二、完形填空
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.
Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day.
“Do you practice in long stretches, an hour 36 ?”
“I try to.”
“Well, don’t,” he said loudly. “When you grow up, 37 won’t come in long stretches. Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before school, after lunch, 38 household tasks. 39 the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life.”
When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to 40 , but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my 41 was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the next 42 I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my 43 , at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal method. 44 my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use. I 45 took up piano-playing again, finding that the small 46 of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and piano practice.
There is an important 47 in this time — you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can’t afford to waste four 48 your pencil. You must make your mental preparations 49 , and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid 50 is easier than most of us realize.
I 51 I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But 52 can be expected to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a tremendous 53 on my life. 54 him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time 55 all useful hours I need.
36. A. at no time B. at a time C. at one time D. in no time
37. A. time B. life C. work D. success
38. A. beyond B. among C. beneath D. between
39. A. Separate B. Spread C. Organize D. Arrange
40. A. play B. rest C. write D. read
41. A. excuse B. reason C. cause D. factor
42. A. time B. morning C. week D. day
43. A. satisfaction B. disappointment C. depression D. astonishment
44. A. Though B. Because C. Whether D. Unless
45. A. often B. even C. ever D. always
46. A. quantities B. pieces C. intervals D. ranges
47. A. period B. link C. stage D. trick
48. A. chewing B. sharpening C. repairing D. using
49. A. in mind B. in advance C. without delay D. by chance
50. A. development B. progress C. concentration D. improvement
51. A. admit B. confirm C. claim D. realize
52. A. time B. work C. career D. life
53. A. affection B. influence C. promotion D. proposal
54. A. On B. For C. In D. To
55. A. come down with B. look up to C. add up to D. break up with
答案
一、单项填空
1-5 AACDB 6-10 CDDDB 11-15 BDCAA 16-20 ACADC
21-25 BCACA 26-30 CABDC 31-35 BDBCD
二、完形填空
36-40: BADBC 41-45: ACDAB 46-50: CDABC 51-55 ADBDC
