完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Samuel was back at the bookshop. He had only one goal in mind---to find a book that he had not _________ the previous day. The book was one of the seven that he had __________ to buy. But at the last moment, he changed his ________. He put all seven back on the shelf.
Samuel had a personal _________ at home with over 1,000 books--- almost all unread. He had more reading material in his small ___________ than he could finish in two lifetimes, yet his __________ for more remained burning. He finally __________put his foot down. “Not one more book”, he told himself, “____________it was really special.” In fact, yesterday's book fit the bill. It was a biography of one of his favorite authors----Stephen King, one of America's most ________ fiction authors. But it wasn’t ____________ for King himself---early in his ____________, he got hundreds of rejection(退稿) notices. Samuel wanted to be a great __________ and King was his role model.
Samuel immediately___________ one of the books he had piled up yesterday, and in minutes, he found all except one--- the Stephen King book. “What a ____________!” he thought, “The one that I want to find is the one that I can't find”
Samuel took a walk __________the shop, knowing that people often pick up something in one place and then leave it in another. The book was a thick paperback with a red cover. But it was _________ to be found.
So for Samuel, the big ____________ was on. Every bookshop he went to would involve a search for the King book. This new search added the ___________ to his bookshop life.
Samuel had held something special in his hands. But only when he ____________ did he realize its value. When he found it again, it would _________ be his favorite book that he never got around to reading.
1.A. found B. bought C. missed D. ordered
2.A. got B. asked C. refused D. intended
3.A. habit B. attitude C. mind D. emotion
4.A. relationship B. computer C. library D. choice
5.A. office B. apartment C. bed D. desk
6.A. house B. plan C. stove D. thirst
7.A. decided B. offered C. hoped D. agreed
8.A. because B. unless C. when D. if
9.A. popular B. qualified C. traditional D. unsuccessful
10.A. important B. terrible C. tiring D. easy
11.A. childhood B. calendar C. career D. creation
12.A. writer B. collector C. thinker D. reader
13.A. took B. spotted C. selected D. ignored
14.A. deal B. book C. joke D. pity
15.A. into B. outside C. towards D. throughout
16.A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D. everywhere
17.A. inspiration B. shopping C. hunt D. walk
18.A. goal B. curiosity C. pressure D. money
19.A. think it overB. got it through C. finished it off D. let it go
20.A. formally B. certainly C. possibly D. generally
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email. Some Britain researchers have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this.
The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students, all strangers to each other, to solve a problem. They had to discuss this question: ___1.___ The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computers. Dr. Johnson said, “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face. When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other, this limited the personal side of the conversation.”
___2.__ It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live. But some students discussed their love stories, and personal childhood experiences. Dr. Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves. _3._ “If you cannot see other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself. This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you. So emailing has become the modern way of talking,” said Dr. Johnson. ___4.___ “In the 19th century people started to use the „telegraph' to communicate. Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely.” Dr. Johnson thinks that emailers need to know about these effects of emailing, especially when they start work in a company, “___5._”
A. Love stories are a popular choice.
B. However, this style of talking is not entirely new.
C. Generally, the information was not extremely personal.
D. The more personal information you give, the more friends you can make.
E. And when they do this, they become more open, especially if there are no cameras.
F. If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster, who should they be?
G. If you didn’t know about it, you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to.
For a while, I wrote a “Tuesday tip” on my blog Lyonsdenmom.com. It was about easy week-night dinners, organizing parties or perhaps finding time out for friends.
About a year ago, I ran out of tips.
The truth? As a busy working mom with five busy kids, I probably do have a few tips to share. But honestly, the bar is set pretty low---on a recent day when I was walking our dog, a stranger who knew I had five kids said, “Wow! You have a dog, too?! And it even looks like you showered today!” Yes, it's true, I shower. Not every day, but most days. See, I'm telling the truth. Honestly, in this cold winter, I'm probably taking a shower more to warm up than to clean up.
Other funny truths? I'm tired. In fact, for the past year, I’ve been too tired to type up any update on our life here in Lyons Den. It's hard to arrange a career with all these kids. Although folks just believe that it must be so much easier now since all the kids are in school, I'm here to tell you, it's not. It's really not. When I get home from work, I'm often tearfully greeted by five kids and five homework folders filled with math facts, invitations, notices and artwork.
All those happy smiling faces I share on Facebook are real. We are a happy family---thank God for that! But we're not always smiling, and even in those rare best times when I can get all five kids looking at the camera, the odds would be that one of them isn’t wearing underwear, one is pinching (捏) someone behind the scenes and one is just perfectly pronouncing “Damn!” So, less perfectly-posed pictures, but more telling the truth. Even if only on Tuesday.
1. It seems that the author's life used to be _____.
A. tiring B. busy C. relaxing D. funny
2. Which of the following is true about the author?
A. She can't get along well with her neighbors.
B. She's living a happy life with her family
C. She likes to have a shower every day.
D. She has already closed her blog now.
3.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word odds?
A. answers. B. chances. C. solutions D. ways.
4.The passage mainly talks about _____.
A. the happiness of a working mother
B. the worry of a working mother
C. the hardship of a working mother
D. the bittersweet of a working mother
We should feel grateful in our heart when we accept anything others sacrifice for us. However, we often unconsciously do the opposite, which may not be regarded as returning kindness with ingratitude, but have the equal power to harm each other. In particular, the closer the relationship is, the more determined we are.
Jennifer, my friend Randy's mother, is already over 70, poor eyesight and weak legs. But due to her character, she chose to live alone in the suburbs. No matter how busily Randy works, he would go there to visit her once or twice every week.
That day as soon as he parked his car, Randy smelt the delicious smell of meat coming from her mother's house. His mother said, “Your birthday is coming next week, so I'm preparing pork trotters (猪蹄) for you!” Seeing the steaming delicious trotters, he couldn’t help complaining, “I don't like these things at all, so fatty.”
On his way back, he called me, saying that he felt sorry. In fact, he longed to thank his mother and eat up that bowl of trotters. But he felt sorry that it took her too much time and energy. If he didn’t stop her strictly, he was afraid the same thing would continue. He would rather not eat trotters any more than have his mother overwork. I understand how he felt exactly. Each of us has done like that. Because of feeling sorry for others' sacrifice, we purposely harden our heart against accepting others' favor and even criticize them severely in order to frighten their goodness away and make them never do that again.
This method may work, but it will hurt each other's feelings. It's not wrong logically, but we always neglect another sound deep in our heart: because we're afraid we can't repay them, we're unwilling to shoulder others' goodness. So we reduce its value and refuse it severely. But to destroy others' goodness is also to deny you.
1.Randy refuse to eat the pork trotters his mother cooked because ____.
A. he disliked them at all
B. they were really very fatty.
C. they weren’t his favorite taste
D. he didn’t want her to overwork.
2.Randy telephoned the author to _____.
A. express his apology to his mother
B. complain about his mother
C. apologize for his rudeness
D. ask for a bowl of trotters.
3.According to the author, we sometimes say “no” to others' favor so that ______.
A. they can be frightened away
B. they won't continue doing that
C. we needn’t repay them later
D. we won't feel sorry for their sacrifice
4.In the last paragraph, the author implies that we should ____.
A. refuse others' favor immediately
B. deal with others' favor wisely
C. repay others' goodness actively
D. shoulder others' goodness completely.
More than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are drunk throughout the world each day, and it's likely that many taste bitter. Now, a new study suggests that coffee fans can make their drink sweeter by changing the color of their cups.
Researchers from Oxford set out to prove whether the claim that coffee drunk from a white cup tastes biter was true. They used 36 volunteers and three different colored cups---blue, white and transparent glass--- to examine the claim.
In one experiment, the white cup increased the intensity (浓度) of the coffee taste relative to the transparent cup. Then, in a second experiment, coffee drunk from the white cup was found to taste less sweet when compared to the other colored cups, while the blue cup made the coffee taste the sweetest.
The scientists believe that the color brown may be associated with bitterness, and coffee in a white cup appears the brownest. “Our study clearly shows that the color of a cup does influence our sense of the coffee taste,” leading author Dr George Doorn, wrote in an article for The Conversation. “The effect of the color of the cup on the taste of the coffee reported here suggests that cafe owners should carefully consider the color of their cups,” he said. “The potential effects may spell the difference between a one-time purchase and a return customer.” Actually, the idea that color can change the food and drink taste came out many years ago. A study published last year reported that red, strawberry-flavored cake served on a white plate was rated as 10 percent sweeter than the same food presented on a black plate.
1.The passage is mainly about _____.
A. the popularity of sweet coffee.
B. an experiment made in Oxford.
C. the effect of cup color on coffee's taste
D. useful tips on how to make coffee.
2. In which cup will coffee taste the sweetest?
A. A white cup. B. A blue cup.
C. A transparent cup D. A brown cup
3. Café owners should consider their cups' color in order to ______.
A. reduce the daily expenses
B. show their taste in coffee
C. appeal to more customers
D. make their café different.
4.We learn from the passage that_____.
A. coffee in a white cup tastes sweeter than that in a transparent glass
B. over 2 billion cups of sweet coffee are drunk worldwide each year.
C. Dr. George Doorn wrote an article about making conversations.
D. the idea that color could affect the taste of drink is not new.
Thanks for signing up for the 2014 Black Friday Turkey Trot! This email will provide some basics about the race and some great news!
First, your race packet (参赛物品包) is ready and can be picked up at the Fleet Feet Sports Tulsa location you’ve specified during registration.
Hours for pickup.
Tuesday, 10 am to 8 pm (Fleet Feet Kings Point)
Tuesday, 10 am to 7 pm (Fleet Feet Blue Dome)
Wednesday, 10 am to 5 pm (both stores, closing early for Thanksgiving)
Packets can also be picked up on the race day at BOK Center, beginning at 8:30 am.
Race Start Times
1) 5 mile, 8:30 am 2) 1 mile fun run, 9:30 am
Parking
There is surface parking to the east of the BOK Center, and some surface parking to the west of the Convention Center. Many lots will be pay-lots. Please pay attention to the signs. We suggest arriving early to find parking.
Racing Timing
The 5 km run will be timed using the BIB-TAG system. Your race number will have a timing device attached to the back of the race number; don't remove or bend this device. Simply wear the Bib on the front of your body on the outside of your clothing so it is visible and facing forward. You don't need to return the Bib, which is disposable.
The Turkey Trot is also a kick-off event for our weekend long “FITNATIC” celebration---we also have a huge number of events and specials all weekend. For more information, please visit http://www.fleetfeettulsa.fitnatic.com.
See you on Friday.
1.Where should a runner go to pick up his packet at 8:30 am on Friday?
A. Kings Point. B. Convention Center.
C. Blue Dome D. BOK Center
2.How long will the FITNATIC celebration last?
A. Seven days. B. Five days
C. Two days D. One day.
3. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To attract sports fans to apply for the activity.
B. To inform the race participants of the activity.
C. To describe details related to the activity.
D. To collect money for the parking-lots.
