2013奥鹏网考《大学英语B》完形填空小抄

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American people divide their days into several blocks of time, and plan different activities-____1. A. for __ different times.

American time is "on the dot"(准确地). If something is supposed to happen at Eight o'clock, it will begin at eight. Americans value promptness(准时)and may become angry if a person is more than 15 minutes late 2 E. without a good reason. If you know you are going to be late, call in advance and let someone know. 3 D.if you arrive late, you should apologize and explain why. Americans arrive 4 C. on time for doctors' appointments. The doctor may keep you 5 B. waiting , but if you keep the doctor waiting, you may get a bill with the doctor's time!

This is my timetable. I study at No.3 Middle School of Dongfang. From Monday to Friday I get up ___1 B. at ___ 6:30 a.m. I have ___2 D. breakfast ___ at 7:00 and then I go to school. I

don't like to be late. Our classes ___3 E. start ___ 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 don't ___4 A. leave ___ 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, but sometimes I

___5 C. like ___ to do some reading and the story books are very interesting. I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m.

The world is not only hungry; it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 75% of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97% of this huge amount is seawater, ___1 B. or ___ salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% of the fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes, underground, and other ___2 C. sources ____.

And we can't even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers. Even worse, some of it has been polluted.

However, as things stand today, this small amount of fresh water, which is constantly being replaced by rainfall, is still enough for us. But our need ___3 D. for.___ water is increasing rapidly - almost day by day. We all have to learn how to stop wasting our previous water. One of the first steps we should ____4 A. take ___ is to develop ways of reusing it.

Experiments have already been done in this ___5 E. case____ , but only on a small scale. The systems that have been worked out resemble those used in spacecraft.

Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four parts, ___1___ a part. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks

with more or fewer than seven days.

Your ship goes into ___2___ time part every day if you make a five-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean. As you go into each part, the time ___3___ one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you let it ahead. Each day of your journey has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you ___4___ the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day ___5___. When you go across the line, you change your calendar one full day, back or ahead.

1. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins

2. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins

3. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins

4. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins

5. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins KEY：BADCE

Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know __1__ to do when it slipped from his horse and fell __2__ the road. The sack was __3__ heavy for him to lift, and his only hope was that presently some one would come riding by and lend a hand.

It was not long __4__ a rider appeared, but the farmer's heart sank when he recognized him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle near by. The farmer would have dared to ask __5__ farmer to help, or any poor man who might come along the road, but he could not beg a favor of so great a man.

1. A. another B. what C. too D. onto E. before

2. A. another B. what C. too D. onto E. before

3. A. another B. what C. too D. onto E. before

4. A. another B. what C. too D. onto E. before

5. A. another B. what C. too D. onto E. before KEY：BDCEA

Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes __1__ read about dogs. I have a friend. He bas a big police dog with the name Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every afternoon my friend takes Jack __2__ a log walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became much worried. He walked __3__ the room several times and then sat down __4__ front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention （注意）to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He went __5__ of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he took the visitor’s cap in his mouth.

1. A. for B. in C. out D. to E. around

2. A. for B. in C. out D. to E. around

3. A. for B. in C. out D. to E. around

4. A. for B. in C. out D. to E. around

5. A. for B. in C. out D. to E. around

KEY：DAEBC

There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job __1__ a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife made him give her all his money. And then she used to give him __2__ only enough to buy his lunch in the office every day.

One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried __3__ the living-room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there.

“You’ll never guess what happened __4__ me today, dear,” he said.

He waited for a few seconds and then added, “ I won ten thousand pounds on the lottery(彩票) !”

“That’s wonderful!” said his wife h appily. But then she thought __5__ a few seconds and added angrily, “But wait a moment! How could you afford to buy the lottery ticket?”

1. A. into B. in C. back D. for E. to

2. A. into B. in C. back D. for E. to

3. A. into B. in C. back D. for E. to

4. A. into B. in C. back D. for E. to

5. A. into B. in C. back D. for E. to

KEY：BCAED

"Move ahead or fall behind" is the American attitude that leads to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is a real and precious resource to them，so every minute must ___1____ . City people are always hurrying to get where they are going, seeking attention in a store and ____2___ others out of way as they try to complete their tasks. Brief conversations, little exchanges with strangers, relaxed business chats over coffee or a welcoming cup of tea don't occur because people hate "wasting" too much time. Americans assess others professionally rather than socially, so they start talking business immediately ____3___ they are always conscious of time. Because they work hard at saving time, they have meetings ____4___ communication equipment like television screens and telephones rather than personal contacts. In America, telephones save time and energy because telephone service is excellent ____5___ mail is less efficient. Usually, the more important a job is, the more effort will be poured into it to "get it moving".

1. A. pushing B. through C. count D. whereas E. since

2. A. pushing B. through C. count D. whereas E. since

3. A. pushing B. through C. count D. whereas E. since

4. A. pushing B. through C. count D. whereas E. since

5. A. pushing B. through C. count D. whereas E. since KEY: CAEBD

Glasses protect people's eyes from bright light. Microscopes make tiny things larger __1__ we can examine them. Telescopes make objects that are far away appear __2__ closer to us.

However in recent years plastics have replaced glass __3__ conditions where glass might be

easily broken there are new uses to be developed for glass that were never imagined in the __4__. Perhaps the greatest __5__ of glass is that its constituent (构成的) parts are inexpensive and can be found all over the world.

1. A. much B. so that C. advantage D. past E. on

2. A. much B. so that C. advantage D. past E. on

3. A. much B. so that C. advantage D. past E. on

4. A. much B. so that C. advantage D. past E. on

5. A. much B. so that C. advantage D. past E. on KEY: BAEDC

Many people would agree that stress is a major problem in modern life. It is certainly true that worry and quarrel can cause all kinds of illnesses, 1 backache to severe headaches, or even more serious complaints such as high blood pressure.

Many of us think 2 stress as something that other people impose on us. We often complain about how other people put us 3 pressure. But we should try not to let such pressure affect us. We should not forget that we are largely responsible for some of the stress ourselves. We sometimes take 4 more work than our bodies and our minds can handle. We should learn to 5 our limitations. We should be aware of which things are really important and which are not.

1. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on

2. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on

3. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on

4. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on

5. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on KEY：DABEC

After I had been waiting there for more than ten minutes, I felt certain I must have missed the bus. There was only one thing I could do about that: I should just have to walk home. Of course it was entirely my own fault. Jane had told me the last bus always ____1___ at Stutton at ten thirty and it was now ten to eleven.

It would take me at least an hour and a half and maybe more to walk to my room in Forest End. But there was a ___2____ moon in the sky and I was quite used to walking much farther than that. Perhaps I had better not take the short cut through the woods, I might easily ____3___ my way in the darkness.

I was halfway home when I heard a car moving slowly behind me. Could it be my imagination or was it actually following me down the hill? Why ever should it be making such slow progress? I decided to ____4___ what was the matter, so I stood still until it stopped just near me, the door opened and a man got out, who said anxiously, "Have you any idea where we can get petrol at this time of night? We've just ____5___ out completely."

1. A. stopped B. lose C. find out D. full E. run

2. A. stopped B. lose C. find out D. full E. run

3. A. stopped B. lose C. find out D. full E. run

4. A. stopped B. lose C. find out D. full E. run

5. A. stopped B. lose C. find out D. full E. run KEY: ADBCE

Modern zoos are very different from zoos that were built fifty years ago. At that time, zoos were places 1 people could go to see animals from many parts of the world. The animals lived in cages that were made 2 concrete with iron bars, cages that were easy to keep clean.

Unfortunately for the animals, the cages were small and impossible to hide in. The zoo environment was anything but natural. 3 the zoo keepers took good care of the animals and fed them well, many of the animals did not thrive; they behaved in strange ways, and they often became ill.

In modern zoos, people can see animals in more natural habitats. The animals are given more ____4___ in large areas so that they can live more comfortably as they would in nature. Even the appearance of zoos has changed. Trees and grass grow in the cages, and streams of water flow _____5 the areas that animals live in.

1. A. of B. Although C. where D. over E. freedom

2. A. of B. Although C. where D. over E. freedom

3. A. of B. Although C. where D. over E. freedom

4. A. of B. Although C. where D. over E. freedom

5. A. of B. Although C. where D. over E. freedom KEY：CABED