第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was a cold Saturday morning. An old man walked slowly into the   36  . With shoulders bent forward, he leaned on his trusty stick with each   37   step.  

His shabby clothes and warm personality made him   38   out from the usual breakfast crowd. Unforgettable were his eyes that shone like diamonds and thin lips   39   in a steady smile.

A young waitress named Mary   40   him drag toward a table by the window. She ran over to him, and said, “Here, sir. Let me give you a   41   with that chair.”

Without saying a word, he smiled and   42  . She pulled the chair away from the table. Steadying him with one arm, she helped him get comfortably   43  . Then she moved the table up close to him, and leaned his   44   against the table where he could reach it.

In a soft, clear voice, he said, “Thank you for your   45  .”

“You’re welcome, sir.” She replied   46  . “And my name is Mary. I’ll be back in a moment, and   47   you need anything at all in the meantime, just wave at me!”

After he had finished his breakfast, Mary brought him the change from his ticket. Then she   48   him out from behind the table. She handed him his stick, and walked   49   him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, “Come back and see us, sir!”

He turned with his whole body and nodded with a   50   smile. “You are very kind,” he said softly.

When Mary went to clean his table, she was   51   to find that under his plate there was a business card and a note on a napkin (餐巾纸). Under the napkin was a one hundred dollar bill!

The note on the napkin   52  , “Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows by the way you   53   others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will   54   through those who meet you.”

The next day she was told that the man she had   55   on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working.

36. A. restaurant    B. shop       C. hospital     D. bank

37. A. big          B. quick        C. urgent      D. unhurried

38. A. get          B. look       C. stand       D. keep

39. A. held         B. made     C. remained   D. put

40. A. felt         B. noticed       C. discovered        D. realized

41. A. table        B. cushion     C. place        D. hand 

42. A. nodded     B. obeyed      C. sat         D. hesitated

43. A. moved            B. stayed       C. seated        D. rested

44. A. chair        B. spoon      C. stick             D. plate

45. A. quickness     B. kindness     C. cleverness D. politeness

46. A. happily      B. sadly       C. nervously  D. vaguely

47. A. until        B. though      C. because     D. if

48. A. called     B. helped     C. took             D. made

49. A. by           B. around      C. with       D. towards

50. A. confident    B. grateful   C. relieved    D. delicate

51. A. Embarrassed B. satisfied    C. disappointed D. astonished

52. A. read        B. told      C. wrote       D. showed

53. A. please     B. admire    C. follow     D. treat

54. A. pass         B. shine        C. go       D. pull

55. A. Depended   B. served      C. waited       D. Agreed

E

       Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends.Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr.Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

       “I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great.How do you like it?’” says Ballmer.“There was just a complete gap in taste.”

       Music was not the only gulf (分歧).From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

       Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families.Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago.Now they are comfortable and common.And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

       No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”

       But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents.

       “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College.“In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

       Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving(演化的) roles and attitudes.They see the 1960s as a turning point.Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.

       “My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr.Ballmer.“It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

72.Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?

       A.Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.

       B.Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities.

       C.Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.

       D.Parents share more interests with their children.

73.The change in today’s parent-child relationship is ______.

       A.more confusion among parents

       B.new equality between parents and children

       C.less respect for parents from children

       D.more strictness and authority on the part of parents

74.By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” the author means that today’s parents ______.

       A.follow the trend (趋势)of the change

       B.can set a limit to the change

       C.fail to take the change seriously

       D.have little difficult adjusting (调整)to the change

75.The purpose of the passage is to ______.

       A.describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with

       B.discuss the development of the parent-child relationship

       C.suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relationship

       D.compare today’s parent-child relationship with that in the past

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