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Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C，and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Looking back on my children，I am convinced（確信） 1 naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same way， my brothers and sisters soon gave up their pressed flowers（壓花）and insects. Unlike them，I had no ear for music and languages，I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic. Before World War I we 2 our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the memory of the house we lived in，of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall（回想起）clearly the large family of grandparents，aunts，uncles and cousins who gathered 3 door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs， the farm 4 ， the local birds and， above all，the insects. I am a 5 ，not a scientist. I have a strong 6 of natural world，and my enthusiasm（熱情）has led me into varied investigation（調(diào)查）. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy 7 the midnight oil 8 reading about other peoples observations and discoveries. Then 9 happens that brings these observations together to my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy（想象），you see the answer to the riddle，and books，of which some might honor with the title of scientific research. But curiosity（好奇），a keen（銳利的）eye，a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist； one of the outstanding and essential（基本的） 10 required is self？鄄discipline（自律），a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only 11 but hard training，determination and a goal. A scientist，up to a point，can be made. A naturalist is 12 ，if you can combine（使混合）the two，you get the best of both worlds.

1. A. it B. that C. what D. of

2. A. spent B. purchased C. wounded D. burnt

3. A. near B. next C. far D. little

4. A. products B. animals C. fields D. skies

5. A. naturalist B. philosopher C. chemist D. mathematician

6. A. wish B. eagerness C. imagination D. love

7. A. burning B. making C. hunting D. turning

8. A. as if B. while C. though D. after

9. A. somewhat B. someone C. somewhere D. something

10. A. qualities B. games C. activities D. desires

11. A.self？鄄contained B. self？鄄discipline C. self？鄄centered D. self？鄄governed

12. A. made B. born C. produced D. found

【答案及解析】

1. B。I am convinced that相當(dāng)于I am sure that，that引起一個(gè)表語從句。根據(jù)上下文應(yīng)選B。

2. A。根據(jù)句意選定。

3. B。作者家人的居室肯定緊挨著作者的居室。

4. B。這里列舉的都是動物。

5. A。切合文章主題。

6. D。這是博物學(xué)家應(yīng)有的情懷。

7. A。 burn the midnight oil，意為“夜里點(diǎn)著油燈在看書”。

8. B。前后兩個(gè)動作同時(shí)發(fā)生，while=when。

9. D。這是倒裝句，that引起的從句作定語，修飾something。

10. A。后面的同位結(jié)構(gòu)重現(xiàn)了該詞。

11. B。內(nèi)容上承接上文。

12. B。這與開頭第一句話呼應(yīng)：naturalists are born and not made。

B

Directions：Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

One day，about ten years ago，while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History，I saw 1 elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closely at this girl，I found that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms 2 legs，just a head， a neck and upper body，dressed in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me，I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents，I looked back 3 the girl，who was giving me the most optimistic，largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden，her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl， 4 smile just melted me 5 almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of 6 life is all about. She took me from a poor， unhappy college student and brought me into her world： a world of smiles， love and warm . Im a successful businessman now and whenever I think 7 the troubles of the world，I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught 8 .

答案及解析

1. an 。考查冠詞的用法。根據(jù)句意“我看到一對老年夫婦進(jìn)來了，還帶著一個(gè)坐輪椅的小女孩”?！癮 couple”，“一雙，一對”。

2. or?？疾檫B詞的用法?！皀o arms or legs”，“既沒有胳膊也沒有腿”。又如：I dont like chicken or fish. 我既不喜歡吃雞也不喜歡吃魚。

3. at 。考查介詞的用法。從前文“I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents”可知作者準(zhǔn)備離開?！發(fā)ook back at”，“回頭看”。

4. whose?？疾榫渥咏Y(jié)構(gòu)。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，“ 4 smile just melted me...”是一個(gè)非限制性定語從句，“whose”在從句中作定語。

5. and。考查句子結(jié)構(gòu)。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知“melted me”和“gave me a completely new sense of...”是并列結(jié)構(gòu)，所以用and連接。

6. what。考查句子結(jié)構(gòu)。介詞“of”后為賓語從句，“what”在賓語從句中作“about”的賓語。

7. about。考查介詞的用法?！皌hink about”，“思考關(guān)于……方面的事情”。

8. me。考查句子結(jié)構(gòu)。me在句子中作賓語。

編輯/梁宇清