二、完型填空
(一)
A football game usually __1__ for ninety minutes. The teams play for forty-five minutes, and then take a short rest. After this halftime rest, they play again for __2__ forty-five minutes.
Now football is one of __3__ played in the Olympics (奥林匹克运动会). Another important international football match is called the World Cup. The World Cup is had __4__ every four years. The _5__ of the World Cup match is the world champion (冠军) football team.
1. A. begins B. lasts C. kicks D. gets
2. A. other B. others C. the others D. another
3. A. the sport teams B. the sport team C. the team sports D. the team sport
4.A. first B. one C. once D. the first
5. A. winning B. win C. Winner D. won
(二)
Almost everyone__1__the meanings of Mr, Mrs and Miss. Mr is used before the family names of men. Mrs is for married(结婚的) women and Miss is for unmarried women. But__2__is Ms?
Some businessmen(商人) in the United States__3__Ms before a woman's name when they do not know whether(是否) the woman is married. Today, however, many women like Ms better__4__Mrs or Miss.
The word "__5__" does not tell us whether or not a man is married. Some women want to be equal to(和......平等)__6__in this way. These women feel that it is not important for people to know whether they are married or not.
There are some problems with "Ms", however. __7__women like it. Some like the older ways of doing things. Some find__8__difficult to read. Ms__9__[miz]. Young women like it better than older women do. It is difficult to know whether Ms will be used by more American women in the future. What do you think__10__it?
1. A. knows B. know C. knew D. is knowing
2. A. how B. what C. who D. which
3. A. use to B. using C. uses D. use
4. A. to B. for C. than D. as
5. A. Ms B. Mrs C. Miss D. Mr
6. A. men B. girls C. ladies D. boys
7. A. None of B. Not all C. All D. Neither of
8. A. this B. that C. them D. it
9. A. sounds like B. read like C. is sounded like D. is sound like
10. A. at B. of C. on D. to
(三)
My parents had some strange rules when my sister and I were growing up. For example, they never 1 us soda or juice. Our choice was water or iced tea 2 no sugar. My mom’s 3 for it was that she didn’t like kids who only drank sweet drinks, or worse, kids who did not like 4 ! She wanted to teach us to like water or 5 unsweetened drinks that did not come in a bottle. We, on the other hand, wanted to 6 a coke when we ate out. Now I can make my own decisions, but I 7 choose juice or soda. I don’t 8 it. It’s not because I don’t like it. I’m just used to drinking water. Many people 9 to think that a kid needs juice. If the child can’t get it, he or she will secretly buy this kind of drink elsewhere. I found this really 10 , since I was raised 11 no juice or soda, and I didn’t really 12 only having water. Now people 13 kids to make their own choices, 14 I grew up in a family where the children’s opinions were seldom (很少) 15 for, and the parents made the final decisions.
1. A. needed B. sold C. bought D. left
2. A. with B. of C. off D. without
3. A. decision B. reason C. hobby D. experience
4. A. soda B. juice C. water D. milk
5. A. another B. the other C. others D. other
6. A. order B. reply C. obey D. achieve
7. A. ever B. never C. always D. sometimes
8. A. think about B. take care C. pay for D. think out
9. A. like B. seem C. study D. get
10. A. excited B. difficult C. interesting D. necessary
11. A. on B. with C. by D. for
12. A. give up B. care about C. take pride in D. agree with
13. A. allow B. design C. teach D. cause
14. A. as B. since C. but D. though
15. A. added B. asked C. influenced D. regarded
(四)
It's fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites. Right before 1 Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma 2 me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the 3 like me. She said, "There's an old saying—the 4 you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood 5 to the mosquitoes. " Not 6 it, I replied, "Grandmaaaa, that's just an old wives' tale!"
Well, less than a week 7 my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a 8 of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being 9 , but they all proved useless.
Late one 10 in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the 11 of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I 12 my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being 13 she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. " With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地) 14 her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would 15 on her face. However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (惊奇的), I ran to others' 16 , only to find they were all sleeping 17 as the same thing occurred again and again.
From those bites, I came to 18 my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n) 19 mind about those strange old wives' tales 20 they do have some truth to them.
1. A. leaving B. passing C. visiting D. finding
2. A. persuaded B. reminded C. warned D. informed
3. A. students B. foreigners C. passengers D. visitors
4. A. earlier B. longer C. sooner D. later
5. A. grows B. goes C. flows D. remains
6. A. expecting B. understanding C. recognizing D. believing
7. A. after B. before C. when D. as
8. A. shade B. pile C. cloud D. blanket
9. A. touched B. bitten C. defeated D. discovered
10. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
11. A. noise B. hit C. pain D. effect
12. A. woke up B. shouted at C. looked for D. dropped on
13. A. blamed B. interrupted C. moved D. frightened
14. A. having B. watching C. making D. helping
15. A. land B. fly C. fall D. wait
16. A. houses B. flats C. rooms D. homes
17. A. joyfully B. anxiously C. soundlessly D. worriedly
18. A. tell B. know C. remember D. accept
19. A. open B. active C. clear D. honest
20. A. and B. so C. because D. until