完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的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。
When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿做护士助手的小姑娘) at a local hospital in my town. Most of the 41 I spent there was with Mr Gillespie. He never had any 42 , and nobody seemed to care about his 43 .
I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him,__44__anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, 45 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏) of my hand. Mr Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).
I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr Gillespie was 46 . I didn’t have the 47 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might 48 me he had died.
Several 49 later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I 50 who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was 51 ! I built up the courage to ask him if his name was Mr Gillespie. With a(n) 52 look on his face, he replied yes. I 53 how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 54 .
He began to tell me how, 55 he lay there comatose, he could hear me talking to him and could 56 me holding his hand the whole time. Mr Gillespie 57 believed that it was my voice and 58 that had kept him alive.
Although I haven’t 59 him since, he fills my heart with 60 every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.
A.money B.energy C.time D.effort
A.visitors B.relatives C.patients D.problems
A.interest B.requirement C.condition D.thought
A.talking about B.looking for C.pointing out D.helping out
A.so B.even though C.yet D.as if
A.dead B.mad C.gone D.excited
A.right B.chance C.courage D.time
A.cheat B.tell C.remind D.warn
A.days B.weeks C.months D.years
A.realized B.wondered C.heard D.asked
A.great B.alive C.successful D.lucky
A.happy B.uncertain C.nervous D.proud
A.apologized B.remembered C.explained D.told
A.dreamed B.shown C.wanted D.received
A.because B.if C.unless D.as
A.notice B.feel C.imagine D.appreciate
A.hardly B.rightly C.firmly D.wrongly
A.humour B.worry C.touch D.treatment
A.forgotten B.called C.missed D.seen
A.joy B.regret C.respect D.honour
For several years, we lived at the end of a long Texas country road. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my little boy would ask permission of his mother to take his black and his daddy’s walking stick, to make the half-mile from the house to the fence which the beginning of the dirty driveway.
One day, I was busy with my business and was for about an hour, completely forgetting about the little boy down the road who might be for his daddy.
On my way home, the rain was so thick that I could not ten feet in front of me. All I could was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. , the downpour began to abate(减弱). It was only a drizzle(细雨) by the time my car turned the last and approached the final street between me and a warm home and nice meal.
, I caught sight of my little boy, who was an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in the other, and was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to lighten the of a little boy.
As I stopped the car and the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and with cold, but he never the rain, nor the hour-long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I missed you. I am so glad you are home.”
Last year, we to a wonderful new home provided for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road. , I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, that has occurred in my mind. all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.
A.bag B.dog C.umbrella D.toy
A.journey B.flight C.effort D.ride
A.discovered B.explained C.marked D.described
A.controlled B.trained C.delayed D.bothered
A.hopeful B.grateful C.careful D.faithful
A.waiting B.sending C.searching D.calling
A.drive B.see C.feel D.hear
A.stick to B.think of C.pick up D.hold on
A.In fact B.In surprise C.At once D.At last
A.moment B.corner C.street D.way
A.All of a sudden B.Believe it or not C.To my pleasure D.For seconds
A.holding B.taking C.folding D.carrying
A.body B.head C.face D.hand
A.closed B.locked C.knocked D.opened
A.worrying B.nervous C.trembling D.anxious
A.noticed B.doubted C.judged D.mentioned
A.moved B.turned C.returned D.traveled
A.Therefore B.Besides C.Otherwise D.However
A.time B.scene C.act D.sight
A.With B.For C.Like D.Among
Some people are afraid of starting a casual conversation with a stranger because of a fear of not having anything interesting to say. Fear of rejection (拒绝) is also a ______ for keeping silent. Small talk in a conversation can ______ as a way of warming up and getting to ______ each other. Most people, no matter ______ successful they are at work, will find the process of______small talk uncomfortable, even pointless. _____ ,you will have a pretty small world______you refuse to let others in. Starting off with a casual comment or question will make others ______, and even just greeting them with a simple “hello” will often be enough.
Once you have made the first ______, there is no turning back. You need to keep things ______ before you can gracefully say goodbye. Think about what you would like to______with a new friend and that is what you can ask the other person about. Work, family, hobbies or interests are some ______ points of discussion. To keep the ball rolling, you can show that you are really______in what they are saying. Once you find common ______of interest, things will definitely______off from there.
Small talk can ______out to be a pleasant experience. The conversation _____be brief and casual without turning into a long and boring discussion. Do not let yourself______the conversation. Stop worrying about how big of a fool you may appear to be. You may______find out later on that you have the “______” of getting people to open up to you by engaging them in small talk.
A.right B.reason C.result D.sign
A.take B.use C.mean D.serve
A.know B.learn C.recognize D.help
A.what B.whether C.why D.how
A.giving B.leaving C.making D.forcing
A.So B.Instead C.However D.Besides
A.unless B.until C.if D.Though
A.comfortable B.upset C.nervous D.satisfied
A.try B.plan C.wish D.move
A.changing B.rising C.improving D.going
A.know B.share C.do D.show
A.private B.present C.important D.general
A.careful B.surprised C.interested D.encouraged
A.ideas B.experiences C.points D.senses
A.take B.put C.get D.set
A.come B.turn C.find D.figure
A.should B.can C.will D.may
A.start B.complete C.consider D.control
A.still B.even C.ever D.almost
A.right B.advantage C.talent D.habit
Some years ago I worked with people on public welfare. I believed that everybody had the ability to be and all we have to do was to make them start working.
The first thing I said to them was, "I would like to know what your are." Everyone looked at me as if I were . One woman said "I don't know what you can with dreams. The rats are eating up my kids." I said. "That's terrible. You are very much with the rats and your kids. How can we help?" " I could use a new screen door(纱门)because there are in the old." I asked, "Is there anybody knowing to fix it?" A man said, "Long ago I used to do things like that but now I have a bad back, but I'll ." I gave him some money to do that.
The next week, when the group was , I asked the woman, "Well, is your door fixed?" "Oh, yes," she said. "Then we can start dreaming, right?" She at me. I asked the man, "How do you feel?" He said, "Well, it's funny that I'm beginning to feel a lot ." These seemingly small allowed the group to see that dreams were not stupid. One woman that she wanted to be a secretary. I said, " What in your way?" She answered, "I have six kids, and no one can them while I'm away." I asked "Who would help this woman while she gets some at school?" Another woman said "I got kids, too, but I could do that." So the woman went to school.
In 12 weeks these people were public welfare. The woman who the children became a licensed foster care (代别人照看孩子)person. The man became a handyman. I've not only done that , I've done it many times.
A.self-confident B.self-employed C.self-independent D.self-control
A.purposes B.goals C.hopes D.dreams
A.crazy B.ridiculous C.funny D.normal
A.live B.do C.go D.get
A.involved B.furnished C.equipped D.troubled
A.rats B.holes C.sinks D.crashes
A.what B.which C.how D.when
A.continue B.try C.do D.work
A.sat B.placed C.seated D.positioned
A.new B.wood C.main D.screen
A.laughed B.smiled C.glared D.stared
A.better B.worse C.more D.less
A.strengths B.weakness C.successes D.failures
A.complained B.shouted C.shared D.yelled
A.stands B.stops C.allows D.admits
A.take care B.look after C.attend with D.pay attention
A.education B.help C.benefit D.training
A.back B.off C.on D.out
A.took in B.took down C.took away D.took along
A.forever B.never C.even D.once
During Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father's car to drive to a New Year's Eve ____ to be held in Vermont. The father was ____ about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year's Eve. The ____ that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.
So he drove to Vermont, got completely ____ and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to ____ the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the infamous sobriety (not drunk) ____. However, the policeman ____ him out. He was ____ standing off to the side while the others were ____ the police officer how well they could walk a ____ line, etc.
At 7:00 a.m., his father got up to answer the ____. There were ____ policemen there. They asked him if he was the ____ of that red FIAT. He replied, "Yes, I am," One of the policemen asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.
When the young man ____ himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was in some sort of ____. Upon questioning, he ____ that he was driving the car, but when asked if he had been ____, he said, "No!" When the policemen asked if he could see his car, he was unable to remember the ____. He said that it was in the garage.
And when the four of them walked out to look at the car,instead of looking at the car he had driven the ____ before, they saw a ____ car parked there.
A.party B.meeting C.concert D.sports meeting
A.sure B.worried C.curious D.anxious
A.suggestion B.condition C.conclusion D.agreement
A.excited B.tired C.drunk D.pleased
A.stop B.get out of C.drive D.get into
A.punishment B.test C.education D.talk
A.gave B.made C.missed D.found
A.considered B.required C.suggested D.left
A.showing B.explaining C.asking D.telling
A.long B.straight C.calm D.direct
A.telephone B.call C.doorbell D.question
A.two B.many C.four D.one
A.manager B.father C.student D.owner
A.stood B.found C.put D.took
A.trouble B.test C.danger D.accident
A.believed B.told C.admitted D.said
A.driving B.hurting C.missing D.drinking
A.drive B.test C.time D.line
A.day B.morning C.afternoon D.night
A.similar B.familiar C.police D.damaged
Cancy was reunited with her parents. But she was stolen as a baby on Aug. 4, 1987.
“It’s a(n) feeling. Now I can sleep,” mother Joy White said after her grown-up daughter over the weekend, “ I’ve been for all these years. I never took her picture off my dresser. I never looking for her.”
Cancy was not yet a month old she was stolen. She had a and her worried parents took her to hospital.
A woman dressed as a got close to Joy White in the emergency room(急救室) and told her everything would be . Joy went home to rest. When she to the hospital ,Cancy was gone.
, a girl known as Nejdra grew up in Bridgeport. As a teenager, she began to doubt that she wasn’t concerned with the family that her. And she was puzzled that she was able to get a copy of her birth certificate(证明).
Finally, she began to do some on the Internet. On a website, she found a photo of a baby named Cancy.
The site got in touch with Joy White on Jan.4 and her a baby photo taken by the family who raised Nejdra.
“I was shouting. I was so ,”Joy said, “ I saw the picture I said, ‘That’s my daughter.’ I saw myself in her.”
DNA tests Nejdra is Cancy --- the daughter of Joy White and Carl Tyson.
“I already knew in my heart that this was my daughter,” Tyson said. “All I could is to shed tears.”
A.surprising B.natural C.wonderful D.uncomfortable
A.helping B.noticing C.dreaming D.meeting
A.surprised B.worried C.amused D.embarrassed
A.kept on B.insisted on C.gave up D.set about
A.when B.if C.until D.so
A.mistake B.habit C.chance D.fever
A.nurse B.student C.friend D.child
A.special B.attractive C.fine D.exact
A.turned B.moved C.got D.returned
A.Besides B.At the same time C.Still D.yet
A.actually B.always C.simply D.luckily
A.served B.saved C.stole D.raised
A.never B.also C.only D.already
A.homework B.tests C.research D.experiments
A.missing B.smiling C.crying D.singing
A.lent B.showed C.bought D.handed
A.excited B.brave C.careful D.friendly
A.Although B.Because C.In case D.As soon as
A.allowed B.suggested C.proved D.wished
A.answer B.do C.guess D.learn