小卷速测(二十二) 语法填空+阅读B+D+任务阅读
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Ⅰ. 语法填空
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
If you visit the animal shelter(收容所) in Salinas, California, you'll see huge signs that have a picture of a dog and a cat on them. These signs are put in front of the shelter to catch 1. (people) attention. The signs make people 2. (interest) in the shelter and encourage them to visit it and maybe even take a cat or a dog into their homes.
Each year, the Salinas shelter accepts 3. (thousand) of dogs and cats. The animals either are lost ones 4.
are left by people who can't take care of them. Of all 5. animals, some of them are taken into new homes. Some others are moved to other shelters. And, unluckily, some cannot 6. (save) because they are too sick or are thought to be dangerous.
Animal shelters provide food, medicine, and safe places for animals. But they are not 7. (good) homes. The animals stay in small cages in shelters. The people 8. work at shelters do everything they can to care for the animals, but the animals do not always get the attention or exercise they need.
9. (prevent) animals from becoming homeless, pet owners should take good care of their pets. Many pet doctors also suggest people make sure their pets have special surgery(外科手术). It can prevent animals 10.
having more babies. And that reduces the number of homeless animals.
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
Passage 1
I'm working at a unique university where 46 speech and hearing damaged students graduate each year. I have been working with these students to help them get clear on their goals.
Today, an unbelievable thing happened. One girl came to my class at around 9:30 a.m. and sat down. I started with how we usually do. She can speak, but cannot hear or lip-read. So she started speaking Tamil(泰米尔语).When I managed to tell her that I couldn't speak Tamil, she spoke English.
I tried asking one question, and she went on for 10 minutes straight, and in Tamil. I understood a couple of words here and there, so I understood that she was not saying something related to what I asked. I was just looking straight in her eyes and smiling. I just kept on listening to her without saying a word.
Then, after a long pause, I told her to get back on track with another question. And then she shared for half an hour straight! The whole time I was just looking in her eyes. And I could see tears coming in her eyes but never rolling down. When she began, she was speaking so loudly and then suddenly she would slow down.
I had absolutely no idea what she spoke for this long time, but what I knew was that I was listening to whatever she was sharing and also started understanding a bit in between. A couple of times, I would break in with a simple question: Are you happy? And she would continue.
I was certainly happy, because I saw her smiling in the end. And then, I just got up and hugged her and she was smiling even wider.
1.What does the author do at present? ( )
A.Teach disabled students.
B.Learn a foreign language.
C.Communicate with a strange girl.
D.Offer a medical help to students.
2.How did the girl respond to the author's first question? ( )
A.She hated it.
B.She misunderstood it.
C.She answered it exactly.
D.She refused to answer it.
3.What did the author know from the girl's speaking? ( )
A.She talked about her thanks.
B.She was angry at something.
C.She told her sad experiences.
D.She said something with emotion.
