第三节：完形填空(共20小题；每题1.5分,满分30分)
It
was a half-mile walk from our small house to the beach road, where the 21 would be waiting for us. But that morning
Janet was much worse. She couldn’t make that 22 . And I couldn’t carry her. The path
to the beach was steep(陡峭) and narrow and 23 at the water’s edge.
I
was a stranger far from home. I didn’t know 24 to turn for help. But I needed it badly.
I hurried down to the beach and I found help. Four fishermen were about to go
out for their morning 25 . I told them about my sick
little sister. Could they help me get her down the 26 ? I hardly got the words out
of my mouth 27 they dragged their boat back onto the
sand. They climbed the hill with me. One looked at Janet and they 28 their heads. They talked softly to one
another. “ 29 sick to sit in a chair,” one said.
“Better
carry her 30 in bed,” said another.
An
iron cot(儿童床) 31
along the cliff ! I was frightened. How
could they do it ?
32
the men told me not to worry. “Truly
easy, truly 33 ” they said.
They
tied a rope to each leg of the cot. Each of them threw a rope 34 his shoulder and held the end in one
hand. I understood what they meant to do. 35 they carried the cot down the path, they
would use the ropes to keep the cot level. But 36 one of the men slipped and lost his
balance? What would happen to him ---to the others---to 37 ? The men just smiled at my alarm.
“That 38 will make us even more careful,” they
said.
The
men went down the path. Every 39 was a careful one. Always the cot was
level, with never a bump. When they reached the beach road, they quietly lifted
Janet into the taxi. 40
, they stretched her out on the back seat.
We
made the morning train for Tokyo. And there an ambulance was waiting to take
Janet to the hospital. The doctor told me that I had got my little girl there
just in time.
21．A．doctors B．taxi C．boat D．fishermen
22．A．time B．trouble C．request D．walk
23．A．only B．much C．right D．straight
24．A．how B．what C．where D．when
25．A．catch B．train C．exercises D．help
26．A．road B．way C．path D．drive
27．A．when B．while C．after D．before
28．A．shook B．nodded C．held up D．dropped
29．A．Very B．Too C．So D．Truly
30．A．sitting B．lying C．kneeling D．standing
31．A．took B．brought C．lifted D．carried
32．A．And B．But C．Then D．So
33．A．interesting B．exciting C．dangerous D．safe
34．A．over B．on C．through D．across
35．A．As B．Because C．Before D．Since
36．A．how about B．as if C．what if D．what about
37．A．me B．Janet C．themselves D．the-cot
38．A．chance B．beach C．taxi D．time
39．A．walk B．step C．foot D．pace
40．A．Anxiously B．Quickly C．Nervously D．Carefully
