第二节完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
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One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been ___36___ me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly ___37___. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could __38__ my moves, because she __39__ to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I _40__ she had strict sleeping habits, __41___ I thought she ought to be able to _42__ some of this strictness. I said to her, “__43__, you can stay up late for once. We’re having ___44___.” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked __45__. Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it _46__, you’re going to play it slowly.” and so we_47_ for another ten minutes, until _48_ my daughter burst into tears, and 49_ that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made __50__. I had started the evening wanting to have a __51_ time with my daughter but had __52__ my desire to win to become more __53__than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win _54_ me well. As a parent, I _55_ that it got in my way. So I had to change.
36. A. guiding B. training C. asking D. advising
37. A. allowed B. expected C. replied D. accepted
38. A. hurry B. repeat C. pass D. change
39. A. agreed B. needed C. begged D. hated
40. A. guessed B. learned C. knew D. heard
41. A. but B. for C. so D. or
42. A. put up B. give up C. pick up D. take up
43. A. As usual B. Go ahead C. Come on D. By the way
44. A. Patience B. luck C. fun D. success
45. A. Excited B. proud C. anxious D. angry
46. A. well B. again C. fairly D. regularly
47. A. Discussed B. continued C. counted D. argued
48. A. Nervously B. immediately C. strangely D. suddenly
49. A. promised B. discovered C. wondered D. admitted
50. A. an attempt B. a decision C. an effort D. a mistake
51. A. free B. different C. full D. happy
52. A. managed B. recognized C. allowed D. reduced
53. A. important B. attractive C. practical D. interesting
54. A. offered B. served C. controlled D. taught
55. A. imagined B. apologized C. realized D. explained
My friend Michelle is blind, but you'd never know it. She makes such good use of her other ____, including her "sixth Sense", that she rarely gives the impression she's ________ anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, ________ that she doesn't push too hard on them, ________ really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often ________ don't realize she's blind.
I ________ this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very ________ about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was ________ excited about her finger-painting project.
"Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles "I learned how to ________ colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle ________ with us."
To my great ________, my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued. "Michelle told me my ________ showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really ________ what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt ________ Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never ________ in conversation.
When I told her, she was ________ for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla _______. And I knew my child was ________ because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's ________ in her work,
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did 'see' my picture. She just used my ________."
Indeed, she uses a special type of "vision" that all mothers have.
A.ways B.means C.methods D.senses
A.enjoyed B.found C.missed D.seen
A.and B.except C.even D.but
A.who B.it C.she D.which
A.guests B.family C.children D.friends
A.realized B.witnessed C.recognized D.regretted
A.excited B.sad C.satisfied D.enjoyed
A.especially B.not so C.a little D.not at all
A.paint B.draw C.create D.mix
A.stayed B.painted C.talked D.watched
A.excitement B.encouragement C.delight D.surprise
A.attitude B.color C.picture D.paper
A.touched B.got C.saw D.understood
A.after B.since C.until D.when
A.referred to B.turned out C.come up D.thought about
A.curious B.quiet C.puzzled D.disappointed
A.cried B.insisted C.complained D.informed
A.right B.wrong C.worded D.uncertain
A.shortcomings B.difficulties C.pride D.description
A.paper B.pens C.hands D.eyes
My father was an ill-humored man. I knew he loved me and his love was deep. He just didn’t know how to it.
One evening we went out for a night on the town.We were sitting in an elegant restaurant that had a small but lively .When it played a familiar waltz tune I decided to my father for a dance. “Dad, you know I’ve never with you before. I begged you but you wanted to. How about right now?” I waited for the refusal.But instead, he considered thoughtfully and then said, “Let’s hit the floor and I’ll you just what kind of moves an old guy like me can still make.” My father took me in his and I felt overcome by emotion. As we danced I looked up at my father carefully but he my eyes. “Dad,” I finally , tears in my eyes, “Why is it so hard for you to look at me?” At last his eyes dropped to my face.“ I love you so much.” he whispered back.I was struck dumb by his .It wasn’t what I had thought.But it was of course exactly what I needed to .I had always known that he loved me. I just hadn’t understood that his vast emotion had him and made him silent.“I love you too, Dad!” I whispered back softly.He stumbled (结结巴巴地说) over the next few words: “I’m sorry that I’m not open. It’s for me, but just remember how much I love you.” When the dance ended I excused myself to the ladies’ room and during my absence changed.When I came back, Dad sat in his chair his body leaning forward, very pale.Everything was really too late.He was .
That night all I saw was his leaning body and pale face.But it’s a totally different scene that I now.I remember his saying “I love you” and my saying it back.The three words on forever long after we are gone.
A.answer B.express C.mention D.understand
A.band B.hall C.sofa D.bar
A.invite B.teach C.help D.show
A.chatted B.sang C.danced D.stayed
A.still B.even C.also D.never
A.final B.normal C.rough D.usual
A.tell B.show C.ask D.explain
A.arms B.hands C.heart D.mind
A.noticed B.ignored C.avoided D.greeted
A.complained B.whispered C.explained D.shouted
A.Because B.Though C.If D.While
A.response B.advise C.promise D.excuse
A.find B.know C.hear D.think
A.surprised B.pleased C.inspired D.frightened
A.clear B.important C.impossible D.hard
A.everything B.something C.nothing D.anything
A.for B.with C.on D.from
A.moved B.tired C.lost D.gone
A.discover B.remember C.remind D.consider
A.depend B.carry C.live D.take
The secret of success is what you say not what you think. Several years ago, I started representing a new service in the . I started out like a wildfire and within a few days I had reached stardom(明星的地位) within the company. About a year into it. I started to work with a young lady who always said the most and defeating things I’d ever heard in my life. , I found myself repeating the very same defeatism(失败情绪), which my sales dropping and my shining stardom fading away, and I couldn’t understand .
At first, I myself to say negative things about , and then after some ,
the tables turned and I began to those things about myself. Before long, I had 51
myself into being a failure. Did it happen ? No, it snuck(偷偷跑来) its way into my life; little by little. I’m sure you’re what I did to get out of that hole that I dug for myself. I started to talk myself back into being ; I printed lists of things to say about myself, most of which was the exact of what I felt about myself at the time.
In order to achieve anything in life, you have to believe that you can achieve it; in order to believe that you can achieve you have to think it’s possible; in order to think it’s possible you have to tell yourself it is. Yes, it will take time for you to get to a place where you finally believe you can accomplish what you set out to achieve, but the first person you have to is yourself. I dare you to write positive things down about yourself and start saying them to yourself every morning, at lunch and just before you go to bed for the next 30 days and see for yourself the that it can make. You have nothing to except the negative and that wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
A.career B.school C.marketplace D.hospital
A.just B.even C.alone D.yet
A.positive B.active C.reliable D.negative
A.Simply B.Eventually C.Actually D.Hopefully
A.resulted from B.resulted in C.prevented D.protected
A.why B.how C.which D.when
A.advised B.allowed C.forbade D.forced
A.anyone B.everyone C.someone D.others
A.dislike B.pride C.disappointments D.pleasure
A.think B.speak C.say D.find
A.told B.looked C.1eft D.talked
A.unfortunately B.overnight C.carefully D.slowly
A.wondering B.noticing C.remembering D.reflecting
A.successful B.honest C.hardworking D.special
A.passive B.rude C.positive D.silly
A.thought B.aware C.same D.opposite
A.only B.first C.very D.1ast
A.catch B.arrange C.remind D.convince
A.advance B.step C.difference D.change
A.lose B.prepare C.take D.keep
I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members, , chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound—blocking earplugs(耳塞) or blindfolds(眼罩).
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a experience. I had never considered before how it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not . Then I wondered where to put my . It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest(脚凳) into . I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary .
I tried to find a position and thought it might be restful, kind of nice, to be around for a while. Looking around, I I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon . It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.
A.curious about B.interested in C.aware of D.careful with
A.cure B.prevent C.adopt D.analyze
A.instead B.strangely C.as usual D.like me
A.learning B.working C.satisfying D.relaxing
A.convenient B.awkward C.boring D.exciting
A.height B.force C.skill D.weight
A.locked B.repaired C.powered D.grasped
A.hands B.feet C.keys D.handles
A.place B.action C.play D.effect
A.operation B.communication C.transportation D.production
A.exploration B.education C.experiment D.entertainment
A.flexible B.safe C.starting D.comfortable
A.yet B.just C.still D.even
A.shown B.pushed C.driven D.guided
A.realized B.suggested C.agreed D.admitted
A.lifted B.turned C.pressed D.seized
A.path B.position C.direction D.way
A.easy B.heavy C.major D.extra
A.forgotten B.repeated C.conducted D.finished
A.weaknesses B.challenges C.anxieties D.illnesses
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health,have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating,if I can not dress,have patience and remember the hours I ___ teaching it to you.If,when I speak to you,I ____ the same things thousand and one times,do not ____ me,listen to me.When you were small,I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story ____ you got to sleep.When I do not want to have a ____,neither shame me nor scold me.Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I ____,in order that you wanted to bathe.When you see my ____ little about new technologies,give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile.I taught you____ to do so many things:to eat good,to dress well,to confront life...When at some moment I lose the memory or the ___ of our conversation,let me have the necessary time to remember,and if I cannot do it,do not become nervous,as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you ____ to me.
If ever I do not want to eat,do not force me.I know well ____ I need to and when not.When my ___ legs do not allow me to walk,give me your ____,the same way I did when you gave your first ____.And when someday I say to you that I do not want to___ any more-that I want to rest forever,do not get angry.Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.Some day you will discover that,____ my mistakes,I always wanted the ____ thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you.You must not feel sad,angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me ____ you.You must be next to me,try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you ____ living.Help me to walk,help me to end my way with love and ____.I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you,Son.
Your father
A.paid B.spent C.cost D.took
A.praise B.think C.repeat D.criticize
A.interrupt B.disturb C.look D.avoid
A.when B.after C.since D.until
A.rest B.word C.shower D.sleep
A.discovered B.invented C.noticed D.assumed
A.knowing B.fearing C.enjoying D.consulting
A.what B.when C.how D.why
A.news B.attitude C.material D.thread
A.talking B.listening C.responding D.appealing
A.where B.how C.that D.when
A.tired B.short C.long D.strong
A.leg B.ear C.hand D.mind
A.step B.pace C.laugh D.cry
A.talk B.live C.write D.sleep
A.though B.since C.while D.despite
A.last B.first C.best D.most
A.near B.behind C.below D.against
A.made B.started C.earned D.found
A.mercy B.care C.excuse D.patience