Ⅰ.完形填空(2010江西省九江市六校联考)

“If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.” It was the quote that __1__  me deeply when I was 17, and since then, for the past 34 years, I have looked __2__ the mirror every morning and asked myself: “ If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “ __3__ ” for too many days in a __4__， I  know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be __5__ soon is the most important thing I've ever known to help me to make a __6__ in life because almost everything falls off in the face of death, __7__ only what is truly important.

About a year ago the doctor __8__ my illness as cancer, he even advised me to go home and get my affairs in __9__. I lived with that diagnosis all day.__10__， at last an __11__ test showed that it was a very rare cancer which was  __12__ with surgery. After the surgery I feel and look fine now.

Death is the destination we all __13__， no one has ever escaped it，though. And that is __14__ it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will __15__ become the old and be __16__ away.

Your time is __17__，so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be __18__ by dogma(教条), otherwise that means __19__ with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner __20__. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart.

1.A.impressed　　　　　　　B.worried

C.discouraged                        D.disappointed

【答案与解析】　A　题意：就是这句话给我留下了深刻的印象.

2.A.at　　　B.into　　　C.after　 　D.over

【答案与解析】　B　looked into the mirror“照镜子”。

3.A.Yes   B.No      C.Right  D.Wrong

【答案与解析】　B　根据下文的“need to change something”可以推理出，此处应是否定回答。前面问句为一般疑问句，所以回答一般用yes或者no。

4.A.hurry   B.moment   C.line   D.row

【答案与解析】　D　in a row“连续不断地”。这里表示连续多日对上文中的自问问题给以否定回答。

5.A.successful     B.right    C.missing    D.dead

【答案与解析】　D　根据上文“If today were the last day of my life”提醒自己时日不长“be dead soon”。

6.A.will   B.fortune  C.promise  D.choice

【答案与解析】　D　make a choice“作出选择”。

7.A.proving     B.leaving  C.gaining  D.abandoning

【答案与解析】　B　部分题意：因为几乎所有的一切在死亡面前都会消失殆尽，结果“留下(leaving)”的是真正重要的东西。

8.A.diagnosed     B.Confirmed

C.doubted       D.suspected

【答案与解析】　A　diagnose...as“诊断……为……(疾病)”。

9.A.charge     B.ruins      C.order  D.control

【答案与解析】　C　in order“妥当的;有序的”。题意：医生劝我回家，安排后事。这是医生让病人等死的婉言。

10.A.However     B.But

C.So           D.Therefore

【答案与解析】　A　前后句是转折关系，however是副词。but是连词，其后不能有逗号。

11.A.elementary       B.advanced

C.experienced  D.experimental

【答案与解析】　B　advanced“先进的”;elementary“初步的”;experienced“老练的;有经验的”; experimental“实验的”。

12.A.incurable   B.curable  C.fatal  D.changeable

【答案与解析】　B　从下句的“I feel and look fine now”。可知是“可治愈的(curable)”。

13.A.want    B.avoid      C.share  D.hate

【答案与解析】　C　死亡是我们每个人“共同的”share归宿，无人幸免。

14.A.whoever      B.who   C.as   D.so

【答案与解析】　C　as it is“本来;实际上”。题意：死亡本是我们每个人的归宿。

15.A.practically      B.actually

C.gradually    D.eventually

【答案与解析】　C　gradually“慢慢地”，强调变化的过程。

16.A.cleared      B.put   C.died   D.washed

【答案与解析】　A　题意为你们现在是新人，但是不久的将来，你们会慢慢变老，然后被“清理掉(cleared away)”。

17.A.limited      B.limiting    C.lacking      D.rare

【答案与解析】　A　题意：时间很“有限的limited”，所以不要把时间消耗在重复他人的生活上。

18.A.followed      B.cheated

C.excited     D.trapped

【答案与解析】　D　题意：不要被教条“套牢(trap)”，……

19.A.fighting      B.living    C.dealing  D.playing

【答案与解析】　B　题意：……因为那就意味着你“接受(living with)”别人的思想，生活受别人的思想左右。

20.A.voice   B.sound  C.love   D.direction

【答案与解析】　A　不要让他人喋喋不休的意见淹没掉你的内心的“声音”。

Ⅱ.单项填空

1.The front row is reserved ________the family of the bride.

A.of　　　　　B.in　　　　　C.to　　　　D.for

【答案与解析】　D　be reserved for“留作;专供……之用”。题意：前排座位是给新娘全家留的。

2.—My computer doesn't work. Can you repair it for me?

—________.

A.OK，I'll try   B.Of course not

C.You're welcome   D.Yes，you've found me

【答案与解析】　A　B、C两项答非所问;D项不符合表达习惯。

3.The professor sometimes makes remarks that are not ________to the topic.

A.associate                           B.relevant

C.dependent        D.connect

【答案与解析】　B　be relevant to“与……有关”。题意：教授有时发表一些与话题无关的言论。

4.He's been ________as judge in the State Supreme Court in California.

A.determined           B.appointed

C.admitted              D.assumed

【答案与解析】　B　题意：他被任命为加利福尼亚州最高法院的法官。determine“决定;确定”;appoint“约定;任命”;admit“承认”;assume“假定”。

5.We were swimming in the lake ________suddenly the storm started.

A.when B.while C.until      D.before

【答案与解析】　A　题意：我们正在湖中游泳，这时突然下起了暴雨。 when作并列连词，等同于at that time。

6.I found him easy to go with ________I saw him.

A.the first time   B.for the first time

C.every time when     D.by the time

【答案与解析】　A　the first time用作连词，引导时间状语从句;for the first time作时间状语;by the first time“到……时候”，与题意不符，every time可以引导时间状语从句，不需要用when。

7.—Why didn't you make a phone call to tell me about it yesterday?

—________，but I forgot all about it after a meal.

A.I did telephone you B.I should tell you

C.I might have told you D.I ought to have told you

【答案与解析】　D　考查“should / ought to+have+过去分词”的用法，表示“过去应该做而实际上没有做的事”。

8.—Have a nice weekend!

—________.

A.The same to you    B.The same as you

C.You do too    D.You have it too

【答案与解析】　A　有人祝你节日快乐或周末愉快，你应该说The same to you，因为对于双方来说节日或周末是共有的。

9.—We've got to do something about pollution. It's getting worse.