第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
“Dad, I’m sure I can do it well this time, I promise.” I said to myself and went up to the stage and began my play ...
Finally I __36__ from my piano and took a bow to the people in the hall. There was a __37__ and then loud applause (掌声) burst out. I knew I __38__ it. Tears filled my eyes. Then I __39__ three years ago right here when it was my turn to play. I __40__ the hall and saw my dad. He sat at the end of a __41__ with a serious face.
Suddenly I became __42__. I had practiced my piece for months, __43__ then it seemed there was something wrong with my fingers. I forced out some __44__ tune and left the stage in tears. I __45__.
On the way home my father didn’t say even a word. He just __46__ the car in silence. I didn’t say anything either. What could I say, really, after what I’d done? I knew how __47__ Dad worked to earn enough money __48__ my piano. That time he was __49__ to come to a competition(比赛), but I let him down.
I didn’t remember how we got home. Dad never said a word the entire way home, and he never __50__ one of my competitions again. I never got over the hurt of having __51__ the person I most wanted to make proud. I’d __52__ more than my competition that afternoon. I felt as if I’d lost the key to my father’s heart, and he died before I could __53__ it again.
“God, why didn’t you give me a __54__ to make it up to him?” I’d often asked.
I won first prize in the contest now. How I wish my father could share the __55__ moment with me!
36. A. dropped B. rose C. turned D. slid
37. A. silence B. noise C. laughter D. shout
38. A. got B. missed C. made D. caught
39. A. thought B. realized C. understood D. remembered
40. A. looked up B. looked around C. looked out D. looked over
41. A. seat B. row C. group D. team
42. A. nervous B. excited C. sick D. tried
43 A. and B. though C. but D. so
44. A. soft B. moving C. nice D. terrible
45. A. succeeded B. won C. failed D. disappeared
46. A. drove B. started C. washed D. repaired
47. A. quickly B. hard C. warmly D. happily
48. A. on B. in C. for D. with
49. A. sad B. happy C. able D. unable
50. A. attended B. noticed C. heard D. cared
51. A. pleased B. surprised C. disappointed D. satisfied
52. A. felt B. lost C. made D. learned
53. A. open B. close C. forget D. find
54. A. piano B. duty C. chance D. contest
55. A. exciting B. surprising C. interesting D. relaxing
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain____ so I decided I would leave the children in the car____ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to ____ anything and told them I would be ____ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left ____happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had ____! I could hardly believe my ____. The car doors were ____ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat ____only two coats. Being ____, I ran to the corner of the street ____ there was no sign of them. I ____up to an old lady nearby and asked ____ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and ____ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I ____ a merry laugh ____ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and ____ were two very red-face and ____ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, ____ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. ____ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
A.heavy B.hard C.big D.hardly
A.before B.since C.after D.which
A.talk B.reach C.hear D.touch
A.away B.out C.back D.along
A.them B.her C.herself D.themselves
A.discovered B.disappeared C.described D.delivered
A.ears B.words C.eyes D.heads
A.even B.again C.already D.still
A.have B.were C.had D.are
A.foolish B.proud C.frightened D.pleased
A.where B.which C.that D.when
A.arrived B.looked C.rushed D.left
A.what B.when C.whether D.how
A.tried B.had C.tired D.ought
A.felt B.listened C.smelt D.heard
A.behind B.over C.before D.with
A.outside B.among C.inside D.between
A.worried B.excited C.surprised D.interested
A.climbed B.flew C.threw D.jumped
A.For B.About C.With D.Down
Yang Yang was a native of Liaoning Province. When he was in Grade Two, his got worse. Later he was found to have sick changes to his retina (视网膜). At 15, he had to school because of his injured eyes.
“Though I my eyesight, I wanted very much to read and study, even if just for ,” Yang says. “My parents my eyes. They have read to me since my childhood.”
Yang the national college entrance exam and entered the Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, where he acupuncture (针灸). In 1999, Yang graduated from college and decided to go on for education.
Later Yang bought a special software (软件) which helped him to the Internet and send e-mails.With the software, Yang hoped to a postgraduate (研究生) degree. But he found that no Chinese offered such degrees specifically for sight-injured people. As the first step toward getting a post-graduate from a foreign university, Yang decided to take the TOEFL for the blind.
After English through computers,Yang took the test in Hong Kong, a mark of 97 out of 120. After taking part in video interviews and the necessary forms and papers, Yang was 47 to the University of Southern California.
“Studying can help me my life. One can change one’s life through effort. I believe that with effort, a child can draw a world if you give him a pen and paper,” Yang says.
A.eyesight B.health C.hearing D.study
A.rescued B.ignored C.suffered D.treated
A.look B.attend C.take D.leave
A.imagined B.lost C.recovered D.caught
A.education B.fun C.experience D.knowledge
A.cared for B.looked after C.acted as D.kept off
A.passed B.made C.tried D.broke
A.offered B.picked C.received D.studied
A.more B.quicker C.easier D.further
A.surf B.repair C.build D.accept
A.buy B.start C.get D.keep
A.hospitals B.universities C.departments D.groups
A.course B.material C.test D.degree
A.learning B.translating C.speaking D.remembering
A.breaking B.scoring C.discovering D.starting
A.looking through B.putting up C.handing in D.carrying on
A.admitted B.turned C.promised D.refused
A.affect B.keep C.find D.improve
A.firmly B.hardly C.only D.partly
A.popular B.beautiful C.natural D.real
A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a disease made his leg lame(跛的). He ______played with his classmates. When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always_______ his head without a word.
One ___ the boy’s father asked for some saplings(树苗)from the neighbor. He wanted the __ to plant a sapling(树苗) each person in front of the house. The father said, “Whose sapling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite___.” Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees , however, the boy had an idea .He hoped that the tree he planted would_____soon. So ,after watering it once or twice, he never _______ it.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was ___ to find that it didn’t fade but grew some fresh leaves. ___ the trees of his brothers and sisters , his tree was even greener. His father kept his _____ , bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding_____ when he grew up.
Since then, the little boy slowly became________. One night, he lay on the bed but could not sleep. Then he got up and came to the ______. To his surprise, his ______ was splashing(喷洒)something onto his tree. ______, he understood---his father had been____ fertilizing(施肥)his small tree!
He returned to his room, _____ running down. ____ passed. The little boy didn’t become a botanist(植物学家),but he was elected President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt. Love is the_____nourishment(营养)of life__ it is just a drop of clear water, it can still help the tree of life thrive(茁壮成长).
A.bravely B.seldom C.freely D.always
A.raised B.nodded C.lowered D.knocked
A.spring B.moment C.winter D.week
A.neighbors B.friends C.children D.boys
A.sapling B.tree C.gift D.toy
A.die B.grow C.break D.survive
A.led to B.attended t C.belonged to D.objected to
A.pleased B.upset C.worried D.surprised
A.Compared with B.Similar to C.Connected to D.Popular with
A.request B.schedule C.promise D.secret
A.president B.botanist C.artist D.researcher
A.smart B.desperate C.optimistic D.practical
A.field B.courtyard C.park D.farm
A.brother B.sister C.father D.neighbor
A.All of a sudden B.For a moment C.In time D.From then on
A.busily B.quietly C.cautiously D.secretly
A.water B.tears C.sweat D.rain
A.Hours B.Months C.Decades D.Centuries
A.last B.only C.least D.best
A.Even if B.Now that C.If only D.What if
A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul his office, a street urchin(顽童) was walking around the shiny new car, it.
“Is this your car, Mister?” he said.
Paul nodded, “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was , “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything? I wish…” He .
Of course Paul knew what he was going to . He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said shocked Paul all the way to his heels.
“I wish.” the boy went on, “that could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in , then impulsively(有意地) he added, “Would you like to take a in my car?”
“Oh yes, I'd love that.”
After a short ride, the boy with his eyes shining, said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of ?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought the boy wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong. “Will you stop those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He got out and the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back slowly. He was his little crippled(跛足的) brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and the car.
“ she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. I'm going to give you one just like it…then you can see for all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the crippled boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable ride.
That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said, “It is more blessed to give.”
A.checked into B.devoted to C.came out of D.picked up
A.admiring B.striking C.measuring D.examining
A.amused B.touched C.astonished D.relaxed
A.choked B.hesitated C.promoted D.neglected
A.send for B.look for C.wish for D.care for
A.down B.out C.in D.up
A.mine B.yours C.you D.I
A.silence B.astonishment C.low spirits D.view
A.chance B.ride C.look D.rest
A.turned B.jumped C.cried D.smiled
A.my brother B.my neighborhood C.the steps D.my house
A.now B.again C.then D.finally
A.from which B.what C.at which D.where
A.ran up B.jumped off C.fixed up D.fell over
A.rescuing B.leading C.carrying D.following
A.pointed to B.looked into C.turned to D.ran to
A.As B.So C.There D.Surely
A.Some way B.Some time C.Today D.Some day
A.a while B.yourself C.the moment D.some reason
A.city B.country C.evening D.holiday
Being positive is very important. So I often my son to be positive. But one day I was caught not doing what I often tell him to do.
My son is 7 years old and he was a show to be put on at his school. He was playing the role of an angel. On the evening before the show, he asked me, “Mom, can we angels?” As usual, I seized(抓住)the to teach him to be positive and I said, “Yes, but only those who are perfect, and think and talk positively can.” He asked, “You must have seen them then?”
I was for a few seconds, not knowing what to say. I was touched by his that his mother was a perfect person. He looked into my eyes, a positive answer. I chose to be with him and told him, “No. I’ve not been a good person all the time.” I was almost to admit this to him. I thought that his of a perfect mother would now surely be torn into pieces. But he it positively and said, “It’s all right. You know to try to be better from now on.” I smiled as I replied, “ That’s . Sometimes, we might make a , but when we do, we must always try to do better.”
My son’s struck me right in my heart and are always with me. I learned a good lesson that day “to always try to be better.” This will always me in all situations where I’ll need to be positive.
A.show B.refuse C.worry D.encourage
A.going through B.preparing for C.turning to D.looking for
A.describe B.draw C.invite D.see
A.feeling B.attitude C.chance D.method
A.pleased B.interested C.excited D.quiet
A.thought B.behavior C.dream D.story
A.making B.expecting C.trying D.choosing
A.wrong B.angry C.strict D.honest
A.glad B.surprised C.relaxed D.embarrassed
A.description B.speech C.picture D.idea
A.finished B.took C.caught D.changed
A.right B.fine C.impossible D.unnecessary
A.change B.decision C.difference D.mistake
A.words B.performances C.joy D.progress
A.hurt B.protect C.help D.find