完形填空阅读理解首字母填空专题

完形填空阅读理解首字母填空专题

一．完形填空（共11小题）

1．It is not rare to hear of a family who is keeping a young dog for a seeing﹣eye dog（导盲犬）．However，it is （1）to hear of a family who is keeping a monkey for the Helping Hands Organization．

The same as young dogs，young monkeys need to be socialized before they（2）be trained as human helpers．One difference is that monkeys live longer than dogs do．This means that a monkey's "childhood" is also （3）than a dog's．Monkeys may spend 4 to 6 years in a family（4）they are ready to begin training．

After a monkey begins training，it usually takes about a year for it to learn enough tasks to be a good （5）．When a monkey is learning a task，it is （6）with a treat．If the monkey makes a （7），it is not punished，it just does not get a treat for that task．One thing that monkeys need to learn is （8）to follow orders．For example，if

a person wants to have the lights turned on，he or she might give the order "sun"．The monkey

will know what its owner（9）by the order and it completes the task．Then it will get a reward．Some monkeys can （10）learn how to use a computer．

（1）A．common B．unusual C．important D．necessary

（2）A．can B．will C．need D．must

（3）A．sadder B．happier C．shorter D．longer

（4）A．while B．after C．before D．when

（5）A．teacher B．worker C．helper D．reporter

（6）A．rewarded B．connected C．helped D．compared

（7）A．difference B．mistake C．face D．wish

（8）A．what B．when C．where D．how

（9）A．hears B．sees C．does D．means

（10）A．even B．ever C．yet D．still

2．

You have probably heard the expression，"It's raining cats and dogs outside．" It means that it's raining very hard but not that （1）cats and dogs are falling from the sky．（2），one day in June，1882，it really did rain （3）over Dubuque，Iowa．The frogs began falling along with hailstones（冰雹）during a（4）storm．

Hail is （5）when drops of rainwater are caught by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air．There the raindrops become （6）．Many drops may freeze together to form （7）of ice；these ice balls，or hailstones，then （8）to earth．During the storm in Dubuque，the strong winds（9）small frogs from nearby ponds into the air along with raindrops．When some of these frogs became covered（10）ice，both hailstones and "frog﹣stones" fell onto the ground

（1）A．blind B．real C．dead

（2）A．And B．So C．However

（3）A．cats B．frogs C．dogs

（4）A．common B．terrible C．weekly

（5）A．formed B．failed C．fixed

（6）A．broken B．frozen C．golden

（7）A．types B．pieces C．balls

（8）A．fall B．lose C．keep

（9）A．lifted B．pushed C．pulled

（10）A．of B．about C．with

3．My sister and I decided to have a surprise party for our dad's birthday．We thought a（1）would be the best way to make him happy．We（2）some of his good friends to our home without telling him．

My dad's birthday was（3）Saturday．They didn't need to go to work and they went to visit my grandparents in the morning．Then we started to（4）the party．My sister cooked （5）than me ，so she cooked the food．And I bought something to decorated （装饰）the living room and put some beautiful flowers on the table．

From 5：30 p．m．，my dad's friends came one by one．We asked（6）to stay in the living room with the lights（灯）out．About half an hour（7），my parents came back．When my dad walked in，I turned the lights on．It（8）him a few minutes to know that the party was for his birthday．He was very（9）．

The（10）had a great time with us and both of my parents enjoyed themselves．My sister and I also had much fun．All of us felt happy．

（1）A．service B．party C．program D．holiday

（2）A．celebrated B．accepted C．invited D．discussed

（3）A．at B．during C．in D．on

（4）A．make up B．prepare for C．agree with D．hear from

（5）A．better B．worse C．least D．less

（6）A．them B．him C．her D．us

（7）A．ago B．later C．before D．after

（8）A．trusted B．paid C．took D．questioned

（9）A．famous B．successful C．angry D．surprised

（10）A．writer B．food C．students D．guests

4．Jack's father died when he was six．Later on he（1）his mother．An old woman felt （2）for the poor boy and often helped him out．Of course，he had no money to go to school．He had to work for a rich farmer．The man paid him（3）but food and clothes．But the boy didn't（4）．He found some old books near the school and taught himself to read and write．

There was a narrow（窄小的）path between two mountains．It's the only way between the village and the（5）．One morning people found there was a big stone on it．It stopped （6）from going to the town．They had to move it away or they had to（7）the mountain if they had something to do in the town．But the stone was too（8）for the strongest young men to move．They（9）for a long time，but nobody knew what to do．Jack looked at it carefully for a while and said，"I have a way to move it away．" But few