完形填空训练(十七)
In Mr. Allen’s high school class, all the students have to “get married”. However, the wedding ceremonies are not real ones but imitations (模拟). These ceremonies sometimes become so noisy that the loud laughter 1 out the voice of the “minister”. 2 the two students getting married often begin to laugh quietly.
The teacher, Mr. Allen, believes that marriage is a difficult and 3 business. He wants young people to understand that there must be many 4 after marriage. He believes that the 5 for these psychological and financial adjustments (心理和财政调整) should be understood before people 6 .
Mr. Allen doesn’t only 7 his students to major problems faced 8 marriage such as illness or unemployment. He also lets them know the 9 problems they will face every day. He wants young people to know about all the difficulties and troubles that can throw marriage to the 10 point. He even familiarizes his students with the problems of divorce (离婚) and the 11 that divorced men must pay child 12 money for their children and sometimes pay monthly some money to their 13 .
It has been nervous for some of the students to 14 the problems that a married couple often faces. 15 they took the course, they had not felt much 16 about the problems of marriage. 17 both students and parents feel that Mr. Allen’s course is 18 and have supported the 19 publicly. Their statements and letters supporting the class have made the school more firmly believe that it’s necessary to 20 the course again.
1. A. makes B. drowns C. dies D. takes
2. A. Just B. Yet C. Still D. Even
3. A. funny B. terrible C. serious D. beautiful
4. A. changes B. events C. choices D. children
5. A. way B. need C. possibility D. chance
6. A. graduate B. teach C. learn D. marry
7. A. lead B. put C. introduce D. explain
8. A. to B. in C. against D. on
9. A. practical B. painful C. physical D. proper
10. A. boiling B. freezing C. breaking D. melting
11. A. truth B. fact C. view D. reason
12. A. support B. medicine C. education D. care
13. A. parents B. lawyers C. wives D. families
14. A. settle B. see C. face D. forget
15. A. Since B. When C. Until D. After
16. A. excited B. satisfied C. disappointed D. worried
17. A. However B. Therefore C. Indeed D. Besides
18. A. worthless B. valuable C. interesting D. tiring
19. A. marriage B. problem C. course D. content
20. A. improve B. stop C. continue D. offer
完形填空训练(十八)
A true apology is more than just acknowledgement (承认) of a mistake. It’s recognition that something you’ve said or 1 has damaged a relationship—and that you 2 enough about that relationship to want it 3 .
It’s never 4 to acknowledge you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need the art of apology. Look back and think how 5 you’ve judged roughly (草率), said 6 things, pushed yourself 7 at the expense (在使某人受损的情况下) of a friend. Some deep thought in us know that when
I remember a doctor friend, 11 me about a man who came to him with 12 illnesses: headache, insomnia (失眠), stomachaches and so on. No physical 13 could be found. Finally the doctor said to the man, “ 14 you tell me what’s on your conscience (良心), I can’t help you.”
After a short silence, the man told the doctor that he 15 all the money that his father gave to his brother, who was 16 . His father had died, so only he himself knew the matter. The old doctor made the man write to his brother making an 17 and enclosing (附寄) a 18 . In the post office, the man dropped the letter into the mail box. As the letter disappeared, the man 19 into tears. “Thank you, doctor,” he said, “I think I’m all right now.” And he 20 .
1. A. done B. thought C. announced D. expected
2. A. lost B. care C. advise D. heard
3. A. built B. formed C. repaired D. damaged
4. A. difficult B. easy C. foolish D. shy
5. A. long B. often C. much D. soon
6. A. unusual B. harmful C. precious D. unkind
7. A. ahead B. away C. down D. off
8. A. still B. even C. only D. such
9. A. sense B. brain C. weight D. feeling
10. A. shown B. explained C. offered D. expressed
11. A. asking B . telling C. requiring D. setting
12. A. strange B. serious C. various D. much
13. A. signs B. reason C. cause D. marks
14. A. Whenever B. Unless C. Suppose D. Although
15. A. stole B. accepted C. seized D. wasted
16. A. mad B. lost C. abroad D. dead
17. A. order B. excuse C. agreement D. apology
18. A. note B. card C. check D. photo
19. A. joyed B. burst C. laughed D. cried
20. A. should B. did C. had D. was