Question

完形填空

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Three boys and three girls boarded the bus to Fort Lauderdale, dreaming of golden beaches as the gray cold of New York disappeared behind them. They noticed an old man, who sat in front of them, dressed in a plain, ill-fitting suit, never ________ , and his dusty face ________ his age.

He was ________ in his seat like a stone, and the young people began to ________about him, trying to ________ his life and his age. Deep into the night, outside Washington, one of the girls went up to him and introduced herself. “Want some wine?” He took ________ the glass and drank.

Slowly and ________ he told his story. His name was Vingo, he had been in ________ in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home. “When I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn't ________ it, if the kids kept asking questions, if it ________ too much, she could just forget me, I'd understand.”

“Last week, knowing I would be ________, I wrote her again. We used to live in Brunswick and there's a big oak tree just as you come into town. I told her that if she would ________ me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I'd ________ and come home with her. If she didn't ________ me, forget it, no handkerchief, and I'd go on through.”

“Wow,” the girl exclaimed. She told the others, and soon all of them put their faces against the window, waiting for the ________ of Brunswick.

Then Brunswick was ten miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming ________ , all except Vingo. Vingo sat there ________ , looking at the oak tree. It was almost ________ with yellow handkerchiefs, 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a huge flag of ________ , blowing in the wind. As the young people shouted, the old man rose and ________ his way to the front of the bus to go home.

1.A. moving B. leaning C. stopping D. heading

2.A. proved B. masked C. betrayed D. abandoned

3.A. rooted B. annoyed C. relaxed D. alarmed

4.A. hear B. care C. wonder D. speak

5.A. bother B. describe C. imagine D. know

6.A. away B. in C. out D. over

7.A. terribly B. eagerly C. painfully D. casually

8.A. hospital B. prison C. company D. work

9.A. support B. believe C. stand D. ignore

10.A. lasted B. influenced C. cost D. hurt

11.A. hopeless B. convenient C. successful D. free

12.A. take B. refuse C. call D. write

13.A. get out B. get off C. get on D. get in

14.A. remember B. believe C. miss D. accept

15.A. entrance B. beauty C. existence D. approach

16.A. amazingly B. joyfully C. definitely D. desperately

17.A. shocked B. puzzled C. terrified D. depressed

18.A. covered B. surrounded C. spotted D. dotted

19.A. wishes B. welcome C. victory D. success

20.A. felt B. forced C. made D. pushed

Answer 1