Question

完形填空

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。

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and _________ the boy pick up the scattered (散落的) articles. _________ they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the _________ . As they walked, Mark _________ the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, that he was having lots of _________ with his other subjects and that he had just _________ with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was _________in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed _________ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They _________ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both _________ from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long-awaited senior year _________ and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could _________.

Bill _________ him of the day years before when they had first met. “Did you ever _________ why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had _________ some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide (自杀). _________ after we spent some time together talking and _________ , I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have _________ that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you _________ those books that day, you did a lot more. You _________ my life.”

1.A. showedB. orderedC. controlledD. helped

2.A. UnlessB. AlthoughC. SinceD. If

3.A. strengthB. burdenC. backpackD. weight

4.A. guessedB. askedC. learnedD. discussed

5.A. secretB. troubleC. funD. enthusiasm

6.A. kept upB. ended upC. made upD. split up

7.A. ledB. invitedC. sentD. taken

8.A. extraordinarilyB. slowlyC. delightfullyD. fortunately

9.A. continuedB. insistedC. promisedD. decided

10.A. jumpedB. leftC. cameD. graduated

11.A. leftB. cameC. wentD. lost

12.A. contactB. playC. travelD. talk

13.A. warnedB. informedC. guidedD. reminded

14.A. doubtB. wonderC. imagineD. know

15.A. storedB. eatenC. boughtD. adopted

16.A. SoB. AsC. BecauseD. But

17.A. eatingB. playingC. laughingD. studying

18.A. killedB. sparedC. cutD. missed

19.A. took upB. picked upC. brought upD. looked up

20.A. savedB. correctedC. madeD. prepared

Answer 1