第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.
“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute!”
Slowly the boy 21onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 22out her hand and wrapped(缠住)her 23old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 24to my bed. What’s your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 25up, raising herself on her elbow(肘). Water26 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 27.
“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 28for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 29, and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”
“I want my silver ring to 30to my daughter.”
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 31the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There’s my Bible(圣经),” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 32Christian burial(基督葬礼)with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 33of a poor old woman.”
The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 34it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 35the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 36me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 37window, but the old woman on the bed 38nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 39on the paper were some childish letters. They 40the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
21.A.rushed B.struggled C.hurried D.stepped
22.A.reached B.let C.pushed D.pointed
23.A.firm B.smooth C.dry D.fresh
24.A.back B.upC.away D.ahead
25.A.sit B.get C.stand D.wake
26.A.fell B.burnt C.burst D.ran
27.A.ill B.sick C.unpleasant D.funny
28.A.letter B.note C.will D.message
29.A.table B.pen C.paper D.woman
30.A.send B.go C.belong D.come
31.A.moved B.drew C.used D.pulled
32.A.great B.merry C.splendid D.real
33.A.hope B.chance C.opinion D.wish
34.A.sign B.read C.remember D.copy
35.A.setting B.hiding C.placing D.laying
36.A.Hold B.Leave C.Excuse D.Pardon
37.A.large B.open C.small D.pretty
38.A.did B.saw C.felt D.knew
39.A.DescribedB.Printed C.Recorded D.Written
40.A.formedB.spelled C.organized D.repeated