完形填空三則

Martin Henfield talks about some of his experience(經歷) as a twin: when we were small my mother dressed us __1__ the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didnt like it. But we went on our first camping trip, it was even __2__. We were only ten years old, and while __3__ went into their sleeping bags for the __4__, we were not happy to snuggle(偎依) inside a double sleeping bag my mother made for us.

At school our classmates __5__ us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people __6__ even see our difference according to our initialsbecause __7__ of us were M.O. It was only when I went to __8__ and began to have my own friends that I started to feel my own freedom of identity（身份）.

Before I went to college, during my secondary school __9__, I __10__ a job on a building site. My twin brother, Mike Henfield, didnt work. One day I asked my boss, “Can I have a week __11__?” “Certainly,” he said, “but you wont have the job when you __12__ back.” I didnt want to __13__ the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went there in my __14__, jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week. __15__ of them knew the difference.

1. A. in B. for C. on D. with

2. A. badder B. worse C. good D. better

3. A. all boys B. another boy C. all the other boys D. all the boys

4. A. day B. holiday C. night D. mid-night

5. A. called B. knew C. told D. made

6. A. didnt B. neednt C. mustnt D. couldnt

7. A. very B. each C. both D. all

8. A. middle school B. college C. high school D. school

9. A. holidays B. week C. weekend D. holiday

10. A. received B. got C. find D. made

11. A. off B. free C. on D. back

12. A. came B. will get C. got D. are

13. A. miss B. lose C. lost D. losing

14. A. coat B. shirt C. shoes D. trousers

15. A. None B. Nobody C. All D. Each

名師點評：這是一則關于雙胞胎的故事, 說明了作為雙胞胎既有他們苦惱的一面, 也有樂趣的一面。在做這則完型填空時, 只要抓住雙胞胎非常相像這一特點, 就很容易理解其中發生的事情了。

答案解析：1.A“給某人穿（衣服）”應為dress sb. in。2.B 根據下文可知野營中的情況比平時更糟糕。3.C the other加名詞復數表示“剩余的所有的人”。4.C睡袋應用于夜間。5.A“稱呼某人……”用call sb.…。6.D 7.C根據后面的系動詞were, 應用both表復數。8.B根據上下文可知, 直到大學, 這種情況才有所改變。9.D指中學生涯的最后一個假期。10.B“找到一份工作”可用get/find a job, 但此處應用過去時。11.A have a week off 休息一個星期。12.D只有D項時態正確。13.B 14.D 15.A沒有一個人看出這時雙胞胎交換了一下。B項不可帶of。

Do you know Eskimos(愛斯基摩人)?

Let me tell you something about their __1__.

The Eskimos live near the North Pole(北極). There are only two __2__ there, winter and summer. There are no spring __3__ autumn there. The winter nights are __4__. You cant__5__ the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never __6__ and there is no night.

The Eskimos have __7__ clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of animals. From these skins they make coats, caps and __8__.

Near the North Pole trees cant grow, for it is too __9__ there. The Eskimos __10__ make their houses from skins, snow or stones(石頭). When they __11__ in storm and cant __12__ home, they make house of snow. They __13__ these snow houses when the storm is __14__.

Life is __15__ for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.

1. A. work B. life C. holiday D. families

2. A. weather B. seasons C. months D. years

3. A. not B. or C. and D. as

4. A. short B. warm C. long D. cold

5. A. see B. watch C. look D. look at

6. A. rises B. goes up C. drops D. goes down

7. A. beautiful B. metal C. warm D. cool

8. A. goods B. drinks C. medicine D. shoes

9. A. cold B. hot C. dry D. wet

10. A. will B. should C. never D. have to

11. A. go out B. go over C. keep on D. get on

12. A. get back B. got off C. get on D. get in

13. A. make B. leave C. stay D. break

14. A. over B. coming C. going D. hard

15. A. easy B. interesting C. hard D. lucky

名師點評：本文介紹了愛斯基摩人的生活情況：愛斯基摩人的特殊生活習慣緣于那兒的特殊氣候。

答案簡析1.B根據下文得知這里介紹的是愛斯基摩人的生活（life）。2.B根據winter和summer判斷。3.B no…or…表示對兩者否定。4.C由后一句話可推斷答案。冬夜很長，幾乎看不到太陽，也就是沒有白天，這正是北極的氣候特征。5.A see表示“看”的結果，watch和look都表示“看”的動作。6.D夏天白晝長，幾乎沒有夜晚，太陽從不下山，所以選 go down。7.C他們要穿上暖和的衣服才能抵御嚴寒。8.D這里是指用動物皮來做衣服鞋帽。9.A北極很冷。10.D表示客觀原因使他們不得不用特殊的材料來建房。11.A表示在外面遇到風暴時。12.A由于風暴而回不了家。13.B用雪造房是因為遇到風暴回不了家，風暴過后自然要離開雪房子了。14.A be over表示結束。15.C這種惡劣的氣候條件下，生活是很艱難困苦的，故選hard。

Life in the twenty-first century will be very __1__. Many changes will take place, but __2__ will the changes be.

The population is growing __3__. There will be many __4__ in the world and most of them will live __5__ than people in the twentieth century.

Computers will be much smaller and __6__ and there will be at least one in every __7__. And __8__ studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.

People will work __9__ and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. __10__ will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to __11__ countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our __12__, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be __13__. Work in the future will be different, too. __14__ and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, __15__ will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1. A. interesting B. hard C. different D. beautiful

2. A. why B. how C. when D. what

3. A. slowly B. fast C. quietly D. suddenly

4. A. people B. workers C. scientists D. doctors

5. A. long B. longer C. happy D. lucky

6. A. more useful B. useful C. helpful D. less useful

7. A. hospital B. factory C. home D. town

8. A. science B. maths C. English D. computer

9. A. fewer hours B. more hours C. eight hours D. more than eight hours

10. A. Seeing doctors B. Going to the cinema

C. Shopping D. Travelling

11. A. rich B. other C. poor D. small

12. A. food B. clothes C. fruit D. drinks

13. A. fatter B. thinner C. healthier D. more pleased

14. A. Safe B. Easy C. Simple D. Dangerous

15. A. a few people B. all the people C. many people D. some people

名師點評：本文介紹了二十一世紀我們社會將發生的各種各樣的變化，包括就業，飲食等一系列的變化。

答案解析1.C以下講的是二十一世紀發生的一系列的變化，由于變化，生活也就變得與以前不同，故而選C。2.D這些變化會是哪些變化呢？What在這里充當的是表語。3.B眾所周知，人口增長速度很快。4.A由上下文可知，這里指人口增多，故選people。5.B由于生活條件和習慣的改變，人們壽命將會更長，所以longer為正確選項。6.A電腦將發揮更大的作用，故選比較級more useful。7.C電腦將走進各家各戶。8.D這一小節都講的是電腦，故選D。9.A根據下文得知人們將有更多的時間用來娛樂，證明工作時間減少了，故選fewer hours。10.D根據下文的for holidays可知這里說的是旅行。11.B由于條件好了，更多的人都能夠去其他國家旅游了，故選other。12.A根據下句得知，這里講的是飲食變化。13.C由于飲食習慣發生變化，人們將更加健康。14.D和hard并列的詞應選擇dangerous。15.C因為很多工作都是由機器人來完成，那么許多人也就面臨著失業的危險。