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。

John was very shy. He hated being with others and always kept quiet, _________ what might happen if he opened his mouth.

One day, when some people were visiting, John felt so ashamed that he _________ in a bedroom. Suddenly, a little elf (小精灵) came to him. The elf shouted _________. "Please! Stop screaming (尖叫) like that."

The boy was _________. He forgot his shyness and asked, "Who screamed?"

"Is there anyone else here?"

The boy looked around. They were _________.

" _________ I never say anything," he replied, trying to _________ himself. "How can I shout without opening my mouth?"

Then the elf's _________ changed from anger to surprise. "Don't you know? Nobody told you that your eyes, your hands and your whole body _________ all the time?" The elf began to _________ that each part of the body speaks its own_________ and does so without stopping and how each _________ we make says something. The elf gave John a little bottle and dropped some magic water into his _________ and told him, "Now, you'll hear with your ears what people are saying without opening their mouth."

It was _________ . He could hear how everyone _________ two or three conversations, even when completely silent. But what surprised him most was on his birthday when he met a shy girl. His magic ears could hear her loud _________. "I don't want to be here! I don't want to play with anyone!"

John wet the girl's ears with some magic drops from his bottle. Together, they set out to _________ which gestures to make to ensure their bodies were quieter and more pleasant. And they _________ that smiling, looking into people's eyes and _________ saying "Hello" meant their bodies stopped yelling, and so they became _________ children.

1.A. imagining B. expecting C. fearing D. reporting

2.A. hid B. played C. dreamed D. prepared

3.A. proudly B. nervously C. hopelessly D. angrily

4.A. shocked B. worried C. determined D. disappointed

5.A. lonely B. alone C. strange D. special

6.A. If B. So C. Although D. But

7.A.teach B. excuse C. protect D. enjoy

8.A. attitude B. argument C. method D. theory

9.A. talk B. act C. lie D. move

10.A. admit B. suggest C. explain D. comment

11.A. function B. character C. concern D. language

12.A. expression B. gesture C. sentence D. performance

13.A. ears B. eyes C. hands D. mouth

14.A. boring B. challenging C. surprising D. frightening

15.A. picked up B. moved up C. kept up D. put up

16.A. tears B. cries C. laughs D. jokes

17.A. control B. explore C. turn to D. look at

18.A. discovered B proved C. promised D. remembered

19.A. politely B. clearly C. finally D. suddenly

20.A. helpful B. useful C. cheerful D. regretful

Answer 1