完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I spent this morning cleaning up the home where I live. Now I am not talking about the house I am sitting in right now. As I _________ , I can see the sink (洗碗槽) is still full of dirty dishes. Dust is starting to _____________ on the pictures, tables, and even my computer again. Dirt _________to be swept from the floor and pet hair should be cleaned _________ the couch. What is more, the _________ in the turtle’s aquarium (鱼缸) has to be changed.
Yet, as I look at my dirty, little house I _________ have to smile, because I know that the home in which I live is _________ right now. That home is my soul(心灵). When I _____________ this morning I noticed that it also had become ______________again , but I wasn't willing to let it _____________ for long, because I have learned that a dusty soul leads to a terrible day and terrible days lead to a (n) ______________ life.
I spent the morning clearing my soul from top to _________. I swept the negative thoughts from my mind and the _________ feelings from my heart. Worries, anger and fear were _________ into the garbage can. When I was done, I felt _________ in my home once more.
The house in which I sit may need a lot of _________ but it will have to wait its turn. The home in which I live is what I am most ____________ about. I hope that the same is _________ for you. I hope that you always make efforts to keep your soul _________, beautiful, and full of love and care.
Remember some day you will leave your house behind, but you will _________ your home with you.
1.A. look around B. put forward C. move back D. take down
2.A. stick B. happen C. gather D. hide
3.A. orders B. needs C. expects D. considers
4.A. of B. for C. into D. off
5.A. plant B. stone C. stand D. water
6.A. ever B. still C. never D. hardly
7.A. clean B. dirty C. quiet D. comfortable
8.A. turned up B. stood up C. took up D. woke up
9.A. crazy B. lazy C. dusty D. rainy
10.A. lie B. stay C. make D. prepare
11.A. interesting B. happy C. satisfying D. wasted
12.A. back B. side C. bottom D. middle
13.A. harmful B. positive C. healthy D. enjoyable
14.A. collected B. thrown C. set D. arranged
15.A. safe B. sad C. calm D. excited
16.A. work B. time C. pack D. decoration
17.A. bored B. interested C. upset D. concerned
18.A. suitable B. wrong C. true D. helpful
19.A. dark B. bright C. sharp D. clever
20.A. bring B. have C. take D. move
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。
Homework is a major part of going to school: It's your teachers' way of evaluating (评价) how much you understand of what's going on in class. 1. Luckily, you can do a few things to make homework less work.
Be sure you understand the homework.
Write your homework down in your notebook or day planner if you need to. 2. It's much easier to take a minute to ask the teacher during or after class than to struggle to remember later that night!
Use any extra time in school.
Many schools have study halls that are specifically designed to allow students to study. It's tempting (诱惑)to hang out with friends during study periods or unstructured (松散的) time. 3.
Take a break.
4. So take some breaks while doing your homework. Sitting for too long without stretching or relaxing will make you less productive than if you stop every so often. Taking a 15minute break every hour is a good idea for most people.
5.
If you don't finish your homework during school, think about how much you have left and what else is going on that day, and then budget your time. Most highschool students have between 1 and 3 hours of homework a night. If it's a heavy homework day and it seems like you've got an assignment in every subject but gym and lunch, you'll need to devote more time to homework. It's a good idea to come up with some kind of homework schedule, especially if you are involved in sports or activities or have an afterschool job.
A．Pace yourself.
B．Settle down to do homework.
C．And it helps digest important concepts.
D．Most people's attention spans aren't very long.
E．Don't be afraid to ask questions about what's expected.
F．Once your homework is done, you can check over it if you have extra time.
G．But the more work you can get done in school, the less you'll have to do that night.
I am an email user. When I first started to use the email system, I used to read all my email. I didn’t have much mail. I gave my friends my email address. Soon I had more mail than I wanted. Some of the mail was junk mail. I was worried. I didn’t want my mail to control me.
I’ve tried some methods to help me get control of my mail. First, I check my mail at the same time every day. Also I try to allow myself only 15～20 minutes every day to process my email. This doesn’t always work, but I try. Sometimes I save the messages. Sometimes I just read them, maybe answer a few, and then delete(删除) them.
Sometimes I’m not at all interested in a message, so I don’t even open it. I delete it right away. This is very much the way I go through the mail that the postal service delivers to my home.
These methods are very simple. I have some friends who are very clever with computers. From time to time，they teach me new tricks for managing my email. I’m still amazed at what email can do for me! I’m still worried, however, about having too much to read.
1.The writer used to read all his email because ______.
A. he was forced to do that
B. he had nothing else to do
C. he didn’t know how to read mail
D. he didn’t have much mail
2.Which of the following does NOT belong to the ways of the writer’s dealing with his mail?
A. Passing some on to his friends.
B. Just reading some.
C. Deleting some.
D. Saving the messages.
3.What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. messages. B. friends.
C. computers. D. methods.
4.What’s the purpose of the writer to write this passage?
A. To share happiness in using mail with us.
B. To share some methods of using computer with us.
C. To share some worries in using mail with us.
D. To persuade us out of using mail.
Robert Ballard was born in 1942. From an early age, he loved the sea. Ballard grew up in Southern California. He spent his free time at the beach near his home. He enjoyed fishing and swimming. He even learned to dive. When Ballard wasn’t at the ocean, he loved reading about it. At age 10, he read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a book which describes the undersea adventures of Captain Nemo. Ballard decided he wanted to be like Captain Nemo when he grew up. His parents helped him follow his dream.
Ballard was a hard-working student. He spent many years learning all he could about the ocean. By the age of 28, he was an expert. In 1970, he took a job as a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. There he studied underwater mountains of the Atlantic Ocean. He came up with ways to predict(预知) volcanoes under the oceans. Working with other scientists, Ballard also found previously (以前) unknown sea animals. These animals lived far below the ocean’s surface, where scientists had believed no animals could live.
By the 1980s, Ballard’s interests changed. He developed unmanned（无人的）vehicles to explore the ocean bottom. His first find, the well-known ship Titanic, made Ballard famous. He was not happy with just one big find, however. He looked for and found other well-known ships. One was the German battleship Bismarck. Another was the U.S.S. Yorktown, an aircraft carrier (航空母舰) that sank during World War II.
Today Robert Ballard is still an underwater explorer. He also heads an organization that encourages students to learn about science. Ballard hopes that some of the students will follow in his footsteps. After all, the world’s huge oceans are mostly unknown. Who knows what remains to be discovered under the sea?
1.What was Ballard’s dream when he was young?
A．To be a science teacher.
B．To be a famous writer.
C．To be an animal expert.
D．To be an underwater explorer.
2.When Ballard worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, he _____.
A．explored the undersea world by ship
B．thought of ideas to predict underwater volcanoes
C．found some unknown sea animals alone
D．set up an organization to teach students science
3.Which is the correct order of the events mentioned in the text about Ballard?
a. He found the German battleship Bismarck.
b. He read a book about Captain Nemo.
c. He found the famous ship Titanic.
d. He became an expert in science.
A．b-c-d-a B．d-b-c-a
C．b-d-c-a D．d-c-a-b
4.What can we learn from the text?
A. Ballard was greatly influenced by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
B．Ballard didn’t like fishing and swimming in his childhood.
C．Ballard’s parents felt disappointed at his undersea adventures.
D．Human beings have explored more than half of the sea.
I sat at my seat waiting for the school paper to be passed around. I waited anxiously, knowing that once I received it I would know how good a writer I really am.
When the paper arrived at my classroom, I nearly knocked down five of my classmates to get to the first paper. With the school paper in my hands, I returned to my seat. About a month earlier, I had handed in one of, what I believed to be, my best stories. I named it Symbol of Success. The head of the English Department at my school, Professor Cullen, had said that she would include some reviews of students' stories in the latest school paper. Professor Cullen was known for her rough criticism. Impressing her was very hard but I wanted to be the first to do so.
I sat at the edge of my seat as I read through the other story reviews. There wasn't one story that got more than three stars .I became calm and wasn't anxious to know my review. It was long after that I heard someone shout out "Five stars?! Seriously !" from behind me. I turned around and saw the shocked expression of Gene's face, "Peter, your story got five stars!" I couldn't believe what I had heard . I turned my attention back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review that I had not read yet. I looked through the review written by Professor Cullen. She wrote that I had a gift for story writing.
I was proud that I achieved what I thought was impossible. For so long I believed I wasn't as good as I thought I was and that my talent was not enough to cover up my lack of writing skills. But this review proved that I was truly a good writer and that there was a future ahead of me in the field of fiction writing. The review and the five stars meant the world of me. Those five stars became the symbol of my success.
1.How did the writer get the school paper?
A. He rushed ahead to get the first one.
B. His friend helped him get the first one.
C. The publisher sent it to him first
D. His teacher gave it to him first.
2.What can we learn about Professor Cullen?
A. She was very cold to her students.
B. She was hated by her students.
C. She seldom praised her students.
D. She was very gentle to everyone
3.We can learn from this text that Peter _______.
A. had thought his story was better than those of others
B. was always anxious to know the other story reviews
C. looked through a few stories that got four stars
D. didn't know he got five stars until someone told him
4.Why did the review and the five stars mean the world to Peter?
A. Because they helped him learn writing skills
B. Because they made him see his writing talent.
C. Because they helped him enter a key university
D. Because they made him happy for some time
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1.What do we know about Apple Seeds?
A. The soft cover enables it to be read and kept long.
B. It can be purchased as an award for your children.
C. It offers the biggest discount among all the magazines.
D. The magazine is going to surprise you for many years.
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