2014高考英语_完形填空

2014高考英语完形填空精英训练题
Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay （海湾）.She stepped into the 1 and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and
2 to the wild ope n sea. She had to row across the bay to reach
3 side. The waves struck aga inst the side of the boat,
4 and un eve n; it became
5 difficult to row. If she
6 for a mome nt, the tide would push the boat back towards the
7 .
She was n't eve n halfway, 8 she was already tired and her hands 9 from pulli ng on the rough wooden oars
船桨）. “ I'm never going to 10 it ” , she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and!1 her head helplessly, the n looked up as she 12 the boat shift 晃动）aga inst the tide.
The east wind , which had swung （旋转）around from the south-west, 13 her help and pushed the boat towards the mountain s. It was going to be 14 . Her hands were n't so pain ful. Her chest did n
it was about to burst 15 .
The lights of the tow n became 16 . one of the oars ban ged aga inst the side of the boat and she 17
it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just 18 She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last 19 on the oars to ground the boat, and the n lay back aga inst the seat. She liste ned to the waves 20 and knew she had come home. Far across the moon lit bay the lights were no more tha n a sparkli ng cha in.
1.A. car B. boat C. ship D. m ail
2. A. beside B. before C. behi nd D. b eyond
3. A. ano ther B. other C. either D. t he other
4. A. deep B. calm C. gen tle D. r ough
5. A. more B. less C. as D. l east
6. A. slept B. con ti nued C. rested D. r owed
7. A. home B. mountains C. south-west D. e ntrance
8. A. if B. so C. but D. s i nee
9. A. hurt B. ruined C. troubled D. b roke
10. A. get B. make C. keep D. take
11. A. min ed B. dropped C. cocked D. r aised
12. A. saw B. made C. heard D. f elt
13. A. got to B. came to C. sent for D. r eached for
14. A. difficult B. serious C. all right D. c erta in eno
15. A. any more B. still more C. no more D. o nce more
ugh
16. A. brighter B. bigger C. closer D. s maller
17. A. destroyed B. threw C. repaired D. s eized
18. A. dream ing B. guess ing C. inventing D. expect ing
19. A. blow B. hit C. pull D. s trike
20. A. an xiously B. happily C. sadly D. carefully
Mr Colli ns, who used to work as a driver, first referred to Dorset County Hospital in April 2007 after sufferi ng a loss of appetite and weight loss. Doctors 1 as serious cancer which had spread to his liver with the 2 of a CT scan. He was 3 to give up his job and his wife stopped her part-time cleaning work to look after her husband 4 time.
At the terrible n ews, Phil Colli ns had no choice but to wait for his 5 . The 61-year-old man 6 his job,
planned his own funeral and 7 £ 18, 000 from a pension pay-out because of the deadly disease. HdB a
ifelong dream of buying a motorbike, bought his wife Isabel a car and made finan cial arran geme nts to 9 she was secure after his death.
The couple, 10 have bee n married for 44 years and have no childre n, did not take holidays and chose td1 his last days at home together 12 by frie nds.
But whe n the six mon th 13 passed hewe nt back to the hospital. The doctors said, “ You should nc
cannot understand this. ” The furtheound the growth on his liver was in fact an abscess脓肿）.The couple 15 on more tests and in April 2009 sca ns revealed that Phil did not have can cer of the liver.
It ' s really a big happy surprise and Phil can enjoy life with his wife from now on16 , Mr Colli ns states that the can cer drugs he took have 17 his health and he is now pla nning a legal bid for compe nsati on.
He said, “I was a heattian and I was a 18 motorcyclist. I still had a lot of worki ng life 19 in me.
Now I cannot do any thi ng. I am completely ruin ed. I feel I am just gen erally 20 . ”
1?. A. diag no sedB. treatedC. senten cedD. condemned
2. A. direct ionB. in troducti onC. serviceD. aid
3. A. suggestedB. advisedC. dema ndedD. hoped
4. A. anyB. freeC. fullD. spare
5. A. deathB. judgeme ntC. GodD. heave n
6. A. putB. desertedC. quitD. set
7. A. flowedB. flewC. blewD. grew
8. A. recog ni zedB. carriedC. solvedD. realized
9. A. en sureB. en ableC. en richD. enl arge
10. A. whomB. whoC. whichD. that
11. A. takeB. spareC. saveD. spe nd
12. A. contain edB. taughtC. surro un dedD. developed
13. A. deadlineB. headlineC. underlineD. birthline
14. A. cashB. safetyC. con diti on sD. checks
15. A. carriedB. depe ndedC. in sistedD. took
16. A. BesidesB. HoweverC. ThoughD. Rather
17. A. ruin edB. woun dedC. shookD. rema ined
18. A. sharpB. severeC. clearD. kee n
19. A. fallenB. threwC. leftD. remained
20. A. turning downB. shutting downC. putting downD. bringing down
One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selli ng goods from door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to 1 for a meal at the n ext house. However, he lost his n erve 2 a lovely young woma n ope ned the door. In stead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked 3 so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it 4 , and then
asked, “ How much do I owe you ”
“ You don ' t owe me anything, 5”.she" Mother has taught me never to accept foa归 6 . ” He said,
“ Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ' As Howard Kelly left that house, he not onjy felt strc 7_, but it also in creased his faith in God and huma n race. He was about to give up and quit before this point. Years later the young woma n became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They fin ally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called 8 to study her rare disease. Dr Howard Kelly, now 9 , was called
in for the con sultati on. When he heard the name of the tow n she came from, a stra nge lightIO his eyes. Immediately, he 11 a nd went dow n through the hospital hall into her room.
12 in his doctor ' s gown he went in to see her1He her at once. He went back to the consultation room and 14 to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave 15 attention to her case. After a Ion g 16 the battle was won. Dr Kelly 17 the bus in ess office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to ope n it because she was 18 that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Fin ally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her 19 . She read these words:
“ Paid in full with a glass of milk. ”
（Sig ned） Dr Howard Kelly
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she 20 silently, “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and han ds. ”
1. A. callB. makeC. begD. prepare
2. A. whileB. whenC. thoughD. unless
3. A. thirstyB. lazyC. tiredD. hu ngry
4. A. slowlyB. un expectedlyC. steadilyD. hurriedly
5. A. announ cedB. shookC. repliedD. doubted
6. A. rewardB. kindn essC. han dD. value
7. A. physicallyB. men tallyC. no rmallyD. properly
8. A. upB. forC. on D. in
9. A. richB. famousC. observa ntD. vivid
10. A. fixedB. con sulted C. filledD. con ce ntrated
11. A. roseB. raisedC. gotD. left
12. A. WornB. Havi ngC. Putt in gD. Dressed
13. A. recog ni zedB. knew C. sparedD. rega ined
14. A. desiredB. declared C. determi nedD. decli ned
15. A. specialB. ordinaryC. normalD. no
16. A. decisi on B. preparati onC. struggleD. debate
17. A. orderedB. requestedC. con fusedD. compressed
18. A. negative B. uncertainC. positiveD. obvious
19. A. prese ntati onB. prefere nee C. atte nti onD. arran geme nt
20. A. praisedB. prete ndedC. pressedD. prayed
In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a（n） 1 at Mr. Breen ' s fruit shop. The fruit shop did 2_ bus in ess. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, _3_ he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen _4 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 5 me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly Iong-standing customers, and I _6_ they must have stayed faithful to him 7_ he had promised to sell good quality 8 He had a way with them —I had to _9_ that. He called
every woman “ madam for a start, 10 those who clearly were not, but when he 11 it, it did not
sound like flattery （奉承）.It just soun ded 12 in an old-fashi oned way. He was a great chatter 13 . If
he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 14 about the weather, 15_ he did, he would ask about their families or make 16 , always cutting his cloth 17 his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be 18 gave them
back the few odd pence （零钱）,and I am sure they thought he was very gen erous 慷慨）.But I thought he was the opposite. He n ever 19 anything away. He was always look ing
for 20_ for nothing.
1. A. operator B. assista nt C. waiter D. secretary
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, __ 31 _ her letters from the ground floor on the rare __ 32 __ w he n anything came.
Today she was sure there would be someth ing. Myra _ 33 __ forget her mother's birthday, eve n if she _ 34 __ wrote at other times. Of course Myra was busy, but __ 35 __ , Enid, the daughter the old lady loved most, died two years ago. Since the n Myra had bee n to see her mother three times, but her husba nd, Harold, n ever.
The old lady was eighty today. She had put on her best dress. Perhapperhaps Myra might come. After all, eighty was a _______ 36 __ birthday, ano ther decade lined or tolerated just as you chose to look a_37 __ Myra did
not come, she would send a prese nt. The old lady was _ 38 __ of that. Two spots of colour __ 39 __ her cheeks. She was __ 40 __ like a child. She would enjoy her day!
Now, she stood by the window, __ 41 __ . The postman turned round the corner on his bicycle. Her heart beat_ _42 __ . Johnnie had seen him too and ran to the gate. Then clatt 咔嗒声）,clatter up the stairs. Johnnie
kno cked at her door. He had got her po —four en velopes. Three were un closed cards from old frien ds. The
fourth was closed, in Myra's writing. The old lady felt a sharp pain of_ 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 ____________ 44 __ .
Almost_ _45 __ she tore the env elope _46 _ in the card was a piece of paper. Writte n on the card
was a message un der the prin ted Happy Birthda —Buy yourself someth ing nice with the 47 __ , Myra and Harold. The cheque moved quickly to and fro in the air to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Slowly the old lady_ 48__to pick it up. Her present!Her ____ 49__ prese nt! With__50 _ fin gers she tore it into little bits.
31. A. took awayB. brought upC. moved offD. set dow n 32. A. occasi on 33. A. must n 't 34. A. occasi on ally 35. A. un happily 36. A. casual 37. A. Even if 38. A. proud 39. A. sharpe ned 40. A. excited 41. A. thi nking
42. A. steadily 43. A. disc on te nt 44. A. patie nt 45. A. immediately 46. A. Pinned 47. A. card 48. A. bent
49. A. painful
50. A. moving
This is not joke. Kelly Katri na Hildebra ndt, 20, and Kelly Carl Hildebra ndt, 24, expect just over 100 guests at a 1 at a church, where they will become husba nd and wife.
2. A. good B. poor C. big D. usual
3. A. so B. whe n C. therefore D. but
4. A. sold B. knew C. gave D. sent
5. A. maki ng B. lett ing C. getti ng D. keep ing
6. A. wish B. i nsist C. declare D.suppose
7. A. whe n B. if C. because D. though
8. A. food B. fruit C. vegetables D. drink
9. A. admit B. expect C.announce D. promise
10. A. yet B. only C. just D. even
11. A. told B. said C. spoke D. talked 12. A. serious B. stra nge C. polite D. familiar
13. A. as well B. as usual C. either D. also 14. A. say ings B. questi ons C. words D.speeches
15. A. and then B.and so C. eve n if D. but if 16. A. preparati ons B. jokes C. repairs D. frie nds
17. A. accord ing to B. due to C. in stead of D. up to 18. A. never B. ever C. seldom D. always 19. A. took B. moved C. threw D. turned .
20. A. someth ing B. any thi ng C. somebody D. anybody B. opport un ityC. cerem on yD. anni versary B. mightn ' tC. wouldn ' tD. needn 't B. alwaysC. almostD. seldom B. unfortun atelyC. un forgettablyD. unkin dly B. remoteC. specialD. conven tio nal B. So thatC. In caseD. Now that B. capableC. sureD. afraid B. weake nedC. wide nedD. brighte ned B. alarmedC. in spiredD. satisfied B. imag inin gC. welcomi ngD. watch ing B. wildlyC. n ervouslyD. ran domly B. Ion eli nessC. disappo in tme ntD. annoyance B. an xiousC. urge ntD. mild B. cheerfullyC. an grilyD. un willi ngly B. FoldedC. L in edD. Roped B. bonu sC. chequeD. cash B. lea nedC. struggledD. stretched B. sadC. expe nsiveD. lovely B. trembli ngC. reacti ngD. freez ing
Their moder n roma nee was a 2 made in cyberspace. She was 3 a nd bored one ni ght last year, so she plugged her name into the 4 social networking Website Facebook just to see if anyone 5 it.
Hildebra ndt, 24, in South Florida. At the time, Kelly Hilderbra ndt, of Lubbock, Texas, was the only match. So she sent him a 6 . She said “ Hi. We had the same name. Thought it was cool. ” Kdty^Cidrl Hilde
I thought she was pretty 7 . ” For the n ext three mon ths the two 8 e-mails. Before he knew it, sometimes 10 hours. He “I thought it was fun, Mon ths after Kelly Hildebra
ndt sent her first e-mail, she found a diam ond en treasure box on a beach in December. “I totally thi nk that it said. “ He planned it out jus15 . ”
She ' s a stude nt at a local community college. He works in finan cial 16 . They pla n to make their home in South Florida. There was also some uncertainty about how to phrase their wedding 17 , so they decided to include their _
18_names. But any confusion likely won ' t carry on over the husband and wife. Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt there are no plans to pass along the name to future 19 . “ No, ” she said. “We re definitely not going to 20_our kids Kelly. ” —
1. A. ope nin gB. occasi onC. cerem on yD. shape
2. A. gameB. matchC. con testD. competitio n
3. A. curiousB. seriousC. an xiousD. gen erous
4. A. ordin aryB. com monC. fashi on ableD. popular
5. A. un derstoodB. madeC. sharedD. enjo yed
6. A. wordB. messageC. letterD. remin der
7. A. cleverB. simpleC. attractiveD. easy
8. A. excha ngedB. cha ngedC. expectedD. respected
9. A. specialB. sometimesC. excepti on alD. occasi onal
10. A. wasti ngB. fixedC. last in gD. l on g-term
11. A. droppedB. visitedC. forgotD. called
12. A. ideaB. decisi onC. cha nceD. hope
13. A. callB. necklaceC. phoneD. ring
14. A. accountingB. planningC. timingD. working 15. A. greatB. perfectC. excelle ntD. smart 16. A. crisisB. convenien ceC. customD. service 17. A. invitationsB. introductionsC. requestsD. details 18. A. firstB. lastC. middleD. amo ng 19. A. wifeB. childre nC. husba ndD. pare nts 20. A. saveB. spareC. giveD. n ame I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeli ng sorry for their misfort une. But later I became a sin gle mom with no home, a huge 26 and hardly any in come. 27, I stopped giving and became very bitter. Several years later, things started to 28 I became 29- eno ugh to have a home, and 30 a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the 31, “Will work for food. ” I 32. My daughter asked why I no Ion ger helped the people in 33. I replied, “ Hon ey, they just use that mone4 far other bad things. ” She didn ' t respond. But when I said that, it didn ' t feel right. Three days later, I was 35 to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and someth ing deep in side 36- me to help him. So I stopped my car , and he ran over with en thusiasm. He said, “ God bless you, I only n eed 77 cen ts. 37 into m y aIshtray and 38 eno ugh, there sat three quarters and two penni es. Greatly shocked by this 39, I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He 40with joy and tears in his eyes, just made it 41 for me to see my mom for Christmas ! The bus offeri ng this great sale is 42 right away ! ” It was a moment I ' ll never forget. I think that man won ' t forget it either, but I was the one43hio got th life ____ g iving. It also 44 me that nothing is a coincidenee, 45- everything has meaning 26A. debt B. duty C. shadow D. pressure 27A. In fact B. In a word C. As a result D. All in all
9_phone calls turned into daily chats, 11 her in Florida after a few mon ths and fell head over heels. ”gageme n 订婚) 13 hidde n in 14' Kea i y (Ksdlrina Hildebrandt
43A. gift C. favor D. ho nor
44A. Impresses C. persuades D. reminds
45A. or B. and C. so D. however
One after noon I was sitti ng at my favorite table in a restaura nt, wait ing for the food I had ordered to arrive. Sudde nly I 1 that a man sitti ng at a table n ear the win dow kept gla ncing in my direct ion, 2 he knew me . The man had a n ewspaper 3 in front of him , which he was 4 to read, but I could 5 that
he was keep ing an eye on me. whe n the waiter brought my 6 the man was clearly puzzled （困惑）by the 7_ way in which the waiter and I 8 each other. He seemed even more puzzled as 9 went on and it became 10 that all the waiters in the restaura nt knew me. Fin ally he got up and went into the 11 . Whe n he came out, he paid his bill an d 12 without ano ther gla nee in my direct ion.
I called the owner of the restaura nt and asked what the man had 13 . “ Well, ” he said, “ that man ' detective （侦探）.He 14 you here becausehe thought you were the man he 15 . ” “ Wha ” I said , show ing my 16 . The owner con ti nu ed, “ He came into the kitche n and showed me a photo of the wante
man. I 17 say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 18 . ” “ Well, it ' s rieblly I came to a restaura nt whee I ' m known, ” I said2 0 , I might have bee n in trouble. ” 1. A. knew B. un derstood C. no ticed D. r ecog ni zed 2. A. since B. eve n if C. though D. a s if 3. A. flat B. ope n C. cut D. f ixed
4. A. hop ing B. thi nki ng C. prete nding D. con ti nuing
5. A. see B. find C. guess D. learn
6. A. menu B. bill C. paper D. f ood
7. A. direct B. familiar C. stra nge D. funny
8. A. chatted with B. looked at C. laughed at about 9. A. the waiter B. time C. I D. .the dinner 10. A. true B. hopeful C. clear D. p ossible
11. A. restaura nt B. washroom C. office D. k itche n 12. A. left B. acted C. sat dow n D. .calmed dow n
13. A. wan ted B. tried C. ordered D. w ished 14. A. met B. caught C. followed D. d iscovered
15. A. was to beat B. was deali ng with C. was to meet D. .was look ing
for 16. A. care B. surprise C. worry D. r egret 17. A. must B. can C.need D. may 18. A. discovery B. mistake C. decisi on D. f ortune
19. A. a pity B. n atural C. a chanee D. l ucky
20. A. Thus B. However C. Otherwise
D. Therefore
My four grow n childre n were all home visit ing this weeke nd so we decided to go out for lun ch. We always try to make our family meals 1 so this time we decided to order every ki ndof pan cake they had and asked that they would be 2 on one big family-style plate!
There was a lovely 3 at the table and lots of smiles. As I was looking around the table, 4 this
won derful sce ne, a gen tlema n at a n earby table caught my eye.
He was eat ing his breakfast 5 quietly in the corner. He freque ntly looked over and smiled as my gran ddaughter 6 to en terta in us all. Sudde nly, I had a great idea.
I dug out a smile card that I always 7 with me and walked up to the waitress. I expla ined to her that I wan ted to 8 that man ' s bill secretly and that in stead of the bill could she please give him the smile card. Our happy breakfast was still going on after the gentleman had 9 . The waitress came over and told us that he had passed the smile card on and paid for 10 table before he left. How great!
Not only that though, the 11 the n came back later and told us that the sec ond table had now paid for some one 28A. develop B. worse n 29A. fortu nate B. wealthy 30A. even B. still C. yet 31A. decorati on B. expressi on 32A. got by B. pulled out 33A. emerge ncyB. dan ger 34A. food C. medici ne 35A. driving B. jogging 36A. directed 「 B. 38A. amus in gly
39A. i ncide nt 40A. poured out 41A. n ecessary C. permitted turned
B. stra ngely
C. state B. turned out C. setti ng C. vary
D. change
C. generous
D. successful
D. only C. sig n D. announ ceme nt C. passed on D. passed by
C. n eed
D. panic
D. en terta inment D. cycli ng D. drove
C. broke
D. searched C. awkwardly D. n aturally D. coin cide nee C. broke out D. burst out C. possible D. suitable D. operati ng
else an d 12 the smile card on too!
I couldn ' t13 it when the waitress came back and told us that the third table had done the 14 thing. What was really amazing though, was that by the time we left, half the room had 15 up paying for a different table! Isn' t that great
1. A. easy B. special C. funny D. full
2. A. orderedB. take nC. allowedD. served
3. A. get-togetherB. en vir onment C. situati on D. directi on
4. A. forgett ing B. hav in gC. keep in gD. enjoying
5. A. alone B. safelyC. immediatelyD. directly
6. A. stoppedB. happe nedC. con ti nu edD. decided
7. A. takeB. adviseC. fetchD. carry
8. A. wi nB. payC. orderD. charge
9. A. arrivedB. refusedC. leftD. accepted
10. A. otherB. othersC. the otherD. ano ther
11. A. waitress B. managerC. gentlemanD. waiter
12. A. gotB. passed C. soldD. walked
13. A. doubtB. thin kC. believeD. guess
14. A. differe ntB. sameC. stra ngeD. happy
15. A. ateB. arrivedC. preparedD. en ded
Michael O ' her lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relati on ship father believed in en courageme nt.
Though Michael was the 36 of the class when he entered high school, his 37 continued to encourage him, but also made it very clear that he did not have to play 38 if he didn ' t want to.
However, Michael loved football and was 39 to try his best at every practice. All through high school, he never 40 a practice or a game, but remained a bench warme替补队员)all four years. His 41 father was
always in the stands, with words of 42 for him.
It was the end of the football seas on, and as Michael ran slowly onto the practice field shortly 43 the big final game, the coach met him with a telegram. Michael 44 the telegram and became deathly sile—his father died that morning, and the sad man left for 45 immediately.
In the third quarter, when the team was ten points 46 , a silent young man eagerly 47 onto the sidelines. The coach and his players were shocked to see their team-mate back s@8 .
“ Coach, please let me49 . I have to play today, ” said Michael. Feeling sorry focoamh the50
Before long, nobody could believe their eyes. This small bench warmer played like a(n) 51 . He helped his team win fin ally.
When the team was cheering for their 52 , Michael was sitting in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, You were fantastic! Tell me 53 you did it ”
Tears in eyes, Michael said, “ Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know he was 54nal smile,
“ Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could 55 me play, and I wan ted to show him I could do it! ”
36. A. stron gestB. smallestC. biggestD. youn gest
37. A. coachB. playersC. classmatesD. father
38. A. footballB. gamesC. practicesD. basketball
39. A. requiredB. determ in edC. satisfiedD. rem in ded
40. A. failedB. lostC. missedD. won
41. A. sympatheticB. upsetC. faithfulD. optimistic
42. A. en courageme ntB. judgme ntC. wisdomD. amuseme nt
43. A. afterB. sin ceC. towardsD. before
44. A. went throughB. tur ned overC. got overD. tore up
45. A. schoolB. homeC. fieldD. class
46. A. aheadB. besideC. beh in dD. away
47. A. walkedB. ranC. climbedD. slipped
48. A. quietlyB. sadlyC.
49. A. goB. fightC. workD. play
50. A. leftB. refusedC. agreedD. cried
51. A. starB. sonC. amateurD. trainer
52. A. victoryB. awardC. memorialD. un ity
53. A. whyB. whe nC. whereD. how
54. A. spreadB. cha ngedC. forcedD. stopped
55. A. hearB. seeC. feelD. make
That day, my parents were leaving for our hometown and I went to see them fact, my father had never traveled by air before, so I just took this(16)opportunity to make his experienee wonderful.(17)In_spite_of being asked to book train tickets I got them air tickets.
The moment I handed over the tickets to him, he was(18)surprised to see that I had booked them air excitement was very(19)obvious on his face waiting for the time of went to the airport togethe, (20)checked the baggage asked for a window seat and then waited restlessly for the security check- was(21)thoroughly enjoying himself and I , too , was filled with joy watch ing him(22)experie nee all these thi ngs.
As they were about to go in for the security check-in he walked up to me with tears in his eyes an d(23)tha nked became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this(24)meant a great deal to him.
I felt surprised at his(25) later, thinking about the entire matte, l(26)looked_back_on my life.
How many(27)dreams did our parents haveDid they(28)come_true Without understanding the(29)financial situation , we , as children , asked for cricket bats dresses toys , outings , we ever think about the(30)sacrifices they had to make to realize our wishesDid we ever say tha nks(31)for_what that they have done for us
(32)Instead_of my dad saying thank you to me I would want to say I ' m sorry for(33)making him wait so lor for this small do realize how much he has sacrificed
old does not mean that they have to give up have wishes too.
for my(34)sake and I will do my best to give the best possible(35)atte nti on to all their
16.B. opport unity C.e ffort D. advantage
17.of B.though C.Despite of D . In spite of
18. B .proud C.surprised D. satisfied
19.B.existed C.aware D. ashamed
20. B .inspected C .inquired D. checked
21.B.thoroughly C.gradually D. quickly
22. B . Experienee C . remi nd D . remember
23. B . greeted C . thanked D . kissed
24. B . contributed C . appealed D . meant
25 . B . behavior C . situatio n D . state
My patie nee had 6 over. ” 二［LL out of the garage. Still, each ti,me she got home first, she parked too close to my thought, “ What can I do ”1 soon found. The n ext day the woma n 12 L
风玻璃）： Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,
I ' m sorry my mistre 女主人） shouted at yours the other day. She been sorryabout it. I know it because she doesn ' t sing anymore while13 . It wasn ' t like her to screar!4 . Fact is, she ' d just got bad new and was tak ing it out on you two. I 15 you and your mistress will 16 her. Your n eighbor, Blue Buick
When I went to the 17 the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a note on my wi ndshield: Dear Blue Buick, My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so 18 because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I ' m glad we9canrbev.
Your n eighbor, Yellow Oldsmobile After that, whe never Blue Buick 20 Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled. 1. A. drive n B. parked C. stopped D. stayed
2. A. complete B. close C. n arrow D. fixed
3. A. quite B. n early C. seldom D. hardly
4. A. hurriedly B. first C. fin ally D. timely
5. A. as usual B. as pla nned C. as well D. as yet
6. A. run into B. run about C. run out D. run off
7. A. keep ing B. sav ing C. offeri ng D. leavi ng
8. A. mi ne B. hers C. itself D. ours 9. A. For B. With C. From D. Upon 10. A. room B. area C. front D. side 11. A. an in struct B. a result C. an an swer D. a chance 12. A. put B. wrote C. sent D. discovered
13. A. worki ng B. driv ing C. returni ng D. cook ing
14. A. on end B. so long C. like that D. any more 15. A. hope B. know C. suppose D. suggest
16. A. comfort B. help C. forgive D. please 17. A. office B. flat C. place D. garage
18. A. crazily B. eagerly C. n oisily D. early
19. A. neighbors B. frie nds C. drivers D. writers 20. A. followed B. passed C. fou nd D. greeted My won derful Aunt Hele n Louise rece ntly passed away very un expectedly. I have bee n trying to stay 1 during this time. Today was an especially emotional day, 2 I decided to try and keep myself busy by doing a little ‘ treasure hun ti ng ' at my local Goodwill
While I was brows ing （浏览）,I saw a young girl trying to ride a 4 . Her gran dmother and gran dfather were 5_it for her. Her gran dmother was very6 a nd it made me smile to see the look of 7 on the little girl ' s 26 . 27 . 28 . 29 . 30 . 31 . 32 . 33 . back on B . looked down on C . looked up to D . looked up at B . goals about B . come up B . physical B . pla ns which B . for what B . But for B . maki ng B . good B . atte ntio n C . purposes D . dreams C . come true D . come to men tal D . final C . attempts D . sacrifices C . to which D . to what
C . In stead of
D . Regardless of C . keep ing C . part C . devoti on D . D . stopp ing D . benefit sacrifice 1_ too close to my
As I drove my blue Buick into the garage. I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was
space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the 2 space. That left
3 eno ugh room to ope n the door. Then one day I arrived home
4 , and just as I tur ned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile en tered its space- too close to my car,
5 . At last I had a cha nce to meet the d river.
__ and I shouted at her, “ Can' t you see you 7 re msi “enough spacePark farther
Ban gin 猛推t ） ope n her door into 8 , the driver shouted back: “ MakemetHis she stepped
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I soon found. The n ext day the woma n 12 a note on her win dshield 挡。