完形填空(共20小题,每小题1 分,共计20分)
Having lived in the house for so long, we found our
kitchen looked 21 . We decided it was time
to 22 the kitchen, and my husband and I were
discussing 23 colors. The children, sitting
nearby, suddenly all spoke together:“Not the
measuring stick. ”
“No,” I 24 them. “Not
the measuring stick.”
The measuring stick isn’t a (an) 25
stick but the kitchen side of the door between our
kitchen and dining room. Along the edge we’ve 26 each
child’s growth by making a mark showing his or her 27 on
every birthday. Over the years, so many colored pens, pencils and
28 have been used that now,
this white door is somewhat like an abstract(抽象的)
painting.
Names and dates show different 29
, and I can tell by the script(手迹) who
measured whom. An eight-year-old 30 to measure
her three-year old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother and my husband
did the same to me. At our family 31 ,
when this door swung back and forth frequently, friends used to stop to 32
the names and dates. When they were asked if they would
like to be always remembered, they 33 smiled
shyly and went back right up into place, 34 to
be measured.
Many of those 35 on
the door are still 36 . Some have stopped. Some
remain with us only in 37 . When my mother came
to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her, too. It
was her last visit to our home.
We haven’ t 38 the new
kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the
39 of the kitchen door will still remain 40 ,
with lots of names and dates in various colors.
1. A.small B. old C. familiar D. favorable
2. A.repair B. rebuild C. reuse D. repaint
3. A.safe B. possible C. valuable D. changeable
4. A.promised B. repeated C.followed D. persuaded
5. A.false B. wonderful C. actual D. obvious
6. A.kept B. witnessed C. recorded D. accompanied
7. A.age B. weight C. name D. height
8. A.boxes B. markers C. schoolbags D. sticks
9. A.information B. handwriting
C.character D. status
10. A.allowed B. pretended C. helped D. ordered
11. A.offices B. banks C. meetings D. parties
12. A.copy B. read C. like D. remove
13. A.hardly B. never C. usually D. seldom
14. A.ready B. afraid C. able D. unwilling
15. A.missed B. taught C. listed D. suggested
16. A.growing B.contributing C.studying D. working
17. A.sight B. design C.trouble D. memory
18. A.connected
with B.agreed to
C.decided on D.relied on
19. A.front B. back C. right D. left
20. A.yellow B. grey C. white D. blue