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(一)

The goggled race[狗拉雪橇比賽] was about to begin. My team of dogs were lined up at the starting gate. I stood behind them. Other teams were ___1___ up， too， and the dogs were excited. I kept her ___2___ on the clock. At exactly ten o’clock， she and other racers shouted， “Mush!” The dogs knew that meant， “ ___3___!” They jumped forward and the ___4___started!

Now， my team ran up and down over the snowy hills. They ___5___ only to rest and eat. They wanted to stay ___6___ of the other teams. The racers had to go a thousand miles across Alaska. Alaska is one of the ___7___places on Earth. The dogs’ thick fur coats helped ___8___ them warm in the cold wind. In many places along the way， the snow was deep. Pieces of ice were as ___9___ as a knife. The ice could cut the dogs’feet. To keep that from ___10___， I had put special boots on their feet.

At first， the dogs seemed to ___11___ the sled very slowly. They were ___12___ getting used to the race. But on the third day out， they began to run more ___13___. They worked ___14___ a team and passed many of the other racers. Once， one of the sled’s runners fell into a ho le and ___15___. I could have given up then， but I didn’t. I fixed it and they kept going.

When they finally reached the finishing line， they found that they had come in first place! It was a great day for me and my dogs.

( )1. A. linedB. lookedC. calledD. picked

( )2. A. runners B. hands C. dogs D. eyes

( )3. A. Action B. Walk C. Hurry D. Go

( )4. A. game B. race C. play D. test

( )5. A. went B. ran C. stopped D. asked

( )6. A. tiredB. aheadC. afraidD. free

( )7. A. wettest B. highest C. coolest D. coldest

( )8. A. keep B. make C. find D. leave

( )9. A. strong B. hard C. thick D. sharp

( )10.A. comingB. hurting C. happening D. cutting

( )11.A. push B. pull C. walk D. drive

( )12.A. still B. yet C. usually D. almost

( )13.A. hardly B. happily C. quickly D. quietly

( )14.A. as B. like C. for D. with

( )15.A. died B. failed C. broke D. disappeared (二)

She was returning from teaching out in a small community[社區]. It was a dark， moonless night， and a heavy snow was falling.

She thought back to the time ___1___ she had first started teaching out in a small communities. During those days she had always ___2___ hitchhikers[搭順風車者]， until one day her sister told that one of her friends was shot ___3___ the head by a hitchhiker， all because she had stopped out of kindness to ___4___ him during a storm.

Her family didn’t ___5___ worrying about her safety over the hitchhikers until the family heard the ___6___:“No more hitchhikers!” The snow that night was ___7___ her think back to this.

Then she saw a man ___8___. She slowed down for him， but as he ran towards the car in the dark， she shook with ___9___. Yet she thought that if he was truly in need， she couldn’t leave him here in this storm.

The stranger explained that his car was ___10___， and she told him to ___11___ in. They drove for an hour into the next city and she took him to a ___12___ box. She waited until he had made a call. When he told her that a family member would soon come to pick him up， she ___13___ him well and then left.

Tears fell on her checked as she drove away. It felt ___14___ she had been holding her breath for an hour. “I hope they’ll understand why I had to ___5___ my promise，” she thought.

1. A. where B. which C. how D. when

2. A. went up B. took up C. picked up D. set up

3. A. on B. in C. to D. towards

4. A. hit B. tell C. beat D. help

5. A. stop B. begin C. try D. mean

6. A. result B. talk C. sound D. promise

7. A. getting B. making C. leading D. asking

8. A. crying B. talking C. running D. waving

9. A. pain B. pride C. fear D. interest

10.A. alive B. broken C. old D. away

11.A. move B. walk C. get D. climb

12.A. newspaper B. rubbish C. telephone D. clothes

13.A. wished B. said C. thought D. saw

14.A. what if B. as if C. if only D. instead of

15.A. keep B. make C. break D. obey

(三)

John lived with his mother in a very big house， and when she ____1____， the house became too big ____2____ him， so he bought a ____3____ one in the next street. There was a very nice， old clock in his ____4____ house， and when the man came to take his things to the new house， John thought， “I’m not going to let them ____5____ my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they will break it， and then it will be very expensive to repair it.” So he ____6____ and began to carry it down the road in his arms.

It was heavy， so he stopped two or three times to have ____7____. Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked at John for ____8____ seconds. Then he said to John， “You’re a ____9____， aren’t you? ____10____ don’t you buy a watch like everyone else?”

1、A．workedB．studiedC．diedD．played

2、A．atB．withC．aboutD．for

3、A．largerB．biggerC．nicerD．smaller

4、A．secondB．thirdC．firstD．new

5、A．to carryB．bringC．to takeD．carry

6、A．picked it upB．picks it upC．picks up itD．picked up it

7、A．a lookB．a drinkC．a walkD．a rest

8、A．a few B．fewC．littleD．a little

9、A．greatB．fool C．cleverD．bright

10、A．WhereB．WhyC．HowD．When

完形填空答案

（一）1—5 ADDBC 6—10 BDADC 11—15 BACAC

（二）1—5 DCBDA 6—10 DBDCB 11—15 CCABC

（三）1—5 CDDCD 6—10 ADABB