完形填空三则

Martin Henfield talks about some of his experience(经历) as a twin: when we were small my mother dressed us __1__ the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didnt like it. But we went on our first camping trip, it was even __2__. We were only ten years old, and while __3__ went into their sleeping bags for the __4__, we were not happy to snuggle(偎依) inside a double sleeping bag my mother made for us.

At school our classmates __5__ us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people __6__ even see our difference according to our initialsbecause __7__ of us were M.O. It was only when I went to __8__ and began to have my own friends that I started to feel my own freedom of identity（身份）.

Before I went to college, during my secondary school __9__, I __10__ a job on a building site. My twin brother, Mike Henfield, didnt work. One day I asked my boss, “Can I have a week __11__?” “Certainly,” he said, “but you wont have the job when you __12__ back.” I didnt want to __13__ the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went there in my __14__, jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week. __15__ of them knew the difference.

1. A. in B. for C. on D. with

2. A. badder B. worse C. good D. better

3. A. all boys B. another boy C. all the other boys D. all the boys

4. A. day B. holiday C. night D. mid-night

5. A. called B. knew C. told D. made

6. A. didnt B. neednt C. mustnt D. couldnt

7. A. very B. each C. both D. all

8. A. middle school B. college C. high school D. school

9. A. holidays B. week C. weekend D. holiday

10. A. received B. got C. find D. made

11. A. off B. free C. on D. back

12. A. came B. will get C. got D. are

13. A. miss B. lose C. lost D. losing

14. A. coat B. shirt C. shoes D. trousers

15. A. None B. Nobody C. All D. Each

名师点评：这是一则关于双胞胎的故事, 说明了作为双胞胎既有他们苦恼的一面, 也有乐趣的一面。在做这则完型填空时, 只要抓住双胞胎非常相像这一特点, 就很容易理解其中发生的事情了。

答案解析：1.A“给某人穿（衣服）”应为dress sb. in。2.B 根据下文可知野营中的情况比平时更糟糕。3.C the other加名词复数表示“剩余的所有的人”。4.C睡袋应用于夜间。5.A“称呼某人……”用call sb.…。6.D 7.C根据后面的系动词were, 应用both表复数。8.B根据上下文可知, 直到大学, 这种情况才有所改变。9.D指中学生涯的最后一个假期。10.B“找到一份工作”可用get/find a job, 但此处应用过去时。11.A have a week off 休息一个星期。12.D只有D项时态正确。13.B 14.D 15.A没有一个人看出这时双胞胎交换了一下。B项不可带of。

Do you know Eskimos(爱斯基摩人)?

Let me tell you something about their __1__.

The Eskimos live near the North Pole(北极). There are only two __2__ there, winter and summer. There are no spring __3__ autumn there. The winter nights are __4__. You cant__5__ the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never __6__ and there is no night.

The Eskimos have __7__ clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of animals. From these skins they make coats, caps and __8__.

Near the North Pole trees cant grow, for it is too __9__ there. The Eskimos __10__ make their houses from skins, snow or stones(石头). When they __11__ in storm and cant __12__ home, they make house of snow. They __13__ these snow houses when the storm is __14__.

Life is __15__ for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.

1. A. work B. life C. holiday D. families

2. A. weather B. seasons C. months D. years

3. A. not B. or C. and D. as

4. A. short B. warm C. long D. cold

5. A. see B. watch C. look D. look at

6. A. rises B. goes up C. drops D. goes down

7. A. beautiful B. metal C. warm D. cool

8. A. goods B. drinks C. medicine D. shoes

9. A. cold B. hot C. dry D. wet

10. A. will B. should C. never D. have to

11. A. go out B. go over C. keep on D. get on

12. A. get back B. got off C. get on D. get in

13. A. make B. leave C. stay D. break

14. A. over B. coming C. going D. hard

15. A. easy B. interesting C. hard D. lucky

名师点评：本文介绍了爱斯基摩人的生活情况：爱斯基摩人的特殊生活习惯缘于那儿的特殊气候。

答案简析1.B根据下文得知这里介绍的是爱斯基摩人的生活（life）。2.B根据winter和summer判断。3.B no…or…表示对两者否定。4.C由后一句话可推断答案。冬夜很长，几乎看不到太阳，也就是没有白天，这正是北极的气候特征。5.A see表示“看”的结果，watch和look都表示“看”的动作。6.D夏天白昼长，几乎没有夜晚，太阳从不下山，所以选 go down。7.C他们要穿上暖和的衣服才能抵御严寒。8.D这里是指用动物皮来做衣服鞋帽。9.A北极很冷。10.D表示客观原因使他们不得不用特殊的材料来建房。11.A表示在外面遇到风暴时。12.A由于风暴而回不了家。13.B用雪造房是因为遇到风暴回不了家，风暴过后自然要离开雪房子了。14.A be over表示结束。15.C这种恶劣的气候条件下，生活是很艰难困苦的，故选hard。

Life in the twenty-first century will be very __1__. Many changes will take place, but __2__ will the changes be.

The population is growing __3__. There will be many __4__ in the world and most of them will live __5__ than people in the twentieth century.

Computers will be much smaller and __6__ and there will be at least one in every __7__. And __8__ studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.

People will work __9__ and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. __10__ will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to __11__ countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our __12__, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be __13__. Work in the future will be different, too. __14__ and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, __15__ will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1. A. interesting B. hard C. different D. beautiful

2. A. why B. how C. when D. what

3. A. slowly B. fast C. quietly D. suddenly

4. A. people B. workers C. scientists D. doctors

5. A. long B. longer C. happy D. lucky

6. A. more useful B. useful C. helpful D. less useful

7. A. hospital B. factory C. home D. town

8. A. science B. maths C. English D. computer

9. A. fewer hours B. more hours C. eight hours D. more than eight hours

10. A. Seeing doctors B. Going to the cinema

C. Shopping D. Travelling

11. A. rich B. other C. poor D. small

12. A. food B. clothes C. fruit D. drinks

13. A. fatter B. thinner C. healthier D. more pleased

14. A. Safe B. Easy C. Simple D. Dangerous

15. A. a few people B. all the people C. many people D. some people

名师点评：本文介绍了二十一世纪我们社会将发生的各种各样的变化，包括就业，饮食等一系列的变化。

答案解析1.C以下讲的是二十一世纪发生的一系列的变化，由于变化，生活也就变得与以前不同，故而选C。2.D这些变化会是哪些变化呢？What在这里充当的是表语。3.B众所周知，人口增长速度很快。4.A由上下文可知，这里指人口增多，故选people。5.B由于生活条件和习惯的改变，人们寿命将会更长，所以longer为正确选项。6.A电脑将发挥更大的作用，故选比较级more useful。7.C电脑将走进各家各户。8.D这一小节都讲的是电脑，故选D。9.A根据下文得知人们将有更多的时间用来娱乐，证明工作时间减少了，故选fewer hours。10.D根据下文的for holidays可知这里说的是旅行。11.B由于条件好了，更多的人都能够去其他国家旅游了，故选other。12.A根据下句得知，这里讲的是饮食变化。13.C由于饮食习惯发生变化，人们将更加健康。14.D和hard并列的词应选择dangerous。15.C因为很多工作都是由机器人来完成，那么许多人也就面临着失业的危险。