2 . 小说填空

I came out just like I went in, feet first and belly down. My legs were spread out like a bean-shooter stalk. Arms flailing the air, I     1     (快速钻出来)and up. I seemed to hang suspended in air at the peak of my climb. I could see the hard-packed ground far below. As I started down, I shut my eyes tight and     2     (咬紧牙关). This didn’t seem to help. With     3     (劈里啪啦声), I landed. I felt the air     4     (呼呼吹)between my teeth. I tried to scream, but had no wind left to make a sound. After bouncing a couple of times, I finally settled down to earth. I lay spread-eagled for a few seconds, and then slowly got to my knees.

One pup started my way. I held my breath. On he came until I felt a     5     (刺痒的小脚) on mine. The other pup followed. A warm puppy tongue    6    (抚摩)my sore foot. I     7    （跪下)and gathered them in my arms. I buried my face between their    8    (扭动着的身体)and cried. Rising with the two pups held close to my chest, I asked if I owed anything.

Between sobs, I heard the     9     (愉快的尖叫声)from my sisters as they fondled my pups.

I heard the     10     (绳子扯断的吧嗒声) and the rattle of paper. The oh’s and ah’s from my sisters were     11     (太好听了).

Mama     12     (飞奔出来) with my sisters right behind her. Papa was out by the bam harnessing his team. Mama yelled something to him about a snake. He dropped the harness,     13     (一跃跨过) the rail fence, and in a long lope started for me. Mama reached me first. She grabbed me and shouted, “where did it bite you?”

Mama just     14    (呻吟) way down deep and covered her face with her hands. Some big     15     (泪水涌出来) between her fingers. Almost in a whisper, I heard her say, “Thank God; I thought you were snake-bitten.”

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据中文或首字母，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Throughout the course of history, it is the morals and v    1    of humanity that makes us human the paragon (模范) of the world.

Think of Dr. Lin Qiaozhi. Unlike the m    2     of girls of her time, she studied hard     3    (admit) to the medical university, and finally became a great woman     4    (know) as the“mother of ten thousand babies”.

Then think of the immigrants who went to America to seek their f    5    during the goldrush. They s    6     down and opened up shops to e    7     a living. They brought their own cultures to the country,     8     (make) it a nation with great cultural d    9    .

Finally, there are scientists and a    10    who are intelligent,     11    (有耐心的) and brave enough to carry on this mission     12    the huge risks.They believe the     13    (explore)of this final f     14     can help them     15    (追求) a better future for mankind.

7 . I used to be a    1     to computer games. But now I am q    2     it. Last week, I s    3     up for advanced     4    (文学) and finally made it.     5    (显而易见) , I felt happy about it. I will try to be r    6     for my future. (根据首字母或汉语提示完成短文)

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入几个适当的单词。

While this was going on. Mr. Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue.but he was     1     to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes,for the men     2     and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving. Mr. Taylor rushed out and     3     it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves..

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入几个适当的单词。

The journalist immediately     1     these important facts, but he took a long time to send them.Meanwhile,the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon     2    .He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入几个适当的单词。

The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma， but where had it come from? As no puma had been reported missing from ant zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow     1     The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still     2     in the quiet countryside.