第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was about six when I started doing gymnastice.I 36 going into the school's gymnasium full of equipment,with the other kids rushing in ,anxious to 37 ,and the scent in the air.
I realized I wanted to get 38 with gymnastics when I watched the Olympics.When I saw those 39 use their bodies to gracefully throw 40 up in the air ,I was filled with admiration:It seemed that they could fly and I 41 myself flying like them.And when I finally tried,the 42 I got for that one 43 in the air was freedom,freedom from everything.It was a 44 ,and it was addicting.
I was crazy when I was little.I was the boy parents didn't want their kids 45 for fear that they would 46 what I did and get hurt.Parents thought I was 47 because I would try tricks that others of my 48 wouldn't.Some of my coaches said kids as old as me don't have the courage and ability to achieve the tricks I could. What most people didn't 49 were the hours I put into learning those tricks.I practiced every step 50 until I put them together and my hard work would 51 something great.
This hard work once stopped when I 52 ,and started at a new school.Everything there was 53 ,but the giggeset change was a lack of a gymnastics gym.
Now I've restarted training in a team I can learn from.As a little kid I could only 54 wide-eyed as the gymnast flew high in the air. 55 I'm older,it's my time to fly.
36.A.regret B.remember C.considered D.avoided
37.A.enter B.leave C.meet D.learn
38.A.serious B.careful C.busy D.interested
39.A.dancers B.fans C.athletes D.winners
40.A.others B.themselves C.everything D.each other
41.A.enjoyed B.found C.set D.imagined
42.A.feeling B.lesson C.courage D.instruction
43.A.second B.effort C.circle D.stop
44.A.bore B.panic C.high D.trouble
45.A.around B.among C.above D.away from
46.A.study B.envy C.notice D.copy
47.A.bad B.crazy C.excellent D.dangerous
48.A.place B.age C.time D.size
49.A.explain B.understand C.realize D.experience
50.A.now and then B.all theh time C.over and over D.little by little
51.A.go through B.belong to C.turn into D.give way to
52.A.moved B.changed C.failed D.finished
53.A.all right B.the same C.terrible D.different
54.A.practice B.watch C.sigh D.sit
55.A.Simply because B.Even though C.As soon as D.Now that
Last summer I went through a training program and became a volunteer teaching people how to read. When I what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I began to realize the true of reading.My first student Marie was a 44-year- old single mother of three children. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule. She told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always the things that she really needed. she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only items by sight.
We worked hard together, learning how to build Marie’s , which encouraged her to in her studies. She began to make rapid and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this trip, she told me how self-confident she felt. the end of the program, she began her youngest son with his reading. She sat with him before he went to and read bedtime stories. When his eyes became with excitement as she read, was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as . I found that helping Marie to build_ self-confidence was very rewarding.
I learned a great deal about and helping others and I may have learned more from the than Marie did.
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I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 43 to help. That was really a big for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good make me feel good, too, when she died, I was , but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
A.since B.before C.or D.unless
A.famous B.simple C.different D.skilled
A.education B.career C.tour D.change
A.talked B.wrote C.lied D.reported
A.careful B.lonely C.curious D.guilty
A.argument B.game C.experiment D.defence
A.dared B.offered C.hesitated D.happened
A.dream B.problem C.duty D.step
A.us B.which C.them D.whom
A.attitude B.hobby C.hope D.luck
A.friend B.partner C.guide D.guest
A.polite B.happy C.strange D.confident
A.bothered B.answered C.visited D.trusted
A.explain B.guess C.declare D.see
A.homeless B.heartbroken C.bad-tempered D.hopeless
A.quieter B.busier C.better D.richer
A.forget B.face C.improve D.analyze
A.forced B.preferred C.ordered D.taught
A.miss B.like C.wonder D.expect
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool.A letter can be enjoyed,read and . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart(远离的);it can keep a with very little effort.
I will give. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting We had been close as but had grown apart. Our meetings were not ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only our misunderstanding. Then he a small island in the Caribbean and we touch .One day he wrote me a letter. He describeb his island and its people, told me what he was doing,said how he felt,and encouraged me to . Rereading the letter, I was by its humor(幽默)and clever expressions,These were all qualities for which I had respected my order brother but he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so .And with that one letter we became friends .
It might never have occurred to to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no ,For him, writing was a necessity, It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch.Because we live in an age of communication(通讯),people often that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a . And that is to write.
A.received B.rewritten C.returned D.reread
A.record B.promise C.friendship D.secret
A.an example B.a lesson C.an experience D.a talk
A.through B.together C.along D.away
A.brothers B.children C.fellows D.classmates
A.normal B.necessary C.pleasant D.possible
A.deepen B.start C.express D.settle
A.toured B.stopped over C.reached D.moved to
A.lost B.kept in C.needed D.got in
A.think B.write C.enjoy D.read
A.driven B.beaten C.surprised D.honored
A.never B.seldom C.sometimes D.once
A.realized B.judged C.thought D.expected
A.well B.often C.much D.soon
A.later B.anyhow C.too D.again
A.us B.anyone else C.someone D.my brother
A.mail services B.transport C.phones D.relatives
A.poor B.easy C.popular D.busy
A.believe B.decide C.argue D.forget
A.habit B.choice C.method D.plan
After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced for a few days, I was to wait tables on my own. All went that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily the tables not far from the kitchen. , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)。
Before I knew it, the was full of people. I moved slowly, every step. I remember how I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was on. It had nice handles (手柄),which made it to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved __ you work. It seems your tray stand has been very to you, but we are getting ready to now, and my wife needs her back.”
At first his did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was . I wanted to get into a hole and .
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just , I have learned to be more and not to be too sure of myself.
A.manager B.assistant C.cook D.waitress
A.promised B.invited C.allowed D.advised
A.well B.quickly C.safely D.wrong
A.left B.given C.brought D.shown
A.Therefore B.However C.Otherwise D.Finally
A.kitchen B.street C.restaurant D.table
A.minding B.changing C.taking D.saving
A.angry B.calm C.sad D.happy
A.fixed B.trained C.loaded D.waited
A.slower B.lighter C.quieter D.easier
A.believe B.agree C.regret D.pretend
A.letting B.making C.watching D.having
A.useful B.familiar C.unusual D.interesting
A.rest B.order C.eat D.leave
A.bag B.walker C.tray D.coat
A.idea B.praise C.message D.need
A.cold B.full of joy C.pale D.on fire
A.lie B.hide C.defend D.stay
A.repeated B.discovered C.corrected D.described
A.careful B.patient C.honest D.practical
Born in America , I spoke English ,not Chinese , the language of my ancestors . When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese at my face , but I pushed them . My mom believed I would learn I was ready . But the never came.
On a Chinese New Year’s Eve , my uncle spoke to me in Chinese , but all I could do was at him , confused , scratching my head . “ Still can’t speak Chinese?” He me , “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown .”
“Hey ,this is America , not China. I’ll get some with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for .
“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu ,” she said ,handing over a $20 bill . I the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I should to the fishman. But he my English words and turned to serve the next customer .The laugh of the people behind increased their impatience. With every , the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling— me to cry out . “ Xian Sheng Yu , please.” “Very Xian Sheng ,” I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter . My face turned and I ran back home , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I should feel right at . Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.
Sometimes, I laugh at my fish , but , in the end, the joke is on . Every laugh is a culture ; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.
A.custom B.games C.characters D.language
A.ahead B.around C.along D.aside
A.when B.before C.unless D.until
A.success B.study C.time D.attempt
A.aim B.joke C.nod D.stare
A.cared about B.laughed at C.argued with D.asked after
A.right now B.from now C.at times D.in time
A.decision B.permission C.information D.preparation
A.repeated B.reviewed C.spelled D.kept
A.farm B.stand C.pond D.market
A.guessed B.forgot C.doubted D.ignored
A.by B.as C.with D.from
A.second B.effort C.desire D.movement
A.forcing B.allowing C.persuading D.leading
A.bright B.blank C.pale D.red
A.open-mouthed B.tongue-tied C.empty-handed D.broken-hearted
A.service B.home C.risk D.root
A.trade B.deed C.challenge D.incident
A.it B.us C.me D.them
A.thrown B.lost C.divided D.reflected