速测(十一) 完形填空+阅读理解C+D 
Ⅰ.完形填空
When I was 9 years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. The 1 thing that wasn't very fun about it was that he could catch many fish 2 I couldn't catch anything. I usually got pretty 3 and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to 4 like a fish.” I was much unhappier then because I'm not a fish. I didn't know 5 to think like a fish. Besides, how could my thoughts 6 a fish's behaviour?
As I got a little older I began to 7 what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I 8 joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and it is very sensitive(敏感的) to water 9 .
That's why fish prefer shallow(浅的) water to deep water because the shallow water is warmer. What's more, water is usually 10 in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don't have any eyelids and the sun hurts their eyes…The more I understood fish, the more I became good at 11 and catching them.
When I grew up and entered the 12 world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salesmen.” But it couldn't 13 the problems at all. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish, you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.”
14 later, with great efforts, I have provided long-term services for many kinds of customers. I gradually learned that what we all need is to think more like 15 instead. It's really not easy.
( )1.A. important B.best C.only D.worst
( )2.A. but B.until C.so D.unless
( )3.A. tired B.unhappy C.excited D.lonely
( )4.A. think B.act C.swim D.eat
( )5.A. when B.whether C.why D.how
( )6.A. offer B.develop C.influence D.manage
( )7.A. understand B.think C.discover D.prepare
( )8.A. almost B.hardly C.just D.even
( )9.A. quality B.temperature C.taste D.space
( )10.A. cooler B.warmer C.brighter D.darker
( )11.A. finding B.keeping C.getting D.protecting
( )12.A. computer B.teaching C.sports D.business
( )13.A. come true B.work out C.put off D.push away
( )14.A. Minutes B.Hours C.Years D.Days
( )15.A. customers B.bosses C.salesmen D.fish
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Passage 1
Silk production has a long and colorful history unknown to most people. Scientific discoveries have shown that silk production began in China around 2,500 B.C., although it could be much older. For hundreds of years, China kept the secret of silk to itself. It was the most zealously guarded secret in history. Anyone telling the secret of silkworms or trying to take silkworm eggs out of ancient China was sent to prison.
At one time silk was served only to the Chinese emperors. Step by step, others began wearing silk. In addition to being used for clothing, silk was used to make musical instruments, fishing lines, ropes and even paper. During the Han Dynasty, silk became a form of money.
However, the Chinese finally lost their monopoly (垄断) on silk production. It reached Korea in around 200 B.C. when some Chinese people arrived there. Silk production came to India in 300 A.D. In 500 A.D., silk production came to Europe when travelers smuggled(偷运) out silkworms in empty pipes of bamboo. These were used to set up silk factories in Rome, but Chinese silk was still considered to be the best.
Silk was brought to Rome from China by means of the Silk Road. There were actually two Silk Roads. One was overland and the other was on the sea, especially the land route had a huge effect in history. All sorts of trade goods were passed along this road. Ideas traveled along the Silk Road, too. For example, the religion of Buddhism(佛教) was carried to China from India by traders along the Silk Road. The Silk Road created the first international culture, showing many people the ideas and treasures of both Western and Chinese cultures.
1.How was China able to keep the secret of silk production? ( )
A. It refused to sell its silk to other countries.
B.Foreigners were not allowed to come to China.
C.The silkworms were not able to live outside China.
D.Chinese passing on the secret to foreigners were seriously punished.
2.Which of the following uses of silk is NOT mentioned in the passage? ( )
A. Clothing.
B.Pipes.
C.Paper.
D.Money.
