朝阳区2008—2009学年九年级第一学期期末统一模拟
08初三英语期末模拟题 朝阳区
六、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。
Five years ago, Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree（学位）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（现成的）through the Internet, it is easier for people to get degrees or training by distance learning （远程学习）.
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．after C．at D．during
41．A．and B．or C．but D．so
42．A．down B．away C．straight D．back
43．A．enjoyed B．stopped C．finished D．continued
44．A．common B．helpful C．interesting D．attractive
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