Question

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。

As a child, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons on my grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania. The house and barn provided endless hours of  36  for a city kid like me.

I still  37  one afternoon when I was eight years old. Since my first  38  to the farm, I’d wanted more than anything to be  39  to climb the stone walls surrounding the property. My parents never  40 . The walls were old. Some stones were  41 ,and others were loose and crumbling. Still, my desire to climb those walls  42  so strong that finally, one spring afternoon, I gathered all my

 43  and entered the living room, where the adults had  44  after Sunday dinner.

“I, uh, I want to climb the stone walls,” I said hesitantly.  45  looked up. “Can I ?”

 46  a chorus went up from the women in the room. “Heavens, no!” they cried in dismay. “You’ll hurt yourself!”

I wasn’t too  47 . It was the response I’d expected. Yet,  48  I could leave the room, I was stopped by my grandfather’s booming  49 . “Now hold on just a minute, ” he cried. “ 50  the boy climb them. He has to learn to do things  51  himself.”

“Run quickly,” he said to me. “And come see me  52  you get back.”

For the next two and a half hours I climbed those old walls—and had the time of my life. Later I went to my grandfather to tell him about my  53 . I’ll never forget what he said.

“Fred,” he smiled, “you made this day a(n)  54  one just by being yourself. Always remember, there’s only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly  55  you are.” Many years have passed since then, but I still cherish his words in my heart.

36.A. trouble             B. challenge                  C. interest                     D. fun

37.A. imagine            B. remember                 C. regret                          D. cherish

38.A. sight                   B. visit                         C. access                   D. entrance

39.A. expected              B. suggested                 C. allowed                    D. refused

40.A. approved             B. admitted                   C. chose                     D. decided

41.A. broken                B. lost                          C. empty                   D. missing

42.A. grew                   B. spread                   C. turned                   D. appeared

43.A. strength            B. courage                    C. belief                       D. hope

44.A. arranged                  B. gathered                   C. discussed                  D. organized

45.A. Someone             B. Nobody                    C. Everyone                 D. Anybody

46.A. Carefully             B. Immediately             C. Usually                    D. Fortunately

47.A. disappointed     B. angry                       C. delighted                  D. worried

48.A. after                    B. once                        C. unless                   D. before

49.A. sound                  B. noise                        C. voice                       D. praise

50.A. Permit                 B. Consider                  C. Let                          D. Stop

51.A. by                          B. to                           C. on                           D. for

52.A. until                    B. when                       C. since                        D. while

53.A. dream                 B. burden                         C. adventure                 D. attempt

54.A. ordinary                  B. special                         C. curious                     D. typical

55.A. why                   B. what                        C. how                        D. as

Answer 1

36-40 DBBCA       41-45DABBC 46-50 BADCC      51-55 DBCBD