(电大复习)2016年4月份的统考英语模拟题（题型版）-完型填空B

完型填空 B 1、 Man has always wanted to fly. Even as long as eight hundred years ago, an Englishman had tried. He made a pair of 1 from chicken feathers and fixed them to his shoulders. Then he jumped from a tall building. As you can imagine, he did not fly very far. 2 , he fell to the ground and broke several bones. The first real attempt at flying took place in France in 1783. The two Mongolian brothers knew that hot air rose. If they could fill a large balloon with hot air, they thought it would rise into the air and 3 . They were right. They made a very large hot air balloon of cloth and paper. It measured ten meters in diameter. They filled it with hot air and the balloon got two hundred meters into the air. It fell to earth about three kilometers 4 . At the next attempt, they arranged for a balloon to carry passengers. We do not know what the passengers felt about the trip as they were a cock, a duck, and a sheep. But we 5 know that the trip lasted eight minutes and the animals landed safely. (1)、 A： Instead B： wings C： do D： away E： fly 答案 ： B (2)、 A： Instead B： wings C： do D： away E： fly 答案 ： A (3)、 A： Instead B： wings C： do D： away E： fly 答案 ： E (4)、 A： Instead B： wings C： do D： away E： fly 答案 ： D (5)、 A： Instead B： wings C： do D： away E： fly 答案： C 6、 Mom, can I have some money? Those are the words my mother used to hear all the time. In return, I heard, Why dont you get a job? Not to make me happy, but so that you have your own money and gain a bit more responsibility. So last year I got a job working about 25 hours a week. For $5 an hour, working as a salesman in a photo studio. After I got this 1 , I had to do football, homework and job at the same time. It was really hard for me. I was burning out, falling asleep at school and failing 2 many courses. My teachers were mad at me and yelled at me: why have a job? I missed a lot practice in football team and could only 3 back down at the match. My coach was cold at me with an unasked question : why have a job? I told them it was for the things I need, when actually it was for the things I wanted. Needing and wanting are different. Needing something is like your only shoes have holes in them. But wanting is to have every new brand sneaker just because you 4 it. I start to think about if I did a wrong thing. Slowly, I learnt to manage my money better so that I could have more time for school and football. I learnt to make a wise 5 on what I need and what I want. (1)、 A： decision B： like C： sit D： in E： job 答案 ： E (2)、 A： decision B： like C： sit D： in E： job 答案 ： D (3)、 A： decision B： like C： sit D： in E： job 答案 ： C (4)、 A： decision B： like C： sit D： in E： job 答案 ： B (5)、 A： decision B： like C： sit D： in E： job 答案 ： A 8、 Human language is a system of symbols. No other animal has a complex symbolic language that must be learned. Animal language is largely instinctive,while basic human language is learned speech, composed 1 sounds that symbolize things, ideas, actions, and the like. We learn to read, often with considerable effort, by noticing or being taught that groups of letters stand for the sounds that we already know 2 to speak. We learn to write, with even greater effort, by learning to form the letters, 3 are symbols of sounds, and to put them together on paper so that others can read what we say. Since human language is a form of human behavior,there is nothing absolute about it. It has 4 lowly throughout human history and will continue to develop. In the English language there are perhaps 600,000 5 , Possibly more, but most of them are know only to specialists and are rarely used. (1)、 A： how B： which C： developed D： of E： sounds 答案 ： D (2)、 A： how B： which C： developed D： of E： sounds 答案 ： A (3)、 A： how B： which C： developed D： of E： sounds 答案 ： B (4)、 A： how B： which C： developed D： of E： sounds 答案 ： C (5)、 A： how B： which C： developed D： of E： sounds 答案 ： E 9、 A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real effort, because he feels that it would be useless. He wont go at a job with the confidence necessary for success. He is therefore 1 to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief in his incompetence. Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had an experience 2 illustrates this. When he was a small boy, he was poor at arithmetic. His teacher got the idea that he had no ability in arithmetic, and told his parents what she thought that they would not expect too much of him. 3 this way, they too developed the idea, Isnt it too bad that Alfred cant do arithmetic? He accepted their mistaken estimate of his ability, felt that it was useless to try, and was very poor at arithmetic, just as they expected. One day Adler succeeded in solving a problem which 4 of the other students had been able to solve. This gave him confidence. He rejected the idea that he couldnt do arithmetic and was determined to show them that he could. His new 5 confidence stimulated him to go at arithmetic problems with a new spirit. He now worked with interest, determination, and purpose, and he soon became extraordinarily good at arithmetic. (1)、 A： found B： none C： likely D： In E： which 答案 ： C (2)、 A： found B： none C： likely D： In E： which 答案 ： E (3)、 A： found B： none C： likely D： In E： which 答案 ： D (4)、 A： found B： none C： likely D： In E： which 答案 ： B (5)、 A： found B： none C： likely D： In E： which 答案 ： A 10、 The Internet began more than thirty years ago, and its goal was to increase communication among universities, the government and some major American businesses by linking their computers together. The Internet makes it easy for them to send large 1 of information quickly. As time passed, more people began using the Internet. In 1981, the Internet linked 213 computers. Only nine years later, it 2 more than 350,000 computers. Today experts say there are about 300 million computers connected to the Internet. The Internet has changed the way people work. They can travel from place to place 3 getting in touch with their office all the time via the Internet. A recent report in the America magazine, Newsweek, said more than 89 million Americana now use the Internet at work. Companies around the world now use the Internet. One can hardly imagine how business could be done 4 the Internet. The Internet is becoming more important than any one had thought possible. And its importance is 5 to increase more in the future. (1)、 A： linked B： expected C： amount D： while E： without 答案 ： C (2)、 A： linked B： expected C： amount D： while E： without 答案 ： A (3)、 A： linked B： expected C： amount D： while E： without 答案 ： D (4)、 A： linked B： expected C： amount D： while E： without 答案 ： E (5)、 A： linked B： expected C： amount D： while E： without 答案 ： B 15、 For thousands of years, people thought of glass as something beautiful to look at. Only recently do they come to _1_ it as something looked through. Stores _2_ their goods in large glass windows. Glass bottles and jars that hold food and drink allow us _3_ the contents. Glass is used to make spectacles, microscopes, telescopes, and _4_ very useful and necessary objects, and glasses, are used by people who can not see perfectly or by people who want to protect their eyes _5_ bright light. (1)、 A： think of B： to see C： display D： from E： many other 答案 ： A (2)、 A： think of B： to see C： display D： from E： many other 答案 ： C (3)、 A： think of B： to see C： display D： from E： many other 答案 ： B (4)、 A： think of B： to see C： display D： from E： many other 答案 ： E (5)、 A： think of B： to see C： display D： from E： many other 答案 ： D 16、 There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so _1_. The mother decided that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her. One day, in Bens _2_, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him _3_. Why did Ben put up his hand? his classmates wondered. He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say? Well, Ben not only _4_ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were surprised. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports. Ben later went on to the _5_ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States (1)、 A： top B： slow C： class D： answer E： knew 答案 ： B (2)、 A： top B： slow C： class D： answer E： knew 答案 ： C (3)、 A： top B： slow C： class D： answer E： knew 答案 ： D (4)、 A： top B： slow C： class D： answer E： knew 答案 ： E (5)、 A： top B： slow C： class D： answer E： knew 答案： A 18、 Everyone has hobbies. A hobby can be almost anything a person likes to do in his spare time. People who take up hobbies are hobbyists. They paint pictures, sing pop songs, _1_ music instruments and collect stamps or other things. They grow flowers, _2_ fishing and hunting. They climb mountains, swim, skate and play games. People today have _3_ time than ever for hobbies. In early times, people were _4_ busy making a living to have hobbies. Nowadays machines have taken the place of many workers. More people retire at an earlier age. They have hobbies _5_ these activities offer them enjoyment, friendship, knowledge, and relaxation. (1)、 A： because B： more C： play D： go E： too 答案 ： C (2)、 A： because B： more C： play D： go E： too 答案 ： D (3)、 A： because B： more C： play D： go E： too 答案 ： B (4)、 A： because B： more C： play D： go E： too 答案 ： E (5)、 A： because B： more C： play D： go E： too 答案 ： A 19、 This is my timetable. I study at No.3 Middle School of Dongfang. From Monday to Friday I get up _1_ 6:30 a.m. I have _2_ at 7:00 and then I go to school. I dont like to be late. Our classes _3_ at 8:30 a.m. We have four classes in the morning. I often have lunch at school with my classmates. In the afternoon, we have two classes. Classes are over at 3:30, and I get home at 4:00. But sometimes I dont _4_ school so early because I play basketball on the playground. I have supper at about 6:00. After supper I do my homework. I often watch TV, b