河北省唐山市开平区高考英语 完形填空专题练习(5) (2)

河北省唐山市开平区2016高考英语完形填空专题练习（5）

完形填空

It was the old lady’s birthday. She got up early to be ready for the post. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street，and a little boy，Johnnie，__1__her letters from the ground floor on the rare__2__when anything came.

Today she was sure there would be something.Myra__3__forget her mother’s birthday，even if she__4__wrote at other times. Of course Myra was busy，but？__5__，Enid，the daughter the old lady loved most，died two years ago. Since then Myra had been to see her mother three times，but her husband，Harold，never.

The old lady was eighty today. She had put on her best dress. Perhaps­perhaps Myra might come. After all，eighty was a__6__birthday，another decade lined or tolerated just as you chose to look at it.__7__Myra did not come，she would send a present. The old lady was__8__of that. Two spots of colour__9__her cheeks. She was__10__like a child. She would enjoy her day!

Now，she stood by the window，__11__.The postman turned round the corner on his bicycle. Her heart beat__12__.Johnnie had seen him too and ran to the gate. Then clatter (咔嗒声)，clatter up the stairs. Johnnie knocked at her door. He had got her post­four envelopes. Three were unclosed cards from old friends. The fourth was closed，in Myra’s writing.The old lady felt a sharp pain of__13__.There was no parcel for her！Maybe the parcel was too large to come by letter post. That was it. It would come later by parcel post. She said to herself. She must be__14__.

Almost__15__she tore the envelope open.__16__in the card was a piece of paper. Written on the card was a message under the printed Happy Birthday­ Buy yourself something nice with the__17__，Myra and Harold. The cheque moved quickly to and for in the air to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Slowly the old lady__18__to pick it up. Her present！Her__19__present！With__20__fingers she tore it into little bits. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个80岁老人在生日来临之际对自己唯一的亲人的殷殷期盼，但她最终盼来的确是一种无言的伤痛和失望。

1.A.took away B．brought up

C．moved off D．set down

解析根据语境可知，此句是说老人把信件从“the ground floor”拿到“the second floor”。bring up意为“拿上来”，符合语境；take away意为“拿走，带走”，move

off“意为“离开，出发”，set down意为“记下，放下”，均不符合语境。

答案 B

2．A. occasion B．opportunity

C．ceremony D．anniversary

解析根据语境可知，此处是指在特别的“场合”，与下文的other times作对比。

occasion意为“场合”，符合语境；opportunity意为“机会”，ceremony意为“典礼，仪式”，anniversary意为“周年纪念日”，均不符合语境。

答案 A

3．A. mustn’t B．mightn’t

C．wouldn’t D．needn’t

解析根据语境可知，此处是指老人坚信女儿一定不会忘记自己的生日。表示“一定不会”时，应用wouldn’t。

答案 C

4．A. occasionally B．always

C．almost D．seldom

解析根据下文可知，Myra由于工作繁忙，平常很少给妈妈写信。seldom意为“很少，不常”，符合语境；occasionally意为“偶尔，间或”，always意为“总是，一直”，almost意为“差不多，几乎”，均不符合语境。

答案 D

5．A. Unhappily B．Unfortunately

C．Unforgettably D．Unkindly

解析根据常识可知，最爱的女儿Enid的离去自然是一件“不幸”的事情。

unfortunately意为“不幸地”，符合语境；unhappily意为“不开心地”，unforgettably 意为“令人难忘地”，unkindly意为“刻薄地，不客气地”，均不符合语境。

答案 B

6．A. casual B．remote

C．special D．conventional

解析根据常识可知，“人生70古来稀”，80岁生日自然尤为“特别”。special意为“特别的”，符合语境；casual意为“随便的，临时的”，remote意为“遥远的，疏远的”，conventional意为“传统的，常见的”，均不符合语境。

答案 C

7．A. Even if B．So that

C．In case D．Now that

解析句意为：即使Myra不来，她也会送一份礼物。由句意可知，前后分句之间为一种