One day, four lawyers were riding along a country road. There had been a(n)  36 , and the ground was soft. The lawyers rode  37 , talking and laughing. As they were passing through a  38 , they heard some noises in the grass.
“What’s the matter here?” asked one man.
“Oh, it’s only some old robins (知更鸟)!” said another one, “The  39  has blown them out of the nest. They are too young to  40  .”
“What a  41  ! They’ll die,” said the third one.
“Well! They’re nothing but  42  ,” said the first lawyer.
The three men looked down and saw the mother robin  43  to her mates. Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. In a few minutes they had  44  the birds. But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln,  45  . He got down from his  46  and gently took the little ones up. They didn’t seem  47 , but chirped (唧唧叫) softly, as if they knew they were safe.
“Never  48 , my little fellows,” said Mr. Lincoln. Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had  49 . It was much higher than he could reach. But Mr. Lincoln could  50 . He put the birds softly, one by one, into their warm home.
In a few minutes, Mr. Lincoln  51  the others. He had torn his coat on the thorny (多刺的) tree. Then all three of them  52  heartily. They thought it so   53  that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless young birds.
“Gentlemen,” said Mr. Lincoln, “I couldn’t have  54  tonight if I had left those helpless robins to die in the  55  grass.”
Abraham Lincoln afterwards became President of America.

【小题1】
A.warB.earthquakeC.fire D.rain
【小题2】
A.calmlyB.nervouslyC.slowlyD.frequently
【小题3】
A.forestB.roomC.streetD.city
【小题4】
A.snowB.stormC.lightD.flood
【小题5】
A.flyB.speakC.moveD.eat
【小题6】
A.successB.shameC.pityD.case
【小题7】
A.treesB.petsC.childrenD.birds
【小题8】
A.dancingB.pointingC.singingD.crying
【小题9】
A.dealt withB.forgotten aboutC.cared forD.turned to
【小题10】
A.shoutedB.stoppedC.consideredD.insisted
【小题11】
A.wallB.carC.horseD.truck
【小题12】
A.frightenedB.tiredC.interestedD.touched
【小题13】
A.stayB.mindC.standD.rest
【小题14】
A.learnedB.comeC.fallenD.heard
【小题15】
A.driveB.climbC.cookD.run
【小题16】
A.noticedB.blamedC.visitedD.joined
【小题17】
A.laughedB.jumpedC.workedD.cried
【小题18】
A.luckyB.clearC.foolishD.dangerous
【小题19】
A.changedB.returnedC.readD.slept
【小题20】
A.wetB.greenC.smallD.fresh

After my dad died on Aug.30, 2001, my mother made sure we marked each anniversary. At first, my brothers and sister and I would travel hours to get home, but eventually we got to the point where just one or two of us would make it back to go to Mass with her and spend the day together.

The great love of her life, the man who broke up with her right before her college graduation, only to return two years later claiming he’d traveled the world and hadn’t found anyone to compare with her, remained a daily presence in her life. She spoke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone. She took over the garden where he’d planted and made it her own.

When the 10th anniversary of his death approached, my mom began talking about it and planning for it weeks in advance. The date on her kitchen calendar was circled and marked R.I.P. (Rest in Peace). Of course she wanted all of us there and settled the dates for our coming back.

On Monday — the day before the anniversary — she went to morning Mass and walked downtown for lunch with friends, and later told my sister on the phone that she felt Dad still so close that as she was walking back home, she heard someone yell and thought, “Oh, there’s Dick.”

That evening she went out to water flowers, just as my father, 10 years before, had gone out to the garden to pick vegetables before he died. A neighbor heard the tin watering can strike the ground as she fell and hit her head. My mother died within hours, on Aug.30, 2011, the 10thanniversary. She needed to mark that anniversary, she wanted us all home and my dad had waited long enough.

1.From the second paragraph we know that the author’s father______.

A.traveled around the world and left her mother

B.left her mother first but returned two years later

C.had a quarrel with her before her graduation

D.was not the right man her mother wanted at that time

2.We can infer from the passage that the author’s mother _____.

A.knew her last day was coming on Aug.30

B.kept everything of her father’s home

C.missed Father though he had passed away

D.remained a daily presence in his life

3.Which of the following statements is true EXCEPT that _____.

A.Mother died the day before the anniversary of Father’s death

B.Mother died in the garden as Father did ten years ago

C.Mother died because she fell to the ground accidentally

D.Mother died on the same date when Father did ten years ago

4.What does the writer imply in the underlined part of the last sentence?

A.She wanted us to stay at home.             B.Mother missed us very much.

C.Mother expected us to get back.            D.That day was her last day.

 

第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I hired a carpenter to help me restore an old farmhouse. After he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a   16   tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw   17   and now his ancient pickup truck refused to   18  . While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.   19  arriving, he invited me in to meet his family.

As we walked toward the front door, he paused  20   at a small tree, touching tips of the  21   with his hands.

When opening the door, he   22   an amusing transformation. His brown face was covered with   23   and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

After leaving the  24   family, I passed the tree and my curiosity got the   25   of me. I asked him, who   26   me to the car, “Before we went in,  27   did you stop by the tree earlier”

“Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied, “I know I can’t help having  28   on the job and in my life, but those troubles don’t   29   in the house with my wife and children. I know I can control one thing for 30  . I can hang them up on the tree every night  31   I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again before I  32   for work.”

“ 33   thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as  34   as I remember  35   up the night before.”

16.A.broken     B.terrible     C.flat    D.fantastic

17.A.quit   B.deleted     C.declined    D.reduced

18.A.ride   B.increase    C.perform    D.start

19.A.Before      B.On    C.Immediately     D.Directly

2,4,6

 

20.A.shortly     B.briefly      C.quietly      D.straight

21.A.trucks       B.leaves       C.branches   D.shoots

22.A.went by    B.went over C.went off   D.went through

23.A.smiles      B.sorrow      C.confidence       D.doubts

24.A.happy       B.large C.complex   D.modern

25.A.worse       B.better       C.more D.less

26.A.drove       B.sent   C.instructed  D.walked

27.A.how  B.who  C.why  D.where

28.A.matters     B.troubles    C.questions  D.worries

29.A.belong      B.insert C.include     D.provide

30.A.instance    B.ages  C.purpose    D.sure

31.A.when B.since C.because     D.if

32.A.ask    B.come C.leave D.look

33.A.Frightful  B.Funny      C.Strange     D.Accessible

34.A.much       B.few   C.little  D.many

35.A.picking     B.holding     C.hanging    D.giving

 

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