完形填空(一)
(总分60, 做题时间90分钟)
完形填空
Directions: There are 15 blanks in each following passage. For each blank, some letters of the word have been given (not exceeding 3 letters). Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only one word in each blank.
Directions: There are 15 blanks in each following passage. For each blank, some letters of the word have been given (not exceeding 3 letters). Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only one word in each blank.
Passage One
The first thing to consider when you want to build a private swimming pool is the size and shape of the pool. The size and the shape will (1)de on many factors. Public pools are usually large and rectangular or L-shaped. But (2)pr pools, our specialty, are smaller and can be any shape--rectangular, kidney bean, round, oval, or free form. A private pool must fit the design of a house and garden. So the shape is (3)im . The size and the shape of your p
ool will (4)a depend on what you want to do in the pool: Dive? Have a place for children to swim? Exercise? Stay (5)c on hot days? Just relax? We can help you make these decisions.
(6)N , you must plan the details of your pool. Our engineers and architects can help you do this. They will survey your land, examine the ground, and look (7)c at your house and garden. (8)T they will draw a detailed plan that is similar to an architect's house plan. The plans will (9)i the location of drains, pipes, and water filter systems.
Next, we (10)m dig a large hole in the ground and prepare the ground for concrete. Our team of pool builders is expert at this work. (11)A they dig a large hole in the ground, they will prepare a concrete floor. Then they will prepare the walls of the pool with network reinforcement and steel formwork. Next they will pour or spray concrete onto the walls. The concrete needs to dry (12)s and evenly. If it dries too fast, it will crack.
To finish the pool, you might want to add steps, ladders, a diving board, tiles, paint, and lights. You will also need to finish the area around the pool. You might want a paved area around the pool, a fence, and a garden. Be (13)s not to plant trees near the pool: They will
(6)N , you must plan the details of your pool. Our engineers and architects can help you do this. They will survey your land, examine the ground, and look (7)c at your house and garden. (8)T they will draw a detailed plan that is similar to an architect's house plan. The plans will (9)i the location of drains, pipes, and water filter systems.
Next, we (10)m dig a large hole in the ground and prepare the ground for concrete. Our team of pool builders is expert at this work. (11)A they dig a large hole in the ground, they will prepare a concrete floor. Then they will prepare the walls of the pool with network reinforcement and steel formwork. Next they will pour or spray concrete onto the walls. The concrete needs to dry (12)s and evenly. If it dries too fast, it will crack.
To finish the pool, you might want to add steps, ladders, a diving board, tiles, paint, and lights. You will also need to finish the area around the pool. You might want a paved area around the pool, a fence, and a garden. Be (13)s not to plant trees near the pool: They will
cause (14)s and the leaves will drop into the water. (15)Fur , the growing roots will crack the concrete. Our designers and landscapers can help you with these final plans.
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Passage Two
Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The **ment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better (1)edu . They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so (2)de on their parents. They think mor
e for themselves and do not blindly (3)a the ideas of their (4)e . Events which the older generation remembers clearly are nothing (5)m than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is very marked indeed.
The old always assume that they know best for the simple reason (6)t they have been around a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their values are being (7)qu or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and (8)dis their self-satisfaction. They take leave to doubt the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds. What they reject more than anything is conformity.
Who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Why have the older generation so often used (9)vi to their problems? Why are they so unhappy and so troubled by a sense of guilt in their personal lives, so (10)oc with mean ambitions and the desire to accumulate more and (11)m material possessions? Haven't the old lost touch with all that is important in life?
The old always assume that they know best for the simple reason (6)t they have been around a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their values are being (7)qu or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and (8)dis their self-satisfaction. They take leave to doubt the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds. What they reject more than anything is conformity.
Who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Why have the older generation so often used (9)vi to their problems? Why are they so unhappy and so troubled by a sense of guilt in their personal lives, so (10)oc with mean ambitions and the desire to accumulate more and (11)m material possessions? Haven't the old lost touch with all that is important in life?
These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly. Their record over the past forty years or so hasn't been exactly spotless. Traditionally, the young have (12)tu to their elders for guidance. Today, the situation might be (13)rev . The old—if they are prepared to admit it—could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not "sinful". (14)En is a principle one could apply to all (15)as of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in the past or future.
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