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A、B、C、D四个选项中,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。
Even though it was only October, my
students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day
everyone became more 36 , waiting for the final school bell. Upon
its 37 everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone
except David.
David was a small boy in ragged (破旧的) clothes. I had often
38 what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send
her son to school dressed so 39 for the cold winter months, without
a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 40 . I can still
remember he was always 41 a smile and willing to help. He
always 42 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We
never talked much. He 43 just simply smile and ask what else he
could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly 44 home.
Weeks passed and the 45 over
the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of
46 before the holiday break. I smiled in 47 as the last of
them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David 48
standing by my desk.
“I have something for you,” he said
and 49 from behind his back a small box. 50 it to me,
he said anxiously, “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly
unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my 51 I saw nothing. I looked
at David‘s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice,
David, but it’s 52 .”
“Oh no, it isn’t,” said David. “It’s full
of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t
see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes 53 I
looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given 54 to. After
that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the
meaning 55 the little empty box set on my desk.
36. A. anxious B. courageous
serious D. sceptical
37. A. warning B. ringing
calling D.
yelling
38. A. scolded B. wondered
realized D. learned
39. A. irregularly B.
unnaturally
untidily D. improperly
40. A. patient B. upset
special D. funny
41. A. expressing B.
delivering
wearing D. sharing
42. A. practiced B.
wandered
studied D. stayed
43. A. would B.
should
might D. could
44. A. aim at B. turn to
put off D. head for
45. A. argument B.
excitement
movement D. judgment
46. A. school B. year
education D. program
47. A. relief B.
return
vain D. control
48. A. weakly B. sadly
quietly D. helplessly
49. A. searched B.
found
raised D. pulled
50. A. Holding B. Handing
Sending D. Leaving
51. A. delight B. expectation
appreciation D. surprise
52. A. cheap B.
empty
useless D. improper
53. A. as B. until
because D. though
54. A. advice B. support
attention D. command
55. A. from B.
behind
over D. towards