The back door of the ambulance (救护车) was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the _______ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had ________ food stuck in her throat(喉咙) and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr. White, _____ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against ________. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the ________. From the back of the ________ the parents were shouting at him to _____, since Ally had almost _________ breathing. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had no time to _________, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking _________ his left and right as he did so.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows ______, since the car was air-conditioned(空调开放的), and he was playing his radio. He did not _______the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight ________ into the path of the ambulance. Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr. White looked to see _________Ally was. He was astonished to see relief (宽慰) instead of _______on the faces of the parents.
“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is ______ again.”
“It must have been the _______.” said her husband. “It ______ the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to normal(正常的), and she was crying in a loud but healthy ____ . They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of _______ all around them.
1.A.worried B.angry C.happy D.surprised
2.A.little B.some C.no D.few
3.A.opened on B.turned on C.turned off D.sped up
4.A.police B.enemy C.lights D.time
5.A.empty street B.busy traffic C.crowds D.deserted place
6.A.street B.cars C.traffic D.ambulance
7.A.hurry B.be careful C.stop D.drive
8.A.stopped B.kept C.prevented D.forbade
9.A.think B.look about C.lose D.miss
10.A.for B.from C.forward D.to
11.A.open B.clean C.closed D.down
12.A.hear B.see C.find D.notice
13.A.away B.on C.off D.out
14.A.how B.what C.where D.who
15.A.pleasure B.anger C.fear D.surprise
16.A.crying B.breathing C.smiling D.speaking
17.A.light B.policeman C.car D.crash(碰撞)
18.A.took B.picked C.knocked(撞击) D.made
19.A.sound B.voice C.tone D.noise
20.A.people B.policemen C.lights D.cars
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Late one recent night, Carol Spale picked up the phone and heard quiet sobbing on the line. It was her _______, an old lady who had lived on her own across the street for many years.
Spale runs the local “Neighborhood Services” committee, so she’s _________ to receiving calls like this. The committee is_______ to those living in North Riverside, Illinois, where being good to neighbors is taken _________ by everyone in the small village. The commitee is the _________ of Mayor Richard N. Scheck’s 1992 call for community-building ideas. The committee _________ 90 “block captains”, each of whom looks over a street in North Riverside.
For people nearby, Spale is the guardian(监护人). But why was the old lady _________? As the story goes, Spale called up the lady after _______ her garage was open later than usual. Spale became _______ when the lady called back in tears. Spale’s first ________ was that she was in trouble, but it turned out to be a lot ________ than that. “She was crying because my call let her know someone is ________ her. It made her feel good now that she’s __________.” Spale said.
Three times a year, the committee has __________ where the locals come together to talk about the good-neighbor things they’ve __________. The speakers are often children, __________ by their parents to do good. At a recent gathering, one little girl __________ how she made a card for a neighboring old gentleman she made __________ with, who had had a heart __________.” It seems there’s no age difference between them,” Spale said.
These kindnesses are __________ in a book sold on Amazon called We Can Build Community with the money going to the locals in need.
1.A.mother B.captain C.neighbor D.minister
2.A.used B.reduced C.devoted D.limited
3.A.equal B.simple C.similar D.familiar
4.A.secretly B.recently C.seriously D.obviously
5.A.choice B.product C.discover D.suggestion
6.A.trains B.employs C.manages D.controls
7.A.laughing B.crying C.singing D.shouting
8.A.noticing B.admitting C.mentioning D.predicting
9.A.sorry B.angry C.happy D.nervous
10.A.memory B.thought C.impression D.recognition
11.A.safer B.luckier C.better D.stronger
12.A.seeking B.minding C.changing D.honoring
13.A.alone B.stressed C.healthy D.energetic
14.A.competitions B.debates C.congratulations D.meetings
15.A.performed B.expected C.witnessed D.remembered
16.A.reminded B.required C.persuaded D.encouraged
17.A.showed B.shared C.explained D.confirmed
18.A.bets B.promises C.friends D.decisions
19.A.operation B.treatment C.application D.emergency
20.A.taken B.printed C.written D.recorded
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The banjo(班卓琴)is an American instrument. It was introduced to the United States by African slaves and then was_________by people of the south to create their country music.
“The banjo was made by both black and white_________that came together to produce this instrument.”That is Christian Stanfield, who with Tom George has made the complex art of banjo making their_________project.
It began decades ago when Stanfield moved from Washington, D.C. to Memphis, Tennessee.He went to a dance party where he_________the banjo and fell in love.
“I really wanted to learn that new instrument, so I_________a banjo from a banjo player for two or three months. When I was_________to get a banjo of my own, he_________George to me. He insisted I find a guy who builds the banjo instead of buying it on the Internet or at the store!"
That man was Tom George—one of the best-known banjo_________in the US. He knows a_________banjo-lover when he sees one. So,when Stanfield__________to become his student,George agreed__________,He taught Stanfield his banjo-making__________. Tom George, however,did not have a __________.He taught himself how to build banios,
“at present,George and Stanfield__________a banjo-making workshop, an hour's drive from Memphis, Tennessee. Visitors can__________their shop and see the hundreds of small__________that all come together to make the__________banjo. The two men make everything by hand, so it is not__________ that it takes around 4 to 6 months to make one banjo.
After the banjo is completed, Tom George__________wipes it clean. And then the team can do the other thing they love to do—__________the banjo.
1.A.accumulated B.resisted C.united D.adopted
2.A.beliefs B.histories C.cultures D.conventions
3.A.lifetime B.severe C.abnormal D.absent
4.A.reserved B.heard C.built D.cast
5.A.won B.borrowed C.seized D.bought
6.A.generous B.dependent C.ready D.clever
7.A.passed B.brought C.recommended D.dragged
8.A.participants B.applicants C.sellers D.makers
9.A.true B.skilled C.gifted D.proper
10.A.asked B.had C.intended D.started
11.A.gradually B.in vain C.directly D.by coincidence
12.A.remarks B.themes C.trends D.secrets
13.A.teacher B.student C.consumer D.sponsor
14.A.take in B.own C.demand D.touch on
15.A.obtain B.transform C.manage D.tour
16.A.patterns B.roles C.parts D.roots
17.A.broken B.expensive C.ordinary D.finished
18.A.surprising B.apparent C.natural D.embarrassing
19.A.calmly B.curiously C.carefully D.casually
20.A.seek B.play C.select D.produce
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The rose bushes were finally in full bloom on that spring morning.
The _______ Of roses always brings to mind Wanda's childhood memories. Then the family had no _______ to buy extra things, so even a tired rose was something to _______.
Currently, to have a backyard full of different roses is pure _______. And her husband, Dale, devotedly _______ the roses. _______ that she loves the very first blooms, he picked some on this particular morning.
But as Dale returned, he came across a neighbor who had _______ for a quick visit. As the woman turned to go, Dale generously gave the _______ to her. And even though their visitor _______ she didn't want to take them. She was ________ assured(确信)that the flowers were hers to keep.
Seeing her precious first blooms go out of the door ________ Wanda with regret, and a bit of ________.She knew it was "better to give than to receive". ________, she wished she could have kept the roses for herself.
Later that day, the couple headed to the post office, where Wanda waited outside in the car.
Then, without ________, an older woman suddenly appeared at the open window, and gave her a bunch of fresh roses! "These are for you. They're my first blooms this spring.”
Completely ________, Wanda thanked the woman and ________ for a moment to breathe in the rich fragrance. When she looked back, the mysterious visitor was gone.
That special ________ changed Wanda. It made her understand the true meaning of ________ unexpected gifts. Now, she always ________, her first blooms to others, as a(n) ________ that someone is thinking of them.
1.A.sight B.scenery C.scene D.show
2.A.energy B.money C.courage D.desire
3.A.desert B.raise C.value D.water
4.A.business B.memory C.imagination D.enjoyment
5.A.lays B.serves C.studies D.tends
6.A.Anxious B.Ashamed C.Afraid D.Aware
7.A.stopped by B.settled down C.turned out D.broken in
8.A.greetings B.wishes C.roses D.bushes
9.A.recommended B.complained C.cried D.insisted
10.A.hardly B.repeatedly C.secretly D.temporarily
11.A.filled B.covered C.charged D.supplied
12.A.1ension B.pride C.gladness D.selfishness
13.A.Thus B.Still C.Instead D.Otherwise
14.A.doubt B.warning C.effort D.thinking
15.A.depressed B.confused C.amazed D.relaxed
16.A.waited B.nodded C.shook D.bent
17.A.discovery B.delivery C.apology D.smell
18.A.giving B.receiving C.keeping D.exchanging
19.A.takes away B.puts away C.gives away D.throws away
20.A.routine B.duty C.reminder D.example
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
One night many years ago I was on the bridge of a ship passing one of our large cities on a quiet night. I saw its lights _______ in the sky and heard the city's noises.
I have spent twenty-five years on boats. Now I am a _______. My job is to bring in the large luxury___________ and stay with them until they are safely stopped in their ports.
I felt very _______ the first time I ever docked a big liner. She came riding up the harbor on a flood tide and _______ high over the short little boat. As we drew alongside, a doorway opened _______ at water level and two smartly dressed sailors helped me aboard.
I was escorted (护送) to the bridge where I _______ from the captain. I realized I was in _______ of a great ship worth millions of dollars. Having docked several of the large liners, I realized I was not important, _______ simply the quarterback(四分卫) who called the signals.
In spite of what we ________ in the newspapers, I have great faith in this country, praying that a peaceful understanding will come to this ________ world, so that my children can grow up in a world full of happiness. I believe this will ________.
I remember the ________ and pity that took over this country, back in 1949, when a little girl named Kathy Fiskus fell into a(n) ________ well in California. Engineers and sandhogs and people in all __________ of life worked almost three days, and when they got her out she was dead.
People sent in thousands of dollars in ________ funds, but those who did the work and furnished the equipment wouldn't take the money. They worked for bigger things. I talked to captains of foreign ______________ that came into New York Harbor, and they were just as ________ as us over the tragedy.
I believe some way will be found to work together for world peace with the same ________ and understanding that people worked to rescue little Kathy Fiskus. I believe this will ________ come true.
1.A.reflected B.decorated C.included D.occupied
2.A.cook B.designer C.swimmer D.pilot
3.A.hotels B.shops C.liners D.offices
4.A.interesting B.proud C.lucky D.smart
5.A.towered B.shipped C.walked D.lifted
6.A.often B.never C.almost D.hardly
7.A.picked up B.took over C.got out D.brought in
8.A.place B.need C.search D.control
9.A.but B.so C.and D.or
10.A.look B.read C.watch D.listen
11.A.undiscovered B.unexpected C.unplanned D.unsettled
12.A.go on B.go out C.come about D.come in
13.A.teamwork B.understanding C.judgment D.concept
14.A.shallow B.occupied C.abandoned D.grand
15.A.walks B.works C.journeys D.sorts
16.A.school B.rescue C.business D.loan
17.A.buses B.planes C.trains D.ships
18.A.worried B.satisfied C.amazed D.concerned
19.A.sympathy B.desire C.favor D.privilege
20.A.nowhere B.forever C.someday D.therefore
高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has ______ more than $80,000 by selling cookies since she was seven years old. Going door to door after school, the painfully shy Markita___ herself into a cookie-selling expert.
It___ with desire. Burning, white-hot desire.
Markita and her widowed mother___ a dream of traveling the globe. Once, Markita read a magazine article, saying that the child who sold the most cookies would win an all-expenses-paid trip for two around the world. She decided to have a ______ at it.
To realize her dream, Markita went door to door every day after school, and repeated, “Hi, I have a dream. I’m ________ a trip around the world for my mom and me by selling cookies.” Then she asked, “Would you like to___ in my dream by buying some cookies?” Whether they bought or not, she always___ a smile.
Her hard work finally_________. She sold 42,000 boxes of cookies that year and she won her trip around the world.
Markita is not __________ than thousands of other people. The key to her _______ is that she has found the secret of selling: Ask, Ask, Ask! Many people fail _______ they even begin because of their fear of____.
It takes courage to ask for what you want. Courage is not the ________ of fear. It’s doing what it takes despite one’s fear. And, as Markita has discovered, the more you ask, the _____ it gets.
1.A.spent B.generated C.withdrew D.received
2.A.threw B.brought C.transformed D.persuaded
3.A.starts B.mixes C.corresponds D.deals
4.A.created B.realized C.remembered D.shared
5.A.push B.go C.look D.blow
6.A.enjoying B.organizing C.booking D.earning
7.A.drop B.cut C.invest D.live
8.A.forced B.wore C.pretended D.produced
9.A.paid back B.turned up C.paid off D.turned around
10.A.smarter B.richer C.higher D.prettier
11.A.success B.discovery C.delivery D.progress
12.A.after B.until C.once D.before
13.A.interaction B.rejection C.competition D.discrimination
14.A.cause B.experience C.presence D.absence
15.A.easier B.more C.faster D.harder
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The team I work in just had 2 new interns (实习生),and I happen to be their supervisor. After today's lunch break, I saw that one of them was reading things on her smart phone, maybe on some social network, I _______ . I went to her and said, "There's another document here _______ translation. Do you have time to finish it for me?" That document was not in her _______ workloads. But I thought I could let her _______ herself a little bit with it, seeing that she seemed to have_______ . "Yes, I do have time. " She said, "but I'm just an intern. " I didn't quite know_______to say back then. After a while I mumbled, "Right. Yes. " And I turned around and left.
I _______ the time when I was an intern for the first time. I, too, managed to finish my workload so fast, just like her. So, I asked my supervisor "Is there _______ else that I can help?" And she happened to have a plan to make. But she didn't .have time. So she let me do the research and make a draft for her. I was not very familiar with the job _______still tried to carry it out based on my understanding and make it as ________ as possible. And my supervisor was really satisfied with the ________. Later, she told me "You ________ me a lot of time. I didn't need to create it from scratch. " And she told me ________ how I should have done the plan differently. I learned a lot about the operation in the process. After that, she came to trust me completely. I got my current job all because of her recommendation.
Yes, I was just an intern with a low salary, but I ________a better future with my extra labor. Time passing, I got it that there's a kind of ________called short-sightedness.
1.A.asked B.acquired C.guessed D.guaranteed
2.A.asking B.waiting C.providing D.needing
3.A.allowed B.assigned C.achieved D.accused
4.A.challenge B.compete C.complain D.contribute
5.A.idea B.ability C.time D.task
6.A.what B.that C.which D.where
7.A.forgot B.foresaw C.reminded D.recalled
8.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
9.A.and B.but C.for D.or
10.A.precious B.consistent C.professional D.complicated
11.A.report B.show C.lesson D.draft
12.A.gave B.saved C.lent D.borrowed
13.A.in detail B.in surprise C.in charge D.in trouble
14.A.persuaded B.begged C.devoted D.bought
15.A.power B.pressure C.poverty D.performance
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
What is the best way to study? This is a very important question. Some Chinese students often _______ very hard _______ long hours. This is a _______ habit, but it is not a better way to study. A good student must _______ enough sleep, enough food and enough rest. Every _______ you _______ to take a walk or play basketball or ping-pong or sing a song. When you _______ to your studies, you’ll find yourself _______ than before and you’ll learn more.
Perhaps we can _______ that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine, we mean that like Chinese medicine, the effects of your study ________ slowly but surely. Learn every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine.
1.A.play B.study C.sleep D.think
2.A.at B.in C.for D.with
3.A.best B.better C.good D.bad
4.A.have B.do C.want D.make
5.A.month B.week C.hour D.day
6.A.want B.hope C.need D.wish
7.A.begin B.return C.go D.are
8.A.stronger B.weaker C.strong D.weak
9.A.say B.guess C.talk D.know
10.A.return B.come C.give D.get
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a_______place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They discussed various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was_______ that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more _______to her than mountains of gold. The books are in every language- new books, ancient books, even a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.
She had asked the government for _______to move the books to a_______ place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. _______, she brought books home every night, filling her car late after work. Her friends came to help her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant _______to hide some books. All through the night, Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, _______ them over the seven foot wall and _______them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war ________. Then nine days later, a fire burned the ________ to the ground.
One day, the bombing stopped and the________ left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be ________ again while the city was ________. So she hired a truck to, bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs (郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and ________peace and a new library.
1.A.meeting B.working C.personal D.religious
2.A.worried B.angry C.doubtful D.curious
3.A.practical B.precious C.reliable D.expensive
4.A.permission B.confirmation C.explanation D.information
5.A.large B.public C.distant D.safe
6.A.Fortunately B.Surprisingly C.Seriously D.Secretly
7.A.intended B.pretended C.happened D.agreed
8.A.put B.opened C.passed D.threw
9.A.hid B.exchanged C.burnt D.distributed
10.A.approached B.erupted C.continued D.ended
11.A.restaurant B.library C.city D.wall
12.A.neighbors B.soldiers C.friends D.customers
13.A.sold B.read C.saved D.moved
14.A.occupied B.bombed C.quiet D.busy
15.A.dreamed of B.believed in C.cared about D.looked for
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air to the right woman. But _____ apply. You must be named Elizabeth Gallagher and have a Canadian ________ .
Jordan Axani, 28, said he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their ________ ended and he did not want her ticket to ______ . The ticket had a strict no-transfer(不可转让) _______ , but since passport information was not required when _________ , any Canadian Elizabeth Gallagher can ______ it.
“I just want to see the ticket go to good use and for someone to ______ a lot of joy,” said Axani. He posted his ______ on a social networking website, and received thousands of e-mails, including thirty from actual Elizabeth Gallaghers with the _______ passports, “More ______ , there are hundreds of Canadians who are interested in ______ their name to Elizabeth Gallagher,” Axani said. “It was absolutely out of ______ , thousands of e-mails, people around the world _______ their stories of travel.”
Axani wrote in his post that he is not ______ anything in return and that the woman who uses the ______ticket can choose to either travel with him or _____ the ticket and travel on her own.
The _____ is scheduled to start on December 21 in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before _____ in Toronto on January 8. He said the ____ woman will be announced on the website and the trip will be shared online.
1.A.benefits B.deposits C.restrictions D.examinations
2.A.origin B.passport C.accent D.friend
3.A.holiday B.marriage C.dream D.relationship
4.A.go to waste B.come to mind C.go on sale D.come into effect
5.A.policy B.order C.payment D.schedule
6.A.applying B.booking C.checking D.bargaining
7.A.use B.borrow C.choose D.buy
8.A.sacrifice B.express C.experience D.provide
9.A.answer B.advice C.offer D.comment
10.A.same B.right C.now D.real
11.A.interesting B.annoying C.satisfying D.convincing
12.A.writing B.giving C.lending D.changing
13.A.touch B.question C.date D.control
14.A.admiring B.advertising C.sharing D.doubting
15.A.leaving B.looking for C.losing D.dealing with
16.A.simple B.strange C.regular D.extra
17.A.return B.take C.reserve D.hide
18.A.interview B.program C.trip D.meeting
19.A.ending B.calling C.repeating D.staying
20.A.honored B.lovely C.intelligent D.lucky
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析