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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)
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。
It was a cold Saturday morning. An old man walked slowly into the ___36___. With shoulders bent forward, he leaned on his trusty stick with each ___37___ step.
His shabby clothes and warm personality made him ___38___ out from the usual breakfast crowd. Unforgettable were his eyes that shone like diamonds and thin lips ___39___ in a steady smile.
A young waitress named Mary ___40___ him drag toward a table by the window. She ran over to him, and said, "Here, sir. Let me give you a ___41___ with that chair."
Without saying a word, he smiled and ___42___. She pulled the chair away from the table. Steadying him with one arm, she helped him get comfortably ___43___. Then she moved the table up close to him, and leaned his ___44___ against the table where he could reach it.
In a soft, clear voice, he said, "Thank you for your ___45___."
"You're welcome, sir." She replied ___46___. "And my name is Mary. I'll be back in a moment, and ___47___ you need anything at all in the meantime, just wave at me!"
After he had finished his breakfast, Mary brought him the change from his ticket. Then she ___48___ him out from behind the table. She handed him his stick, and walked ___49___ him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, "Come back and see us, sir!"
He turned with his whole body and nodded with a ___50___ smile. "You are very kind," he said softly.
When Mary went to clean his table, she was ___51___ to find that under his plate there was a business card and a note on a napkin (餐巾纸). Under the napkin was a one hundred dollar bill!
The note on the napkin ___52___, "Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows by the way you ___53___ others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will ___54___ through those who meet you."
The next day she was told that the man she had ___55___ on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working.
36. A. restaurant B. shop C. hospital D. bank
37. A. big B. quick C. urgent D. unhurried
38. A. get B. look C. stand D. keep
39. A. held B. made C. remained D. put
40. A. felt B. noticed C. discovered D. realized
41. A. table B. cushion C. place D. hand
42. A. nodded B. obeyed C. sat D. hesitated
43. A. moved B. stayed C. seated D. rested
44. A. chair B. spoon C. stick D. plate
45. A. quickness B. kindness C. cleverness D. politeness
46. A. happily B. sadly C. nervously D. vaguely
47. A. until B. though C. because D. if
48. A. called B. helped C. took D. made
49. A. by B. around C. with D. towards
50. A. confident B. grateful C. relieved D. delicate
51. A. embarrassed B. satisfied C. disappointed D. astonished
52. A. read B. told C. wrote D. showed
53. A. please B. admire C. follow D. treat
54. A. pass B. shine C. go D. pull
55. A. depended B. served C. waited D. agreed
Anne Frank was born in Germany in 1929. As her family was Jewish, her father found that it was hard for them to continue to live in Germany when the Nazis, who __36__ the Jews very much, came into power in 1933. So they __37__ to Amsterdam, Netherlands when Anne was only four years old.
In May, 1940, the Germans occupied(占领) Netherlands and the Jews there were __38__ to work in certain places. On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank’s parents gave her a small red-and-white-plaid(格子图案)diary __39__ her thirteenth birthday present and on July 6, 1942, her family had to go into hiding. Though they could take very few things with them, Anne brought her __40__ to her new home, which she called “Secret Annex.”
For two years when Anne lived in the Annex (附属建筑物), she __41__ down her thoughts and feelings in her diary. __42__ putting down series of facts __43__ most people do, she wrote about her life with the seven other people in hiding, as well as the war going on around her and her hopes for the future. She __44__ her diary as her best friend and talked to it about whatever she wanted to. But __45__ , on August 4, 1944, the Nazis raided(轰炸)the Secret Annex and Anne was arrested(逮捕)and sent to a concentration camp(集中营), __46__ she died in March, 1945.
Through thick and thin, Anne’s father __47__ her dairy published in June, 1947 by Contact Publishers, a Dutch firm. Today Anne’s Dairy is available in fifty-five languages and over 24 million copies have been sold.
This page of diary was written on Thursday 15, June, 1944, in which she wrote about her strong love for __48__, which she had hardly been able to see face to face since she began to __49__ from the Nazis. Afraid of being caught, she __50__ go outdoors and had to stay indoors most of the time. On the night of June 15, she stayed awake __51__ until half past eleven just in order to take a good look at the moon for once by herself. She remembered another time five months ago when the dark rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds __52__ her entirely in their __53__. She was so crazy about everything to __54__ with nature that she would like to __55__ anything for her freedom, but......
A.loved B.hated C.disagreed D.against
A.had B.came C.moved D.settled
A.forced B.allowed C.promised D.had
A.for B.on C.as D.like
A.dog B.toy C.cat D.diary
A.put B.kept C.went D.turned
A.In place of B.Because of C.In case of D.Instead of
A.while B.as C.so D.if
A.regarded B.thought C.had D.knew
A.happily B.fortunately C.unfortunately D.excitedly
A.which B.there C.where D.what
A.gave B.took C.brought D.got
A.nature B.war C.moon D.wind
A.keep away B.hide away C.stay behind D.hold back
A.didn’t dare B.must not C.was afraid D.should not
A.for purpose B.with purpose C.on purpose D.in purpose
A.kept B.held C.made D.left
A.power B.force C.energy D.strength
A.join B.connect C.concern D.do
A.give in B.give up C.give away D.give out
Dear Dad,
I was very upset when I received your letter. I knew you 46 not like my results, but I didn’t realize you and Mum were so 47 with me. This has made me 48 very carefully about myself, and now I 49 how silly I have been.
My poor 50 have come from my own 51 . Of course, I want to do my best. I want you and Mum to be proud 52 me, but somehow when I get to school I just can’t keep my 53 on the subject and I stop 54 the teacher. So many other things seem so much more 55 , but I know that I must not 56 the chance you and Mum have given me. If I don’t work very hard 57 the next few months, I am going to get 58 results. So I am going to study hard this summer. And I will show Mum anything 59 I can’t understand so that she can give me help.
I 60 you will allow me to play some basketball. I think I need some exercise, 61 _ I will control the time I 62 on it properly.
If you want me to stop meeting Cindy, I will — but there is 63 serious. We are just good friends, and she often helps me 64 my schoolwork.
Dad, I am really sorry I have made you angry. I’m going to try my best to 65 my study. I promise that I will make you proud of me soon.
Yours,
Jimmy
A.will B.would C.need D.should
A.angry B.upset C.strict D.happy
A.talk B.speak C.think D.hear
A.receive B.believe C.insist D.realize
A.results B.memories C.parents D.friends
A.stubbornness B.carelessness C.laziness D.illness
A.of B.with C.in D.for
A.head B.mind C.eyes D.heart
A.listening to B.to listen to C.hearing D.to hear
A.boring B.dull C.beautiful D.interesting
A.find B.share C.waste D.afford
A.during B.at C.through D.until
A.better B.best C.poorer D.poorest
A.which B.that C.whom D.what
A.wish B.advise C.hope D.decide
A.and B.but C.so D.because
A.spend B.take C.cost D.pay
A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing
A.in B.on C.with D.by
A.develop B.improve C.interest D.finish
It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members (36)the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of (37) . Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would (38) all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be(39) —so I thought. I waited backstage all (40 ) in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies (41) that my class was next.
My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the (42). All I had to do in the next move was to put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. It really was an (43) move. I was concentrating so much (44) the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look (45) I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and (46) .There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the (47) rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not(48) .I did my best to follow her (49) as I continued with the routine.
When the curtain dropped, so did my (50) for the evening. I (51) bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could (52) me down.
Recently I realized I had been a (53) that night. I was (54) but I fought the urge to run off the stage. (55) I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.
A.filled B.attended C.decorated D.visited
A.impression B.debate C.attention D.pressure
A.show off B.take over C.give up D.look after
A.obvious B.reasonable C.suitable D.perfect
A.mixed up B.dressed up C.folded up D.covered up
A.explained B.suggested C.announced D.predicted
A.music B.audience C.stage D.curtain
A.active B.adventurous C.easy D.extra
A.containing B.hiding C.sharing D.keeping
A.why B.what C.whether D.where
A.slipped B.wandered C.skipped D.waved
A.pride B.pleasure C.tear D.blood
A.leave B.cheer C.notice D.believe
A.advice B.gesture C.example D.plan
A.hopes B.voice C.patience D.doubts
A.argued B.shouted C.begged D.sobbed
A.turn B.calm C.let D.put
A.pioneer B.star C.loser D.fool
A.moved B.embarrassed C.satisfied D.confused
A.Instead B.However C.in return D.In total
That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother 36 me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, ___37___,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ___38___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___39___ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I ___40___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___41___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ___42___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ___43___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ___44___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___45___ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___46___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed___47___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___48___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___49___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of___50___ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ___51___the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ___52___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a ___53___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ___54___if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___55__ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
A.forces B.allows C.causes D.forbids
A.otherwise B.therefore C.however D.besides
A.parking lot B.bus stop C.school D.market
A.interesting B.surprising C.awful D.useful
A.noticed B.recognized C.called D.assisted
A.back B.handle C.wheel D.seat
A.searched B.left C.moved D.wandered
A.stopped B.started C.intended D.finished
A.crossed B.slipped C.disturbed D.inspired
A.attractive B.shiny C.simple D.expensive
A.repairmen B.businessmen C.drivers D.cyclists
A.busy B.content C.careful D.bored
A.waving B.looking C.laughing D.pointing
A.about B.for C.with D.like
A.worry B.respect C.sympathy D.pride
A.cleaning B.fixing C.replacing D.covering
A.still B.yet C.again D.soon
A.lesson B.subject C.skill D.fact
A.business B.living C.success D.right
A.tired B.doubtful C.fearful D.ashamed
When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’ve ever known. He never 11__ at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a kind and _12_ person
When Dr. Gibbs didn’t work, he planted trees. His house covered an area of ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it _ 13_ .
He had some interesting _ 14 _ concerning planting. He belonged to the “No pains, no gains” __15 of plant growing. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked _16__, he said, “Watering plants will spoil them, and if you water them, each successive tree_ 17_ will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things 18__for them and weed out the weak ones.” So he never watered his trees. He would _19__a pine, and instead of _20__it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I __21__ him why he did so, and he said it was to get the tree’s _22__.
I planted a couple of trees a few _23__ ago. I carried water to them for a solid summer, sprayed them and prayed over them. Two years of careful tending has _24__ in trees that expect to be _25__ to hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble their branches.
Dr. Gibbs passed away a _26__of years after I left home. Now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees. They’re _27__ now, big and healthy.
Funny things about Dr. Gibbs’ trees. Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _28__
comfort and ease never could.
Life is tough, whether we want 29_ to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for 30_ that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept away.
A.shouted B.shot C.aimed D.pointed
A.cruel B.greedy C.pleasant D.disciplined
A.museum B.park C.playground D.forest
A.features B.theories C.characters D.instructions
A.class B.college C.school D.university
A.what B.when C.how D.why
A.image B.product C.generation D.species
A.cheap B.easy C.expensive D.rough
A.paint B.plant C.uproot D.establish
A.starving B.beating C.watering D.feeding
A.asked B.told C.informed D.demanded
A.approval B.attention C.pain D.communication
A.weeks B.months C.years D.days
A.resulted B.produced C.believed D.spent
A.treated B.tended C.supported D.attended
A.number B.couple C.row D.period
A.trembling B.dying C.strong D.intelligent
A.while B.though C.as D.and
A.them B.that C.it D.this
A.trunks B.roots C.branches D.Leaves