11.第一节 完形填空
Forever friendshipTwenty-one years ago,my husband gave me Sam,an eight-week-old dog,to help me ease(减轻;缓解) the loss of our daughter.Later my husband and I moved from New York to New Jersey where our neighbor,whose cat had (41)A had kittens,asked us if we would like one.We were afraid that Sam would not be(42)D,but we made up our (43)A to take a kitten.
We picked a little,gray,playful cat.She (44)C around running after imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from table to chair very (45)B,so we named her Lightning(闪电).
At (46)D,Sam and Lightning were not close to each other.But slowly,as the days went on,Lightning started(47)B Sam.They slept together,ate together and played together.When I took (48)C one out of the house,the other was always (49)A by the door when we returned.That was the (50)C they lived for years.
Then,without any (51)D,Sam suddenly died of a weak heart.This time,there was no Sam for Lightning to greet and no way to (52)B why she would never see her friend again.
In the(53)A that followed,Lightning seemed heartbroken.She could not (54)B me in words that she was (55)C,but I could see the pain and (56)A in her eyes whenever anyone opened the front door.The weeks (57)B by,and the cat's sorrow seemed to be lifting(消失).One day as I walked into our living room,I(58)C to have a look at the floor next to our sofa(59)D we had a sculptured replica(雕塑复制品)of Sam that we had bought a few years before.Lying next to the statue(雕塑),one arm wrapped around the statue's neck,was Lightning,sleeping with her best (60)A.
Forever friendshipTwenty-one years ago,my husband gave me Sam,an eight-week-old dog,to help me ease(减轻;缓解) the loss of our daughter.Later my husband and I moved from New York to New Jersey where our neighbor,whose cat had (41)A had kittens,asked us if we would like one.We were afraid that Sam would not be(42)D,but we made up our (43)A to take a kitten.
We picked a little,gray,playful cat.She (44)C around running after imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from table to chair very (45)B,so we named her Lightning(闪电).
At (46)D,Sam and Lightning were not close to each other.But slowly,as the days went on,Lightning started(47)B Sam.They slept together,ate together and played together.When I took (48)C one out of the house,the other was always (49)A by the door when we returned.That was the (50)C they lived for years.
Then,without any (51)D,Sam suddenly died of a weak heart.This time,there was no Sam for Lightning to greet and no way to (52)B why she would never see her friend again.
In the(53)A that followed,Lightning seemed heartbroken.She could not (54)B me in words that she was (55)C,but I could see the pain and (56)A in her eyes whenever anyone opened the front door.The weeks (57)B by,and the cat's sorrow seemed to be lifting(消失).One day as I walked into our living room,I(58)C to have a look at the floor next to our sofa(59)D we had a sculptured replica(雕塑复制品)of Sam that we had bought a few years before.Lying next to the statue(雕塑),one arm wrapped around the statue's neck,was Lightning,sleeping with her best (60)A.
41.A.recently | B.lastly | C.firstly | D.never |
42.A.sad | B.excited | C.disappointed | D.glad |
43.A.minds | B.hearts | C.heads | D.brains |
44.A.walked | B.climbed | C.raced | D.hid |
45.A.slowly | B.quickly | C.carefully | D.bravely |
46.A.last | B.noon | C.night | D.first |
47.A.leaving | B.following | C.hating | D.catching |
48.A.neither | B.both | C.either | D.any |
49.A.waiting | B.sleeping | C.crying | D.barking |
50.A.road | B.path | C.way | D.street |
51.A.words | B.diseases | C.fear | D.warning |
52.A.talk | B.explain | C.think | D.write |
53.A.days | B.weeks | C.seasons | D.years |
54.A.express | B.tell | C.report | D.say |
55.A.enjoying | B.doing | C.suffering | D.missing |
56.A.disappointment | B.anger | C.excitement | D.fun |
57.A.came | B.went | C.gathered | D.walked |
58.A.seemed | B.appeared | C.happened | D.meant |
59.A.what | B.which | C.that | D.where |
60.A.friend | B.enemy | C.sofa | D.chair |
10.I would lose things.One (41)D,my parents bought me a brown coat with a matching separate (42)Ato protect me from the snowy weather.They had (43)Bto buy me a coat with a hood(连衣帽) because they knew my weakness but I begged and promised that I would not lose the hat.
One day my father came home from work and asked me if I would(44)C my new coat and hat.Upstairs I rushed two steps at a time,(45)D to put on a fashion show.I pulled on the coat but I couldn't find the hat.I(46)Clooked under my bed and in the closet,but it was(47)B.Maybe he wouldn't (48)Athat I wasn't wearing it.
I flew(49)D and spun around(50)Bon a stage,posing,smiling and modeling my new coat."How pretty!More pretty with the matching hat!"he said."I just want to show you the coat."I said,still dancing around the hallway and trying to avoid the subject of the hat.I knew the hat was(51)C.
(52)A,my father seemed to have forgotten it,laughing and playing with me.(53)B,in the middle of his laughing,he slapped me hard on the face.His (54)Dstung me deeply.I stood there,holding my hand to my burning cheek and(55)B.Then he took my new hat(56)Chis pocket.He had found it lying on the street,and as he looked at me over the top of glasses,he said,"Maybe now you'll learn not to be(57)A."
I'm a grown woman now,but I(58)Close things.What my father taught me that day was not a lesson of(59)D.I learned not to (60)Ahis laughter any longer,because even his laughter hurt.
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One day my father came home from work and asked me if I would(44)C my new coat and hat.Upstairs I rushed two steps at a time,(45)D to put on a fashion show.I pulled on the coat but I couldn't find the hat.I(46)Clooked under my bed and in the closet,but it was(47)B.Maybe he wouldn't (48)Athat I wasn't wearing it.
I flew(49)D and spun around(50)Bon a stage,posing,smiling and modeling my new coat."How pretty!More pretty with the matching hat!"he said."I just want to show you the coat."I said,still dancing around the hallway and trying to avoid the subject of the hat.I knew the hat was(51)C.
(52)A,my father seemed to have forgotten it,laughing and playing with me.(53)B,in the middle of his laughing,he slapped me hard on the face.His (54)Dstung me deeply.I stood there,holding my hand to my burning cheek and(55)B.Then he took my new hat(56)Chis pocket.He had found it lying on the street,and as he looked at me over the top of glasses,he said,"Maybe now you'll learn not to be(57)A."
I'm a grown woman now,but I(58)Close things.What my father taught me that day was not a lesson of(59)D.I learned not to (60)Ahis laughter any longer,because even his laughter hurt.
41.A.spring | B.summer | C.autumn | D.winter |
42.A.hat | B.pocket | C.scarf | D.hood |
43.A.pretended | B.intended | C.designed | D.convinced |
44.A.put away | B.show off | C.try on | D.look for |
45.A.interested | B.astonished | C.content | D.excited |
46.A.cautiously | B.naturally | C.nervously | D.eagerly |
47.A.anywhere | B.nowhere | C.somewhere | D.everywhere |
48.A.notice | B.realize | C.remember | D.forgive |
49.A.inside | B.outside | C.upstairs | D.downstairs |
50.A.even if | B.as if | C.only if | D.if only |
51.A.hidden | B.thrown | C.lost | D.dropped |
52.A.Fortunately | B.Eventually | C.Obviously | D.Unexpectedly |
53.A.Therefore | B.However | C.Otherwise | D.Besides |
54.A.suspicion | B.happiness | C.seriousness | D.anger |
55.A.listening | B.crying | C.thinking | D.laughing |
56.A.down into | B.away from | C.out of | D.up to |
57.A.careless | B.confident | C.careful | D.clever |
58.A.never | B.simply | C.still | D.even |
59.A.flexibility | B.humor | C.honesty | D.responsibility |
60.A.trust | B.ruin | C.share | D.cause |