Ⅰ. 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Great Life I’ve heard the saying，“The best gift parents can ever give to their children is to love each other.”I’ve had the __1__of witnessing the truth of this statement for over 40 years.From as far back as I can remember，my Mom and Dad were a team，a great family __2__.They were more than just a partnership.It was as if they were one person. Surely，they __3__，but there was never any __4__in our minds that any disagreements would be well resolved.Mom and Dad began their married life __5__，but they worked hard and，over the years，built a very successful business.They each had their __6__and weaknesses，but the way they worked __7__made you never see the weaknesses，just the strengths. Dad was an outgoing person.As soon as people met him，they liked him.When they met Mom，they felt the exact same way about her as __8__.Mom，although not at all shy，was more __9__，being the person behind the scenes(在幕后)． Mom and Dad are now retired and enjoying their life together，just __10__around，reading，and visiting their children and grandchildren.They recently __11__their 43rd wedding anniversary，many guests present. They still hold __12__，and they are more in love than ever.Throughout the years，whenever Mom would remind me that I should be looking to get __13__，I’d say，“Ma，I have plenty of __14__.”She’d jokingly(打趣地)reply that“I don’t have so much time”．My Dad would then look at me in that wisdomfilled way and say，“Hey，you take all the time you need.If you marry someone just half the woman your mother is，you’ll have a great __15__.” 1．A.pleasure B．evidence C．right D．chance
Ⅱ. 词语填空 用所给单词的适当形式填空。 fun throughout difficult entertainment humorous particularly fame outstanding exist appreciate __1__ plays make us laugh. Clowns make people，mostly children，laugh in the __2__ way they are dressed，look or walk，while comedians __3__ the audience with what they say or how they act. Crosstalk shows，or xiangsheng，liked by people __4__ China have __5__ for more than two thousand years. They still remain a major form of entertainment to Chinese people. And there have appeared many __6__ artists，among whom Ma Ji was deeply loved by many people in China and some other countries. He has been honoured as a great artist for his __7__ work in crosstalk show. Laughter is the best medicine in life. We often find people who have a good sense of __8__ more attractive. Some people think they can understand jokes of their own culture. Actually people of all nationality often have little __9__ in __10__ the same jokes. 答案：1.Funny 2.particular 3.entertain 4.throughout 5.existed 6.famous 7.outstanding 8.humor 9.difficulty 10.appreciating
Ⅲ. 词汇运用 1．This is a ________(口头协议)． 2．He can’t put up with ________(老板对他的虐待)． 3．No one ________(满足于) what he has. 4．It will ________(吓你一跳) to hear what I paid for this ring. 5．He fell in the water，________(逗得孩子们乐不可支)． 6．He is ________(不是个成功的艺术家)，but a success as an art teacher. 7．I was late，but ________(幸运地) the meeting hadn’t started. 8．He can’t speak ________(满满一嘴食物)． 9．He looked ________(直接地) at me. 10．He ________(挑选了一条领带) to wear with his suit. 11．The president decided ________(停止对这些国家的外援)． 12．The children ________(正在彼此低声耳语) in the corner. 答案：1.verbal agreement 2.his boss’s cruelty to him 3.is content with 4.astonish you 5.much to the entertainment of the children 6.a failure as an artist 7.fortunately 8.with a mouthful of food 9.directly 10.picked out a tie 11.to cut off foreign aid to these countries 12.were whispering to each other Ⅳ.阅读理解 During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties，and would be likely to have seven or eight children，of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen，the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years，during which chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is fortyfive and can be expected to live another thirtyfive years and is likely to take paid work until sixty. This important change in women’s life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a fulltime job. However，when they married，they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the schoolleaving age is sixteen，many girls stay at school after that age，and though women marry younger，more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or parttime work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage，with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life. 1．We are told that in a family in about 1900 ________. A．a few children died before they were five B．seven or eight children lived to be more&
