2010年大学英语B完型填空

“Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight? ”I  eagerly asked my father. “I have to work late tonight. I doubt I’ll be able to__21__ it on time. I am just too busy right now, ”he replied. My mind could not accept the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to__22__ my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same __23__. Why would I even bother asking?  __24__ , there was always a slight hope that tonight would be different.     As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends greeted me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.” I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the  __25__ as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called, __26__ three others. I followed my classmates to the stage. When I reached out my hand to shake the  teacher’s, a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera  hurt my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there. I walked back to my seat  __27__.    Back at home, seeing my dad’s car in the garage, I told myself he would not be __28__ . But the strong smell of alcohol （酒精）hit me as soon as I stepped inside, and I could feel my tears  __29__. I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him  lying on the couch.     Why did father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more  __30__ than his whiskey bottle. 21. D. make 22. C. attend   23.A. excuse   24.C. Otherwise  25.A. air   26.D. along with 27.B. disappointedly 28.A. drunk  29.C. building up  30.D. important Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir of Ralph W. Tyler, one of the most famous men in American education. Born in Chicago in 1902, __21__ and schooled in Nebraska, the __22__ college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his __23__ from medicine to education. Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect __24__ his later work. In 1927, he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he __25__ developed a new method of testing. Tyler became well-known in 1938, __26__ he carried his work with the Eight-Year Study from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robert Hutchins. Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, a position he __27__ for fourteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to seek an independent（独立的）spirit in their work. __28__ Tyler officially retired in 1967, he never actually retired. He served on a long list of educational organizations in the United States and abroad. Even __29__he traveled across the country to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives（目标）that develop __30__ teaching and learning within their schools. 21 C. brought up 22.D. 19-year-old 23.B. major 24.A. on 25. A. further 26. B. when 27. D. held 28. C. Although 29. C. in his 80s 30. A. the best How do you spend your off hours? Do you watch television? There are __21__ ways you can spend your leisure time. But is it really possible to get more __22__ your time off? Not just making this time more productive, but actually making it more enjoyable. 　　 The answer goes against what many of us __23__ about how to spend our free time. From early childhood we’ve been taught to divide everything __24__ into two groups, work and leisure. Work consists of all the things we need to do and leisure is everything __25__. 　　 Dividing the world this way isn’t necessarily wrong. __26__ the subtle message contained in this division is that work and leisure are different. Your work needs to be productive, efficient and challenging. Therefore leisure should be relaxing, accomplish __27__ and be free of pressures. 　 The problem is this opinion, that work should be the __28__ of leisure, ruins your free time. The belief __29__ the most enjoyable moments of life are spent relaxing in the fruits of our labor doesn’t match the real world. Research has shown that the most __30__ moments of our life are the ones when we are most engaged. 21. B. many 22. A. out of 23. D. have been taught 24. B. to do 25. C. else 26. A. But 27. D. nothing 28. C. opposite 29. B. that 30. A. enjoyable The Internet continues to develop as a free world for the exchange of ideas. Freedom of information is embraced by netizens （网民）__1__. Nevertheless, the virtual world is __2__ perfect and should not be free from controls. As the Internet becomes __3__ part of social and economic life, its users need to recognize the dark side of cyberspace. The call is growing for self-restraint on websites. But __4__ self-restraint is insufficient, government must take __5__. The Ministry of Public Security will be sending virtual police to China's __6__ websites. By the end of June all major online forums will be monitored. __7__ is an important step, especially to protect minors from sexually explicit websites. To do these laws will be a major challenge since a safe Internet society involves both the creation of websites and their use. In the information age, it is extremely difficult for an individual nation to control online message, which, __8__ a large extent, is internationalized. Law enforcement agencies from around the world have worked together - the Virtual Global Task Force — to __9__ down online purveyors of child pornography. Much more work must be done to make cyberspace a safe place for its users, __10__ children. 21. A. everywhere 22. B. far from 23. D. increasingly 24. C. if 25. B. action 26. C. major 27. C. It 28. A. to 29. C. track 30. D. especially A health profile is a portrait of all of the factors that influence your health. To draw your health profile, you will _____21____ what diseases run in your family, what health hazards（危险）you may be exposed to at work, how your daily ____22____ compares to the recommended standards, how much time per week you ____23____ exercising and what type of exercise you engage ___24___, how stressful your work and family environments are, what kinds of illnesses you get regularly, and ____25____ or not you have any one of a number of addictions. ____26____ this portrait, you should have a checkup to determine how your blood, heart, and lungs are functioning. This checkup will serve____27____ a baseline, to which you can then compare later tests. _____28______ this profile is thoroughly drawn, you can begin to think about setting health priorities（优先权）based on your particular portrait. For example, if you drink two martinis（马提尼酒） every evening, have a high-stress _____29____, are overweight, smoke a pack of cigarettes a day, and use marijuana occasionally on weekends, you should quit smoking first, followed _____30_____ losing the excess weight, reducing the stress of your job, giving up your marihuana habit, and then finally giving some thought to those martinis if you want to prevent first cancer, and then heart disease. 21. D. need to know 22.A. diet 23.C. spend 24.B. in 25. B. whether 26. A. To complete 27. A. as 28.B. Once 29.C. job 30.B. with Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people __21__. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat __22__, they are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus (柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something __23__ butter. People in different countries and different areas of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are prepared, cooked and eaten in many different ways. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that __24__ of these differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten __25__ or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o'clock at night. The important thing is __26__ every day a person should eat something from each of the seven kinds of food. There are two problems, then, in feeding __27__ of people on earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world population __28__ no one is hungry. The second is to __29__ that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them __30__ to be strong and healthy. 21. A. need 22. B. every day 23.B. like 24. C. none 25. D. raw 26. B. that 27. C. the large number 28. C. so that 29. D. make sure 30. B. grow There were once three sons of a wealthy businessman. 21 they met, the two el​dest, who were twins, 22 to quarrel about which of them should be his father's heir (继承人) . The youngest, who was not 23 ambitious (野心勃勃的), took no part in their argument. As soon as they left home, the father arranged for an adequate income to be provided for 24 of them, but insisted that apart from this they were to be financially self-supporting. The 25 twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking per​sonality, decided that he would take up the stage 26 a career. He 27 a small reper​tory company, acted in minor parts, was always unpunctual (不准时) at rehearsals and was accordingly 28 with his fellow-actors. He earned little and so had to live mainly on his allowance. He occasionally thought of 29 his profession, but always put off 30 a decision, and he became increasingly bored and disillusioned. 21.B.whenever 22.B.Used 23.C.in the least 24.C.each 25.D.elder 26.B.as 27.A.joined 28.Bunpopular 29.D.changing 30.A.making Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps 21 the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, 22 reading material and giving out assignment. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and 23 what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points and 24 become hard even for the students to under​stand. Most institutions provide courses which assist new students to develop the skills they need to be 25 listeners and note-takers. If these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which 26 learners to practice these skills independently. In all cases it is important to 27 the problem before actually starting your studies. It is important to acknowledge that most students have difficulty 28 acquiring the language skills required in college study. One way of 29 these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the academic year. Another basic strategy is to find a study partner 30 it is possible to identify diffi​culties, exchange ideas and provide support. 21-25BCCDA 26-31ACADC One day when Jamie came home after school, his mother had on her worry face. He knew she was thinking of 21 "It's bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea," Jamie said. "Yes. I'm thinking of those fishing boats at sea," she said. At that moment 22 went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark. "The coastline will be in the dark," Jamie's mother said. She got more worried. 23 always come in threes. I broke my best glasses this morning, and my sister has the cold. “Now, don't worry, mum. They're right.” They're 24 to come through this all right. But Jamie really worried about those fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would 25 the cove (海湾) in the dark. Jamie took flares and rushed into the wind. There was a cliff by the sea. He started to climb. He 26 himself up hand over hand. At last he reached the top. He 27 three times. On the fourth try he fired off one of the flares. It rose and cut into the black sky in bright light. Then he saw an answering flare up at sea. Jamie fired off two more. He saw another answering flare up, then another, then another. The answering flares from the fishing boats showed they 28 the entrance to the cove but then changed course and were 29 sailing into the cove. They were almost home. Jamie helped 30 the fishermen of the village. 21.D.the weather 22.the lights 23.C.Troubles 24.A.sure 25.B.miss 26.B.pulled 27.C.tried 28.C.had found 29.A.now 30.B.save More and more teachers and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, 21 came from the printed papers sold on streets. These printed things look like newspaper but have hardly anything to do with them. You can only find reading materials badly 22 there----some are too strange for anyone to believe, 23 are frightening stories of something even worse. However, many of the young students are getting absorbed in such poisonous reading, which costs them what they should pay for their breakfast and bring them nightmares and immoral ideas 24 return. Homework is left undone, daily games lost. These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, 25 they are, we never know, are making their silent money. The sheep skinned wolf's stories seem to have been forgotten once again. Why not forbid this kind of things at school? Yes, both teachers and parents have 26 each other for more strict control of the young readers. Yet unfortunately, 27 you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it. Sometimes you may even find several children share one patched paper, which has traveled from one hand to 28 driven by the curious nature. It really does harm to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The 29 teachers and parents need more powerful support. Meanwhile, the young readers need more interesting books to help them 30 these ugly papers. 21.C.which 22.B.made up 23.B.others 24.B.in 25.B.whoever 26.D.asked 27.B.the more 28.C.some others 29.D.worried 30.D.get rid of It is always interesting to visit another country, especially for those who have never traveled a great deal. Foreign 21 can be very educational for anyone if he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand. Learning the language of the new country would be difficult for the traveler, 22 the benefits of such an effort would become obvious immedi​ately 23 his arrival. It may not seem important to him when he comfortably stays at home, but knowing how to 24 a meal or book a room is necessary for the newcomer in a strange country. Without knowing the language, it is very difficult 25 the stranger to understand the people of the new country and their customs. Of course, in our small world it is often possible to find someone 26 understands our own, but this is only second-best for the traveler. To be sure, he can see places and things 27 the use of a language, but places and things 28 not the heart of any coun​try. To get the greatest benefit from a trip 29 another country, it is how important for the visitor to 30 an understanding of the language. 21.A.travel 22.D.but 23.A.on 24.B.order 25.C.for 26.A.who 27.A.without 28.B.are 29.C.to 30.D.have Did you sleep well last night? Maybe many people will answer: No. In fact, in the world about one in three people do not have good sleep. 21 you say you do not have good sleep, it means waking early and not getting back to sleep, often interrupted short period of sleep, or hours of wakefulness. You 22 get tired, worried, and anxious. Your memory and ability to remember things will be 23 . Then what should you do when you have the trouble? Do not worry about it too much. First, let's see whether you can sleep yourself. The ways are as follows: First, 24 that your bedroom isn't too cold or too hot. Keep it dark and quiet. Second, check your lifestyle: Do not drink tea, coffee, cola or chocolate four hours before 25 .Drink less liquid so that you can have no or fewer visits to the toilet. Set your body clock well by getting up and going to bed at the fixed time every day. You 26 take any daytime naps. Develop a relaxing bedtime habit. Read or 27 music, then take a warm bath. If you really can not sleep, try some bread, rice 28 milk. They will help you fall asleep. Go for a daily walk. Natural light helps you to put your body clock into correct habit, 29 do exercise outdoors if you can. Forget the worries of the day. Write down any worries, thoughts or questions before you go to bed. With these written down, you will have 30 to think about and your sleep will become easier. 21.C.If 22.B.may 23.A.affected 24.B.make sure 25.C.going to bed 26.D.had better not 27.A.listen to 28.B.or 29.C.so 30.D.less About a hundred years __21___ a baby tiger was found in a wild forest in India. At the time a ship was just getting ready ___22__ sail for England, and so it was decided that he should ___23__ London. In those days there were no steamship, and it took many months for a ship to sail ___24__ India to England. The little tiger soon __25___ himself at home on board the ship and he was liked by everyone. He was not __26___ to do any harm, and so he was allowed to run about as he wished. He was always ready for a game with anyone who had time to play. He slept __27___ the sailors. He took his food from their hands. He raced with them on the deck. He was very fond of meat, and now and then he would steal __28___ from the cooks’ room. One day a cook caught him, just as he __29___ a piece of meat, and gave him a good beating. But after that he was still __30___ friendly to the cook as to anyone else. 21. B. ago 22. A. to 23. C. be sent to 24. D. from 25. C. made 26. A. large enough 27. D. with 28. C. some meat 29. B. was stealing 30. C. as Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry. One morning, he got up late __21___ his clock stopped. He tried to shave very quickly and cut himself, when he got dressed, he got blood all over his shirt, so he had to find another one. The ___22__ other shirt that is clean needed ironing. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to ___23__ money for water. After he paid the water bill and showed the man out, he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he __24___ wear the one with the blood on it. __25___ this time it was very late, so he thought he couldn’t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to ___26__ him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in. In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman _27____ a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. __28___Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt and took him to the police station. He was kept till three o’ clock p.m. before the police __29___ that he was not the man they wanted. When he __30___ arrived at the office at about four p.m., his boss took a look at him and told him to find another job. 21. C. because 22. B. only 23. C. collect 24. D. had to 25. A. By 27. C. with 28. B. When 29. C. found out 30. A. finally When he entered his parents’ room, the little boy 21 shivering (发抖) from cold. His parents called a doctor, who 22 some medicine and bed rest to 23 his temperature. Assured by the doctor that the illness was not a serious one, his father asked him to relax and 24 . Somehow the boy could not 25 thinking. Evidently, he was holding tight 26 himself about something. When his father returned from h