完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone（区域）, when a       came behind him.    the man started thinking of excuses to give.

As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you      me a little bit over the speed limit. I was in a rush to get     , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too     when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”

The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started      something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was     writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving      so far, the policeman came to his window,     him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this     going to be? However, the man was     it was not a ticket（罚单）at all and he began to     :

“I had a daughter who was      by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in    , and then was free, free to hug his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to     until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to       that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive（原谅） him. So pray（祈祷）for me, and be      when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”

The man was completely      and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove    , even a few miles      the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.

A. truck          B. mail car         C. police car           D. taxi

A. Just now       B. Just so          C. Right now            D. Right away

A. remembered B. caught           C. mistook          D. recognized

A. to school      B. home             C. out              D. to hospital

A. well           B. happy                C. free             D. bad

A. writing        B. looking for      C. listing              D. looking up

A. even           B. really               C. never                D. still

A. route         B. License（执照）  C. Journal          D. Insurance（保险）

A. handed     B. sent             C. rewarded         D. pushed

A. paper          B. note             C. notice           D. ticket

A. excited        B. upset                C. surprised            D. angry

A. laugh          B. smile                C. read             D. think

A. hit            B. knocked          C. trapped          D. killed

A. fear           B. trouble          C. prison               D. danger

A. stay           B. wait             C. remain           D. escape

A. forgive        B. attack           C. educate          D. support

A. honest          B. thankful         C. patient          D. careful

A. disappointed   B. nervous          C. shocked          D. frightened

A. quickly        B. slowly           C. fortunately      D. rapidly

A. under          B. over             C. to               D. with

A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone（区域）, when a   36  came behind him. Right away the man started thinking of   37  to give.
As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you   38  me a little bit over the speed limit（限制）. I was in a rush to get   39  , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too   40  when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”
The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started   41  something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was   42  writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving   43  so far, the policeman came to his window,   44  him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this   45   going to be? However, the man was   46  it was not a ticket at all and he began to   47  :
“I had a daughter who was   48  by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in   49  , and then was free, free to hug（拥抱） his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to   50  until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to   51  that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive (原谅) him. So pray (祈祷) for me, and be  52  when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”
The man was completely   53  and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove   54 , even a few miles   55  the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.

【小题11】

A．excited B．upset C．angry D．surprised

I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.

“Mom, come here! There’s this lady here my size!”

The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to apologize.

I smiled and told her, “It’s okay.” Then I talked to the boy, “Hi, I’m Darryl Kramer. How are you?”

He studied me from head to toe, and asked, “Are you a little mommy?”

“Yes, I have a son,” I answered.

“Why are you so little?” he asked.

“It’s the way I was born,” I said. “Some people are little. Some are tall. I’m just not going to grow any bigger.” After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy’s hand, and left.

My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.

It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an achondroplasia dwarf. Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.

I didn’t realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me names. Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs.

But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality.

I’m 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I’ve grown older. People are amazed when they see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, “Look what else I have — a great family, nice friends.”

It’s the children’s questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is that I will encourage them to accept their peers (a person of the same age, class, position, etc.), whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect.

1... Why did the mother apologize to the author?

   A. Because the boy ran into the author.

   B. Because the boy laughed at the author.

   C. Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.

   D. Because she thought the boy’s words had hurt the author.

2..  When did the author realize that she was too short?

   A. When she began to go to school.       B. When she was 47 years old.

   C. When she grew up.             D. When she met the boy in the supermarket.

3..  Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word “diminished”?

   A. dismissed       B. increased       C. decreased      D. discriminated

4.. How does the author feel about people’s stares?

   A. Angry.         B. Calm.          C. Painful.        D. Discouraged.

I always think my spoken English is so poor that I can’t communicate with
native English speakers well. So after going to the college, I take as  36 English lessons as I can. 37  I am free, I go to English corners and  38  English lessons and lectures. To my surprise, I can understand most of  39 of the professors who come from Canada, and the USA. However, I haven’t had more  40  to talk to them in English.
Although I  41  English articles out aloud every day, I am not sure if I can make myself  42  by native English speakers. How I hope I can talk to  43  English speakers for  a while. I went to the English  44  as usual last night. Surprisingly, there were three foreigners sitting there. There , however, were several Chinese students around them, too. “I must not  45  this chance,” I said to myself.
“Hi, nice to meet you.” I  46  to one of them.
“Nice to meet you too.” He put out his hand. We  47  hands, what a warm hand! Then I  48 myself to him. When I told him that I had  49  English by myself for three years, he said that it was  50  and my English was so good. His words gave me a lot of 51  . At that time he hadn’t had dinner. He asked us if it was rude or 52  to talk to us while he was eating (a)  53  . We, said we didn’t 54  that, only
if he was  55  to talk to us. He smiled and began to eat his supper.

A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone（区域）, when a   36   came behind him. Right away the man started thinking of   37   to give.

       As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you   38   me a little bit over the speed limit（限制）. I was in a rush to get   39  , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too   40   when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”

       The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started   41   something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was   42   writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving   43   so far, the policeman came to his window,   44   him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this   45   going to be? However, the man was   46   it was not a ticket at all and he began to   47  :

       “I had a daughter who was   48   by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in   49  , and then was free, free to hug（拥抱） his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to   50   until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to   51   that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive (原谅) him. So pray (祈祷) for me, and be   52   when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”

       The man was completely   53   and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove   54  , even a few miles   55   the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.

A. truck              B. mail car             C. police car                 D. taxi

A. excuses      B. information        C. advice                D. views

A. remembered         B. recognized         C. mistook                     D. caught

A. to school        B. home             C. out                 D. to hospital

A. well            B. happy             C. free                      D. healthy

A. writing           B. looking for         C. listing                D. looking up

A. even              B. really              C. still                 D. never

A. insurance      B. license            C. journal                D. route

A. sent              B. handed               C. rewarded            D. pushed

A. paper            B. note               C. ticket                    D. notice

A. excited         B. upset               C. angry                     D. surprised

A. laugh            B. smile              C. read                        D. think

A. hit              B. knocked             C. trapped              D. killed

A. fear             B. trouble                   C. prison               D. danger

A. wait             B. stay                   C. remain                   D. escape

A. attack           B. forgive               C. educate              D. support

A. honest          B. thankful            C. patient                 D. careful

A. disappointed B. nervous            C. shocked           D. frightened

A. quickly     B. slowly             C. fortunately          D. rapidly

A. under       B. over               C. to                D. with