完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从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;
For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives. This is also true for an American girl 21 Melanie.
Melanie’s dad, James Porter, who is the chief of police for a Chicago suburb, wants Melanie to 22 nearby Northwestern University, where she’s 23 been accepted. But Melanie, 17,really wants to go to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, where she’s been wait-listed.
When she gets an unexpected 24 from Georgetown University, she decides to 25 a road trip with a few 26 female friends. Melanie believes it is her first step 27 adulthood.
But 28 the fact that this trip is “girls only”, James isn’t 29 with the prospect(期望) of his little princess 30 the world without him. He wants to protect her, so he joins the girls and hopes he can convince Melanie to go to Northwestern. 31 Melanie’s father only has the best of 32 , his presence 33 an endless series of comic encounters（遭遇）.
After following their faulty device 34 into the backwoods (偏远地区), James and Melanie 35 Melanie’s little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare compartment (隔间). What should be a simple change 36 the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel…
All these disasters add spice to their trip while along the way a father and a daughter 37 get the chance to really 38 each other.
All parents, 39 they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realization that their kids are growing up. 40 what Melanie and James have done, we all can find the delicate (脆弱的) balance between staying connected and letting go.
A．named B．naming C．namely D．names
A．join B．send C．attend D．pass
A．still B．always C．yet D．already
A．appointment B．interview C．visit D．meeting
A．provide B．offer C．take D．hold
A．closing B．close C．closed D．closely
A．toward B．for C．during D．with
A．though B．in spite C．once D．despite
A．satisfying B．successful C．comfortable D．meaningful
A．seeking B．examining C．searching D．exploring
A．Since B．Because C．While D．When
A．intentions B．attempts C．efforts D．planning
A．comes about B．leads to C．calls in D．turns out
A．lately B．late C．deeply D．deep
A．discover B．invent C．recognize D．realize
A．succeeds in B．brings in C．results from D．certainly
A．hopefully B．finally C．firstly D．certainly
A．agree to B．speak to C．talk to D．turn to
A．whether B．if C．what D．why
A．As B．Like C．For D．Except
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My______ took me by train or by car to a hotel by the ____. All day, I seem to remember, I ____ on the sands with strange ____ children. We made houses and gardens, and ____ the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we ____ over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the ____ seemed to shine always brightly ____ the water was always warm. Sometimes we ____ beach and walked in the country, exploring ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were ____ in one’s pockets or good places where one could ____ ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good ____ is much the same as it was. I ____ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ____ beating the rocks. I no longer wish to ___ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. ____, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I ____ what my ideal holiday will be like when I am ____. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about ____ who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves ____ on too many ice creams.
A．teacher B．friends C．parents D．younger sister
A．sea B．lake C．mountain D．river
A．stood B．slept C．sat D．played
A．moved B．nervous C．anxious D．excited
A．watched B．brought C．made D．heard
A．collected B．jumped C．turned D．climbed
A．light B．moon C．sun D．lamp
A．yet B．and C．but D．or
A．came to B．left C．stood by D．played by
A．sweets B．sand C．ice-creams D．money
A．make B．sell C．offer D．buy
A．house B．tide C．garden D．holiday
A．hardly B．almost C．still D．perhaps
A．hands B．tides C．waves D．feet
A．destroy B．fix C．build D．use
A．But B．However C．Otherwise D．Besides
A．feel B．wonder C．understand D．believe
A．strong B．old C．young D．weak
A．children B．boys C．girls D．grown-ups
A．happy B．tired C．sick D．sad
One day when I was about nine years old, I ran into my mother’s bedroom and opened the dresser(梳妆台). Then in the top drawer, was a small jewelry box. I was fascinated by its treasures. Then I saw there was something under the piece of red cloth. the cloth, I found a little white chip of china(瓷器). Why did my mother keep this thing? Shining slightly in the light, no answers. Some months later，I was setting the dinner table when my neighbour Marge knocked at the door. Coming in and the table, Marge said, "Oh, you are expecting company. I’ll another time."
"No, come on in."Mom replied ."We are not anyone."
"But isn't that your good china?" Marge asked. "I'd trust kids to handle my good dishes！"
Mom laughed."Tonight's my family's favorite meal. If you set your best table for a(n) ____meal with guests, why not for your own ?A few broken plates are a small to pay for the joy we get using them" Then she added ." _____ every chip and crack has a story to tell."
Mom went to the cupboard and took down a plate. She said, "Seeing this on the edge here ? It happened when I was 17".
Her voice , "One day my brother invited a young man to dinner and sat him next to me. I was so that when I look the plate, it and knocked against the fork. As the young man was leaving, he a piece of broken china in my hand without saying a word."
I couldn't forget about that plate with the chip. I went up to take out the little wooden jewelry box again. I examined the chip .The chip mother had saved with care belonged to the plate she broke on the day she met my father.
A．silver B．gold C．wooden D．china
A．hidden B．drawn C．removed D．fixed
A．Covering B．Lowering C．Spreading D．Lifting
A．useful B．broken C．beautiful D．valuable
A．found B．invented C．selected D．offered
A．watching over B．glaring at C．glancing at D．sweeping up
A．go by B．pass by C．stand by D．stop by
A．expecting B．inviting C．scolding D．celebrating
A．always B．usually C．sometimes D．never
A．family B．relative C．neighbour D．ancestor
A．value B．attention C．price D．visit
A．common B．special C．ordinary D．especial
A．However B．Besides C．Though D．Otherwise
A．break B．flower C．color D．design
A．hardened B．raised C．softened D．sharpened
A．excited B．nervous C．surprised D．pleased
A．jumped B．escaped C．left D．slipped
A．laid B．threw C．examined D．picked
A．required B．remaining C．missing D．replaced
A．secretly B．carefully C．gratefully D．proudly
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，并将答案填写在答卷上。
One Saturday, I went shopping with my daughter, Helen, and son, Brandon. The car was filled with the children's laughing and singing. As we up, we saw a truck with a big sign on it that "Petting Zoo. " The kids jumped up and asked, "Daddy, can we go?" "Sure." I said, giving them a quarter (25 cents) before walking into the shopping center. They ran away and I felt free to take my time looking for I needed. There are a hundred little baby animals of all kinds in the zoo. Kids pay their money and stay there with the animals they like their moms and dads shop.
Several minutes later, I and saw Helen walking along behind me. I was surprised to see she to shop rather than play with the animals. And I thought the children had to wait till the parents came to them up. I came up and asked what was wrong.
She at me with those big brown eyes and said sadly. "Well, Daddy. it cost 50 cents. So, I gave Brandon my . " Then she said the most thing I ever heard. She repeated the family motto “ is action!” She had given Brandon her quarter, and loves little animals more than Helen. She had watched what both my and I did for years around the house after we had said "love is action!" And now it had become a of her lifestyle.
Then we went back to the petting zoo. We stood Brandon go crazy petting and feeding the animals. I had 50 cents a hole in my pocket. I never it to Helen, and she never asked for it. Because she know the whole family : Love always pays.
A．drove B．drew C．dressed D．dragged
A．wrote B．said C．expressed D．warned
A．either B．neither C．each D．every
A．who B．when C．that D．what
A．feeding B．caring C．petting D．nursing
A．which B．while C．where D．whether,
A．turned over B．turned out C．turned away D．turned around
A．chose B．checked C．hesitated D．refused
A．bring B．put C．pick D．wake
A．looked up B．looked down C．looked through D．looked over
A．pet B．coat C．quarter D．candy
A．successful B．beautiful C．harmful D．awful
A．Trust B．Understanding C．Honesty D．Love
A．anyone B．no one C．every one D．someone
A．wife B．mother C．father D．children
A．pile B．pair C．puzzle D．part
A．seeing B．watching C．noticing D．feeling
A．digging B．making C．burning D．hiding
A．paid B．delivered C．offered D．afforded
A．motto B．message C．model D．matter
【原创】As Mr.T steadily pawed his way into our hearts, Colin and I identified for the first time in our lives, as .My husband was a reasonable and generous father, and l was a sensitive, fussy mom .Colin tried to the world through Mr. T's eyes, adding a solid wooden door to Mr. T's home when he how much he liked his privacy .Meanwhile ,I cared about Mr. T's ,fearing that every nap or failed attempt to mount the coffee table some terrible illness.
I felt our world conforming to Mr. T's needs - and I it. Colin and I____ going out to dinner as often and instead spent evenings in our living room, smiling proudly as Mr. T dragged apples and socks into his house with great seriousness. Some nights, we on the sofa until 2,3,4 in the morning, waiting for Mr.T ,who was active at night, to and walk downstairs. We stopped traveling together so one of us could always be home to keep him .
A few years earlier, we had struggled to find even a(n) hour in the day – but Mr.T taught us how to make in our lives for the future we wanted, to be more empathetic, more patient. He taught us to love . We'd found Mr. T in one of life's intervals, between dating and marriage, coupledom and .If it had been a lost dog or a deserted cat on our way home that night, there would be no____ to tell. We would have brought the animal to a shelter. that nobody would do that for a rat made us bring Mr.T into our home, and doing so made all the.
Some of our friends and family just didn't Mr.T.They never understood how we could love a .We never understood how, if you had the 0f meeting him, it was possible not to.
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When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My______ took me by train or by car to a hotel by the ____. All day, I seem to remember, I ____ on the sands with strange ____ children. We made houses and gardens, and ____ the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we ____ over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the ____ seemed to shine always brightly ____ the water was always warm. Sometimes we ____ beach and walked in the country, exploring ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were ____ in one’s pockets or good places where one could ____ ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good ____ is much the same as it was. I ____ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ____ beating the rocks. I no longer wish to ____ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. ____, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I ____ what my ideal holiday will be like when I am ____. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about ____ who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves ____ on too many ice creams.
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| A．sea | B．lake | C．mountain | D．river |
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| A．light | B．moon | C．sun | D．lamp |
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