第二节 完型填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Tom has been filled with fear since the plane took off. Now, the fear 【B1】 to terror(恐怖) as the red light comes 【B2】 . He gets up with difficulty from his seat and moves into 【B3】 in the open door-way of the plane. He fixes his 【B4】 on the red light, and hopes that something will go wrong and something to 【B5】 the red light from changing to green. He 【B6】 what lunacy (精神错乱) decided him to take 【B7】 this sport, but he knows that it is too 【B8】 now to turn back. He remembers the 【B9】 of his instructor during the weeks of 【B10】 . His instructor said: "However often you 【B11】 , you will probably never 【B12】 the fear of it. You'll begin to feel 【B13】 as soon as the plane is in the 【B14】 , and you'll have some 【B15】 of pure terror while you're waiting to jump. 【B16】 after that you'll have your prize. When the parachute (降落伞) opens, you'll have the most pleasant experience of your 【B17】 . I promise you that."
The memory of the promise makes no 【B18】 ; he continues to pray that something will go wrong and 【B19】 the whole thing.
Nothing goes wrong. The light turns green. The jumpmaster taps him on the shoulder, 【B20】 . into his eyes eagerly, and shouts, "Ready? Okay. Then out."
【B1】
A. gets
B. turns
C. holds
D. joins
Whom will the film be free to?
A. International English School members.
B. Young school teachers.
C. Newcomers and their teachers.
听力原文: Now it is time to welcome all the newcomers to International English School. You are all here to improve your business English skills. This weekend, which is your first in London, we'll offer to help you suit your new surroundings in an unusual and exciting way. So, starting with Friday, in the morning we thought you'd want to visit the city. We know that some of you have already visited a few muse ums in the neighborhood, so we've organized a visit to one for those who are interested. At 3 o'clock that afternoon, we've planned games that'll help you get to know your fellow newcomers. It is very interesting, and you can look forward to it. You'll all be rather tired after dinner so we thought you might like to see a film at 7 p. m. , which is free only to all International English School members. On Saturday we have organized a day trip to visit the historical city of Bath. We'll set off at 10 o'clock that morning, on board a bus we've hired for the day. Everything will be provided for you including your lunch. Now on Sunday, we've left it up to you how you spend the day, both in the morning and the afternoon. OK, that's all for now. Thank you. And do you have any questions?
Why have the newcomers come to London?
A. To visit the city.
B. To improve their business English skills.
C. To visit International English skill.
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what keeping up with the Joneses is about. It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich as his neighbors.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself: He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.
It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life-style. of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses", because "Jones" is a very common name in the United States. "Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with rich life-style. of the people around you. Momand's series appeared in different newspapers across the county for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are "Joneses" in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.
A. want to be as rich as their neighbors
B. want others to know or to think that they are rich
C. don't want others to know they are rich
D. want to be happy