先通讀短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案,并将其标号填入题前括号内。
(一)
My father is of middle height. His eyes are sharp and full of expression. He always appears ___1___ and looks like a judge. At first sight you may think he is ___2___ to come near. In fact he is very ___3___and thoughtful of others and their feelings. Appearance often makes people think ___4___; therefore we cannot give an opinion about a person by ___5___.
My father is a man of ___6___. By his own talents and efforts, he has ___7___ great achievements in what he does. He has not only ___8___ wealth for society ___9___ also provided our family with a rich life. Now he is well-known to people all over the city. People of all walks of life come to my house and, as a result, I ___10___lots of hard-earned social experiences and see more ___11___ and sorrows of the world.
At home my father is a severe parent. He is very ___12___ with my mother and me. He does not allow my mother to accept ___13___ from others. He requires that my mother should go to office ___14___and leave it last. He has ___15___ expectations of me. When I am ___16___ and idling away my time, I can see that it hurts him ___17___. When I am doing something great, ___18___ carrying out an experiment, he is more than ___19___. With such a father I am always reminded of going on and on, ___20___ giving up.
( )1. A. kind B. serious C. warm D. awful
( )2. A. firm B. real C. hard D. easy
( )3. A. severe B. serious C. awful D. kind
( )4. A. wrongly B. correctly C. faintly D. clearly
( )5. A. moral B. soul C. appearance D. deed
( )6. A. misplay B. lost C. failure D. success
( )7. A. finished B. achieved C. started D. allowed
( )8. A. created B. remained C. joined D. occurred
( )9. A. and B. so C. but D. or
( )10. A. arrive B. bring C. make D. gain
( )11. A. joys B. sorrows C. pains D. aches
( )12. A. loose B. strict C. kindness D. softness
( )13. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
( )14. A. no time B. at time C. on time D.in time
( )15. A. high B. short C. deep D. small
( )16. A. hard B. modest C. lazy D. serious
( )17. A. lightly B. deeply C. highly D. shortly
( )18. A. though B. then C. seems that D.such as
( )19. A. excited B. sad C. awful D. terrible
( )20. A. always B. never C. still D. ever
(二)
When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm, in the winter ___1___, we were quite out off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I ___2___ my bags and moved to the capital, ___3___ I soon discovered that my life has its problem too.
One big ___4___ is money. It costs so much to go out, not to mention ___5___ like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I ___6___ asthma[哮喘], and the air is so bad that I am ___7___ to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I ___8___ use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go ___9___, but that can be quite ___10___.
___11___ there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, ___12___ you tastes in culture or entertainment[娛乐活动]. Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of ___13___ a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the ___14___ of goods is very surprising—and ___15___, shops are often only a short ___16___.
Is life ___17___ then, in the city? Perhaps it is, when you are in your teens or twenties. However, as you get ___18___, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem ___19___. I certainly hope to move ___20___ there soon.
( )1. A. fortunately B. especially C. specifically D. regularly
( )2. A. discarded B. retrieved C. packed D. collected
( )3. A. However B. And C. So as D. Further more
( )4. A. advantages B. disadvantage C. proposal D. objective
( )5. A. valuables B. implement C. treasures D. basics
( )6. A. suffer from B. escape from C. derive from D. keep from
( )7. A. excited B. disappointed C. angry D. afraid
( )8. A. usually B. seldom C. often D. sometimes
( )9. A. by car B. by subway C. by bus D. by bicycle
( )10. A. useless B. crowded C. dangerous D. safe
( )11. A. Of course B. Although C. Above all D. Of all
( )12. A. whatever B. however C. whoever D. wherever
( )13. A. treating to B. looking to C. moving to D. expecting to
( )14. A. plenty B. variety C. measure D. quality
( )15. A. for instance B. in all C. in conclusion D. what is more
( )16. A. far away B. run away C. around away D. walk away
( )17. A. busier B. better C. quieter D. still
( )18. A. elder B. richer C. older D. happier
( )19. A. available B. creditable C. preferable D. variable
( )20. A. back B. off C. forward D. toward
(三)
Time is precious, as it says, time is money.
Time is ___1___ to all of us. No matter what things we have to do, we need it. We sometimes ___2___ it as if it were something almost real, we budget[預算] it, waste it, ___3___ it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. Its important to all of us. Without it, we will lose everything. ___4___, not all of us know how to make the best use of time.
We can find people committed to working and studying all the day around us. They ___5___ go out to play or go shopping and they usually do everything quickly. They ___6___ almost all of their time on their work and study. They have an acute sense of the ___7___ of their time. It seems as if they were the ___8___ to the clock. We sometimes say they are ___9___ and laugh at them. We also treat them as monsters, and look down upon them. We always think that we have a lot of time to do our work, there is no ___10___ to work and study like them. However, do we think about our time really? How much time do we have in all? The answer will ___11___ all of us, for its very short.
For example, a man can live 70 years, in the 70 years, we need about half of the time to ___12___, one fifth of the time to play, and spend some time to ___13___ our children, and after we retire from our work, we dont have much ___14___ to do some important things. If so, we only have several years to do our work and study really in all. The time is short, and also is ___15___, if we dont treasure it highly, we will not finish our work and let our dream ___16___ true. We will be a failure, because of the elapse of time.
So, dont ___17___ at the people who are busy working and studying any more, they are good persons treasuring time ___18___. We should also build the sense of shortness of time. We mustnt waste any minute or second any more. We also cant ___19___ the work of today to tomorrow. We want every second to count.
Consequently, if we want to succeed, we must make the best use of time, ___20___ with the pace of time, or else, we will face a life of failure. After all, time and tide wait for no man.
( )1. A. difficult B. ordinary C. familiar D. particular
( )2. A. see B. reach C. discover D. treat
( )3. A. remember B. treat C. move D. save
( )4. A. However B. Moreover C. Furthermore D. So
( )5. A. often B. seldom C. sometimes D. always
( )6. A. waste B. pay C. spend D. cost
( )7. A. shortness B. length C. sufficiency D. happiness
( )8. A. prisoners B. slaves C. owners D. guests
( )9. A. foolish B. intelligent C. friendly D. angry
( )10. A. advice B. mean C. need D. way
( )11. A. worry B. surprise C. frighten D. fear
( )12. A. eat B. stand C. work D. sleep
( )13. A. grow up B. stay up C. bring up D. send up
( )14. A. energy B. intelligence C. strength D. ability
( )15. A. young B. uneasy C. expected D. limited
( )16. A. become B. come C. take D. get
( )17. A. look B. laugh C. point D. glare
( )18. A. only B. singly C. mainly D. highly