速测(五) 完形填空A+B+阅读理解B+还原短文
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Ⅰ.完形填空
A)阅读下面短文,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Charlie Chaplin's parents separated a year after his birth in 1889. He lived with his mother and elder brother in a flat in London.
Mrs. Chaplin managed to 1 her children on her own with the money she made as a singer. 2 , their economic(经济的) situation changed when she became ill with laryngitis(喉炎) in 1894. Instead of resting her 3 until it got better, Mrs. Chaplin kept on singing. Her voice got weaker and weaker and she began to find it 4 to find well-paid work.
One evening Charlie happened to be in the theatre 5 his mother singing on stage. Suddenly, her voice 6 . She tried to finish the song, but the audience(观众) began to whistle and got angry. Mrs. Chaplin could not continue any longer and walked 7 the stage crying.
The stage manager knew he had to do something quickly to 8 the embarrassing situation. He remembered Charlie once sang at a party. He 9 took Charlie by the hand to the stage. After a brief introduction, he left Charlie to please the audience.
Charlie began to sing and dance in front of hundreds of people. The audience enjoyed the 10 very much and began to throw money. 11 Charlie saw this, he immediately stopped singing and he announced to the audience that first he would 12 the money and then he would finish the song. The audience found this announcement especially 13 and started to throw even more money onto the stage.
Charlie felt perfectly at home on stage. He did not feel 14 at all and danced and sang more songs to the audience. To his amazement, there was more 15 and more money throwing.
That night was Charlie's first public performance on the stage and his mother's last.
( )1.A.support B.leave C.ask D.face
( )2.A.Though B.So C.However D.Besides
( )3.A.sight B.voice C.smell D.hearing
( )4.A.easy B.difficult C.interesting D.boring
( )5.A.feeling B.keeping C.realizing D.watching
( )6.A.rested B.dropped C.broke D.raised
( )7.A.onto B.off C.towards D.around
( )8.A.create B.save C.continue D.explain
( )9.A.slowly B.patiently C.quickly D.coldly
( )10.A.thought B.description C.speech D.performance
( )11.A.If B.Till C.When D.Before
( )12.A.take out B.throw away C.put down D.pick up
( )13.A.funny B.lucky C.helpful D.painful
( )14.A.shy B.sad C.satisfied D.excited
( )15.A.trouble B.anger C.silence D.laughter
B)阅读下面短文,用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。
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Stonehenge, a rock circle, is not only one of Britain's most famous historical places but also one of its greatest mysteries. Every year it 16. more than 750,000 visitors. People like to go to this place especially in June as they want to see the sun rising on the 17. day of the year.
For many years, historians believed Stonehenge was a temple where ancient leaders 18. to communicate with the gods. However, historian Paul Stoker thinks this can't be true because Stonehenge was built so many 19. ago. “The leaders arrived in England much later,” he points out.
Another popular idea is that Stonehenge might be a kind of calendar. The largest stones were 20.
