第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
请阅读下面短文,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,并在答题卡上将选项的标号涂黑。
第二节完形填空(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。
My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a (an) 21 clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label (标签) and a (an) 22 price of $ 28.
We looked at 23 , saying nothing, 24 John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with 25, but could 26 several hundred dollars new.
John 27the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied 28that soon changed into a smile. The 29 was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully 30 it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the 31came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was 32 argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to 33. “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.”
When I 34 this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know 35 caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” At the library, we 36 to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 37 this be John?” He asked, looking up to John’s new height and coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never 38 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for 39 a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for 40 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
21.A.second-hand B.expensive C.big D.cheap
22.A.reasonable B.unbelievable C.special D.average
23.A.each other B.one another C.the other D.others
24.A.therefore B.however C.but D.thus
25.A.adults B.people C.parents D.teenagers
26.A.spend B.cost C.pay D.take
27.A.touched B.buttoned C.held D.obtained
28.A.gesture B.expression C.attitude D.feeling
29.A.color B.price C.fit D.style
30.A.pressing B.taking C.hanging D.folding
31.A.happiness B.satisfaction C.change D.generosity
32.A.because of B.instead of C.aware of D.full of
33.A.please B.understand C.complain D.apologize
34.A.mentioned B.wrote C.reported D.explained
35.A.when B.how C.what D.that
36.A.happened B.came C.intended D.decided
37.A.Should B.Would C.Must D.Could
38.A.watch B.judge C.mistake D.consider
39.A.doing B.showing C.speaking D.wearing
40.A.comparing B.connecting C.combining D.matching