2009年高考完形填空大练兵（四）
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As Mrs. Thompson stood in the front of her classroom on the first day of school, she noticed that in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Teddy didn’t 1 well with the other children, and his clothes were dirty.
By reviewing Teddy’s past 2 , she found that he was a bright child, but became shy and 3 after his mother’s death.
Mrs. Thompson began to pay 4 attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his 5 seemed to come alive. The more she 6 him, the faster he 7 . By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the 8 children in the class.
Years passed after Teddy’s 9 . One day, Mrs. Thompson got a 10 , saying that Teddy would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. Then four 11 years passed and yet another letter came. The letter 12 that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had.
There was yet another letter that spring.Teddy said he was going to be married and he was 13 if Mrs. Thompson might 14 to sit in the place at the wedding that was 15 kept for the mother of the groom（新郎）. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did.
At the wedding, they hugged each other, and Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s 16 , “Mrs. Thompson, thank you for 17 me.Thank you so much for making me feel important and 18 me that I could make a difference.”
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, “Teddy, you have it all
19 . You were the one who 20 me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”
1. A. live B. play C. sing D. get
2. A. records B. diaries C. memories D. exercises
3. A. quiet B. calm C. still D. brave
4. A. little B. less C. large D. particular
5. A. life B. hair C. head D. mind
6. A. led B. supported C. encouraged D. influenced
7. A. responded B. studied C. learned D. researched
8. A. smartest B. naughtiest C. funniest D. noisiest
9. A. disappearance B. graduation C. separation D. marriage
10. A. call B. message C. letter D. report
11. A. greater B. further C. better D. more
12. A. found B. showed C. explained D. proved
13. A. asking B. wondering C. puzzling D. surprising
14. A. choose B. agree C. hope D. want
15. A. possibly B. surely C. usually D. officially
16. A. eyes B. hand C. words D. ear
17. A. joining B. joining in C. believing D. believing in
18. A. informing B. finding C. showing D. suggesting
19. A. correct B. wrong C. clear D. easy
20. A. taught B. worked C. helped D. expressed
B
He met her on a party. She was so outstanding that many guys were 1 after her, while he was so 2 that nobody paid attention to him.
3 the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him. She was 4 , but due to being polite, she promised.
They sat in a nice coffee shop. He was too 5 to say anything. She felt 6 . She thought, “Please, let me go home.” Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you give me some 7 ? I’d like to put it in my coffee.”
Everybody 8 at him, so strange! His face turned red, but, 9 , he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him 10 , “Why do you have this hobby?”
He 11 , “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing in the sea. I could feel the 12 of the sea, just like the salty coffee. While he said that, tears filled his eyes. That’s from the bottom of his 13 . A man who can tell out his 14 must be a man who loves home, 15 home, has responsibility of home.
They continued to 16 . Then the story was like every beautiful love story.
After 40 years, he passed away, 17 her a letter which said: my dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life 18 ―“salty coffee”. I wanted some sugar, but I was so nervous. What a strange bad taste, but I have the salty coffee for the whole life 19 I knew you. I never feel 20 for anything I do for you...
1. A. hunting B. looking C. chasing D. running
2. A. formal B. normal C. informal D. abnormal
3. A. In B. At C. By D. Till
4. A. surprised B. excited C. frightened D. disappointed
5. A. frightened B. excited C. nervous D. eager
6 .A. uncomfortable B. pleased C. interested D. discouraged
7. A. sugar B. milk C. ice D. salt
8. A. laughed B. looked C. stared D. shouted
9. A. still B. yet C. till D. thus
10. A. gently B. curiously C. leisurely D. politely
11. A. rejected B. denied C. replied D. questioned
12. A. smell B. bitter C. taste D. beauty
13. A. mind B. heart C. brain D. mental
14. A. homesickness B. lovesickness C. carsickness D. seasickness
15. A. cares of B. cares about C. worries about D. worries with
16. A. meet B. date C. appoint D. interview
17. A. giving B. sending C. leaving D. handing
18. A. love B. lie C. saying D. habit
19. A. because B. from C. since D. until
20. A. sorry B. enough C. guilty D. embarrassed
C
Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white
gardenia (栀子花) was
delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop
were useless―it was a cash 1 . After a while I stopped trying to 2 who the sender was and
was just
My mother told me 5 someone, the neighbor or the old man across the street, 6 I had done a special kindness, might be showing 7 . As a teenager, 8 , I had more fun guessing that it might be a 9 who had noticed me 10 I didn’t know him.
One month before my high school graduation,my father died of a heart
attack. He was 11 some of the most
important
She wanted her children to 17 loved and lovable, imaginative, 18 that there was magic in the world and beauty in the face of 19 .Actually my mother wanted her child to see herself much like the gardenia－lovable, strong and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming 20 my mother died.
1. A. present B. deal C. business D. bargain
2. A. discover B. imagine C. explore D. guess
3. A. absorbed B. buried C. affected D. delighted
4. A. continued B. considered C. stopped D. resisted
5. A. likely B. surely C. certainly D. perhaps
6. A. for whom B. what C. in which D. who
7. A. love B. kindness C. reward D. appreciation
8. A. besides B. though C. therefore D. still
9. A. friend B. boy C. stranger D. girl
10. A. as though B. in that C. even though D. only if
11. A. attending B. enjoying C. expecting D. missing
12. A. days B. gifts C. events D. grades
13. A. uninterested B. disappointed C. unexcited D. discouraged
14. A. meeting B. dance C. ceremony D. party
15. A. time B. food C. place D. dress
16. A. mind B. care C. wonder D. doubt
17. A. feel B. remain C. keep D. look
18. A. believing B. predicting C. hoping D. thinking
19. A. those days B. hard times C. all things D. modern ages
20. A. until B. before C. when D. since
D
I was walking down the road one day when my cell phone rang. A little girl’s voice on the other end 1 , “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” Instinctively（本能地）, I knew it was a(n) 2 number, so I rudely 3 , “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then 4 .
During the following days, I got the same call 5 . But I didn’t care much about it. Then one day she constantly called me, 6 I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a torpid （有气无力的） voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so 7 pain! Mom said you were too busy to take 8 of me. But, dad, please 9 me again, OK?” The innocent 10 was difficult to reject. I made a loud kiss on the phone and heard the 11 voice say, “Thank you ... Dad, I am so ... happy, so ... happy ...”
Shortly after this, I became
12 about who had been on
the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir.
I am really sorry to have 13 you. My daughter has suffered from bone
cancer 14 she was born. And her father
died in an
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.
“She has 20 . You must have kissed her on the phone, because she went with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone ...”
Tears filled my eyes. Little help may make big effect.
1. A. shouted B. cried C. screamed D. called
2. A. unfit B. unfriendly C. wrong D. false
3. A. replied B. responded C. reflected D. reacted
4. A. hung on B. held on C. held up D. hung up
5. A. from then on B. now and then C. right away D. at once
6. A. even if B. as if C. so D. because
7. A. few B. little C. much D. many
8. A. charge B. control C. notice D. care
9. A. hug B. kiss C. touch D. pat
10. A. demand B. command C. request D. require
11. A. low B. deep C. soft D. weak
12. A. curious B. interested C. surprised D. amazed
13. A. confused B. bothered C. displeased D. upset
14. A. until B. when C. while D. since
15. A. incident B. event C. accident D. affair
16. A. must B. dare C. need D. should
17. A. put up B. come up C. bear D. stand
18. A. encouraged B. comforted C. persuaded D. beaten
19. A. room B. QQ C. phone D. house
20. A. gone by B. passed by C. passed D. gone
E
Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and choices today.
An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to 1 . And he told his 2 of his plans because he wanted to live a more relaxed life with his wife and 3 life with his children and grandchildren.
He would 4 the paycheck, but he needed to retire. The boss was 5 to see his good worker 6 and asked if he could build just one more house for him before he retired. The carpenter said yes, but it was 7 to see that his heart wasn’t in his work. He did a 8 job and used the worst materials. When he 9 his work, the boss came to look at the house. To the carpenter’s 10 , the boss handed him the front door 11 . “This is my gift to you for being a great carpenter,” he said.
The carpenter was shocked! If he had only 12 he built his own house, he would have done the house much better. Now he had to live in the home he had 13 very badly.
This is the same with us. We build our 14 , day by day, often with 15 than our best in the building. Then with a shock we 16 we have to live in the house we have built. If we had known that, we would have done it 17 , but we cannot go 18 .
Think of yourself as the carpenter. Each day you place a board or build a wall. Build 19 . It is the only life you’ll ever have. 20 you live it for only one more day, that day has to be lived with dignity (尊严). The poster (海报) on the wall says, “Life is what you build of it.”
1. A. leave B. retire C. relax D. enjoy
2. A. wife B. children C. grandchildren D. boss
3. A. enjoy B. like C. have D. raise
4. A. have B. forget C. miss D. borrow
5. A. glad B. shocked C. excited D. sorry
6. A. lose B. walk C. go D. die
7. A. good B. easy C. happy D. difficult
8. A. bad B. wonderful C. tiring D. troublesome
9. A. did B. continued C. finished D. constructed
10. A. surprise B. joy C. sadness D. interest
11. A. number B. key C. mark D. lock
12. A. heard B. known C. expected D. guessed
13. A. bought B. rented C. visited D. built
14. A. rooms B. bedrooms C. lives D. days
15. A. less B. better C. more D. poorer
16. A. realize B. say C. read D. want
17. A. badly B. early C. eagerly D. differently
18. A. out B. back C. in D. forward
19. A. quickly B. wisely C. solidly D. cheaply
20. A. Even if B. As if C. Now that D. In case
F
Once there was a potter whose pottery （陶器） was well-known far and wide. However, he was not 1 with his finely-made but fragile pottery. He thought if the pottery made by him could be unbreakable, his fame and his 2 would be even better.
He prayed to God to grant （同意） his 3 for unbreakable pottery. One night, he dreamt that God said to him, “If you are sure you won’t 4 it, I will make your wish come true.” The potter said, “Yes, God, I am sure that I will not regret it.”
The next 5 , the first thing the potter did when he woke up was to 6 whether God had granted his wish. He 7 the clay to make a pot. Then he dried it under the sun. When the pot was 8 , he lifted it and dropped it to the floor. The pot did not break! The potter was filled with 9 .
The news of the unbreakable pots made by the potter spread very 10 . People from all over the world rushed here for his pottery. He became very rich and 11 .
But the good fortune did not 12 . After a while, his business slowed down. Although everybody kept praising his product, 13 bought one did not need to buy another again 14 the pots were unbreakable. The potter got poorer and poorer. He now kept praying to God to let him 15 his original pottery.
One night, he dreamt that God appeared to him. Tearfully, he 16 God to forgive him for his 17 . God said, “Because you admit your 18 , I will forgive you and make your 19 wish come true.”
So from then on, the potter’s original pottery was once again 20 great demand.
1. A. satisfied B. interested C. satisfying D. interesting
2. A. skills B. family C. abilities D. business
3. A. hope B. wish C. chance D. opportunity
4. A. regret B. miss C. forget D. tell
5. A. evening B. afternoon C. morning D. moment
6. A. test B. think C. notice D. show
7. A. bought B. used C. heated D. searched
8. A. made B. dried C. finished D. sold
9. A. surprise B. curiosity C. joy D. thanks
10. A. easily B. naturally C. long D. fast
11. A. famous B. proud C. busy D. comfortable
12. A. come B. survive C. last D. appear
13. A. who B. whoever C. whom D. whichever
14. A. as soon as B. as long as C. because D. when
15. A. return B. recreate C. reuse D. recover
16. A. wanted B. asked C. demanded D. begged
17. A. craziness B. laziness C. foolishness D. carelessness
18. A. mistake B. defeat C. problem D. weakness
19. A. earliest B. biggest C. fittest D. latest
20. A. at B. in C. on D. into
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