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完型填空（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，并在答题卡上涂黑。

My mother attended college during the day while my sister was in school and I was in daycare．One day at daycare I   36   a tired mother attempt to   37   her daughter．The mother refused her little girl's request to go to McDonalds for dinner and the daughter immediately  38  over the floor, kicking and screaming, "I want to go to McDonalds．"_39_her mother tried stopped her crying．Finally her mother gave in, the girl stopped crying and they left．To say I was amazed would be   40   ,I was delighted that 41   I wanted could be got in the same way．

That day my mother picked me up early from daycare  42   we were collecting our - Christmas shopping．As we walked through the toy section, I saw a  43  I had to have．It was a white and red telephone whose bells   44   as it was pulled along on a string．

45   lovingly at my mother, I asked, "Mama,   46   I have that telephone?" She replied, "Not now, but if you are a good girl maybe Santa will bring it to you．" As I insisted, her eyes narrowed and her hand 47   on mine．

By now we were standing in the long line, and I figured it was _48_．I lay down on the ground and began screaming．"I want that telephone．" Tired Christmas shoppers looked as my mother   49 said, "Becky, you 'd better get up by the count of three  50  ．"

Nothing happened．So then she lay   51   me on the floor, and began kicking and screaming, "I want a new car, I want a new house, I want some jewelry, I want…" _52_ , I stood up．

    "Mama, stop．Mama, get up," I   53   said．

She stood, and   54   herself off．At first astonished, the others waiting in line began to clap．And as they were leaving, they said with a smile, "Your mom got your good．I bet you'll never try that again．"

And I didn't, because it left a lasting mental picture more effective than any   55 _ mark．

1.A．looked             B．found            C．observed             D．watched

2.．A．pick up          B．hold up          C．make up          D．hang up

3.．A．knocked          B．fell             C．came             D．took

4.．A．Anything         B．Something        C．Nothing          D．Everything

5.A．enough             B．abrupt           C．impossible       D．inaccurate

6.A．however            B．whenever         C．whatever         D．whichever

7.A．where              B．because         C．though           D．after

8.A．toy                B．bell             C．ring             D．doll

9.A．hung               B．burst            C．stayed           D．rang

10.A．Looking up        B．Holding up       C．Carrying on      D．Going through

11.A．must              B．can't           C．shall           D．will

12.A．tended            B．accumulated      C．tightened        D．approved

13.A．more or less      B．again and again  C．now and then     D．now or never

14.A．calmly            B．angrily          C．anxiously        D．disappointedly

15.A．at length         B．and so on        C．or something     D．or else

16.．A．beside          B．against          C．besides          D．over

17.A．Shocked           B．Excited          C．Angry            D．Amused

18.A．excitedly         B．tearfully        C．smilingly        D．jokingly

19.A．lift              B．polished         C．breathed         D．brushed

20.A．arbitrary         B．worthy           C．physical         D．Necessary

In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a (n)     36    at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop .The fruit shop did     37     business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood,    38     he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr. Breen     39     them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up , always      40    me to carry it out to their car . They were clearly long-standing customers , and I     41     they must have stayed faithful to him    42      he had promised to sell good quality      43    . He had a way with them ―I had to    44      that . He called every woman “madam” for a start ,    45     those who clearly were not, but when he      46    it , it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded      47    in an old-fashioned way . He was a great chatter      48    . If he did not know them , he would greet them with a few     49     about the weather ,     50    he did , he would ask about their families or make     51     , always cutting his cloth     52     his customers . Whatever their bills came to , be      53    gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite . He never     54     anything away . He was always looking for      55    for nothing .