 6-10 CACDA
11-15 ADBCA 16-20 DCBAC
本文通过对一位母亲失业后感情流露的描写，赞扬了这位母亲不甘愿服输的品格。
1. 刚刚放学回家，我被眼前的一幕震惊（shocked）得目瞪口呆。
2. 由下文的finding Mother in tears可知此处应填crying。
4. 在发现母亲伤心流泪时我所表现的尴尬和震惊证明了我对母亲肩负的压力了解得是多么的少（little）。
5. 母亲在自我安慰：我想我们大家都会失败。something前省略了介词in。
6. sense觉察到。
7. hold back抑制，控制。
9. 我伸出手抱住了母亲，她那时完全崩溃（broke）了。她把脸俯在我的肩上，抽泣起来。
10. 我紧紧地（tightly）抱着她。
11. 我知道我在做我应该做的事和我能做的事，那已经足够了。
12. 双手抱着母亲，故此处应是抚摸着母亲的背部（back）。
14-15. 然而（yet）母亲像我一样也有别的东西：恐惧、内心的痛苦(hurt)和失败。
18. the radio station offered为定语从句，修饰salary。
20. tap（在打字机上）敲打。
I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18, when the 1 rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles home. On the 2 was Marty Bandera, a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft(草稿) of my novel three weeks earlier. " I have a couple of 3," Bandera said.
"First, how old are you?" " I'm 48," I replied.
"Are you in good 4?" "Yes, excellent. What's this about?"
"I've sold your novels 5 one and a half million dollars."
I sat down in 6. I had written over fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been 7 by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been 8, but not me. Each time, I just 9 writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do, but I refused to 10. Seeing this book 11 was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It's a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best-seller 12 two weeks after publication!
I got my first lesson in story 13 from my grandmother. She used to read me stories. She was the one who gave me a 14 of words. She sparked(激发) my 15 and she has been a 16 influence on me. I always had stories running through my 17 and as soon as I could write I 18 them down on paper.
I married young and I have three
children, but I never stopped writing, 19 novels between doing the
diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I am writing another novel now. Yes, my 20 has
changed my life.
1. A. phone B. bell C. clock D. alarm
2. A. step B. line C. side D. doorway
3. A. novels B. things C. questions D. problems
4. A. wealth B. health C. care D. order
5. A. to B. in C. on D. for
6. A. need B. joy C. delight D. astonishment
7. A. rejected B. received C. judged D. lost
8. A. worried B. angry C. discouraged D. excited
9. A. couldn't help B. got down to C. got used to D. went on
10. A. shut down B. find out C. give up D. set aside
11. A. sold B. published C. printed D. passed
12. A. books B. shops C. record D. list
13. A. writing B. organizing C. telling D. reading
14. A. use B. love C. meaning D. respect
15. A. hope B. efforts C. novels D. imagination
16. A. lasting B. normal C. careful D. general
17. A. mind B. book C. voice D. work
18. A. pulled B. put C. broke D. looked
19. A. thinking B. reading C. developing D. translating
20. A. friend B. age C. success D. failure
B
I've always loved pigeons(鸽子). Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and started 1 them myself. They cost a lot of money and so it spoilt(破坏) our 2 a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I 3 carried on. I learnt so much about them that I could 4 a good racer anywhere and I bought some beauties. My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of 5.
You see, people are prepared to pay big prices if they get to know that your pigeons are 6 big prizes.
My wife had been changing her 7 to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway. She was quite 8 of all the prizes we'd won. Then there was a lot of travelling, which she liked. You see, someone has to take the pigeons a 9 way off and release them. Some of the 10 were really nice. I never traveled. I used to like to wait at home and see them come in. They got the wonderful sense of 11, which could bring them back home so quickly. They'd flown hundreds of miles sometimes 12 storms or against strong winds. And there they'd come, tiny white birds against the great 13. Then I'd watch them 14 round and come down onto the landing shelf. I'd look at my watch and think,"My goodness, that's a good 15." And I'd take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to 16 what time he'd arrived. Then my wife would 17 up and say, "Has he arrived yet?" Then we would work out if we'd won 18.
However, last year we had a 19! One of them got some sort of flu(流感) and died; then they all 20. It was terrible; I had to burn them all. We lost a fortune, of course.
1. A. racing B. understanding C. selling D. flying
2. A. dream B. work C. life D. hobby
3. A. just B. even C. almost D. hardly
4. A. notice B. learn C. imagine D. recognize
5. A. living B. fun C. money D. change
6. A. losing B. winning C. giving D. making
7. A. subject B. decision C. relation D. attitude
8. A. proud B. fond C. careful D. sure
9. A. different B. long C. short D. far
10. A. distances B. activities C. trips D. movements
11. A. direction B. sight C. hearing D. touch
12. A. over B. across C. with D. through
13. A. heaven B. mountain C. cloud D. sky
14. A. turn B. dance C. circle D. whistle
15. A. beginning B. time C. day D. look
16. A. write B. record C. count D. memorize
17. A. come B. show C. phone D. cheer
18. A. again B. finally C. only D. accidentally
19. A. disadvantage B. chance C. problem D. disaster
20. A. flew down B. went down C. let out D. gave out
C
I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in 1 for 17 years, I had no 2 about my ability to hold their attention and to 3 on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted,"4!"
The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat 5 about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness (尴尬) was over, I quickly 6 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect --- perhaps 7 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a sense of achievement.
My students 8 diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 9 by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said,"Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today. 10 her next lecture will be better." Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 11 theme (主题). "Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical (哲学的) framework of Western thought and laid the historical 12 for all the works we'll study in class," I complained. "How 13 they say I didn't teach them anything?"
It was a long term, and it 14 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 15 of my students. I thought a teacher's job was to raise 16 questions and provide enough background so that students could 17 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher's job was to provide 18 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
19, I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a 20 American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
1. A. the UK B. the US C. China D. Australia
2. A. worry B. idea C. doubt D. experience
3. A. impress B. put C. leave D. fix
4. A. Attention B. Look out C. At ease D. Stand up
5. A. puzzled B. sure C. curious D. worried
6. A. found B. returned C. regained D. followed
7. A. more B. even C. yet D. still
8. A. passed B. borrowed C. kept D. read
9. A. replaced B. taken C. caught D. moved
10. A. Naturally B. Perhaps C. Fortunately D. Reasonably
11. A. different B. strong C. similar D. usual
12. A. happenings B. characters C. development D. background
13. A. should B. need C. will D. must
14. A. immediately B. certainly C. simply D. gradually
15. A. that B. what C. those D. ones
16. A. difficult B. interesting C. ordinary D. unusual
17. A. draw B. get C. decide D. give
18. A. strange B. standard C. exact D. serious
19. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Though
20. A. normal B. happy C. good D. better
答案及详解
A：1-5 ABCBD 6-10 DACBC 11-15 BDCBD 16-20 AABCC
本文主要描写了作者坚持不懈地创作，最终获得成功的故事。
9. 我只是开始着手（get down to）去写另一部作品。
12. 这本书出版后两个星期内一直在畅销书之列（list）。
13. story telling讲故事。
15. 我的祖母激发了我的想象力（imagination）。
16. lasting持久的。
18. put down写下来。
19. develop使发展，构想。
20. 我取得的成功（success）已经改变了我的生活。
B：1-5 ACADC 6-10 BDABC 11-15 ADDCB 16-20 BCADB
本文主要描述了作者喜欢鸽子并经常参加信鸽比赛的经历。
1. 由全文内容可知此处意为"我买了几只并开始参加信鸽比赛。"race使……进行比赛。
2. 买信鸽花了很多钱，对我们的生活（life）造成了一点影响。
4. recognize识别（好信鸽）。
7. 我的妻子在过去的一、两年内一直在改变对待信鸽的态度（attitude）。
9. 要进行信鸽比赛得有人把鸽子带到很远的地方（a long way），然后放飞（release）。
12. 穿过（through）暴风雨。
13. 注意：heaven当"天空"讲时，常用作复数，故此空填sky。
14. 鸽子着陆时要在空中盘旋，故此空填circle（盘旋，绕圈）。
16. 鸽子飞回家后，主人应马上取下腿环，记录（record）鸽子到达的时间。
17. phone（sb.）up打电话。由第三段前三句话可知作者的妻子对信鸽比赛产生了兴趣。
18. 然后我们将判断是否我们又(again)获胜了。文章第二段有提示。
19. disaster灾难。
20. go down倒下，病倒。
C：1-5 BCADA 6-10 CBCAB 11-15 CDADC 16-20 BACBD
本文主要描述了一位外籍教师在中国初次教学的经历，从而说明了文化不同教学方式也应不同的道理。
1. 由文章最后一句可知这位外籍教师在美国已有17年的教学经历。
2-3. 这位外籍教师一点也不怀疑（doubt）自己的能力，她确信自己一定能吸引中国学生的注意力，并使学生深深意识到(impress sth. on sb.)自己对本民族文学的崇拜。
4-5. 在中国，老师进教室时，学生起立（stand up）是理所当然的事，而这一举动却使这位外籍教师有点迷惑（puzzled）。
6. 这位外籍教师恢复了（regained）平静。
7. 这位外籍教师确信自己一定能赢得学生的尊敬，甚至（even）赢得他们的钦佩。
8. 中国学生每天有记日记的习惯。keep a diary记日记。
9. 当这位外籍教师读学生的日记时，她有的那种成就感一逝而去。the rosy glow此处指这位外籍教师自信而愉快的感觉。
11. 每一篇日记都表达了一个相似的（similar）主题。
12. historical background历史背景。
13. should与why, how, who等连用，表示意外、惊异等。
14. gradually逐渐地。
16. 上文说过这位外籍教师确信自己有能力吸引中国学生的注意力，故推断此空应填interesting。
17. draw a conclusion得出结论。
(A)
The earliest men did not have much time for art; they faced many dangers, and
hunting for food took (1)___ almost all their time. But after many thousands of
years perhaps a million years or more they became very good hunters, and (2)___
gave them a little free time which they could use for other things. A few of
them began to paint on the walls of the caves (3)___ they lived. Many early
artists painted animals, (4)___ these were the most important things in their
lives. Animals supplied (5)___ to keep them living, and skins to keep them
(6)___.
Like painters (7)___, the early artists possibly painted for many (8)___.
Perhaps they wanted to give their cave a little brightness and color; perhaps
they had a few special ideas which they could (9)___ most easily in a painting;
perhaps they (10)___ wanted to spend a little time in a pleasant way. Many of
them believed in magic (巫术), and they often drew animals which were caught. They hoped that by
drawing these things, they would make them really appear.
People have discovered cave paintings in many parts of the world. The earliest
that we know about are in Europe. Because of the cool weather, the early men in
Europe used the caves for shelter (隐蔽处); in many warmer
parts of the world this was not necessary. We know quite a lot about the dates
of the European paintings, and we believe that the earliest ones were painted
about thirty thousand years ago.
1. A. away B. back C. out D. up
2. A. this B. that C. these D. those
3. A. which B. that C. where D. when
4. A. although B. because C. if D. as if
5. A. air B. fur C. food D. water
6. A. comfortable B. warm C. beautiful D. healthy
7. A. yesterday B. today C. in those days D. at that time
8. A. people B. places C. animals D. reasons
9. A. express B. understand C. realize D. imagine
10. A. often B. quite C. just D. even
(B)
Sleep is something we generally associate with (11)___ creatures. Of course, it
is true that a lot of animals sleep, but zoologists are not certain that
primitive forms of animal (12)___ like worms and snails, ever really (13)___.
(14)___ the other hand, animals such as bears sleep for 4 or 5 months every
year.
The amount of sleep (15)___ human being needs depends (16)___, the individual
and possibly race. For example, doctors think that pre-school children need
between 10 and 12 hours a night; school children between 9 and 11 hours; and
adults between 7 and 9 hours. There are exceptional cases of old people (17)___
only sleep between 2 and 3 hours a day and (18)___ to be active and healthy.
The sleep requirements of different (19)___ also appear to be different.
Japanese people, for example, sleep (20)___ hours than Europeans.
11. A. live B. living C. lively D. alive
12. A. life B. lives C. lifes D. living
13. A. sleep B. sleeps C. sleeping D. slept
14. A. In B. At C. On D. For
15. A. the B. / C. a D. an
16. A. on age B. on the age C. in age D. for age
17. A. that they B. which C. of whom D. who
18. A. continued B. continue C. went on D. going
19. A. race B. human being C. man D. races
20. A. less B. by far less C. fewer D. much more
答案： 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. A 10.
C
11. B 12. A 13. A 14. C 15. C 16. A 17. D 18. B 19.
D 20. C
Fire can help people
in many ways. Fire can heat water, (1)____ your house, give light and cook
food. But fire can burn things too. Nobody knows (2)____ people began to use
fire. One story from Australia tells about a man a very long time ago. He
(3)____ the sun by a rope and brought fire down.
Today people know how to (4)____ a fire with matches. Children sometimes like
to play with them. But matches can be very (5)____.
Fire kills people every year. So you must be careful (6)____ matches. You
should also learn to (7)____ fires. Fires need oxygen. Without oxygen they die.
There is (8)____ in the air. Cover a fire with water, sand, or (9)____, with
your coat or a blanket. This keeps the air from a fire and kills it.
Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it might
(10)____ you.
1. A. brighten B. warm C. beautify D. lighten
2. A. where B. when C. what D. how
3. A. watched B. got up to C. went up to D. discovered
4. A. set B. make C. cause D. catch
5.A. dangerous B. bright C. unusual D. common
6. A. about B. to C. On D. after
7. A. lay out B. put out C. put away D. do away with
8. A. fire B. moisture C. oxygen D. substance
9. A. in general B. in particular C. in a hurry D. in an emergency
10. A. injure B. hurt C. destroy D. spoil
(B)
Here is another program in the series, "Famous Personalities (个性)." This
afternoon I am going to talk (11)____ the famous film director, Daniel Z.
Sloman. Dan Sloman doesn’t need any introduction from me. He has directed
"Goodbye to Boston", "Pacific Story" and many other famous
films. "Tell me, Dan, have you ever directed a film in England?"
"Why, yes, Peter. I directed ’Green Years’ here."
"Oh course. How long (12)____ was that, Dan?"
"That was five years ago. That film was about life in an English
village."
"What can you remember about this (13)____, Dan?"
"Lots of things, Peter. When we were filming in the open, it usually
(14)____ to rain!"
"You rebuilt half the village, I believe, Dan."
"That’s right, Peter. We built a (15)____ over the river. We put a few
buildings. (16)____ our men were working, half the (17)____ watched us."
"Were the villagers against the film?"
"Oh, no. Many villagers (18)____ a lot of money. Thousands of tourists
came to the village. The place (19)____ famous."
"Have you ever been back to the village since then?"
"I can’t say I have, Peter. But I remember it well."
"What else do you remember about the film, ’Green Years’, Dan?"
"Well, I remember the actors, of course. In one scene we (20)____ a
thousand ’extras’."
"And you used the villagers."
"That’s right, Peter. There were 2000 men, women and children in the
village and we used a thousand of them. Every man has his price. We paid each
villager fifty pence to take part in the film."
"What about the villagers that weren’t in the film?"
"They came to watch."
"What happened then?"
"It was very funny, Peter. We couldn’t keep them out of it. We paid half
the villagers fifty pence each to act in the film. And we paid the other half
of the villagers five pounds each not to join in the film! But it was a great
scene. I’ll never forget it."
"Thank you, Dan."
11. A. to B. about C. for D. into
12. A. before B. ago C. after D. since
13. A. life B. village C. year D. film
14. A. begins B. began C. had started D. beginning
15. A. road B. way C. village D. bridge
16. A. As soon as B. After C. Before D. While
17. A. town B. city C. village D. country
18. A. made B. took C. carried D. brought
19. A. is B. gets C. became D. get
20. A. asked B. dismissed C. needed D. told
答案：1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B
5. A 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. B
11. A 12. B 13. D
14. B 15. D 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. C
While I was waiting
to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job __1__ at a school
about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of __2__ and wanting to do
something __3__ I applied (申请) , __4__ as I did so, that without a degree and with no
__5__of teaching my chances of getting the job were __6__.
However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a
meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a __7__ journey: a train to
Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at __8__ a quarter of
a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling toe hot to be nervous. It was
clearly the __9__ himself that __10__ the door. He was short and round.
"The school," he said, "is made up of one __11__ of twenty-four
boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects
except art, __12__ he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into
__13__ groups and teach them in turn at three different __14__, and I was
__15__ at the thought of teaching maths — a subject at which I wasn’t very
__16__ at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of __17__ to teach them on
Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be __18__ themselves at
that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his __19__ .
"Now" he said, you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really
__20__ this school.
1. A. kept B. lost C. wanted D. found
2. A. money B. time C. students D. clothes
3. A. harmful B. useful C. funny D. secret
4. A. expecting B. whispering C. fearing D. considering
5. A. material B. experience C. means D. books
6. A. nice B. great C. slight D. helpful
7. A. difficult B. pleasant C. comfortable D. short
8. A. most B. least C. last D. first
9. A. teacher B. door-keeper C. student D. headmaster
10. A. shut B. opened C. repaired D. kicked
11. A. group B. class C. dozen D. score
12. A. which B. that C. what D. this
13. A. one B. two C. three D. four
14. A. classes B. subjects C. levels D. places
15. A. excited B. angry C. glad D. disappointed
16. A. poor B. interested C. weak D. good
17. A. forcing B. having C. forgetting D. managing
18. A. watching B. studying C. enjoying D. helping
19.A. letter B. feet C. hands D. wife
20.A. runs B. starts C. observes D. likes
答案：1-5 CABCB 6-10 CABDB
11-20 BACCD 16-20 DBCBA
I went there in 1924; no local
planes in those days, so I made the trip by bus. It was a thousand kilometers,
and it 1 twenty hours. I sat by a fellow about my own age, 24. He said
his name was Karl Packey, 2 he told me 3 anything else.
He 4 me
because he had so little to say. No opinions, no memories, no tales to 5
. Had his home, his life, the war and so on left no mark at all 6 him?
It was very 7 . I was 8 when the pillows were given 9 ,
and I could politely try to sleep. I hoped I would never meet him again. The
next time I went to Fairburn was in 1974. By 10 , of course. The
president was going to “open” the new town, 11 had taken twenty－six years to be 12
. I sat next to a man of about fifty, whose face was a 13 . I guessed he
had something 14 to tell me.
The face was rough,
brown and 15 with age and worry. There were two old scars (伤痕) in his face. But 16
them, I saw 17 and power. I guessed he was the boss of 18 .
Perhaps he hadn’t expected the big job and hadn’t wanted it.
He had done it well,
no doubt. The thing had clearly 19 him the power of decision. We started
to talk…. The next two hours were for me the most interesting, adventurous,
even exciting that I remember. He kept me silent, 20 with wonder. Our
plane 21 Fairburn. I 22 his hand and thanked him for making the
journey so 23 . I told him my name. “The pleasure was 24 ,” he
said, “I was Chief Engineer here at Fairburn until last year. I built the new
town. Karl Packer is the name. Haven’t we met before 25 ?”
1. A. took B. spent C. lost D. had
2. A. but B. still C. yet D. however
3. A. hardly B. almost C. nearly D. mostly
4. A. disappointed B. pleased C. excited D. worried
5. A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk
6. A. in B. with C. for D. on
7. A. puzzling B. interesting C. exciting D. wondering
8. A. glad B. sorry C. sad D. angry
9. A. in B. up C. out D. with
10. A. bus B. land C. air D. sea
11. A. it B. that C. which D. this
12. A. built B. made C. set D. founded
13. A. book B. mirror C. picture D. window
14. A. good B. bad C. wrong D. old
15. A. cleaned B. washed C. lined D. broken
16. A. on B. above C. over D. in
17. A. success B. sadness C. fear D. failure
18. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
19. A. taught B. offered C. gave D. showed
20. A. open－mouth B.
opened－mouth C. open－mouthed D. opening－mouth
21. A. landed at B. landed in C. landed to D. landed
22. A. hit B. shook C. seized D. caught
23. A. pleasant B. pleasure C. pleased D. pleasing
24. A. my B. mine C. me D. I
25. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. everywhere
答案： 1－5 A A A A C 6－10 D A A C C 11－15 C A A B C
16－20 C A A A C 21－25 A B A B A
I met this guy who told me an amazing
story. He was 1 Scotland on a motorbike by himself. One late afternoon
he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin. He was travelling along, miles
from any village, when he saw a really 2 girl standing by the road,
hitchhiking (搭车)
. .Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a 3 to Elgin. She got
on and he drove off. He said he 4 having her on the back, as it was nice
5 . But after a time he forgot that she was there. Suddenly he 6
but he realized that he couldn’t feel her knees 7 against him! He 8
behind him but...she wasn’t there.
He said he felt frightened 9 his life! He felt cold all over. He thought
she must have 10 off the back. So he turned round and 11 back
along the road. He didn’t find her. He went to see if she had crawled (爬) into a field or something. But he didn’t find her. So he began to
think that she might have been 12 by someone else.
Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn’t see anyone 13 he came to a
pub. He decided to 14 so that he could talk to someone and he thought he
ought to tell 15 . He went into a pub and talked to the barman. He told
the barman what had happened. He said the barman didn’t seem to be at all 16
. He just carried on 17 the glasses.
Then the barman said, "You’re not the 18 person to come in here and
tell the same 19 .That girl you think you picked up 20 seven
years ago... in a motorbike accident. "
1.A. touring B. searching C. defending D. circling
2. A. poor B. attractive C. tall D. terrible
3.A. help B. lift C. service D. trip
4. A. chose B. came C. meant D. liked
5.A. business B. event C. company D. action
6.A. thought B. Considered C. rememberedD. called
7. A. pressing B. turning C. going D. running
8. A. looked B. took C. felt D. seized
9. A. out of B. in case of C. in place of D. to the best of
10. A. jumped B. kept C. kicked D. fallen
11.A. raced B. walked C. got D. watched
12.A. picked up B. searched for C. taken away D. brought back
13.A. when B. until C. although D. since
14.A. wait B. enter C. stop D. march
15.A. someone B. nobody C. the father D. the police
16.A. worried B. surprised C. moved D. satisfied
17. A. breaking B. waving C. knocking D. drying
18. A. first B. Last C. Right D. honest
19.A. story B. message C. lie D. truth
20. A. was saved B. ran away C. died D. left
答案：1-5 ABBDC 6-10 CACAD 11-15 CABCA 16-20BDAAC
The young engineer sat down on a rock and rested his head in his
hands. He would never get home; it was 1 . For weeks he had been 2
in the Northwest Canadian forest. Now there was a terrible 3 behind his
eyes, and worse of all, he had gone 4 .
Suddenly a man 5 out of the woods, an Indian who had been hunting in the
area. Seeing the engineer’s 6 , he caught a fish in a nearby 7
and fed the sick man the 8 of the fish and some flesh from its head. 9
within a few hours the engineer’s pain was 10 . A day later he could 11
again, and the next day he had 12 recovered.
When he returned home, the engineer told the 13 to Dr Price. Not until
years later did it become a(n) 14 fact that this was just an everyday 15
doing its work. For what the engineer did, by eating fish eyes, was to 16
his vitamin (维生素).
Vitamin A’s biggest job is to keep the eyes 17 . Without A, people and
animals get night blindness and other eye problems. Without A, people can even
be totally blind. A helps to keep the skin in good 18 . A also helps 19
with bones and teeth and has to do with proper 20 of blood cells.
1. A. hopeless B. useless C. careless D. timeless
2. A. lost B. treated C. hunting D. working
3. A. scene B. illness C. pain D. heat
4. A. blind B. changed C. mad D. separated
5. A. reached B. appeared C. hid D. watched
6. A. starvation B. situation C. reality D. trouble
7. A. stream B. boat C. place D. sea
8. A. tail B. skin C. bone D. eyes
9. A. Possibly B. Surprisingly C. Fortunately D. Immediately
10. A. shown B. gone C. settled D. disappeared
11. A. see B. speak C. walk D. work
12. A. naturally B. completely C. partly D. physically
13. A. news B. result C. secret D. story
14. A. actual B. accepted C. solved D. ordinary
15. A. sight B. food C. lifeguard D. service
16. A. trust B. trade C. try D. take
17. A. looking B. rolling C. moving D. going
18. A. energy B. order C. shape D. sense
19. A. out B. off C. about D. to
20. A. growth B. search C. choice D. size
答案： 1-5 AACAB 6-10
DADBB 11-15 ABDBC 16-20 DDCAA
San Francisco is a big city which lies in the west of the United
States very near the Pacific, where two earth’s plates often meet and jump. So earthquake
is a 1 word to hear there. It is recorded that at least 2 big
earthquakes have happened in San Francisco since the beginning of the 3
century. One happened in 1906, the other in 1989.
The second worst earthquake 4 San Francisco on the evening of October
17, 1989, when people were travelling to their 5 . A wide and busy
overhead road fell onto the one 6 Many people were killed in their cars.
A few 7 ones were not hurt, but many thousands became 8 A large
number of weak buildings didn’t 9 in the quake and the 10
electricity was cut off for several days, too.
Nobody but scientists can explain the 11 of earthquakes. In their
opinion, although earthquake cannot be 12 . we can do things to make
sure they do not destroy whole cities. They suggest we should not build houses
along the 13 where earth’s plates join together. We should build houses 14
instead of on sand. And the buildings have to be as 15 as possible.
Scientists are also studying earthquakes, which may someday help to save
hundreds of lives.
1. A. terrible B. sad C. usual D. funny
2. A. two B. three C. four D. five
3. A. 17th B.18th C. 19th D 20th
4. A. shook B. felt C. discovered D. moved
5. A. offices B. homes C. factories D. schools
6. A. above B. nearby C. below D. round
7. A. young B. tall C. strong D. lucky
8. A. homeless B. jobless C. friendless D. childless
9. A. put up B. go up C. stay up D. turn up
10. A. company’s B. school’s C. country’s D. city’s
11. A. story B. cause C. experience D. result
12. A. stopped B. caught C. kept D. touched
13. A. seaside B. river C. road D. lines
14. A. at sea B. on rock C. on the square D. near the city
15. A. strong B. high C. small D. cheap
答案：1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A
5. B 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. A