阅读词汇练习1

Ⅱ. 完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分；共计15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A student and his teacher were walking through the forest. He asked his teacher: “Why do only a few people have a 16 mind?

The teacher looked at the student, 17 and said, “I will tell you a story. An elephant was standing and picking leaves 18 a tree quietly. A small fly came, buzzing near his ear. The elephant 19 it away with his big ears. 20

the fly came again, and the elephant waved it away once more. This was repeated several times. Then the elephant asked the fly, “Why are you so restless and 21 ? Why can’t you stay for a while in one place?”

The fly answered, I am 22 attracted to whatever I see, hear or smell. Everything that happens around me pulls me in all 23 and I cannot refuse them. What is your 24 ? How can you stay so calm?”

The elephant stopped eating and said, “ 25 around can rule my attention. I 26 control my attention, and I can concentrate on whatever I want. Now that I am eating, I immersed (沉浸) in eating. In this way I can enjoy my food and chew (咀嚼) it 27 .

On 28 these words, the student’s eyes opened wide and smile rose on his face. He looked at his teacher and said, “I understand! If things around me are in control of my attention, then my mind will be unrest. If I am 29 my attention, then my mind will become calm.”

“Yes, that’s right,” answered the teacher. If the mind is restless, it will go 30 the attention is. Control your attention, and you control your mind.” 16. A. open B. wise C. clear D. calm 17. A. smile B. smiled C. smiles D. smiling 18. A. off B. through C. from D. over 19. A. waved B. sent C. threw D. took 20. A. Before B. After C. Then D. Since 21. A. busy B. quiet C. patient D. noisy 22. A. hardly B. easily C. quickly D. loudly 23. A. directions B. purposes C. colors D. times 24. A. advice B. secret C. opinion D. idea 25. A. Nothing B. Something C. Anything D. Everything 26. A. herself B. myself C. himself D. yourself 27. A. faster B. better C. worse D. slower 28. A. hearing B. reading C. understanding D. seeing 29. A. in fear of B. in case of C. in control of D. in place of 30. A. whenever B. however C. whatever D. wherever 阅读：

The Roman poet Virgil says, “The god delights in an odd number.” In Shakespeare’s play, Falstaff says, “There is magic in odd numbers, either in birth, chance, or death.”

Pythagoras calls three the perfect number, since everything has three parts—beginning, middle and end. In the Bible, the baby Jesus was visited by the three magi. When things are

difficult, people always think they will be successful the third time. Seven is used frequently in the Bible as completeness. God created the world in six days, and had a rest on the seventh, meaning his job had been done. In this way he set the seven-day week. As for nine, there were nine Muses, nine rivers of hell and nine classes of angels. In English idioms, nine is used to mean “a large number of”. For example, a cat can survive where other animals hardly can, so people often say, ________________.

However, number thirteen is not as lucky as others. According to the story of “The last supper”: Judas, the person who betrayed(背叛) Jesus, sat in the No.13 chair, therefore, Number thirteen is considered to be unlucky. No door’s number is thirteen; no hotel has the No.13 Room; they don’t allow 13 people have dinner together. Therefore, thirteen became a taboo word in western countries.

No doubt the odd numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 play a far more important part than the even numbers in western countries, whether lucky or not. It is really hard to imagine a Chinese who has a poor knowledge of numbers can communicate with the natives well. 34. Why does Pythagoras call three the perfect number? A. Because the world was under the rule of three gods. B. Because people will be successful after three times. C. Because the baby Jesus was visited by the three magi. D. Because everything is supposed to have three parts. 35. Which proverb can be filled in the blank of Paragraph 2? A. Cats hide their claws. B. A gloved cat catches no mice. C. A cat has nine lives. D. All cats are grey in the dark. 36. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “taboo” (in Paragraph 3)? A. 奉承 B. 禁忌 C. 吹捧 D. 嘲讽 37. How does the passage organized? a. examples b. topic c. attitudes A. b-a-c B. a-b-c C. c-b-a D. b-c-a 五、语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分；共计10分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Alcohol(酒精) is often taken as a symbol of a special celebration or as a 61 of

friendship. So it is common to see people 62 (drink) a large glass of alcohol. 63 (luck), every year, alcohol ruins thousands of lives and 64 (destroy) many happy families.

Some people drink alcohol to make them relaxed and forget their pain. They mistakenly think

that through drinking, they can escape from their problems and worries. But it's never a 65 (solve). Alcohol also affects unborn babies 66 (serious). And drunken driving is one of the 67 (bad) effects of alcohol abuse. Every year, many lives are lost as a 68 of drunken drinking on roads and highways. A drunk driver cannot see and judge the distance clearly, so he fails to control his car. That is how 69 (accident) happen. Not only does he hurt 70 (he) but also other road users.