55．A．whispering
B．laughing
C．screaming
D．crying
2005高考英语(湖南卷)
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson,
Arizona. 36 the
move, my father 37 us in the living-room on a freezing
January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not
38 that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May,
we're 39 to Arizona."
The words, so small, didn't seem
40 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a
tram moving across the country. I watched the 41_ change
from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new
plants that 42 mysteries(奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 43 into
own new home.
44 my
older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 45 explored(探索) our
new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring
46 and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You'd better not 47 that."
I turned around to see an old woman
"Are you new lo this
neighborhood?" I explained that I was, 48 , new to the entire
state.
"My name is Ina Thorne. Have you
got used to life in the 49 ? It must be quite a
_50 after living in Boston."
How could I explain how I
51 the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.
"It's vastness," she
offered. “That vastness 52 you stand on the mountains
overlooking the desert -- you can 53 how little you are in
comparison with the world. _54 , you feel that the possibilities
are limitless.”
That was it. That was the feeling I'd
bad ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my
55 would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my
home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't
touch."