第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I moved to this small town at the age of twelve．After getting 36 in our new house and starting school，I began to explore the 37 area．I was exploring the pond when I discovered the fish．
There were two of them，one about a foot long， 38 the other just a little smaller，and they were the most beautiful fish I had 39 seen．They had blue and yellow and red 40 from head to tail．Before they saw me，they swam 41 over the sand just under the front edge of the large cedar(杉)tree which had long before fallen 42 the pond．
I went back the next day after school 43 with about six feet of fishing line and a hook borrowed from our elderly neighbor．and half a dozen worms I had 44 out of the garden．We did not own any fishing tool，and 45 a city kid，my fishing experience, had 46 week long visits to my relatives．
I took a shortcut 47 some fallen cedars on my way to the pond．As I was climbing over one tree and ducking under another，I _48 my footing，and my soup can of worms went flying into the air．My 49 was only increased when I noticed that my worms had disappeared．
I went to the pond，looked down again，and there they were．I made a few 50 to catch them by hand，but I soon realized it was never going to 51 ．I had been trying to catch them for quite a while without actually even 52 either one．After each attempt，they 53 suddenly go around the pool，then settle back under the log．They could really go 54 ，but they were just too fast to be caught．I was wet and 55 and it was time to go home．
36．A．seated B．settled C．separated D．served
37．A．deserted B．crowded C．surrounding D．distant
38．A．but B．and C．thus D．so
39．A．hardly B．seldom C．never D．ever
40．A．dots B．signs C．signals D．symbols
41．A．nervously B．hopelessly C．effortlessly D．difficultly
42．A．through B．across C．past D．by
43．A．armed B．matched C．handled D．accompanied
44．A．put B．dug C．pulled D．searched
45．A．for B．with C．as D．despite
46．A．consisted of B．compared with C．made up D．taken up
47．A．beyond B．against C．between D．through
48．A．lost B．sank C．sent D. threw
49．A．doubt B．disappointment C．courage D. strength
50．A．steps B．activities C．attempts D. movement
51．A．work B．complete C．cover D. catch
52．A．noticing B．touching C．holding D. feeling
53．A．should B．might C．would D. could
54．A．somewhere B．anywhere C．nowhere D. everywhere
55．A．excited B．frightened C．worried D. discouraged
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A ________ came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ________ that shirt away, but gave it to her ________ .” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I ________ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her ________ , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s ________ was something greater.
The next morning she ________ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to ________ a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are ________ , aren’t you? I think I have a ________ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of________ .” Mom accepted the opportunity very ________ .
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling________ . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal ________ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you ________ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working ________ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you________ be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there. ________ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ________ comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle ________ situations and never give up.
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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。
Were you happy and a little worried at the time? I thought so. Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the ______ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t ______, they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who ______, but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, ______ just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was ______about her. She went to bed too ______. The night before the first exam, Barbara ______ that she have an early night and take a ______ pill. She promised to wake _____ up in the morning.
She was not relaxed. As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her ______ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of ______, she went to sleep. In no time（不久）at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination ______ , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. ______ around her was writing pages and gages. ______she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write ______. She kept looking at her ______. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, _____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started ______. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she ______ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a ______ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题中所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a ________ over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always ________ . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was ________ . I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t ________ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big ________ for the kids was the fun of Christmas ________ .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking ________ what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for ________ to share by all five of us.
The big ________ arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and ________ them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would ________ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, ________ my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually ________. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything ________ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ________ to be angry again. This is what she told me:
“I was looking ________ thinking of what to buy, and I ________ to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ________ for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and ________ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so ________ as I did that day.
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完形填空。阅读下面短文，从31-50各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My son, Sam, struggled through elementary school. But his sixth-grade teacher took the time to ____ Sam’s strengths and inspired him to be a better student.
On Valentine’s Day, my eleven-year-old son Sam ____ me to allow him to buy his teacher a big red heart filled with delectable(美味的) chocolates. We ____, and he bought her a small but respectably sized heart. On his small ____, $4.99 was a huge investment, and I was touched by his____.
Sam has not always loved teachers. Once he publicly admitted that he ____ school, and he was ____ with some class projects.
Last year, Sam’s most ____ achievement was having the longest “missing assignment” list in the entire fifth grade. He ____ all year to keep his head above the academic sea. Many nights Sam sank into tears of ____ while working his way through another pile of homework.
I must admit I was ____ when I first met Mrs. Hogan. She was a ____ teacher. She seemed so young and sweet and inexperienced. How was this new teacher going to ____ a boy who had learned to hate school?
As I observed this teacher’s ____ with my son at the end of each day, I realized that Sam’s inattentiveness and disorganization were not the ____ things that Mrs. Hogan noticed about him. She recognized Sam as a knowledgeable, capable student who loved to read. He, in return, rose to her expectations ____.
Sam began to do his homework without numerous ____ or a major search through his crowded backpack. He brought home less and less classwork. He ____ six A’s on his second-quarter report card.
I still don’t know how much of this ____is due to the magic of Mrs. Hogan. I do know that my son loves his sixth–grade teacher, and I think there is a magic in relationships that can ____ children when nothing else will.
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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter, Emily. to buy a mountain bike, she’d been saving her pocket money all year, as well as doing small jobs to earn extra money. By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49. I said, “You have your pick from my bicycle _ .”
“Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would choose.
As Christmas near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she a Salvation Army（基督教慈善组织） volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy?” she asked. “Sorry, em, I’m out of change.” I said.
Throughout December, Emily continued to hard. Then one day, she made a announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $58 to a volunteer who was really very .
by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children. I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow（发光）.Should I contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later .the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very , sir. Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re away one chance to win a girls’ mountain bike.”
Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the ? I like to think it was God’s way of a little girl for a sacrifice her years---- while giving her dad a lesson in the .
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