Cloze text 1

　　Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What

　　happened at the United Nations?

　　How did the critics like the new play?__ 1__ an event takes

　　place, newspapers are on the streets __2__the details.Wherever

　　anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to __3__

　　the news.

　　Newspapers have one basic __4__, to get the news as

　　quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to

　　those who want to __5__ it.Radio, telegraph, television, and

　　__6___ inventions brought competition for newspapers.So did

　　the development of magazines and other means of

　　communication. __7__ , this competition merely spurred the

　　newspapers on.They quickly made use of the newer and faster

　　means of communication to improve the __8__ and thus the

　　efficiency of their own operations.Today more newspapers are

　　__9__ and read than ever before.Competition also led

　　newspapers to branch out to many other fields.

　　Besides keeping readers __10__ of the latest news, today'snewspapers __11__ and influence readers about politics and

　　other important and serious matters.Newspapers influence

　　readers' economic choices __12__ advertising.Most newspapers

　　depend on advertising for their very __13__ .Newspapers are

　　sold at a price that __14__ even a small fraction of the cost of

　　production.The main __15___ of income for most newspapers is

　　commercial advertising.The __16__ in selling advertising

　　depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers.This __17__ in

　　terms of circulation.

　　How many people read the newspaper? Circulation

　　depends __18__ on the work of the circulation department and

　　on the services or entertainment __19__ in a newspaper's

　　pages.But for the most part, circulation depends on a

　　newspaper's value to readers as a source of information __20__

　　the community, city, country, state,nation, and world—and even

　　outer space.

　　1.A.Just when

　　B.While

　　C.Soon after

　　D.Before

　　2.A.to give

　　B.giving

　　C.given

　　D.being given

　　3.A.gather

　　B.spread

　　C.carry

　　D.bring

　　4.A.reason

　　B.cause

　　C.problem

　　D.purpose

　　5.A.make

　　B.publish

　　C.know

　　D.write

　　6.A.another

　　B.other

　　C.one another

　　D.the other7.A.However

　　B.And

　　C.Therefore

　　D.So

　　8.A.value

　　B.ratio

　　C.rate

　　D.speed

　　9.A.spread

　　B.passed

　　C.printed

　　D.completed

　　10.A.inform

　　B.be informed

　　C.to be informed

　　D.informed

　　11.A.entertain

　　B.encourage

　　C.educate

　　D.edit

　　12.A.on

　　B.through

　　C.with

　　D.of

　　13.A.forms

　　B.existence

　　C.contents

　　D.purpose

　　14.A.tries to cover

　　B.manages to cover

　　C.fails to cover

　　D.succeeds in

　　15.A.source

　　B.origin

　　C.course

　　D.finance

　　16.A.way

　　B.means

　　C.chance

　　D.success

　　17.A.measures

　　B.measured

　　C.Is measured

　　D.was

　　measured

　　18.A.somewhat

　　B.little

　　C.much

　　D.something

　　19.A.offering

　　B.offered

　　C.which offered

　　D.to be

　　offered

　　20.A.by

　　B.with

　　C.at

　　D.about

　　答案解析

　　1.【答案】A

　　【解析】just 在此為副詞，意為"剛剛"，做狀語。此句意為"一個事件剛剛發生，街上就有報紙報道詳情了。說明報

　　紙對新聞的反應之快。

　　2.【答案】A

　　【解析】to give 和 giving 都合乎語法，但 giving 強調的是

　　正在發生的動作，而此處重點表達的是"反應快"，不是正在

　　做什么。

　　3.【答案】A

　　【解析】消息，信息要靠收集。

　　4.【答案】D

　　【解析】后面的不定式短語表示目的。

　　5.【答案】C

　　【解析】提供信息的目的'是為了讓他人知道，所以選 C。

　　6.【答案】B

　　【解析】other 意為"其他的"。此句意為：無線電，電報，電

　　視，及其它發明，成為報紙的競爭對手。

　　7. 【答案】A

　　【解析】根據句中的 merely 及其后所述內容，應選 however，

　　表轉折。

　　8.【答案】D

　　【解析】使用更新，更快的通訊工具，目的是提高速度。

　　9.【答案】C

　　【解析】報紙是印出來的，先印后看(讀)。10.【答案】D

　　【解析】keep sb. 過去分詞是一種復合結構，sb.與過去分詞

　　為被動關系，意為保持這種關系的繼續。此句的意思是：報

　　紙不斷地為讀者提供新聞信息。

　　11.【答案】C

　　【解析】關于 politics 之類的嚴肅話題,只能選 educate。

　　12.【答案】B

　　【解析】此句意為：報紙通過廣告影響讀者在經濟生活中的

　　選擇。

　　13.【答案】B

　　【解析】大多數報紙依靠廣告收入來維持生存，此現象人人

　　皆知

　　14.【答案】C

　　【解析】報紙的售價之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。

　　符合上下文關于廣告收入的說法。

　　15.【答案】A

　　【解析】收入來源應該用 source。因為 source 指河流，泉

　　水的發源地;常指抽象事物的根源或來源以及資料，信息的出

　　處或來源。origin 起源，起因。指事物后來發生,發展變化的

　　最初起點,或指人的出身和血統。

　　16.【答案】D

　　【解析】

　　succeed in 為固定短語。此句意為：廣告業務的成功，取決于報紙在客戶(要打廣告的人)心中的價值。

　　17.【答案】C

　　【解析】根據上下文，此處應該用一般現在時的被動語態，

　　此句意為：報紙在客戶心中的價值，是靠發行量衡量的。

　　18.【答案】C

　　【解析】該句意為：發行量的大小，很大程度上取決于發

　　行部門的工作及報紙所提供的服務功能和娛樂功能。

　　19.【答案】B

　　【解析】offered 作 services 和 entertainment 的定語。

　　20.【答案】DCloze text 2

　　Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that

　　goes into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals

　　that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is

　　always asked of me is __1__ I became an animal collector in the

　　first __2__ .The answer is that I have always been interested in

　　animals and zoos.According to my parents，the first word I was

　　able

　　to

　　say

　　with

　　any

　　__3__

　　was

　　not

　　the

　　conventional“mamma”or“daddy”, __4__ the word“zoo” ，

　　which I would __5__ over and over again with a shrill __6__

　　until someone, in groups to __7__ me up， would take me to the

　　zoo.When I __8__ a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a

　　great __9__ of pets， ranging from owls to seahorses， and I

　　spent all my spare time __10__ the countryside in search of

　　fresh specimens to __11__ to my collection of pets.__12__ on I

　　went for a year to the City Zoo， as a student __13__ ,to get

　　experience of the large animals， such as lions， bears， bison

　　and ostriches,__14__ were not easy to keep at home.When I

　　left,I __15__ had enough money of my own to be able to

　　__16__ my first trip and I have been going __17__ ever sincethen.Though a collector‘s job is not an easy one and is full of

　　__18__ ,it is certainly a job which will appeal __19__ all those

　　who love animals and __20__ .

　　1. A.how

　　B.where

　　C.when

　　D.whether

　　2.A.region

　　B.field

　　C.place

　　D.case

　　3.A.clarity

　　B.emotion

　　C.sentiment

　　D.affection

　　4.A.except

　　B.but

　　C.except for

　　D.but for

　　5.A.recite

　　B.recognize

　　C.read

　　D.repeat

　　6.A.volume

　　B.noise

　　C.voice

　　D.pitch

　　7.A.close

　　B.shut

　　C.stop

　　D.comfort

　　8.A.grew

　　B.was growing

　　C.grow

　　D.grown

　　9.A.many

　　B.amount

　　C.number

　　D.supply

　　10.A.living

　　B.cultivating

　　C.reclaiming D.exploring

　　11.A.increase B.include

　　C.add

　　D.enrich

　　12.A.later

　　B.further

　　C.then

　　D.subsequently

　　13.A.attendant B.keeper

　　C.member

　　D.aide

　　14.A.who

　　B.they

　　C.of which

　　D.which

　　15.A.luckily

　　B.gladly

　　C.nearly

　　D.successfully

　　16.A.pay

　　B.provide

　　C.allow

　　D.finance

　　17.A.normally B.regularly

　　C.usually

　　D.often

　　18.A.expectations

　　B.sorrows

　　.excitementD.disappointments

　　19.A.for

　　B.with

　　C.to

　　D.from

　　20.A.excursion

　　B.travel

　　C.journey

　　D.Trip

　　答案;

　　1-----5 ACABD

　　6------10 CBACD

　　11-----15 CADDD

　　16------20 DBDCB

　　Cloze text 3

　　About a month ago I was present at a serious occasion--the

　　reading of a will. I can remember one passage that particularly

　　struck me. It ran something (1) this."And I direct that $10, 000 be (2) to old William B, whom I

　　have wished to help for many years, (3) always put off doing so.

　　" It (4) the last words of a dying man. But the story does not(5)

　　there. When the lawyers came to (6) out the bequest (遺贈), they

　　discovered that old William B had (7), too, and so the (8) deed

　　was lost.

　　I felt rather (9) about that. It seemed to me a most

　　regrettable (10) that William should not have had his $10, 000

　　just ( 11 ) somebody kept putting (12) giving it to him. And

　　from ( 13 ) accounts, William could have done with the (14).

　　But I am sure (15) there are thousands of kindly little deeds

　　waiting to be (16) today, which are being put off"(17) later. "

　　George Herbert, in praise of good intentions, (18) that "One

　　of these days is better than (19) of these days. " But I say that

　　(20) is better than all.

　　1. A. about

　　B. for

　　C. like

　　D. of

　　2. A. consumed B. paid C. cost

　　D. devoted

　　3. A. and

　　B. or

　　C. still

　　D. but

　　4. A. was B. were C. is D. has been

　　5. A. remain B. end C. finish D. appear

　　6. A. find B. point C. put

　　D. carry

　　7 A. died

　　B. disappeared

　　C. escaped D. hidden8. A. invaluable B. identical C. good

　　D. historic

　　9. A. happy B. sorry C. Faithful D. exciting

　　10. A. matter B. dream C. Task D. thing

　　11. A. because B. for

　　C. as though D. till

　　12. A. off B. into

　　C. in

　　D. on

　　13. A. every B. some C. any

　　D. all

　　14. A. payment B. money C. Regrets D. expense

　　15. A. whether B. of C. that

　　D. often

　　16. A. protected B. done C. made D. rewarded

　　17. A. until

　　B. still

　　C. too D. toward

　　18. A. implies B. marked C. regrets D. says

　　19. A. some B. any C. all D. none

　　20. A. Morning B. Spring C. Today D. Time

　　參考答案：

　　1.【解析】C。本題考查 like 作介詞的用法。本句的意思是：

　　“大概一個月前，我出席了一個嚴肅的場合，聽律師宣讀遺囑。

　　我記得有我對一小節的內容印象行別深刻，事情應該是這樣

　　的?！?/p>

　　2.【解析】D。本題考查固定搭配。devote sth to 把…奉

　　獻給或送給…。3.【解析】D。本題考查句子的邏輯關系。根據句子的

　　意思“我多年來都希望幫助他，但一直沒有做到”，應該表示

　　轉折。put off 拖延，推遲。

　　4.【解析】C。本題考查一般現在時的單數形式。

　　5.【解析】B。本題考查詞語辨析。本句的意思是“故事

　　還沒有結束”。finish 多表示“完成某事”，而 end 有“結束”的

　　意思。

　　6.【解析】D。本題考查固定搭配。carry out 執行。

　　7.【解析】A。本題考查閱讀理解能力。根據題中的完

　　成時態，空中所填動詞應該是前面已經出現的`動作，而其余

　　三選項是在前面沒有出現的動作，前面只談到了死亡，因此

　　選 died.

　　8.【解析】C。本題考查對句意的理解。good deed 善行。

　　9.【解析】B。根據文章內容，作者在這里只能感到很遺

　　憾，不可能是激動或高興。

　　10.【解析】D。本題考查對句意的理解。對作者來說這

　　是件很遺憾的事情。

　　11.【解析】A。本題考查語句的邏輯關系。意思是“威廉

　　姆斯先生沒有得到這筆錢，只是因為…”，表示原因。

　　12.【解析】A。本題考查固定搭配。put off 拖延，推遲。

　　13.【解析】D。本題考查固定搭配。from all accounts 據大家所說，根據眾人的意見。

　　14.【解析】B。本題考查對文章的理解。意思是 William

　　本來應該得到這筆錢的。

　　15.【解析】C。本題考查 Be sure that 后面跟賓語從句的

　　用法，be sure that 確信…。

　　16.【解析】B。本題考查 something to be done 某事要完

　　成。

　　17.【解析】B。應該是推遲到了以后。

　　18.【解析】D。本題考查對句意的理解。應是 George

　　Herbert 說。

　　19.【解析】C。本題考查對句意的理解。作者是說“某一

　　天比任何一天都要好”。

　　20.【解析】C。本題考查對句意的理解。意思是“但是我

　　認為今天比任何一天都要好”。

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