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、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When my children were small, the toughest part of the day was getting to work. There were diapers(尿布), formula(奶粉), 36 of clothes to worry about for the children. There was their breakfast, and I must 37 they were clean and ready for the day. It was pretty chaotic(混乱的). I have always been one to 38 more about making sure everyone else had what they needed than to take care of myself. 39 , I had my clothing and my packed lunch set out so that I could quickly get ready and then turn my 40 back to getting the children ready.
I tried to keep my 41 pretty easy in the morning. There just wasn’t time, but that was OK as long as I kept moving. I would manage a 42 look at myself in the full-length mirror just before I 43 out the door.
Once a week we had management team 44 and it was important to be there on time and to appear relaxed and 45 . We would go around the conference table, each 46 on successes and areas of concern. When it came around to my 47 , all eyes would be on me as I had my chance to brag(自夸) on my programs and increasing 48 .
I thought I was pretty 49 at playing the role of the cool, calm, collected program manager 50 one week I arrived at one of these management team meetings and as the 51 went around the table, getting to me. There were 52 looks on the faces of the others looking at me. I started to feel a little 53 as that “ what’s going on?” 54 grew more intense. My closest colleague started doing this strange nodding thing in my direction. It was then that I 55 that I had my dress on inside-out.
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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,选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项。
“Mum,can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night,please?It’s Friday,and we don’t have any .Can I,please?”Mum was sitting at the kitchen table.Dad was next to her,resting his head on his arms.Mum could that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.
“I’m so sorry,James,” she said.
“I’m never allowed to have friends come to the house?Why,Mum?” James asked sadly,almost in .
“I know it’s for you,” Mum said softly.“But I’m just worried other people might think we’re a little...strange.And then they would make fun of you.”
“No,they wouldn’t,Mum,” James protested.“We’re not at all.We’re just ordinary people.”
Mum sighed heavily.“To tell you the truth,James,my neck has been so painful that it’s given me a heavy .And your poor father—he doesn’t feel .He really needs a rest.”
“I can help,Mum!” James said.“ I can make you and Dad feel better,can Brett come over?Please?”
“Well...” Mum began.
“Great!Thanks,Mum!” James almost shouted.“Just sit there,don’t move.” He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and what he needed—two spanners(扳手).“Hang on,Mum,” he said.“This won’t take a second.” After some ,James was finished.With a smile of on his face he said,“There!How does that feel?” “Oh,James,” Mum said.“That’s much better!How did you do it?”
“Easy,” James said .“Dad had tightened your neck bolts(螺栓) too much!I just them slightly!I learned that in robotic science at school.”
“What about your father?Can you him?” asked Mum.
“I’ll try,” James replied.He up Dad’s hair at the back of his neck,and plugged the electric wire into Dad’s head.Then he turned the on.Dad opened his eyes and immediately.“He just let his run too low,that’s all,” James said.“Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow?”
“I guess so,” replied Mum.“Your friends will just have to that we are a very unusual family.Thanks,son!”
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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,选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项。
One sunny afternoon,a sevenyearold girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods she realised that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and what to do,she began crying. After a while,she to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. it was getting dark,she saw a small,dark wooden house. She opened the door and stepped in. Suddenly,she heard a strange noise,and she ran out the door and back to the Cold and tired,she fell asleep near a .
The girl’s parents were out and her dog,Laddy,was at home. Laddy that his mistress(女主人) was in danger. He jumped a window,breaking the glass. He looked in the fields,but he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However,from the ground came a scent(气味) as he lowered his head. He the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking into the air,the dog through the woods until he found the .But the girl was not there,so he headed back to the woods. Much to his ,he saw his mistress’s blue shirt in the distance. He over some bushes and saw the little stream,where the girl was .
When she opened her eyes and her dog standing beside her,the girl said,“you me,Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back,the parents burst into tears of .That night Laddy had a hero’s supper:a huge meal of steak.
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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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk,Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day.
However,her _________ ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere.The last thing she ________ was a blinding flash of light.In hospital,when told she would never ________ again,she couldn’t believe it.Three months later,she was _______ out of hospital on a wheelchair.Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old child’s storybook.A bookmark in it made her ________ to page 117.The name of the ________ was‘The Day Clara Walked’.She was determined to return to stage whatever it might cost.
_________,after a year’s hard exercise,Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics.While she was sitting on the green bench ________ the Athens Stadium,memories ________:first,the pain and the tears,the book under her pillow,the words of relatives full of advice and comfort,and the pity in those eyes that had once held _________for her talent.Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on________,their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder,______she could balance the hoop(健身圈)as well as her teammates.She registered for 2004 Olympic Games,and finally she received________from the Olympic Committee.
Her _________was interrupted by the attendant who said,“It’s time”,two words that she had been_______ to hear for so long.Smoothing her dress,she walked into the stadium,each_________firm and steady.Everything was_________,and the applause rang loud in her ears,her heart________violently against her chest.
Later that night,Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old _________on the shelf,which opened to page 117,to the chapter‘The Day Clara Walked’,tears________her vision.
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It is normal to feel that you don’t know what to say to someone who has cancer.You may have or close relationship with the person.The most important thing you can do is to acknowledge the situation.You can show interest and concern, you can express , or you can offer support.
While it is good to be encouraging, it is also important to show optimism or to tell the person with cancer to always have a attitude.It is widely considered that doing these things may their fears, concerns, or sad feelings.
Humor can be an important way of coping.Let the person with cancer take the .It is healthy if they find something funny about a side effect, like hair loss, and you can certainly join them in a good laugh.This can be a great way to stress.
When the person with cancer looks good, let them know! Hold back comments when their appearance isn’t as good, such as “You’re looking pale.” Cancer and its treatment can be very , so be prepared for good days and bad times.
Avoid telling the person with cancer stories about family members or friends who have had cancer.Everyone is different, and these stories may not be helpful. , it is better simply to tell them you know something about cancer because you’ve been through it with someone else.
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The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the joB. A flat tire made him_______an hour of work, his electric saw quit and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start,so I offered him a________.While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.
On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family.As we walked together toward his house, he_________at a small tree by the front door, touching the branches with his hands.
The moment he opened the door, he had amusing_________.His eyes lit up and he ran to his two small children_________and hugged them and gave his wife a kiss.
After leaving the joyful family, I passed the tree and my_________got the better of me, so I asked, “Before we went in the house, _________did you stop by the tree?”
“Oh, that’s my trouble tree.” he replied, “I know I can’t_________having worries both on the job and in my life, but those_________don’t belong in the house with my wife and children.I know I can_________one thing for sure, so every night before I walk into my home I hang them up on the tree.”
“Funny thing is,” he_________, “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as_________as I remember putting up the night before.”
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