完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和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。
John stood up and studied the crowd of people who were making their way through the station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he16 , the girl with a(an) 17 . The story had begun twelve months before in a 18 . Taking a book off a shelf he found himself 19 by the notes penciled in the margin(空白处,白边).The soft handwriting20 a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the front of the book, he discovered the 21 owner’s name, Rosanna.
During the next year the two grew to know each other through the 22 . Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. The day finally came for their first 23 —7:00p.m. at the station.
A beautiful young girl in a green suit was coming toward him, whose 24 was (were) tall and slim. John started to walk towards her with delight, entirely forgetting to 25 that she was not wearing a rose. He 26 made one step closer to her, and then saw Rosanna, a short and fat woman well past 40, with a rose on her coat was standing almost directly 27 the girl. The girl in the green suit quickly walked away.
John felt 28 he was split(撕开) in two, and there he stood. His fingers gripped(紧握) the worn leather copy of the 29 that was to identify him to her. He knew this would not be 30 something perhaps even better than love. John felt choked by the bitterness of his 31 . “I’m John, and you must be Rosanna. I am so glad you could meet me, may I take you to 32 ?”
The woman’s face broadened into a big smile. “I don’t know what this is about, son,” she answered, “but the young lady in the green suit who just 33 begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said 34 you were to ask me out to dinner, I should tell you that she is waiting for you in the big 35 across the street. She said it was some kind of test!”
16. A. hadn’t | B. haven’t | C. couldn’t | D. didn’t |
17. A. rose | B. flower | C. book | D. notes |
18. A. restaurant | B. meeting room | C. library | D. station |
19. A. absorbed | B. surrounded | C. interested | D. persuaded |
20. A. reacted | B. reflected | C. responded | D. repeated |
21. A. previous | B. nice | C. thoughtful | D. beautiful |
22. A. phone | B. telegram | C. book | D. mail |
23. A. dining | B. meeting | C. walking | D. talking |
24. A. legs | B. face | C. figure | D. hair |
25. A. observe | B. know | C. notice | D. say |
26. A. carefully | B. eagerly | C. luckily | D. easily |
27. A. behind | B. past | C. beside | D. before |
28. A. as long as | B. even though | C. no matter how | D. as though |
29. A. newspaper | B. book | C. magazine | D. note |
30. A. a meeting | B. happiness | C. love | D a dinner |
31. A. excitement | B. sorrow | C. disappointment | D. unwillingness |
32. A. a walk | B. your home | C. a party | D. dinner |
33. A. went by | B. followed me | C. came here | D. went in the restaurant |
34. A. when | B. if | C. unless | D. since |
35. A. market | B. restaurant | C. building | D. library |
C