题目内容
My son ________ the examination, but he wasn't careful enough.
might be able to pass
must have passed
could have passed
were able to pass
完形填空(共20小题,每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the Marines, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army.
My son, John Schaeffer, recently came home _36__ from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car; John _37__ all night from a base near Washington, _38__ he had landed the day before. He did not want me to 39___ him there. “I’ll need time to myself,” my son said _40__ calling from Kuwait on the way home.
I gave my wife a head start. Mother_41__ son, “I was so worried”, Genie said. She pulled away to look up again and again to _
42___ he was really there.
My wife gave me a great gift: _43__ alone with my boy. John was tired and lay _44__ on his bed. I lay down next to him and was grasping his hand the whole time. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were _45__ .
I kept holding my son, the way I _46__ when he was two and came into our bed after a _47__ dream. I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for 48___ later.
With the 49___ over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good _50__ I’d had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and _51__ for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for _52___.
Before my son went to war I would never have shed tears for them .My son _53__ me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the _54__”. They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Sometimes shedding ears for strangers is a holy _55___. Sometimes it’s all we can do.
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| A.angry | B.excited | C.frightened | D.alive |
| A.drove | B.was driving | C.had driven | D.would have driven |
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| A.meet | B.congratulate | C.permit | D.accept |
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| 【小题13】 |
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| A.chat | B.worries | C.meeting | D.curiosity |
| 【小题15】 |
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| A.crying | B.marching | C.screaming | D.regretting |
| A.friends | B.neighbors | C.strangers | D.soldiers |
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| A.function | B.adventure | C.shame | D.duty |
The day was warm and the sun shone down like a new beginning on my life. I was waving goodbye to my son, the last one of my fledglings (刚会飞的鸟)to leave home and go to new woods, "University actually" . I felt so lighthearted after spending many years looking after my four children—cooking, washing, ironing, teaching them how to look after themselves and manage their finances—that I actually thought “At long last, freedom".
But, as I watched my last one leave, although it was a joyous occasion, I realized I had not really prepared for this day, I was too tied up with bringing up these adults of the future to realize that they would all leave the nest and lives independently.
At first I didn't know what "I" wanted to do. I tried a part time job, which ended in me running out in tears. I started a business making soft furnishings, but that didn't work either. I grew my own veggies and fruit, which lasted 3 years, until I was advised by my doctor that my feet couldn't take any more "tools” driven through them.
I began wondering if I had a future of my own. I cried for the life I was used to, and hadn't known or wanted anything different.
Then one day I saw an ad. for foster parents, I discussed it with my husband who was always behind everything I tried and with great disturbance , I rang up the number.
I now laugh and sing with my 14-year-old foster daughter, even when my cooker is a mess and my bathroom is a disaster area. I now know, 8 years later, what “I” was meant to be doing with all the spare hours, days, and weeks I had on my hands when my last fledgling flew the nest. The sun shines once again in my home.
【小题1】How did the mother first feel when her last child went off to university?
| A.Lonely. | B.Anxious. | C.Relieved. | D.Annoyed. |
| A.was occupied in | B.was associated with |
| C.was tired of | D.was addicted to |
| A.live a greener and healthier life |
| B.earn more money for her kids’ education |
| C.shift her attention and ease her anxiety |
| D.start her own decorating business |
| A.Skilled | B.Supportive | C.Stubborn | D.Open-minded |
| A.got rid of her busy work |
| B.forgot her other children |
| C.found a suitable job |
| D.knew what she really wanted |
The day was warm and the sun shone down like a new beginning on my life. I was waving goodbye to my son, the last one of my fledglings (刚会飞的鸟)to leave home and go to new woods, "University actually" . I felt so lighthearted after spending many years looking after my four children-cooking, washing, ironing, teaching them how to look after themselves and manage their finances-that I actually thought “At long last, freedom".
But, as I watched my last one leave, although it was a joyous occasion, I realized I had not really prepared for this day, I was too tied up with bringing up these adults of the future to realize that they would all leave the nest and lives independently.
At first I didn't know what "I" wanted to do. I tried a part time job, which ended in me running out in tears. I started a business making soft furnishings, but that didn't work either. I grew my own veggies and fruit, which lasted 3 years, until I was advised by my doctor that my feet couldn't take any more "tools” driven through them.
I began wondering if I had a future of my own. I cried for the life I was used to, and hadn't known or wanted anything different.
Then one day I saw an ad. For foster parents, I discussed it with my husband who was always behind everything I tried and with great disturbance, I rang up the number.
I now laugh and sing with my 14-year-old foster daughter, even when my cooker is a mess and my bathroom is a disaster area. I now know, 8 years later, what “I” was meant to be doing with all the spare hours, days, and weeks I had on my hands when my last fledgling flew the nest. The sun shines once again in my home.
【小题1】How did the mother first feel when her last child went off to university?
| A.Lonely. | B.Anxious. | C.Relieved. | D.Annoyed. |
| A.was occupied in | B.was associated with |
| C.was tired of | D.was addicted to |
| A.live a greener and healthier life |
| B.earn more money for her kids’ education |
| C.shift her attention and ease her anxiety |
| D.start her own decorating business |
| A.Skilled | B.Supportive | C.Stubborn | D.Open-minded |
| A.got rid of her busy work | B.forgot her other children |
| C.found a suitable job | D.knew what she really wanted |
The day was warm and the sun shone down like a new beginning on my life. I was waving goodbye to my son, the last one of my fledglings (刚会飞的鸟)to leave home and go to new woods, "University actually" . I felt so lighthearted after spending many years looking after my four children-cooking, washing, ironing, teaching them how to look after themselves and manage their finances-that I actually thought “At long last, freedom".
But, as I watched my last one leave, although it was a joyous occasion, I realized I had not really prepared for this day, I was too tied up with bringing up these adults of the future to realize that they would all leave the nest and lives independently.
At first I didn't know what "I" wanted to do. I tried a part time job, which ended in me running out in tears. I started a business making soft furnishings, but that didn't work either. I grew my own veggies and fruit, which lasted 3 years, until I was advised by my doctor that my feet couldn't take any more "tools” driven through them.
I began wondering if I had a future of my own. I cried for the life I was used to, and hadn't known or wanted anything different.
Then one day I saw an ad. For foster parents, I discussed it with my husband who was always behind everything I tried and with great disturbance, I rang up the number.
I now laugh and sing with my 14-year-old foster daughter, even when my cooker is a mess and my bathroom is a disaster area. I now know, 8 years later, what “I” was meant to be doing with all the spare hours, days, and weeks I had on my hands when my last fledgling flew the nest. The sun shines once again in my home.
1.How did the mother first feel when her last child went off to university?
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A.Lonely. |
B.Anxious. |
C.Relieved. |
D.Annoyed. |
2.The underlined phrase “was tied up with” in the second paragraph means “ ”.
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A.was occupied in |
B.was associated with |
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C.was tired of |
D.was addicted to |
3.In the third paragraph, the poor mother did all the things just to .
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A.live a greener and healthier life |
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B.earn more money for her kids’ education |
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C.shift her attention and ease her anxiety |
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D.start her own decorating business |
4.What did the empty-nested mother think of her husband?
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A.Skilled |
B.Supportive |
C.Stubborn |
D.Open-minded |
5.Thanks to the foster daughter, the author .
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A.got rid of her busy work |
B.forgot her other children |
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C.found a suitable job |
D.knew what she really wanted |