完形填空（共20小题，每小题1 分，共计20分）
Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked    21   . We decided it was time to   22  the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing   23  colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all spoke together：“Not the measuring stick. ”
“No,” I   24   them. “Not the measuring stick.”
The measuring stick isn’t a (an)   25    stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room. Along the edge we’ve   26   each child’s growth by making a mark showing his or her   27   on every birthday. Over the years, so many colored pens, pencils and    28     have been used that now, this white door is somewhat like an abstract(抽象的) painting.
Names and dates show different    29   , and I can tell by the script(手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old   30  to measure her three-year old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother and my husband did the same to me. At our family    31   , when this door swung back and forth frequently, friends used to stop to    32    the names and dates. When they were asked if they would like to be always remembered, they    33    smiled shyly and went back right up into place,     34  to be measured.
Many of those   35    on the door are still   36   . Some have stopped. Some remain with us only in   37   . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her, too. It was her last visit to our home.
We haven’ t   38   the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the   39   of the kitchen door will still remain    40  , with lots of names and dates in various colors.

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1 分，共计20分）

Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked    21   . We decided it was time to   22  the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing   23  colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all spoke together：“Not the measuring stick. ”

“No,” I   24   them. “Not the measuring stick.”

The measuring stick isn’t a (an)   25    stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room. Along the edge we’ve   26   each child’s growth by making a mark showing his or her   27   on every birthday. Over the years, so many colored pens, pencils and    28     have been used that now, this white door is somewhat like an abstract(抽象的) painting.

Names and dates show different    29   , and I can tell by the script(手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old   30  to measure her three-year old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother and my husband did the same to me. At our family    31   , when this door swung back and forth frequently, friends used to stop to    32    the names and dates. When they were asked if they would like to be always remembered, they    33    smiled shyly and went back right up into place,     34  to be measured.

Many of those   35    on the door are still   36   . Some have stopped. Some remain with us only in   37   . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her, too. It was her last visit to our home.

We haven’ t   38   the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the   39   of the kitchen door will still remain    40  , with lots of names and dates in various colors.

1.                A．small           B． old           C． familiar  D． favorable

2.                A．repair          B． rebuild        C． reuse   D． repaint

3.                A．safe           B． possible        C． valuable D． changeable

4.                A．promised       B． repeated       C．followed D． persuaded

5.                A．false           B． wonderful      C． actual   D． obvious

6.                A．kept           B． witnessed      C． recorded D． accompanied

7.                A．age            B． weight         C． name   D． height

8.                A．boxes          B． markers        C． schoolbags   D． sticks

9.                                  A．information B． handwriting

C．character                         D． status

10.               A．allowed        B． pretended     C． helped   D． ordered

11.               A．offices         B． banks         C． meetings D． parties

12.               A．copy           B． read          C． like  D． remove

13.               A．hardly         B． never         C． usually   D． seldom

14.               A．ready          B． afraid         C． able D． unwilling

15.               A．missed         B． taught         C． listed D． suggested

16.               A．growing        B．contributing     C．studying   D． working

17.               A．sight           B． design         C．trouble    D． memory

18.                                A．connected with  B．agreed to

C．decided on                       D．relied on

19.               A．front          B． back          C． right D． left

20.               A．yellow         B． grey          C． white    D． blue