完形填空訓練（7）及答案

　　If you want to learn a new language, the very first thing to think about is why. Do you need it for a ___1____ reason, such as your job or your studies? Or perhaps you’re interested in the ___2____, films or music of a different country and you know how much it will help to have a ___3____ of the language.

　　Most people learn best using a variety of ___4___, but traditional classes are an ideal（理想的）start for many people. They ___5___ an environment where you can practice under the ___6___ of someone who’s good at the language. We all lead ___7___ lives and learning a language takes time. You will have more success if you study regularly, so try to develop a ___8___. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t got long. Becoming fluent in a language will take years, but learning to get by takes a lot less.

　　Many people start learning a language and soon give up. “I’m too ___9___,” they say. Yes, children do learn languages more ___10___ than adults, but research has shown that you can learn a language at any ___11___. And learning is good for the health of your brain, too. I’ve also heard people ___12___ about the mistakes they make when ___13___. Well, relax and laugh about your mistakes and you’re much less likely to make them again.

　　Learning a new language is never ___14___. But with some work and devotion, you’ll make progress. And you’ll be ___15___ by the positive reaction of some people when you say just a few words in their own language. Good luck!

　　1. A. technical

　　B. practical

　　C. political

　　D. physical

　　2. A literature

　　B. transport

　　C. agriculture

　　D. medicine

　　3. A view

　　B. knowledge

　　C. form

　　D. database

　　4. A paintings

　　B. regulations

　　C. methods

　　D. computers

　　5. A. protect

　　B. change

　　C. respect

　　D. provide

　　6. A. control

　　B. command

　　C. guidance

　　D. pressure

　　7. A. busy

　　B. happy

　　C. simple

　　D. normal

　　8. A. theory

　　B. business

　　C. routine

　　D. project

　　9. A. tired

　　B. nervous

　　C. weak

　　D. old

　　10. A. closely

　　B. quickly

　　C. privately

　　D. quietly

　　11. A. age

　　B. speed

　　C. distance

　　D. school

　　12. A. worry

　　B. hesitate

　　C. think

　　D. quarrel

　　13. A. singing

　　B. working

　　C. bargaining

　　D. learning

　　14. A. tiresome

　　B. hard

　　C. interesting

　　D. easy

　　15. A. blamed

　　B. amazed

　　C. interrupted

　　D. informed

　　【參考答案】完形填空：

　　1-5. BABCD

　　6-10. CACDB

　　11-15. AADDB

　　Many of us spend a great deal of time and energy trying to prove that we are right-and others are wrong. Many people believe that it’s their job to

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　　others how their positions, statements, and points of view are

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　　, and that in doing so, the person they are correcting is going to somehow

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　　it, or at least learn something. Wrong!

　　Think about it. Have you ever been

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　　by someone and said to him, “Thank you so much for showing me that I’m wrong and you’re right.”? Or, has anyone you know ever

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　　you when you corrected them, or made yourself “right” at their

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　　? Of course not. The truth is, all of us

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　　to be corrected. We all want our positions to be

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　　and understood by others. Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest

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　　of the human heart. And those who learn to

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　　are the most loved and respected. Those who are in the

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　　of correcting others are often resented and

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　　.

　　A wonderful way for becoming more peaceful and loving is to practise

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　　others the joy of being right- give them the glory.

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　　correcting. When someone says, “I really feel it’s important to:”, rather than jumping

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　　and saying, “No, it’s more important to…:”, simply let it go and allow their statement to

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　　. The people in your life will become less defensive and more

　　17 . They will appreciate you more than you could ever have 18

　　. You’ll discover the joy of joining in and witnessing other people’s

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　　, which is far more rewarding than a battle of egos (自我). Starting today, let others be “

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　　”, most of the time?

　　(

　　) 1.A.show

　　B. ask

　　C. prove

　　D. teach

　　(

　　) 2.A.unimportant

　　B. unbelievable

　　C. incorrect

　　D. imperfect

　　(

　　) 3.A.consider

　　B. appreciate

　　C. understand

　　D. refuse

　　(

　　) 4.A.fooled

　　B. helped

　　C. taught

　　D. corrected

　　(

　　) 5.A.thanked

　　B. rewarded

　　C. cared

　　D. accepted

　　(

　　) 6.A.side

　　B. price

　　C. expense

　　D. cost

　　(

　　) 7.A.like

　　B. hate

　　C. prefer

　　D. afford

　　(

　　) 8.A.admired

　　B. received

　　C. realized

　　D. respected

　　(

　　) 9.A.shortcomings

　　B. advantages

　　C. desires

　　D. wishes

　　(

　　) 10.A.talk

　　B. praise

　　C. help

　　D. listen

　　(

　　) 11.A.habit

　　B. form

　　C. position

　　D. purpose

　　(

　　) 12.A.punished

　　B. avoided

　　C. left

　　D. scolded

　　(

　　) 13.A.letting

　　B. lending

　　C. allowing

　　D. owing

　　(

　　) 14.A.Stop

　　B. Continue

　　C. Practise

　　D. Try

　　(

　　) 15.A.out

　　B. up

　　C. in

　　D. off

　　(

　　) 16.A.last

　　B go

　　C work

　　D stand

　　(

　　) 17.A.helpful

　　B. loving

　　C. careful

　　D. popular

　　(

　　) 18.A.dreamed

　　B. wanted

　　C. asked

　　D. demanded

　　(

　　) 19.A.sufferings

　　B. worries

　　C. successs

　　D. happiness

　　(

　　) 20.A.happy

　　B. right

　　C. sorry

　　D. proud

　　1.A

　　show sb. sth. “給某人展示……”。

　　2.C

　　由下文“糾正”別人（correcting）可知。

　　3.B

　　appreciate “感激”。由or at least learn something 可知。

　　4.D

　　由上下文可知。

　　5.A

　　此處作者反問：你曾經被別人“糾正”而感激不盡過嗎？被你“糾正”過的人曾經“感激”過你嗎？——沒有。

　　6.C

　　at one’s expense意為“以犧牲……為代價”。

　　7.B

　　此處應是我們都“不喜歡”被別人“糾正”。

　　8.D

　　由后面的understand 可知。

　　9.C

　　指我們內心的“欲望”。

　　10.D

　　學會“傾聽”別人的觀點，才能得到別人的愛戴和尊敬。

　　11.A

　　be in the habit of 相當于have the habit of。

　　12.B

　　由前面的“怨恨”及和前句的loved和respected相對比可知。

　　13.C

　　allow sb. sth. “允許某人擁有……”。

　　14.A

　　作者建議：別再老是“糾正”別人，故用stop doing (停止干……)。

　　15.C

　　jump in

　　相當于break in （插話、打斷別人）。

　　16.D

　　stand 意為“站得住腳、能成立”。

　　17.B

　　loving “友愛的”。

　　18.A

　　dream “夢想”。

　　19.D

　　目睹別人因為正確而獲得的“幸福”。

　　20.B

　　由全文可知，這是作者議論的中心：讓別人“對”吧。

　　完形填空--------A

　　Report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___1___. According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___2___ one. The world will be more ___3___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___4___ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___5___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___6___ have 15 million by then.

　　Food production will ___7___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, ___8___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___9___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___10___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___11___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___12___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___13___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___14___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___15___. They only carried out the situation that ___16___ today. By changing the situation, by ___17___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___18___ time for the nations of the world to work ___19___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___20___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.

　　(

　　) 1. A. learning

　　B. project

　　C. notice

　　D. study

　　(

　　) 2. A. pleased

　　B. pleasant

　　C. safe

　　D. blue

　　(

　　) 3. A. dangerous

　　B. beautiful

　　C. crowded

　　D. terrible

　　(

　　) 4. A. no more than

　　B. as many as

　　C. as much as

　　D. as large as

　　(

　　) 5. A. developing

　　B. developed

　　C. big

　　D. mountainous

　　(

　　) 6. A. none

　　B. each

　　C. all

　　D. neither

　　(

　　) 7. A. insist

　　B. reduce

　　C. increase

　　D. continue

　　(

　　) 8. A. so

　　B. but

　　C. or

　　D. however

　　(

　　) 9. A. already

　　B. hardly

　　C. partly

　　D. never

　　(

　　) 10. A. wanted

　　B. lacked

　　C. found

　　D. expected

　　(

　　) 11. A. destroying

　　B. protecting

　　C. disturbing　

　　D. interrupting

　　(

　　) 12. A. saved

　　B. lost

　　C. discovered

　　D. used

　　(

　　) 13. A. Air pollution

　　B. Water pollution

　　C. Some diseases

　　D. All farmland

　　(

　　) 14. A. animals

　　B. plants

　　C. forests

　　D. people

　　(

　　) 15. A. must be true

　　B. will come true

　　C. can’t be true

　　D. may be wrong

　　(

　　) 16. A. happens

　　B. develops

　　C. exists

　　D. appears

　　(

　　) 17. A. settling

　　B. working out

　　C. answering

　　D. dealing

　　(

　　) 18. A. no

　　B. still

　　C. less

　　D. plenty of

　　(

　　) 19. A. about

　　B. in

　　C. out

　　D. for

　　(

　　) 20. A. working

　　B. suggesting

　　C. spending

　　D. waiting

　　1. D。study意為“研究”，根據下文，這是指對未來20年地球上的情況變化所作的研究。

　　2. B。與后面的人口增長，環境污染等聯系起來看，在2010年地球上的狀況(picture)將會令人不愉快(unpleasant)。

　　3. C。因為人口繼續增長，所以世界會越來越擁擠(crowded)。

　　4. D。指人口數目的多用large，不用small。指人口達到某一數目用“as large as +數詞”。

　　5. A。從現狀來看，人口增長快的國家多為發展但不發達的國家；而城市人口急劇增長的則是一些發展中的國家(developing countries)。

　　6. B。前面提到了兩個城市，故此空只能填each。neither具有否定意義，不合句意，不能插入謂語之中。

　　7. C。相臨幾句是講糧食增長問題，故選increase“增長”。

　　8. B。前后兩句具有轉折意義：農民所生產的糧食將比1985多90%，但多數增產糧食的國家是已經有足夠糧食供人們生活的國家。

　　9. A。already意為“已經”，由下句可知：是指已經有足夠糧食供人們生活的國家。

　　10. D。expect意為“預計”，句意為：在亞洲南部的國家預計增產幅度不大。

　　11. A。由changing farms into deserts可知：不當農業生產方式毀壞(destroy)了大片生產糧食的土地。

　　12. B。由于擴建城市，修建房屋，必然侵占大量農田，故選lost(失去)。