【弘正学苑助力2017山西教师招聘考试】英语学科知识绝密预测题3

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the __（1）__ or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a __（2）__ Christmas after all. __（3）__，the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle （陆续临近） in.

　　There was a __（4）__ on the door one evening. It was Jeff's new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to __（5）__ us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a __（6）__ on the porch （门廊）. Apparently the doorbell wasn't working in the cold snowy weather and we had __（7）_ a visit from the Browns, our across­the­street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.

　　The __（8）__ feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.

　　As Jeff and I were clearing pre­Christmas __（9）__ from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to __（10）__ us to dig out.

　　Then, we received an invitation to __（11）__ a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their __（12）__—a 90­year­old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.

　　Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our __（13）__. Our Christmas morning __（14）__ was special, thanks to the Smiths' gift of bread. I was so __（15）__ for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.

　　This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The __（16）__ and work schedules just made things too difficult. __（17）__ that sense of Christmas isolation （孤立） all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were __（18）__ in the holidays.

　　Lonely people are all around us, but most of us __（19）__ notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest __（20）__ gesture can make a world of difference.

（1）A. chance    B. anxiety     C. time      D.ability

（2）A. lonely     B. free    C. merry     D. usual

（3）A. Therefore    B. However    C. Somehow    D. Meanwhile

（4）A. sign     B. knock    C. card     D. note

（5）A. invite     B. welcome    C. drive    D. send

（6）A. tree    B. flower    C. mail    D. package

（7）A. forgot    B. missed     C. arranged    D. received

（8）A. warm     B. deep     C. true    D. mixed

（9）A. rubbish     B. snow     C. dust    D. leaves

（10）A. teach     B. urge    C. help     D. forbid

（11）A. prepare    B. share     C. taste     D. exchange

（12）A. guest    B. aunt    C. maid     D. partner

（13）A. folks     B. relatives     C. neighbors     D. colleagues

（14）A. call    B. greeting    C. meeting    D. breakfast

（15）A. sorry     B. eager    C. grateful     D. ready

（16）A. season     B. expense    C. distance    D. situation

（17）A. Knowing    B. Showing    C. Studying    D. Discovering

（18）A. happy    B. busy     C. alone    D. active

（19）A. always    B. usually     C. finally    D. seldom

（20）A. careful    B. kind     C. pretty    D. patient

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”．

　　At the__（1）__of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I__（2）__a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a   __（3）__， permanent campsite in the park, and__（4）__， the hosts served as a link between the park's guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rentfree place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an__（5）__for the following day.

　　The park was__（6）__， so it took us some time to find an  available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table. We   __（7）__   climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to   __（8）__   our camp.

　　Having survived that night, we were   __（9）__   that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our__（10）__   and gave us a beautiful campsite.

　　That evening,   __（11）__， we learned about the canyon   __（12）__. They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay   __（13）__   in the dark until the winds died away.

　　__（14）__the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and   __（15）__ the little money my wife   __（16）__   by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful   __（17）__. For a time after our business   __（18）__   I thought I might lose my family as well.

　　Living in the tiny   __（19）__   with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself   __（20）__   for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!

1．A. back    B. edge     C. centre     D. entrance

2．A. sponsored    B. published    C. noticed     D. answered

3．A. safe     B. free    C. convenient     D. beautiful

4．A. in return    B. in time     C. in short    D. in turn

5．A. attempt    B. agreement    C. appeal      D. appointment

6．A. crowded    B. dangerous     C. ideal     D. quiet

7．A. repeatedly     B. immediately    C. eventually     D. calmly

8．A. attack    B. leave     C. pass     D. search

9．A. satisfied     B. determined    C. confident      D. aware

10．A. responsibilities    B. requirements     C. circumstances     D. conditions

11．A. moreover     B. therefore     C. meanwhile     D. however

12．A. winds     B. snows    C. woods      D. trails

13．A. shaking     B. quarrelling     C. mourning    D. aching

14．A. After     B. Between     C. During     D. Beyond

15．A. give away     B. hand out     C. live on     D. put aside

16．A. borrowed     B. earned     C. posted    D. raised

17．A. business     B. career    C. family    D. image

18．A. started    B. failed     C. expanded     D. declined

19．A. truck     B. park    C. house      D. camp

20．A. desperate    B. ready     C. suitable     D. thankful

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注意：（1）词数100左右；

（2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。