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1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上完形填空Passage 1（綜合練習(xí)1）There are advantages and disadvantages to（B. both ） Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage（C. to ）the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science（C. Than）American students. They also study more hours

2、 each day than Americans（A. Do） . The study is difficult, but it（C. Prepares）students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, （B. Yet）many students say that after an exam, they fo

3、rget much of the information that they have memorized.The advantage to the education in North America, （ B. On）the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values（C. New）ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduat

4、e from high school, they havent memorized（ C. As）many basic rules and facts as students in other countries（ A. Have）.      Passage 2A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) C. to   long life, irrespective of body shape (2) A. or  even smoking habits. Rese

5、archers discovered that people who exercise live longer than (3)C. those who do not , even if they are overweight and smoke.The study found that (4)C. the leastfit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the

6、 fittest. This was true (5)B. whether or notthe men had heart problems, smoked or were overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (6)A. to be fat  and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day

7、 and exercising regularly than (7)A. being a non smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But dont misunderstand me. I am not endorsing (8)C. smoking, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.”The British Government is putting pressure (9)（B. On）manufacturers to reduce high level

8、s of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nations health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people(10)C. to exercise .                 

9、0;   Passage 3More and more people (1)C. have to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (2)B. have been asking  people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (3) A.

10、due   to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (4) B. who  are struggling to make (5) C. ( 不填)   ends meet. The alarms, (6) A. which  can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (7) C. estimated tha

11、t 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (8) B. to have them installed but have not installed them (9)C. yet   . The insurance companies told people (10) A. to install the alarms on all doors and windows.       &

12、#160;  Passage 4Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (1)B. used to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (2)B. was  working in a pub when he (3) C. decided to start his own business. Peter had always (4) C. been interested in plants and flowers, (5) A.  so  

13、60;he decided to set up a company (6) _ B. which_ cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his (7) _C. own _, but soon he took (8) _B.on  _ two people to help him. The company has been growing (9) _  A.-   _ for the last ten years. Peter is now ve

14、ry rich, (10) _ C. but   _ he complains that now he doesnt work with plants but with a computer every day!  Passage 5（綜合練習(xí)2）More and more people (31) _B. have_ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (32) _D. have been ask

15、ing_ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (33) A. due  to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (34) _C. who_ are struggling to make (35) _ C. 不填)_ ends meet. The alarms, (36)

16、 _B. which_ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (37) _D. estimated_ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (38) _A. to have them installed  _ but have not installed them (39) _ C. yet _. The insurance companies tol

17、d people (40) _ D. to install_ the alarms on all doors and windows.Passage 6Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road. About 700,000 new cars (31)    A. have been sold   in India in the last twelve months, and about twice that many used

18、cars have been traded.The country's 35 million motorcycles and scooters make it the world's largest two-wheel market.  But because there are still big differences (32)_  D. in_ people's incomes, the roads are full of a whole variety of (33)  B. vehicles  

19、60;  , lots of them not motorised. A ride (34)C. with  a taxi driver in New Delhi gives a flavour of a typical Indian-style traffic with all kinds of vehicle held up in city streets or in long lines (35)_B. on         narrow country lanes. Cars, lorr

20、ies and buses back up behind a cart (36) A. pulled  by one animal or another. "India has everything on the roads," the taxi driver says. "You have to (37)  C. watch out   for pedestrians, bicycles, carts, cows, donkeys and even elephants. Three things (38) D.

21、are recommended   to drive here, a horn, brakes and good luck." Just then we were stopped (39)  B. by       a young boy and his cow.Given the hazards, it's not surprising (40)  40.   D special ceremonies are held for new car owners

22、 in which the steering wheel and the driver are both blessed. Passage 7Most workers spend eight hours on the job a day on B. workdays . They work because they need money for necessities. They spend about one third of their lives at work, but hate it. By contrast, some people actually   B.

23、Enjoy work. They spend  A. extra  hours on the job each week and often take work home with them. They are called “workaholics(工作狂)” as they are addicted to their job as other people are  C. To alcohol.Workaholics would D. rather work than do anything else and this can be most imp

24、ortant to their life. Workaholics are often B. under  stress. They cant relax and feel tense. B. As a result  they may easily lose temper. Their work therefore has serious impact on their relationships and family life. Typical workaholics pay little attention to families. They spend C

25、. little time with their children and their marriages may B. end in divorce. Their inability to relax may cause A. health  problems, such as high blood pressure.Passage 8There are advantages and disadvantages to C. both   Asian and Western educational met

26、hods. For example, one advantage B. to the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science C. Than American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans D. Do . The study is difficult, but it  C. prepares  students for a society that values d

27、iscipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools,   B. yet     many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.The advantage to the education in

28、North America,   C. on  the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values    C. new   ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they havent memorized

29、  D. As many basic rules and facts as students in other countries A. have    . Passage 9Jules Vernes most famous book is “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea”. (A “l(fā)eague” is an old word    A. meaning  about three miles.) In those days submarines (潛水艇)

30、had not been  D. invented , but he describes an underwater ship very like a modern submarine. The captain of the submarine, called Captain Nemo, and his men have many strange adventures and find many strange things    C. at  the bottom of the ocean. He was a very good  

31、. A. story-teller . His characters often did surprising and sometimes impossible things, but they always seemed B. to be real people. In another book, “Around the World in Eighty Days”, Jules Verne creates Mr. Fogg, the hero, D. Who made a bet that he would travel around the world in eighty day

32、s. Nowadays this may seem  A. easy     to you, but in those days there were no planes or even cars. Mr. Fogg and his servant traveled in many different C. ways , even on an elephant at one time! If you want to know their result, you should read the book. In all his book

33、s Jules Verne used his scientific knowledge C. as well as     his imagination in describing future inventions.  D. Sometimes  he was wrong, of course, but often the accuracy of his descriptions is very clever.Passage 10Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but h

34、e (16) C. Used   to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (17) _B. was_ working in a pub when he (18) _B. decided  _ to start his own business. Peter had always (19) _  D. been_ interested in plants and flowers, (20) _A.  So  _he decided to set up a co

35、mpany (21) _B. which  _ cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his (22) _A. own    _, but soon he took (23) C. on  two people to help him. The company has been growing (24) A.- 不甜       for the last ten years. Peter is n

36、ow very rich, (25)     C. but  he complains that now he doesnt work with plants but with a computer every day!Passage 11（作業(yè)1） Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he_ C. used to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and_ B. was working in a pub when he _B. decide

37、d to start his own business. Peter had always_C. Been interested in plants and flowers, _ A. so he decided to set up a company _ B. Which cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his _A. own , but soon he took_C. on two people to help him. The company has been growing _A. - for the

38、 last ten years. Peter is now very rich,_C. but he complains that now he doesn' t work with plants but with a computer every day!Passage12(作業(yè)2）A study has shown that fitness is the key C. to long life, irrepective of body shape _A. or even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who e

39、xercise live longer than D. those who do not_, even if they are overweight and smoke.The study found that D. the least fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true B. whether or riot _.

40、the men had heart problems, smoked or were overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better B. to be fat and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, " You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than A. being a non -smoker

41、 and sedentary." Although he adds, "But don't misunderstand me. I am not endorsing C. smoking , I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary." The British Government is putting pressure _A. on _ manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict th

42、e hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nation's health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people_ C. to exercise _.Passage 13(作業(yè)3）Although intermational travel is usually an B. exciting_ and pleasant experience, travellers should take steps to

43、ensure that their health does mot suffer either D. from . in . From their time int the air or from their time abroad. Before you go, check with your doctor or local travel clinic _C. which_injections are necessary for the areas you are travelling C. to_ . Allow sufficient time to have these injectio

44、ns before you C. Leave because they may take time to become effective. Be sure that the information on health is up-to-date. Check on the Internet if you are mot sure.Don't go to bed late the day D. Before you fly.Your body has a natural daily sleep pattern. It takes time to adjust to a new time

45、 zone. There are many different A. effects _ of jet lag: you may not be able to sleep, you may mot want to eat or you may feel sick and tired. You may not be able to concentrate for some days afteryou arrive.There are several things you can do to D. Lessen the effects of jet lag:- Do your C. best to

46、 relax during the flight;- Sleep as much as you can on the flight. Use a mild sleeping pill if necessary;- Drink as much water as you can;- Don't drink alcohol and caffeine;- Take mild sleeping pills B. for the first few days in the new time zone if you need them.Passage 13(期末復(fù)習(xí)指導(dǎo)）Traffic in Ind

47、ia means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road. About 700,000 new cars _ A. have been sold_in India in the last twelve months, and about twice that many used cars have been traded. The country's 35 million motorcycles and scooters make it the world's largest two-wheel market. But be

48、cause there are still big differences_ C. in people's incomes, the roads are full of a whole variety of B.vehicles , lots of them not motorised. A ride_C. with_a taxi driver in New Delhi gives a flavour of a typical Indian-style traffic with all kinds of vehicle held up in city streets or in lon

49、g lines_B. on_narrow country lanes. Cars, lorries and buses back up behind a cart A. pulled by one animal or another. "India has everything on the roads," the taxi driver says. "You have to _C. watch out_for pedestrians, bicycles, carts, cows, donkeys and even elephants. Three things

50、A. are recommended to drive here, a horn, brakes and good luck." Just then we were stopped_B. By a young boy and his cow. Given the hazards, it's not surprising C. that_special ceremonies are held for new car owners in which the steering wheel and the driver are both blessed. Passage 14 The

51、 ancient Olympic Games B. were_ part of a religious festival in honor C. of the Greek god Zeus, the father of all Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and games C. were held in Olympia, a religious Sanctuary. In the ancient games, athletes received prizes worth large amounts of money. In fact the

52、word "athlete" is an ancient Greek word, A. meaning "one who competes B. for a prize". The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic Games. The marathon is a modern event that was first A. introduced in the Olympic Games in 1896. It was B. named after a village called Mara

53、thon C. where the Persians A. were defeated by a small Greek army. The news of the victory was brought to Athens by a soldier, who ran the 26 miles from the village of Marathon to the capital. 26 miles wasC. therefore adopted as the distance of the modern marathon race.Passage 15(教材12單元）A survey was carried out1ast year _(16)_ the British Medical Association, an orga