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。
My father and I were standing at the top of a church tower. He 31 me to this place in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I 32 why he did so.
“Look down, Elsa,” Father said to me. I looked down and 33 the square in the centre of the village and I saw many turning streets 34 to the square.
“ See, my dear. There is more than one 35 to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place 36 you want to go by one road, 37 another,” he said to me.
Now I 38 why I was there. My father wanted to tell me how to 39 and deal with the difficulties.
In the years that 40 I often remembered the lesson Fathere taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in 41 . I wanted to be a fashion 42 . And on the way to my first small success I found the road 43 . What could I do ? Accept the failure? Or use my imagination and wisdom to find another road to my 44 ?
I had come to Paris, the 45 of the world of fashion , with some clothes I 46 . But none of the famous fashion designers seemed 47 in them. Then one day I met a friend who was wearig a very beautiful sweater. It had a lovely and 48 stitch (针法).
“Did you knit that sweater ?” I asked her.
“No,”she answered. “ It was done by a woman here in Paris.”
“ What an interesting stitch !” I continued.
My friend had an 49 . “The woman’s name is Mrs Vidian she learned the stitch in Armenia, her motherland.”
Suddenly a good idea 50 me. why not open my own house of fashin? Why not design, make and sell clothes? I would do it, and I would begin with a sweater.
31. A . brought B. carried C. got D. took
32. A. wondered B. doubted C. knew D. guessed
33. A. noticed B. saw C. realized D. observed
34. A. directing B. going C. leading D. turning
35. A. way B. path C. road D. method
36. A. when B. why C. which D. where
37. A. try B. attempt C. experiment D. manage
38. A. witnessed B. understood C. imagined D. supposed
39. A. settle B. face C. solve D. handle
40. A. caught B. followed C. approached D. wasted
41. A. heart B. work C. class D. life
42. A. designer B. seller C. worker D. teacher
43. A. smoothed B. passed C. blocked D. approved
44. A. success B. failure C. comfort D. intelligence
45. A. capital B. country C. attraction D. centre
46. A. recommended B. designed C. performed D. chose
47. A. occupied B. absorbed C. buried D. interested
48. A. rough B. ordinary C. unusual D. perfect
49. A. cause B. reason C. description D. explanation
50. A. struck B. thought C. entered D. came
Megan’s Library of Love Book Drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The idea to send books to a school in was created by Megan’s classmates at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute to her.
The project formed out of the desire to honour memories of Megan,to help our community heal, and to make a in the life of others.Students have many of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent help she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her for learning and reading to create the Library of Love.
This project honours Megan’s special qualities. In the of one of her classmates, “Megan was a good daughter, a good student and a good friend.We are all blessed to have been a of Megan’s life.
Every February, on Megan’s birthday, fifth grades at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School donations of newly-purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “love books” are truly a of love meant to reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local . The fifth grades also have the of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker, sorting books in categories, and all the books for shipping.
In the two years since the Library of Love began, students have collected over 5,000 newly-purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3,149 books were sent to St. Bernard’s Parish to help to their school library after Hurricane Katrina devastated the community. In 2007, 1,613 books were sent to Whited Mountain School in Alaska, which was by a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of reading to other schools in the future.
A.debt B.need C.trouble D.practice
A.mark B.contribution C.difference D.start
A.images B.expressions C.comments D.memories
A.enthusiasm B.interest C.preference D.determination
A.looks B.words C.case D.diary
A.company B.favor C.witness D.part
A.collect B.abandon C.devote D.present
A.force B.signal C.measure D.gift
A.push B.inspire C.reward D.combine
A.libraries B.post offices C.hospitals D.business
A.ability B.pleasure C.responsibility D.chance
A.packing B.fastening C.check D.settling
A.project B.assignment C.organization D.campaign
A.repair B.refill C.rebuild D.remove
A.broken B.hurt C.closed D.damaged
Children model themselves largely on their parents. They do so mainly through identification. Children identify a parent when they believe they have the qualities and feelings that are of that parent. The things parents do and say---and the they do and say to them--therefore strongly influence a child's . However, parents must consistently behave like the type of they want their child to become.
A parent's actions affect the self-image that a child forms identification. Children who see mainly positive qualities in their will likely learn to see themselves in a positive way. Children who observe chiefly qualities in their parents will have difficulty positive qualities in themselves. Children may their self-image, however, as they become increasingly by peers groups standards before they reach 13.
Isolated(孤立的) events, dramatic(突然的) ones, do not necessarily have a permanent on a child's behavior. Children interact such events according to their established attitudes and previous training. Children who know they are loved can, , accept the divorce of their parents' or a parent's early . But if children feel unloved, they may interpret such events a sign of rejection or punishment.
In the same way, all children are not influenced by toys and games, reading matter, and television programs. in the case of a dramatic change in family relations, the of an activity or experience depends on how the child interprets it.
A.to B.with C.around D.for
A.informed B.characteristic C.conceived D.indicative
A.gesture B.expression C.way D.Extent
A.behavior B.words C.mood D.reactions
A.person B.humans C.creatures D.adult
A.in turn B.nevertheless C.also D.as a result
A.before B.besides C.with D.through
A.eyes B.parents C.peers D.behaviors
A.negative B.cheerful C.various D.complex
A.see B.seeing C.to see D.to seeing
A.modify B.copy C.give up D.continue
A.mature B.influenced C.unique D.independent
A.not B.besides C.even D.finally
A.idea B.wonder C.stamp D.effect
A.luckily B.for example C.at most D.theoretically
A.death B.rewards C.advice D.teaching
A.as B.being C.of D.For
A.even B.at all C.alike D.as a whole
A.Even B.Since C.Right D.As
A.result B.effect C.scale D.Cause
Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett's jeans and shirt full of burn holes. Tired and defeated, I to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had . He often got almost everything in the house out of . Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional Brett had done to our once quiet home.
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as as possible, but inside I was shouting,"I don't want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can't him!" Having wiped my tears, I continued him as before.
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所). After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping teens.
At the ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had the most to him or her.
Brett spoke to his parents and then spoke to me, "You did so much. You were always there, no matter happened. My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you, troubled enough by me, always me such love. And I want you to k I love you for it."
, I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me .
At that moment, tears in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for . Although I had struggled with silent toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.
A.sat B.sank C.bent D.dropped
A.ruined B.lost C.torn D.broken
A.danger B.place C.trouble D.order
A.off B.in C.up D.away
A.pain B.injury C.damage D.suffering
A.patiently B.willingly C.strictly D.rudely
A.forgive B.educate C.stand D.control
A.parenting B.pardoning C.comforting D.feeding
A.lazy B.troublesome C.disappointing D.careless
A.opening B.official C.victory D.graduation
A.afforded B.meant C.supplied D.owed
A.lovingly B.sadly C.proudly D.nervously
A.where B.how C.what D.who
A.unless B.although C.because D.when
A.cost B.lent C.taught D.showed
A.Astonished B.Puzzled C.Encouraged D.Interested
A.surely B.roughly C.tightly D.fiercely
A.fell B.flowed C.moved D.gathered
A.pity B.happiness C.luck D.success
A.love B.anxiety C.anger D.care
John Perry stood up and looked around again. The island had been a good place to find shells. But now how could he make the move out to sea…? If they swam out to sea he could jump in and get to shore they saw him.
He saw the sharks rolling and playing. Their was now gone and they were killing for fun. How could he make them move away?
He drew his knife from his belt. Sharks can blood, he thought. He put the knife against his leg and cut deep into the . The blood ran out and he caught it on his white shirt. When the shirt was red and wet he tied some cloth around his leg to the flow of blood. He then tied a long piece of cloth to the shirt, threw it into the water and it with the piece of cloth.
The sharks smelled the blood and came toward the shirt. He ran down the sand reef pulling the shirt and the sharks raced after it. He was them away from shore. Suddenly he dropped the cloth, turned toward the and ran as fast as he could. He jumped in the water and swam.
He was halfway across he turned to look back. A high bony fin (鳍) was through the water toward him. He put his face in the water and kicked and splashed himself as fast as he could. The shore was near now.
He lifted his head again to and he saw the shore very near. From behind he left the water rush toward him, almost pushing him, helping him. And then a great gray body hit him and almost rolled him over in the water. He touched the shore with 35 and he pulled himself up the stones. The shark, by the smell of blood and the chase (追逐), went wildly after him. Its great body crashed against .
The end came quickly and the water was covered with the shark’s blood. The injured shark was eaten up by others as it tried to escape.
Perry slowly struggled his feet.
“So,” he said, “you did not get me.” And he looked down at the sharks still eating 40 they weren’t hungry. He climbed up the stones and walked toward the village.
A.boats B.sharks C.soldiers D.shells
A.before B.after C.until D.when
A.food B.hunger C.anger D.wish
A.fear B.taste C.drink D.smell
A.sand B.shark C.flesh D.mat
A.stop B.keep C.join D.cause
A.pulled B.wrapped C.connected D.caught
A.running B.racing C.swimming D.jumping
A.driving B.keeping C.preventing D.leading
A.sea B.shore C.island D.sand
A.before B.while C.unless D.when
A.going B.running C.cutting D.swimming
A.forward B.backward C.upward D.downward
A.cry B.breathe C.swim D.escape
A.his feet B.a stick C.his fingers D.the shirt
A.interested B.frightened C.disappointed D.excited
A.the shore B.Perry C.the stones D.the shells
A.lively B.alive C.dead D.friendly
A.on B.by C.to D.with
A.as though B.even though C.as soon as D.as long as
We always celebrated my Dad’s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years went on, these events took on a(n) meaning – a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal for all that he had done for me in my life.
When we knew that it might be Dad’s birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party ___all of us sitting around him. Dad was a wonderful , and here was a biggest audience he’d ever had.
During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dad’s turn to stories from us. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. , we told stories from our hearts, Dad listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. We all kinds of lost memories – stories about when we were little, stories about when Dad was young and stories that are shared as family . Even the littlest grandchildren couldn’t to tell their grandfather why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our to honor him.
A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people normally tell at a . They are told, then, full of tears, with the hope that the departed will somehow hear the outpouring of love._ _ we had given those loving to Dad when he was , told through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joy. I’m sure the stories and memories over in his mind during his last months and days.
Words do , and they are enough. We need to say them, to speak them to the ones we love, for everyone else to hear. That’s the way to love, and our chance to honor a person in life.
A.original B.modern C.complex D.double
A.congratulation B.wish C.thanking D.apology
A.late B.lost C.living D.last
A.with B.as C.though D.by
A.writer B.listener C.storyteller D.reader
A.hear of B.listen to C.make up D.talk about
A.Little by little B.Now and then C.All at once D.One after another
A.if B.because C.while D.before
A.recalled B.recorded C.regretted D.remembered
A.thoughts B.treasures C.possessions D.tales
A.afford B.help C.wait D.offer
A.chance B.task C.duty D.decision
A.burial B.party C.meeting D.wedding
A.And B.But C.So D.Or
A.kindness B.memories C.care D.hugs
A.healthy B.old C.young D.alive
A.went B.flew C.rolled D.came
A.benefit B.matter C.work D.mean
A.publicly B.properly C.consciously D.correctly
A.fall in B.search for C.hand over D.give back