Question

第二部分 完形填空(共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。

When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage（孤儿院）and taught us how to do woodworking projects.

I remember my first project—a small table. I was so ____ of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) _____ . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to ______it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a _____. She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always _____ with us.

As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so ____and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a ______ , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was _____it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand _____ it, she noticed that it was still wet.

“Were you ______to bring this home?” she asked.

“No, ma’am,” I _____ with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was _____stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.

I hid the table in my closet and never _____it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent（宿管员）, thinking that she would _____it away.

Thirty years later at a reunion, I ____that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her_____ to get something important. I followed her _____ into a dark corner. She picked something up. _____she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of _____to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to _____ .

1.A. tired B. ashamed C. proud D. aware

2.A. award B. wonder C. record D. product

3.A. design B. invent C. paint D. complete

4.A. gift B. reward C. prize D. souvenir

5.A. satisfied B. strict C. patient D. angry

6.A. upset B. amazed C. confident D. excited

7.A. thief B. hero C. sword D. flash

8.A. drying B. observing C. admiring D. hiding

9.A. into B. across C. above D. after

10.A. supposed B. embarrassed C. encouraged D. determined

11.A. agreed B. sighed C. whispered D. argued

12.A. dirt B. glue C. paint D. wood

13.A. removed B. touched C. shook D. split

14.A. put B. give C. take D. throw

15.A. learned B. expected C. remembered D. recommended

16.A. bathroom B. balcony C. basement D. bedroom

17.A. curiously B. unwillingly C. doubtfully D. worriedly

18.A. Before B. Since C. As D. Until

19.A. admiration B. gratitude C. sympathy D. regret

20.A. adapt B. study C. perform D. please

Answer 1