完型阅读训练2

限时训练二

I. 完形填空

In January 2013, Sam Bloom was on a family holiday with husband, Cameron, and their three young boys. After a morning 1 in the sea they discovered the hotel had a rooftop platform and all went up the 2 to enjoy their surroundings. Suddenly Cameron heard a tremendous crash. He 3 and Sam was gone—as was the safety rail(栏杆) she had been 4 against. Sam fell into a deep depression after the fall from the roof left her ) from the chest down. Doctors said she could never walk again.

Three months later, as they were heading home from Sam’s parents, Noah, her middle son,

5 a baby bird that had fallen to the ground. So they

6 it up and took it home. They called her Penguin because she looked like a penguin. She was just very

7 at two or three weeks old. She would have to be

would be a 8 thing to do together.

like 9 . Penguin would rest on Sam’s lap or on her shoulder. Sam could finally 10 feeling guilty—she would talk to Penguin; she would 11 to her Cameron and tell her how she was feeling. Some mornings Penguin would just run down the hall and jump up into bed, 12 her way into the quilt and then roll over and sleep. Penguin had some 13 —she was not toilet-trained, and the house got quite messy. As she grew older, ide, but at six o’clock in the morning she’d be at the door, with a special

14 that meant, “Let me in!”

15 grew, Penguin stayed away for longer periods. When she was a year old, she disappeared for six weeks. But on the little son’s 13th bir thday, Penguin made a 16 visit. A year ago, she left again and hasn’t been seen 17 . The bird has found her freedom and Sam has

a freedom of her own. Sam made a new 18 —she took up boating and even made the

19 and in the water and back in nature.

Over the two years, Cameron took about 14,000 pictures of Penguin, which have been collected in a book called Penguin Bloom. Penguin rescued the family as much as they rescued her. Sam got 20 it, thanks to her family, exercise and yes, the friendship of a bird. Angels

1. A. run B. swim C. walk D. thrill

2. A. stairs B. ceiling C. sidewalk D. edge

3. A. got B. gathered C. traveled D. turned

4. A. sitting B. playing C. leaning D. warning

5. A. spotted B. rescued C. shot D. caught

6. A. lifted B. cleaned C. picked D. woke

7. A. unfit B. fragile C. stout D. flexible

8. A. disappointing B. compulsory C. tiring D. great

9. A. company B. assistance C. friendship D. romance

10. A. underline B. unburden C. unlock D. undo

11. A. subscribe B. respond C. complain D. submit

12. A. wind B. follow C. fight D. push

13. A. drawbacks B. strengths C. compromises D. virtues

14. A. sign B. word C. smile D. call

15. A. independence B. perseverance C. tolerance D. performance

16. A. casual B. happy C. surprise D. cautious

17. A. before B. later C. lately D. since

18. A. dream B. start C. liberation D. success

19. A.prison B. way C. border D. wheelchair

20. A. at B. across C. through D. into

II. 阅读理解

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The plants grown by Wageningen University researchers in Mars-like soil back in March have been analyzed and the results are excellent: at least four of the crops do not contain harmful heavy metal levels and are perfectly safe to eat, the University researchers report.