完形阅读篇21

完形阅读篇（二十一）

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Best friends Joe and Paul spent the morning of June 23, 1963, playing baseball. At about noon Paul started feeling ___36___. He wanted a burger from the drugstore on Center Street with Joe.

“Ummm, I’ll ask my mom if I can go. I need her ___37___,” Joe said. The situation was difficult for Joe. There were ___38___ that he shall not sit with his friend because of the color of his skin.

Joe’s parents and many other people were t rying to ___39___ those rules. They listened to the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr., who was trying to remove ___40___ practices completely.

“It’s hot,” Joe’s mother said. “Why not take the bus to the drugstore?”

“No, ma’am. Bikes are___41___.” Paul hated riding the bus with Joe because they would be ___42___to sit in the back.

When the boys reached Center Street, Joe started to get ___43___.

“Dad told me about some trouble here last week,” Joe said sadly. “I’ll just wait ___44___ ”“Not happening!” Paul said, as he grasped Joe’s arm and the two boys _____45_____ into the drugstore. Paul tightened his fists

_____46_____ they headed for two empty chairs.

A waiter gave them a dirty look and _____47_____ their way. “Go around back if you’re_____48_____him,” he said, pointing at Joe.

Before the boys could _____49_____, a soft voice interrupted the discussion. “These boys will be joining me.” The man and the boys _____50_____ to see a woman in a wheelchair. “Excuse me,” she said smiling, as she moved her chair toward the man, _____51_____ to go forward. Not wanting to appear _____52_____ to the woman, the man stepped aside.

Joe and Paul followed the woman to the chairs. She _____53_____ beside them and talked steadily as they ordered and ate their lunch.

After the meal, she said, “Two friends like you, that _____54_____ be a problem.” Then she

_____55_____away. Joe and Paul never got her name, but they never forgot her either.

36. A. hungry B. sick C. hot D. thirsty

37. A. action B. decision C. permission D. attention

38. A. beliefs B. chances C. sayings D. rules

39. A. keep B. change C. accept D. make

40. A. unusual B. unfit C. unpleasant D. unfair

41. A. necessary B. fine C. comfortable D. popular

42. A. guided B. forced C. advised D. persuaded

43. A. desperate B. curious C. nervous D. ashamed

44. A. downstairs B. inside C. upstairs D. outside

45. A. marched B. hurried C. slid D. broke

46. A. after B. as C. though D. if

47. A. found B. made C. showed D. blocked

48. A. for B. with C. against D. after

49. A. declare B. leave C. respond D. enter

50. A. turned B. happened C. stopped D. expected

51. A. pretending B. hesitating C. intending D. begging

52. A. rude B. kind C. polite D. harmful

53. A. parked B. stood C. waited D. slept

54. A. needn’t B. couldn’t C. wouldn’t D. shouldn’t

55. A. cycled B. drove C. wheeled D. fled