Question

  第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分，共30分)

I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended,but I can still remember something about the 16 celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not 17 much from the war,though,like most children of my age,I often saw 18 houses in the streets and the very big 19 lorries passing through. But both at home and at school I had become 20 to the phrases “before the war” and “when the war is over”. “Before the war”, obviously,21  had been better,though I was too young to understand why,22  there had been no bombs then,and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas,which I had 23 heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London,but this meant very 24 to me. I did not remember what London was like.

What I remember now 25 V-Day was the afternoon and the evening. Some boys and girls were collecting 26 and building an enormous bonfire. We stood and watched them for a time,and then I went home and 27 myself in with my key and waited for my parents to come back from work.

It was May and still broad 28 when my mother arrived,and my father came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to 29 the bonfire,so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very 30 , and somehow people had collected some old clothes to 31 ‘‘ Hitler ” with the moustache they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived,they set light to it. The flames 32 soon. Everyone was cheering and shouting.

I stood beside my father until the 33 started to go down,not knowing what to say. He said nothing,either. He had 34 in the First World War and remembered everything he had experienced. At last he said,MWell,that*s it'son. Lefs hope that this time it really will be the 35 one. ”

16. A. war   B. victory   C. Christmas   D. birthday

17. A. suffered   B. learnt   C. heard   D. read

18. A. crowded   B. rebuilt

   C. bombed   D. enlarged

19. A. modem   B. old

   C. railway   D. army

20. A. used   B. devoted

   C. engaged   D. related

21. A. food   B. things

   C. houses   D. news

22. A. except that   B. now that

   C. for fear that   D. in order that

23. A. never   B. hardly

   C. only   D. already

24. A. much   B. little

   C. great   D. important

25. A. about   B. on

   C. for   D. during

26. A. money   B. wood

   C. information   D. clothes

27. A. showed   B. allowed

   C. let   D. called

28. A. early   B. daylight   C. dark   D. warm

29. A. see   B. light   C. find   D. put out

30. A. high   B. hot

   C. dangerous   D. far

31. A. draw   B. paint

   C. write   D. dress

32. A. disappeared   B. happened

   C. rose   D. came

33. A. sun   B. moon   C. fire   D. noise

34. A. fought   B. worked

   C. grown   D. changed

35. A. best   B. worst   C. first   D. last

Answer 1

16. B 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. A 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. C 34. A 35. D

16. B 解析：根据第一段中“when the war in Europe ended” 及后文 “ V-Day ”，“ the bon-fire”可知应是对二战“胜利”的庆祝。

17. A解析:尽管“我”经常看到街上“被炸” 的房子和庞大的“军车”通过，但像“我”这 个年龄的大多数孩子们并没有“遭受太多 的痛苦”。

18. C解析：同第17题解析。

19. D解析J司第17题解析。

20. A解析：因为耳濡目染，所以我们对“战

前”“战后”这些词已经“习惯”了。

become used to 对 变得习惯。

21. B解析：战前的情况要比战争期间的情 况好。

things意为“情况，形势”，符合 题意。

22. A解析：“除了”没有轰炸和人们可以吃 一些“我”仅仅听说过的食品(像冰激凌和 香蕉) 之外，战前的好处对一个孩子来说就 没有其他任何的概念了。

except that除了; now that 既然;for fear that 恐怕;in order that 为了0

23. C解析：同第22题解析。

24. B 解析：根据后文 “ I did not remember what London was like. ” 可知，回伦敦对 “我”来说几乎没有任何意义。

25. A解析:remember about记得关于的事情。

26. B 解析：要“building an enormous bonfire”当然要收集“木头”。

27. C解析:根据“with my key”可知是“用钥 匙开门进屋”，故选C项。

show sb. in把某 人带进来；allow sb. in允许某人进入;call sb. in把某人叫进来。

28. B解析:根据“It w批May”可知外面“光

线”还很亮。

29. A解析：由下文可知是想去“看”篝火。

30. A 解析：根据前文“ an enormous bonfire” 可知，篝火一定很“高”。

31. D 解析：根据 “ people had collected some % old clothes”可知这些旧衣服肯定是给“希 特勒”穿的。

32. C 解析：火当然是越烧越旺，越烧越 “高”

33. C解析：“我”站在父亲身边一直到“火 势”开始小下来。

34. A 解析：根据后文“remembered everything he had experienced ”可知作者的父亲参加过第一次世界大战，并且有着痛苦的经历。

35. D解析：让“我们”希望这次战争真的是 “最后”一次了。