速测(六) 完形填空+阅读理解(C+D)+选词填空+阅读理解填词
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Ⅰ.完形填空
Mrs Wettiner was old and blind. But she tried to do everything for herself. She even used to go for walks 1 from her home once a day for exercise and fresh air, and found her way by 2 things with her white stick. She learnt where everything was, so she never lost her way. But then one day some men came and 3 some trees on the side of the road which she followed. When she reached that place that evening, she didn’t feel the trees with her stick, so she was in 4 .
She stopped for a minute and shouted, but she didn’t hear any other people, so she went ahead for a kilometer or two, and then she heard water 5 her.
“Water?” she said aloud, and stopped. “Am I 6 ? I suppose so. I must be on a bridge, and there must be a river under me. I’ve been told that there’s a river in this part of the country. But I don’t know its exact position (位置). How am I going back to my home from here?”
Suddenly she heard a young man’s friendly 7 near her. It said, “Excuse me, can I help you?”
“How kind of you!” Mrs Wettiner answered 8 . “Yes, please. I’m lost. Some of the trees which I follow when I go for my evening walk were removed today, and if I am not lucky enough to meet you, I don’t know what to do. Can you please help me to get home?”
“Certainly,” the man answered. “Where do you live?”
Mrs Wettiner told him, and they began walking. The man took Mrs Wettiner to her home, and she 9 him in and gave him some coffee and a piece of cake. She told the man how 10 she was that she had met him.
“Don’t thank me,” the young man said. “I want to thank you. I was trying to make up my mind go jump into the river. But I’m not going to do it now.”
( )1.A.alone B.ahead C.alive D.aloud
( )2.A.reading B.touching C.making D.helping
( )3.A.cut back B.cut up C.cut in D.cut down
( )4.A.trouble B.happiness C.control D.action
( )5.A.above B.under C.over D.on
( )6.A.tired B.busy C.lost D.crazy
( )7.A.voice B.noise C.speech D.talk
( )8.A.happily B.patiently C.proudly D.angrily
( )9.A.ordered B.joined C.helped D.invited
( )10.A.careful B.thankful C.forgetful D.harmful
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Passage 1
Diana Ross, American pop singer and actress, achieved international popularity, first as the leader singer of the Supremes and later as a solo(独唱的) artist. Diana Ross was born on March 26, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan. She was the second of six children of Fred and Ernestine Ross, who lived in one of Detroit’s poor districts. Because her family were closely connected with each other, Ross almost didn’t notice the difficult life as she grew up.
Ross’ professional career began in 1959, when she joined several neighborhood friends to form the Primettes. The group was renamed the Supremes after signing a recording contract(合同) with Motown late the following year. The group produced many number-one hit singles(热门单曲) on the US Billboard Hot 100, including Baby Love, Stop! In the Name of Love and Someday We Will Be Together. In 1967, the group was renamed Diana Ross and the Supremes, foreshadowing(预示) Ross’ solo career,which she started in 1970.
Beginning with Ain’t No Mountain High Enough from her first solo album, Ross enjoyed more than ten years of great success with her hit singles. Ross also developed a film-acting career in the 1970s, beginning with a starring role as blues singer Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues and continuing with Mahogany, for which she also recorded the theme song Do You Know Where You’re Going To.
