【2015·天津】完形填空（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16～35各题所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were , and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look .
We finally did and it was at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n) —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t us. They renewed their offer . It was also much more than we could afford, but far than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the directly. We made our final offer, which was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it, we had to try.
“Sold!” said the owner. Then he : He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the in the price “an early wedding present.”
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.
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When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more ____ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him so much in repairs that he decided that he had better ____ it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly ____ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so none of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was ____ when they met one evening, and said, “What's up, Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may ____ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's ____ was sensible(合理的), he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, uses very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____. But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry. A man rang up and said he would like to ____ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be ____ or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll ____ my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, ____ to wait there for the people who had ____ his advertisement. Even Dave had to ____ that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸). Then, soon after he had got the car as clean as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this ____ to us yet, sir?”
A．hopefully B．safely C．easily D．properly
A．keep B．sell C．repair D．throw
A．ashamed B．lucky C．anxious D．happy
A．upset B．delighted C．calm D．astonished
A．learn B．miss C．find D．get
A．advice B．message C．request D．description
A．doubt B．help C．reply D．trouble
A．tell B．agree C．see D．call
A．exact B．late C．early D．suitable
A．follow B．bring C．meet D．introduce
A．recognize B．test C．admire D．gain
A．happening B．turning C．meaning D．failing
A．answered B．inserted C．cared D．placed
A．admit B．show C．disagree D．forget
A．bargain B．sale C．result D．accident
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to Mr. Dawson’s house on the way to Amy’s house. As they got , Janet saw him sitting in his front yard and they should cross over to the other side of the street. Janet was of the strange old man because of the stories she’d heard about him.
Amy said not to . Still, Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown （皱眉头）. , when he saw it was Amy, a broad changed his entire face as he said, “Hello Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little with you today.”
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson said that sounded , and gave them each a freshly picked off his tree.
When they Dawson’s house, Janet asked Amy, “How come he was so to us?”
Amy that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very and she was afraid of him, but she he was wearing an invisible （看不见的）smile and so she smiled back at him. After some time, he started smiling real smiles and then started to her. Now he always her an apple, and was always very kind.
Smiles are contagious （感染他人的）. If you pretend he is smiling an invisible smile at you and you smile back at him, he will really smile.
A．walk by B．take up C．go into D．tear down.
A．far B．fast C．inside D．close
A．announced B．suggested C．ordered D．predicted
A．fond B．ashamed C．scared D．proud
A．cry B．worry C．return D．speak
A．Instead B．Besides C．Therefore D．However
A．accent B．joke C．smile D．idea
A．friend B．doll C．gift D．pet
A．there B．indoors C．overnight D．here
A．great B．strange C．simple D．dull
A．banana B．orange C．pear D．apple
A．entered B．left C．visited D．saw
A．fair B．rude C．nice D．open
A．explained B．thought C．doubted D．realized
A．happy B．famous C．friendly D．popular
A．remembered B．pretended C．asked D．agreed
A．ever B．seldom C．never D．always.
A．turning B．referring C．talking D．complaining
A．offered B．awarded C．lent D．bought
A．more or less B．now and again C．here and there D．sooner or later
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
There was a store a half hour’ s walk from my apartment, and it was the cheapest place to buy food for us students studying abroad in France, there was always a long checkout line. On a cold March day, I spent my time shopping, got what I needed and the checkout.
, the lines that day were long. There were people everywhere. I was standing . in line because I just wasn’t that my French yet. Any time that I had to with the natives, I got a little nervous.
When my came, I began to put my things on the cashier desk, hoping that the cashier wouldn’t me. With nervous energy, I was shaking back and forth, but I didn’t even notice I was continually a security alarm!
The entire store was watching me now. To my , the store manager came to me a few moments later. She started to me in French. Then she realized that I spoke no French. The next five minutes were spent me: my backpack, my coat pockets, my jean pockets. And there were hands . Everyone was looking, pointing, and .
I stood embarrassedly all the while; the was still ringing out.
Then I this had happened to me before in the States. New always equal alarms. The clothes contain small sensors (传感器) that you are supposed to before wearing. So I grabbed my shirt and turned it . There was a “Remove Before Washing” tag in it. I could say anything, the manager brought a pair of scissors and then cut off the tag.
I packed up my backpack, and marched out of the store with a strange mixture of embarrassment and pride.
A．when B．because C．so D．or
A．headed for B．looked for C．asked D．turned to
A．In fact B．Unexpectedly C．As usual D．Unluckily
A．hopefully B．thoughtfully C．fearfully D．nervously
A．interested in B．confident about C．afraid of D．strict with
A．stay B．play C．study D．communicate
A．turn B．time C．bill D．wait
A．find B．recognize C．speak to D．look at
A．setting up B．setting off C．making up D．making out
A．excitement B．surprise C．happiness D．sorrow
A．answer B．help C．question D．understand
A．searching B．catching C．watching D．greeting
A．somewhere B．anywhere C．nowhere D．everywhere
A．smiling B．whispering C．worrying D．upsetting
A．phone B．bell C．alarm D．toy
A．explained B．complained C．remembered D．thought
A．trousers B．clothes C．backpacks D．pockets
A．remove B．check C．buy D．use
A．down B．inside C．off D．outward
A．After B．Before C．As D．When
A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer of Harvard’s president. But they were by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, that the couple would finally become and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though .
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a face. The lady told him, “We had a son that Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do you have any how much a building costs? We have spent over $7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer about.
A．lab B．library C．hall D．office
A．watched B．stopped C．followed D．interviewed
A．hoping B．finding C．realizing D．imagining
A．surprised B．disappointed C．worried D．troubled
A．hopelessly B．carefully C．unexpectedly D．unwillingly
A．pleasant B．funny C．cold D．sad
A．attended B．visited C．studied D．served
A．clever B．brave C．proud D．happy
A．set about B．set up C．take down D．take over
A．satisfied B．excited C．moved D．ashamed
A．house B．part C．garden D．place
A．explained B．expressed C．refused D．admitted
A．building B．yard C．playground D．square
A．laughed B．shouted C．glanced D．called
A．suggestion B．idea C．thought D．opinion
A．bored B．astonished C．interested D．pleased
A．department B．university C．business D．club
A．Once B．While C．Since D．Though
A．name B．character C．picture D．sign
A．talked B．knew C．heard D．cared
Reginald Andrews had been out of work for more than a year.This__ father of eight children had deeply known his share of family heartaches.A few years earlier，his sister Kedra had been shot in the____by a young man who robbed the place where she was working.The youth was caught，but Kedra ____her sight.As a result of his sister's problems，Mr.Andrews cared about blind people.
On December 20,1992，Mr.Andrews was____for a train in New York City.The train pulled into the station and stopped.Andrews was getting ready to get____the train when something____happened.An old blind man，who had____the space between two carriages for a door while____his way with a stick，suddenly fell____the train.Seeing this Andrews quickly jumped down to the tracks and____the blind man to safety.He impressed all the people on the spot with his____.The news rapidly spread all over the country.Messages began to pour in.Some people____sent money and food to Andrews.
Andrews had been at the station____he was returning from a job talk.He probably would have been hired，but the public praise made it a sure thing.
Andrews，however，received____attention from the public after about a week of newspaper stories and active____to his family.Although most people supposed that the story had come to a happy____，it didn't happen that way.Andrews____start his new job，but the factory____to New Jersey.Andrews didn't have any way to get to work，so he____to leave.It was not long before he was____to job hunting again.Few newspapers，however，would tell their readers what Mr.Andrews' life was like after he became a hero.
A．helpless B．careless C．friendless D．jobless
A．arm B．leg C．face D．Stomach
A．lost B．hurt C．kept D．destroyed
A．looking B．calling C．waiting D．searching
A．on B．off C．to D．down
A．disappointed B．strange C．funny D．unexpected
A．chosen B．reached C．mistaken D．forgotten
A．forcing B．feeling C．leading D．touching
A．into B．from C．under D．over
A．threw B．pushed C．drove D．pulled
A．courage B．power C．help D．speed
A．yet B．even C．still D．ever
A．though B．before C．because D．till
A．close B．little C．much D．enough
A．help B．ideas C．reading D．reports
A．stop B．journey C．beginning D．end
A．might B．could C．would D．did
A．moved B．turned C．joined D．belonged
A．promised B．refused C．had D．forced
A．back B．ready C．sorry D．Excited