III、第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每题1.5分)
One day, I happened to talk to a stranger on a bus. When he 36 that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good 37 lived there and he wondered if I 38 know him. At first I wanted to say that it was 39 to think that, out of all the millions of people in Chicago, I could 40 meet his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that 41 was a very big city. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he began to 42 me about his friend.
He told me that his friend was an excellent 43 player, and that he even had his own tennis court. He 44 that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, 45 that he knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. His friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I 46 several people like that, for example,47 and my next door neighbour. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in Chicago. Then he asked 48 my brother lived in Chicago. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend 49 the summer in Sacramento and lived 50 to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next door neighbour went to Sacramento last summer and 51 in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say 52 .
“Would your 53 name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your 54 name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh.
36. A. turned out B. made out C. took out D. found out
37. A. friends B. classmates C. brothers D. teachers
38. A. managed to B. happened to C. tried to D. got to
39. A. clever B. wise C. foolish D. kind
40. A. likely B. friendly C. luckily D. possibly
41. A. New York B. Chicago C. California D. Edmonton
42. A. tell B. learn C. know D. talk
43. A. football B. tennis C. basketball D. swimming
44. A. decreased B. increased C. added D. pluses
45. A. and B. however C. so D. therefore
46. A understood B. knew C. met D. saw
47. A. my sister B. my friend C. my brother D. my teacher
48. A. Which B. What C. Why D. Where
49. A. spent B. took C. paid D. cost
50. A. above B. below C. next door D. behind
51. A. worked B. studied C. researched D. lived
52. A. anything B. something C. someone D. anyone
53. A. brother’s B. friend’s C. teacher’s D. family’s
54. A. friend’s B. family’s C. brother’s D. teacher’s
55. A. way B. road C. mouth D. turn
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。
Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife.She burst into ______I took them to the shoemaker to get them_____.
The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the ____and said, "Nothing I can do except replace the upper." His master looked at them and said to me, "If you ____me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes."
I was ___ and asked why.
He explained, "As if the openings were made___ for the sake of special style and reuse."
I didn’t fully understand him ,but I decided to leave the shoes.
Two days later ,I dropped by from work to collect the shoes. I found there were indeed more scratches on______shoe, all the openings were patched (打补丁）by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread,______ more unique and interesting than ever.I couldn't help but______ the master's skill.
Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back.My wife checked the blouse ________ , and then said, "Let me take it home and _______it."
Three days later, seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and_______ thread and they_____ a look of ice crystal （冰晶） hanging from a winter's branch.___ ____ , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt.I _______with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of _______ !"
"I was inspired by that craftsman.Patches are supposed to be ______, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife.
Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is____ to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life.Since you can't_______ the existence of wound, you should not expect people's sympathyby exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful.Just sew the wound by patches and produce a most beautiful flower on it, and this is the ____ of life.
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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。
Reading and learning new words is about finding their meaning and use within a passage. The meaning of unknown words which you________ in your reading sometimes can be known by their ________ , that is, their contexts. The context of the sentence can tell us the part of speech(词性) of the ________ word. Using the context of the paragraph to define unknown words can also be ________ .
Readers often have trouble because they understand the sentence word by word but ________ meaning of a word, when they should identify the way it has been used in the passage.
One consideration in using the context is to determine the unknown word's part, of speech. The words around the unknown word can give you ________ . Once you know if the word is a noun or an adjective, it is often enough for you to ________ reading without having to stop to look up the meaning of the word. After coming across the word a few more times, you will know its meaning more ________ than if you had just looked it up.
Comparison clues indicate that two or more things are ________ .A comparison is possible because the known and unknown words have ________ .Words likewise show you that comparisons can be made.
________clues tell you that an example of an unknown word follows. Example clues are usually ________ by the following words and phrases: such as, such, other, for example, and like.
To find meanings from text -based clues, you should look for clues in the sentence. A second kind of clue does not ________ on specific words to indicate meaning. This kind of context clue is called frame-work -based clue. Your knowledge of the meanings of surrounding words ________ you discover the meaning of a word or sentence. Common________ and your knowledge of the parts of speech also help in defining unknown words. For example: The angry driver shouted vehemently during his fight with the other driver. What does vehemently_________? You know what ________ means, and you know how people ________when they argue. From this, you can ________ out that vehemently has something to do with strong ________ or intense feeling.
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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the morning of May 18, 2010, Enzo PiscoPo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back.
“I ________ so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,” he says. He became paralyzed (使瘫痪，使麻痹) from the waist down, Doctors said he’d likely never ________ again.
The last three years have been a challenging, but equally ________ , journey for Enzo, a Coca-Cola employee since 1966. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a ________ .
“These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,” Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so ________ after such a life-changing ________ . It’s a question, he admits; he’s asked himself more than a few times.
One particular ________ changed Enzo. A few weeks after his injury, he was talking to his wife in his hospital room. ________ focusing on what he had, he fixed his attention on what he thought he’d ________.
His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were ________ intact (完好无损的), and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they ________ to do, including traveling.
“That conversation ________ me that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kid,” he says.
Enzo, who returned to work three months after his injury, ________ that happiness is a choice. “You can find millions of ________ to either be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours. Many people who seemingly have everything are ________ , while some of the ________ people in the world are deeply happy. The ________ is focusing on the things that really matter. Today I make an effort to ________ all the ‘little things’ that make me happy. I still want to ________ and grow as a person in all aspects of my life, ________ I’m now enjoying the abundance of things I already have much more.
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完形填空,阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Plane travel can be tiring especially when the holiday is over. Three happy-go-lucky video makers decided to provide some ________ to passengers returning to San Francisco Airport in the U.S. and ________ “free hugs". The group, from Canada , ________ in the “arrival" gate with the________ “you deserve a hug" chalked up on a board. And their ________ act actually moved one man to tears after they played another by________ ¨Happy Birthday". ________ smartly with the board in their hands, they seem to be ________by the passengers. Passengers walk past, focusing on their mobiles, their________ ,or friends waiting, to avoid being offered a(an) ________.“Everyone thinks we're Uber drivers ,”says Thomas Brag.
After the “awkward beginning", ________,things take a________ turn. Their first hug comes from a woman in a yellow jacket. Passengers began to__________ the group with smiles, although some appear still puzzled. One female passenger appears________ to be offered a free hug, jumping over to the three men, and being raised into the air. ________ passengers became more receptive. Family members waiting for their loved ones to ________ began directing the group to greet incoming passengers. A tender ________ is then shown as the men greet one man, who is called Ani, with a(an)________ performance of “Happy Birthday". "This week we were lucky to be flown out to San Francisco," reads the video description on the group's YouTube channel. “We realized how ________we were to be together and have someone greet us.”
“So we decided we'd try and make some lone travelers' days________ welcoming them like they were part of our big happy family.”
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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。
My grandmother was diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease（老年痴呆症）when I was 10 . At that point in my life , I was ________ as all kids are , so I didn’t think twice about it . I had no idea how it would________affect my life , as well as my family .
As I grew up , I ________ my granny changing . She ________ forget where she set her book , or she couldn’t find her purse . ________ , I didn’t think it was serious . Yet one incident ________ was my wake-up call .
About three years ago , my father and I went to visit my ________ after a tornado went through our town . I went inside , gave my granny a hug and took my ________ seat on the couch by her side . Suddenly , she ________ me , hesitated for a moment and with ________ eyes that stared right past me , asked , “ Now you’re graduating this year , aren’t you ? ” I was a freshman , so I was ________ by why she was asking me about ________ . Grammy used to well recall the birthdate of every one of her grandchildren . I assured her that I still had a few years ________ graduation and moved the conversation along ________ .
As soon as I got into the car , I started to ________, realizing how her disease had ________ , transforming my granny into someone I could hardly ________ . We used to picture my grandmother as the only ________ of the whole family . _______ , The role has switched . Now she is the one who ________ our help . From now on , I will try to cherish the good days and to get through the bad days as best as I can . She will always be my granny .
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