完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the 21 shelter to pick out a dog to keep her 22 . Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye. 23 these spots, the dog was named Penny.
Grandma and Penny quickly became very 24 to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later 25 Grandma had a stroke（中风）. Grandma could no longer 26 , so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were 27 companions.
After her stroke, it became a real 28 for Grandma to let Penny in and out because 29 was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism（机械装置）using a rope and pulley（滑轮）was 30 from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was 31 Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us 32 Penny browned 
beef with potatoes in it. I can remember 33 my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.
As the years passed, it was not 34 for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, Penny stayed by her side until she 35 . As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she 36 on the rug （垫子）beside the bed. If Grandma went into the 37 , Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her 38 to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her 39 companion by her side.
The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s 40 were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.
A．animal B．toy C．fish D．bird
A．business B．firm C．company D．friend
A．In spite of B．Because of C．Instead of D．In front of
A．linked B．fastened C．attached D．tied
A．before B．while C．until D．when
A．think B．speak C．work D．study
A．contrary B．content C．confident D．constant
A．problem B．question C．practice D．rule
A．the door B．Grandma C．the window D．Penny
A．repaired B．fixed C．bought D．loaded
A． out of B．ahead of C．away from D．apart from
A．show B．hand C．borrow D．cook
A．drawing attention to B．making use of C．breaking away from D．making fun of
A．necessary B．possible C．important D．convenient
A．recovered B．awoke C．slept D．screamed
A．rolled B．stood C．waited D．lay
A．reading room B．bedroom C．shop D．bathroom
A．back B．up C．off D．down
A．splendid B．remote C．faithful D．legal
A．smell B．health C．habit D．living
A man found the cocoon (茧) of a moth (蛾). He took it home so that he could the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small appeared. He sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to the body through that little hole. Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had as far as it could and it could go no further. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and the remaining bit of the cocoon. The then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven (无用的) wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and to be able to support the , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life around with a swollen body and shriven wings. It was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness didn’t was that the small cocoon and the of the moth to get through the opening was a way to push fluid (液体) the body of moth its wings so that it would be ready to fly it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and would come only after the struggle. By taking the struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we were to our lives without any difficulties, we would become disabled. We would not be as as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance. Leave no room for .
A．help B．protect C．watch D．see
A．opening B．line C．moth D．butterfly
A．pull B．draw C．make D．force
A．got B．done C．tried D．climbed
A．cut up B．cut off C．cut out D．cut in
A．moth B．butterfly C．cocoon D．worm
A．lessen B．widen C．expand D．shorten
A．standing B．flight C．wings D．body
A．flying B．crawling C．walking D．lying
A．already B．certainly C．never D．ever
A．do B．think C．want D．understand
A．crawling B．struggle C．fight D．force
A．tiny B．beginning C．right D．above
A．in B．on C．by D．from
A．into B．to C．in D．onto
A．after B．once C．before D．until
A．courage B．happiness C．flight D．survival
A．stand by B．get on C．go through D．live in
A．great B．determined C．brave D．strong
A．regrets B．death C．failure D．wishes
A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was full of .
“Do you know you and I are?” she asked. I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated, how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) .” “We don’t ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.
I forgot all about her story one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.
“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen in mid-air. She looked up she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your ?” Coolly, I heard myself , “I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the are in satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of in the clerk’s voice as she in the form. As I drove into our driveway(私家车道), I was by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.
I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great !.
A．surprise B．anxiety C．anger D．excitement
A．who B．what C．how D．why
A．When B．As C．Before D．Since
A．at B．after C．by D．around
A．nervous B．sure C．anxious D．uncertain
A．mother B．worker C．teacher D．doctor
A．think B．list C．expect D．give
A．since B．unless C．until D．when
A．got B．caused C．permit D．made
A．researcher B．manager C．expert D．scholar
A．dropped B．floated C．frozen D．broke
A．so that B．even though C．as though D．because of
A．family B．subject C．study D．field
A．words B．reply C．shout D．whisper
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．rewards B．awards C．profits D．benefits
A．interest B．respect C．doubt D．fear
A．explained B．passed C．completed D．filled
A．accepted B．greeted C．recognized D．refused
A．person B．award C．career D．business
You Did More Than Carry My Books
Mark was waking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark down and helped the boy pick up these articles. ____ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark _____ the boy’s name was Bill, that he __ __computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of __ with his other subjects and that he had just broken with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was_ in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed __ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They ___ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before , Bill asked Mark if they talk.
Bill __ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you __wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day ?” asked Bill. “You see, I ___ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess __ anyone else. I had panned to run away and I was going home to my things. But after we spent some time together __ and laughing, I realized that ____I had done that, I would have a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together.
So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day you did a lot more. You _ _my life.”
A．fell B．sat C．lay D．knelt
A．Although B．Since C．After D．until
A．discovered B．realized C．said D．decided
A．played B．loved C．tried D．made
A．questions B．ideas C．trouble D．doubt
A．up B．out C．off D．away
A．called B．helped C．invited D．allowed
A．peacefully B．willingly C．freely D．pleasantly
A．continued B．agreed C．forced D．offered
A．graduation B．movement C．separation D．vacation
A．would B．should C．could D．must
A．demanded B．reminded C．removed D．asked
A．ever B．usually C．even D．never
A．checked B．took C．cleared D．put
A．over B．into C．with D．for
A．find B．pick C．pack D．hold
A．talking B．playing C．reading D．watching
A．before B．if C．while D．as
A．forgotten B．passed C．left D．lost
A．helped B．recovered C．improved D．changed
This morning, I arrived at my office earlier to catch up on some emails. On the way to ____, I couldn’t ____ it when I saw some beautiful flowers at the grocery store. I picked some up, ____ a few chocolate bars.
With the office so empty, I decided to take the ____ to put the chocolate bars on some desks. I started heading towards areas ____ no one had come yet.
I ____ one and a smile card on the CEO’s desk. And then I went to his ___ desk and placed one there, and quickly put a third one on the desk of a quiet gentleman. Later, I entered the kitchen, ____ two cups of water and walked into the ____. I took out the flowers from my bag and ____ them in two bunches, one in each cup.
With a little sigh of ____, I stepped out of the rest room and looked around. The office was still ____ empty and the people closest to me were ____ with a Monday morning “How was your weekend?” ____ . I ____ and went back to my desk.
It struck me that my housemate who had packed my lunch for me so ____ today snuck (偷偷地给) a chocolate bar in there, so I ____ place it on the desk of our receptionist to complete the circle as I headed out of the office this evening. Our receptionist is always the first person in the office, and she always ____ me with a smile when I come in. Maybe tomorrow morning, this ____ can greet her.
I have no ____ how they feel when receiving their gifts, but they will surely smile!
A．work B．job C．company D．business
A．stop B．help C．get D．afford
A．regardless of B．along with C．except for D．instead of
A．adventure B．authority C．possibility D．opportunity
A．when B．because C．though D．where
A．chose B．placed C．delivered D．carried
A．wife’s B．manager’s C．assistant’s D．director’s
A．discovered B．ordered C．filled D．emptied
A．rest room B．meeting room C．smoking area D．office room
A．applied B．adjusted C．arranged D．attached
A．regret B．concern C．relief D．excitement
A．especially B．thoroughly C．totally D．pretty
A．concerned B．accustomed C．limited D．occupied
A．conversation B．congratulation C．consideration D．condition
A．amazed B．smiled C．delighted D．celebrated
A．sweetly B．obviously C．wildly D．fortunately
A．need B．could C．must D．should
A．waves B．nods C．greets D．meets
A．gift B．performance C．flower D．method
A．opinion B．point C．view D．idea
Years ago, I worked at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. One day, as I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, ______ by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front legs. It was ______ that they could, at any time, break free, ____ strangely enough, they didn’t .I asked a trainer the ______for this.
He said, “When they were very young, we used the _______ size rope, and it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they believe the rope can _______ hold them, so they never try.”
Like the elephants, how many of you believe you cannot do a thing, simply because you _____ once before? Do you often tell ______“I cannot dance” or “I’m not good at math”?
These are ______ of self limiting beliefs. You must realize you’re ______ for them. A limiting belief that says you’re poor at math may have ______ as a reaction to the embarrassing experiences related to math, or the remarks made by someone important to you which ______ you. The cool thing is that because you create the _____ you can choose to change it! Here is how:
First, _ it with “I am good at math”. Once you change your _ , your subconsciousness will make this ______ by driving you to act. That might be to take a math course or to go online ______ help, etc. Gradually you’ll really see your math skills are ______.
This is such a simple process that you can ______ it today. Don’t be like the poor elephant and make your life ______ in a place because of a limiting belief you developed years ago.
A．excited B．confused C．discouraged D．worried
A．impossible B．doubtful C．uncertain D．obvious
A．but B．or C．and D．so
A．case B．result C．reason D．choice
A．same B．bigger C．smaller D．different
A．narrowly B．almost C．still D．hardly
A．did B．failed C．tried D．succeeded
A．yourself B．others C．your teacher D．your partner
A．causes B．stories C．results D．examples
A．conscious B．honest C．responsible D．depended
A．stopped B．referred C．changed D．originated
A．interested B．disappointed C．bored D．inspired
A．belief B．experience C．embarrassment D．remark
A．represent B．compare C．mix D．replace
A．action B．thought C．aim D．plan
A．come true B．run out C．on guard D．keep cool
A．at B．by C．for D．in
A．improved B．judged C．realized D．recognized
A．finish B．continue C．keep D．begin
A．involved B．stuck C．unfinished D．changed
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