阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I sit outside of my daughter’s nursery school classroom, patiently waiting for her. When the door opens, my daughter runs out with a broad smile. She ________ the excitement of school.

“How was your ________?”I ask casually, while ________ wanting to hear every single detail. “It was so good, Mommy!” my daughter replies. That’s it. That’s all I ________.

On the car ride home, I ask her a lot of questions. She answers me with a few words, but never goes into much ________. Usually she tells me that she wants to ________ something else.

It has only been a few weeks, but I still find it so ________ that my daughter has a whole morning in school without me. I ________ ask the teachers for details and I am often provided with the same ________ answers that my daughter gives.

Now, three mornings a week, I close her classroom door behind me and she has her own ________. I am given some ________ of her days like apples glued onto paper trees and paint dirt under her fingernails.

I know she ________ this privacy and the time to ________ a new environment and meet different kids. ________, I can’t help but want to know about the details of her days. The ride home is the ________ time that she will provide me with some ________ about her morning.

When we pull into the driveway, I change the ________ to something else. I am sure that my constant questions annoy her, so I try to ________ them to the car ride after school.

I am ________ that my daughter doesn’t quite know our driving route yet; she can’t tell that I sometimes take the long way home, ________ we have those few extra minutes together.

1.A. learnsB. addsC. missesD. enjoys

2.A. morningB. afternoonC. eveningD. night

3.A. tiredlyB. carelesslyC. secretlyD. suddenly

4.A. getB. needC. planD. understand

5.A. studyB. detailC. adviceD. work

6.A. wait forB. prepare forC. worry aboutD. talk about

7.A. strangeB. simpleC. commonD. practical

8.A. alwaysB. justC. evenD. never

9.A. satisfyingB. funnyC. shortD. confusing

10.A. directionB. imaginationC. influenceD. experience

11.A. kindnessB. excusesC. evidenceD. challenges

12.A. promisesB. achievesC. deservesD. ignores

13.A. rememberB. exploreC. chooseD. consider

14.A. ThenB. AgainC. AlsoD. Still

15.A. onlyB. otherC. secondD. last

16.A. permissionB. informationC. devotionD. intention

17.A. interestB. ruleC. conversationD. routine

18.A. takeB. guideC. showD. limit

19.A. proudB. disappointedC. anxiousD. grateful

20.A. althoughB. becauseC. soD. or

Should we allow modern buildings to be built next to older buildings in a historic area of a city? In order to answer this question, we must first examine whether people really want to preserve the historic feel of an area. Not all historical buildings are attractive. However, there may be other reasons — for example, economic reasons — why they should be preserved. So, let us assume that historical buildings are both attractive and important to the majority of people. What should we do then if a new building is needed?

In my view, new architectural styles can exist perfectly well alongside an older style. Indeed, there are many examples in my own hometown of Tours where modern designs have been placed very successfully next to old buildings. As long as the building in question is pleasing and does not dominate (影响) its surroundings too much, it often improves the attractiveness of the area.

It is true that there are examples of new buildings which have spoilt (破坏) the area they are in, but the same can be said of some old buildings too. Yet people still speak against new buildings in historic areas. I think this is simply because people are naturally conservative (保守的) and do not like change.

Although we have to respect people’s feelings as fellow users of the buildings, I believe that it is the duty of the architect and planner to move things forward. If we always reproduced what was there before, we would all still be living in caves. Thus, I would argue against copying previous architectural styles and choose something fresh and different, even though that might be the more risky choice.

1.What does the author say about historical buildings in the first paragraph?

A. Most of them are too expensive to preserve.

B. They are more pleasing than modern buildings.

C. They have nothing to do with the historic feel of an area.

D. Some of them are not attractive.

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the author?

A. Some old buildings have spoilt the area they are in.

B. We should reproduce the same old buildings.

C. Buildings should not dominate their surroundings.

D. No one understands why people speak against new buildings.

3.By “move things forward” in the last paragraph, the author probably means “______”.

A. destroy old buildings

B. put things in a different place

C. choose new architectural style

D. respect people’s feelings for historical buildings

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To explain why people dislike change.

B. To argue that modern buildings can be built in historic areas.

C. To warn that we could end up living in caves.

D. To admit how new buildings have ruined their surroundings.

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