PartII Cloze Test (10 points, 10 minutes)
Directions:There are 10 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices marked A. B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the pasage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
I was the“I can't" child - the poster child for the word“can't."Whatever my mother told or asked me to do was immediately.21____by my whining,“I caaaan't." 22____,very few tasks or goals that I set out to do were ever completed.
One evening, my mother showed me into the family room, where she was reading an article in the TV Guide.“I want you to read this article," Mother began.“It's about Marlo Thomas. She tells how a short poem that she was forced to learn by her father 23____ her life. She went from saying“I can't" to“I can!"
1 took the small.24____ from Mother and looked down at the glossy pages. There was Marlo, looking pretty and adorable. Beside her photo was the poem my mother had spoken of; a simple one entitled,“I Can."
“I want you to memorize that poem," Mother said firmly.
"Mamaaaa," 1 belly-ached.“I, 25____learn that poem. It's too loooong."
“It's not too long and yes, you can learn it. 1 want you to know it perfectly by this time tomorow."
1 lowed my shoulders, turned and walked my way back to my bedroom slowly with the magazine loosely held in my small right hand.With a 26____heart, I climbed onto my bed and began my task.
“Can't is a word that is enemy to27____." I began. I repeated the line.I repeated it again and again.28____it held firm in my heart.“An enemy ambush (埋伏) to break your will into pieces.."I continued the process until the following evening, when I proudly recited the poem that has continued to be my motto.
Saying“I can" helped me to survive the 29____moments of my life.Saying“I can”encouraged me to 30_____ things I would have otherwise seen out of my reach. A simple poem learmed at seven is a poem that will support me to seventy-seven. Maybe even farther.
21.A.followed B. explained C. remembered D. kept
22.A.Slowly B.Consequently C. Occasionally D. Rarely
23.A.led B.changed C.filled D. proved
24.A.magazine B. novel C. book D. newspaper
25.A.needn't B. shouldn't C. can't D. mustn't
26.A.moved B. broken C. hea\ D. excited
27.A.ambition B. bravery C. confidence D.honesty
28.A.when B. as if C. until D. though
29.A.bad B. important C.happy D.stressful
30.A.do B.overcome C.accomplish D.handle
答案
Part Cloze Test(21-30题,每题1分,共10分)
21-25:ABBAC 26-30BCCDD