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 (骯臟的), 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 (預(yù)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 (獲得)．
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。 這是例行的周一集會(huì)，老師在對(duì)學(xué)生講話(huà)。講話(huà)的內(nèi)容是關(guān)于人生中重要的事情和如何把自己的一生致力于對(duì)自己重要的事情上。

2. C。從后面的“乘火車(chē)”和“乞討錢(qián)”可知老人每天去subway。

3. A。 從下面的句子中可以看出用beg。

4. B。 一股惡臭味從房子中散發(fā)出來(lái)，這讓房子聞起來(lái)很是可怕，horrible可怕地。

5. D。 鄰居難以忍受這種惡臭味。tolerate容忍，忍受。

6. A。 鄰居們請(qǐng)來(lái)警察來(lái)把這個(gè)地方清理干凈。clear vt.清理。

7. C。 knock down拆除，拆掉。警察把門(mén)拆除掉，打掃房子。

8. B。 房子里散放著很多袋錢(qián)，這些錢(qián)都是他在過(guò)去的幾年里收集到的。“收集”在這里是指beg。

9. D。見(jiàn)上題分析。

10. A。 該段話(huà)的最后一句中的millionaire告訴我們?cè)摽盏拇鸢笧閙illionaire。

11. B。 一個(gè)警察在房子外等那個(gè)老人回家然后和他分享這個(gè)好消息。share sth. with sb.。

12．A?？疾楣潭ň湫?。there is no need for sb. to do sth.某人沒(méi)有必要去做某事。

13. D。 這個(gè)老人什么也沒(méi)說(shuō)，said nothing沒(méi)說(shuō)任何話(huà)。

14. A。 非常明顯，這個(gè)老人沒(méi)有任何長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的計(jì)劃、夢(mèng)想和任何重要的事情。

15. C。 significant與句前的great保持一致。

16. D。 從這個(gè)故事中我們沒(méi)有學(xué)到任何東西，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。 這意味著你們要去做別人通常不贊同的事。normally通常地。

18. C。 句意為：“不要讓任何東西讓我們變得不高興，不要讓任何東西決定我們的命運(yùn)，而是讓我們自己來(lái)決定我們自己的命運(yùn)?！辟e語(yǔ)和主語(yǔ)一致時(shí)，賓語(yǔ)用反身代詞，所以用ourselves。

19. C。 matter關(guān)系重要。

20. B。句意為：“不論什么時(shí)候我做事情注意力不集中時(shí)，我都會(huì)受到這個(gè)故事的提醒?！眘b. get reminded of sth.某人被提醒某事。

Ⅳ.短文改錯(cuò)
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

去掉第二個(gè)to

tell→told

is→was

down后加on

open→opened?