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1、课后能力测评(一). 完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。字数：293完成时间：15分钟难度：The basic meaning of“pet”is an animal we keep for emotional (情感的) rather than economic reasons. A pet animal is _1_ as a companion, and we all need companions to keep as feeling happy._2_ pets offer more than mere(only) co
2、mpanionship: they invite us to love and be loved. Many _3_ feel their pets understand them, for animals are _4_ to sense anger and sorrow. Often a cat or dog can comfort us _5_ when human words dont help. We feel loved, too, by the way pets _6_ us for a home, for food and drink. Dogs _7_， look up to
3、 their owners, _8_ makes them feel important and needed.A pet can be something _9_ to each member of the family, another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to a(n) _10_ child, a grandchild to the elderly, but for all of us pets provide _11_ and companionship. It has _12_ been suggested that tin
4、y pets _13_ be sent as companions to astronauts on space ships, to help reduce the stress (紧张) and _14_ of space flights.In this Plastic Age, when most of us live in large cities, pets are particularly important for _15_. A pet in the family keeps people in _16_ with the more natural，animal world. S
5、eeing an animal give birth brings understanding of the naturalness of childbirth, and seeing a pet _17_ helps a child to cope with sorrow. Learning to _18_ a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who feels _19_ toward those dependent on them. Rightly we teach children to be good to their
6、pets. They should learn, too, that pets are _20_ for us human beings.1. A. known B. looked upon C. treated D. kept2. A. But B. However C. So D. Otherwise3. A. masters B. owners C. bosses D. hosts4. A. slow B. quick C. easy D. difficult5. A. in time B. on time C. at times D. at no time6. A. depend on
7、 B. live on C. wait on D. look on7. A. especially B. hardly C. hopefully D. entirely8. A. it B. who C. which D. what9. A. dangerous B. necessary C. the same D. different10. A. single B. only C. separate D. alone11. A. loss B. love C. trouble D. pleasure12. A. ever B. even C. never D. probably13. A.
8、would B. could C. should D. must14. A. loneliness B. distance C. darkness D. weight15. A. housewives B. childrenC. grownups D. relatives16. A. connection B. conversationC. touch D. love17. A. die B. suffer C. cry D. fight18. A. pay for B. ask for C. call for D. care for19. A. comfortable B. suitable
9、C. valuable D. responsible20. A. fit B. good C. expensive D. bad. 阅读理解阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。A字数：343完成时间：15分钟难度：Burning the midnight oil before an exam or interview has an opposite effect according to a research which found that sleep is necessary for memories to be “downloaded” into the
10、brain.“A good nights sleep within 30 hours of trying to remember a new task is a necessary condition of having good recall in the weeks ahead，” scientists have found.“We think that getting that first nights sleep starts the process of memory consolidation(加强)，” said Robert Stickgold, a sleep researc
11、her at Harvard Medical School who conducted the latest study.“It seems that memories are normally washed out of the brain unless some process nails them down. I feel uncertain that sleep is one of those things that do the nailing down，” Professor Stickgold said.Professor Stickgolds team trained the
12、24 people to tell the direction of three diagonal bars (斜线) shown for a sixtieth of a second on a computer screen full of horizontal stripes(水平线)Half the subjects were kept awake that night, while the others slept. Both groups were allowed to sleep for the second and third nights to make up for any
13、differences in tiredness between the volunteers.Those who slept the first night were much better at remembering the task while the second group showed no improvement in spite of enjoying two nights of catchup sleep.A further study by scientists at the Medical University at Lubeck in Germany showed t
14、hat memories are laid down in two stages during the night. The first is during the deep, socalled “slow wave” sleep, which usually takes place in the first half of the night. The second, and less important stage happens during the periods of dreaming or “rapid eye movement (REM)”. When people dont s
15、leep well in the first half of the night, their memory consolidation is almost the same as having no sleep at all.1. Which of the following statements is CORRECT according to the first paragraph?A. It is necessary to burn the midnight oil before an exam or interview.B. Sleep speeds up the loss of memory.C. Man should have a good sleep if he wants to keep a good memory.D. Staying up late will make you better prepared for an exam or interview.2. It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that_.A. some process helps memories to be washed
