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The passage has 15 blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Passage 1
It is well known that teenage boys tend to do better 1)______ math than girls, that male high school students are more likely than their female counterparts 2)______ advanced math courses like calculus, that virtually all the great mathematicians 3)______ men. Are women born with 4)______ mathematical ability? Or does society’s sexism slow their progress? In 1980, two Johns Hopkins University researchers tried 5)______ the eternal nature/nurture debate. Julian Stanley and Camilla Benbow 6)______ 10,000 talented seventh and eighth graders between 1972 and 1979. Using the Scholastic Aptitude Test, in which math questions are meant to measure ability rather than knowledge, they discovered 7)______ sex differences. 8)______ the verbal abilities of the males and females 9)______ differed, twice as many boys as girls scored over 500 (on a scale of 200 to 800) on mathematical ability; at the 700 level, the ratio was 14 to 1. The conclusion: males have 10)______ superior mathematical reasoning ability.
Benbow and Stanley’s findings, 11)______ were published in "Science", distur bed some men and 12)______ women. Now there is comfort for those people in a new study from the University of Chicago that suggests math 13)______ not, after all, a natural male domain. Prof. Zalman Usiskin studied 1,366 tenth graders. They were selected from geometry classes and tested on their ability to solve geometry proofs, a subject requiring 14)______ abstract reasoning and spatial ability. The conclusion 15)______ by Usiskin: there are no sex differences in math ability.
1. A. at B. to C. of D. about
2. A. in tackling B. tackling? C. to tackle D. about tackling
3. A. might be B. have been C. must be D. had been
4. A. smaller B. less C. fewer D. not more
5. A. to settle B. to set C. settling D. setting
6. A. were tested B. have tested C. were testing D. had tested
7. A. distinct B. instinct C. remote D. vague
8. A. Since B. However C. As D. While
9. A. scarcely not B. virtually C. largely D. hardly
10. A. superficially B. universally C. inherently D. initially
11. A. as B. that C. which D. all
12. A. few B. not a few C. not few D. quite few
13. A. be B. were C. was D. is
14. A. none of B. neither of C. either D. both
15. A. got B. gained C. reached D. accomplished
The passage has 15 blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
Passage 2
We all know that a magician does not really depend on "magic" to perform his tricks, but on his ability to act at great speed. 16)______, this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician 17)______rabbits from a hat. 18)______ the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of 19)______. He could free himself from the tight test knots or the most complicated locks in seconds. 20)______ no one really knows how he did this, there is no doubt 21)______ he had made a close study of every type of lock ever invented. He liked to carry a small steel needle like tool strapped to his leg and he used this in place of a key.
Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They 22)______ him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himself 23)______ an instant. The police 24)______ him of having used a tool and locked him up again . This time he wore no clothes and there were chains round his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his "needle" in a wax like 25)______ and dropped it on the floor in the passage.
26)______ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was 27)______ astonishing. He was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of 28)______ was nailed down. The 29)______ was dropped into the sea in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was 30)______, it was opened and the chains were found inside.
16.A. Generally?B. However C. Possibly D. Likewise
17.A. to produce B. who produces?C. produce D. how to produce
18.A. Out of the question B. Though?C. Probably?D. Undoubted
19.A. escaping B. locking C. opening D. dropping
20.A. Surprisingly B. Obviously?C. Perhaps D. Although
21.A. if B. whether C. as to D. that
22.A. involved B. closed C. connected D. bound
23.A. at B. by C. in D. for
24.A. rid B. charged C. accused D. deprived
25.A. candle B. mud?C. something D. substance
26.A. As B. Usually C. Maybe?D. Then
27.A. overall B. all but C. no longer D. altogether
28.A. it B. which?C. that D. him
29.A. chest B. body C. lid D. chain
30.A. brought up?B. sunk?C. broken apart D. snapped
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cheer v.欢呼 chest n.胸腔，胸膛，箱子 claim v. 认领 close adj.亲密的 comfortable a.舒适的，安慰的command vt.命令，指挥，控制common a.普通的，共同的community n.社区 compare vt.比较，对照 complain v.抱怨，投诉complaint n.抱怨，控告 complete v. 完成adj.完整的connect vt.连接，联系 continue vt.继续 control vt.控制，克制n.控制counter n.柜台，计数器countless a.无数的 courage n.勇气，胆量 course n. 课程 crash vi.碰撞，坠落n.碰撞creature n.生物，创造物 crossing n. 十字路口 cube-shaped adj. 立方体形状的culture n. 文化 第三组 dairy n.牛奶场，乳制品dangerous a.危险的 dare vt.aux.v.敢，竟敢 deaf a.聋的 degree n.程度，度，学位 diet n.饮食，食物 direction n.方向，指导 directly ad.直接地，立即disappoint v.使……失望disastrous a.灾难性的，悲惨的discover vt.发现，暴露，显示discuss vt.讨论 disorder n.混乱，骚乱 distance n.距离，远处 distract v. 分散注意力documentary a.有文件的；有证件的double a.两倍的，双的
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高考完形填空常用词汇汇总 名词类 1身体部位arm head hair brain waist back shoulder pulse wrist 2餐馆/定餐/就餐inn restaurant kitchen menu bill order tip fork and knife reserve /book table Taste delicious salad dash vegetables fruit tray napkin 3职务人员clerk secretary passer-by friend minister manager waitress guest host hostess Assistant customer adult neighbor relative patient /vet staff crew nurse teacher Conductor tailor sailor inventor gardener guard 4学校活动match game activity hold a meeting /debate /speech/ ceremony 5诊所/看病/服药clinic hospital take one’s temperature take medicine/pills have a fever/flu/headache doctor physician surgeon specialist patient 6车站/机场airport on board miss the train/bus catch a train meet sb. 7假期vacation holiday spring break ask for leave be on holiday have two days off 8意志will courage patience determination faith effort confidence ambition energy 9才能/品质talent gift ability potential intelligent promising smart stupid careful proud Strict honest cold serious easy-going learned knowledgeable 10优缺点advantage disadvantage strength weakness 11目标aim goal intention purpose belief faith 12方式means method way manner approach 13身体素质strong weak pale sick ill be well keep slim/ fit cut weight/put on weight 14图表photo picture graph drawing table line/bar graph pie chart draw a sketch 划草图 15文章reading translation essay poem paper novel/fiction article magazine newspaper journal 日志diary日记Files form make a list of 16课堂class course lecture example reason message notes words phrase scholarship degree Subject question trouble difficulty grades read comment marks 17 旅游trip journey tour voyage travel tourist passenger go camping/picnicking/hiking 18建议/观点advice suggestion idea proposal view recommandation 19气候/天气climate weather storm windy cloudy rainy snow hot/cold/freezing/heat/warmth 20交通by train/bus /boat bike on the train/bus /a bike drive a car ride a bike
2016中考任务型完形填空专项练习题
（四） （they, careful, be, fact, take, would, other, stand, what, decide） I’m eighteen years old this year. I 1._________ a pupil before and now I’m a university student. My mother was my first teacher when I was very little. Then, I had three 2. ________ teachers in different schools. Now Miss Williams is one of my university teachers. I have never expected that I will be a teacher one day. I am a shy girl and I am afraid of 3. ______ before many people. I do not know 4. _______ to say. But I will be a teacher tomorrow! Tomorrow morning! I made this 5.______ just two weeks ago. Miss Williams, my English teacher, told me there was a teacher job, just for two weeks in this summer. She asked if I 6.________ be interested. I wanted to make some money, so I said “yes” to her. At once I regretted but it was too late to 7. ______ my word back. There are about twenty foreign boys and girls in the class. They know very little English. I have 8._______ read the book that Williams gave me. Four of the lessons are very simple, in 9._______ too simple. I do not know what to do with these few simple words and sentences. I will read the lesson to them, and ask them to read after me, and then ask them to read it 10. ________. That will be about ten minutes. What shall I do next? （五） （how, they ,winter, spend, care , dance , show , open , only, good） The world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. ________ are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2.________ they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be. Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 ________ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4. ________ kept in the glass boxes. Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Nature’s secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. ________ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. ________ in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7.________ you many other interesting things, but the 8. ________ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9.________ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10.________ to people who look and listen carefully.