第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she 36 to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I 37 . But then it got a little too 38 and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response, I repeated my question and heard her say, “Oh … nothing.” Nothing?
I got up from my desk and ran out into the living room, whereupon I saw her running across the hall. I followed her as her little behind made a quick 39 into the bedroom. I was approaching her! She took 40 for the bathroom. Bad move.I had her 41 ! I told her to turn around. She refused. I pulled out my big, mean, 42 Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”
43 , she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was 44 with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard 45 voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you … you should know … How many times have you been 46 …What a bad thing to do …”It was just a matter of my picking out which old 47 I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But 48 I could let loose,I looked down at the sweatshirt my wife had put on her only an hour 49 . In big 50 it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, 51 seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a little angel full of 52 that I had come dangerously close to 53 . “Sweetheart, let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how 54 you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t miss the chance to prove what a perfect little angel 55 had given me.
36. A.happened B.liked C.appeared D.pretended
37. A.did B.worked out C.figured D.won
38. A.long B.quiet C.calm D.strange
39. A.way B.turn C.change D.progress
40. A.back B.out C.off D.away
41. A.followed B.scolded C.cornered D.frightened
42. A.kind B. authoritative C.inviting D.fatherly
43. A.Slowly B.Quickly C.Angrily D.Unfortunately
44. A.filled B.marked C.printed D.covered
45. A.every B.such C.any D.one
46. A.told B.beaten C.frightened D.forbidden
47. A.reports B.notice C.advice D.message
48. A.as B.when C.until D.before
49. A.before B.ago C.earlier D.later
50. A.signs B.letters C.messages D.figures
51. A.because of B.instead of C.in spite of D.as a result of
52. A.sadness B.worth C.tears D.tricks
53. A.preventing B.getting rid of C.destroying D.doing wrong on
54. A.dirty B.ugly C.special D.silly
55. A.my wife B.my daughter C.it D.he