第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题l.5分,满分30分) 阅读下面短文掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
I don’t remember when it first started annoying me — her hands pushing my hair that way. But it 36 annoy me, for 37 felt work-worn and rough against my young skin. 38 , one night, I shouted out at her, “Don’t do that anymore — your hands are too rough!” She didn’t say anything in 39 . But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar 40 of her love. Lying awake long afterward, my words stuck to me. But pride kept my conscience back, and I didn’t tell her I was 41 .
Time after time, with the passing years, my thoughts 42 to that night. By then I missed my mother’s hands, missed her goodnight kiss upon my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very 43 , sometimes far away. But always it hid in the back of my 44 .
Well, the years have passed, and I’m not a little girl any more. Mom is 45 her mid-seventies and those hands I once thought to be so rough are 46 doing things for me and my family. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world, gets stains out of blue jeans and still 47 on dishing out ice cream at any hour of the day or night. Through the years, my mother’s hands have put in countless hours of labor.
Now, my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to 48 the night with her. So it was late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I slept in the bedroom of my 49 , a familiar hand hesitantly stole 50 my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my eyebrow.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night, when my young voice 51 , “Don’t do that anymore — your hands are too rough!” Catching Mom’s hand in hand, I spoke out how sorry I was 52 that night. I thought she’d remember, 53 I did. But Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten — and forgiven — long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new 54 for my gentle mother and her 55 hands.
36. A. had B. did C.would D . will
37. A. they B. What C.them D. that
38. A. However B. Later C.Unluckily D. Finally
39. A. Order B. time C.reply D. return
40. A. expression B. signal C.impression D. mean
41. A. sad B. sorry C.stupid D. tired
42. A. adopted B. hurried C.returned D. adjusted
43. A. close B. serious C.deep D. clear
44. A. head B. mind C.brain D. thought
45. A. at B. on C.to D. in
46. A. still B. already C.almost D. even
47. A. insists B. sticks C.puts D. takes
48. A. stay B. pay C.spend D. spare
49. A. youth B. son C.daughter D. father
50. A. over B. Across C.through D. on
51. A. argued B. Talked C.explained D. complained
52. A. to B. At C.in D. for
53. A. when B. As C.so D. since
54. A. understanding B. connection C. appreciation D. relation
55. A. old B. Caring C. ugly D. tiring
My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and
the sea.As was often the case, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and 31 those we had grown to love.We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again 32 at the pier (码头) waving good-bye to my father as his 33 pulled him away from us.My mother would turn my brother and I around before the ship was out of 34 , wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of 35 in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing 36 , schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother.For both my 37 and I, she was the cook, maid and teacher.She played these roles while 38 some type of part-time job.Leaving a promising career is just one of the 39 which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. 40 she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother, 41 , managed to make each house to be the very home that is safe and 42 .
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, 43 with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability (无能) to 44 a career or establish a home.But it was not for my mother.She turned this 45 into adventure for us all! Each relocation (变换位置) was a chance to 46 another part of the world.My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood.Each new house was a 47 to rearrange furniture, make curtains and 48 pictures.Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a 49 attitude.She always had strength in the face of struggle and change.My mother was so 50 all those years during my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change.She is my hero.
A.leave behind B.leave out C.leave off D.leave for
A.living B.staring C.standing D.going
A.car B.ship C.train D.plane
A.range B.shape C.sight D.control
A.adapting B.suiting C.matching D.fitting
A.names B.jobs C.addresses D.directions
A.father B.classmates C.brother D.relatives
A.performing B.seeking C.waiting D.applying
A.programs B.sacrifices C.contribution D.cooperation
A.Once B.While C.When D.Unless
A.somewhere B.somewhat C.sometime D.somehow
A.romantic B.comfortable C.mysterious D.wealthy
A.generally B.actually C.especially D.unfairly
A.desert B.develop C.affect D.limit
A.lifestyle B.value C.journey D.opportunity
A.acquire B.explore C.occupy D.realize
A.load B.sadness C.result D.challenge
A.hang B.draw C.take D.sell
A.changeable B.cautious C.positive D.negative
A.experienced B.brave C.ordinary D.annoyed
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England.Our father was a struggling ___36___, but I always knew he was ___37___.He never criticized us, but used ___38___ to bring out our best.He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish.If you don’t give them water, they die.”I ___39___ as a child I said something ___40___ about somebody, and father said,“___41___ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.”He explained that if I looked for the best ___42___ people, I would get the best ___43___.From then on I’ve always tried to ___44___ the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very ___45___.At 15, I started a magazine.It was ___46___ a great deal of time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ___47__: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, ___48___ any good father would.When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad ___49__ me to go into law.And I’ve ___50___ regretted it.I wanted to be a biologist, ___51__ I didn’t pursue my ___52__.You know what you want.Go fulfill it.”
As ___53__ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ___54__ for young people in the U.K.My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad ___55__ me.
A.biologist B.manager C.layer D.gardener
A.strict B.honest C.special D.learned
A.praise B.courage C.power D.warmth
A.think B.imagine C.remember D.guess
A.unnecessary B.unkind C.unimportant D.unusual
A.Another B.Some C.Any D.Other
A.on B.in C.at D.about
A.in case B.by turns C.by chance D.in return
A.revise B.set C.review D.follow
A.understanding B.experienced C.serious D.demanding
A.taking up B.making up C.picking up D.keeping up
A.suggestion B.decision C.notice D.choice
A.and B.as C.even if D.as if
A.helped B.allowed C.persuaded D.suggested
A.always B.never C.seldom D.almost
A.rather B.but C.for D.therefore
A.promise B.task C.belief D.dream
A.this B.he C.it D.that
A.newspaper B.magazine C.program D.project
A.controlled B.comforted C.reminded D.raised
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 36in my upper jaw,” she said. “I told my own dentist it's nothing, but he 37 I come to see you.”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would 38 to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the 39 of her mouth. A careful examination later40 that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment, I explained to her the 41 of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just 42 . ”
I thought otherwise. After considerable 43 on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to 44 me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon(外科医生). She saw him, but as I expected, 45 treatment.
About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and 46 .
“How are you?” I asked.
“I’m just fine, honey,” she responded 47 high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all, I answered 48 , “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it.”
I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had 49 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness 50 .
I had read of such things happening, but had 51 seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I've seen many others, because they keep getting 52 to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle, 53 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to 54 the miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle, I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 55 we choose to find it.
A.cut B.pain C.wound D.cancer
A.declared B.suspected C.promised D.insisted
A.refuse B.continue C.attempt D.manage
A.roof B.corner C.bottom D.surface
A.confirmed B.convinced C.considered D.conducted
A.possibility B.importance C.seriousness D.resolution
A.old B.sick C.fine D.glad
A.permission B.support C.approval D.effort
A.persuade B.please C.encourage D.astonish
A.declined B.provided C.received D.required
A.healthy B.elegant C.optimistic D.humorous
A.to B.in C.with D.by
A.worriedly B.confusedly C.patiently D.confidently
A.covered B.reached C.spread D.grown
A.cured B.faded C.expanded D.remained
A.ever B.also C.never D.already
A.easier B.rarer C.happier D.closer
A.or B.so C.yet D.for
A.read B.make C.keep D.see
A.whatever B.wherever C.whoever D.whichever
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia.My father 36 me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is 37 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no 38 than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, 39 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are 40 .This is not the worst boy at all, 41 the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) 42 between us.No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my 43 as a bad boy.My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things.She 44 my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more 45 and my brother and I could be better 46 .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 47 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her enthusiasm, I 48 it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives.I accepted her 49 and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of 50 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the 51 beneficiary (受益者).My father became the 52 man in town.My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power 53 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is 54 strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的)force which poverty and temporary defeat can never 55 .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
A.rushed B.sent C.carried D.introduced
A.distinguished B.favored C.mistaken D.rewarded
A.sooner B.later C.longer D.earlier
A.dragged B.shook C.raised D.bent
A.perfect B.right C.wrong D.impolite
A.but B.so C.and D.or
A.agreement B.friendship C.gap D.relationship
A.opinion B.image C.expectation D.mind
A.begged B.persuaded C.ordered D.invited
A.successful B.meaningful C.helpful D.useful
A.treaded B.entertained C.educated D.respected
A.camera B.radio C.bicycle D.typewriter
A.considered B.suspected C.ignored D.appreciated
A.belief B.request C.criticism D.description
A.teaching B.writing C.studying D.reading
A.next B.same C.only D.real
A.cleverest B.wealthiest C.strongest D.healthiest
A.enthusiasm B.sympathy C.fortune D.confidence
A.deliberately B.happily C.traditionally D.constantly
A.win B.match C.reach D.doubt
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully 36 the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was $90! 37 on earth was he going to get the 38 of the money? He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was 39 to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no 40 to ask his parents, for he knew they had no money to 41 . There was only one way to get money, and that was to 42 it. He would have to find a job. 43 who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr Clay for advice, who usually had __44 in most things. "Well, you can st
art right here," said Mr Clay. "My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing." That was the 45 of James’s odd-job (零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was surprised by the 46 jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the47 of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the 48 increased and he knew that he would soon have 49 for the bicycle he was dying for. The day50 came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He51 no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode 52 home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard53 for the money, but James knew that he valued (重视) his bicycle far more 54 he had bought it with his own money. He had 55 what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
A.cleaned B.covered C.counted D.checked
A.How B.Why C.Who D.What
A.amount B.part C.sum D.rest
A.brave B.hard C.smart D.unfair
A.need B.reason C.result D.right
A.separate B.spend C.spare D.save
A.borrow B.earn C.raise D.collect
A.Or B.So C.For D.But
A.decisions B.experience C.opinions D.knowledge
A.beginning B.introduction C.requirement D.opening
A.similar B.ashamed C.peaceful D.various
A.brand B.number C.size D.type
A.effort B.pressure C.money D.trouble
A.all B.enough D.some
A.finally B.instantly C.normally D.regularly
A.gave B.left C.took D.wasted
A.patiently B.proudly C.silently D.tiredly
A.applying B.asking C.looking D.working
A.since B.if C.than D.though
A.deserved B.studied C.achieved D.learned