短文填空
(2018山东莱芜)六、综合填空(共10空,计10分)
阅读短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示,在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
An old lady went into the building of a bank one day, carrying a large bag of money. She asked to speak with the president of the bank.
“How can I help you?” the bank president asked. She replied, “I would like to open a savings account(存款账户),” and placed the bag of m71 on his desk. The president was surprised to see this, so he asked her, “Madam, how did you make this money?” The old lady r 72 . “I make bets(赌注).” Surprised, the president then asked, “What kind of bets?” The old woman said, “Well, for example, I’ll bet you 5,000,000 yuan that your tongue will become square by 10 o’clock tomorrow morning.” “What?” the president asked. He then smiled and said, “You’ve got yourself a bet!” and shookher hand h 73 . The old lady said, “Okay. May I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow a 74 a witness(见证者)?” “Sure!” the president confidently answered.
The next morning, at 10,the old lady showed u 75 with her lawyer at the president’s office.She asked the president to o 76 his mouth so they could all see. The old lady looked closely at histongue and then asked i 77 she could touch it.
“Well, 5,000,000 yuan is a lot of money. I guess it’s OK.” the president said. At this moment, he sawthat the lawyer was hitting his head a 78 the wall. The president asked, “What is the m79 with your lawyer?” The old lady answered, “I bet him 10,000,000 yuan that I would t 80 thetongue of the president of this bank at 10 a.m. today.”
主旨大意:本文是一篇记叙文,文章讲述了一个机智的老太太与银行家及自己的律师打赌的故事。
六、71. money考查名词。根据第一段中“…carrying a large bag of money”可知指的是那一袋子钱。
72. replied考查动词。结合后面的句子可知应该是“回答”。
73. happily考查副词。happily修饰前面出现的“shookher hand”作状语。
74. as考查介词。此处as意为“作为”。
75. up考查动词短语。show up意为“出现;露面”。
76. open考查动词。只有张开嘴才能看见舌头,故用open。
77. if考查连词。if意为“是否”,结合前面动词asked可知。
78. against考查介词。hit…against意为“向……撞去”。
79. matter考查固定搭配。What’s the matter with…?意为“……怎么啦?”。
80. touch考查动词。结合前一段最后一句中的“…she could touch it.”可知。
(2018·内蒙古呼和浩特)Ⅴ. 阅读理解填词:(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)71—80小题
As we know,museums are buildings where many valuable and important exhibits (展品) are kept so that people can go and see them.For example,art museums are places where people can learn about v___71___cultures.More and more popular “design museums” that are opening today,however,perform quite a different role.Unlike most art museums,the design museum shows exhibits that are easily found in our daily life,such as fridges and washing m__72___.
The advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits.Being different from the art museum visitors,design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled.This is partly b___73___ design museums clearly show how and why mass-products (批量产品) work and look a___74___ they do,and how design has improved our lives.Art museum exhibits,on the other hand,would most probably f___75___ visitors with a feeling that there is something out of their understanding.
Several new design museums have opened their doors in recent years.Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public’ s g___76___ interest in the field with new ideas.
London’ s Design Museum,for example,shows a collection of mass-produced exhibits f___77___ electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins.The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than t___78___ to art museums,and visitors may also s___79___ humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting an d___80___ attractive(有吸引力的)toys collected from our everyday life.
71. S________ 72. c________ 73. a________ 74. g________ 75. p________
76. t________ 77. t________ 78. s________ 79. l________ 80. a________