Cloze 16Jack lost (丢失)his job last week. It was difficult for him to find another_1_. _2_ told him that it was possible to get a new one in a town two hundred kilometers _3_. He decided to get there_4_.So he went to the railway station and got_5_a train. He was the only one in the car (车厢). The train started. Suddenly a man came in_6_a gun and said to him, “Your money_7_your life?” Jack sat there without_8_up. “I _9_any money,” Jack answered. “Then why are you so afraid of me?” the man asked angrily. “Because I _10_you were the conductor, and I didnt buy a ticket,” answered Jack. D. one /B. Somebody/C. away/C. by train/B. on/6、A. with/D. or/B. standing/9、A. dont have/D. thought /1-5:DBCCB 6-10:ADBADCloze 17Once, three fishes lived in a pond. One evening, some _1_ passed by the pond and saw the fishes. “This pond is full of fish”, they told each other _2_. “We have never fished here before. We must come back tomorrow morning with our _3_ and catch these fish!” So saying, the fishermen left.When the eldest of the three fishes _4_ this, he was troubled. He called the other fishes together and said, “Did you hear _5_ the fishermen said? We must leave this pond at once. The fishermen will return tomorrow and kill us all!”The second of the three fishes agreed. “You are right”, he said. “We must leave the pond.”But the _6_ fish laughed. “You are worrying without reason”, he said. “We have lived in this pond all our lives, and no fisherman has ever come here. Why should these men return? I am not going _7_ - my luck will keep me safe.” The eldest of the fishes left the pond that _8_ evening with his entire family. The second fish saw the fishermen _9_ in the distance early next morning and left the pond at once with all his family. The third fish refused to leave even then.The fishermen _10_and caught all the fish left in the pond. The third fishs luck did not help him - he too was caught and killed. (232字)D. fishermen/A. excitedly/C. nets/B. heard/B. what/C. youngest/A. anywhere/B. very/C. coming/D. arrived/ 1-5: DACBB 6-10:CABCDCloze 18We were going to play against a team from a country school. They didnt come until the game time arrived. They look_1_than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue jeans and looked like farm boys. We even thought that they had never seen a basketball before.We all sat down. We felt we didnt_2_any practice (训练) against a team like that.It was already so late that no_3_ could be given to them for a warm-up (热身，准备活动). The game began.One of our boys _4_the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward (前锋). From out of nowhere a boy in a dirty T-shirt _5_the pass and with a beautiful form he shot and got two points.They _6_us. Then they got another_7_of points in a minute.Soon it was all over. The country team _8_ us. We certainly learned that even though a team is good, there is usually another just a little _9_. But the important lesson learned was: One cant tell a man, or a team, by the _10_ .C. worse/D. need/D. time/ A. got/D. stopped/ A. surprised/B. pair/C. beat/ A. better / B. clothes/ 1-5: CDDAD 6-10: ABCABCloze 19Once there was a boy in Toronto. His name was Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very _1_ at it. He drew many beautiful interesting pictures, and many people _2_ his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be _3_ when he was a little older, and then they were going to _4_ these pictures for a lot of money.Jimmys pictures were quite different from other _5_ because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on _6_ of it, and the other half was always _7_.Thats very clever, everybody said. _8_ other people have ever done that before.One day somebody asked him, Please tell me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, _9_ not on the top half?Because Im small, Jimmy said, and my brushes (毛笔) cant _10_ very high.D. good/ A. bough/C. famous/D. sell/B. peoples/A. half/B. empty/ A. No/C. but/D. reach /19:1-5:DACDB 6-10: ABACDCloze 20Monday is the beginning of the week; it is the day most Americans like worst. The day they _1_ most is Saturday. Saturday is the _2_ of the workweek; it is the beginning of the weekend. Life is _3_ on the weekend; most Americans _4_ care of their houses, cars and gardens. They sleep _5_ in the morning. They enjoy the feeling that the time _6_ to move more slowly. The workweek is for things you _7_ to do; the weekend is for things you _8_ to do. Some people may get in a car for a _9_ in the country. They like to take part in a sports activity out of doors. And on Saturday night they might go to a public eating _10_ or a film.