完形填空星級訓(xùn)練

(A)難易度:☆☆☆

In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America， killing over 30，000 people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder， a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be， __1__ that the building was __2__.

After the unforgettable shock， he __3__ the promise he had made to his son: “No matter __4__， I’ll always be there for you!” And tears began to __5__ his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins， it looked hopeless， but he kept remembering his __6__ to his son. He rushed there and started __7__ the ruins.

As he was digging， other helpless parents arrived， __8__: “It’s too late! They’re all dead! __9__， face reality， there’s nothing you can do!” To each parent he responded with __10__: “Are you going to help me now?” No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son， stone by stone. Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know __11__: “Is my boy __12__ or is he dead?” He dug for eight hours…12 hours…24 hours…36 hours…then， in __13__ hour， he pulled back a large stone and heard his son’s __14__. He screamed his son’s name， “ARMAND!” He heard back， “Dad!?! It’s me， Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive， you __15__ me and __16__ you saved me， they’d be saved. You promised， ‘No matter what happens， I’ll always be there for you!’ You did it， Dad!”

“What’s going on there? ” the father asked.

“There are 14 of us __17__ __18__ 33， Dad. We’re scared， hungry， thirsty and thankful you’re here. When the building collapsed， it made __19__， and it saved us.”

“Come out， boy!”

“No， Dad! Let the other kids out first， __20__ I know you’ll get me! No matter what happens， I know you’ll always be there for me!”

1. A. only discoveringB. only to discoverC. only realizing D. only to realize

2. A. as flat as a pancakeB. as high as a mountain

C. as strong as an oxD. as weak as a kitten

3. A. memorized B. forgotC. kept D. remembered

4. A. whatB. what happensC. which D. who

5. A. fillB. fill inC. come D. burst

6. A. pictureB. promiseC. present D. encourage

7. A. diggingB. digging throughC. digging out D. digging into

8. A. to sayB. saidC. and saying D. saying

9. A. Come outB. Come againC. Come on D. Come off

10. A. one wordB. one soundC. one row D. one line

11. A. for himselfB. of himselfC. by himself D. to himself

12. A. liveB. livingC. alive D. lively

13. A. 38B. the 38C. 38thD. the 38th

14. A. soundB. voiceC. noise D. tone

15. A. will saveB. would saveC. save D. would have saved

16. A. whenB. becauseC. even if D. though

17. A. remainedB. missingC. left D. gone

18. A. forB. behindC. out of D. over

19. A. a promiseB. spaceC. room D. a triangle

20. A. becauseB. thoughC. when D. even though

(B)

In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year __1__.

According to the report， the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a __2__ one. The world will be more __3__ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be __4__ 6，300 million， almost 2，150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities， especially cities in __5__ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would __6__ have 15 million by then.

Food production will __7__， but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985， __8__ most of the increase would be in countries that __9__ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is __10__ in South Asia， Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are __11__ large areas of crop land， changing farms into deserts. More farmland is __12__ as cities become larger and more houses are built. __13__ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s __14__ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 __15__. They only carried out the situation that __16__ today. By changing the situation， by __17__ the problems， the picture can be changed. There is __18__ time for the nations of the world to work __19__ a plan of action. But they warned that __20__ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.

1. A. learningB. projectC. noticeD. study

2. A. pleasedB. pleasantC. safeD. blue

3. A. dangerousB. beautifulC. crowdedD. terrible

4. A. no more thanB. as many asC. as much as D. as large as

5. A. developingB. developedC. big D. mountainous

6. A. noneB. eachC. allD. neither

7. A. insistB. reduceC. increaseD. continue

8. A. soB. butC. or D. however

9. A. alreadyB. hardlyC. partlyD. never

10. A. wantedB. lackedC. found D. expected

11. A. destroyingB. protectingC. disturbing D. interrupting

12. A. savedB. lostC. discoveredD. used

13. A. Air pollutionB. Water pollutionC. Some diseases D. All farmland

14. A. animalsB. plantsC. forestsD. people

15. A. must be trueB. will come trueC. can’t be trueD. may be wrong

16. A. happensB. developsC. exists D. appears

17. A. settlingB. working outC. answeringD. dealing

18. A. noA. stillC. lessD. plenty of

19. A. aboutB. inC. out D. for

20. A. workingB. suggestingC. spendingD. waiting

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