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题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。

My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the feared head of the family.

When I was five years old, she invited some friends to her apartment for a party. __36__ the guests was a neighborhood big shot who was doing well __37__. His wife was proud of their social status. They had a little girl about my age who was __38__ and very much used to getting her own way.

At one point during the party, I __39__ my way to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. A minute or two later, the little girl __40__ the bathroom door and grandly walked in. I was still sitting down. "Don't you know that little girls aren't __41__ to come into the bathroom when a little boy is using it!?" I shouted. The __42__ I had heaped upon her shocked the little girl. Then she started to cry. She tearfully __43__ to her parents and my grandmother. Grandmother was waiting for me when I left the bathroom. I received the longest, sharpest __44__. After her scolding was over and I had been __45__, the party continued．

Twenty minutes later, all that changed．Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a flood of water __46__ out from under the door. She __47__ the bathroom door and saw that the sink and tub were plugged up and that the __48__ were going at full blast (拧到最大). Everyone knew who did it. The guests quickly formed a __49__ wall around me, but Grandmother was __50__ angry that she almost got to me anyway.

My grandfather took me __51__ to the window. He was a kind and gentle man, full of wisdom and patience. __52__ did he raise his voice to anyone, and never did he __53__ his wife. He looked at me with much curiosity, __54__ angry or upset.

"Tell me," he asked, "why did you do it?"

"Well, she yelled at me __55__," I said earnestly. "Now she's got something to yell about."

Grandfather didn't speak right away. He just sat there, looking at me and smiling. "Eric," he said at last, "you are my revenge."

36．A．Between B．Among    C．Around    D．Beside

37．A．on business     B．for wealth       C．in money        D．in business

38．A．spoiled    B．harmed    C．liked        D．concerned

39．A．made       B．found      C．pushed    D．wound

40．A．closed      B．opened     C．beat D．tapped

41．A．expected B．asked       C．supposed D．told

42．A．happiness        B．depression       C．embarrassment        D．anger

43．A．complained     B．apologized     C．replied     D．referred

44．A．crying     B．scolding   C．murmuring   D．whispering

45．A．fined       B．hired       C．dismissed        D．fired

46．A．moving    B．stirring    C．floating    D．streaming

47．A．pushed open    B．pulled down  C．shut up    D．knocked at

48．A．pipes       B．taps C．tubes       D．switches

49．A．productive      B．hard        C．protective        D．rough

50．A．so    B．too   C．as     D．very

51．A．by his hand     B．by the hand     C．by surprise      D．with anxiety

52．A．Often      B．Sometimes      C．Always    D．Rarely

53．A．argue with      B．talk with   C．put up with     D．discuss with 

54．A．at least     B．at most    C．not at all D．more than

55．A．for something        B．for nothing      C．without doubt D．with sympathy

I became lame (瘸的) in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand  36  the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I “ 37 ” .
I still remembered the first day at 38 . When I appeared at the door,   39  in the classroom stared (凝视) at me in  40 . My face turned  41  . I couldn’t help  42   
back. It was the  43  and sympathy (同情) in their eyes that  44  me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.
Being lame, I didn’t dare to  45 in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be  46  at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking   47 .
One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really   48  . They encouraged me with a(n)  49  smile and   50  me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was   51  to them for giving me a chance to see the   52  of our lovely school with my own eyes.
After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always   53   
to help me. It made me   54  I am handicapped (残疾的).
Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school?” Without hesitation (犹豫) I said, “ It is the   55 .”

My brother，Mark，died in a traffic accident four years ago. He was my big brother and    36   looked after me. I am    37   today for all of the special times we had as running partners，and times    38   driving to different races，where we had so many    39   about life in general. I    40   these talks terribly at this time of the year.

   41  ，I am so happy he shared with me the    42   of his faith. He was always so    43   to people，and I had been with him many times    44  we pulled over to help someone in need，   45   a smile and helping them get back on the road. So I was not    46   when he told me of the time when he was    47    in college. It was the end of the month. To make matters worse，it was Friday and he had no    48   in his pocket for the weekend. Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to    49   my dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others    50   helping yourself.

On his way home from classes that day，as he was driving along，he noticed a guy ahead of him    51   his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner. Mark    52   right over and helped him load the lumber back into his truck. The guy was so thankful and    53   his hand to Mark，and in it was one hundred dollars. Mark couldn’t believe his    54  . He told him that was unnecessary but the man     55   and off he drove.

I still think of Mark sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was.

1.                A．hardly　　      B．never          C．sometimes D．always

2.                A．successful       B．thankful        C．cheerful  D．hopeful

3.                A．spared         B．wasted         C．spent D．saved

4.                A．questions       B．arguments       C．differences    D．conversations

5.                A．miss           B．remember      C．keep D．fear

6.                A．However       B．So             C．Then D．If

7.                A．record         B．belief          C．story D．secret

8.                A．careful         B．helpful         C．powerful  D．grateful

9.                A．because        B．while           C．until D．when

10.               A．sharing         B．forcing         C．recognizing D．understanding

11.               A．pleased        B．worried        C．surprised  D．excited

12.               A．never　　      B．yet            C．even D．still

13.               A．food           B．money         C．paper D．key

14.               A．change         B．attend         C．see   D．persuade

15.               A．means         B．follows         C．explains   D．agrees

16.               A．carry          B．lose           C．arrange   D．place

17.               A．pushed         B．moved         C．pulled D．walked

18.               A．raised          B．held           C．offered   D．shook

19.               A．eyes           B．ears           C．mind D．feeling

20.               A．complained     B．apologized      C．regretted  D．insisted

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA.

“Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please ____21____ there at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly ____22_____.” said an anxious voice of a young man. “ And you know I am the ….”

“Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ____23____ though the line was cut off. Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off. Before long they got to the crossing, but they ___24____everything was fine. No accident, no wounded man.

“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman ____25____. “ We must find out that bad___26_____ and …..”They were just talking about the _____27___when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came ___28_____towards them, too. When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly ____29___ to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen __30_______, the train hit the truck heavily and ___31____it dozens of meters away.

      When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ___32_____ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone. As he was taken to the ___33______ in time, his life was saved

Later the police did whatever they could to _____34___the woman who had telephoned them. It turned out that the woman was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand ____35_____ of this crime as described above.

1.A ．call      B． come            C． go          D． notice

2.A ． beaten  B． treated         C． needed      D． injured

3.A ．talking       B． laughing        C． crying      D． shouting

4.A.．realized      B．found            C． proved      D． wondered

5.Ａ．nervously　  B．  Disappointedly  C． angrily D． surprisingly

6.A． man       B． woman           C． child               D． driver

7.A． trial     B． warning         C． program     D． punishment

8.A．passing        B． turning         C． running     D． rolling

9.A．refused        B． stopped         C． continued  D． began

10.A.．above        B． below           C． alive           D． present

11.A.．struck       B． met             C． caught      D． missed

12.A.．pushed       B． helped          C． let         D． asked

13.A ．company      B． house           C． station     D． hospital

14.A ．meet         B． punish          C． find            D． arrest

15.A.．information      B． result          C． advice      D． news

“You'll have to take care of the baby today,” a woman told her husband . “ I'm not feeling well.”
“Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear. “ her husband said. “I'll be pleased to look after our baby. “
“Thank you. I'll have a quiet day and I'll soon get better. “ his wife told him.
“Shall I do the shopping for you as well?” her husband asked.
She was very pleased and said, “That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy. “
She wrote out the list and gave it to him.
“You can get all these things at the supermarket,” she said.
“You can put the baby in the shopping cart, then you won't have to leave him outside.”
The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things to buy and looked for those that were on his list.
At first all was well, but then the baby began to cry.
Then he started to scream.
And scream!
And SCREAM!
“Keep calm ,George, ” the man said. “Don't get excited. Don't shout, George. Don't lose your temper, George.”
A woman in the supermarket heard him saying these things. She walked up to him.
“I think you are wonderful ,”she said. “You are so patient with your little George. ”
　　“Madam, ”" the man said, “I'm George. He's Edward.”
【小题1】 Why did the man take care of the baby?