题目内容
第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My 14-year-old son,John,and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a(an) 31 clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar,delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label(标签)and a(an) 32 price of $ 28.
We looked at 33 , saying nothing, 34 John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with 35 , but could 36 several hundred dollars now.
John 37 the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied 38 that soon changed into a smile. The 39 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 40 it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks,the 41 came over John. Quiet,reasoned discussion was 42 argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to 43 .“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 44 this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know 45 caused the changes,she said with laughter,“It must be his coat!”At the library,we 46 to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time.“ 47 this be John?”he asked,looking up to John’S new height assessing the cat of his coat,and extending his hand,one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never 48 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for 49 a standard of excellence for the world to see,for practicing standard of excellence in thought,speech and behavior,and for 50 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
31.A.second-hand B.expensive C.big D.cheap
32.A.reasonable B.unbelievable C.special D.average
33.A.each other B.one another C.the other D.others
34.A.therefore B.however C.but D.thus
35.A.adults B.people C.parents D.teenagers
36.A.spend B.cost C.pay D.take
37.A.touched B.buttoned C.held D.obtained
38.A.gesture B.expression C.attitude D.feeling
39.A.color B.price C.fit D.style
40.A.pressing B.taking C.hanging D.folding
41.A.happiness B.satisfaction C.change D.generosity
42.A.because of B.instead of C.aware of D.full of
43.A.please B.understand C.complain D.apologize
44.A.mentioned B.wrote C.reported D.explained
45.A.when B.how C.what D.that
46.A.happened B.came C.intended D.decided
47.A.Should B.Would C.Must D.Could
48.A.watch B.judge C.mistake D.consider
49.A.doing B.showing C.speaking D.wearing
50.A.comparing B.connecting C.combining D.matching
31~35 A B A C D 36~40 B B B C D
41~45 C B A A C 46~50 A D C D D