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各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. We were on “evacuation alert (疏散警报)”. If we got the 36 to evacuate, we would have to leave immediately.
We 37 suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn’t 38 these things were valuable, but time was. We moved the computers, with which I wrote for newspapers and made a 39 . We took family pictures off the 40 and packed them in boxes.
Then we took a hard look at all that 41 . There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a 42 to my family. And there was the piano my wife Bev 43 to play when she was a little girl. Not of great 44 in itself, but another family connection.
The thought of 45 something passed down from our families saddened me deeply, 46 I’d never been much attached to things. It’s about what they 47 -family and love. They each had a(n) 48 to tell, and some of them spoke in the 49 of our parents and grandparents.
The fire 50 reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 51 , I also realized just how fortunate I had been 52 . I saw just how rich my life had been. Someone 53 said, “There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money.” And now I 54 . I was indeed rich. I was rich in family, rich in memories, rich in everything that really 55 .
I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.
36.A.answer B.call C.chance D.task
37.A.sold B.bought C.searched D.packed
38.A.worry B.care C.think D.doubt
39.A.mark B.living C.sign D.plan
40.A.walls B.ceilings C.windows D.albums
41.A.left B.burnt C.remained D.unmoved
42.A.present B.connection C.symbol D.treasure
43.A.learned B.agreed C.forgot D.refused
44.A.quality B.taste C.value D.sense
45.A.knocking out B.picking out C.giving away D.leaving behind
46.A.but B.unless C.even though D.or
47.A.contained B.included C.represented D.gathered
48.A.idea B.lie C.right D.story
49.A.sounds B.voices C.speeds D.feelings
50.A.never B.once C.seldom D.finally
51.A.returned B.spared C.stopped D.found
52.A.in another way B.in return C.at last D.at most
53.A.curiously B.accidentally C.wisely D.coldly
54.A.promised B.knew C.announced D.thanked
55.A.affects B.desires C.helps D.counts
36—40 BDCBA
41—45 CBACD 46—50 CCDBA 51—55 BACBD
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