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The friendship between us never fades(褪色). Mary Allen was my best friend—like a sister I never . We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and so on.

When I was 13, my family moved. Mary and I in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special days— like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less. One day a card that I sent came back, “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to find Mary.

Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to stories of my children and then grandchildren. I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then my mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could .

One day I was reading a newspaper I noticed a picture of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman— Mary’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, I wrote to her anyway.

She as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Mary Allen Wagman is my mother.” Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each other’s .

Now the empty place in my heart is filled, and there is one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!

1.A. had B. loved C. left D. met

2.A. got B. kept C. lost D. fell

3.A. comfortable B. careful C. easy D. busy

4.A. told B. writing C. read D. saying

5.A. tell B. share C. write D. remember

6.A. stay B. hide C. fill D. live

7.A. when B. while C. if D. though

8.A. and B. since C. but D. so

9.A. called B. laughed C. cried D. shouted

10.A. future B. progress C. weddings D. lives

As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.

Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my own room at night that scared (使惊恐) me so much. There was never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the curtains (窗帘) seem to move when there was no wind. A very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the day. My imagination would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.

Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.

Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.

One of the processes (过程) about growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.

1._____________________would scare the writer at night.

A. Streetlight and car lights

B. Wild animals and enemies

C. Moving curtains and wind

D. Strange sights and sounds

2.When she went to some other places, she would ______________________.

A. walk away without others

B. take a bus by herself

C. follow others closely

D. make sure not to take a wrong bus

3.The underlined word "overcome" means "_________" in Chinese.

A. 接受 B. 忍受 C. 信服 D. 克服

4.Which of the following statements would be possibly TRUE when she was a child?

A. She thought being popular among people was important.

B. She was always the leader of the others.

C. She always got poor grades.

D. She was not at all liked by others.

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