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)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出最佳选项。
At the end of a party,he invited her to have coffee with him.In a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable,thinking, “Please let me go home.’’
Suddenly he asked the 36 ,“Would you please give me some 37 ? I'd like to put it in my coffee.’’
Everybody stared at him—so 38! His face turned red,but when the waiter brought some salt for him, he still put it in his coffee and drank it.
She asked him 39,“Why do you have this hobby(嗜好)?”
He 40,“When I was a little boy,I was living 41 the sea.I liked playing in the sea,and I could 42 the taste of the sea,just like the taste of the salty coffee.Now every time I have the salty coffee,I always think of my 43.I miss my hometown and my parents so much.’’
She was 44 touched(感动)! A man who can tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves home,45 about home,and has responsibility for home.
They continued to date(约会)… Then they got married. And,every time she 46 coffee for him,she put some salt in the coffee.
After 40 years,he died,leaving her a 47 which said,“My dearest,please forgive(宽恕) my whole life lie.This was the 48 lie I told to you— the salty coffee.
“Remember the 49 we dated? I was so nervous at that time.Actually I wanted some sugar,but I said “salt” instead.It was hard for me to correct the mistake,so I just went 50.
“I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life,51 I was too afraid to do that,as I have promised not to lie to you for 52.
“Now I'm 53,I'm afraid of nothing ,so I tell you the truth:I 54 the salty coffee.What a strange bad taste! But I have had the salty coffee in my whole life!…”
Her tears made the letter totally wet.
Someday,someone asked her,“What’s the taste of salty coffee?” “It’s 55!” she replied.
36.A.friend B.manager C.waiter D.customer
37.A.sugar B.salt C.water D.tea
38.A.smart B.strange C.serious D.important
39.A.curiously B.patiently C.bravely D.happily
40.A.wrote B.added C.agreed D.replied
41.A.in B.over C.near D.above
42.A.consider B.feel C.observe D.compare
43.A.childhood B.teachers C.friends D.future
44.A.hardly B.nearly C.possibly D.deeply
45.A.thinks B.talks C.cares D.comes
46.A.made B.drank C.finished D.bought
47.A.telephone B.word C.notice D.letter
48.A.only B.first C.last D.best
49.A.last time B.first time C.second time D.many times
50.A.away B.off C.ahead D.around
51.A.and B.so C.or D.but
52.A.anything B.nothing C.somebody D.anybody
53.A.dead B.married C.dying D.boring
54.A.like B.hate C.remember D.forget
55.A.terrible B.strange C.delicious D.sweet
36.C 37.B 38.B 39.A 40.D 41.C 42.B 43.A 44.D 45.C 46.A 47.D 48.A 49.B 50.C 51.D 52.A 53.C 54.B 55.D
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