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,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。
Fifteen years spent in the field of education has provided me with many treasured moments. One of the most unforgettable 36 when I was teaching 37 grade 10 years ago.
In May I decided to plan something 38 for the children; a Mother’s Day tea. We had put our heads together to 39 ideas of how to 40 our mothers. We practiced singing songs, memorized poems and wrote cards. We decided to hold our tea the Friday before Mother’s Day. I was surprised but very 41 to learn that every mother was planning to attend. I 42 invited my own mother.
Finally, the big day arrived. Each child 43 up at our classroom door, expecting the arrival of his or her mom. 44 it got closer to starting time, I looked around and my eyes quickly found Jimmy. His mother hadn’t shown up and he was looking 45 .
I took my mother by the hand and walked over to Jimmy. “Jimmy,” I said, “I have a bit of problem here and I was 46 if you could keep my mother 47 while I’m busy.”
My mom and Jimmy sat at a table. Jimmy 48 my mom her treats, presented her with the gift I had made, just as we had 49 the day before. Whenever I looked over, my mother and Jimmy were in deep 50 .
Now 10 years later, I work with students of all ages, educating them about the environment. Last year, I took a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy. I had the students complete an outline of the day’s 51 and an evaluation of our trip. Then I collected the students’ booklets and checked them to see if 52 was completed. When I came 53 Jimmy’s page, he had written “Remember our Mother’s Day tea we had in second grade, Mrs. Marra? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too.”
I told him I really enjoyed what he had written. He looked rather embarrassed and 54 his own thanks and walked away. Suddenly he ran back and gave me a big hug.
I ended my workday with a hug from a teenage boy who had 55 stopped hugging teachers years ago.
36. A. lasted B. happened C. experienced D. described
37. A. third B. first C. second D. fourth
38. A. special B. simple C. difficult D. challenging
39. A. pay attention to B. look forward to C. get on with D. come up with
40. A. love B. please C. respect D. admire
41. A. astonished B. worried C. delighted D. interested
42. A. even B. ever C. still D. once
43. A. followed B. held C. kept D. lined
44. A. As B. Although C. While D. Because
45. A. puzzled B. curious C. strange D. upset
46. A. considering B. wondering C. asking D. doubting
47. A. connection B. care C. company D. concern
48. A. served B. supplied C. appealed D. applied
49. A. taught B. studied C. practiced D. told
50. A. mind B. thought C. agreement D. conversation
51. A. feeling B. behavior C. event D. action
52. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
53. A. by B. to C. across D. over
54. A. announced B. delivered C. stated D. whispered
55. A. probably B. exactly C. rarely D. eagerly
Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __26__ play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed, __27__ she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively. __28__ she stopped, he asked, “Is there __29__ else?” Dahlia added more details and began __30__ bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia __31__ talking, he said, “It must __32__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia __33__ her father’s embrace(拥抱)and support as she cried __34__ more in his arms. Then as __35__ as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and _36__ announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are __37__ a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I __38__ ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be __39__ to me. ”
Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __40__ her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __41__ her own?
There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that __42__ : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __43__ attention and took her seriously as she __44__ her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated(证实)the feelings she __45__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.
A.hardly B.seldom C.ever D.never
A.so B.but C.and D.then
A.Before B.When C.While D.Since
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.crying B.running C.talking D.saying
A.kept B.started C.stopped D.hated
A.hurt B.ache C.injure D.wound
A.got B.received C.accepted D.admitted
A.many B.some C.any D.no
A.soon B.quickly C.suddenly D.fast
A.surprisingly B.angrily C.sadly D.cheerfully
A.building B.buying C.making D.repairing
A.shouldn’t B.won’t C.daren’t D.can’t
A.polite B.cruel C.rude D.nice
A.get over B.get away C.get along D.get through
A.for B.on C.by D.in
A.did B.followed C.went D.worked
A.full B.incomplete C.half D.undivided
A.sent out B.threw out C.put out D.poured out
A.expressed B.showed C.said D.strengthened
To celebrate the end of our exams, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant. We 1 hamburgers and Coca Cola at the counter. When our 2 came, I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap (带子) got 3 on a chair and the tray (托盘) that I was holding slipped 4 my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, 5 on a man who was just about to 6 a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly 7 , as the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.
Then I 8 my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of 9 . Instead, he said “It’s OK” to 10 me before he disappeared into the washroom.
Still shaky and unsure 11 to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look 12 . A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and 13 our table. My heart almost stopped 14 . I thought he was going to ask for my father’s 15 and call him.
To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “ 16 yourself new hamburgers.” He then walked17 without even finishing his food.
He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, 18 he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still 19 in this world. I ‘ll never 20 his action.
A.ordered B.made C.arranged D.demanded
A.food B.turn C.bill D.menu
A.fixed B.caught C.cut D.tied
A.by B.in C.from D.out
A.knocked B.fell C.stood D.hung
A.take B.taste C.swallow D.chew
A.discouraged B.disappointed C.shocked D.annoyed
A.rolled B.rubbed C.narrowed D.closed
A.bitterness B.anxiety C.anger D.sorrow
A.satisfy B.comfort C.encourage D.praise
A.how B.who C.what D.which
A.mild B.honest C.calm D.modest
A.pushed B.approached C.drew D.laid
A.beating B.breaking C.sinking D.trembling
A.help B.position C.number D.job
A.Prepare B.Buy C.Find D.Cook
A.on B.around C.up D.away
A.so B.since C.although D.but
A.kindness B.happiness C.politeness D.brightness
A.forget B.refuse C.oppose D.ignore
The back door of the ambulance(救护车) was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the __36 __ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had __37 __ food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr. white, __38 __ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against __39 __. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the __40 __. From the back of the __41 __the parents were shouting at him to __ 42__, since Ally had almost stopped __43 __. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had no time to __ 44__, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking __45 __his left and right as he did so.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows __46__, since the car was air-conditioned, and he was playing his radio. He did not __47 __the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight __48 __into the path of the ambulance.
Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr. White looked to see __ 49__little Ally was. He was astonished to see relief instead of __50 __on the faces of the parents.
“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is __51 __ again.”
“It must have been the ___52 __.” said her husband. “It __53 __ the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to __54 __ , and she was crying in a loud but healthy __55 __.
They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of cars all around them.
A.worried B.angry C.happy D.surprised
A.little B.some C.no D.few
A.opened on B.turned on C.turned off D.sped up
A.police B.life C.lights D.time
A.empty street B.busy traffic C.large crowds D.deserted place
A.street B.cars C.traffic D.ambulance
A.hurry B.slow C.stop D.drive
A.breathing B.looking C.whispering D.talking
A.think B.ignore C.lose D.miss
A.at B.from C.forward D.to
A.open B.clean C.up D.down
A.hear B.see C.find D.notice
A.away B.on C.off D.out
A.how B.what C.where D.who
A.pleasure B.anger C.fear D.surprise
A.crying B.breathing C.smiling D.speaking
A.light B.policeman C.car D.crash
A.took B.picked C.knocked D.made
A.usual B.common C.ordinary D.normal
A.sound B.voice C.tone D.noise
There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her 26 , she went to the wise man that is always 27 for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what 28 ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will 29 you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or 30 with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard (芥末) seed from a home that has never 31 sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in 32 of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment, 33 at the door, and said in a (n) 34 voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a (n) 35 that I want? It is very important to me.”
36 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of 37 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to 38 all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor, 39 people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She 40 to comfort them till they 41 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But 42 she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one 43 after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so 44 in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never 45 that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.
A.joy B.danger C.belief D.sorrow
A.envied B.considered C.respected D.treated
A.strange B.magical C.valuable D.important
A.reward B.supply C.provide D.award
A.quarreling B.discussing C.reasoning D.arguing
A.suffered B.known C.obtained D.forgotten
A.honor B.favor C.need D.search
A.knocked B.broke C.stood D.pointed
A.excited B.confident C.sad D.urgent
A.place B.answer C.apartment D.person
A.Luckily B.Immediately C.Gradually D.Unfortunately
A.praise B.respect C.comfort D.encouragement
A.exchange B.describe C.simplified D.decorated
A.unfortunate B.unfriendly C.unimportant D.unfamiliar
A.planned B.managed C.continued D.stayed
A.settle down B.break down C.calm down D.get dwon
A.wherever B.whatever C.however D.whenever
A.excuse B.tale C.lie D.reason
A.curious B.puzzled C.worried D.involved
A.recognizing B.realizing C.remembering D.wondering
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I 1 the car by the roadside and waited for her.
As I looked 2 the car window, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, around two years old, 3 freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short 4 . The boy had a big smile on his face 5 he had just been set free from some sort of 6 . The boy would then fall to the grass, 7 , and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could again, still with a 8 on his face.
Kids, when they fall down, don't view their falling down as failure, but 9 , they treat it as a learning experience. They try and try again until they 10 . While I was touched by the boy's persistence, I was 11 touched by the manner in which he ran. With each attempt, he looked so 12 and so natural — no signs of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged. His only 13 was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. He was just being a 14 — just being himself—being completely in the moment. He was not looking for 15 or was not worrying about whether 16 was watching. He didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him 17 and that it would be 18 if he did fall. No, all that 19 to him was to accomplish the task, to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that 20 and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits(追求) in life.
A.drove B.started C.parked D.broke
A.outside B.down C.toward D.over
A.playing B.smiling C.rolling D.running
A.way B.length C.time D.distance
A.even if B.as if C.so long as D.now that
A.park B.cave C.prison D.castle
A.get up B.take up C.break down D.lie down
A.tear B.smile C.pleasure D.surprise
A.however B.instead C.therefore D.anyhow
A.stop B.win C.achieve D.succeed
A.luckily B.apparently C.actually D.equally
A.confident B.joyful C.quiet D.proud
A.worry B.dream C.aim D.hope
A.boy B.child C.player D.winner
A.chance B.fortune C.approval D.trouble
A.someone B.anyone C.everyone D.one
A.fail B.run C.fall D.cry
A.embarrassing B.disappointing C.frightening D.amusing
A.happened B.contributed C.related D.mattered
A.discovery B.observation C.story D.incident