一、完形填空

     Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college. Her 1 was to become a concert pianist or singer. Everything 2 when she was 20 years old. She became very sick. Shirley was in a coma (昏迷) for five weeks and she 3 died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get 4 ,but the medicine caused her to become totally deaf. She could no longer 5 the music which she had always loved. Shirley would never 6 playing the piano,but she did decide to change careers. She went to Gallaudet University and studied English. In 1966 Shirley 7 from Gallaudet and looked for a job. She wanted to be 8 and work full-time. For three years,Shirley worked 9 a bank clerk in Washington   D. C. Then,in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University. She also 10 English. Somehow she found time to attend graduate school at Howard University in Washington   D. C. In 1972,Shirley 11 her M. A. degree (碩士學(xué)位) .Always 12 for a new challenge,Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) in 1973. NTID is located in Rochester,New York. This college 13 deaf students professional training. When Shirley started teaching at NTI   D. she was the 14 black and deaf teacher there. This amazing woman became the first black deaf woman in the world to receive her Ph. D (博士學(xué)位) . She made history in 1992,when she received the 15 degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.

() 1. A. life   B. hobby   C. dream   D. study

() 2. A. changed   B. came   C. happened   D. did

() 3. A. totally   B. almost   C. finally   D. truly

() 4. A. good   B. well   C. fat   D. happy

() 5. A. write   B. sing   C. hear   D. perform

() 6. A. look on   B. keep up   C. go on   D. give up

() 7. A. graduated   B. left   C. studied   D. got

() 8. A. patient   B. independent   C. clever   D. strong

() 9. A. at   B. for   C. as   D. on

() 10. A. taught   B. learned   C. forgot   D. hated

() 11. A. remembered   B. received   C. found   D. lost

() 12. A. ready   B. afraid   C. worried   D. good

() 13. A. offers   B. trains   C. teaches   D. allows

() 14. A. many   B. one   C. very   D. only

() 15. A. largest   B. highest   C. longest   D. best

一、完形填空

閱讀提示:本文講述了 Shirley Allen因患病失去聽力,不得不放棄自己熱愛的音樂,但她不屈不撓,轉(zhuǎn)而學(xué)英語,并且取得了很大的成就。

1. C 根據(jù)“to become a concert pianist or singer”可判斷這是Shirley Allen長(zhǎng)大后的理想,故選dream。

2. A根據(jù)后文可知Shirley Allen得了傷寒,最終失去了聽力,意味著她的生活發(fā)生了很大變化,故選changed。

3. B Shirley Allen雖然昏迷了 5個(gè)禮拜,但從后文知道她并沒有死,她是差點(diǎn)死了,故選almost。

4. B醫(yī)生給她藥肯定是想幫助她好轉(zhuǎn),而get well就是“病情好轉(zhuǎn)”的意思。

5. C從前句話中的deaf可知Shirley Allen成了一個(gè)聾人,也就是說聽不到音樂了,故選hear。

6. D雖然打算轉(zhuǎn)換職業(yè),但Shirley Allen永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)放棄鋼琴,因此選 give up。

7. A句子后半部分的looked for a job可推測(cè)Shirley Allen畢業(yè)了,故選 graduated。

8. B從句子后半部分的work full-time可判斷Shirley Allen要全職工作是想獨(dú)立,故選independent。

9. C句中的clerk說明了 Shirley Allen的工作職位,因此要用介詞

as來搭配work。

10. A從前文我們已經(jīng)知道Shirley Allen英語專業(yè)畢業(yè)了,因此此處應(yīng)該是教英語,而不是學(xué)英語。

11. B獲得學(xué)位應(yīng)該用動(dòng)詞receive,故選   B.

12. A從后半句我們知道Shirley Allen又成為了大學(xué)的教授,這是新的挑戰(zhàn),這說明她總是隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備接受新的挑戰(zhàn),故選ready。

13. A在四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,只有offer能搭配后面的training,故選A.

14. D根據(jù)語境可斷定Shirley Allen是學(xué)院里唯一的黑人聾人女教師,故選only。

15. B四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有highest能用來修飾degree,故選   B.

題目來源:2016年啟東中學(xué)作業(yè)本英語閱讀理解與完形填空5 > 綜合測(cè)試(一)

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