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阅读理解(2)练习Passage 1Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. Have you ever heard of online learning? If you are unfamiliar with it, please read the following 1 introduction. Online courses are very useful 2 your goal is gaining new skills or advancing towards a certificate. You can also use online classes for meeting professional 3 . With online classes, you choose when and where you 4 . There are no live classes to attend. Instead, lectures, coursework, and other activities all 5 at your convenience. You choose the place - at home, at school, -wherever you have 6 to a computer. Youll get the same high-quality teaching from the 7 . The difference is that you wont have the day-to-day barriers of 8 classes. This is good, because its these things that 9 so many of us from reaching our goals. After people are offered the 10 of online learning, going to campus becomes a thing of the past. Its change your life! Word Bank A. opportunity I. participate B. access J. take up C. path K. take place D. requirements L. whether E. assignments M. briefF. instructor N. simpleG. hinder O. regular H. block Keys: 1. M 2. L 3. D 4. I 5. K 6. B 7. F 8. O 9. G 10. A Passage 2Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. I hear many parents saying that their teenage children are rebelling, and I wish it were so. At their age they ought to be 1 from their parents and learning to make their own decisions. But take a good look at the present situation of our teenagers. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they 2 with their parents. They say they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new 3 in music. But somehow they all 4 listening to the same crowded loud music. Their reason for thinking or 5 one way or another is that the crowd is doing it. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to 6 against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly developed a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what every 7 teenager should have and be. All this 8 to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path. And it has a 9 influence on him or her. But the 10 is worth climbing over. They should try to find themselves and be themselves. Word Bank A . stand up I. waysB. break up J. barrierC. end up K. disagreeD. adds up L. argueE. growing away M. individualF. growing up N. uniqueG. acting in O. negativeH. directionsKeys : 1. E 2. K 3. H 4. C 5. G 6. A 7. M 8. D 9. O 10. J Passage 3Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. My father was a lawyer with no sons, so he decided that his older daughter, Susie, would follow his career. It was his plan that shed 1 his business when he died. By the time Susie could read and write, my father read law books to her at bedtime. He enjoyed having her show off to visitors in his office and they were 2 at her reciting difficult passages. When Susie finished high school, she followed my father to the university where he 3 her into the first-term courses to enter law school. Everything went smoothly for a while, and no one in the family was 4 of the slow change that came over Susie. One day Susie 5 that she would like to take piano lessons. Dad, a supporter of an all-round education, did not 6 her wishes. He just 7 her not to spend too much time on the piano. He said that one lesson a week would be enough, 8 the heavy schedule she kept at the university. The added noise of playing the piano was not disturbing at the beginning because Susie practiced only half an hour each day, but gradually she 9 her practicing to several hours per day. Slowly but surely it began to 10 the conversations between Dad and his clients next door. Finally my father realized that as the piano playing had increased, the study of law had decreased. Word BankA. reminded I. take over B. remembered J. take after C. guided K. interrupt D. announced L. stopE. extended M. opposeF. amazed N. considering G. informed O. judgingH. awareKeys: 1. I 2. F 3. C 4. H 5. D 6. M 7. A 8. N 9. E 10. K Passage 4Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. Id like to discuss with you the secrets of good conversation. When someone tells you that you have to give a speech, your 1 may be Theres no way Im going to do that! But its important to remember that speeches are like anything else in life _ theres always a first time. Here are some keys of being a 2 speaker. They are 3 on my own experience and other good speakers. Look at your 4 . It is very important to make eye 5 . Be sure to look up from your text or notes. Each time you look up from your text, look at a different part of the audience, so the whole group feels theyre being 6 . Stand up straight. It doesnt mean that you have to 7 a straight posture(姿势), but stand in a comfortable, natural way, rather than bending over the lectern(讲台). If theres a microphone in front of you, 8 it to the right height, rather than forcing yourself to stoop(俯身，弯腰) during the speech. Talk normally into the microphone. If you speak at a high 9 into it, you will actually be harder to hear. And be careful to keep your mouth in the 10 of the microphone; dont turn away to answer a question from the side. Do not speak in a dull tone that will put your audience to sleep, especially if youre talking after a heavy meal. Word BankA. adjust I. successfulB. encounter J. addressedC. assume K. impressed D. pitch L. basedE. rate M. contactF. range N. connection G. audience O. reactionH. hopefulKeys: 1.O 2. I 3. L 4. G 5. M 6. J 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. F Passage 5Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is estimated that 0.8 to 1.2 million people in the United States are 1 with the Human Immune-Deficiency Virus (HIV). This virus damages cells in the immune system that fight off 2 and diseases. As the virus gradually destroys these important cells, the 3 system becomes less and less able to fight against illness. Typically, HIV lives in an infected persons body for months or years before any 4 of illness appear. AIDS is the last stage of HIV infection. People with AIDS experience certain 5 infections and cancers which make them very sick and can eventually kill them. Unlike many diseases, HIV and AIDS are 6 . While it can be annoying to think about AIDS and consider your 7 , getting up-to-date information is the first step toward protecting yourself. A friend or an acquaintance (熟人) with HIV or AIDS will need your support and understanding, just as with any other life-threatening 8 . And remember, constant 9 _ a hug, a handshake, a kiss on the cheek _ brings about no danger of infection to you. Assurance (保证) of your 10 friendship is very important. Most importantly, your friend will want to be treated as usual _ as a valuable human being. Word Bank A. life-threatening I.contactB. heartbreaking J.risk C. immune K.viruses D. protected L.diseasesE. preventable M.infectedF. signs N.effectedG. signals O.continuedH. infectionsKeys : 1. M 2. H 3. C 4. F 5. A 6. E 7. J 8. L 9. I 10. O Passage 6Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. Here are some suggestions that prove helpful for those who are preparing for a job interview. In some way, a(n) 1 interview is like a persuasive speech. In an interview, the applicant seeks to 2 the employer to employ him or her. An applicant should make sure he knows certain information 3 to the interview. First, the applicant should know what kind of job he wants and how that job 4 to his career objectives. Second, the applicant should seek as much information as possible 5 to the company. After gathering information about the company, the applicant is ready for the 6 . The interviewers first 7 comes from the interviewees appearance. For both men and women, they should 8 proper clothes and have neat, conservative length of hair. Although hairstyles and dresses are matters of personal taste, many personnel directors form their 9 impressions from these things. For example, one college 10 with long hair and casual clothes interviewed for a public relations job. His education was good, and he spoke well in the interview. But the manager who interviewed him decided not to give him the job. Theres no way Id hire someone who looks like that, the manager said. Word Bank A. according I. relatesB. concerning J. employmentC. initial K. appointmentD. original L. interviewE. prior M. impressionF. wear N. reactionG. persuade O. graduateH. appliesKeys: 1. J 2. G 3. E 4. I 5. B 6. L 7. M 8. F 9. C 10. O Passage 7Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. The United States is known as a country of wealth. However, it is also a country with a great deal of crime. And it isnt getting any better. Crimes of all types have been increasing at a(n) 1 rate. Most types of serious crime increased from 363.5 in every 100,000 people in 1970 to 535.5 in 1979. In 1979, there was one murder 2 in very 24 minutes. And there was one case of 3 in every 10 minutes. The case of murder involved (涉及) 21,456 4 . Most acts of violence were committed by young people. Fifty percent of the 5 put into prison in 1979 were youths below 25 of age. Everyone agrees that crime is partly a result of bad material conditions: poverty, lack of education, being parentless, 6 from other bad luck, etc. There are also other factors besides material conditions which 7 for the sharp increase in the crime rate. In the first 8 , some states have the death penalty (死刑) but some not. Secondly, the Constitution (宪法) 9 every citizen to carry weapons for his own protection. Finally, the details of crimes are so 10 described in movies and on TV that even children know how to commit crimes. With knowledge of how to commit crimes, many young people take the next step and become criminals. Word BankA. account I. criminalsB. describe J. robbery C. allows K. sufferingsD. advocates L. locationE. committed M. placeF. correctly N. dominatingG. accurately O. alarmingH. victimsKeys : 1. O 2. E 3. J 4. H 5. I 6. K 7. A 8. M 9. C 10. G Passage 8Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. It is important that we share a common definition of creativity. Ive gone to many creativity-focused meetings where no one ever 1 the topic. For example, one person sees creativity as the activity of simply 2 new ideas; therefore, the more ideas, the more creativity. In 3 , another individual may view creativity as the result of a wild imagination. In this case, the 4 the ideas, the more creative they are. And yet someone else may think of creativity in a more practical manner, and define a creative idea as one that has actual use. In my mind, a 5 thought is one that is useful. It relates to ones abilities of 6 . To whom should the creative idea be useful? In the work place, your ideas should be useful to your organization. Sometimes, the idea leads to 7 use. More often, the idea wont be useful until days, weeks months, or years after the 8 breakthrough thought is put forward. And, in most cases, to achieve its use, the idea requires many more ideas from many 9 . An idea that isnt practiced, 10 , by my definition, cannot be a creative idea. Creativity ought to be active at every level in an organization. Word BankA. creative I. definesB. original J. contrastC. initial K. oppositionD. instant L. imagination E. immediate M. coming up forF. odder N. coming up withG. individuals O. obviouslyH. humansKeys : 1. I 2. N 3. J 4. F 5. A 6. L 7. E 8. C 9. G 10. O Passage 9Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. William Johnson is not like most people. At the age of 19, when most young people are having a hard time of 1 their future, planning which college to go to or which subject to study, he made a different choice. He chose a life at sea. Now nearing retirement, William gives talks to high school students, encouraging them to consider 2 choices that few young people give any thought to. Forget college! Mr. Johnson shouts, his voice rising loudly before a group of 1,000 students who paid to listen to him speak. He tells of the numbers _ the 34,000 a year that is made by the average university graduate and the other 3 of completing university studies. He says that this amount and more can be made without such an education. However, he says, making money isnt the most 4 thing. According to Mr. Johnson, there are other 5 that a person should consider when making the choice of what to do with his life. An important matter to 6 is what a person can learn from life. A young person never fully grows up when in the care of his parents. He never learns values such as 7 , he says. When a person goes to college, he still doesnt grow up. College is too safe and professors are too willing to forgive 8 . By contrast, Mr. Johnson argues, the real world is tough. Years ago, I chose a naval career, 9 my chance to go to college. It was an enormous decision, and Ive never regretted it, not for a moment, 10 . A fantastic world awaits all of you, and experiences exist for you to profit by. Word BankA. consider I. benefitsB. reflect J. profitsC. figuring out K. responsibilityD. turning out L. whatsoeverE. passing up M. factors F. alternative N. thoughtsG. executive O. errorsH. importantKeys: 1. C 2. F 3. I 4. H 5. M 6. A 7. K 8.O 9.E 10. L Passage 10Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. I have not cheated on this examination. Every student will have to sign under this 1 before any exam now that a suggestion made Thursday to the University Senate has been approved. The suggestion, which includes several measures to 2 academic dishonesty, was passed by the University Senate, a student-faculty governing body. In addition to a statement before examinations, one of the measures would require students to sign a declaration promising not to 3 upon admission (进入) to the university. This declaration is aimed at building up a culture of academic 4 on this campus and, at the same time, discouraging che