完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分， 满分20分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
The story happened ages ago, when my daughter was still little.
I was driving across the country with my daughter to my husband. I wanted to reach my destination before supper time, I quickly for a long time without a stop. Then after driving for many miles, I became and needed to stop for a(n) to get refreshed.
I found a rest area. It was mostly , in a quiet area of the highway. I the car and carried my daughter into the restroom. When I came out I saw a middle-aged couple around. Feeling about that, I asked the lady . What surprised me was: they were waiting for us!
The lady me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our car. She informed me that sometimes rest areas be a dangerous place for a young lady like me. I was very by their being so to a stranger. Being young, and probably inexperienced to the dangers of rest areas, it had never occurred to me that there was any of something going wrong. I them for their kindness and continued the journey, reaching our destination safely.
I never got their names but years have and the memory of their kindness is still rooted in my mind. Sometimes angels(天使) come in make-up and just because you can’t see their it doesn’t mean they aren’t angels.
A．attend B．join C．force D．encounter
A．Since B．while C．when D．before
A．walked B．ran C．flew D．drove
A．worried B．pleased C．tired D．frightened
A．rope B．confusion C．break D．advantage
A．empty B．pleasant C．elegant D．romantic
A．booked B．ordered C．parked D．bought
A．warning B．whistling C．wandering D．disturbing
A．anxious B．curious C．obvious D．nervous
A．why B．how C．where D．when
A．told B．guaranteed C．reminded D．explained
A．should B．need C．could D．must
A．confused B．affected C．impressed D．moved
A．tough B．kind C．essential D．grateful
A．lost B．hidden C．raised D．declared
A．need B．demand C．chance D．duty
A．complained B．asked C．thanked D．blamed
A．died B．passed C．gone D．disappeared
A．finally B．widely C．originally D．deeply
A．kindness B．fitness C．faces D．wings
Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese at my face , but I pushed them , my mom believed I would learn I was ready .But the never came.
On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”
“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for .
“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill .I the words running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fishman .But he my English words and turned to serve the next customer .The laugh of the people behind increased their impatience. With every , the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling— me to cry out . “Xian Sheng Yu, please” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned and I ran back home , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry. They‘re Chinese. I should feel right at . Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.
Sometimes , I laugh at my fish , but , in the end ，the joke is on . Every laugh is a culture ; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away(逐渐消失).
A．custom B．games C．characters. D．tradition
A．ahead B．around C．along D．aside
A．when B．before C．unless D．until
A．success B．study C．time D．attempt
A．aim B．joke C．nod D．stare
A．cared about B．laughed at C．argued with D．asked after
A．right now B．from now C．at times D．in time
A．decision B．permission C．information D．preparation
A．repeated B．reviewed C．spelled D．kept
A．farm B．stand C．pond D．market
A．guessed B．forget C．doubted D．ignored
A．by B．as C．with D．from
A．second B．effort C．desire D．movement
A．forcing B．allowing C．persuading D．leading
A．bright B．blank C．pale D．red
A．open-mouthed B．tongue-tied C．empty-handed D．broken-hearted
A．service B．home C．risk D．root
A．trade B．deed C．challenge D．incident
A．it B．us C．me D．them
A．thrown B．lost C．divided D．reflected
I am the only person who has reached senior middle school in my family. So, I am the “best-educated”. But I also used to be the most because I never thought about my manners. As a busy , I always come home from school late. When I get home at , it is time for my meal. After eating, I go to school again. But one day, when I was ready to go to school after lunch as usual, Dad stopped me. “Could you me some time?” he asked, “just one .” I looked at the time and found I didn’t have much time left. “OK, Dad, but please make it .” “All right, I know you are , so I will just ask you two questions. Could you how many things you have done for our ? And, could you tell me how often you say hello to your family members when you get home?”
That day, when I was at , I thought about the questions without understanding why Dad had asked them. Then, my friend, a girl from a rich family, asked me what was me. I told her. After listening, she laughed. “Hey! That’s nothing ! You know, I never do anything or say hello to anybody when I am at home, either.” Then she added, “As far as I know, 90 percent of our have never done these things.” Really? At that moment, I why my dad had asked me those questions. It was because it is good to say hello to your family. However, most of us students don’t know, or even this. How sad we are! I finally realized how I should answer my dad’s questions. First, I would do all those things that are called good manners. Second, I would my classmates to be aware of their manners as soon as possible. That night I told these things to Dad. “Good,” he said, “Better late than never.” The next afternoon, when I got home, I saw Mum in the kitchen cooking. “Hi, Mum, I’m ,” I said. She looked at me and gave me a big .
A．shy B．impolite C．angry D．anxious
A．senior student B．shop assistant C．school teacher D．housewife
A．time B．night C．noon D．spare time
A．spend B．take C．spare D．lend
A．thing B．hour C．question D．minute
A．easy B．happy C．quick D．simple
A．impolite B．polite C．patient D．busy
A．look about B．make sure C．find out D．take out
A．family B．members C．house D．promise
A．bed B．school C．table D．home
A．suddenly B．obviously C．clearly D．simply
A．surprising B．paining C．puzzling D．delighting
A．dangerous B．normal C．valuable D．important
A．family B．class C．neighbor D．town
A．wondered B．understood C．knew D．noticed
A．way B．exercise C．chance D．manners
A．think about B．care about C．call for D．hunt for
A．force B．remind C．allow D．ask
A．home B．late C．sorry D．hungry
A．cake B．suggestion C．smile D．chance
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。
“Mum, can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night, please? It’s Friday, and we don’t have any ___.Can I, please?” Mum was sitting at the kitchen table. Dad was ___next to her, resting his head on his arms. Mum could ___that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.
“I’m so sorry, James,” she said.
“I’m never allowed to have friends come to the house? Why, Mum?” James asked sadly, almost in __.
“I know it’s ___ for you,” Mum said softly. “But I’m just worried other people might think we’re a little… strange. And then they would make fun of you.”
“No, they wouldn’t, Mum,” James protested. “We’re not ___ at all. We’re just ordinary people.”
Mum sighed heavily. “ To tell you the truth, James, my neck has been so painful that it’s given me a heavy ___. And your poor father –he doesn’t feel ___. He really needs a rest.”
“I can help, Mum!” James said. “___ I can make you and Dad feel better, can Brett come over? Please?”
“Well…”Mum began.
“Great ! Thanks ,Mum!” James almost shouted. “ Just sit there, don’t move.” He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and __ what he needed –two spanners. “ Hang on, Mum,” he said. “ This won’t take a second.” After some ___, James was finished. With a smile of ___ on his face he said, “ There! How does that feel?” “ Oh, James,” Mum said. “ That’s much better! How did you do it?”
“Easy,” James said ___.” Dad had tightened your neck bolts (螺栓) too much! I just___ them slightly ! I learned that in robotic science at school.”
“What about you father? Can you ___ him?” asked Mum.
“I’ll try,” James replied. He ___ up Dad’s hair at the back of his neck. and plugged the electric wire into Dad’s head. Then he turned the ___on.. Dad opened his eyes and ___ immediately .
“ He just let his ___run too low, that’s all,” James said, “Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow?”
“I guess so,” replied Mum. “ Your friends will just have to _that we are a very unusual family. Thanks, son !”
A．chance B．message C．difficulty D．homework
A．reading B．alone C．asleep D．standing
A．see B．explain C．agree D．doubt
A．terror B．surprise C．silence D．tears
A．hard B．fair C．easy D．good
A．normal B．popular C．strange D．anxious
A．loss B．headache C．task D．day
A．ill B．well C．funny D．sorry
A．As B．Since C．Before D．If
A．found B．kept C．controlled D．returned
A．requests B．repairs C．thoughts D．instructions
A．sympathy B．bitterness C．politeness D．satisfaction
A．embarrassedly B．proudly C．gratefully D．impatiently
A．collected B．produced C．adjusted D．covered
A．greet B．accompany C．help D．ask
A．caught B．lifted C．gave D．filled
A．television B．light C．gas D．power
A．grew up B．lay down C．sat up D．broke down
A．battery B．food C．temperature D．blood
A．prove B．expect C．accept D．suspect
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling , but I always knew he was special. He never us, but used praise to our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them , they die.” I remember as a child I said unkind about somebody, and my father said, “ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He that if I looked for the best in people, I would get the best . From then on I’ve always tried to follow the in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s always been very understanding. At 15, I started a magazine. It was taking up a great of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a choice：stay in school or leave to my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway（使动摇） me from my decision, any good father would. When he I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad persuaded me to go into law. And I’ve always it. I wanted to be a biologist, but I didn’t my dream. You know you want. Go fulfill it.”
As it , my little publication went on to become Student, a national magazine for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them in the same way Dad raise me.
A．biologist B．manager C．lawyer D．gardener
A．criticized B．praised C．cared D．encouraged
A．bring up B．bring out C．tune up D．turn out
A．energy B．time C．flower D．water
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．none
A．Another B．Any C．Some D．Other
A．discussed B．remembered C．explained D．reflected
A．in return B．by turns C．by chance D．in case
A．principle B．law C．regulation D．rule
A．therefore B．also C．never D．too
A．number B．many C．plenty D．deal
A．take out B．take on C．work on D．work out
A．as B．and C．even if D．as if
A．recognized B．realized C．admitted D．permitted
A．respected B．reminded C．retired D．regretted
A．quit B．value C．persuade D．pursue
A．how B．which C．what D．that
A．made out B．turned out C．turned in D．made up
A．up B．out C．in D．about
A．which B．what C．that D．how
A teacher teaching math to seven-year-old Laiq asked him, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple , how many apples will you have?”
After a few seconds Laiq confidently, “Four!”
The confused teacher was expecting a(n) correct answer--three. She was disappointed. “Maybe the child didn’t hear ” she thought. She , “Laiq, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”
Laiq had seen the on his teacher’s face. He _ again on his fingers. But within him he was also the answer that would make the teacher happy. This time hesitatingly he replied, “Four.”
The disappointment stayed on the teacher’s face. Suddenly she that Laiq liked strawberries. She thought maybe he didn’t like apples and that was why he couldn’t answer the question. This time with an excitement in her she asked, “If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one strawberry, then how many will you have?”
Seeing the teacher , young Laiq calculated on his fingers again. There was no pressure on him, but a little on the teacher. She wanted her new to succeed. a hesitating smile young Laiq replied, “Three?”
The teacher now had a smile. Her way had succeeded. She wanted to herself. But one last thing remained. she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple , how many will you have ?”
Confidently Laiq answered, ‘Four!” The teacher was “How Laiq , how?” She demanded in a little annoyed voice.
In a and hesitating voice, young Laiq replied, “Because I already have one in my bag.”
The story tells us： someone gives you an answer that is from what you expect, don’t think they are wrong. There shall be an angle(角度) that you may not have thought about yet.
A．told B．added C．replied D．wrote
A．worthless B．effortless C．careless D．selfless
A．possibly B．actively C．clearly D．strictly
A．repeated B．ordered C．whispered D．complained
A．satisfaction B．disappointment C．punishment D．determination
A．recognized B．discovered C．calculated D．insisted
A．searching for B．waiting for C．arguing for D．talking about
A．decided B．noticed C．expressed D．remembered
A．eyes B．hands C．mouth D．nose
A．sad B．happy C．pitiful D．lovely
A．invention B．system C．reform D．way
A．On B．In C．With D．By
A．angry B．satisfied C．lasting D．painful
A．thank B．congratulate C．help D．enjoy
A．Above all B．In all C．On purpose D．Once again
A．astonished B．concerned C．amused D．relaxed
A．high B．rude C．easy D．clear
A．strawberry B．apple C．coin D．box
A．Before B．After C．Until D．When
A．absent B．free C．different D．safe
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