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。
The Little Angel
Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy?” The surgeon said, “I’m ____ . We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ____ it.”
Sally __ __ into the chair. The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the __ __?” Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers ____ through his thick curly hair. “Would you like a lock of his hair?” the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeon cut a few hairs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to ____ his body to the university for study. He said it might ____ somebody else. “I said no at first, ____ Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.’”
“My Jimmy had a heart of ____, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.” she went on.
Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmy’s ___ _ on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was ___ _. It was even harder to enter the ___ _ house. She carried Jimmy’s belongings, and the lock of his hair to her son’s room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room ___ _ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, ___ _ herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally ___ _. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said,
“Dear Mom,
I know you’re going to ___ _ me, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more ___ _ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to ___ _ a little boy so you won’t be so lonely, that’s OK with me. He can have my room and old toys to play with.
Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more. The cancer is all ___ _. I don’t have to stand that ___ _ any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say I’m a Special Angel! I love you, Mom.”
A.worried B.happy C.sorry D.grateful
A.make B.pass C.win D.like
A.knocked B.looked C.got D.sank
A.house B.church C.hospital D.university
A.lovingly B.anxiously C.patiently D.angrily
A.donate B.move C.show D.lend
A.affect B.help C.protect D.impress
A.for B.but C.so D.and
A.gold B.stone C.wisdom D.bravery
A.toys B.clothes C.belongings D.letters
A.long B.smooth C.difficult D.dangerous
A.empty B.familiar C.big D.old
A.roughly B.exactly C.especially D.possibly
A.put B.cried C.sent D.buried
A.wrote B.spoke C.slept D.awoke
A.understand B.forgive C.leave D.miss
A.with B.around C.on D.in
A.save B.host C.adopt D.visit
A.lost B.gone C.cured D.spotted
A.depression B.sadness C.pain D.stress
Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __36__ play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed, __37__ she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively. __38__ she stopped, he asked, “Is there __39__ else?” Dahlia added more details and began __40__ bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia __41__ talking, he said, “It must __42__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia __43__ her father’s embrace(拥抱)and support as she cried __44__ more in his arms. Then as __45__ as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and __46__ announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are __47__ a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I __48__ ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be __49__ to me. ”
Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __50__ her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __51__ her own?
There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that __52__ : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __53__ attention and took her seriously as she __54__ her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated(证实)the feelings she __55__ . 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
I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother
and his friends were all 36 of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they37 that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought38 for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother 39 me the ticket. I was really40 !
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our41 . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became42 . I could barely make out the stage in the43 . We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band44 the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t45 what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as46 asa jet engine. I could47 the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just48 that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to49 . But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the50 and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just51 from a long sleep. My ears were still52 with the beat of the last song.
After the53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while,54 , I listen to one of their songs and55 I’m back at that first show.
A.members B.fans C.friends D.volunteers
A.guessed B.thought C.discovered D.predicted
A.flowers B.drinks C.clothes D.tickets
A.offered B.booked C.returned D.found
A.relaxed B.excited C.embarrassed D.encouraged
A.seats B.entrance C.spots D.space
A.comfortable B.serious C.nervous D.quiet
A.silence B.darkness C.noise D.smoke
A.fell upon B.got through C.stepped onto D.broke into
A.forget B.bear C.repeat D.hear
A.loud B.hard C.sweet D.fast
A.enjoy B.touch C.feel D.digest
A.realize B.understand C.believe D.remember
A.continue B.finish C.delay D.change
A.theatre B.party C.opera D.stage
A.escaped B.traveled C.woken D.benefited
A.aching B.burning C.rolling D.ringing
A.competition B.performance C.interview D.celebration
A.besides B.otherwise C.instead D.though
A.decide B.regret C.imagine D.conclude
When I was growing up, I seldom heard the words “I love you” from my father. If your father never 1 them to you when you are a 2 , it gets more and more 3 for him to say those words as you get older. To tell you the truth, I could hardly 4 when I heard those words from my father. Neither could I remind when I had last said those words to 5 . I decided to 6 my shyness aside and make the first move. 7 hesitating for some time, in our next 8 conversation, I spoke out the words suddenly, “Dad ... I love you!”
There was a 9 at the other end. It wasn’t after a while did he awkwardly(笨拙地) reply, “Well, 10 to you!” I laughed and said, “Dad, I 11 you love me, and when you are ready, I know you will say what you want to say.”Fifteen minutes later my mother called and 12 asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”
A few weeks later, Dad 13 our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the 14 was (were) rolling down my cheeks as I finally “ 15 ” the love. As we both sat there in tears, we 16 that this special moment had taken our father and son 17 to a new level.
A short while after this special moment, my father 18 escaped death from the following heart surgery. Many times since his return to the usual state of health, I have 19 , if I did not take the first step and Dad did not 20 the surgery, I would have never heard him say those words.
A.speaks B.says C.offers D.provides
A.man B.mother C.child D.father
A.easy B.possible C.delighted D.difficult
A.forget B.remember C.mind D.decide
A.him B.her C.me D.them
A.drop B.let C.set D.lose
A.Before B.After C.When D.Since
A.phone B.email C.letter D.record
A.smile B.voice C.cry D.silence
A.same B.difficult C.true D.similar
A.hope B.know C.wonder D.doubt
A.crazily B.delightedly C.nervously D.terribly
A.concluded B.disturbed C.broke D.carried
A.hairs B.water C.sweat D.tears
A.understood B.expressed C.heard D.saw
A.discussed B.considered C.believed D.realized
A.decision B.development C.relationship D.situation
A.narrowly B.easily C.unlikely D.generally
A.said B.thought C.dreamed D.apologized
A.think B.fight C.fail D.Survive
With the second ring road overpass _______ at present in Chengdu, the local citizens have to choose another way to avoid traffic jam.
A.being constructed B.to construct C.to be constructed D.to be constructed
I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs(突破). He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him 1 he thought he was able to be so much more 2 than the average person.
He responded that it all came from a(n) 3 with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to 4 milk from the fridge when he 5 the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.
When his mother came in, 6 shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful 7 you have made! I have 8 seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been 9 . Would you like to get down and 10 in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge.
His mother then said, “ You know, what we have here is a 11 experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two 12 hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can 13 .” The little boy learned that if he 14 the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful 15 !
This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be 16 to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just 17 for learning something new, which is, 18 , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't 19 ,” we usually learn something 20 from it.
A.why B.what C.when D.how
A.capable B.able C.creative D.original
A.coincidence B.experience C.incident D.conflict
A.carry B.bring C.remove D.fetch
A.fell B.lost C.escaped D.dropped
A.rather than B.instead of C.other than D.in place of
A.picture B.mass C.map D.mess
A.rarely B.happily C.frequently D.angrily
A.got B.suffered C.done D.received
A.jump B.play C.enjoy D.lay
A.failed B.successful C.fantastic D.painful
A.strong B.tiny C.thin D.weak
A.get it B.put it C.try it D.make it
A.controlled B.possessed C.occupied D.grasped
A.example B.teaching C.lesson D.instruction
A.anxious B.nervous C.fearful D.afraid
A.situations B.opportunities C.occasions D.turns
A.after all B.above all C.first of all D.in all
A.do B.finish C.go D.work
A.worthy B.costly C.valuable D.interesting