8. A.judge B.find C.desscribe D.face 9.A. check B.determine C.correct D.recover
10.A.answers B.skills C.explanation D.information 11. A.possible B.exact C. real D. special 12. A.hopes B.argues C.decides D.suggests 13. A. In other words B.Once in a while C.First of all D.At this time 14. A. look for B. talk to C. agree with D. depend on 15. A. discussing B. settling down C. comparing with D. studying l6. A. extra B. enough C. several D. countless 17. A. secondly B. again C. also D. alone
18. A. suggestion B. conclusion C. decision D. discovery 19. A. with B. into C. for D. to 20. A. next B. clear C. final D. new 21. A. unexpectedly B. late C. clearly D. often 22. A. simple B. different C. quick D. sudden
23. A. fortunately B. easily C. clearly D. immediately 24. A. clean B. separate C. loosen D. remove 25. A. recorded B. completed C. tested. D. accepted
(十八)(NMET2001)
He has been called the \highest mountain in the world---Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The 1 of the Snowman has been around for 2 .Climbers in the l920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they 3 this creature and called it the\they said that they had 4 caught Yetis on two occasions 5 none has ever been produced as evidence (证据).
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 6 . In l95l, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not 7 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 8 that the Abominable Snowman might really 9 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were 10 footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 11 animal tracks, which had been made 12 as they melted (融化) and refroze in the snow. 13 , in l964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was 14 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 15 , no evidence has ever 16 been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman 17 . But if they ever 18 catching one, they may face a real 19 : Would they put it in a 20 or give it a room in a hotel?
1. A. event B. story C. adventure D. description 2. A. centuries B. too long C. some time D. many years 3. A. heard from B. cared for C. knew of D. read about 4. A. even B. hardly C. certainly D. probably 5. A. as B. though C. when D. until
6. A. developed B. changed C. occurred D. continued 7. A. entirely B. naturally C. clearly D. simply 8. A. found B. declared C. felt D. doubted 9. A. exist B. escape C. disappear D. return 10. A. clearer B. more C. possible D. rare
11. A. huge B. recent C. ordinary D. frightening 12. A. strange B. large C. deep D. rough 13. A. In the end B. Therefore C. After all D. However 14. A. imagined B. real C. special D. familiar 15. A. so B. besides C. again D. instead
16. A. rightly B. actually C. normally D. particularly 17. A. lightly B. jokingly C. seriously D. properly 18. A. succeed in B. insist on C. depend on D. join in 19. A. decision B. situation C. subject D. problem 20. A. zoo B. mountain C. museum D. laboratory
二、完形填空选析
(十九)
Newspaper Boy Billy
Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a 1 job which gets him 2 every morning at five o'clock. He is a 3 .
Each morning, Billy 4 the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner 5 the newspapers are. The newspapers were delivered to the 6 by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to cany them.
In the 7 it is still dark when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is 8 . Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route 9 all kinds of weather. He tries to put each 10 . on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from 11 and rain or snow. His l2 think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him l3 .
Billy 14 about $70 per month, and he is 15 some of the money to go to college. He spehds the rest 16 records and clothes. Once a month, he has to 17 money from his customers. Since many of them 18 during the day, Billy has to collect the money 19 . Sometimes, when Billy is 20 , his older brother has to 21 the newspapers. Once Billy's father had to help.
Billy has seventy customers now, 22 he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets
23 more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a 24 to Europe, but he will also be happy 25 he wins a new bicycle. 1. A. full-time B. strange C. good D. part-time 2. A. to carry papers B. to go to work C. to go to school D. up
3. A. schoolboy B. newspaper boy C. cowboy D. clever boy 4 A. leaves B. reached C. left D. reaches 5. A. that B. where C. which D. whether 6. A. house B. porch C. school D. corner 7. A. east B. winter C. morning D. summer 8. A. light B. cloudy C. sunny D. cold 9. A. by B. on C. in D. with
10. A. paper B. magazine C. letter D. newspapers l l. A. air B. wind C. water D. fire
12. A. teachers B. parents C. bosses D. customers 13. A. books B. some bread C. a new bike D. tips(小费) 14. A. earns B. saves C. spends D. pays 15. A. borrowing B. collecting C. making D. saving 16. A. in B. at C. to D. on 17. A. give B. borrow C. collect D. seize 18. A. play B. study C. work D. rest
19. A.in the morning B. at night C. in the afternoon D. at noon 20. A. sick B. angry C. at school D. sad 21. A. carry B. collect C. deliver D. sell 22. A. thus B. but C. so D. for 23. A. much B. even C. many D. still 24. A. trip B. car C. bicycle D. job 25. A. because B. whether C. unless D. if
(二十) Seas and Oceans
There is much more water than land on the surface of the earth. The seas and oceans 1 nearly four-fifths of the whole world, and only one fifth of 2 land. If you travelled over the earth 3 different directions. you would have to 4 much more of your time moving on water than on 5 or railways. We sometimes forget that for every mile of land there are 6 miles of water.
There is 7 much water on the surface of our earth that we have to use 8 to describe it. We use the word 9 to describe those parts of water surface which 10 only a few hundreds of miles wide, the word OCEANS to descrihe the 11 areas of water which are thousands of miles wide and very 12 .
A sea such as the Mediterranean provides an easy way of travelling from one 13 to
another. Ships are frequently crossing the small seas of the world in all directions. l4 separate the great continents. 15 steam ships were invented, a voyage across a wide ocean was a long and sometimes very 16 journey. Oceans have only been used 17 travel1ing and trading within 18 few hundred years. 19 now, ships use only those parts of oceans which provide the 20 way across. The other parts of oceans are very 21 visited.
You can understand 22 we don't know much about the oceans because of their huge 23 . Another reason why we know so 24 about them is because of their great depth. At the bottom of an ocean there is black darkness. 25 cannot reach the great depth. l. A. cross B. cover C. take D. make 2. A. them are B. its C. it is D. it's 3. A. in B. for C. to D. by 4. A. cost B. take C. pay D. spend 5. A. planes B. roads C. ships D. foot 6. A. two B. three C. four D. five 7. A. so B. such C. very D. too
8. A. a few letters B. a letter C. some words D. two words
9. A. RIVERS B. LAKES C. SEAS D. RESERVOIRS 10. A. have B. are C. has D. is 11. A. big B. small C. different D. huge l2. A. deep B. long C. high D. cold l3. A. state B. continent C. country D. nation l4. A. Seas B. Water C. Land D. Oceans 15. A. Until B. By C. Since D. As
l6. A. endless B. dangerous C. short D. continuous l7. A. for B. by C. to D. with l8. A. last B. every C. the last D. past a l9. A. Only B. Even C. Just D. But 20. A. shorter B. easier C. shortest D. easy 2l. A. often B. usually C. much D. seldom 22. A. why B. that C. the reason D. what 23. A. size B. surface C. depth D. width 24. A. many B. few C. much D. little 25. A. Anyone B. Divers C. Sunlight D. Ships
(二十一)
We were late as usual. My husband had 1 watering the flowers in the garden by himself, and 2 he discovered that he couldn't manage, he asked me for 3 at the last moment. So now we had only an hour to get to the 4 . Luckily there were not many cars 5 buses on the road and we were 6 to get there just in time. We checked in(办理登记手续)
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