Ⅲ .完形填空

It was a normal Monday morning at an assembly, and the old headmaster was addressing the students on important things in life and about __1__ ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went：

An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the __2__. He would get the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and __3__. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years.

His house was filthy (肮脏的), and a stench came out of the house and it smelled __4__ . The neighbors could not __5__ the smell anymore, so they summoned the police officers to __6__ the place. The officers __7__ down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of __8__ all over the house that he had __9__ over the years.

The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a __10__. They waited outside his house in anticipation (预料) to __11__ the good news with him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no __12__ for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.
He said __13__ at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the street and continued to beg.

__14__， this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything __15__ for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying __16__ the things we enjoy doing, commitment.
We should remain true to our course, which may mean devoting yourselves to things that people around you would __17__ disapprove. Let nothing distract us from being happy; let nothing else determine our fate, but __18__ .

What makes us happy is what __19__ in the end...not what we acquire (获得)．
This particular story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I don't concentrate on course, I get __20__ of this story.

1．A. attracting B. agreeing C. believing D. devoting

2．A. street B. factory C. subway D. airport

3．A. beg B. wait C. attempt D. evaluate

4．A. pleasant B. horrib C. endless D. serious

5．A. explain B. forget C. judge D. tolerate

6．A. clear B. remove C. control D. inspect

7．A. put B. took C. knocked D. cut

8．A. rubbish B. money C. waste D. food

9．A. managed B. stole C. arranged D. collected

10．A. millionaire B. gentleman C. boss D. gift

11．A. satisfy B. share C. believe D. report

12．A. need B. doubt C. chance D. result

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

14．A. Clearly B. Actually C. Surprisingly D. Suddenly

15．A. fortunate B. possible C. significant D. worth

16．A. acted out B. called on C. turned to D. focused on

17．A. normally B. crazily C. finally D. completely

18．A. others B. us C. ourselves D. some

19．A. considers B. achieves C. matters D. faces

20．A. permitted B. reminded C. warned D. informed

答案及解析：

1. D。 这是例行的周一集会，老师在对学生讲话。讲话的内容是关于人生中重要的事情和如何把自己的一生致力于对自己重要的事情上。

2. C。从后面的“乘火车”和“乞讨钱”可知老人每天去subway。

3. A。 从下面的句子中可以看出用beg。

4. B。 一股恶臭味从房子中散发出来，这让房子闻起来很是可怕，horrible可怕地。

5. D。 邻居难以忍受这种恶臭味。tolerate容忍，忍受。

6. A。 邻居们请来警察来把这个地方清理干净。clear vt.清理。

7. C。 knock down拆除，拆掉。警察把门拆除掉，打扫房子。

8. B。 房子里散放着很多袋钱，这些钱都是他在过去的几年里收集到的。“收集”在这里是指beg。

9. D。见上题分析。

10. A。 该段话的最后一句中的millionaire告诉我们该空的答案为millionaire。

11. B。 一个警察在房子外等那个老人回家然后和他分享这个好消息。share sth. with sb.。

12．A。考查固定句型。there is no need for sb. to do sth.某人没有必要去做某事。

13. D。 这个老人什么也没说，said nothing没说任何话。

14. A。 非常明显，这个老人没有任何长远的计划、梦想和任何重要的事情。

15. C。 significant与句前的great保持一致。

16. D。 从这个故事中我们没有学到任何东西，除了一直把注意力集中在想做的事情上去。be focused on 注意力集中于。

17. A。 这意味着你们要去做别人通常不赞同的事。normally通常地。

18. C。 句意为：“不要让任何东西让我们变得不高兴，不要让任何东西决定我们的命运，而是让我们自己来决定我们自己的命运。”宾语和主语一致时，宾语用反身代词，所以用ourselves。

19. C。 matter关系重要。

20. B。句意为：“不论什么时候我做事情注意力不集中时，我都会受到这个故事的提醒。”sb. get reminded of sth.某人被提醒某事。

Ⅳ.短文改错
Before leaving the class, the teacher, Miss White, said to her class, “Don't leave your

seats. Read your books on yourselves. You 1.______

would study hard and be good students. ” As soon 2.______

as the teacher went away, the classroom becoming 3.______

noisy. One boy drew a picture of the teacher 4.______

答案：on→by

would→should

becoming→became

√

on the blackboard. Another boy began to make face 5.______

just to make the other students to laugh. The boy 6.______

put his finger close to his mouth and tell the 7.______

class that Miss White is coming back. All the 8.______

students sat down their seats and the classroom 9.______

became quiet again. The door open and in came Miss White. 10.______

答案：face→faces

去掉第二个to

tell→told

is→was

down后加on

open→opened