My car needed some mechanical work that I cou...

My car needed some mechanical work that I could not do myself. Since the garage I had been taking my car to had ____, my friend Dave gave me a recommendation: D's Auto Repair.

I was pleasantly ____ to discover that the owner of D's was a mechanic who had worked on my car several years earlier. ____ he was an employee at a gas station near my house. I knew that his work was good.

I ____ the paperwork for the repair and ___ while D took a phone call from another customer. As I sat there, I looked around the small office to keep myself _____ A framed newspaper article caught my attention. The headline ____: "Local Dairy Farmer Kills Whole Herd.” The article was about the ____ of a fifth-generation dairy farmer during the polluted milk scare in Michigan several years earlier. Dairy cows were becoming ____ a disease that was affecting the milk supply. The fifth-generation dairy farmer paid to have all of his cows ____. It was found that out of the entire herd, only a few were were infected. Because no one could ____ that the other cows were totally ____, he had the herd killed and buried to make consumers feel rest assured(放心). The farmer’s insurance did not cover his ____ because the state had not issued a(n) ____ for him to get rid of the herd. Asked why he did it, the farmer replied "Because it was the right thing to do.

I asked D why he ____ the article on the wall. I thought that he might be related to or ____ knew the farmer. He said he had never met the man, but that the farmer was a(n) ____ to him and set a standard for integrity(正直), trust and honesty. He said that is how he ____ his auto Repair business.

I was now doubly ____ by both the farmer and D. The next year, ____ my recommendation, my son started a nine-month mechanics apprenticeship(学徒) at D's Auto repair.

1.A. closed　　 B. started　　 C. expanded　　 D. developed

2.A. content　　 B. cautious　　 C. surprised　　 D. shocked

3.A. Just then　　 B. Back then　　 C. In advance　　 D. Before long

4.A. filled out　　 B. handed out　　 C. held out　　 D. took out

5.A. stared　　 B. reflected　　 C. worried　　 D. waited

6.A. informed　　 B. involved　　 C. prepared　　 D. occupied

7.A. wrote　　 B. read　　 C. recorded　　 D. shown

8.A. plans　　 B. feelings　　 C. actions　　 D. bravery

9.A. immune to　　 B. addicted to　　 C. infected with　　 D. allergic to

10.A. tested　　 B. killed　　 C. buried　　 D. sold

11.A. suspect　　 B. guarantee　　 C. challenge　　 D. question

12.A. satisfying　　 B. beneficial　　 C. dangerous　　 D. safe

13.A. danger　　 B. risk　　 C. loss　　 D. threat

14.A. order　　 B. warning　　 C. ban　　 D. solution

15.A. stored　　 B. displayed　　 C. collected　　 D. appreciated

16.A. anywhere　　 B. anyhow　　 C. somewhere　　 D. somehow

17.A. inspiration　　 B. companion　　 C. comfort　　 D. memory

18.A. bought　　 B. predicted　　 C. operated　　 D. acquired

19.A. embarrassed　　 B. impressed　　 C. confused　　 D. amused

20.A. in　　 B. by　　 C. at　　 D. on

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I could have offered you some help last weekend, but I _______ with my work at that time.

A．would be occupied                      B．was occupying

C．had been occupied                      D．was occupied

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Suppose you want to buy some new clothes or a new TV. Or maybe you need some work done on your car. How can you find the best price without shopping all over town? Ads can help you. Ads can show you lots of prices. And you don’t have to go anywhere to see them. Just open a newspaper or magazine, and you’ll find plenty of ads.

The following is an ad about TV sets for sale. Please read it and answer the questions below.

1. How many different kinds of TV sets does the store advertise( 打广告) here ?

A. Four.                                B. Three.                           C. Two.                               D. Five.

2. Which of the following statements is true according to the advertisement?

A. You can buy any kind on July 14th.

B. The service time is 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day except Monday.

C. The larger the screen is, the higher the price will be.

D. The lowest price is a little more than 300.

3.Which is NOT mentioned in the advertisement?

A. The deadline (最后期限) of all the TV set sales.

B. The post code of the area where the store is.

C. The address of the store.

D. The name of the store.

4.What can ads do for us according to the passage?

A. They can help us cut down the prices before shopping.

B. They can show us plenty of prices after shopping all over town.

C. They can help us learn about the quality of the advertised things.

D. They can help us find the best price without shopping everywhere.

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When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more ____ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him so much in repairs that he decided that he had better ____ it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly ____ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so none of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was ____ when they met one evening, and said, “What's up, Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may ____ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's ____ was sensible(合理的), he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, uses very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____. But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry. A man rang up and said he would like to ____ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be ____ or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll ____ my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.”

The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, ____ to wait there for the people who had ____ his advertisement. Even Dave had to ____ that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸). Then, soon after he had got the car as clean as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this ____ to us yet, sir?”

1.A. hopefully    B. safely    C. easily    D. properly

2.A. keep    B. sell    C. repair    D. throw

3.A. ashamed    B. lucky    C. anxious    D. happy

4.A. upset    B. delighted    C. calm    D. astonished

5.A. learn    B. miss    C. find    D. get

6.A. advice    B. message    C. request    D. description

7.A. doubt    B. help    C. reply    D. trouble

8.A. tell    B. agree    C. see    D. call

9.A. exact    B. late    C. early    D. suitable

10.A. follow    B. bring    C. meet    D. introduce

11.A. recognize    B. test    C. admire    D. gain

12.A. happening    B. turning    C. meaning    D. failing

13.A. answered    B. inserted    C. cared    D. placed

14.A. admit    B. show    C. disagree    D. forget

15.A. bargain    B. sale    C. result    D. accident

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more____ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him __much in repairs that he decided that he had better __it.

　He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_ _ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so__ of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was __ when they met one evening, and said, “What's __, Dave?”

　Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may __more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's__was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, __ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”

　For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no __.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to__ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be__or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll __my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to __ it.”

　The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, __ to wait there for the people who had__ his advertisement. Even Dave had to __that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean__ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this __ to us yet, sir?”?

1.A. directly　　 B. safely　　 C. easily?　　 D. properly　

2.A. such　　　　 B. so　　　　 C. very　　　　 D. too?　　

3.A. keep　　　　 B. repair　　 C. sell　　　　 D. throw?

4.A. lucky　　　　 B. anxious　 C. ashamed　　 D. generous?　　

5.A. some　　　　 B. neither　 C. most　　　　 D. none

6.A. delighted　 B. upset　　 C. calm　　　　 D. astonished?

7.A. on　　　　　　 B. it　　　　 C. that?　　　　 D. up　　

8.A. learn　　　　 B. miss　　　 C. find　　　　 D. get　　

9.A. message　　 B. advice　　 C. request　　 D. description?　　

10.A.loses　　　　 B. uses　　　 C. has　　　　　 D. spends　

11.A. doubt　　　　 B. help　　　 C. answer　　　 D. trouble

12.A. see　　　　　 B. tell　　　 C. agree　　　　 D. call

13.A. exact　　　　 B. early　　 C. suitable　　 D. late　　

14.A. follow　　　 B. meet　　　 C. introduce　 D. bring

15.A. recognize　 B. gain　　　 C. admire　　　 D. test　　

16.A. happening　 B. turning　 C. meaning　　 D. failing　　

17.A. read　　　　 B. inserted C. answered　　 D. placed　　

18.A. forget　　　 B. admit　　 C. disagree　　 D. show

19.A. that　　　　 B. as　　　　 C. so　　　　　　 D. such

20.A. bargain　　　 B. sale　　　　 C. result　 D. accident

高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

- Do you think you could do without help?

- __________. This is not the first time for me.

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It's that time of year when people need to lock their cars．It's not because there are a lot of criminals running around stealing cars．Rather，it's because of good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest．Especially with this year's large crop，leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to fill it with zucchini（西葫芦）．

My sister，Sharon，recently had a good year for tomatoes．She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they had begun to feel their skin turn slightly red．That's when she decided it was time to share her blessings．She started calling everyone she knew．When that failed，she began asking everyone in the neighborhood，eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes．"Feel free to take whatever you want，"Sharon told her．Later that day，Sharon found that her garden had indeed been harvested．She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn't go to waste．

A few days later，Sharon answered the door．There was the neighbor，holding a hot loaf of bread．The neighbor smiled pleasantly，"I wanted to thank you for all of the tomatoes，and I have to admit that I took a few other things and hoped you wouldn't mind．"

Sharon couldn't think of anything else in her garden that had been worth harvesting and said so．"Oh，but you did，"the neighbor said．"You had some of the prettiest zucchini I've ever seen．"

Sharon was confused．They hadn't even planted any zucchini．But her neighbor insisted that there really were bright-green zucchini in her garden．Sharon felt curious and decided to go to see where the zucchini had grown．The two of them walked together into the backyard．When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables，Sharon smiled．"Well，actually，those are cucumbers（黄瓜）that we never harvested，because they got too big，soft and bitter for eating．"

The neighbor looked at Sharon，shock written all over her face．She gulped（哽住）a few times，and then，smiling，held out the bread，part of a batch she had shared all over the neighborhood．"I brought you a nice loaf of cucumber bread．I hope you like it．"

1.Why does the author warn people in the neighborhood to lock their cars？

A. They might be stolen by thieves at night．

B. They might be moved away by the police．

C. Their neighbors might fill them with their harvest．

D. Their neighbors might throw cucumbers into them．

2.How did Sharon's friends react to the invitation to take her tomatoes？

A. They did not accept her kind offer．

B. They were all delighted to have the tomatoes．

C. They said they would go when they were free．

D. They began to tell everyone they knew about it．

3.What did the neighbor do in Sharon's garden？

A. She only harvested some tomatoes．

B. She took some cucumbers mistakenly．

C. She took something with Sharon's help．

D. She harvested a few zucchini by accident．

4.We can infer that the neighbor's bread would taste _______ ．

A. soft and sweet　　 B. hard and sour

C. funny and bitter　　 D. fragrant and delicious．

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–I could not start my car this morning due to the cold weather.

--No wonder you were late. You ___ have used mine. I was not using all the morning.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

I visited the nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing I noticed was that most of the work is now done by robots. Welding (焊接), painting, testing, and many other jobs are performed by robots now.

The whole dashboard (仪表板) of the car is now put into the car from above, through the windshield, by a robot. It would have taken two men to do this in the past, and it would have hurt their backs quite a bit. It got me thinking: is it a good thing that robots are replacing factory workers? On one hand, robots generally do a more accurate job than people. They aren’t likely to make many mistakes, and if something goes wrong with one car, an alarm goes off. They do exactly the same thing, every time, without fail. A human worker is never able to do exactly the same thing every time. On the other hand, robots also reduce costs for companies. Companies don’t have to pay robots wages or injury compensation (补偿) if they’re broken. If something in a robot does go wrong, it won’t have to take time off work for a year, or even forever, as could happen to a real person if he breaks his back or burn himself while welding.

The obvious downside to all of this is that it increases the unemployment rate. The company will have to bring in some very talented individuals who know how to operate the robots. Unlike regular factory workers, these intelligence workers usually demand a higher pay.

1.We can learn from the first paragraph that _______.

A．all the workers are replaced by robots now   B．robots do much of the work instead of workers now C．there were no workers in the car factory        D．the author’s uncle made robots in the factory

2.According to the text robots _______.

A．can do work as accurately as workers        B．never break down   C．can do exactly the same thing repeatedly  D．ask for less money from companies

3.The underlined word "downside" in the last paragraph probably means "_______".

A．weakness         B．favor             C．assistance         D．strength

4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.

A．companies refuse to pay for intelligence workers                 B．robots have helped all of the workers C．robots can help solve the problem of unemployment           D．using robots in factories widely will have a long way to go

5.What is the author’s attitude towards using robots in factories?

A．He is doubtful about it.                   B．He thinks it necessary. C．He is strongly against it.   D． The text doesn’t mention it.

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I went to a nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing I noticed was that most of the work was done by robots. Welding (焊接), painting, testing and many other jobs are performed by robots. The whole dashboard (仪表板) is put into a car by a robot. It would have taken two men to do so in the past, and it would have hurt their backs quite a bit.

It got me thinking: Is it a good thing that robots are replacing factory workers? On the one hand, robots generally do a more accurate job than people. They are not likely to make many mistakes. If something goes wrong with one car, an alarm goes off. They do exactly the same thing every time, but a human worker is unable to do so. On the other hand, robots reduce costs for companies. Companies don’t have to pay robots wages or injury compensation (补偿) if they’re broken. If something in a robot does go wrong, it won’t have to take time off work for a year, or even forever, as could happen to a real person if he breaks his back or burns himself while welding.

The obvious downside is that robots increase unemployment rate, which in turn increases taxes. We don’t want to pay for those who are out of work just because a company has replaced them with robots.

1.We can learn from the first paragraph that _______.

A. all the workers have been replaced by robots　

B. robots do most of the work in the car factory

C. there are no workers with back strain now 　　

D. the author’s uncle designs robots in the factory

2.The second paragraph is mainly about ________.

A. the author’s experience in a car factory

B. the advantages of robots over human workers

C. the advantages of human workers over robots　

D. the management of factory workers

3.The underlined word “downside” in the last paragraph means _______.

A. weakness　 　 B. favor　　

C. assistance　　 D. Advantage

4.It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A.companies refuse to pay for workers.

B.robots have completely replaced workers.

C.robots can help solve the problem of unemployment.

D.people have to pay more taxes for unemployment.

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