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阶段质量检测八

阶段质量检测（八）

第一部分：

语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：

完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Onacoldwintereveningamansufferedaheartattack.Afterhewas__1__intothehospital,heaskedthenurseto__2__hisdaughter.Heexplained,“Yousee,Ilivealoneandsheistheonly__3__Ihave.”Thenursewentandcalledthedaughter.

Ongettingthenews,theman'sdaughterwasquite__4__andshouted,“Youcan'tlethimdie！

Yousee,DadandIhadaterrible__5__almostayearago.Ihaven'tseenorspokentohimsince.AllthesemonthsI'vewantedtogotohimfor__6__.ThelastthingIsaidtohimwas‘I__7__You！

’”Thedaughtercriedandthensaid,“I'mcomingnow.I'llbethereinthirtyminutes.”

Thepatient'sconditionworsenedandtheeffortsofthemedicalteamtorevive（挽救）thepatientwere__8__.

Aftertheman'sdaughterarrived,shelearnedthesadnews.Thenursethen__9__oneofthedoctorstalkingtothedaughteroutsidetheroom.Shecouldsee__10__inherface.Thenursetookthedaughterasideandsaid,“I'msorryforyourterrible__11__.”Thedaughterresponded,“Ineverhatedhim,youknow.Ireally__12__himallthewhile.Pleaseletmegotoseehim.”Thenurseescorted（陪伴）hertohisroom.Thedaughterwenttothebedandburiedherfaceandher　13　tearsinthesheets.

Thenursetriednottolookatthissadgoodbye.Butshecouldnothelpbut__14__apieceofpaperonthebedtable.Thenursepickedupthepaperandreadit：

“MydearestBarbara,Iforgiveyou.Iprayyouwill__15__forgiveme.Iknowthatyouloveme.Iloveyou,too.Daddy.”

1．A.allowed　　　　　B．admitted　　　　　

C．forced　　　　　D．accompanied

2．A.remindB．bring

C．visitD．call

3．A.familyB．son

C．relativeD．companion

4．A.terrifiedB．annoyed

C．disturbedD．upset

5．A.argumentB．relationship

C．disagreementD．bet

6．A.forgivenessB．advice

C．comfortD．permission

7．A.LoveB．Hate

C．BelieveD．Envy

8．A.fruitlessB．various

C．obviousD．uncertain

9．A.leftB．caught

C．observedD．kept

10．A.disappointmentB．hurt

C．puzzleD．anger

11．A.resultB．fate

C．feelingD．loss

12．A.reachedB．thanked

C．missedD．loved

13．A.silentB．painful

C．fearlessD．countless

14．A.feelB．place

C．noticeD．open

15．A.alsoB．again

C．foreverD．soon

第二节：

语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

WhileinKyotoItriedtolearnJapanese.Iworkedhardatit,andgottoapoint__16__Icouldgoaroundintaxisanddothings.Itooklessons__17__aJapanesemaneverydayforanhour.Onedayhe__18__（teach）methewordfor“see”.“Whenyousaytosomeone,‘Wouldyouliketoseemygarden？

’youusethefirst‘see’，”hesaidandcontinued.“__19__whenyouwanttoseesomeoneelse'sgarden,youmustuseanother‘see’，whichis__20__（polite）.You'dbettersay,forexample,‘MayIobserve__21__gorgeousgarden？

’Sotherearetwodifferentwordsyouhavetouse.”Thenhegavemeanothercase：

“Yougoto__22__temple,andyouwanttolookatthegardens.”Imadeupasentence,thistime__23__themorepolite“see”.“No,no！

”hesaid,“Inthetemple,thegardensaremuchmoregraceful.Soyouhavetosaysomethinglike‘MayIhangmyeyesonyourexcellentgardens？

’”My__24__（patient）waswearingthin.Idecidedthatthiswasn'tthelanguageforme,andgaveup__25__（learn）Japanese.

16．__________17.__________18.__________19.__________20.__________

21．__________22.__________23.__________24.__________25.__________

第二部分：

阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：

阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Whenpeoplehearapresidentspeak,theyseldomthinkaboutothershelpingtoshapethepresentation（报告）.Today,however,presidentsdependonwriterssuchasJ.TerryEdmondstohelpthemcommunicateeffectively.EdmondsisthefirstAfricanAmericanevertoworkasafulltimespeechwriterforaU.S.president;heisalsothefirstAfricanAmericantoserveasdirectorofspeechwritingfortheWhiteHouse.HisisanallAmericanstoryofsuccess.

EdmondsgrewupinBaltimore,Maryland;hisfatherdroveatruck,andhismotherworkedasawaitress.Agreatreader,Edmondsshowedagiftforwritingathishighschool,BaltimoreCityCollege.Aftergraduatingin1967,EdmondswentontoMorganStateUniversity.

Edmondsbeganhiscareerinbusiness,withjobsinpublicrelationsandcommunications.Hejoinedtheworldofpoliticsasnewssecretaryforhiscongressman（国会议员）fromBaltimore.DuringBillClinton'spresidency,hewrotespeechesforHealthandHumanServicesSecretaryDonnaShalalaandworkedinanumberofjobsintheWhiteHouseandingovernmentaldepartments.PresidentClintonthenappointedhimtotheofficeofdirectorofspeechwriting.Followingthe2,000elections,EdmondsreturnedtoMorganStateUniversityastheschool'sspecialassistanttothepresidentfor2001－2002.

26．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothetext?

A．Edmondsprovedhimselftobegoodatwritingathighschool.

B．EdmondsgraduatedfromMorganStateUniversityin1967.

C．Edmondswasthefirstfulltimespeechwriter.

D．EdmondsservedtheWhiteHouseafter2000.

27．Edmondsenteredtheworldofpoliticsfirstas________.

A．newssecretaryforacongressman

B．aspeechwriterforPresidentClinton

C．newssecretaryintheWhiteHouse

D．aspeechwriterforSecretaryDonnaShalala

28．Thetextismostlikelytobefoundinabookabout________.

A．popularscienceB．historicalevents

C．successfulpeopleD．politicalsystems

29．ThefirstparagraphsuggestsallthefollowingEXCEPT________.

A．thereisnofulltimespeechwriterforthepresidentbeforeJ.TerryEdmonds

B．J.TerryEdmondsisasuccessfulmaninAmerican'shistory

C．thereissomeonetoprepareaspeechforthepresident

D．withoutJ.TerryEdmondsthepresidentcan'tcommunicatewithothers

30．Infact,J.TerryEdmonds'jobasaspeechwriterwasconnectedwith________.

A．AfricaB．theWhiteHouse

C．hisfamilyD．BillClinton

B

Lifemovesalongsosmoothlywithmostofusthatthereseemstobeverylittledifferencebetweenonebirthdayandanother,buttothisrulethereisonebrilliantandoutstandingexception.Thereisonebirthdayonwhichamanshouldcertainlytakeaholiday,goforaslowwalk,anddoalittleseriousthinking.Thatbirthdayis,ofcourse,thefortieth.Aman'sfortiethbirthdayisoneofthereallygreatdaysinhislife'slittlestory,andhemustmakethemostofit.

Youth,ofcourse,iswithfaults,andsometimesseriousfaults,butyouthrecoversitself,andfrequentlygetsimprovedbythebitterexperience.However,Icanrecallnoinstanceofamanwhofellinthefortiesandwhoeverreallyrecoveredhimself.

Youngpeoplewritepoetryandgetemotional:

sodooldpeople.Butpeopleintheirforties—never!

Amanoffortywouldassoonbesuspectedofpickinghisneighbor'spocketasofwritingpoetry.Hewouldratherbeseenwalkingdownthestreetwithoutacollarornecktiethanbeseenbathingintears.Askacompanyofyoungpeopletoselectsomeoftheirfavoritesongsorpoems,andtheywillatoncecallforsongsaboutloveorpoemsaboutheaven.Sowilloldpeople.Butyouwillneverpersuademiddleagedpeopletosingsuchsongs.Theyareinthepracticalorprosy（散文式的）stageoflife.Theromanceofyouthhaswornoff;theromanceofagehasnotarrived.Theyarebetweenthepoetryofthedawnandthepoetryofthetwilight.Andmidwaybetweenthepoetryofthedawnandthepoetryofthetwilightcomesthetiringandsweatingnoonday.

Themerechangefromthepoetryofyouthtotheproseofmiddlelifeneednotinitselfalarmus.Someofthefinestclassicsinourliteraturearepennedinprose.Buttherehidesthetrouble.Thetroubleisthatprosinessmaydevelopintotheoppositesideofoptimism.Andwhenthispersonistotallyonthatside,heisasadperson.

31．Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthefortiethbirthday?

A．Itfliesawayeasilyjustlikeotherbirthdays.

B．It'sanimportantdaymenshouldpayattentionto.

C．Itprovidesachanceformentorelaxthemselves.

D．Itmeansbecomingoldanduselessinmen'slife.

32．WhichofthefollowingdoesNOThappentoyoungpeople?

A．Theymaketerriblemistakes.

B．Theylearnfromtheirmistakes.

C．Theywriteromanticpoems.

D．They'reashamedofbeingemotional.

33．Whichofthefollowingdoestheauthoragreewith?

A．Youthisthebesttimeduringaman'slife.

B．Middleagecanbethetimetoharvestsuccess.

C．It'sterribletobecomeamiddleagedman.

D．Oldpeoplearetiredofpoemsaboutlove.

34．Accordingtotheauthor,theproblemwithamanoffortyisthat________.

A．heeasilyforgetshisbirthday

B．hehaslosthisromanticyouth

C．hebehaveslikeanoldman

D．hemaybecomepessimistic

35．Thepurposeofwritingthisarticleis________.

A．tocomparethedifferencesbetweendifferentages

B．topraisetheachievementsmadebymiddleagedmen

C．tohelpmiddleagedmenreflectontheirlives

D．tocelebratethefortiethbirthdayofallmen

C

ApplecofounderStevenJobs,56,losthisbattlewithpancreatic（胰腺的）canceronOct5,2011,aftermonthsandweeksofnewsthatthediseasehehadbeenfightingsince2003hadreturned.Jobshadtriedseveraltreatments,includinganoperationtoremovethepancreatictumor（肿瘤）in2004andalivertransplant（移植）in2009.WhenJobsannouncedatage49thathehadbeenfoundwitharareformofpancreaticcancer,hesaidthathiscancerwascuredbysurgery.

Jobsalsotriedtoimprovehishealthwithchangesofdiet,andwasreportedtohavemadeatriptoSwitzerlandin2009foraradiationbasedtreatmentwhichisnotavailableintheUS.WhileJobssurvivedforeightyearswithpancreaticcancer,anotherfamousperson,PatrickSwayze,anoutstandingdancerandsongwriter,survivedthedi