第二节完形填空(共20小题,每题1分,共20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to 41 a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的)time in Daniel's life. I wanted to 42 him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the 43 time I had let such moments pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?” Then he walked 44 the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar 45 played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him 46 and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words 47 me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those 48 opportunities. How many times have I let such moments 49 ? I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what they have 50 to me. Or what he might 51 to face in the years ahead. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? 52 as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always 53 never hearing him put his 54 into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so 55 to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. “Daniel,” I said, “If I could have picked, I would have picked you.” That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world 56 , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All I was 57 of was the stubble(短须)on his chin as his face pressed 58 mine. What I had said to Daniel was 59 . It was nothing. And yet, it was 60 .
41. A. experience B. spend C. enjoy D. shape
42. A. show B. give C. leave D. instruct
43. A. last B. first C. very D. next
44. A. upward B. into C. down D. up
45. A. sign B. scene C. scenery D. sight
46. A. interest B. instruction C. courage D. direction
47. A. failed B. discouraged C. struck D. troubled
48. A. future B. embarrassing C. obvious D. lost
49. A. last B. pass C. fly D. remain
50. A. counted B. meant C. valued D. eared
51. A. think B. want C. expect D. wish
52. A. But B. And C. Instead D. So
53. A. wondered B. regretted C. minded D. tried
54. A. views B. actions C. feelings D. attitudes
55. A. important B. essential C. hard D. complex
56. A. disappeared B. changed C. progressed D. advanced
57. A. sensitive B. convinced C. aware D. tired
58. A. by B. against C. on D. with
59. A. clumsy B. gentle C. absurd D. moving
60. A. none B. all C. anything D. Everything
The first event of my life to be printed into my memory occurred when I was three. My mother stands, working in the 41 and then glances at me with a 42 smile. Two feet down the table, I knock on a chair with a bowl and a spoon, 43 my own invisible (无形的) powder. We wear 44 dresses, mine the leftover 45 from hers, sky blue — mommy’s favorite color. I am her shadow.
However, by 14 I could not 46 my mother. All that I heard every day was NO. I wanted to dye my hair and she said no. I wanted to 47 late with my friends and she said no. I didn’t understand why she said no. She was trying to 48 me from aches and pains and mistakes 49 in her teens. Several years later, I finally understood her, but it was too late. She became ill. I cried and 50 , “Don’t take her, God, please! She is my mother, my mommy, ma, the woman who gave me life. All my years, 51 the hard times and the good, she has been there, 52 to me forever by an invisible umbilical cord (脐带) that lasts longer after birth.”But this cord, this love could do nothing to stop the cancer from 53 .
A few years later 54 I myself lay in the hospital bed, my newly born daughter was 55 in my arms. I cried and smiled and prayed. Please help me to 56 her into a wonderful girl. And looking down 57 her eyes, I could see the message they held, “Your 58 would be proud.”
I stand in the kitchen now, and these thoughts flashed through my mind. I glance at my young daughter. A 59 feeling rushes through my soul as I take in the familiar 60 .
I am my mother’s shadow.
A.dining room B.kitchen C.sitting room D.garden
A.loving B.lively C.lovely D.horrible
A.preparing B.mixing C.cooking D.eating
A.matching B.similar C.different D.same
A.material B.clothes C.dress D.clothing
A.agree B.stand C.know D.realize
A.keep up B.stay out C.stay up D.keep on
A.protect B.warn C.save D.stop
A.watched B.liked C.heard D.experienced
A.screamed B.said C.shouted D.prayed
A.on B.in C.through D.within
A.concerned B.shared C.connected D.joined
A.growing B.spreading C.escaping D.moving
A.as B.before C.since D.when
A.thrown B.given C.placed D.taken
A.raise B.support C.bring D.change
A.for B.through C.up D.into
A.daughter B.children C.mother D.friends
A.warm B.strange C.painful D.exciting
A.saying B.sign C.scene D.paint
I was assigned to take care of this patient a couple of weeks ago and began to grow closer to her. Communicating with her was 1 because everything she wanted to say to me had to be written on a notepad. As a nursing graduate, I was able to 2 her mind by observing even a slight 3 in a patient's facial expression.
One day, when I was checking the patient,she 4 me on the shoulder to show me a note,"Do you think I could be let go 5 the hospital in a month to see my niece get married?,,Taking her hand in mine, I told her that I could not 6 her,because I did not want to leave her a 7 sense of hope. 8,I made her believe that I would be there with her every step of the way on her journey toward 9 . Hearing that, the patient gave me a 10 and a hug.
Day by day, I built her 11 by walking around the floor with her. As I did this, I could see before my own eyes that her health was 12 improving and able to walk more steadily. On her last day in hospital, just before her niece’s 13 ,she wrote me one last note, “I couldn’t have done this 14 you; I love you.” After kissing goodbye, I had a strong sense of achievement. I realized that moments like this were 15 I woke up early for 16 in the hospital and spent long hours with her. I truly felt, and her 17 confirmed, that I was an 18 part of this woman’s recovery. My experience with this patient shows me that this career allows me to touch the 19 of people in ways that people in other 20 will never get to experience.
A.difficult B.funny C.simple D.interesting
A.see B.know C.read D.feel
A.worry B.change C.pain D.excitement
A.tapped B.hit C.knocked D.struck
A.of B.to C.in D.from
A.disappoint B.promise C.comfort D.trust
A.false B.strong C.right D.good
A.death B.success C.destination D.recovery
A.surprise B.stare C.smile D.whistle
A.future B.strength C.hope D.confidence
A.slowly B.completely C.rapidly D.finally
A.presence B.visit C.wedding D.presentation
A.without B.behind C.except D.beside
A.what B.why C.when D.how
A.work B.school C.office D.exercise
A.expression B.note C.feeling D.treatment
A.irrelevant B.insignificant C.instructive D.important
A.fortunes B.shoulders C.lives D.tears
A.hospitals B.areas C.lands D.fields
You and I have principles(原则). And we also have opinions. I have __36___ about what I think is right or wrong or good or ___37___. But they are only opinions---I could be wrong! I ___38__ try to build my life around my opinions, but I will try to __39___ my principles.
A 15-year-old boy learned a(n) __40____ lesson about life principles. On his way home he found a woman’s __41____ that contained $127 as well as her ID card. ___42____ hesitation, he hopped(快速跳) onto his bike and went over to her ____43___---about a mile away. He told her he __44___ her wallet and she gave him a big hug and twenty dollars.
That evening the boy told his parents about the event and his father said, “I don’t think you should have ___45___ $20 for doing what you should have done. A person shouldn’t be ___46___ for being honest.”
He thought about his father’s __47___ and decided he would return the money. He biked to the lady’s home and ___48___ her back the twenty dollars. She didn’t want to take it, but he told her she __49___ to---that his father pointed out __50____ to him that he had never __51____ before.
When principles ___52___ our every action and decision, we actually change. These great principles __53___ our lives and make us into persons of character. That boy is __54___ to be raised by a wise father who had the ___55___ to say, “Those are my principles.”
A.opinions B.wishes C.decisions D.suggestions
A.well B.mistaken C.right D.bad
A.shan’t B.won’t C.can’t D.don’t
A.change B.advise C.follow D.make
A.valuable B.easy C.difficult D.funny
A.bag B.wallet C.suitcase D.box
A.About B.For C.Without D.In
A.factory B.school C.office D.house
A.checked B.searched C.threw D.found
A.accepted B.supplied C.received D.borrowed
A.rewarded B.praised C.forgotten D.blamed
A.actions B.worries C.words D.excuses
A.took B.gave C.put D.set
A.attempted B.preferred C.planned D.had
A.anything B.everything C.something D.nothing
A.guessed B.taught C.met D.realized
A.guide B.do C.interrupt D.allow
A.limit B.shape C.prevent D.keep
A.unlucky B.careful C.brave D.lucky
A.right B.courage C.wisdom D.chance
Are you 1 for a place in the southwest of China? If your answer is “yes”, why not pay a trip to Shangri-la, which is 2 mysteries and beauty.
The world “Shangri-la” first appeared in the 1993 novel Lost Horizon 3 the British writer James Hilton. He described a beautiful kingdom where three rivers 4 together and snow-capped mountains reached to the sky, with fields of long grass covering the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay 5 forever.
Three mountains are covered with snow and tower 6 the land. These snowy mountain tops form 7 beautiful picture that we can’t wait to fly there.
Lakes, 8 by vast grasslands, look like diamonds. Sheep, cows, horses and animals feed 9 on the green grass and the forests around are 10 to lots of birds and animals. In this heavenly world, people live in perfect harmony with nature.
A.tired B.thirsty C.hungry D.angry
A.full of B.lack of C.short of D.fill with
A.with B.by C.for D.to
A.put B.got C.joined D.formed
A.calm B.still C.young D.the same
A.over B.above C.on D.beyond
A.so a B.such a C.such D.so
A.covered B.surrounded C.separated D.divided
A.simply B.deeply C.mostly D.finally
A.family B.room C.space D.home
A good student is always equated to one who gets good grades. But is that all that a good student is? What is a 1 good student? Is he someone who is the teacher's pet? Someone who tops every test? Someone who has the smarts? A good student is all this and more, because, you see, it’s not just about books and repetitive 2 .
Being a good student takes much more than that. There are certain 3 that make him a good student. That is 4 what we shall be looking into – the qualities of a good student. There will help you 5 what a good student is and what are the qualities that one needs in order to become one.
A good student has great 6 skills. He has the ability to plan and organize not only his actions but his 7 as well, for being well organized allows a person to be prepared for all the situations that are to 8 . That could not have been 9 if he had taken up the studies at the last minute.
Knowledge is a key 10 that defines(定义) a student. Possessing knowledge that is not only limited to books but also 11 things about current affairs and other things allows him to draw from all that he possesses and use it in his studies.
There is nothing that comes without hard work and that is exactly what a good student has to possess. A 12 student is not someone who will turn away from work, or try to find 13 s to get the work done 14 or for the sake of finishing it. He is instead someone who will do his work sincerely and put in all his efforts without compromising on quality.
A.Specially B.nearly C.mainly D.really
A.Performing B.learning C.Counting D.guessing
A.Choices B.Activities C.Qualities D.viewpoints
A.simply B.merely C.completely D.exactly
A.Understand B.predict C.assume D.settle
A.Physical B.Organizational C.mental D.traditional
A.Thoughts B.performances C.conducts D.directions
A.share B.manage C.follow D.find
A.Valuable B.worthy C.vital D.possible
A.view B.role C.aspect D.effect
A.Includes B.concludes C.affects D.matches
A.good-looking B.hard-working C.cool-headed D.warm-hearted
A.Places B.roads C.tools D.ways
A.fast B.carefully C.well D.badly
A.roughly B.eventually C.sincerely D.carelessly