《九年级英语培优卷》第二学期初三英语培优班补充作业（六）

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2019-2020 学年第二学期初三英语培优班补充作业（六）

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一、完形填空

I believe in miracles (奇迹) because I’ve seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to

me who was one hundred and two years old. “There’s a 1 in my upper jaw,” she said. “I told my own

dentist it’s nothing, but he 2 I come to see you.”

Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would 3 to add something, but she stopped him.

She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the 4 of her

mouth. A careful examination later 5 that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer. During her next

appointment, I explained to her the 6 of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know

you’re worried about me, but I’m just 7 .”

I thought otherwise. After considerable 8 on my part, and kindness on her part because she

wanted to 9 me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him, but as I expected,

1 0 treatment. About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and 1 1 .

“How are you?” I asked.

“I’m just fine, honey,” she responded 1 2 high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my

dentures (假牙)?”

Surprised to see her at all, I answered 1 3 , “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about

it.”

I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had 1 4 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone

—only one small area of redness 1 5 .

I had read of such things happening, but had 1 6 seen them with my own eyes. That was my first

miracle. Since then I’ve seen many others, because they keep getting 1 7 to see. In fact, miracles are

daily events for me now. And people are a miracle, 1 8 through them we have a chance to know

ourselves and to 1 9 the miracles of one another.

Since my first miracle, I’ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 2 0 we

choose to find it.

1. A. cut B. wound C. pain D. cancer

2. A. declared B. suspected C. promised D. insisted

3. A. refuse B. continue C. manage D. attempt

4. A. floor B. roof C. bottom D. surface

5. A. conducted B. convinced C. confirmed D. concluded

6. A. possibility B. seriousness C. importance D. resolution

7. A. old B. sick C. glad D. fine

8. A. permission B. support C. effort D. approval

9. A. please B. persuade C. encourage D. astonish

10. A. provided B. declined C. received D. required

11. A. healthy B. optimistic C. elegant D. humorous

12. A. to B. with C. in D. by

13. A. confusedly B. worriedly C. impatiently D. confidently

14. A. spread B. reached C. covered D. grown

15. A. cured B. faded C. remained D. expanded

16. A. ever B. also C. already D. never

17. A. earlier B. easier C. happier D. closer

18. A. or B. so C. for D. yet

19. A. read B. see C. keep D. write

20. A. whatever B. whoever C. wherever D. whichever

二、阅读理解

One evening in February 2017 . a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote

place in Wales . She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path . That's when she heard the

whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio parked across a railway line. Second later, she

watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.

Ceely's near miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device( 导航仪 ).She had never

driven the route before .It was dark and raining heavily . Ceely was relying on her GPS. But it made no

mention of the crossing ."I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a

speeding train ,"she told the BBC.

Who is to blame here ? Rick Stevenson ,who tells Ceely's story in his book When Machines Fail US,

finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital helpers

are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And it’s not just GPS devices:

Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless

key boards.

The problem with his argument in the book is that it’s not clear why he only focuses digital

technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. A map-maker might have left the

crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. perhaps the railway

authorities are at fault for poor signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers

and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment. But Stevenson

doesn’t say.

It’s a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the

advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two

independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that

once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it’s also due to the shortage of

policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors .

The game between humans and their smart devices is complex. It is shaped by economics and

psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a wiser use

of technology.

If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our

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