When someone says \"Well, I guess I'll have to go to face the music\___36____ to go to a concert. It is something far ___37___, like being called in by your boss to ___38___ why you did this ___39___ did that, and why you did not do this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be ___40___.At some time or another,___41___ of us has had to \"face the music,\"especially ___42___ children.We can all remember father's ___43___voice,\"I want to talk to you!\" And only because we did not obey him.What an unpleasant ____44__ it was!
The phrase \"to face the music\" is ___45___ to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did the expression come from? The explanation ___46___ from the American novelist, James Fenimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was ___47___ used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they ___48___their cue(提示) to go on,they often said, \"Well,it's time to go face the music.\" And that is exactly what they did --- face the orchestra(乐队)which was just below ___49___. An actor might be ___50___ or nervous as he moved onto the stage in front of an audience that___51___be friendly or perhaps unfriendly,especially if he forgot his ___52___. But he had to go out. If he did not, ___53___would be no play. ___54___the expression “to face the music”came to mean “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the ___55___ might be, because you knew you had no choice.”
36.A.planning B.wanting C.hoping D.wishing
37.A.wiser B.more foolish C.less pleasant D.more interesting 38.A.ask B.prove C.explain D.show 39.A.or B.and C.but D.then 40.A.listened B.played C.faced D.sung 41.A.every one B.all C.few D.none 42.A.to B.like C.for D.as 43.A.angry B.sweet C.quiet D.loud 44.A.matter B.business C.music D.way 45.A.familiar B.close C.common D.usual 46.A.hears B.goes C.comes D.grows 47.A.once B.certainly C.still D.first 48.A.got B.took C.made D.did 49.A.you B.it C.them D.us
50.A.worried B.anxious C.afraid D.frightened 51.A.might B.should C.must D.would 52.A.phrase B.lines C.stories D.ideas 53.A.there B.he C.it D.we 54.A.Therefore B.Then C.Afterwards D.So 55.A.activity B.experience C.thing D.feeling
答案：
ACCBC,ADABA,CDACD,ABADB
(2)
The eyes are one of the most expressive instruments of body language. Keith,
seventeen, from Montclair New Jersey, learned the hard way about one ____16__ the eyes can make. “I had a ___17___who graded heavily on classroom discussion,”Keith says. “He seemed to have a strong ___18___to know just when I didn’t have the ___19___. I couldn’t figure out how he could be so ___20___.Then it dawned on me. Whenever I didn't know the answer, I would
___21___ looking at him. When I did know what to say, I always___22___ straight back at him. From that moment on, I __23___ myself to look him in the eye,___24___ I knew the work or not . That trick has ___25___ me a lot of trouble.\" Many people, including some policemen, believe eye contact is a good ___26___ of honesty. If someone can’t look you directly in the eye, then he or she is not playing ___27___，they insist. After many experiments, however, a number of experts have found out that good liars can make___28___ eye contact.
Eye contact, though not a ___29___ sign of dishonesty, is a clear way to show interest in another person. When a person looks at you and ___30___ to do so, you know his ___31___ is placed on yon. When he turns his head away, his mind is probably ___32___ .But there are exceptions. A ___33___ person may have trouble making and keeping eye contact, no matter how interested he is in the other person. And certain ___34___ ,such as the British and Germans, are much ___35___ oriented(适应)to eyeball-to-eyeball contact than, say, the French and the Arabs. 16. A.letter B. notice C. message D. news 17. A.student B. headmaster C. friend D. teacher 18. A.ability B. body C. mind D. way 19. A.question B. problem C. excuse D. answer 20. A.slow B. sharp C. dull D. clever 21. A.avoid B. enjoy C. like D. hate 22. A.helped B. glanced C. saw D. stared 23. A.helped B. forced C. taught D. persuaded 24. A.when B. whether C. if D. as 25. A. saved B. given C. increased D. lost 26. A. lesson B. way C. chance D. test
27. A. honestly B. quickly C. correctly D. especially 28. A. real B. terrible C. fair D. false 29. A. real B. exact C. wonderful D. sure 30. A. stops B. continues C. changes D. hopes 31. A. attention B. spirit C. strength D. energy
32. A.anywhere B. nowhere C .elsewhere D. everywhere 33. A.brave B. shy C. stupid D. proud
34. A. nationalities B. cities C. countries D. languages 35. A. more B. less C. too D. enough
答案：
CDADB, ADCBA, DADDB, ACBAB
(3)
It was very late that Mr. and Mrs. Davies took time off to do their Christmas shopping. There were only a few 16 more before Christmas, and of course the 17 and streets were terribly 18 , but they had to get 19 for their family and friends, so they 20 early one morning for the downtown, and spent several tiring hours buying the things they 21 in the big shops. 22 , Mr. Davies was carrying parcels of all shapes and sizes. He could hardly 23 where he was going 24 he and his wife left the last shop on their way to the railway station 25 home. Outside the shop, they had to cross a busy street, made even 26 than usual by the thousands of people who had come by car to do their 27 Christmas shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Davies had to wait for the traffic lights to turn green, 28 as Mr. Davies could not see very well in front of him, he 29 moved into the street without realizing 30 . Mrs. Davies saw this and became 31 . Many times she told him to 32 off the street, but 33 . Finally she shouted in a voice above all 34 , “Henry! If you want to stand in that dangerous 35 a moment longer, give me the parcels!”
16. A. hours B. days C. weeks D. months 17. A. roads B. cities C. houses D. shops 18. A. crowded B. busy C. beautiful D. noisy 19. A. food B. clothes C. presents D. money 20. A. started out B. set down C. put out D. took down 21. A. liked B. wanted C. bought D. used 22. A. Until noon B. In the daytime C. At dawn D. By lunch time 23. A. know B. find C. see D. realize 24. A. as B. while C. before D. to 25. A. or B. to C. for D. and 26. A. worse B. busier C. better D. noisier 27. A. pleasant B. last-day C. last-minute D. easy 28. A. since B. so C. then D. but 29. A. slightly B. patiently C. merely D. gradually 30. A. them B. her C. it D. him 31. A. worried B. frightened C. sad D. careful 32. A. go over B. come back C. leave out D. turn away 33. A. must trouble B. no hurry C. without success D. too noisy 34. A. voices B. noises C. sounds D. shouting 35. A. position B. situation C. way D. spot
答案：
BDACA, BDCAD, BCDDC, ABCBA
(4)
As the dogs ran about in the tall icy grass, Mike made his___1___ past the back of the house, across the vegetable garden, to the outhouse. It was rather cold. He was hardly inside ___2___he felt something dark clouded his eyesight(不详的眩晕). Suddenly ___3___ very ill, he staggered(蹒跚) out and fell down to ground. He ___4___ to his feet and tried to walk a few steps but fell again, this__5___ into the bushes.
The pain, ___6___ any he had ever felt before, seemed to come from inside his head ___7__ to affect every nerve(神经) in his body. Mike almost wanted to___8____ so that his suffering would stop--but to die in his own bed, ___9___ out here in the dirt and dark.
He had dropped the flashlight in one of his ___10___ and was now lost in the__11____. He knew the cold could kill him___12___ he didn’t get back to the house. But when he tried to___13___ once more, he found his left side unable to move. Pushing on blindly__14__ his right arm and right knee, he managed to drag himself some 30 yards—in the wrong direction. Extremely __15__, he rested. He could go___16__ further.
He had no idea___17__ he lay there before he sensed that he was not__18___. His dogs were breathing above him. They surrounded him and ___19___. They were here, Mike thought, they__20___ not desert(遗弃) me.
1. A. road B. home C. way D. path 2. A. after B. when C. that D. before 3. A. feeling B. having C. surrounding D. finding 4. A. forced B. rose C. supported D.pointed 5. A. once B. chance C. time D. turn 6. A. unlike B. as C. like D. instead 7. A. but B. and C. however D. or 8. A. laugh B. cry C. live D. die 9. A. rather B. not C. nearly D. far 10. A. jumps B. drives C. arrivals D. falls
11. A. light B. illness C. darkness D. excitement 12. A. unless B. even C. although D. if
13. A. lie down B. get up C.go out D.warm up 14. A. with B. by C. at D. in
15. A.died out B.tired out C.washed out D.stuck out 16. A.no B.some C.any D.still
17. A.why B.when C.how soon D.how long 18. A.safe B.dangerous C.sick D.alone 19. A.talked B.shouted C.barked D.cried 20. A.ought B.could C.might D.would
答案：
CBABC,ABDBD,CDBAB,CDDCD
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