话题(十一) 阅读时的抉择
第一节 用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成句子(每空仅限1个单词)
1.—Are you satisfied with the result of the exam?
—Not at all. I can't have a one.(bad)
2. after the explosion happened in the factory, a lot of firemen rushed to put out the fire.(short)
3.I think you should have your hair because it looks terrible.(cut)
4.The history teacher asked in a loud voice, “When was the steam engine ?” (invent)
5.That is the professor course I am taking this semester. (who)
6.Something has turned up, prepare yourself well. (expect)
7.It makes no to me whether Mr. Smith will come or not. (different)
8.Today is my day in the life, because I won the first prize in the competition.(happy)
9.The piece of paper with all the names has been shown to the teachers.(win)
10. teenagers can leave school at sixteen after taking their GCSE exams.(Britain)
11.Let's discuss how to celebrate our grandfather's birthday this Sunday. (ninety)
12. The car was not returned to the owner on time, and then was reported . (steal)
13. You should depend on yourself. It's you who make the final . (decide)
14. We see this English speech competition as a chance to prove . (we)
15. He to start his career in his own village after he graduated. (choose)
第二节 阅读短文,根据首字母、音标及语境的提示在空白处填入适当的单词(1个单词);或根据汉语意思的提示,在空白处填入适当的短语,使短文语意连贯,意思完整。
When I come 16.a a good article in newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the opposite side is as 17.m interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to 18. (保持好的健康), or advice about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 19.s damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 20.w
the title. Therefore, the scissors would stay before they start, or halfway done when I 21. (发现) the regretful result.
Sometimes two things are to be done 22. (同时), both worth your attention. You can only 23.
(占据) one of them; the other has to wait or be given 24. . But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left behind. Thus you are caught in a difficult position and feel sad. How come that nice changes and brilliant ideas should gather around all 25. once? It may happen that your life changes greatly on your preference of one choice to 26. other.
27. (事实上) that is what life is like: we are often faced with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we get into 28.a . The former may be more important 29. the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I still remember a philosopher's remark, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a 30. [?kæ???l] choice may not be a bad one.
16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21.
22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.
