速测(五)A 语法填空+词语填空
(建议用时:15分钟)
Ⅰ.语法填空
从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳答案填空。
1.—When shall we meet again next week?
— day is possible.It's no problem with me.
A.Either B.Both C.Any
2.A smile costs nothing, gives much, so always keep smiling!
A.so B.or C.but
3.—When we in Thailand, we could see Alipay(支付宝) everywhere.
—Wow, you must be proud of it!
A.shop B.shopped C.has shopped
4.My parents never stop going on about how I study hard.
A.might B.can C.should
5. sad news it is! Thirty firemen lost their lives in the big forest fire in Sichuan.
A.What a B.What C.How
6.This dictionary is that one.
A.even more useful than B.as useful than
C.as more useful as
7.— does it take me to drive from my home to yours?
—About ten minutes.
A.How many B.How far
C.How long
8.—Look! Somebody the kitchen.
—Well, it wasn't me.I didn't do it.
A.is cleaning B.has cleaned C.cleaned
9.When you're down, you should listen to something can make you excited and happy.
A.that B.who C.whom
10.Remember to spend some time your loved ones.Because they are not going to be around forever.
A.from B.with C.on
Ⅱ.词语填空
通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。
“Everything happens for the best.”Whenever I faced 11 , my mother would say so.
After I 12 from college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer (广播员).I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station.But 13 , I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn't want an inexperienced person and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations.Following her 14 , I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up.There were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it.I asked for the job, but I was 15 again.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mom 16 me.Dad offered me the car to look for a job.I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa.The program director, Peter MacArthur, said they had hired an announcer.As I left his office, my frustration (挫败感) boiled over.“How can I become a sports announcer 17 I can't get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.
While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone 18 my name.It was MacArthur.“What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?”Then he asked me to broadcast (广播) an imaginary game. 19 with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there. 20 my way home, I thought of my mother's words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen.”