第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

  阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

Home, sweet home

It was December 22. The cold wind swept the countless snowflakes(雪花） across my front yard. My dad was there sweeping the  36  . His nose was __37___as a cherry. With every breath he took, a white puff(水气) ran into the air.

Inside, my mother was  38  the last of the boxes. As I entered the front door, the  39  that after today I wouldn’t enter through that door ever again  40  a hole in my stomach. I picked up my dog and sat Indian style with him in my arms on the  41  , wooden floor. I had no  42  but to sit on the floor, for there was no longer any furniture existing in my house. I sat there in a daze（恍惚）, just  43  . There was no reason for my parents to make me, a once  44  12-year-old kid,  45  . I had two best friends right across the street; I did well in school and I always kept my room clean.  46  , this was “my house”. By no means did I want a couple of  47  living here. These recurring（重复）thoughts  48  around in my mind and I couldn’t find an answer.

Out of the front window I could see the orange top of a truck pulling in the cleaned driveway and I knew it was the other U-Haul. Instantly three men came  49  in the back door like World War III was starting.

I watched  50  as the men, my mother and my dad carried our belongings to the truck. My dog even winced（畏缩）as he stared out of the window. I wondered if he was  51  , too, or if he just wished to play outside in the snow.

My mum came in, looking solemn（凝重）. She turned   52  the overhead light, put the  53  in my arm and took me out of the back door. A totally  54  feeling filled my heart. For the first time in my life ,I wondered what  55  would be to me tomorrow.

36. A. stairs        B. garden           C. sidewalk     D. driveway

37. A. red               B. black      C. white      D. blown

38. A. piling       B. packing      C. collecting   D. locking

39. A. wish         B. dream     C. thought      D. worry

40. A. cut               B. burned           C. shot        D. made

41. A. cold         B. wet         C. broken           D . messy

42. A. choice      B. way        C. solution      D. means

43. A. dreaming     B. thinking     C. staring           D. crying

44. A. hardworking       B. clever     C. happy     D. honest

45. A. remain      B. cry         C. suffer      D. move

46. A. However      B. Besides      C. Therefore   D. Yet

47. A. neighbours   B. strangers    C. visitors       D. elders

48. A. occurred      B. traveled      C. danced           D. flowed

49. A. running           B. laughing     C. talking           D. wispering

50. A. curiously     B. strangely    C. carefully    D. helplessly

51. A. afraid       B. angry      C. sad         D. lonely

52. A. down        B. off          C. on          D. up

53. A. box          B. dog         C. bag         D. hand

54. A. excited     B. eager      C. empty     D. angry

55. A. place        B. school     C. home      D. world

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

　　One night, long after most people had gone to bed, a friend of mine and I were making our way happily home through the silent street. We had been to a concert and were 1 about the people we had seen and heard in it.

　　“The show 2 him a star over the night,” said my friend about one of them. “He was 3 at all before. But now thousands of people 4 him presents and letters !”

　　“I 5 him quite good,” I said, “ 6 not worth thousands of letters. In fact, one of his songs greatly 7 me. It was too noisy.”

　　“What was it?” my friend asked me. “ 8 it to me.” So I began to sing.

　　“Do be 9 ! You will give everybody a shock and 10 them up for miles around. Besides, there will be a policeman 11 us. “My friend signed for me to stop 12 .

　　“Never mind, I don't 13 . What's the matter?” I said and went on 14 at the top of my voice.

　　Just then there came a policeman, 15 in front of me, his 16 open. “Excuse me, sir,” he said. “You have a very 17 voice, if I may say so. Who taught you to 18 ? I'd very much like to find someone 19 can give my daughter singing lessons. Would you be 20 enough to tell me your name and address? Then my wife and I would call on you tomorrow and we could discuss it.”

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　　One night, long after most people had gone to bed, a friend of mine and I were making our way happily home through the silent street. We had been to a concert and were 1 about the people we had seen and heard in it.

　　“The show 2 him a star over the night,” said my friend about one of them. “He was 3 at all before. But now thousands of people 4 him presents and letters !”

　　“I 5 him quite good,” I said, “ 6 not worth thousands of letters. In fact, one of his songs greatly 7 me. It was too noisy.”

　　“What was it?” my friend asked me. “ 8 it to me.” So I began to sing.

　　“Do be 9 ! You will give everybody a shock and 10 them up for miles around. Besides, there will be a policeman 11 us. “My friend signed for me to stop 12 .

　　“Never mind, I don't 13 . What's the matter?” I said and went on 14 at the top of my voice.

　　Just then there came a policeman, 15 in front of me, his 16 open. “Excuse me, sir,” he said. “You have a very 17 voice, if I may say so. Who taught you to 18 ? I'd very much like to find someone 19 can give my daughter singing lessons. Would you be 20 enough to tell me your name and address? Then my wife and I would call on you tomorrow and we could discuss it.”

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Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honored at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbor after a shocking knife    1    .

John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the    2    of the ten people who have saved the life of    3    .

John had been studying in his room when he heard Anne Slade    4    . When he and his father rushed outside, they    5    that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed    6    with a knife by her ex-boyfriend. The man ran from the    7    and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden    8    very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut from her body.

It was John's quick    9    and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade's life. He immediately asked a number of the    10    people for bandages, but when nobody could put their hands on any, his father got some tea towels（毛巾） and    11    from their house. John used these to dress the most severe    12    to Ms Slade's hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the    13    and ambulance arrived.

"I'm    14    of what I did but I was just doing what I had been    15    ，" John said.

John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When    16    John, Mr. Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme, said, "There is no doubt that John's quick thinking and the first aid    17    that he had learnt at school saved Ms Slade's life. It shows that a simple knowledge of first aid can make a real    18    ."

John and the nine other lifesavers also attended a    19    reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before    20    their awards last night.

1. A. show B. attack C. work D. defend

2. A. bravery B. life C. thinking D. progress

3. A. any other B. anyone C. every one D. others

4. A. quarreling B. arguing C. laughing D. screaming

5. A. realized B. believed C. thought D. discovered

6. A. repeatedly B. rudely C. frequently D. gradually

7. A. home B. place C. scene D. house

8. A. shaking B. struggling C. bleeding D. crying

9. A. action B. answer C. experience D. request

10. A. several B. nearby C. familiar D. curious

11. A. water B. bandages C. fire D. luggage

12. A. damages B. pains C. injuries D. arms

13. A. neighbors B. children C. doctor D. police

14. A. proud B. fond C. sure D. tired

15. A. expected B. taught C. encouraged D. educated

16. A. praising B. referring C. talking with D. congratulating

17. A. skills B. instructions C. key D. history

18. A. discovery B. harm C. difference D. choice

19. A. recent B. secret C. privat D. special

20. A. giving B. remembering C. announcing D. receiving