完形填空(共20小題:每小題1.5分,滿分30分) 閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 On receiving my learner driver license a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away. In New Zealand, the __1__ driving age is 15. However it wasn’t __2__ two days ago that Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our __3__ was Urawa, a seaside town about 60 kilometers away from my home in Auckland. That morning I __4_ sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet (廁所) about three times __5_ we left. I thought I was totally __6 for the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family’s _7__. "Relax! Don’t hold the steering wheel (方向盤) so _8_. The car is going zigzag (彎彎曲曲的), called a nervous voice from the __9__. "Speed up. 70km/h isn’t fast enough. You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to mine. How _10__ ! My parents were really starting to get on my nerves. To satisfy them I sped up and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again. "Stop! __11__! Are you crazy? ” Everything did not go fine until I pulled off the motorway and drove into the city, 12__ the speed limit was only 50km/h. My family seemed relieved (放心的) and __13__ telling me what to do. They all looked out of the windows and enjoyed the scenery. 14__, that silence didn’t last very long. My mum suddenly cried out, "Look at those birds above us. __15 they lovely?" How did she expect me to look up in the __16__? As the driver I had to _17_ . Who knows what would have happened if I had taken my eyes off the 18__? Four hours later we drove home. This time the journey was much __19__ than before as everyone else __20__ fast asleep. So, I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.
Hobbs was an orphan(孤兒). He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work changed him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.One day the lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded(目瞪口呆的). He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place of the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.” “Here is the reading of your uncle’s will(遺囑),” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.” “Yes, I see. I’ll do that.” said the young man. 【小題1】He wanted to borrow money because he wanted to_____.
A.study abroad
B.work abroad
C.pay for the debts
D.learn to paint pictures
【小題2】Hobbs was dumbfounded on receiving the money because he thought_____.
A.the money was too much
B.the money was too little
C.he would be dismissed
D.the lawyer meant to punish him
【小題3】With the money he got, first Hobbs_____.
A.planned to have a happy life for a few days
B.decided to give up his work in the office
C.was to give a dinner to his friends
D.had no idea what to do
【小題4】What Hobbs was asked to do was_____.
A.to tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it
B.to read his uncle’s will
C.to tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money
A poor young man lost his job and
had no one to help him. Helpless, homeless and hopeless, he decided to commit
suicide. He 36 all the coins he had with him and
bought a ripe banana wrapped in an old newspaper. He opened the packet and
started to eat his last food 37 an old beggar
approached him. With trembling lips, the beggar told him that he hadn’t had
anything to eat for several days and was too weak to walk. The young man felt 38
. So he didn’t eat the banana. 39 , he gave the
banana to the beggar. The beggar ate it with great joy and 40__
him. While leaving, the beggar gave him a very old coin, saying, “Thank
you very much. You gave me everything you had. Kindly accept this coin as my
gift 41 your kindness.”
After the old man left, he 42 glanced
at the piece of paper used to wrap the fruit. There he saw a(n) 43 from an agency dealing with old
coins. Anyone 44 old coins was invited to visit
the agency and receive suitable price for their old coins on the spot. Out of simple
45 , he carried the coin to the agency after 46
it by phone. He showed the coin gifted by the beggar. The person who 47
the agency stared at it and told him in excitement, “What a __48
! It is very 49 and several centuries
old. It is worth a(n) 50
!” Jumping with joy on receiving the 51
amount of money, he searched everywhere to find the old man who
gifted him the coin. He wanted to 52 his joy and
the money with the beggar. But he could not find him anywhere. Since then, he
started a new life with renewed 53 and
enthusiasm about the future.
Kindness will be 54 . It
always comes back! As William Wordsworth wrote,“ The best part of a good life
is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of 55 and
love.”
1.A. collect
B. spread C. spotted
D. donated
2.A. while B.
when
C. before D. until
3.A. worried
B. nervous C. pity
D. guilty
4.A. Still
B. Thus
C. Besides D. Instead
5.A. scolded
B. admired C. respected
D. thanked
6.A. in search for B. in terms
of C. in return for
D. in favor of
7.A. carelessly B.
purposely C. Immediately
D. normally
8.A. suggestion B.
advertisement C. appeal
D. requirement
9.A.possessing B.
seeing
C. ordering D. deserving
10.A. distrust
B. curiosity
C. wonder D. hobby
11.A. replying B.
repeating C.
contacting D.
begging
12.A. charged
B. consisted
C. attended D. managed
13.A. shame
B. prize
C. surprise D. pleasure
14.A. private
B. fresh C. rare
D. casual
15.A. value
B. fortune C. wealth
D. effort
16.A. unexpected B. unlucky
C. unlimited
D. unnoticed
On receiving my learner driver license a
couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away. In New Zealand,
the __1__ driving age is 15.
However it wasn't __2__ two days ago that
Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our __3__ was Urawa, a seaside
town about 60 kilometers away from my home in Auckland. That morning I __4_
sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet (廁所) about three times __5_ we
left. I thought I was totally __6 for the journey, but nothing could have
prepared me for my family's _7__. "Relax! Don't hold the steering wheel (方向盤) so _8_. The car is going
zigzag (彎彎曲曲的),
called a nervous voice from the __9__. "Speed up. 70km/h isn't fast
enough. You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the
seat next to mine.
How _10__ ! My parents were really starting
to get on my nerves. To satisfy them I sped up and within a second, an angry
voice began to yell again. "Stop! __11__! Are you crazy? ” Everything did
not go fine until I pulled off the motorway and drove into the city, 12__ the
speed limit was only 50km/h.
My family seemed relieved (放心的) and __13__ telling me what
to do. They all looked out of the windows and enjoyed the scenery. 14__, that
silence didn't last very long. My mum suddenly cried out, "Look at those
birds above us. __15 they lovely?"
How did she expect me to look up in the
__16__? As the driver I had to _17_ . Who knows what would have happened if I
had taken my eyes off the 18__? Four hours later we drove home. This time the
journey was much __19__ than before as everyone else __20__ fast asleep. So, I
just took my time and enjoyed the drive.