第二节 完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Nowadays some people tend to think that they own beauty if they have good looks, but what is true beauty? Maybe you will get the true_21_ of beauty after you know about Ugly Betty.

Betty Suarez is not a traditional American22_. She has a（n）23_dress sense, thick red glasses, untidy hair and large metal braces on her teeth. 24_ this hasn’t stopped her becoming one of Americans’ favorite 25_characters. So how did she manage to do it?

The answer is that charm can be more26_than beauty. Betty is the main character in a TV show called Ugly Betty. The show follows her life 27_as an assistant at a fashion magazine. She is 28_ being bullied (欺负) and laughed at by the people she works with. But Betty 29_to get ahead by working hard, being 30_and using her intelligence. The heart of the show is the slightly tired fairytale of 31_a girl goes from being an ugly duckling into being a beautiful swan.

32_ the show was predictable and the story was familiar, it has still been a massive success in the US. It has constantly 33_rating and won two Golden Globes awards, one of the highest honors for a television program in the US.

Many people feel able to 34_the character Betty. “I think you can see 35_Betty in all of us, and I mean men as well, 36_it’s about the underdog (弱者),” says Ashley Jensen, 37_plays one of the characters in the show.

Another reason why Betty is so 38_is the fashionably challenged girl always brings laughter to the audience. Just as an old saying goes,”Virtue is fairer than beauty”, so don’t 39_judge whether a person is beautiful or not without a thorough understanding of him,40_ you’ll be in for a surprise.

21. A. definition

B. reference

C. interview

D. comment



22. A. actress

B. singer

C. beauty

D. girl



23. A. fashionable

B. unfashionable

C. fancy

D. unique



24. A. But

B. So

C. And

D. Then



25. A. Movie

B. TV

C. Cartoon

D. Drama



26. A. abnormal

B. appealing

C. authentic

D. apparent



27. A. playing

B. acting

C. performing

D. working



28. A. never

B. seldom

C. constantly

D. hardly



29. A. tries

B. decides

C. wants

D. manages



30. A. beautiful

B. pretty

C. charming

D. funny



31. A. why

B. how

C. when

D. where



32. A. Because

B. Since

C. Despite

D. Although



33. A. large

B. small

C. high

D. low



34. A. relate to

B. lead to

C. get to

D. turn to



35. A. a lot of

B. a variety of

C. a bit of

D. a number of



36. A. so

B. because

C. but

D. if



37. A. which

B. that

C. who

D. whom



38. A. beautifu l

B. ugly

C. successful

D. popular



39. A. be eager to

B. be going to

C. be used to

D. be ready to



40. A. and

B. so

C. otherwise

D. as





第三部分阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、c和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Laughter is a great stress reducer. If you have never read Norman Cousin’s description of his experience of self-healing as described in Anatomy of an Illness, I encourage you to do so. When diagnosed(诊断) with an incurable illness, he brought a movie projector (放映机) into his hospital room and watched reel after reel of old classic comedy movies. He found he could relieve his otherwise significant pain on a consistent basis through laughter. That practice, along with some other treatments, resulted in his healing. He left his prestigious（受尊敬的） journalistic career and taught in a major medical school about the power of the mind and emotions in healing the body of disease.

Next to love, laughter has been described as the second-most powerful emotion we can express. It has been said that laughter is like internal jogging—it stimulates the respiratory system（呼吸系统）, oxygenates the body, relaxes tense muscles, and releases pleasure-producing chemicals in the brain. You cannot laugh and be mad, laugh and be tense, laugh and be stressed. Laughter is low-calorie, caffeine-free, and has no salt, preservatives, or additives. It’s 100 percent natural.

Laughter is truly God’s gift to humankind. Laughter is contagious—once it starts, little can be done to stop it. Laughter never felt bad, committed a crime, started a war or broke up a relationship. Laughter is shared by the giver and the receiver. Laughter costs nothing and it’s non-taxable. Laughter is a trend-setter. If we can find ways to laugh the first thing in the morning, it may in fact set the trend for the rest of the day.

Let me close by telling you the most important use of laughter I have ever discovered: The ability to laugh at ourselves. I stopped taking myself too seriously years ago and it was the best decision I ever made. Don’t get me wrong—I’m still serious about what I do. When you’re the first person to laugh at yourself, you leave little room for others to laugh at you.

41. Why did Norman Cousin bring a movie projector into his hospital room?

Because he wanted to watch a film.

Because the hospital asked him to do so.

Because he wanted to show it to the others in the hospital.

Because he wanted to reduce stress by watching the film.

Laughter can’t __________.

cure a serious disease.

make a person feel happy.

leave someone relaxed.

stimulate the respiratory system.

Which of the following is the advantage of laughter?

A.It’s taxable. B. It costs a little.

C.It may stop a war. D. It can relax tense muscles.

What does the word healing in the first paragraph mean?

A. 阻止 B. 治愈 C. 缓解 D. 传染

45. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. We should have the ability to laugh at ourselves.

B. I’m serious about what I do.

C. I stopped taking myself too seriously years ago.

D. There’s little room for others to laugh at ourselves if we always laugh at ourselves.

B

The surprising experiment I am about to describe proves that air is all around you and that it proves down upon you. Air pressure is a wonderful force. When you swim underwater, you can feel water push down your body. The air all around you does the same. However, your body is so used to it that you do not notice this. The pressure is caused by a layer of air called the atmosphere. This layer surrounds the Earth, extending to about five kilometers above the Earth’s surface.

The following experiment is an easy one that you can do at home. But make sure that you are supervised (监督), because you will need to use matches (火柴).

What you need

A hard-boiled egg without the shell

A bottle with a neck slightly smaller than the egg

A piece of paper

A match

Method

1） Check that the paper will sit firmly on the neck of the bottle.

2） Tear the paper into strips and put the strips into the bottle.

3） Light the paper by dropping a burning match into the bottle.

4） Quickly sit the egg on the neck of the bottle.

Result

Astonishingly, the egg will be sucked into the bottle. Your friends will be amazed when you show them the experiment. But be careful when you handle matches.

Why it happened

As the paper burns, it needs oxygen and uses up the oxygen （air） in the bottle. The egg acts as a seal in the neck of the bottle, so no more air can get inside. This reduces the air pressure inside the bottle. The air pressure must equalize, so more air from outside must enter the bottle. The outside air presses against the egg and then the egg is pushed into the bottle! That proves that air is all around and that it is pressing down on it.

46. The purpose of the first paragraph is ________.

A. to tell us something about the air pressure and pave the way for the description of the following experiment..

B. to tell us that when we swim underwater, we can feel water push down our body.

C. to tell us that our body is so used to air pressure that we do not notice it.

D. to tell us that the air pressure is caused by a layer of air called the atmosphere.

47. Why is there the need to take care when you are doing the experiment?

A. The bottle could break.

B. You need to light the paper with a match.

C. the egg needs to be shelled.

D. The egg has to be perfectly placed on the neck of the bottle.

48. In the experiment, the burning inside the bottle can___.

A. equalize the air pressure inside and outside

B. make a seal in the neck of the bottle

C. finish up the oxygen inside the bottle

D. produce more oxygen inside the bottle

49. How did the egg get into the bottle？

A. The oxygen inside the bottle sucked the egg in.

B. It became salt without the shell.

C. The neck of the bottle was wide enough.

D. The outside air pressure forced it into the bottle.

50. The experiment is carried out to prove ______.

A. water pushes on your body when you swim underwater.

B. the earth is surrounded by a layer of air called the atmosphere.

C. the pressure of air around us has a powerful force.

D. the air pressure is not equalized around us.

C

There are so many different plastic cards that adults have to carry around—library cards, savings cards for different banks, credit cards, just to name a few... So why not have one to replace them all?

Scott Barnhill, an 1l-year-old fifth-grade student in the US, has come up with an idea for a "Security One Card".

Sound smart? The US Patent(专利) Office thought so, and it approved a patent for his idea in April.

Here's an example of how Barnhill's idea would work.

Let's say you have the three cards mentioned above. Instead of carrying them all, you could have just one by having additional magnetic strips(磁条) added to it.

The magnetic strips can be added to any plastic card, even a blank one.

Companies could add their information to one of the strips. For example, you could ask a library to add a strip to your bankcard.

Barnhill has a lot of hobbies, including designing websites. He got the idea at the age of 9 when he saw his father using a keycard to enter their hotel room. He thought, "The hotels are wasting money with the key cards." So, instead of using a hotel-issued key card, guests could use their credit cards--if the hotel added a special magnetic strip. At check-out, the strip would simply be removed.

Now that he has his patent, his next step is