完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

“Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight?” I  36  asked my father. “I have to work late tonight. I doubt whether I’ll be able to 37 it on time. I am just too busy right now,” he replied.

My mind could not  38  the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to  39  my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same  40 . Why had I even bothered to ask?  41 , there was always a slight hope that tonight would be  42  .

As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends  43  me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.” I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the  44  as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called,  45  three others. I followed my classmates to the  46 . When I reached out my hand to shake the  47  , a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera  48  my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there. I walked back to my seat  49 .

Back at home, seeing my dad’s car in the garage, I told myself he would not be  50  . But the strong smell of alcohol（酒精）hit me as soon as I 51  inside, and I could feel my tears  52  . I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him  53  on the couch(沙发).

54  did father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more  55  than his whiskey bottle.

1. A. confidently     B. eagerly        C. proudly        D. fearfully

2. A. reach           B. keep           C. take           D. make

3. A. create          B. support        C. appreciate     D. accept

4. A. watch           B. avoid          C. attend         D. speed

5. A. excuse          B. reply          C. promise        D. trick

6. A. Besides         B. Thus           C. Otherwise      D. However

7. A. active          B. formal         C. different      D. serious

8. A. recognized      B. greeted        C. encouraged     D. showed

9.A. air              B. audience       C. school         D. playground

10. A. apart from     B. other than     C. except for     D. along with

11.A. stage           B. position       C. office         D. exit

12.A. Jill’s         B. teacher’s     C. mother’s      D. father’s

13. A. fixed          B. touched        C. hurt           D. inserted

14. A. successfully   B. disappointedly C. delightedly    D. hopefully

15.A. drunk           B. woken          C. forgiven       D. hidden

16.A. stepped         B. noticed        C. examined       D. glanced

17. A. getting off    B. taking down    C. building up    D. turning around

18. A. leaning        B. lying          C. putting        D. carrying

19. A. How            B. Where          C. Why            D. Whether

20. A. perfect  B. comfortable  C. fortunate    D. important

_____ advice I give him, he always behaves in his own way. I simply can’t do anything with him.

John is a good swimmer, but I don’t like the way ____ he always shows off in front of everyone.

A. how      B. why      C. 不填     D. which

I remember my math teacher Mr. Young very well. He stood out because the kids made fun of him. He was missing one of his fingers, and always pointed at students with his middle finger.

 I was not very good at English and math. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not figure out why I did not understand what all the other kids found so easy to learn.

One day, I was told that if I got one more E on my report card, I would be taken to the “big prison for kids”.

 I tried really hard for weeks. I just couldn’t understand how to make different parts of numbers into whole things.

The day before report cards were to come out, I knew that Mr Young would give me an E, just like he always did.

I went to Mr. Young and told him that the orphanage (孤儿院) was going to send me to the big prison if I got another E on my report card. He told me there was nothing he could do; it would be unfair to the other kids if he gave me a better grade than I had actually earned. I smiled at him and said, “Mr. Young, do you know how the kids make fun of you because you’re missing your finger?”

He looked at me, moved his mouth to one side and said nothing.

“They shouldn’t do that to you because you can’t help not having a finger, Mr Young. Just like I can’t help not being able to learn numbers and stuff like that,” I said.

The next day, when I got my report card, I tucked it into one of my books. While on the school bus, I opened it: Geography, B+; Mechanical Drawing, C-; English, D-; History, C-; Gym, B+; Art, C; Math, D-.

That math grade was the most favorite one I ever received. Because I knew that someone in the world finally understood what it was like for me to be missing a finger inside my head.

1.From the second paragraph we can infer that the boy is ______ in some subjects.

A. mind-blowing     B. slow-witted     C. fun-loving     D. badly-behaved

2. Where may the boy live according to the passage?

A. In an orphanage.        B. In a big prison.    

C. In the school dormitory.  D. In his home.

3.. What grade should the boy have got in the math test this time?

A. D-.            B. C.             C. B+.             D. E.

4. The underlined word “tucked” in the passage most probably means “________”.

A. stuck             B. listed              C. hid           D. copied

5. The reason why the boy remembers Mr Young is that ______.

A. he missed one of his fingers     B. he treated his students very well

C. he understood the boy          D. he taught his students in a special way