1、完形填空ex完形填空强化练习ALanguage is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 1_ from all other animals. Language is a means of communication,2_it is much more than that. Many animals can 3_. The dance of the honeybee communicates the
2、location of flowers 4 _other members of the hive(蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything.5_things like unicorn(独角兽)that have never existed. The key 6_in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 7_together in different ways, according to 8_, to communicate different mean
3、ings.Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing9_humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 10_about the university the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink, It is an immensely complex11_that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 12_of our speech a
4、nd understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 13_.The Speaker has to translate thoughts into 14_language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 15_of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 16_out what the
5、speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 17_ the words spoken, understand the pattern of 18_ of the words (sentences), and finally 19_ the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But 20_started, it is of course a continuous process.1. A) apart B) off C) up D) d
6、own2. A) so B) but C) or D) for3. A) transfer B) transmit C) convey D) communicate4. A) to B) from C) over D) on5. A) only B) almost C) even D) just6. A) stays B) situates C) hides D) lies7. A) stuck B) strung C) rung D) consisted8. A) rules B) scales C) laws D) standards9. A) combines B) contains C
7、) defines D) declares10. A) what B) whether C) while D) if11. A) prospect B) progress C) process D) produce12. A) aspects B) abstracts C) angles D) assumptions13. A) anybody B) another C) other D) everybody14. A) body B) gesture C) written D) spoken15. A) growing B) fixing C) beginning D) building16
8、. A) put B) take C) draw D) figure17. A) identify B) locate C) reveal D) discover18. A) performance B) organization C) design D) layout19. A) prescribe B) justify C) utter D) interpret20. A) since B) after C) once D) untilBAn earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. It took some 75,000 lives, 1_ 130,
9、000 and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or homes. 2_ overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed 3_ the region, tended by international aid organizations, military 4_ and aid groups working day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set 5_.Mercifully, the season was mild. But wit
10、h the 6_ of spring the refugees will be moved again. Camps that 7_ health care, food and shelter for 150,000 survivors have begun to close as they were 8_ intended to be permanent.For most of the refugees, the thought of going back brings 9_ emotions. The past six months have been difficult. Familie
11、s of 10_ many as 10 people have had to shelter 11_ a single tent and share cookstoves and bathing 12_ with neighbors. “They are looking forward to the clean water of their rivers,” officials say. “They are 13_ of free fresh fruit. They want to get back to their herds and start 14_ again.” But most w
12、ill be returning to 15_ but heaps of ruins. In many villages, electrical 16_ have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid workers 17_ that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake took 18_. And for the thousands of survivors, the 19_ will never be complete.Yet the survivors have to start som
13、ewhere. New homes can be built 20_ the stones, bricks and beams of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to start again.1. A) injured B) ruined C) destroyed D) damaged2. A) Altogether B) Almost C) Scarcely D) Surely3. A) among B) above C) amid D) across4. A) ranks B) equipment C) personne
14、l D) installations5. A) out B) in C) on D) forth6. A) falling B) emergence C) arrival D) appearing7. A) strengthened B) aided C) transferred D) provided8. A) never B) once C) ever D) yet9. A) puzzled B) contrasted C) doubled D) mixed10. A) like B) as C) so D) too11. A) by B) below C) under D) with12
15、. A) facilities B) instruments C) implements D) appliances13. A) seeking B) dreaming C) longing D) searching14. A) producing B) cultivating C) farming D) nourishing15. A) anything B) something C) everything D) nothing16. A) lines B) channels C) paths D) currents17. A) account B)measure C)estimate D)
16、 evaluate18. A) aside B) away C) up D) out19. A) reservation B) retreat C) replacement D) recovery20. A) from B) through C) upon D) ontoC Do you wake up every day feeling too tired, or even upset? If so, then a new alarm clock could be just for you.The clock, called SleepSmart, measures your sleep c
17、ycle, and waits 1 you to be in your lightest phase of sleep 2 rousing you. Its makers say that should 3 you wake up feeling refreshed every morning.As you sleep you pass 4 a sequence of sleep states-light sleep, deep sleep and REM (raid eye movement)sleep-that 5 approximately every 90 minutes.The po
18、int in that cycle at which you wake can 6 how you feel later, and may 7 have a greater impact than how much or little you have slept. Being roused during a light phase 8 you are more likely to wake up energetic.SleepSmart 9 the distinct pattern of brain waves 10 during each phase of sleep, via a hea
19、dband equipped 11 electrodes（电极）and a microprocessor. This measures electrical activity of the wearers brain, in much the 12 way as some machines used for medical and research 13 , and communicates wirelessly with a clock unit near the bed. You 14 the clock with the later time at 15 you want to be w
20、akened, and it 16 duly (适当地) wakes you during the last light sleep phase before that.The 17 was invented by a group of students at Brown University in Rhode Island 18 a friendcomplained of waking up tired and performing poorly on a test. “19 sleep-deprived people ourselves, we started thinking of 20
21、 to do about it,” says Eric Shashoua, a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea.1. A)beside B)near C)for D) around2. A)upon B)before C)towards D) till3. A)ensure B)assure C)require D) request
22、4. A)through B)into C)about D) on5. A)reveals B) reverses C)resumes D) repeats6. A)effect B)affect C)reflect D) perfect7. A)already B)ever C)never D) even8. A)means B)marks C)says D) dictates9. A)removes B)relieves C)records D) recalls10. A)proceeded B)produced C)pronounced D)progressed11. A)by B)of
23、 C)with D)over12. A)familiar B) similar C)identical D) same13. A) findings B) prospects C) proposals D)purposes14. A) prompt B) program C)plug D) plan15. A)where B)this C)which D) that16. A)then B)also C)almost D) yet17. A)claim B)conclusion C)concept D)explanation18. A)once B)after C)since D) while
24、19. A)Besides B)Despite C)To D)As20. A)what B)how C)whether D)whenDIn an age when technology is developing faster than 1 _ before, many people are being 2_ to the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can do this is 3 _ investigating their own family history. They can try to 4 _ out more
25、about where their families came from and what they 5_. This is now a fast-growing hobby, especially in countries with a 6_ short history, like Australia and the United States. It is 7 _ thing to spend some time 8 _ through a book on family history and to take 9 _ to investigate your familys past. It
26、 is10 _ another to carry out the research work successfully. It is easy to set 11 _ it in a disorganized way and 12_ yourself many problems which could have been 13_ with a little foreword planning.If your family stories tell you that you are 14 _ with a famous character, whether hero or criminal, d
27、o not let this 15 _ take over your research. Just 16 _ it as an interesting possibility. A simple system 17_ collecting and storing your information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may only get in your 18 _ . The most important thing, though, is to 19_ started. Who knows what you
28、20_ find. 1. A) only B) once C) ever D) never 2. A) fetched B) attracted C) pressed D) brought 3. A) by B) with C) in D) through 4. A) lay B) find C) put D) make 5. A) found B) put down C) developed D) had 6. A) fairly B) greatly C) mostly D) widely 7. A) a B) one C) no D) some 8. A) seeing B) livin
29、g C) going D) moving9. A) ideas B) purposes C) steps D) decisions 10. A) more B) just C) quite D) even 11. A) on B) off C) out D) about 12. A) cause B) create C) build D) produce 13. A) avoided B) lost C) missed D) escaped 14. A) attached B) joined C) connected D) related 15. A) idea B) fact C) stor
30、y D) news 16. A) direct B) contact C) treat D) control17. A) by B) with C) for D) through 18. A) track B) way C) road D) path 19. A) feel B) make C) get D) appear 20. A) ought B) must C) should D) mightEIn ancient Greece, athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations.
31、The Olympian athletic festival, 1 every four years in 2 of Zeus, eventually lost its local character, becoming first a national event, and then, after the rules against foreign competitors were changed, a(n) 3 one. No one knows exactly how far 4 the Olympic Games go, but some officials records 5 from 776 BC
