Ⅲ .完形填空

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. —Eleanor Roosevelt

My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with __1__ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __2__ great losses.

I felt sorry especially for the __3__, but I __4__ to be hopeless. I decided that where I was, I could do __5__ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who __6__ my knock, “I know that you are __7__ and give the birds that come to your yard a little __8__. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your __9__. I will take it to where it can be given to the __10__ children.”

No one seemed to __11__ giving me a handful of rice, even __12__ they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would go to the __13__ and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to __14__ to the children.

One day, I came to a house that had __15__ to give. I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The women called her daughters, and __16__ gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for __17__ and rice from the other “bird feeders”, and they did so. Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even __18__ only this small way. The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to them for food and clothing.

“Consider me your bird.” My __19__ idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was __20__ some peace.

1.A. sorry            B. hope               C. comfort             D. happiness

2. A. suffered         B. survived          C. covered             D. made

3. A. peasants        B. citizens           C. villagers             D. children

4. A. wanted           B. failed              C. refused              D. stopped

5. A. something      B. everything       C. anything             D. nothing

6. A. said               B. replied             C. answered            D. spoke

7. A. glad               B. kind                C. rich                     D. friendly

8. A. water             B. money            C. nest                    D. rice

9. A. temple           B. room               C. door                   D. garden

10. A. brave           B. hungry            C. promising            D. nervous

11. A. mind            B .escape            C. practice                D. enjoy

12. A. where          B. that                 C. so                       D. when

13. A. village          B. hometown        C. temple                 D. house

14. A. give             B. give up            C. give away             D. give out

15. A. much           B. little                 C. many                  D. few

16. A. every           B. each                C. neither                 D. none

17. A. help             B. clothing           C. food                    D. change

18. A. by               B. with                 C. on                       D. in

19. A. foolish          B. childish            C. clever                  D. useful

20. A. creating        B. mending          C. developing           D. managing

答案及解析:

1. B.尽管周围环境恶劣,但是我还是充满了希望。hope与第一句话中dream一致。

2. A.句意为:“生活在那里的靠土地谋生的家庭遭受了巨大的损失。”

3. D. 句意为:“我为那些贫穷的孩子们感到尤其难过,但是我拒绝表现得无助。”这表明作者想做出一些事情来帮助那些穷人。

4. C. 见上题分析。refuse to do sth.拒绝做某事。

5. A. 在肯定句中表示“一些事情”用something。

6. C. 我对每一个应我敲门的人说道。answer one's door/telephone应门/接电话。

7. B. 该句话的意思是“我知道你很仁慈,并且会给来到你院子里的小鸟一些米。”

8. D.见上题分析。

9. C. 句意为:“当我每周来到你门前的时候,请把我当成你的小鸟。”意思是让别人施舍给他一些吃的东西。

10. B. 对应前文,作者是把施舍来的东西送给那些饥饿的孩子。

11. A. 没有人介意作者的请求,言外之意是每一个人给予了作者一定的食物,即使这些家庭本身拥有的食物也不多。这体现人们的仁慈之心。

12. D. 见上题的分析,when引导时间状语从句。

13. C.后文的monks暗示答案为temple.

14. C.作者先把食物给和尚,然后由和尚分发给孩子。give away分发。

15. A.由后文gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice可知。

16. B. 每一个孩子都给了作者东西。every是形容词,不能做主语,each可以充当主语。

17. D. change“零钱”与前文的fifty cents一致。

18. D. in this way用这种方法。

19. B.作者孩童般的、稚气的想法不能够阻止战争,但是它至少能在一定程度上减少战争带来的灾难,并且创造出一种和平。

20. A. create创造。参考上题的分析。

Ⅳ.短文改错

Fang Tong is 34 years old, an actor, director and teacher of

Beijing Opera Theatre. Most of his students are from other part of 1.______

China and have come to Beijing at a very young age of sixteen 2.______

or seventeen. He hopes create an environment for his students 3.______

that it is much more relaxing than the one he used to 4.______

study in. He thought that an actor should relax himself when 5.______

performing. Yet his students deep respect him and he 6.______

never needs to raise his voice in order to be hearing. 7.______

For his opinion, actors should go on even when they 8.______

feel they have made a mistake in their performances 9.______

because the moment is already gone but people can never 10.______

be back to it. . . So art is always changing and developing.

1-5        part→ parts   ,         a→the   ,           hopes后加to   ,       去掉 it     ,    thought→thinks  

6-10       deep→deeply    ,     hearing→heard       ,      For→In   ,     √    ,     but→and