速测(二十) 完形填空A+B+阅读理解C+D
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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。
It started four years ago. My wife often saw a 1 man near her workplace. It was the week before New Year's Day and she said she wanted to 2 him a new coat. His coat was torn and very old. We didn't have a lot of 3 ; really we were a step away from being homeless ourselves most months at that time, 4 we tried to help when we could.
We talked and found a 5 to get some money together to buy him a coat. I thought that since we were giving him a piece of 6 , we could find out what else he might need. We decided to fill a backpack with some 7 things: a toothbrush, soap, a hat, gloves, some food and a greeting card.
We didn't have money to exchange 8 for birthdays or festivals for many years. But I knew it felt wonderful to have someone 9 you at special days and I was always a little embarrassed when 10 asked, “What did you get for your birthday?” It 11 made my wife feel bad that she couldn't afford to give me anything and I felt the same. So I would 12 and say she bought me this thing or that. But that year we could tell the 13 that we helped others instead and that's exactly what happened.
People asked and we said what we did. They also wanted to give a 14 the following year and we made 10 backpacks, 15 the year after, and this year more. It's incredible.
I still can't afford to give my wife some gifts to open on festivals, but the 15 we feel makes up for it ten times!
( )1.A.sick B.homeless C.sleepy D.young
( )2.A.show B.make C.buy D.lend
( )3.A.money B.power C.time D.trouble
( )4.A.and B.or C.so D.but
( )5.A.way B.skill C.partner D.request
( )6.A.work B.result C.luck D.clothing
( )7.A.useful B.valuable C.powerful D.beautiful
( )8.A.rules B.gifts C.opinions D.thanks
( )9.A.depending on B.working for C.thinking of D.belonging to
( )10.A.friends B.families C.strangers D.children
( )11.A.finally B.gradually C.never D.always
( )12.A.promise B.lie C.discuss D.disagree
( )13.A.detail B.benefit C.fact D.decision
( )14.A.pack B.plan C.right D.hand
( )15.A.peace B.sadness C.attitude D.joy
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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There are many different methods for studying languages and learning new words. One man has come up
16. his own way to understand the meanings of words—through rhyming(押韵). He uses words that end with the same sound 17. a similar sound.
Chris Strolin, an old man from America, is working on an English language dictionary 18. made up of limericks. A limerick is a short 19. that has five lines that rhyme.
Strolin says the idea for his dictionary started out as a joke 20. he introduced it to some of his language-loving friends. His way was to use limericks.
In 2004, he 21. to start his own limerick dictionary online. He called it The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form. He started out with a limerick explanation of the word “a”. From there, he just kept going.
