完形填空 A.
Can a Computer Think ?
Can a computer think ? The answer is ___1___yes or no. It depends on what is meant by thinking.
A computer can work much ___2___and faster than any human( 人类 )head. But on the other ___3___, the human head can do ___4___. It can put thoughts together in ___5___ ways and can think of new ideas. Such ___6___ ideas may have never been thought of before.
___7___example, shortly after the radio was ___8___, ___9___ began to think of sending ___10___ by wireless ( 无线电 ). Through many ___11___ of hard research work, a scientist invented the ___12___TV set in the world. Another example is ___13___ the computer itself was ___14___ invented by humans. So a computer can’t ___15___ the place of human head. It can only “think” as man wants it to.
1. A. neither B. whether C. because D. that
2. A. harder B. faster C. worse D. better
3. A. side B. hand C. way D. time
4. A. nothing B. less C. more D. anything
5. A. many B. few C. fewer D. two
6. A. strange B. wrong C. new D. old
7. A. For B. An C. No D. This
8. A. gone B. missing C. invented D. sold
9. A. computer B. people C. letters D. doctors
10. A. messages B. letters C. parcels D. books
11. A. seconds B. minutes C. years D. hours
12. A. last B. fourth C. first D. biggest
13. A. because B. that C. whether D. when
14. A. not B. hardly C. often D. also
15. A. reach B. enter C. take D. change
Key: 1-5 ADBCA 6-10 CACBA 11-15 CCBDC
B.
Water Is Important
Water is the ___1___ important of all the things we eat and ___2___.
___3___understand this but ___4___quite true. The human body can go without ___5___for a long time, yet two ___6___three days ___7___water can usually make people die.
Many people don’t understand how ___8___water the human body needs
___9___work well, and many people do not drink enough, ___10__in hot weather. Our body is mostly(大部分)water about ___11___.___12___ we don’t have ___13___, we’ll feel tired and many will get ill. So, you ___14___, how important water ___15___.
1. A. more B. most C. much D. many
2. A. have B. drink C. take D. cook
3. A. Not many people B. Though we don’t
C. Many people D. Some of us
4. A. it’s B. its C. it D. is
5. A. food B. water C. drink D. meat
6. A. but B. nor C. and D. or
7. A. in B. through C. with D. without
8. A. many B. much C. widely D. a bit
9. A. and B. the C. to D. /
10. A. even B. ever C. almost D. hardly
11. A. 15-25percent B. 25-35percent C. 65-75percent D. 95-100percent
12. A. Because B. If C. Since D. For
13. A. some B. enough C. a little D. a few
14. A. hear B. look C. find D. know
15. A. be B. am C. is D. are
Key: 1-5 BBAAA 6-10 DDBCA 11-15 CBBDC
C
You could hardly get along from day to day without physical changes. __1__ changes are always going on. You __2 __make many physical changes.
From the moment you __3__up in the morning you are changing things. __4 __, you dress yourself. You are making a physical change. A physical change occurs when you comb your __5__.You make a physical change when you __6__ your shoe laces.
Many physical changes are going on in your __7__ . You are making a physical change __8__, you write in your notebook. Perhaps you have __9__ some water colors. In mixing the colors, you__10 __some physical changes. Your teacher __11 __have put a picture on the bulletin board. This, __12 __, is a physical change.
The bell __13__, and everyone goes home. Everyone leaves the room. The __14__ of the room is a physical change. __15__ closes the door. This, too, is a physical change.
1. A. Many B Much C. So D. Such
2 A. yourself, B yourselves C. yours D. your
3 A. sit B wake C. get D. run
4 A. Once B First C. Now D. Then
5 A. head B hands C. hair D. fingers
6 A. tie B do C. make D. get
7 A. bedroom B living room C. washroom D. classroom
8 A. where B when C. what D. which
9 A. mixed B put C. changed D gone
10. A did B had C. made D went
11. A can B need C. may D. should
12. A yet B too C. also D sure
13. A comes B sounds C. rings D phones
14. A filling B changing C. closing D emptying
15. A Someone B Everyone C. None D Nobody
Key:1-5 DACBC 6-10 ADBAC 11-15 CBCDA
D.
Our food is very important. We like eating it, and it makes us __1 __and healthy. In most countries, people have three __2 __four meals every day. Having a good meal is like filling a car with __3 __. It gives us fuel for the work we __4__.
The –5__important meal is breakfast. Doctors __6 __that if you don't have a good break-fast, you can't work well. In China, you __7 __ have rice or noodles for breakfast. There is a proverb: Eat breakfast like an emperor, eat lunch like a king, and eat dinner like a __8 __person.__9 __means that you should eat 10 in the morning, eat well at noon, but you shouldn't eat too much at night.
In __11__countries, people usually have __12__ or cereal for breakfast. Rice, noodles, bread and cereal are__13 __.They contain starch(淀粉). It gives __14__ energy, and it makes you feel __15__.
1. A. weak B strong C. forceful D powerful
2. A. or B and C. nor D so
3. A air B strength C. energy D petrol
4. A on B do C. are D have
5. A little B so C. many D first
6. A say B speak C. talk D report
7. A should B must C. can D cannot
8. A fat B thin C. rich D poor
9. A What B This C Which D That
10. A. a little B a bit C a few D a lot
11. A. Eastern B Western C Southern D Northern
12. A. noodles B porridge C dumplings D bread
13. A. alike B same C together D in all
14. A. us B you C them D him
Key: 1-5 BADBD 6-10 ACDBD 11-15 DBABC
E.
The life of a lazy man is no use in himself and to others. If a man is too__1__to work, he is most __2__to beg or steal. Every boy should __3__ some useful work when he is young.
But it is not __4__ that a boy should learn some kind of work. He should put his __5 __and soul completely into his work, and not __6 __his free time. "Working while you work and __7__while you play is as good rule for young people as for the old."
__8__ rising in the morning is a good habit and this, just like all other good habits, is most easily formed in the __9__ . There is an English saying "Lost time never __10 __. "This means that everyone must be diligent __11 __day, and make good use of his __12 __. One must study hard when one is young so that one may make __13 __progress(进步) ,succeed in life and become__14__to one's country. Therefore, we can say that diligence is the __15 __of success.
1. A. busy B free C. late D. lazy
2. A. ready B happy C hard D. glad
3. A. study B know C learn D. remember
4. A. little B much C easy D. enough
5. A. hand B body C head D. heart
6. A. forget B waste C enjoy D. leave
7. A. working B learning C doing D. playing
8. A. Quick B Slow C Early D. Late
9. A. morning B youth C work D. daytime
10. A. returns B changes C flies D. go
11. A. some B one C all D. every
12. A. life B time C day D. morning
13. A. great B little C no D. small
14. A. nice B interesting C good D. useful
15. A. home B mother C brother D. friend
Key: 1-5DACDD 6-10 BDCBA 11-15 DBADB
F.
"If you want a friend, be one." Have you ever heard of this __1__ ? What does it mean?
There are many different things that you can do to make friends. You may find out __2 __they are if you watch someone make friends.
Here is how one new teacher made friends with the students in her class on the first day of the school. When the bell rang, the teacher smiled at all the students. Then she said, "Good morning. How __3 __it is to have all of you in my class __4 __year! I want to know __5 __of you very much. I am sure we all will enjoy working together."
The teacher smiled, used a pleasant __6 __.She told the students her name
and __7 __on the blackboard. Then she told them something she liked to do and hoped to do with them during the year.
The students knew that she liked many of __8 __things they like. Everyone felt that she __9__what she said. All of them want to know her better and be her friend.
Then she let the students tell something about __10 __. So they felt that the teacher knew them. Could you make friends __11 __the teacher did?
How do you know and like your classmates in the school? One way is to __12 __more about them. During the __13 __, you can talk to them. You may ask them their names and the names of the school they went to last year. They want to know about you, too. You may tell them about your interests and holiday experiences. It is often easy to be friends with people who have the same interests and play the same games. As you talk, the others may be __14 __, "I like to do the same things you do. It should be fun to be friends with you.
Remember! Just talking together in a __15__ way is one good way to make friends.
1. A talking B. saying C speaking D telling
2. A where B. who C what D how
3. A nice B. strange C important D interesting
4. A this B. that C last D next
5. A some B. few C none D each
6. A word B. sound C voice D mouth
7. A. saw B. wrote C drew D put
8. A. different B. the same C good D strange
9. A. knew B. thought C meant D liked
10. A. them B. themselves C. her D. herself
11. A. when B. after C. before D. as
12. A. look for B. find out C. think of D. do with
13. A. holiday B. class C. break D. weekend
14. A. listening B. asking C. saying D. thinking
15. A. lively B. funny C. lovely D. friendly
Key: 1-5 BCAAD 6-10 CBBCB 11-15 DBCDD
G.
Earthquakes
Some countries have large numbers of earthquakes(地震). ___1___do not
Have many; for example, there are ___2___earthquakes in Britain. There is often a great sound during an earthquake. The ground ___3___ and the houses fall down. Sometimes ___4___of people are killed ___5___different ways. Earthquakes may also happen ___6___the sea, or near volcanoes (火山), but this is not always ___7___. The powerful forces inside the earth ___8___ rocks and great waves appear. They ___9___ long distances and are strong enough ___10___ down houses and other buildings. Sometimes they break ___11___buildings than the earthquake itself . A ___12___earhtquake happened in Assam（阿萨姆）, India, in 1986. The ___13___near Shillong suddenly moved 1 feet to one side and then back again. ___14___continued to act like this 200 times a minute. Few buildings could stand when that was happening and the great stones ___15___ four feet up into the air.
1. A. Other B. Others C. The other D. The others
2. A. few B. a few C. several D. some
3. A. moves B. jumps C. pulses D. beats
4. A. thousand B. a thousand C. the thousand D. thousands
5. A. with B. in C. by D. on
6. A. at B. on C. under D. to
7. A. correct B. real C. true D. actual
8. A. spoil B. destroy C. separate D. damage
9. A. travel B. go C. move D. transmit
10. A. break B. breaking C. broke D. to break
11. A. most B. more C. many D. a lot of
12. A. fear B. afraid C. frightened D. terrible
13. A. land B. soil C. earth D. field
14. A. This B. That C. It D. Thus
15. A. fly B. flied C. flew D. flown
Key: 1-5 BAADB 6-10 CCBAD 11-15 BDABC
G.
Mr Green works in a hospital. He drives a car and he is very busy. His wife works in a school library. She is very __1__with his son, Tommy. She __2__ that he will become a scientist. Half a year ago, when Tommy was six, Mrs Green took him to her __3 __.The boy was clever and studied __4 __. But at first he couldn't adapt himself to the new __5 __. In the morning he woke up __6__ and in the evening he didn't go to bed __7__. His mother, however, made him do __8__ on time. She hopes that he would cultivate good habits.
One evening when Mr Green was __9 __in a street, there happened a traffic accident. He had to take the wounded to the hospital and it took him about two __10 __. As soon as he got __11 __, he began to tell his family about it.
"It's time for you to go to bed, Tommy, "said Mrs Green.
The boy wanted very much to listen to his father tell the accident but he had to __12 __what his mother told him. When he lay down, he said, "I don't think Mummy can 13 me at all!" "Oh ? Why?" said hid father.
The boy sighed, "She __14 __makes me go to bed when I am not __15__ but she wakes me up when I'm asleep."
1. A angry B. happy C. pleased D. strict
2. A hopes B. says C finds D hears
3. A library B. school C hospital D reading-room
4. A badly B. carefully C well D hard
5. A students B. life C teachers D class
6. A early B. quickly C late D slowly
7. A at times B. in no time C on time D all the time
8. A nothing B. something C everything D homework
9. A walking B. shopping C working D driving
10. A. seconds B minutes C hours D days
11. A. the car B the street C the hospital D home
12. A. think B take C do D answer
13. A. wake up B look after C look for D bring up
14. A. often B always C usually D sometimes
15. A. free B sleepy C happy D busy
Key: 1-5 DABCB 6-10 CCCDC 11-15 DCBBB