5. 2008·江西卷 完形填空

The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in their nets．About thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading? 36?? to the sea．

“Hey, look!” exclaimed Rahim．“Those two men are?? 37?? heavy rocks．I thought we no longer do muscle labour in this technological?? 38?? ”．

“You don’t??? 39??? a crane（起重機）to unload less than a dozen rocks, do you?” smiled Joshua.

“But those men don’t??? 40??? to have muscles at all.” said Michael, rather surprised. Joshua smiled.

“They are??? 41??? labourers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they? 42? ．See how the man positions the rock just at the slope of his?? 43? ．Some of the rock’s weight is set?? 44?? his head, some on the right hand and some on the left hand．His body isn’t bent．His legs are well? 45? .”

“You’re right, Josh．He may have a small build．? 46??? he certainly well knows his job．Dear me! And to think we have been studying?? 47?? ! ” Rahim thought about all that was happening．Suddenly, he said, “Technology won’t?? 48?? the human being completely, it appears．”

“I don’t think it will．”?? 49??? Joshua．“You can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but you?? 50?? use that equipment to harvest tea leaves and tomatoes, will you?”

“You can get a computer to??? 51??? multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce or assess essays, can you?” asked Michael．

“Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as?? 52??? as ever — that’s domestic technology for you! ” said Rahim．

“One day, perhaps, there won’t be anybody??? 53??? who can carry a large rock the way those men do．It’s not going to be a very?? 54??? world, I’m afraid.” sighed Michael．

“You’re too much of a pessimist (悲觀主義者），Mike.” said Joshua．“??? 55?? will always be other things that will make the world exciting．”

36．A．through ??? ??? ??? ?B．a(chǎn)cross???? ??? ??? ?C．down?? ??? ??? ??? ?D．up

37．A．loading? ??? ??? ?B．unloading? ??? ??? ?C．covering ??? ??? ?D．uncovering

38．A．way???? ??? ??? ?B．revolution? ??? ??? ?C．process ??? ??? ??? ?D．era

39．A．a(chǎn)sk???? ??? ??? ?B．expect????? ??? ??? ?C．a(chǎn)ttempt ??? ??? ??? ?D．hope

40．A．happen? ??? ??? ?B．fail???????? ??? ??? ?C．have??? ??? ??? ?D．seem

41．A．a(chǎn)mbitious ??? ??? ?B．experienced ??? ??? ?C．potential? ??? ??? ?D．energetic

42．A．take????? ??? ??? ?B．fetch??? ??? ??? ?C．carry??? ??? ??? ?D．bring

43．A．shoulder? ??? ??? ?B．back???? ??? ??? ?C．chest???? ??? ??? ?D．a(chǎn)rms

44．A．on?????? ??? ??? ?B．a(chǎn)gainst?? ??? ??? ?C．toward??? ??? ??? ?D．under

45．A．supported? ??? ??? ?B．grasped? ??? ??? ?C．placed?? ??? ??? ?D．strengthened

46．A．but?????? ??? ??? ?B．however? ??? ??? ?C．so????? ??? ??? ?D．therefore

47．A．chemistry? ??? ??? ?B．physics? ??? ??? ?C．biology? ??? ??? ?D．psychology

48．A．control?? ??? ??? ?B．a(chǎn)ffect????? ??? ??? ?C．remove ??? ??? ??? ?D．replace

49．A．a(chǎn)greed??? ??? ??? ?B．proposed? ??? ??? ?C．refused? ??? ??? ?D．denied

50．A．can’t???? ??? ??? ?B．mustn’t??? ??? ??? ?C．won’t?? ??? ??? ?D．needn’t

51．A．point out ??? ??? ?B．take out?? ??? ??? ?C．hand out? ??? ??? ?D．print out

52．A．dirty???? ??? ??? ?B．clean????? ??? ??? ?C．old????? ??? ??? ?D．new

53．A．caught?? ??? ??? ?B．a(chǎn)rranged?? ??? ??? ?C．left?????? ??? ??? ?D．convinced

54．A．exciting? ??? ??? ?B．mysterious? ??? ??? ?C．technological ??? ?D．modern

55．A．That???? ??? ??? ?B．This??????? ??? ??? ?C．They???? ??? ??? ?D．There

答案? 36．C? 37．B? 38．D? 39．B? 40．D? 41．B? 42．C? 43．A? 44．B? 45．C?

46．A? 47．B? 48．D? 49．A? 50．C?? 51．D?? 52．A? 53．C? 54．A? 55．D