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  Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up.There were just my parents and   1  .I wished that someday I'd   2   and have six children, and at   3   my house would be full of   4   and love.

  I found the   5   who shared my dream, but we had not   6   the possibility of infertility(不能生育).So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived.We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy,   7   he was just six days old.Then nature   8   us again.Within two years we   9   two biological children to the family-not as many as we had hoped for,   10   compared with quiet childhood, three made an entirely satisfactory   11  

    12   our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas   13   each year.He started his Christmas gift list   14   before we'd finished the Thanksgiving turkey.He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike   15   comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice.

  Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were right.Our Christmas boy brought   16   into our lives with his good cheer, his wit(智慧).He made us   17   and act better than we were.

  Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as   18   as he had come.He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter.But first he had   19   by our home to decorate our tree, as usual.His father and I sold our home, where memories remained in every room.We moved to California, leaving   20   our friends and church.

(1)

[  ]

A.

my friends

B.

my brothers

C.

my children

D.

me

(2)

[  ]

A.

like

B.

marry

C.

better

D.

love

(3)

[  ]

A.

night

B.

New Year

C.

Christmas

D.

home

(4)

[  ]

A.

energy

B.

people

C.

child

D.

hope

(5)

[  ]

A.

woman

B.

man

C.

wife

D.

son

(6)

[  ]

A.

planned

B.

wanted

C.

expected

D.

imagined

(7)

[  ]

A.

after

B.

before

C.

when

D.

until

(8)

[  ]

A.

disappointed

B.

surprised

C.

interested

D.

encouraged

(9)

[  ]

A.

brought

B.

took

C.

hoped

D.

added

(10)

[  ]

A.

so

B.

because

C.

but

D.

while

(11)

[  ]

A.

crowd

B.

family

C.

couple

D.

item

(12)

[  ]

A.

As

B.

Before

C.

After

D.

Once

(13)

[  ]

A.

house

B.

card

C.

gift

D.

tree

(14)

[  ]

A.

ever

B.

still

C.

even

D.

vet

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[  ]

A.

sounds

B.

songs

C.

noises

D.

voices

(16)

[  ]

A.

color

B.

bright

C.

love

D.

dream

(17)

[  ]

A.

look

B.

cheer

C.

research

D.

figure

(18)

[  ]

A.

early

B.

late

C.

unexpectedly

D.

happily

(19)

[  ]

A.

stopped

B.

gone

C.

passed

D.

entered

(20)

[  ]

A.

behind

B.

for

C.

away

D.

out

阅读理解

  World leaders burdened with resolving conflicts(冲突)between nations have my sympathy.When my three children were young, most days it was hard keeping my house from becoming a war zone.And that was before breakfast.

  It got worse as they grew older.Three years aw, Zack, then 16, couldn’t make it through a day without playing tricks on his sisters, Alex and Taryn, then 11 and 9.

  My husband and I tried to be understanding of his adolescent moodiness(喜怒无常).We begged, reasoned, punished, and left heartfelt notes on his bed about how his behavior was hurting our family.His response was a shrug and“I say it because it’s true.”

  I even tried telling the girls to fight back.Bad idea.Now I had three kids at war.At wit’s end.I poured my heart out to my sister in an e-mail.She wrote back,“Don’t e-mail me.E-mail him

  Our son was online every day, mailing and instant messaging his friends.So what if I was within shouting distance?Maybe he would actually hear me this way.There’d be no yelling or door slamming.Zack wouldn’t feel under attack.And with a few simple keystrokes, he could respond.Or not.Zack didn’t reply for days.When he finally did, his entire message was four measly(少得可怜的)words.I expected the worst, but then smiled when I read them:“You’re right.I’m sorry,”The kids still fought, of course, but Zack scaled back the abuse.Best of all, I now have an effective way to communicate with not one but three easily annoyed teens.I like that they don’t tune me out as much.They like not having to listen to me nag(指责,唠叨).Or as Alex says,“You’re so much nicer online.”

  All I know is that the house is quiet, but we’re talking, in fact, Taryn just instant-messaged me from upstairs.It’s time to take her to softball practice.

(1)

The purpose of this passage is to tell us ________.

[  ]

A.

the value of being e-literate

B.

how to solve family problems

C.

the value of understanding between parents and children

D.

how to treat kids in a more sensible

(2)

By the first sentence of the passage, the author really means to be ________.

[  ]

A.

serious

B.

sympathetic

C.

humorous

D.

inspiring

(3)

How did Zack react when the author first tried to stop his bad behavior?

[  ]

A.

He was annoyed and got worse

B.

He talked back to the author

C.

He felt sorry and changed

D.

He felt sorry and changed

(4)

Zack stopped fighting with his sisters because ________.

[  ]

A.

his mother learnt how to e-mail him

B.

his mother had more friendly communications with him online

C.

his mother stopped yelling and nagging

D.

his sisters learned to instant message him

The wheelchair-bound young man, a patient of mine, was pushed to the lectern(演讲台) at the high school to deliver his commencement address. His face still partially paralyzed(瘫痪), he spoke in a soft voice. But Mark Orsini delivered a powerful speech and received a thunderous applause from his fellow students, who had wondered if he’d live to graduate.

The 18-year-old had developed Guillain-Barre syndrome(综合病症),which can cause paralysis. Soon he was almost completely paralyzed.

His parents insisted that he was a fighter. He’d get through this and go on to attend Dartmouth. But meanwhile, immobile and on a ventilator(呼吸器), how was he going to ask questions or be involved in his care?

The solution was remarkable: The Orsinis would sit at Mark’s side and recite the alphabet. When they got to a letter Mark needed to spell a word, he’d nod “yes”. They’d write it down, then start over and wait for him to nod again. They never lost patience and Mark was involved wit every decision. Standard treatment hadn’t helped, so I proposed a risky procedure to filter(过滤)his blood.

After treatment he showed improvement and soon he could move his toes, his legs and then his arms.

Mark has graduated from Dartmouth. I saw him in my office some time ago, and he was feeling great. But there was a lot left unsaid. I wanted to say I was in awe of him, and that his parents were some of the most amazing people I’d ever met, sitting by his bed for hours, patiently listening to their child speak letter by letter. I wanted to tell him of my shame when my children tried to talk to me and I brushed them off because I didn’t have time to listen. I wanted to say I’d never forget him or his parents. But words failed me.

1.The underlined word “commencement” in Paragraph 1 means           .

       A.graduation           B.promise               C.birthday              D.ceremony

2.What did Mark’s parents do for him when he was learning in class?

       A.They did everything for Mark.

       B.They assisted Mark in learning.

       C.They lost patience sometimes.

       D.They made decisions for him.

3.We can learn from the passage that           .

       A.the standard treatment Mark received was a great success

       B.the doctor was not satisfied with Mark’s treatment and felt ashamed

       C.the doctor told Mark’s parents that they were impressive and unforgettable

       D.the doctor would like to have shared more of his true feelings with Mark

4.According to the last paragraph, how did the writer feel about the way he treated his children?

       A.He felt proud of it.                               B.He felt confident of it.

       C.He felt guilty of it.    D.He felt doubtful about it.

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