阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Janelle used the phone of the helpful woman to call Cliff. Cliff played golf with a medical doctor almost every Saturday. Cliff, but glad his wife was alive, said he would be there . She told him to bring their son and her set of car keys, because her keys were in the purse. Cliff and Donovan arrived just before the police officer finished his report. Cliff his wife gently. He told Donovan to drive home in Janelle’s car. Cliff then asked the officer what the were of catching the attackers.
The officer told Cliff that like this happened daily throughout southern California. Cliff the officer what could be done. “I know this sounds ridiculous（可笑）, but we police can protect you law-abiding（守法的）citizens. There are simply too many criminals. Tell all your relatives and friends one thing: Don’t go anywhere alone, day or night. A woman by herself, even , might as well be carrying a bright neon（霓虹灯）sign that : ‘Victim here－Come and get me!’ I’m not to be telling you this, because the word gets out, tourism will suffer in southern California.”
The officer asked Janelle to the police report. He wished her a speedy , and promised to do his best to help put the attackers behind bars. He both of them that the two thugs（暴徒）now had their credit cards, address, car keys, and house keys. He suggested that they make the appropriate phone calls, the locks to their house, and get new keys for her car. Cliff told the officer that a couple of his friends were at his house, with guns, for intruders. Cliff and Janelle thanked the officer and the helpful woman. Cliff drove Janelle straight toward their family doctor.
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You must know the “ding dong ditch”. Person A rings Person B’s doorbell, and then quickly runs away or hides before Person B answers. Person B hurries to answer the door, only to find that no one’s there. After the 1 thing is repeated several times, this is called “ding dong ditch”.
Sharon Mardis, a single mother of four, told ABC News that she 2 a “ding dong ditch” when she 3 to her door at 1:00 am last night.
“My doorbell started ringing, 4 I came to the door,” Sharon told ABC News. “There was5 at the door. I went back in the house. I got ten or twenty 6 and the doorbell started ringing again. I came back to the door, still nobody at the door.” She got 7 and stepped outside, shouting, “Who’s that? What on earth are you going to do?” There was just 8 .
But after Sharon returned to the house, she 9 something. Smoke! Sharon quickly 10 her kids and the family pets and ran out of the house. Only then did she 11 how bad the fire was. The12 of the house fell down; the house was quickly 13 by flames. The smoke detectors(探测器) had never 14 : they were out of batteries. Good thing for the doorbell.
The 15 is who had rung it. 16 found that the flames has fused(熔化) the wires of the doorbell together, causing it to ring. But 17 , the fire had nothing to do with the doorbell wiring at all. It had started in the bathroom, well down the hall. From there, the flames didn’t spread to the nearby 18 , where the children and Sharon were sleeping. 19 , they surprisingly reached the doorbell first, making it ring repeatedly, and 20 Sharon to avoid danger.
Sharon believes it happened that way thanks to an angel.
A．special B．same C．important D．serious
A．experienced B．followed C．learned D．practiced
A．fell B．turned C．responded D．returned
A．though B．but C．because D．and
A．somebody B．nobody C．something D．nothing
A．miles B．centimeters C．feet D．kilometers
A．tired B．angry C．worried D．interested
A．cry B．noise C．silence D．laugh
A．hit B．touched C．heard D．smelled
A．gathered B．settled C．comforted D．frightened
A．wonder B．dream C．realize D．agree
A．paintings B．roof C．lights D．floor
A．covered B．separated C．blocked D．stopped
A．moved off B．left off C．taken off D．gone off
A．fact B．opinion C．mistake D．question
A．Nurses B．Firefighters C．Teachers D．Doctors
A．fortunately B．strangely C．honestly D．clearly
A．kitchen B．hall C．bathroom D．bedroom
A．Instead B．Therefore C．Thus D．Then
A．ordering B．encouraging C．warning D．advising
A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to 1 his studies. There he wrote down his 2 for a course in English, but after the first3 , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer 4 this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had 5 to another course, so he was 6 when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English 7 at the end of this year.
The lecturer had 8 a difficult paper, which followed his 9 closely, and he was eager (急切的) to see 10 this student would answer the questions. He 11 the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they 12 him and he examined them 13 , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he 14 the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one, so he 15 for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I 16 you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your 17 carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your 18 .”
“I’m very 19 about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 20 what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.”
A．value B．continue C．improve D．begin
A．questions B．answers C．problems D．name
A．week B．lecture C．meet D．sight
A．heard B．regretted C．noticed D．believed
A．adapted B．devoted C．gone D．changed
A．surprised B．angry C．pleased D．unhappy
A．test B．subject C．note D．course
A．discovered B．prepared C．invented D．found
A．ideas B．reports C．lectures D．texts
A．when B．what C．why D．how
A．hoped B．proved C．expected D．wished
A．showed B．gave C．handed D．reached
A．carelessly B．carefully C．slowly D．happily
A．enjoyed B．kept C．did D．examined
A．cared B．called C．sent D．looked
A．promise B．know C．advise D．guess
A．lessons B．paper C．notebook D．exercises
A．wisdom B．experience C．method D．explanation
A．glad B．nervous C．bitter D．sorry
A．realized B．understood C．remembered D．suffered
“I am going home to Denmark, Son, and I just want to tell you I love you.”
In my dad’s last telephone call to me, he __36__ that line several times in half an hour. I wasn’t listening at the right level. I heard the words, but not the message, and__37__not their deeper meaning. I believed my dad would live to be 100 years old, __38__my great uncle lived to be 107 years old. I hadn’t felt his __39__over Mum’s death, understood his loneliness or__40__most of his friends had left the world. He often asked my brother and me to create grandchildren__41__he could be a devoted grandfather. I was too busy with my business to really listen.
“Dad’s dead,” sighed my brother not long after dad went back to Denmark.
I was__42__ and just cried for the loss of my dad. This isn’t the __43__it’s supposed to happen. If I had known these were to be dad’s final days, I would have asked to go with him to Denmark. If I had been really listening and thinking, I would have offered comfort during his final hours. After all, a loved one should hold his hand and__44__him as he makes the transition(过渡) from reality to another world. Dad __45__ his departure(离开) repeatedly, but I__46__it. I felt sadness, pain and regret. Why had I not been there for him? He’d always been there for me. In the mornings when I was nine years old, he__47__come home from working 18 hours and __48__ me up by patting my back lightly with his strong powerful hands and whispering, “Time to get up, Son.” __49__I was dressed and ready to go, he had put my schoolbag in my bicycle basket. Recalling these__50__moments with dad brings tears to my eyes.
Now my heart is still in__51__because dad was there for me and I wasn’t there for him. My hearty__52__is: always, always seize the moment to__53__ your love with your loved ones, and keep them__54__when they leave the world. Experiencing the__55__of death with one you love will make you understand the meaning of life better.
A．held B．repeated C．signed D．declared
A．possibly B．fortunately C．certainly D．occasionally
A．and B．so C．as D．while
A．sorrow B．shock C．disappointment D．disadvantage
A．achieved B．regarded C．admitted D．realized
A．in case that B．so that C．now that D．for fear that
A．speechless B．hopeless C．useless D．homeless
A．thing B．result C．case D．way
A．comfort B．believe C．blame D．educate
A．abandoned B．afforded C．announced D．allowed
A．damaged B．missed C．lost D．replaced
A．would B．should C．could D．might
A．dress B．bring C．break D．wake
A．The moment B．The first time C．In time of D．By the time
A．terrible B．sweet C．stressful D．delighted
A．trouble B．danger C．confusion D．pain
A．advice B．wish C．dream D．aim
A．provide B．spare C．share D．mix
A．safe B．company C．alive D．informed
A．possibility B．process C．strength D．warning
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of 44 students in the classroom on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the 45 thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
It 46 the class some time to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one 47 the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the 48 of each student on a separate sheet of paper and 49 what everyone else had said about that individual.
On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the whole class was 50 . “Really?” she heard whispered. “I never knew that I 51 anything to anyone!” and, “I didn’t know others liked me so much” were most of the comments. No one ever 52 those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn’t 53 . The exercise had completed its 54 . The students were 55 with themselves and one another.
That group of students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was 56 in Vietnam War and his teacher 57 the funeral of that special student. After the funeral, most of Mark’s former classmates left. Mark’s mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak to his teacher.
“We want to 58 you something,” his father said, taking a 59 out of his pocket.
“They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might 60 it.”
Opening the wallet, he 61 removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded, and refolded many times. The teacher knew without 62 that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark’s classmates had said about him.
“Thank you so much for doing that,” Mark’s mother said. “As you can see, Mark 63 it.”
A．other B．others C．the others D．the other
A．worst B．nicest C．smallest D．biggest
A．cost B．took C．paid D．spent
A．handed in B．took out C．set down D．turned off
A．number B．address C．name D．home
A．read B．explained C．expressed D．listed
A．smiling B．crying C．singing D．playing
A．meant B．marked C．referred D．concerned
A．wrote B．recited C．mentioned D．examined
A．decide B．conduct C．include D．matter
A．plan B．decision C．purpose D．function
A．excited B．worried C．satisfied D．disappointed
A．killed B．injured C．wounded D．frightened
A．joined B．attended C．took D．held
A．give B．tell C．ask D．show
A．wallet B．book C．gift D．watch
A．remind B．recognize C．review D．recommend
A．suddenly B．quickly C．carefully D．surprisingly
A．looking B．saying C．hearing D．noticing
A．lost B．found C．remembered D．treasured
Michel is a young girl who works for the police 36a handwriting expert. She has helped 37 many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents.
When she was fourteen, Michel was already 38 interested in the differences in her friends' 39 that she would spend hours 40 them. After41 college she went to France for a 42 two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is 43 for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover _44 of what she needs to know simply 45 looking at the writing with her own eyes, 46 she also has machines 47 help her make 48 different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often 49 great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good 50 of what kind of person the 51 is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow 52 I didn't like his handwriting." She says. But she 53 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman 54 she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be 55 , however.
A．with B．by C．like D．as
A．search B．follow C．catch D．judge
A．so B．too C．quite D．extra
A．books B．letter C．tongues D．handwriting
A．writing B．studying C．settling D．uncovering
A．attending B．finishing C．starting D．stepping into
A．powerful B．natural C．special D．common
A．main B．safe C．easy D．impossible
A．most B．nothing C．little D．sight
A．with B．by C．of D．about
A．so B．for C．thus D．but
A．they B．in which C．that D．those
A．up B．out C．for D．into
A．of B．to C．with D．for
A．test B．sign C．means D．habit
A．thief B．criminal C．writer D．policeman
A．whether B．unless C．if D．after
A．adds B．tells C．repeats D．cries
A．before B．after C．so D．and
A．necessary B．all right C．important D．quite easy