第二部分 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage(孤儿院)and taught us how to do woodworking projects.
I remember my first project—a small table. I was so ____ of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) _____ . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to ______it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a _____. She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always _____ with us.
As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so ____and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a ______ , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.
When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was _____it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand _____ it, she noticed that it was still wet.
“Were you ______to bring this home?” she asked.
“No, ma’am,” I _____ with my head down.
She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was _____stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.
I hid the table in my closet and never _____it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent(宿管员), thinking that she would _____it away.
Thirty years later at a reunion, I ____that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her_____ to get something important. I followed her _____ into a dark corner. She picked something up. _____she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.
Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.
Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of _____to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to _____ .
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A.tired |
B.ashamed |
C.proud |
D.aware |
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A.award |
B.wonder |
C.record |
D.product |
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A.design |
B.invent |
C.paint |
D.complete |
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A.gift |
B.reward |
C.prize |
D.souvenir |
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A.satisfied |
B.strict |
C.patient |
D.angry |
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A.upset |
B.amazed |
C.confident |
D.excited |
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A.thief |
B.hero |
C.sword |
D.flash |
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A.drying |
B.observing |
C.admiring |
D.hiding |
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A.into |
B.across |
C.above |
D.after |
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A.supposed |
B.embarrassed |
C.encouraged |
D.determined |
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A.agreed |
B.sighed |
C.whispered |
D.argued |
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A.dirt |
B.glue |
C.paint |
D.wood |
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A.removed |
B.touched |
C.shook |
D.split |
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A.put |
B.give |
C.take |
D.throw |
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A.learned |
B.expected |
C.remembered |
D.recommended |
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A.bathroom |
B.balcony |
C.basement |
D.bedroom |
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A.curiously |
B.unwillingly |
C.doubtfully |
D.worriedly |
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A.Before |
B.Since |
C.As |
D.Until |
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A.admiration |
B.gratitude |
C.sympathy |
D.regret |
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A.adapt |
B.study |
C.perform |
D.please |
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