第四节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

September 4 was my first day at Phillips Academy, my new school. It was also my 18th birthday.

I received a warm   26     from my host family--- the Steins. Gena was my host mum, and her daughter Lily would also be a new   27   at Phillips. They took me to the school and       28   me around the campus.

On our way to my dorm (学生宿舍), we saw a truck delivering a student’s  29   to her room. Many students at the school were very rich, and they would fill their dorms with decorations（装饰物）. But I was   30   not to because I thought it was a   31   of time and money.

I had a single room, which was about the   32   of a Chinese college dorm --- the ones which usually hold six people.   33   she helped carry my bags, Lily asked me, “What’s your favorite  34  ，Teresa?” I thought for a moment before answering, “Orange.” I didn’t know why she had asked the question.

We   35  an introduction meeting after dinner.  36   of the students were native English speakers, so I felt a little   37  .  I returned to my room after the   38  , tired and wanted to go to bed after a (n)   39   day.

When I opened my door, I found a big    40  .The bed was perfectly made with blankets and an orange sunflower pillow. On the    41    was a sunflower-pattern mat（地垫，垫子）while a colorful lamp    42  beside the bed.

I opened my mouth,   43   .  How beautiful!

There was also a   44   card. I touched the little pillow on the bed as I read the card. A warm current (暖流) rushed through my   45   .

26. A. heart               B. card                        C. service                            D. welcome

27. A. student        B. teacher                            C. citizen                    D. visitor

28. A. walked            B. introduced            C. showed                  D. invited

29. A. bag                  B. newspaper           C. letters                    D. money

30. A. warned        B. forced                      C. determined          D. supposed

31. A. matter            B. waste                     C. show                      D. use

32. A. design             B. size                         C. pattern                           D. example

33. A. As                     B. Though                  C. Because                D. While

34. A. fruit                 B. weather                C. food                        D. color

35. A. organized       B. planned                 C. attended               D. opened

36. A. All           B. Most                      C. Some                      D. Few

37. A. pleased        B. nervous                   C. angry                      D. afraid

38. A. dinner          B. class                         C. meeting                 D. party

39. A. exciting       B. surprising                C. tired                   D. interested

40. A. secret             B. joke                         C. warmth             D. surprise

41. A. wall                  B. desk                        C. floor                    D. ground

42. A. stood               B. lay                 C. appeared       D. hanged

43. A. frightened      B. moved                    C. satisfied              D. understood

44. A. post                 B. birthday                 C. name                  D. festival

45. A. mind           B. head                         C. face                      D. body

 

第四节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

September 4 was my first day at Phillips Academy, my new school. It was also my 18th birthday.

I received a warm   26     from my host family--- the Steins. Gena was my host mum, and her daughter Lily would also be a new   27   at Phillips. They took me to the school and       28   me around the campus.

On our way to my dorm (学生宿舍), we saw a truck delivering a student’s  29   to her room. Many students at the school were very rich, and they would fill their dorms with decorations（装饰物）. But I was   30   not to because I thought it was a   31   of time and money.

I had a single room, which was about the   32   of a Chinese college dorm --- the ones which usually hold six people.   33   she helped carry my bags, Lily asked me, “What’s your favorite  34  ，Teresa?” I thought for a moment before answering, “Orange.” I didn’t know why she had asked the question.

We   35  an introduction meeting after dinner.  36   of the students were native English speakers, so I felt a little   37  .  I returned to my room after the   38  , tired and wanted to go to bed after a (n)   39   day.

When I opened my door, I found a big    40  .The bed was perfectly made with blankets and an orange sunflower pillow. On the    41    was a sunflower-pattern mat（地垫，垫子）while a colorful lamp    42  beside the bed.

I opened my mouth,   43   .  How beautiful!

There was also a   44   card. I touched the little pillow on the bed as I read the card. A warm current (暖流) rushed through my   45   .

26. A. heart           B. card                  C. service                     D. welcome

27. A. student        B. teacher                    C. citizen               D. visitor

28. A. walked               B. introduced         C. showed             D. invited

29. A. bag             B. newspaper         C. letters               D. money

30. A. warned        B. forced                     C. determined        D. supposed

31. A. matter         B. waste                C. show                 D. use

32. A. design         B. size                   C. pattern                     D. example

33. A. As               B. Though             C. Because             D. While

34. A. fruit            B. weather             C. food                 D. color

35. A. organized     B. planned             C. attended            D. opened

36. A. All              B. Most                 C. Some                D. Few

37. A. pleased        B. nervous            C. angry                D. afraid

38. A. dinner          B. class                C. meeting             D. party

39. A. exciting       B. surprising         C. tired               D. interested

40. A. secret          B. joke                  C. warmth           D. surprise

41. A. wall            B. desk                  C. floor              D. ground

42. A. stood           B. lay                 C. appeared         D. hanged

43. A. frightened    B. moved                     C. satisfied           D. understood

44. A. post             B. birthday            C. name              D. festival

45. A. mind           B. head                C. face                 D. body

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other   36   , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she’s   37 anything.

Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us,   38  that she doesn’t push too hard on them,   39  really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house. She moves around so fast that often   40  don’t realize she’s blind.

I  41 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   42 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   43 excited about her finger-painting project.

“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to   44 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle   45  with us.

To my great   46   , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my  47 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really   48   what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt   49  Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never   50  in conversation.

When I told her, she was   51  for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla   52 . And I knew my child was   53  because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's   54  in her work,

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my   55 .”

Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

1.                A．ways           B．means          C．methods  D．senses

 

2.                A．enjoyed        B．found          C．missed   D．lost

 

3.                A．and            B．except         C．even D．but

 

4.                A．who           B．it              C．she  D．which

 

5.                A．guests          B．family          C．children  D．friends

 

6.                A．realized        B．heard          C．recognized    D．witnessed

 

7.                A．excited         B．sad            C．satisfied  D．enjoyed

 

8.                A．especially       B．not so          C．a little    D．not at all

 

9.                A．paint           B．draw           C．create    D．mix

 

10.               A．stayed         B．painted         C．talked D．played

 

11.               A．excitement      B．encouragement  C．delight    D．surprise

 

12.               A．attitude        B．color          C．picture    D．paper

 

13.               A．touched        B．distinguished    C．saw   D．understood

 

14.               A．after           B．before         C．until D．when

 

15.               A．referred to      B．turned out      C．come up   D．talked about

 

16.               A．curious         B．quiet           C．puzzled   D．worried

 

17.               A．cried          B．insisted         C．complained D．informed

 

18.               A．right           B．wrong          C．worried   D．uncertain

 

19.               A．shortcomings    B．difficulties      C．pride D．description

 

20.               A．paper          B．pens           C．hands D．eyes

 

 

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other  __1 , including her “sixth sense”, that she seldom gives the impression (印象) that she’s  2__   anything. It’s really amazing.

Michelle  3  her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she isn’t too hard on them. Her children really benefit a lot from her  4 __attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that 5 often don’t realize she’s blind.

I 6   this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   7  about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was  8  excited about her finger-painting project.

“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to 9 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle  10  with us”. 

To my great  11 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my   12  showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment (成就). She really   13  what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt  14  Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come  15  in conversation. When I told my daughter Michelle was blind, she was   16  for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla  __17 . I knew my child was _18  because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also “heard” Kayla’s 19 in her work.

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my __20__.” Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

1.                A．ways           B．means          C．methods  D．senses

 

2.                A．enjoyed        B．found          C．missed   D．held

 

3.                A．comes across    B．looks after       C．picks out  D．learns from

 

4.                A．relaxed         B．nervous        C．anxious   D．secret

 

5.                A．parents         B．family          C．guests    D．friends

 

6.                A．realized        B．heard          C．forgot    D．witnessed

 

7.                A．sad            B．calm           C．excited   D．puzzled

 

8.                A．especially       B．seldom         C．frequently D．hardly

 

9.                A．paint           B．draw           C．create    D．mix

 

10.               A．stayed         B．painted         C．talked D．competed

 

11.               A．excitement      B．encouragement  C．delight    D．surprise

 

12.               A．attitude        B．color          C．picture    D．paper

 

13.               A．touched        B．considered      C．saw   D．understood

 

14.               A．after           B．unless          C．until D．if

 

15.               A．up            B．down          C．back  D．on

 

16.               A．curious         B．quiet           C．angry D．worried

 

17.               A．whispered      B．insisted         C．introduced D．informed

 

18.               A．right           B．wrong          C．worried   D．uncertain

 

19.               A．shortcomings    B．difficulties      C．pride D．disappointment

 

20.               A．paper          B．pens           C．hands D．eyes

 

 

My neighbor Jennifer is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other  36  , including her "sixth sense", that she hardly gives the impression that she has   37  anything. Jennifer looks after her children much like the rest of us,  38  that she doesn’t push too hard on them,  39  really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that   40  often don't realize she's blind.

I  41  this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   42  about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   43  excited about her finger-painting project.

“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to   44  colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Jennifer  45   with us”. To my great  46  , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Jennifer told me my   47  showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment（成就感）. She really _48   what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt   49  Jennifer showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn't know that Jennifer was blind. It had just never  50  in conversation. When I told my daughter that Jennifer was blind, she was  51  for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. “But Mommy, Jennifer knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla  52  . And I knew my child was  53   because Jennifer had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Jennifer had also heard Kayla's  54  in her work.

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Jennifer really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my   55  .”

Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

36．A．senses                     B．means                     C．methods                  D．ways

37．A．enjoyed                  B．found                     C．missed                   D．got

38．A．instead                   B．except                    C．since                      D．but

39．A．which                     B．it                           C．she                         D．who 

40．A．children                  B．family                    C．guests                     D．friends

41．A．witnessed               B．heard                      C．recognized              D．realized

42．A．sad                        B．satisfied                  C．excited                   D．sorry

43．A．not at all              B．not so                     C．a little                    D．especially

44．A．mix                        B．draw                      C．write                   D．paint

45．A．stayed                    B．painted                  C．talked                     D．studied

46．A．surprise               B．encouragement        C．delight                    D．excitement

47．A．attitude                   B．picture                    C．homework              D．paper

48．A．understood              B．found                  C．saw                       D．touched   

49．A．after                       B．unless                     C．until                      D．when

50．A．talked about            B．turned out               C．referred to              D．come up

51．A．curious                   B．quiet                      C．puzzled                   D．worried

52．A．cried                      B．insisted                  C．required               D．informed

53．A．uncertain                B．wrong                    C．worried                  D．right

54．A．shortcomings          B．difficulties                     C．pride                     D．description

55．A．eyes                    B．pens                       C．hands                     D．paper