朝陽區(qū)2008—2009學(xué)年九年級第一學(xué)期期末統(tǒng)一模擬
08初三英語期末模擬題 朝陽區(qū)
六、完形填空（共12分，每小題1分）
通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的四個選項中選擇最佳的一項。
Five years ago, Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree（學(xué)位）in history. Today, she ____39____ for a large company. Now twenty-seven, Rachel takes classes twice a week ____40____ work. She is learning to use the computer program. “I enjoyed college, ____41____ my job doesn’t use information I learned when I was doing my degree,”Rachel says. “This course is helping me to do my job better. In the future, I might go ____42____ to school and get an MBA.”
In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually ____43____ studying. Today, lifelong learning is becoming more ____44____. In the United States, people can ____45____ to school in their late twenties, thirties or even older. They get a ____46____ degree. Like Rachel, many more are taking training courses to ____47____ their skills. With many classes now available（現(xiàn)成的）through the Internet, it is easier for people to get degrees or training by distance learning （遠(yuǎn)程學(xué)習(xí)）.
Mayumi Hosoya, who is forty, teaches Japanese at a college in New York. “Next semester, I’ll be teaching some of my ____48____ using the Internet. This is ____49____ for me,”says Mayumi. “At the moment, I am taking a course to learn how to teach this way.”At the same time, Mayumi’s seventy-year-old mother and father are taking a distance learning ____50____ in Art History. “We love the subject,”says Mayumi’s father, “and now we can study with people from all over the world. I never thought learning could be this much fun!”
39．A．teaches B．works C．lives D．studies
40．A．before B．a(chǎn)fter C．a(chǎn)t D．during
41．A．a(chǎn)nd B．or C．but D．so
42．A．down B．a(chǎn)way C．straight D．back
43．A．enjoyed B．stopped C．finished D．continued
44．A．common B．helpful C．interesting D．a(chǎn)ttractive
45．A．come B．get C．go D．return
46．A．higher B．better C．more useful D．more important
47．A．receive B．review C．improve D．change
48．A．classes B．grades C．people D．classmates
49．A．unusual B．new C．hard D．strange
50．A．subject B．school C．course D．degree