第二节   完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has   36  economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works   37   a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can   38  support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at   39  and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n)   40   for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would   41  talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids   42   her. 
On her birthday last month, she   43  her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come. Alice wanted her to be   44   so much that she   45  on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any   46  clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a   47   from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I   48  a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be   49  to come and hurried home to ask her Mum   50   she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very   51  and angrily said to her Mum, “  52  I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well   53  . 
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s   54 .  Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her   55   with her. 
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
36. A. personal                  B. extra                     C. limited                     D. adequate
37. A. for                           B. with                        C. like                      D. as 
38. A. hopefully                   B. obviously                 C. hardly               D. temporarily
39. A. music                B. drawing                   C. maths                       D. biology
40. A. bonus                B. allowance         C. donation                   D. pension
41. A. secretly                     B. happily                    C. quietly                     D. eagerly
42. A. pointing at         B. shouting at               C. laughing at        D. glaring at
43. A. took                         B. invited                     C. accompanied             D. sent
44. A. happy                        B. independent              C. confident      D. present
45. A. depended           B. insisted                    C. focused                    D. agreed
46. A. casual                        B. comfortable              C. nice                         D. tight
47. A. shirt                         B. jeans                        C. handbag                   D. necklace
48. A. get                          B. copy                      C. order                D. borrow
49. A. free                 B. able                     C. glad                      D. willing
50. A. how                        B. when                     C. why                        D. whether
51. A. stubborn           B. upset                     C. firm                     D. enthusiastic 
52. A. If                             B. When                    C. Unless                   D. Though
53. A. treated                      B. controlled              C. educated         D. behaved
54. A. cleverness         B. character         C. circumstances    D. competences
55. A. study              B. friendship         C. sympathy               D. performance 

Has anyone noticed how, with the passage of time, one’s relationship with one’s grown-up daughters and sons becomes changed? I’ve been aware of this for some time but I’m not quite sure how to deal with it.
Take the kitchen sink for example.
Following a family get-together at my place, I walked into the kitchen to find Kate, my daughter carefully cleaning the sink.
“Don’t do that; what are you doing that for?” I said, unhappy about the hidden criticism.
“Mum,” she said, “you really ought to put your glasses on when you clean the sink. Behind the tap here was black!”
But it’s not just things like kitchen sinks. Another time Kate arrived to pick me up to lunch. She looked at me and then asked, “Mum, why do you use brown eyebrow pencil when your hair is grey?”
A sudden memory of her, aged 14, going to her first mixed party flooded back. She had come in to say goodbye. For a moment I thought she’d been an accident. Both eyes were black. I remember suggesting that perhaps a little less eye make-up might be more effective.
Now I told her, “My hair used to be brown.”
“It looks absurd.”
“Mrs. Menzies had dark eyebrows with grey hair.”
“Yes, but you’re not Mrs. Menzies, are you?” she said triumphantly, as if that proved her point.
But a recent event made me realize that something really must be done.
She had returned some for a few weeks before getting married. One evening I went out on a dinner date. By the time my companion left me at the front door, it was about 2am. As I stepped in, an angry figure in a white nightgown stopped me.
“Well, what time of night is this to be coming home?” she shouted. “Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick!”
Shades of the past come back to disturb me. But what should I do about all this? Nothing, probably. Maybe, after all, it’s only a stage young people are going through.
【小题1】The daughter thought her mother didn’t clean the kitchen sink well because of her        .

A.lazinessB.carelessnessC.unhappinessD.poor-quality glasses
【小题2】From the passage we know the daughter         .
A.didn’t want to help with the sink
B.didn’t like brown eyebrow pencils
C.had an accident when she went to her first party
D.shouted at her mum because she came home late
【小题3】How does the mother feel after all these have happened?
A.Shocked.B.Proud.C.Envious.D.Confused.
【小题4】The author writes the stories to prove that         .
A.their relationship became stronger
B.their roles changed as time passed
C.her daughter very much cared about her
D.her daughter got upset as she grew up

第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在31—45 各题所给的四个选项(A/B/C/D)中选出可以填入空白出的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。

It was Mother’s Day. I was so busy with my work that I couldn’t  36 _ back home. When I passed by a  37  shop, an  38  came to my mind, “I’ll send Mum some roses.”

While I was  39   my flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get  40  only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as  41  as forty dollars a dozen---- Maybe he would be happy with carnations (康乃馨). “ No, I  42  have red roses,” he said, “my mum was   43  ill last year and I didn’t spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, roses, as rose is her  44  .”

After hearing it, I said I would pay  45  of the money for the young man.  46  by both of us, the assistant said, “well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the  47  and ran out of the shop. It was  48  worth twenty-five dollars I paid to see the exciting  49  . Then I paid for my dozen of roses and told the assistant to  50  them to my mother.

As I walked out, I felt  51  . Suddenly I saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon I  52   it was not a park  53  a cemetery. Crying, the young man carefully  54  the roses, “Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”

Seeing this, I turned and quickly walked to the  55  . I would take the flowers home myself.

36    A. go                    B. come                       C. return                      D. turn

37    A. jewellery           B. clothing                   C. rose                         D. flower

38    A. fact                  B. word                        C. idea                         D. picture

39    A. picking             B. picking up                C. selling                      D. showing

40    A. with                 B. for                           C. at                                   D. on

41    A. much                B. cheap                       C. expensive                 D. high

42    A. might               B. have to                     C. should                      D. can

43    A. a bit                 B. hardly                      C. badly                       D. nearly

44    A. flower                     B. favorite                    C. dream                      D. gift

45    A. all                    B. some                        C. the rest                     D. much

46    A. Surprised          B. Pleased                    C. Excited                    D. Moved

47    A. roses                 B. assistant                   C. air                           D. street

48    A. very                 B. well                         C. not                          D. only

49    A. moment            B. time                         C. scenery                    D. incident

50    A. give                  B. offer                        C. present                     D. send

51    A. relaxed             B. amazed                    C. shameful                  D. nice

52    A. understood        B. realized                    C. learned                    D. was told

53    A. and                   B. or                            C. nor                          D. but

54    A. laid                  B. lay                           C. buried                      D. grew

55    A. man                  B. street                       C. shop                        D. cemetery

 

Has anyone noticed how, with the passage of time, one’s relationship with one’s grown-up daughters and sons becomes changed? I’ve been aware of this for some time but I’m not quite sure how to deal with it.

Take the kitchen sink for example.

Following a family get-together at my place, I walked into the kitchen to find Kate, my daughter carefully cleaning the sink.

“Don’t do that; what are you doing that for?” I said, unhappy about the hidden criticism.

“Mum,” she said, “you really ought to put your glasses on when you clean the sink. Behind the tap here was black!”

But it’s not just things like kitchen sinks. Another time Kate arrived to pick me up to lunch. She looked at me and then asked, “Mum, why do you use brown eyebrow pencil when your hair is grey?”

A sudden memory of her, aged 14, going to her first mixed party flooded back. She had come in to say goodbye. For a moment I thought she’d been an accident. Both eyes were black. I remember suggesting that perhaps a little less eye make-up might be more effective.

Now I told her, “My hair used to be brown.”

“It looks absurd.”

“Mrs. Menzies had dark eyebrows with grey hair.”

“Yes, but you’re not Mrs. Menzies, are you?” she said triumphantly, as if that proved her point.

But a recent event made me realize that something really must be done.

She had returned some for a few weeks before getting married. One evening I went out on a dinner date. By the time my companion left me at the front door, it was about 2am. As I stepped in, an angry figure in a white nightgown stopped me.

“Well, what time of night is this to be coming home?” she shouted. “Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick!”

Shades of the past come back to disturb me. But what should I do about all this? Nothing, probably. Maybe, after all, it’s only a stage young people are going through.

1.The daughter thought her mother didn’t clean the kitchen sink well because of her        .

         A.laziness      B.carelessness      C.unhappiness      D.poor-quality glasses

2.From the passage we know the daughter         .

         A.didn’t want to help with the sink

         B.didn’t like brown eyebrow pencils

         C.had an accident when she went to her first party

         D.shouted at her mum because she came home late

3.How does the mother feel after all these have happened?

         A.Shocked.    B.Proud.        C.Envious.     D.Confused.

4.The author writes the stories to prove that         .

        A.their relationship became stronger 

         B.their roles changed as time passed

         C.her daughter very much cared about her

         D.her daughter got upset as she grew up

 

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