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1、高職升本科英語(yǔ)綜合輔導(dǎo)Cloze 完形填空旅游學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系Cloze1. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.My general principle in college and throughout my professional career has been to follow my interests. In college I was a psychology major. One of my advisors (1) _ (advised, hoped, s

2、aid, suggested) I change my major to English, (2) _ (practically, preferably, primarily, probably) because I wanted to become a high school teacher. She (3) _ (advised, asked, suggested, told) me Id have much difficulty finding a job teaching high school psychology, (4) _ (but, because, however, the

3、refore) that English teachers were in demand. Well, I listened politely, but I (5) _ (lingered, remained, persisted, stuck) in psychology because it was my passion. Sure enough, my first high school position (6) (consisted, contained, included, involved) of teaching English! After one year I was als

4、o teaching psychology - and (7) _ (eventually, ultimately, in the long run, sooner or later) I left high school teaching and moved on to community college.I have never had any (8) _ (disappointments, misgivings, regrets, sorrows) about focusing my energy in areas of keen interest. When I advise coll

5、ege students about (9) _ (continuing, following, pursuing, searching) graduate study and a career path, I typically encourage them to discover (10) _ (anything, something, what, whatever) excites them and make a decision based on this rather than focus on (11) _ (how, what, where, which) they will m

6、ake money or what is in fashion currently.(12) _ (Although, As, Because, If) I work very hard, I love what I do and (13) _ (derive, find, obtain, seek) meaning from my work. Ive found that pursuing the path of my passions has been both productive and practical. In fact, I frequently ask myself if I

7、am enjoying a given task. If I become aware that a project is (14) _ (lacking, leaking, licking, locking) in fun or meaning, I think seriously about (15) _ (considering, dropping, keeping, taking) it. Life is way too short to pursue meaningless activities. (Jerry Corey)2. Choose the best word or phr

8、ase in brackets for each blank.When I was chosen to play Hans Andersen in the movie and went to Denmark to learn as much about him as I could, I found out two people whose grandparents had been Andersens neighbors that The Ugly Duckling was really Hans story. (1) _ (This, What, Thus, Which) made me

9、feel a great kinship for him and (2) _ (contributed, gave, provided, supplied) his story special meaning.In many ways his life was (3) _ (as, just, like, such) a fairy tale. Out of the poverty of his boyhood, out of years of (4) _ (happiness, hardship, struggle, success), loneliness, and ridicule he

10、 came to be one of the (5) _ (accepted, envied, honored, welcomed) men of his time. He was a friend of all the great people of his (6) _ (day, period, year, century) and a welcome guest in the palaces of princes and kings. Yet the (7) _ (good, gold, soundness, purity) of his heart, his simplicity, h

11、is faith in God and man, (8) _ (even, ever, forever, never) changed. Throughout his life he saw the world with the clear and (9) _ (critical, innocent, intelligent, sharp) eyes of childhood. He understood children, and they loved to sit (10) _ (around, at, near, on) his feet while he wove a spell of

12、 enchantment and wonder.(11) _ (And, Also, So, Yet) he was a man, not a child. He had (12) _ (collected, known, seen, studied) and learned many things that became (13) _ (experience, heart, part, theme) of his stories. He himself said, “I tell the story for young ones, (14) _ (remember, remembering,

13、 to remember, to be remembering) all the time that father and mother are listening and we must give them (15) _ (anything, everything, nothing, something) to think about too.” (Danny Kaye)3. Choose the best word or phrase in brackets for each blank.Internet auctions(拍賣) are held electronically on In

14、ternet Web sites. An auction (1) _ (bidder, owner, guest, host) such an eBay (電子港灣，網(wǎng)上交易市場(chǎng)的創(chuàng)造者) provides the Web space and individuals “rent” a (2) _ (fragment, piece, quantity, slice) of that space to auction their merchandise.For example, suppose you want to buy a (3) _ (few, rare, superior, unfami

15、liar) Star Wars poster. You find it (4) _ (listing, listed, to list, to be listing) on eBay at a starting price of only $1. Wow! (5) _ (what, when, which, how) a bargain! Youve seen the same the same poster sell for (6) _ (less than, no less than, no more than, more than) $50. However, the starting

16、price is (7) _ (hardly, just, right, thus) the beginning of the auction. Once the poster is online, it (8) _ (be seen, is seen, is being seen, ought to be seen) by millions of eBay shoppers. Since youve been looking for the poster, you open the bidding (拍賣時(shí)的出價(jià)) by placing a bid for $1. (9) _ (Anothe

17、r, Any, Other, Every). Star Wars collector sees the poster, wants it, and bids $2. A third collector sees the poster and really wants it. He bids $10. Now you discover that youve been outbid, so you (10) _ (lift, uplift, raise, rise) your bid to $12. Soon you have bidding war (11) _ (breaking out, c

18、arrying through, going on, keeping up)! The bidding continues for the duration of the auction usually seven days. (12) _ (At, Before, By, In) the last hour the bids quickly go from $18 to $24 to $33 to $39. Just before time runs (13) _ (away, down, off, out) you make a final bid of $48! The auction

19、ends and youve won! You are the highest bidder. Now you and the seller (14) _ (have to, must, ought to, would) contact each other by e-mail, arrange payment and shipping term, and (15) _ (accomplish, conclude, end, finish) the transaction.Once the seller receives payment, she ships the merchandise t

20、o the buyer and the transaction is completed. eBay sends the seller a bill by e-mail for hosing the auction. There are no additional fees collected by eBay from the buyer.4. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.Whether you are a CEO, engineer, firefighter,

21、 teacher, or sales professional, the (1) _ (ability, capacity, chance, opportunity) to persuade individuals to believe you, (2) _ (otherwise, still, then, yet) act on what you are saying, is critical to your success and central to your economic well-being. No matter (3) _ (how, when, who, whoever) y

22、ou are, you have something to sell. Frequently, in the course of your career you will be (4) _ (called upon, put upon, seized on, urged on) to sell either yourself or your ideas. (5) _ (Either, Neither, Weather, Whether) you are selling yourself in an interview for a job, or selling a product, servi

23、ce, philosophy, or ideaeverybody sells (6) _ (anything, everything, nothing, something)!Perhaps engineers constitute (7) _ (less, more, the least, the most) sales and promotionoriented group I know. Engineers like to (8) _ (live on, rely on, resort to, stick to) facts, number, and technology to lead

24、 people (9) _ (backward, forward, sideward, toward) making the right decisions. Yet they still (10) _ (have to, ought to, must, should) sell. If you need to convince a board of directors, company president, or your supervisor why a project needs more funding, additional support, or even more time, y

25、ou have a (11) _ (sale, saleable, sales, selling) job ahead of you.The most common (12) _ (form, pattern, shape, way) of selling today may be simply finding a job. Even firefighters have to (13) _ (cut through, go through, enroll in, participate in) a series of in-depth interviews in which they are

26、probed on why they should be selected over hundreds of other candidates (14) _ (applied, applying, to apply, having applied) for the same position. These men and women have to explain why they would be assets to the department. (15) _ (What, Whatever, Which, Whichever) position you are applying for,

27、 you have to know how to sell yourself and your ideas. Just getting in the door for an interview frequently requires you to justify why people should bother talking to you.5. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.The lawyer is a person with a very special k

28、nowledge of the lawboth civil and criminal. (1) _ (According to, Because of, Regardless of, Thanks for) this knowledge the lawyer can help plan their (2) _ (affairs, family, trial, situation) in accordance with the law. In other (3) _ (expressions, phrases, terms, words) he or she helps people get o

29、ut of trouble as well as helping those who are (4) _ (already, ever, still, yet) in trouble. He/She helps to ensure freedom of (5) _ (belief, idea, opinion, thought) and action and to bring about peace (6) _ (about, among, between, of) person and person, and person and government. He/She prepares (7

30、) _ (agreements, documents, instruments, statements) and contracts by which one person makes sure that another person will carry (8) _ (forward, on, out, through) his promises. He/She prepares wills and documents (9) _ (changing, moving, shifting, transferring) property. He/She gives advice to peopl

31、e on domestic and family (10) _ (associations, connection, links, relationships) and on business problems.Most of a lawyers work, is carried on outside the courtroom, although the cases the (11) _ (people, population, prosecution, public) hears or reads about are those (12) _ (that, what, which, who

32、) come to court. In court, the lawyer (13) _ (describes, examines, introduces, presents) or defends claimed violations of right, or disputes (14) _ (arising, rising, rose, arises) out of differences as to what has happened or what is (15) _ (fair, legal, permissible, right) and just. In a civil acti

33、on the court hears claims between private persons about private matters, family matters, and negligence or accident cases. In criminal cases lawyers either prosecute or defend public wrongs against the community, state, or nation, such as murder, robbery, and other crimes or offenses.6. Choose the b

34、est word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.During the whole of a dark, cloudy day near the end of the year, I had been riding my horse along country roads with little life or beauty. When evening fell, I found myself (1) _ (at, on, with, within) view of the House of Usher.

35、I do not know (2) _ (how, what, when, why) but my first sight of it made my heart (3) _ (cheerful, heavy, light, sorrowful). I stopped my horse at the (4) _ (edge, ledge, ridge, sledge) of the black and quiet lake that (5) _ (lie, lying, laid, lay) beside the building. Looking down into the water I

36、saw a reflection of the (6) _ (brand new, new brand, dark old, old dark) house and the dying tress around it. There was (7) _ (nothing, something, the figure of a man, the shape of a fish) in that reflection that bought fear to my heart, (8) _ (even, if, though, while) I could not tell what it was.I

37、 looked up at the house itself, (9) _ (when, why, what, which) was made of stone. None of the walls (10) _ (were falling, were fallen, fell, had fallen) but many stones appeared to be loose. There seemed to be a break (11) _ (in front of, in the front, on front of, on the front of) the building, goi

38、ng down the wall from the top (12) _ (as, before, when, until) it became lost in the dark waters of the lake.I had come to visit a childhood friend, Roderick Usher. I had not seen him for many years, and I knew very little about him. But he had written me a little, (13) _ (asking, calling, demanding

39、, requiring) me to come. He was sick in body and in (14) _ (emotion, heart, mind, thought) and he wanted to see me, his best and old friend. I could not refuse. But now, something (15) _ (about, as to, concerning, in) the house frightened me. (Adapted from Edgar Allan Poes “The Fall of the House of

40、Usher”)7. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.Eye contact is important, because too little or too much eye contact may cause communication problems. It is important in relationships because it (1) _ (assist, promoted, serves, tends) to show intimacy, atte

41、ntion, and influence. (2) _ (As, As if, Like, Likewise）with facial expressions, there are no specific rules concerning eye behavior (3) _ (but, except, now, so) that it is considered rude to (4) _ (gaze, glance, look, stare) especially at strangers. It is, however, (5) _ (common, general, ordinary,

42、usual) for two strangers to walk toward each other, (6) _ (do, have, make, pass) eye contact, smile and perhaps (7) _ (even, nonetheless, still, yet) say “Hi!” The strangers may immediately look (8) _ (above, away, off, sideways) and forget that they even had any contact. This (9) _ (form, type, sha

43、pe, way) of expression does not mean much: it is (10) _ (absolutely, plainly, purely, simply) a way of acknowledging another persons (11) _ (appearance, attendance, existence, presence). In a conversation too little eye contact (12) _ (may, need, must, should) be looked at negatively because it (13)

44、 _ (conveys, holds, includes, transfers) lack of interest, inattention, or even mistrust. The relationship between mistrust and lack of eye contact is (14) _ (discovered, hidden, implied, seen) directly in the expression, “never trust a person who cant look you in (15) _ (an, his, ones, the) eye”.8.

45、 Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.Bernard James was a scientist. To be (1) _ (accurate, correct, exact, precise) he was an ornithologist: he studied birds. Several years ago he was (2) _ (arranging, commanding, leading, planning) an expedition through

46、the forests of Brazil. The expedition was (3) _ (searching, seeking, shooting, studying) for a rare type of silver-winged bird, which only lived in certain parts of the forests.His group were exhausted. They (4) _ (had been marching, had marched, marched, was marched) through very difficult country

47、for several days, without seeing the bird once. Bernard looked up at the sky through the branches (5) _ (about, beside, from, over) his head. The sun was sinking, and he decided that it was too late to (6) _ (approach, arrive, rash, reach) the next village before nightfall, the group soon decided to

48、 find a clearing in the forest (7) _ (then, there, where, wherein) they could make camp for the night. It took them longer than usual to fix the tents, because they were (8) _ (all, anyway, each, somewhat) feeling so tired. Bernard had had a strange (9) _ (awareness, idea, feeling, sense) all that d

49、ay: it was impossible to explain why, but (10) _ (after, since, though, when) they, marched through the forest he had felt that they were (11) _ (to be, been, being, had been) followed. After setting up camp that evening, however, he was so exhausted that he (12) _ (almost, already, still, yet) forg

50、ot about it. No sooner had he finished eating (13) _ (than, that, then, when) he fell asleep. In the middle of the night, a strange sound woke him up. It was (14) _ (as, as if, alike, like) leaves moving in the wind but here in the forest there was no wind. He sat (15) _ (around, back, down, up) and

51、 listened more carefully. It was not leaves - it was wings, thousands of birds wings moving in the night sky. Sliver wings, thousands of sliver wings!9. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.Mike took up the story. “ I got married when I was a young man of

52、22, but my wife was killed a year later in a car accident. I was completely (1) _ (broken, damaged, destroyed, shattered). I put all my energies (2) _ (for, into, on, with) my work and spent many years abroad with my firm. Then I came back to England to work at Head Office and (3) _ (know, realized,

53、 saw, understood) how empty my life had become. I didn't (4) _ (completely, exactly, just, quite) want work; I wanted a wife and children. I needed someone to make my house into a (5) _ (family, home, paradise, shelter). I wasn't interested in young girls, but (6) _ (how, what, when, whether

54、) could I find a mature, (7) _ (lovable, loving, lovely, lover) woman to share my life? I think my sister and brother-in-law (8) _ (could, must, ought to, should) have guessed how I was feeling. They (9) _ (arranged, introduced, recommended, suggested) me to a charming older couple one evening. Afte

55、r they'd. gone home I remarked how (10) _ (well-combined, well-married, well-paired, well-suited) they seemed and my sister told me why - they'd met (11) _ (at, by, from, through) a Marriage Bureau. You should give it a try,' she said. So I did.”Mike phoned a bureau the very next day and

56、 went for an interview the following week. He was given three names, including (12) _ (one, none, this, that) of a schoolteacher. He wrote to her first because he thought a school-teacher would (13) _ (definitely, hopefully, possibly, probably) like children. Within a month of their first meeting he

57、 (14) _ (advised, proposed, requested, suggested) and they got engaged. The wedding took place a year later. “Speaking as a businessman” said Mike, “this is the best deal I've ever (15) _ (conducted, made, produced, worked)!”10. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.Most researchers agree that the loneliest people are between the ages of 18 and 25, so a group o