本学期我要求背诵的15选10和完形填空

本学期我要求背诵的15选10和完形填空（没背完者扣10分（因为10篇我最后统

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15选10（五）---奇迹篇

Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly -47- to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was -48- to a little college French.

I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, -49- unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up-50- and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable-51-I sat down to write a letter b egging off. Halfway through, a thought ran through my mind: you can’t learn if you don’t try. So I accepted the assignment.

There were some bad-52-. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places. Without guides or even-53- bookings. Confident that somehow I will manage.

The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition –54- . But each time you try something, you learn. And as the learning plies up, the world opens to you.

I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine river in a –55-. And I know I’ll go to doing such things. It’s not because I’m braver or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can-56-wonders.

A. accomplish I. manufacture

B. advanced J. moments

C. balloon K. news

D. claim L. reduced

E. constantly M. regret

F. declare N. scary

G. interviews O. totally

H. limited

Key: 47-51 D H O G M

52-56 J B N C A

完型填空(五) –飞行篇

As a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded “Is there a doctor on board?” announcement. I’ve been __1__ only once—for a woman who had merely fainted. But the __2__ made me quite curious about how __3__ this kind of thing happens. I wondered what I would do if __4__ with a real midair medical emergency-without access __5__ a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So __6__ the New England Journal of Medicine last week __7__ a study about in –flight medical events. I read it __8__ interest.

The study estimated that there are a(n) __9__ of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on . flights every day. Most of them are not __10__; fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints. __11__ 13% of them –roughly four a day—are serious enough to __12__ a pilot to change course. The most common of the serious emergencies __13__ heart trouble, strokes, and difficulty breathing.

Let’s face it: plane rides are __14__. For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly __15__ they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty __16__, but passengers with heart disease __17__ experience chest pains as result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. __18__ common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis—the so-called economy class syndrome(综合症).__19__ happens, don’t panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight-emergency front. Thanks to more recent legislation, flights with at __20__ one attendant are starting to install emergency medical kits to treat heart attacks.

called B) addressed C) informed D) surveyed（A）

Accident B) condition C) incident D) disaster（A）

soon B) long C) many D) often（D）confronted B) treated C) identified D) provided（A）

for B) to C) by D) through（B）before B) since C) when D) while（C）collected B) conducted C) discovered D) published（D）

by B) of C) with D) in（C）amount B) average C) sum D) number（B）significant B) heavy C) common D) serious（D）

For B) On C) But D) So（C）require B) inspire C) engage D) command（D）

include B) confine C) imply D) contain（A）

enjoyable B) stimulating C) tedious D) stressful（D）

who B) what C) which D) that（A）

harshly B) reluctantly C) easily D) casually（C）

ought to B) may C) used to D) need（C）

Any B) One C) Other D) Another（B）Whatever B) Whichever C) Whenever D) Wherever（C）

most B) worst C) least D) best（C）

Key: 1-5 A A D A B

6-10 C D C B D

11-15 C D A D B