语篇填词
Ashrita Furman is not a____1____athlete. As a child, he was not interested in sports and was____2____. However, the Guinness Book of World Records____3____him. When he was____4____16, he met an Indian meditation teacher and knew it is important for people to develop their bodies as it is to develop their minds, hearts and____5____selves. Since then he has made many records in sports which are not ____6____. ____7____these activities might be childish and cause laughter rather than respect, they need an enormous____8____of strength，____9____and determination. In reality he is a man who likes____10____.
答案 1.natural 2.unfit 3.fascinated 4.aged 5.spiritual 6.conventional 7.While 8.amount 9.fitness
10.challenges
Ⅴ.单项填空
1. Mike arrived at the meeting________at ten o'clock—as it was scheduled —not a minute early or late.
A.flexibly B.loosely
C.punctually D.approximately
解析 flexibly 可变通地，柔韧地; loosely 松散地，自由地; punctually 准确无误地，准时地; approximately 大约地，近似地。根据句意应选C项。
答案 C
2.________a small number of Australians are bitten by spiders each year, most recover without any medical treatment.
A.While B.Unless C.When D.Because
解析 句意：虽然每年有少数的澳大利亚人被蜘蛛咬伤，但大部分没有经过任何医疗就康复了。while 在此表示“虽然，尽管”，引导让步状语从句。
答案 A
3. I've become good friends with several of the students in my school________I met in the English speech contest last year.
A.who B.where C.when D.which
解析 考查定语从句。several of the students是定语从句的先行词且从句中缺宾语who引导定语从句。句意：我已经成了我在去年英语演讲比赛中遇到的几个学生的好朋友。
答案 A
4. A team of nurses________the doctor in performing the operation on the boy wounded in the earthquake.
A.supported B.encouraged
C.assisted D.respected
解析 考查动词辨析。句意：一队护士协助这个医生给那个在地震中受伤的男孩做手术。support支持;encourage鼓励;assist协助;respect尊敬。
答案 C
5. I'm calling to require about the position________in yesterday's China Daily.
A.advertised B.to be advertised
C.advertising D.having advertised
解析 考查非谓语动词。句意：我打电话想询问一下昨天《中国日报》上刊登的招聘职位的有关情况。position与advertise之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词作后置定语。
答案 D
6. It took us quite a long time to get to the amusement park. It was________journey.
A.three hour B.a threehours
C.a threehour D.three hours
解析 句意：去游乐园花了我们很长一段时间，是3个小时的路程。考查复合形容词。一段3个小时的路程有两种表达方式：a threehour journey; three hours'journey。类似表达 a oneweek event, a twoyear project。
答案 C
7.________I accept that he is not perfect，I do actually like the person.
A.While B.Since C.Before D.Unless
解析 句意：尽管我承认他不完美，但我确实喜欢这个人。while尽管，虽然。
答案 A
8. Her son, to whom she was so________， went abroad ten years ago.
A.loved B.cared C.devoted D.affected
解析 考查固定搭配。be devoted to致力于。句意：她挚爱的儿子十年前出国了。
答案 C
9. After she retired, she________most of her time to housework and bringing up her grandchildren.
A.spent B.took C.provided D.devoted
解析 句意：退休后，她把大部分时间花在了做家务和抚养孙辈上。spend用于 “spend...on sth/(in) doing sth”结构;take作“花费”解时，用于it takes sb some time to do sth句型; provide“提供”;devote...to(doing) sth“把……用于……”。
答案 D
10. The book didn't ________children probably because the author employed too many scientific terms in it.
A.apply to B.appeal to
C.intend to D.lead to
解析 句意：孩子们对这本书不感兴趣很可能是因为作者使用了太多的科技术语。appeal to sb吸引某人，使某人感兴趣;apply to sb向某人申请;lead to导致，通向;intend to do sth打算做某事。
答案 B
