阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a ___ over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always ____. Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was ____. I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t ___ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big ___ for the kids was the fun of Christmas ___.

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking ___ what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for ___ to share by all five of us.

The big ___ arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and ___ them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would ____ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits(情绪), ___ my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually ____. She had only one small, flat(瘪的) bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything ____ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ___ to be angry again. This is what she told me.

“I was looking ____ thinking of what to buy, and I ___ to read the little cards in the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ___ for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and ____ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so ____ as I did that day.

1.A. hatB. roofC. cloudD. star

2.A. littleB. lessC. moreD. enough

3.A. politeB. strictC. seriousD. sad

4.A. moneyB. roomC. timeD. date

5.A. angerB. problemC. surpriseD. excitement

6.A. shoppingB. travelingC. partiesD. greetings

7.A. the otherB. each otherC. one by oneD. every other one

8.A. toysB. clothesC. presentsD. bills

9.A. dayB. chanceC. cardD. tree

10.A. benefitedB. remindedC. invitedD. forgave

11.A. drawB. stayC. moveD. meet

12.A. includingB. exceptC. besideD. for

13.A. quietB. excitedC. happyD. healthy

14.A. sinceB. afterC. untilD. while

15.A. readyB. ableC. curiousD. afraid

16.A. outB. overC. forwardD. around

17.A. forgotB. stoppedC. failedD. hated

18.A. wantedB. didC. builtD. played

19.A. madeB. searchedC. boughtD. fetched

20.A. angryB. richC. patientD. terrified

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“Don’t you want to consider studying business?” It was 2003 and I was in Class 10. Why did Papa ask me that? He knew I wanted to be a ________.

“If you’re thinking of studying mass media after class 12,” Papa added, “________ should be more helpful than science.”

“But I ________ to be a cardiologist(心脏病学家), Papa!” I protested.

“________ that’s where your heart really lies, I’m sorry I ________ this up,” he said.

In 2006, after I had spent two difficult years trying to study science, I brought up the ________ again with my father, a teacher who ________ his own training institute in Ujjain, MP. “What made you ________ I’d make a better journalist than a doctor?” I asked Papa.

“You have been my ________, too,” he said, smiling.

I was just eight years old when I ________ evening classes at his institute. It was very different from regular school. We shared anecdotes, made presentations, staged plays, listened to and watched tapes from the BBC.

Always thinking about his students, Papa ________ takes leave but when he absolutely has to, he feels guilty. It ________ him when a student doesn’t show the same enthusiasm.

Every year, Teacher’s Day, the 5th of September, is like a ________ in our house. The phone ________ ringing. Papa takes every call ________ it were the only one he got.

It turned out to be journalism and not cardiology for me. In June 2006, when I joined St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, for my ________ degree in mass media, it felt like Papa’s classes. Soon I was writing regularly for the news magazine Outlook. In 2009, it was Papa again who ________ me decide not take a postgraduate degree in mass media.

“You’ll only study the ________ things again,” Papa explained. “Sociology is such a lively subject, and if you want to be a good journalist you ________ know about society and people.”

I got my MA in sociology two years later.

This Father’s Day, June 21, when I called him, I will have completed nearly four fruitful years working as a journalist, thanks to Papa’s ________.

1.A. journalistB. doctorC. businessmanD. sociologist

2.A. businessB. literatureC. sociologyD.communication

3.A. hesitateB. refuseC. wantD. agree

4.A. IfB. SoC. WhenD. But

5.A. pickedB. putC. broughtD. gave

6.A. conceptB. projectC. questionD. subject

7.A. supportsB. runsC. holdsD. shares

8.A. feelB. doubtC. hopeD. prefer

9.A. sonB. studentC. fellowD. friend

10.A. choseB. taughtC. attendedD. received

11.A. sometimesB. alwaysC. neverD. hardly

12.A. hurtsB. defeatsC. strikesD. amuses

13.A. showB. lectureC. meetingD. festival

14.A. keepsB. beginsC. continuesD. stops

15.A. in caseB. as ifC. even ifD. now that

16.A. bachelor’sB. master’sC. doctor’sD. graduate’s

17.A. sawB. letC. foundD. helped

18.A. differentB. sameC. generalD. boring

19.A. mayB. couldC. wouldD. must

20.A. patienceB. powerC. guidanceD. understanding

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