第一节 完形填空
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。
I joined the army as an infantryman (步兵) instead of as a helicopter pilot because I only had the literacy (读写) level of an 11-year-old. I had no idea that I had a reading level that ___16___; I had just ___17___ words when I didn’t know them and usually ended up getting them wrong.
It was just before I turned 19 that I ___18___ my very first book. I can vividly remember the sense of ___19___ and achievement I felt. It was meant for primary school children but I didn’t ___20___. I had read a whole book, and I was ___21___. From then on I read anything and everything I could get. I just wanted to get as much ___22___ as I could.
I learned in those days at the ___23___ education center. There are always people looking forward to helping you and ___24___ you stuff. But you are never going to ____25____ unless you keep learning. The unbelievable educational ____26____ that the army offers make it one of the few places that can help you climb up the ladder of social classes in the UK.
For me, improving my literacy level had another more surprising ____27____. When I left the army, I was asked to write a(n) ____28____ of the Bravo Two Zero Mission and that led to the unexpected career change of becoming a(n) ____29____.
I have spent quite a bit of time over the past few years ____30____ schools, and workplaces, as well as army bases and businesses, to talk about my past and ____31____ others to start reading and writing like me. The ____32____ I give to all the people that I chat to is that if I can do it, anyone can. If that is a message that even one of them accepts and ____33____, then it has been ____34____. My experience shows that the best soldier out there is the one with a ____35____ card.
16. A. high B. new C. low D. senior
17. A. gone over B. made up C. put down D. taken back
18. A. wrote B. received C. bought D. read
19. A. pride B. beauty C. duty D. security
20. A. panic B. care C. doubt D. agree
21. A. depressed B. puzzled C. trapped D. hooked
22. A. wealth B. knowledge. C. support D. freedom
23. A. community B. nursery C. army D. health
24. A. showing B. selling C. lending D. teaching
25. A. progress B. climb C. graduate D. manage
26. A. expenses B. backgrounds C. opportunities D. requirements
27. A. trouble B. burden C. outcome D. challenge
28. A. email B. diary C. scheme D. report
29. A. athlete B. typist C. author D. porter
30. A. visiting B. attending C. constructing D. inspecting
31. A. permitting B. encouraging C. commanding D. preferring
32. A. message B. story C. impression D. influence
33. A. changes B. uses C. questions D. ignores
34. A. valuable B. useless C. ridiculous D. worthwhile
35. A. library B. credit C. business D. fitness
【答案】16. C 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. B 21. D 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. B 34. D 35. A
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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。
I joined the army as an infantryman (步兵) instead of as a helicopter pilot because I only had the literacy (读写) level of an 11-year-old. I had no idea that I had a reading level that ___16___; I had just ___17___ words when I didn’t know them and usually ended up getting them wrong.
It was just before I turned 19 that I ___18___ my very first book. I can vividly remember the sense of ___19___ and achievement I felt. It was meant for primary school children but I didn’t ___20___. I had read a whole book, and I was ___21___. From then on I read anything and everything I could get. I just wanted to get as much ___22___ as I could.
I learned in those days at the ___23___ education center. There are always people looking forward to helping you and ___24___ you stuff. But you are never going to ____25____ unless you keep learning. The unbelievable educational ____26____ that the army offers make it one of the few places that can help you climb up the ladder of social classes in the UK.
For me, improving my literacy level had another more surprising ____27____. When I left the army, I was asked to write a(n) ____28____ of the Bravo Two Zero Mission and that led to the unexpected career change of becoming a(n) ____29____.
I have spent quite a bit of time over the past few years ____30____ schools, and workplaces, as well as army bases and businesses, to talk about my past and ____31____ others to start reading and writing like me. The ____32____ I give to all the people that I chat to is that if I can do it, anyone can. If that is a message that even one of them accepts and ____33____, then it has been ____34____. My experience shows that the best soldier out there is the one with a ____35____ card.
16. A. high B. new C. low D. senior
17. A. gone over B. made up C. put down D. taken back
18. A. wrote B. received C. bought D. read
19. A. pride B. beauty C. duty D. security
20. A. panic B. care C. doubt D. agree
21. A. depressed B. puzzled C. trapped D. hooked
22. A. wealth B. knowledge. C. support D. freedom
23. A. community B. nursery C. army D. health
24. A. showing B. selling C. lending D. teaching
25. A. progress B. climb C. graduate D. manage
26. A. expenses B. backgrounds C. opportunities D. requirements
27. A. trouble B. burden C. outcome D. challenge
28. A. email B. diary C. scheme D. report
29. A. athlete B. typist C. author D. porter
30. A. visiting B. attending C. constructing D. inspecting
31. A. permitting B. encouraging C. commanding D. preferring
32. A. message B. story C. impression D. influence
33. A. changes B. uses C. questions D. ignores
34. A. valuable B. useless C. ridiculous D. worthwhile
35. A. library B. credit C. business D. fitness
【答案】16. C 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. B 21. D 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. B 34. D 35. A
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