完形填空

先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

（一）

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

But ___1___ a few of them are very ___2___. English is one of these. Many， many people use it， not only in England and the U. S. A， but in other parts of the world. About 200， 000， 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___3___ language. Many millions are ___4___ to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English？ Different people may have different ___5___. Have you ever ___6___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines？ “Learn English in six month， or your ___7___ back…” “Easy and funny？ Our records and tapes ___8___ you master your English in a month. ___9___ the first day your ___10___ will be excellent. Just send…” Of course， it never ___11___ quite like this. The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___12___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___13___. If we could learn English in the same way， it would not seem so difficult. ___14___ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language， talking in it， and ___15___ in it all the time， just imagine how much ___16___ that gets！

So it is ___17___ to say that learning English is easy， because a good command of English ___18___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___19___ much time. Good teachers， records， tapes， books， and dictionaries will ___20___. But they cannot do the students work for him.

（ ）1. A. not B. quite C. only D. very

（ ）2. A. difficult B. important C. necessary D. easy

（ ）3. A. native B. foreign C. useful D. mother

（ ）4. A. learning B. enjoying C. trying D. liking

（ ）5. A. questions B. problems C. ideas D. answers

（ ）6. A. found B. watched C. noticed D. known

（ ）7. A. knowledge B. time C. money D. English

（ ）8. A. make B. help C. let D. allow

（ ）9. A. From B. On C. Since D. After

（ ）10. A. spelling B. grammar C. English D. pronunciation

（ ）11. A. happened B. know C. seemed D. felt

（ ）12. A. know B. remember C. understand D. think

（ ）13. A. students B. children C. babies D. grown-ups

（ ）14. A. Imagine B. Mind C. Do D. Think of

（ ）15. A. using B. thinking C. trying D. practicing

（ ）16. A. time B. money C. language D. practice

（ ）17. A. hard B. easy C. funny D. silly

（ ）18. A. depends B. tries C. has D. takes

（ ）19. A. uses B. takes C. gets D. costs

（ ）20. A. do B. work C. help D. master

（二）

One evening， Mr. Green was driving his car along a lonely country road. He had ___1___ $10 000 from the bank in town. Suddenly a man in rags stopped him and asked for ___2___. Mr. Green told him to get on and continued his way. ___3___ he talked to the man， he ___4___ that he had just broken out of prison. Mr. Green was very afraid at the ___5___ of the money. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a ___6___ idea. He ___7___ speed and drove as quickly as possible. Then he found the police-car running ___8___ him. After a mile ___9___ the police-car passed him and ordered him to stop. A policeman came up. Mr. Green had hoped to tell him about the trouble but the man put a gun to Mr. Greens ___10___.

The policeman said he wanted Mr. Greens name and ___11___ and Mr. Green obeyed. The policeman wrote it down in his notebook and put it in his ___12___. “You ___13___ appear at the police station.” He said. Then he talked to Mr. Green about ___14___ driving. Mr. Green started up his car again. He had ___15___ all hope of his ￡10，000， but as he reached a more lonely part， the robber said he wanted to ___16___. Mr. Green stopped and the man said. “___17___. Youve been ___18___ to me. This is what I can do in ___19___.” And he handed Mr. Green the policemans ___20___， which was stolen while the policeman was talking to Mr. Green.

（ ）1. A. taken B. held C. brought D. drawn

（ ）2. A. money B. help C. a lift D. a ride

（ ）3. A. As B. Since C. Then D. Because

（ ）4. A. recognized B. learned C. supposed D. expected

（ ）5. A. sight B. idea C. touch D. thought

（ ）6. A. fast B. bright C. strange D. bad

（ ）7. A. put on B. got on C. took on D. had on

（ ）8. A. behind B. with C. after D. beside

（ ）9. A. and so B. or so C. and so on D. or so on

（ ）10. A. head B. shoulder C. back D. neck

（ ）11. A. number B. home C. place D. address

（ ）12. A. car B. pocket C. hand D. trousers

（ ）13. A. shall B. will C. would D. need

（ ）14. A. careful B. normal C. drunk D. dangerous

（ ）15. A. held out B. build up C. given up D. turn over

（ ）16. A. run away B. break away C. set out D. get out

（ ）17. A. Im sorry B. Youre welcome

C. Thats all right D. Thank you

（ ）18. A. kind B. polite C. known D. necessary

（ ）19. A. all B. fact C. return D. the end

（ ）20. A. gun B. pen C. money D. notebook

参考答案与解析

（一）

1. C。only 意为“仅仅、只有”。句意为：世界上约有五百种语言，但只有记种是重要的。

2. B。important 意为“重要的”，根据下文提到的像英语被广泛使用，说明了这几种语言是重要的。故不宜选其他形容词。

3. B。as a foreign language（外语）与前句中的as their own language相对应。

4. C。are trying to do so = are trying to learn English 意为“在尽力学习英语”。

5. D。answer 意为“答案”，指回答前面的答案。句意为：学习英语容易还是困难，不同的人有不同的答案。摘自高考英语网

6. C。notice 意为“注意到”，根据不同的动词意义，只有notice切合句意。指注意到这些广告。

7. C。这些广告的目的是为了收钱，故选money。or your money back意为：否则退钱。

8. B。help sb do sth 意为“帮助某人做某事”。而make / let sb do

sth意为“使/让某人做某事”。allow不合该句句型。

9. A。from first day 意为“从第一天起”。

10. D。由于是指学习英语语言，应该是先学习发音，故选pronunciation（发音）。

11. A。happen 意为“发生”，这里指上面广告中提到的“快速学好英语这样事情是决不会发生的”。

12. B。remember 意为“记得”。 摘自高考英语网

13. B。children与后面的a small child相对应，指小孩学说母语好。

14. D。think of 意为“想象、想一想”。

15. B。think 意为“思考”，此句意为：谈话用母语，思考用母语。

16. D。practice 意为“练习”。这里说明了孩子学说母语好是因为进行上述大量的练习的结果。

17. A。句意为：说学习英语容易就难说了。

18. A。demand“需要”，句意为：掌握好英语需要大量练习。

19. B。take 意为“花费（时间）”。此句意为：而练习需要付出极大的努力和花费大量的时间。

20. C。这里是说：好教师、录音磁带、书和词典将对学习英语有帮助。但这些都不能代替学生的学习。

（二）

1. D。take 意为“拿走，带去”，与句意不符；draw 意为“提取、领取”，可用于在银行取款。

2. C。a lift 意为“搭便车”，与题意吻合。

3. A。as 意为“当…时”。

4. B。learn 意为“获悉、认识到”。此句意为：当司机和那搭车人谈话时，意识到此人是从监狱逃跑的。

5. D。at the thought of 意为“一想到”。此句意为：一想到钱司机就非常害怕。

6. B。a bright idea 意为“一个巧主意”。

7. A。put on speech 意为“加速”，与后面drove as quickly as possible相一致。

8. C。run after 意为“跟随、跟踪”。

9. B。or so 意为“大约、左右”。表示警察大约跟踪了一英里左右。

10. C。从当时的情景分析可知：警察在询问司机时，逃犯为了避免被警察发现，只能用枪对准司机的背部（back）隐蔽处，不可能对准警察看得到的部位。

11. D。警察记录的是司机的姓名和住址（address）。

12. B。记录本应放在警察的衣袋里，逃犯才可能偷得到。

13. A。shall用于第二人称，有命令的语气。

14. D。dangerous 意为“危险的”，这里有两个意思：一是开快车危险；二是有逃犯在车上开车危险。

15. C。give up 意為“放弃”，显然司机只理解了警察的话的第一个意思，所以他对他的钱的安全失望了。

16. D。由下文可知：逃犯要下车（get out）。

17. D。由于上下文可知：逃犯认为司机很友好，没有告密，所以十分感谢他（Thank you）。

18. A。司机没有告密，在逃犯看来司机是很友好的（kind）。

19. C。既然司机救了逃犯，逃犯十分感激，所以想做件好事（把警察的记录本还给司机）作为回报（in return）。

20. D。由后面的定语从句可知：交给司机的东西是警察的记录本。