第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.
“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute!”
Slowly the boy 21 onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 22 out her hand and wrapped（缠住）her 23 old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 24 to my bed. What’s your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 25 up, raising herself on her elbow（肘）. Water 26 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 27 .
“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 28 for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 29 , and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”
“I want my silver ring to 30 to my daughter.”
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 31 the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There’s my Bible（圣经）,” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 32 Christian burial（基督葬礼）with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 33 of a poor old woman.”
The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 34 it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 35 the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 36 me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 37 window, but the old woman on the bed 38 nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 39 on the paper were some childish letters. They 40 the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
21．A．rushed B．struggled C．hurried D．stepped
22．A．reached B．let C．pushed D．pointed
23．A．firm B．smooth C．dry D．fresh
24．A．back B．up C．away D．ahead
25．A．sit B．get C．stand D．wake
26．A．fell B．burnt C．burst D．ran
27．A．ill B．sick C．unpleasant D．funny
28．A．letter B．note C．will D．message
29．A．table B．pen C．paper D．woman
30．A．send B．go C．belong D．come
31．A．moved B．drew C．used D．pulled
32．A．great B．merry C．splendid D．real
33．A．hope B．chance C．opinion D．wish
34．A．sign B．read C．remember D．copy
35．A．setting B．hiding C．placing D．laying
36．A．Hold B．Leave C．Excuse D．Pardon
37．A．large B．open C．small D．pretty
38．A．did B．saw C．felt D．knew
39．A．Described B．Printed C．Recorded D．Written
40．A．formed B．spelled C．organized D．repeated
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。
My mother-in-law passed away when she was 76. My wife and I drove to ________ her belongings, deciding what to keep, give away or throw out. Nettie lived on little all her life, ________ we expected no hidden fortunes, but we were ________ .
In early spring every year, Nettie would make a(n) ________ . “I’m making the Easter pies,” she would say, “so nobody should bother me.” Nettie wrapped the pies and labeled each for the intended ________. Her doorbell would start ringing at noon as relatives came to ________ this family present.
In the fridge, my wife and I ________ some pies and looked at each other in ________ , saying nothing. Then we ________ the pies one by one and put them in a plastic bag. We left her apartment for the last time, ________ holding the pies.
That night, as we ________ at the table for dinner with our children in our home, my wife ________ us the pies. I’d eaten my mother-in-law’s pies for more than 20 years, and they ________ tasted good. But this time the pies tasted better than ever. With each ________ I remembered everything Nettie had meant to all of us over the years---how she had ________ her daughter as a single mother and loved her grandchildren. I could actually taste her kind and ________ spirit.
Afterwards, my wife pointed towards one last pie labeled “Nettie”. “I’m saving this one, ”she said. There Nettie’s ________ remains, untouched, unseen, but never ________ . Other families leave behind ________ stuff such as jewelry, but Nettie left us her simple pie. That single pie will be our heirloom（传家宝）and ________ our hearts forever.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I ________ a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a ________ moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of ________ for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they ________ their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious (有自我意识的), and ________ he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer ________ my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to ________ them but I still needed to write them, I ________ until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move ________ for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, ________ two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and ________ , becoming a technical worker in Sacramento. ________ short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was________ happy to have Marc back. Since I was ________ making lunch for his younger brother, I ________ one for Marc, too. Imagine my ________ when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, ________ his lunch.
“Did I do something ________ ? Don’t you love me ________ , Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I ________ asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had ________ finding the keyhole. When I _______ to open the door, I _______ around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was_______ installed... but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered _______ a lamp by the bed when I laid my luggage _______ in the day. I found the bed in the _______ and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing _______ ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the_______ to find another lamp. So I _______ my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring! I finally stumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）around _______ I found a desk lamp which actually _______!
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world _______ be and how necessary light is! But even more necessary than _______ light is the light that shines from people — the light of _______ and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and _______ place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in _______ of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you _______ may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is _______ a candle in a forest remember — there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to _______ the light of one small candle.
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完形填空
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。
The first week is always a bit hard in my writing classes. I’m unfamiliar ________the students, most of them trying to ________ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer ________ me with a question on the second day, I was ________ for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.
Her writing wasn’t perfect,________ her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to ________ , which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t ________ then how much she would also teach me.
One Friday afternoon, Jennifer ________ after class. She wasn’t asking a question about a paper I’d returned. ________, she said quietly: “I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.” I gave her a sideways look, ________ . “It was just a virus (病毒). I’m fine now,” she ________ me. Then she was gone.
Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be ________ a few classes. She had been in hospital with meningitis (脑膜炎). I ________ him again a few days later, and again after that. Her condition grew worse. We made trips to the hospital room. I was ________ frightened when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and ________ in my classroom.
A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to ________ . “I’ll be back,” she said. “I have no ________ ,” I told her, fighting back tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “school ________ everything to Jenny.”
Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, smiling. She ________ all of her missed homework, completed with thought and excellence. The ________ of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was looking at a picture recently and noticed there was something different. The frame was ________ . The overall picture still looked good but I couldn’t ________ whether or not changing the frame would make it better.
From this an interesting ________ came to mind. At times when I was ________ I would spend money on clothes. Maybe I spend it on other things as well.
Because I have a love for ________ , I thought I would feel good. However, the feeling was always ________ . Why? Because doing this didn’t ________ the real issue. What I needed to do was to pay attention to what was bothering me on the inside ________ trying to cover up my problems by making changes on the outside. I was changing the frame but the picture on the ________ was still the same.
We may change the ________ of our hair or even buy new clothes. There is nothing wrong with doing this ________ , but if it is being done for the wrong reasons, it may not ________ to how we really feel. If you ________ there is something wrong, try to change that; this way you will truly feel better on the inside. ________ time with family, having a conversation with a friend, or even letting your pen write your innermost feelings can ________ . Eventually, you will get true peace and joy inside. This way, not only will you be better able to ________ your life but also display colorful images of love for others.
So________ necessary, don’t just change the frame. Change the picture. Getting a new picture may be ________ and may take time; however, with ________ it can be accomplished. In the end, playing your part in building a ________ of even more fine art in this world would be worth it!
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