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1、速测(八) 完形填空A+B+阅读理解C+D(限时:30分钟).完形填空A)阅读下面短文,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。Four years ago, Joel Kline gave up his job as a magazine editor to become a freelance copywriter for advertisements, but now he has money trouble. He says that he wishes hed never 1 to set up his own business.“I am now in such a bad sit
2、uation,” says Joel, “I hope I am 2 working as an editor. You see,I was 3 with my job, and I used to get really angry at my boss and the way he used to 4 me around all the time. I talked to a few friends and they said that they could give me 5, so I told my boss I was leaving. At first, everything wa
3、s 6: I had so much work that I had to take on an assistant(助理), my best friend at work, Don, just to be 7 to finish things on time. And soon we 8 large amounts of money. Don and I had a really great lifestyle, and when the work was finished, we used to take good 9 in places like Cancum and the Baham
4、s, just to get relaxed.At first, we were busy having fun, and charged(支付) everything to my credit cards instead, but then I began to 10 how much in debt(负债) I was. At last, I had to 11 Don off. I then had to sell all my office equipment(设备). Now I could do almost nothing even if people 12 me. Things
5、 got so bad that I even asked my old boss if I could do some work for the 13, but he said that Id been so 14 to him when I left that he would never employ(雇佣) me again. Ive had to 15 my business now and I dont know what Im going to do for money. It just goes to show, if you set up your own business,
6、 you shouldnt spend money you dont have.”()1.A.pretendedB.learned C.failed D.decided()2.A.speciallyB.still C.also D.certainly()3.A.pleasedB.strict C.boredD.patient()4.A.showB.orderC.serve D.lead()5.A.timeB.money C.food D.work()6.A.perfectB.wrong C.hard D.fun()7.A.afraidB.readyC.able D.about()8.A.los
7、tB.borrowed C.donated D.made()9.A.vacationsB.pictures C.courses D.chances()10.A.imagineB.remember C.wonderD.realize()11.A.layB.see C.takeD.put()12.A.paidB.helped C.forgotD.asked()13.A.advertisementB.magazineC.equipmentD.lifestyle()14.A.shyB.rude C.lazyD.straight()15.A.close downB.pick up C.turn down
8、D.set upB)阅读下面短文,用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。itsthanphotomonthtakechangehowonholdancient Xian celebrated the first-ever China Hanfu Day 16. April 18.There were catwalk shows and traditional music concerts which 17. by people wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Hanfu fans from all over China gathered there to t
9、ake 18. and put them online for a Hanfu photo competition, which lasted until May 18.China Hanfu Day is on the third day of the third 19. of the Chinese lunar calendar(农历), which is said to be the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. In 20. China, this day was also known as Shangsi Festival(上巳节). Its pur
10、pose is to encourage young Chinese 21. pride in traditional clothing, as well as Chinese culture.Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han people who lived in China before the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of about 3,000 years and it 22. greatly so far. However, some of 23. main characteristics(
11、特点) remain. For example, there are two parts that overlap(交叠) on the front, which is called “jiao ling”. Another main characteristic of Hanfu is that it usually uses ribbons(系带) instead of buttons.China is becoming a leading country in the world, and the Chinese public feels more confident(自信的) abou
12、t its traditional culture 24. ever before. Wearing traditional clothing might be an interesting way of showing 25. they feel about this.阅读理解Passage 1If a polar bear tells you to talk to the hand, dont be surprised. The animals seem to communicate with each other through scent trails(气味痕迹) left by th
13、eir paws. As they walk across the snowy Arctic, polar bears are usually alone. In the past, people noticed that polar bears sometimes smelled the footprints of other bears. Could there be chemical information hidden in their tracks?Researchers gathered scent samples from the feet of 203 wild polar b
14、ears. All of the samples were taken in spring, when polar bears produce young. To get each bears scent, researchers rubbed a cotton cloth between its toes. Then they went to zoos and tested 28 zoo polar bears to see how they responded to the foot scents of strange bears. In case(以防) the toe clothes
15、from the wild bears carried any disease, the researchers spread each scent sample onto a piece of cardboard and put it inside a little wooden box. The bears could smell and approach the boxes, but they couldnt touch the samples directly.In general, bears were more interested in foot scents from the opposite sex(性别). They were more likely to approach the scent boxes in spring than in fall.Judging by the zoo bears special interest in scents from the opposite sex, it seems that polar bears use foot smells to track down potential(潜在
