Cloze 9(2013 廣東)

      Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the rest under his bed.After lunch,he found the box was gone.He went to tell his camp 1        about it.

      The next day,the coach saw a boy eating Tom’s biscuits behind a tree.He 2       an idea to solve (解決) the problem. He found Tom and said to him ,“I know who 3        your biscuits.Will you help me to teach him a lesson?”

     “Well,yes." are you going to punish 4       ,sir?” Tom asked.“No,I am not”’the coach explained 5       .“ That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for more 6       .”

      Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “ Now ,” said the coach ,“ go and 7        them with the boy who stole your biscuits."Tom didn’t understand the coach’s intention , 8        he still followed his advice.

      Half an hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill,arm in arm.The boy was trying to ask Tom to 9        his toy robot in payment for (賠償) the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so 10      . 

      In some situations,forgiveness (原 is better than punishment.

1. A. cook   B. doctor   C. coach   D. cleaner

2. A. got on with   B. went on with   C. came up with   D. caught up with

3. A. took away   B. ran away   C. went away   D. threw away

4. A. me   B. him   C. us   D. them

5. A. shyly   B. angrily   C. excitedly   D. patiently

6. A. gifts   B. biscuits   C. candies   D. toys

7. A. share   B. choose   C. divide   D. fill

8. A. if   B. but   C. since   D. though

9. A. steal   B. mend   C. make   D. accept

10. A. cheap   B. delicious   C. different   D. important

Cloze 8(2013 廣州) 

       There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his bam (谷倉) . The watch was only cheap but it was very 1        to him because it was a gift from his father.

       After 2        the bam for a long time,he gave up and asked for 3        from a group of children playing nearby.

       He 4        them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.

       Hearing this,the children hurried inside the barn 5       .They searched everywhere but still could not find the6      .Just when teh famer was going to give up,a littler boy went up to him and asked to be given another 7             

       The farmer looked at him and thought ,“ Why not? After all,this kid looks honest."

So the farmer 8        the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand!The surprised farmer asked the boy how he 9        where the rest had failed.

       The boy replied,u I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch."

This shows us that sometimes a 10 mind can think better than an excited one.

1. A. important   B. expensive   C. useless   D. interesting

2. A. finding   B. searching   C. watching   D. studying

3. A. money   B. danger   C. work   D. help

4. A. promised   B. taught   C. warned   D. believed

5. A. angrily   B. slowly   C. immediately   D. hardly

6. A. rule   B. book   C. child   D. watch

7. A. way   B. chance   C. lesson   D. smile

8. A. threw   B. sent   C. gave   D. caught

9. A. came   B. knew   C. succeeded   D. suggested

10. A. beautiful   B. smart   C. peaceful   D. quick

Cloze 7(2013 梅州) 

      We are living a fast life.It seems that everything has to be fast,for example, 1       food,fast Internet,fast roads,fast money.

      Every day we try to get things done 2       ,but there are some moments that we have to slow down and enjoy our lives.

      We are always 3        every day. I have to work eight hours or more a day at my fulltime job.

      When I get home,it’s always over seven o’clock.I make an effort (努力) to 4        something.I try to find a bit of time for my hobby一 writing. I hardly ever write and work 5        weekends. Those are my days to try to recharge (休整) and reduce (減少) the stress from my work.I sleep on the sofa during the day,6       some beer in the open air or go out for a picnic if the weather is nice.

      What I'm trying to say is this: if you don't take some time to slow down once in a while (偶爾) and 7        your life,it will pass you by. You can be unhealthy both in body and mind if you don't take the time to relax.So this weekend,don't make any 8       . Just get up on Saturday morning 9        your body says it’s time to get up. Make some coffee,step outside and get 10        fresh morning air,turn on the radio and prepare yourself for nothing.

1. A. good   B. fast   C. slow   D. cold

2. A. specially   B. seriously   C. directly   D. quickly

3. A. busy   B. happy   C. free   D. sad

4. A. drink   B. buy   C. write   D. say

5. A. with   B. except   C. in   D. on

6. A. eat   B. drink   C. take   D. get

7. A. spend   B. share   C. enjoy   D. relax

8. A. plans   B. mistakes   C. noises   D. sentences

9. A. but   B. when   C. what   D. so

10. A. any   B. many   C. no   D. some 

Cloze 6(2014 訕尾) 

      Food is very important. Everyone needs to 1        well if he or she wants to have a strong body.Our minds also need a kind of food.

      This kind of food is 2        We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are 3        in everything around them.They learn 4        while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older,they begin to 5        storybooks,science books...,anything they like.When they find something new,they love to ask questions and 6        to find out the answers.

      What is the best 7        to get knowledge? If we learn 8       ourselves,we will get the most knowledge. If we are 9        getting answers from others and do not ask why,we will never learn well.When we study in the right way,we will learn more and understand 10      .

1. A. sleep   B. read   C. drink   D. eat

2. A. sport   B. exercise   C. knowledge   D. meat

3. A. interested   B. interesting   C. bored   D. boring

4. A. everything   B. something   C. nothing   D. anything

5. A. lend   B. read   C. learn   D. write

6. A. try   B. have   C. think   D. wait

7. A. place   B. school   C. way   D. road

8. A. on   B. with   C. to   D. by

9. A. often   B. always   C. usually   D. sometimes

10. A. well   B. much   C. better   D. harder

Cloze 5(2014 廣州) 

      As two women walked into a New Jersey hospital,they laughed.

It showed the love that had held them together I        forty years as best friends. Although they were laughing,one of these ladies would soon put her life in danger 2        her best friend.

     Patty Hurley and Eileen Riley met at high school and have been close friends ever since. But when Eileen, 3       nurse,became ill with kidney ( 腎) disease,she didn’t go running to her friend—Patty came to help her,after 4       Eileen was sick. “My kidneys are failing”T Eileen explained.

    “Can I give you one of mine?” 5 the immediate reply.

     The offer was so simple 6        Eileen thought she had heard wrong.But Patty repeated she was willing to help,and their journey to the operating table began.

     Eileen always knew that her friend would help.She said 7      ,“When Patty makes a promise,she keeps 8      .

     The operation went ahead in May,and both women are now very healthy and 9        than ever.

    “There are no words to describe 10 amazing this woman is,” Eileen said afterwards.“She gave me my life."

1. A. in   B. for   C. since   D. with

2. A. save   B. saved   C. saves   D. to save

3. A. a   B. an   C. the   D. /

4. A. hear   B. heard   C. hearing   D. to hear

5. A. came   B. comes   C. come   D. coming

6. A. as   B. which   C. that   D. until

7. A. simple   B. simply   C. simpler   D. simplest

8. A. it   B. them   C. its   D. ones

10. A. so   B. why   C. what   D. how

Cloze 4(2014 廣東)

    Mike was reading in the garden when his mother came. She pointed to something and asked Mike what it was. Mike felt quite 1       ,but he told her it was a sparrow (麻雀) and got back into reading.

    Several minutes later,his mother pointed to the same sparrow and asked the same question again. Mike got a little angry but 2        answered her question. After a little while,his mother did the same thing once more.This time Mike could not 3        his anger. He shouted at her for 4        him again and again.

    The old lady silently 5        an old diary,turned to a page and showed it to Mike.Though a little impatient,Mike began to read it.

   “ Today,I was watering the flowers in the garden when little Mike pointed to a 6       on the grass and asked me what it was. I 7       at him,said it was a sparrow and kissed him. After a while Mike asked me again and I did the same. Pointing to the same sparrow,little Mike asked me what it was twenty times and I 8        answering his question and kissing him every time."

    Something gently touched Mike’s 9       His face turned red with 10        for being so impatient to his mother and he hugged (擁抱) her tight.

Your parents have given you many things in their lifetime,but you may not realize that until they are gone.

1. A. angry   B. lonely   C. proud   D. surprised

2. A. still   B. always   C. already   D. seldom

3. A. show   B. leave   C. control   D. discover

4. A. refusing   B. supporting   C. encouraging   D. disturbing

5. A. set out   B. took out   C. put out   D. looked out

6. A. fox   B. frog   C. bird   D. rabbit

7. A. threw   B. smiled   C. shouted   D. laughed

8. A. put on   B. kept on   C. tried on   D. depended on

9. A. face   B. mouth   C. heart   D. shoulder

10. A. shame   B. fear   C. happiness   D. kindness

Cloze 3(2015廣東廣州）

   Ian Kierman was born in Sydney,Australia,and grew up near the sea.For more than 40 years,he raced in international sailing competitions.

   In 1987,Kierman was competing in an around-the-world race when he began to 1        the huge amount of rubbish in the worlds oceans.When he returned to Australia,he 2       to do something about it.

   He organized a community 3        called Clean Up Sydney Harbour”.On Sunday,January 8,1989,more than 40,000 volunteers came out to 4        away rubbish.The next year,Kierman made the cleanup a national event. It was a huge 5       . Across Australia,a- bout 300,000 people spent the day improving their local 6      . 

   Since then,uClean Up AustraliaM has got 7        every year. In 2002,for example,800,000 people cleaned up almost 15,000 tons of rubbish from Australia’s beaches,parks and streets.

   Kierman was 8        with the success of his project. In 2003,he started an even bigger program. With the 9        of the United Nations Environment Programme introduced “ Clean Up the Worldan international program that supports communities around the world in cleaning up and protecting the environment. “Clean Up the World” has grown 10        and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.

1. A. save   B. collect   C. notice   D. produce

2. A. refused   B. decided   C. pretended   D. stopped

3. A. law   B. party   C. company   D. event

4. A. clear   B. send   C. turn   D. give

5. A. problem   B. success   C. surprise   D. failure

6. A. culture   B. project   C. government   D. environment

7. A. older   B. smaller   C. bigger   D. faster

8. A. happy   B. angry   C. disappointed   D. concerned

9. A. need   B. help   C. hope   D. action

10. A. loudly   B. gently   C. rapidly   D. busily

Cloze 2(2015廣東廣州) 

    Once,a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument there was.One day,a magic man 1        the king a harp (豎琴) .

    The king took it to the palace,but 2       he played it,the harp sounded terrible. Many 3       people tried it. They agreed that the harp was 4        and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish.

    A poor little girl 5        found the harp,and even though she didn’t know how 6              it,she decided to have a try. She played and played,the whole day through,for months and years.The music she produced was never perfect , 7        each time it sounded a little bet- ter.

    Then one day,suddenly,the harp started to play the most beautiful music.lt was in fact 8              magic harp,and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort.

    The king heard the music from his window,and called the girl to the palace.When the king saw that she was playing his old harp,he was filled 9        joy.At that moment he made the girl his own private 10        , giving her and her family many riches.

1. A. offer   B. offers   C. offered   D. has offered

2. A. when   B. before   C. if   D. because

3. A. another   B. other   C. others   D. the other

4. A. used   B. using   C. useless   D. uselessness

5. A. late   B. lately   C. latest   D. later

6. A. played   B. to play   C. playing   D. to playing

7. A. so   B. and   C. or   D. but

8. A. a   B. an   C. the   D. /

9. A. in   B. of   C. by   D. with

10. A. music   B. musical   C. musician   D. musically 

Cloze 1(2015 廣東)

  Once upon a time,there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs (蜘蛛網(wǎng)) on the walls and mice running around.People 1       coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day.He thought it was poverty (貧困) that 2        his unhappy life.

One day,the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 3        about changing his life.The old man gave him a beauti- ful vase (ffD ffD and said,uThis is a magic vase that will bring you4      .  

   The poor man looked at the vase 5        Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However,he didn’t want to 6        such a beautiful vase,so he brought it home and put it on the table.

   “ It’s not right for something so beautiful to be 7       ”’ the poor man looked at the vase and thought.Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it,making it even more beautiful.

     8       he was still not satisfied.u It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.v At this,he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.

     His house turned into a 9 place immediately. The poor man 10       . He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy.From then on,he worked hard and his life got better and better.

1. A. enjoyed   B. avoided   C. forgot   D. considered

2. A. led to   B. connected to   C. made up   D. set up

3. A. service   B. knowledge   C. advice   D. care

4. A. peace   B. happiness   C. mess   D. regret

5. A. sadly   B. nervously   C. proudly   D. surprisedly

6. A. throw away   B. give out   C. pay for   D. keep off

7. A. ugly   B. full   C. empty   D. dirty

8. A. Although   B. But   C. So   D. Because

9. A. large   B. dark   C. strange   D. comfortable

10. A. cheered up   B. rang up    C. sped up   D. stayed up

15.( 2013 惠州) The first thing       my brother is going to do is to write a letter.

   A. which     B. that

   C. why      D. who