大学英语A完形填空

第五部分 完形填空

The book is the best research machine invented. Since mass printing began a few hundred years ago, it has given hundreds of millions of people __1__ they could not have found anywhere else.

But many readers don’t know __2__ a book is organized to help them. They see the different parts of a book. However, the reason for such an organization __3__ them.

The first thing to look at is the title and the author. Every __4__ a title doesn’t tell you very much about what is inside, but usually it does. Sometimes a subtitle gives you __5__ information than the main title. If a book has a dust jacket, read the inside flaps. They usually __6__ you a fairly good breakdown of what the book is about. Behind the title page in most __7__ is the copyright notice. It is possible to look at this, especially the last date of copyright. Suppose you are studying __8__ travel, a book with a 1916 copyright will not cover moon landings.

Check the author’s background, if possible. Now and then, you can find it in a beginning part called a preface. Read carefully about the __9__. Do you think he or she is qualified to write on the book’s subject？Does his or her __10__ make the author an expert in this field？

1. A. things B. research C. information D. machines 2. A. that B. how C. why D. whether 3. A. escapes B. puzzles C. falls D. misses 4. A. book or novel B. one can find C. one knows D. now and then 5. A. fewer B. much C. little D. more 6. A. provide B. give C. serve D. find 7. A. part B. places C. books D. libraries 8. A. space B. business C. world D. sea 9. A. author B. information C. book D. date 10. A. skill B. name C. family D. background

1. C. 本句意为：书给成百万人带来了其它地方找不到的信息。 2. B. 考how引导的宾语从句，很多人不懂书是如何安排结构的。

3. A. escape相当于unnoticed by，人们没有注意到书的结构为什么这样安排。

4. D. every now and then表示“有时，不时地”，有时书名没有告诉我们书里的内容。 5. D. 有时副标题比正标题给出的信息更多。

6. B. 它们通常能给你有关书本内容的更细的分析。 7. C. 在大多数书里，标题页后的是版权页。

8. A. space travel外太空旅行，对应下半句中的moon landing。 9. A. 这里谈的是书的作者。

10. D. B和C容易排除，background意义上比skill更合适。

Martin Luther King. Jr. was born in Georgia in 1929. when was __1__ a boy Martin learned that his people, the black Americans, were often treated differently from most of __2__ fellow Americans. Many could not attend good schools, get good jobs, or live in nice houses because of the color of their skin. Martin knew that in a free country this was __3__ . He wanted to help his black brothers, so he decided to go to school and __4__ a minister. He became a pastor (牧师)in Montgomery, Alabama. This is __5__ Martin Luther King's \"peaceful fight\" first began.

Dr. King worked for equality in other cities. He knew that the __6__ way people could win their

rights was to remain peaceful, even in face of __7__. Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his achievements and courage.

The whole nation mourned the terrible event that __8__ on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King, Jr, was shot. The man who had preached (倡导) nonviolence (非暴力) died __9__ .

But Dr. King's dream can never die. Many Americans are still __10__ to make that dream come true.

1. A. already B. still C. such D. not 2. A. his B. those C. most D. their 3. A. even worse B. different C. wrong D. reasonable 4. A. helped B. ask C. visited D. become 5. A. where B. why C. said D. because 6. A. only B. other C. wrong D. second 7. A. danger B. help C. process D. importance 8. A. passed B. he did C. happened D. they managed 9. A. bravely B. violently C. quietly D. nonviolently 10. A. wanted B. working C. prepared D. struggling

1. B. 当他还是孩子的时候。

2. D. 美国黑人与他们的同胞受到的待遇不同。 3. C. 在自由国家，这样做是不对的。 4. D. 成为一名牧师。

5. A. 这是马丁路德金和平斗争最初开始的起点。 6. A. 人们赢得权利的唯一方法是保持和平。 7. A. 即便是面对着危险。

8. C. 发生在1968年4月4日的可怕事件。 9. B. 倡导非暴力的人死于暴力。 10. D. 仍在为这个梦的实现而斗争。

To be a successful speaker, it is essential for you to know why you are speaking and what you wish to accomplish by your speech. The four most common ___1___ of speech are to inform, to convince, to move to action, and to entertain. Do you, like a teacher or an expert in a __2___, wish to make your ideas clear to people ___3___ with your subject? Or, like a debater, wish to convince the judges or the audience? Or, like a fund raiser for a naturalist foundation, wish to secure donations or __4__ cash? Or, like a comedian or an after-dinner speaker, wish to entertain? The language and tone that you use must be _5_ for your purpose, for your audience, and for the occasion. A speech to the graduating class will have quite different language, tone and manner of _6_, for example, from information conveyed to a group of your friends.

_7__, no matter how talented the speaker is, a talk without adequate preparation is usually a _8__. To speak without preparing is to shoot without taking __9__. Decide what your aim or objective is; then state it in a complete topic sentence such as “my purpose is to convince the class that cats as well as dogs should require licenses in our community”. Make sure that your subject is definite and not too __10__ .

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1. A. targets B. purposes C. tasks D. aspects 2. A. area B. field C. research D. occupation 3. A. unknown B. dealing C. agreeing D. unfamiliar 4. A. collect B. accumulate C. invest D. account 5. A. important B. necessary C. appropriate D. central 6. A. performance B. presentation C. exhibition D. proposal 7. A. However B. Furthermore C. Even though D. Therefore 8. A. failure B. collapse C. fulfillment D. mistake 9. A. point B. object C. aim D. goal (10) hard to understand why these American (11) labored so hard to acquire wealth, (12) gave so much of it away. The (13) may be guilt or even pride. Perhaps it is only that materialism（物质享乐主义） and generosity（慷慨）, the urge to acquire (14) and the urge to share it, exist side (15) side in the (16) of many Americans.

答案：

1. from 2. their 3. spent 4. away 5. through 6. to 7. built 8. who 9. led/lived 10. it

11. millionaires 12. then 13. answer 14. wealth 15. by 10. A. narrow B. confined C. spacious D. broad

16. character

1.B 演讲最常见的四个目的是。 2.B 某个领域的专家

3.D 不熟悉你话题的人们 unfamiliar 要求与with搭配 4.A 募集现金

5.C 为了实现目标，你的语言和语气要恰当。 6.B 表达方式

7.B 此外，不管演讲人多有才华（下面是更进一步的说明） 8. A 没有充分准备通常会失败。 9.C 就象射击不瞄准。 10.D 话题不要太宽范

Being interviewed is a situation that nearly everyone faces at some time in life, whether for college or for a job. Most people face this or deal with __1__ and even fear. However, people who prepare for an interview avoid much of this anxiety. Preparing for an interview __2__ doing advance research, choosing the right outfit. and planning appropriate communication with the interviewer.

Doing research before the actual interview will increase the __3__ for a successful interview. Find out the location of the interview site and decide how to travel there to arrive __4__ time. Nothing makes as poor an impression on an interviewer __5__ arriving late. In addition, learn about the company or situation where you are being interviewed. This will help you ask __6__ questions. If you interview for __7__ to a school, find out what courses the school offers. For a job interview, find out about the kind of work that the company does. If it is an interview for a promotion, __8__ the duties of the job for which you are applying. Such research will show the __9__ that you are interested in obtaining the __10__ or being admitted to the school.

1. anxiety 2. involves 3. chances 4. admittance 5. on 6. as 7. intelligent 8. research 9. interviewer 10. job

The American millionaire is the personification（象征）of the American Dream. In the \"Land of the Free\making and saving money, (3) their later years giving money (4). For example, the Rockefeller family who made their money (5) banking and oil, donated (捐赠) $530 million (6) medical research and education. They founded two national parks and (7) the vast Rockefeller Center in the middle of Manhattan. The first Rockefeller, (8) started life as a clerk, (9) a life of complete simplicity. Many find

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