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高二英语完形填空 1 As she walked round the large shop Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas 1 for her father She 2 that he were as easy to please as her mother who was 3 satisfied with perfume 香水 4 shopping at this time of the year was a most 5 job People 6 on your feet pushed you with their shoulders and almost 7 you over in their hurry in order to 8 something cheap ahead of you Partly to have a rest Edith paused in front of a counter where some beautiful ties were on 9 They are 10 silk the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to 11 her to buy one But Edith knew from past 12 that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father She moved on slowly and then quite by chance 13 where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter She found some fine pipes on sale and the 14 were very beautiful Edith did not hesitate for long although her father 15 smoked a pipe once in a while she believed this was 16 to please him When she got home with her small but 17 present hidden in her handbag it was time for supper and her parents were already 18 table Her mother was in great 19 Your father has at last decided to stop smoking she told her daughter happily Edith was so 20 that she could not say a single word 1 A suit B card C thing D gift 2 A believed B wished C hoped D supposed 3 A never B seldom C always D scarcely 4 A Therefore B Fortunately C Besides D Finally 5 A unhappy B careful C exciting D tiring 6 A walked B stepped C lifted D stood 7 A turned B hit C brought D knocked 8 A watch B find C grasp D sell 9 A time B show C board D duty 10 A real B cheap C poor D exact 11 A hope B ask C force D persuade 12 A experience B things C books D school 13 A stopped B saw C asked D found 14 A money B cigarette C shapes D shop 15 A always B nearly C only D never 16 A hardly B impossibly C possibly D certainly 17 A cheap B well chosen C expensive D ready made 18 A on B by C beside D at 19 A excitement B anger C sadness D disappointment 20 A glad B happy C surprised D excited 2 A friend of mine opened his wife s underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package This he said isn t any 1 package He unwrapped the box and 2 both the silk paper and the box She got it 3 we went to New York 8 or 9 years ago She has 4 put it on And she was5 it for a special occasion he told me He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other 6 he was taking to the funeral home 殡仪馆 his wife had just died Then he turned to me and 7 Never save something for a special occasion Every day in your life is a 8 occasion I still think those words 9 my life Now I spend more time with my 10 and less at work I ll wear 11 clothes to go to the supermarket if I feel like my new clothes I don t save my special perfume for special occasions I use it 12 I want to The words Some day and One day 13 gradually from my dictionary If it s worth seeing listening or doing I want to see listen or do it now I don t know what my friend s wife would have 14 if she knew she wouldn t be there the next morning and this 15 can tell I think she might 16 her relatives and closest friends She might call old friends to make peace over past 17 She might go out for a Chinese maybe her 18 food It s these small things that I would regret not doing if I knew my 19 had come I would regret it because I would no longer see the relatives and the friends even the delicious food Now I try not to 20 anything that could bring laughter and joy into my life And on each morning I say to myself that this could be a special day Each day each hour each minute is special 1 A particular B valuable C strange D ordinary 2 A turned B took out C stared at D looked for 3 A after B when C until D before 4 A never B often C always D ever 5 A saving B making C sparing D taking 6 A clothing B books C equipment D food 7 A apologized B continued C complained D explained 8 A private B public C special D secret 9 A showed B stopped C followed D changed 10 A college B audience C company D family 11 A cheap B fashionable C new D old 12 A wherever B whenever C however D whether 13 A disappeared B spread C formed D appeared 14 A worn B found C become D done 15 A somebody B anybody C nobody D everybody 16 A leave B visit C persuade D beg 17 A discussions B agreements C experiences D quarrels 18 A fresh B favorite C dangerous D terrible 19 A time B choice C chance D luck 20 A promise B accept C miss D expect 3 My husband Mike hated Christmas He didn t hate the true meaning of 1 but the commercial aspects 方面 of it Knowing he felt this 2 I decided one year to 3 the usual shirts sweaters ties and so on I reached for something 4 just for Mike The idea came in an unusual way Our son Kevin who was 12 that year was 5 at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas there was a non league match 6 a team sponsored 资助 by a church These youngsters from the church dressed in shoes so 7 that shoestrings 鞋带 seemed to be the only thing holding them together 8 our son s team were in their beautiful new wrestling shoes As the match began I was 9 to see that the other team was wrestling without a helmet 头盔 designed to 10 a wrestler s head They clearly could not 11 them Well our son s team ended up defeating them and took every weight class But as the other team 12 up from the mat 垫子 they walked around with a sense of pride that couldn t admit 13 Mike seated beside me shook his head 14 I wish just one of them could have won he said They have a lot of potential 潜力 but 15 like this could take the heart right out of them Mike loved 16 and he knew them having coached little league football baseball That s when the 17 for his present came That afternoon I went to a local sporting goods store and 18 some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them to the church On Christmas Eve I placed the envelope on the tree the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his 19 from me His smile was the 20 thing about Christmas that year 1 A the gift B an envelope C the wrestling D Christmas 2 A way B joy C music D fear 3 A buy B avoid C wear D give 4 A beautiful B expensive C special D new 5 A wrestling B weightlifting C shooting D boxing 6 A at B against C for D on 7 A big B small C worn D cheap 8 A because B if C so D while 9 A frightened B disappointed C pleased D surprised 10 A cover B surround C protect D hide 11 A carry B afford C design D expect 12 A got B dressed C turned D cheered 13 A defeat B evidence C charge D mistake 14 A gently B sadly C nervously D gladly 15 A running B winning C losing D shaking 16 A workmates B parents C friends D kids 17 A invitation B idea C care D money 18 A return B sold C bought D left 19 A gift B warning C praise D love 20 A brightest B funniest C ugliest D darkest 4 Now that I am no longer young I have friends whose mothers have passed away I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers 36 it was too late to tell them I am blessed 赐福 with the dear mother who is still alive I 37 her more each day My mother does not change but I 38 As I grow older and wiser I realize 39 an extraordinary person she is How 40 that I am unable to speak these words in her 41 but they flow easily from my pen How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself For the love patience and just 42 hard work that go into 43 a child For running after a toddler 学走步的小孩 for understanding a 44 teenager for tolerating 忍受 容忍 a college student who knows 45 For waiting for the day when a daughter 46 how wise her mother really is How does a 47 woman thank a mother for 48 to be a mother For being ready 49 advice when asked or remaining 50 when it is most appreciated For not saying I told you so when she could have uttered these words 51 For being 52 herself loving thoughtful patient and forgiving I don t know how dear God except to ask you to bless her as richly as she 53 and to help me live up to the example she has 54 I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother 55 in mine 36 A as B that C until D when 37 A approve B appreciate C need D resemble 38 A do B have C did D will 39 A how B that C who D what 40 A sad B glad C comic D tragic 41 A absence B presence C appearance D existence 42 A ommon B plain C normal D usual 43 A raising B rising C developing D training 44 A childish B energetic C fearless D moody 45 A anything B something C everything D nothing 46 A detects B discovers C recognizes D realizes 47 A pretty B foolish C green D grown 48 A failing B intending C continuing D keeping 49 A by B with C for D on 50 A silent B quiet C cool D noiseless 51 A dozen times B a dozen of times C dozens of times D dozen of time 52 A valuably B essentially C naturally D virtually 53 A devotes B deserts C deserves D desires 54 A set B settled C placed D fixed 55 A sees B finds C is D looks 5 I arrived in the classroom ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class Having taught in the US for 17 years I had no 36 about my ability to hold their attention and to 37 on them my admiration for the literature 文学 of my mother tongue I was shocked when the monitor shouted 38 and the entire class rose as I entered the room and I was somewhat 39 about how to get them to sit down again but once that awkwardness 尴尬 was over I quickly 40 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact packed lecture sure to gain their respect perhaps 41 their admiration I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a n 42 of achievements My students 43 diaries However as I read them the rosy glow was gradually 44 by a strong sense of sadness The first diary said Our literature teacher didn t teach us anything today 45 her next lecture will be better Greatly surprised I read diary after diary each expressing a 46 subject Didn t I teach them anything I described the entire philosophical framework 哲学体系 of Western thought and laid the historical 47 for all the works we ll study in class I complained How 48 they say I didn t teach them anything It was a long term and it 49 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 50 of my students I thought a teacher s job was to raise 51 questions and provide enough background so that students could 52 their own conclusions My students thought a teacher s job was to provide 53 information as directly and clearly as possible What a difference 54 I also learned a lot and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a 55 American teacher knowing how to teach in a different culture 36 A worry B idea C doubt D experience 37 A impress B put C leave D fix 38 A Attention B Look out C At ease D Stand up 39 A puzzled B sure C curious D worried 40 A found B returned C regained D followed 41 A more B even C yet D still 42 A thought B sense C feeling D idea 43 A wrote B borrowed C kept D read 44 A replaced B taken C caught D moved 45 A Naturally B Perhaps C Fortunately D Reasonably 46 A different B same C similar D usual 47 A happenings B characters C development D background 48 A should B can C will D must 49 A immediately B certainly C simply D gradually 50 A that B what C those D ones 51 A difficult B interesting C ordinary D unusual 52 A draw B get C decide D give 53 A strange B standard C exact D serious 54 A Therefore B However C Besides D Though 55 A normal B happy C good D better 6 There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God He knew it was a long trip to where God lived so he 21 his suitcase with Twinkies and a six pack of root beer and he started his 22 When he had gone about three blocks he met an old woman She was 23 in the park just staring at some pigeons 鸽子 The boy sat down next to her and opened his 24 He was about to take drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked 25 so he offered her a Twinkie She 26 accepted it and smiled at him Her 27 was so pretty that he boy wanted to see it 28 so he offered her a root beer Once again she smiled at him The boy was 29 They sat there all 30 eating and smiling but they never said a word As it grew dark the boy realized how 31 he was and he got up to leave but before he had gone more than a few steps he 32 around ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug She gave him her 33 smile ever When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later his mother was 34 by the look of joy on his face She asked him What did you do today that made you so happy He replied I had 35 with God But before his mother could respond he added You know 36 She s got the most beautiful smile I ve ever seen Meanwhile the old woman also radiant 容光焕发的 with 37 returned to her home Her son was shocked by the look of 38 on her face and he asked Mother what did you do today that made you so happy She replied I 39 Twinkies in the park with God But before her son responded she added You know he s much 40 than I expected 21 A packed B carried C delivered D arranged 22 A game B journey C car D work 23 A standing B playing C sitting D waiting 24 A suitcase B bag C beer D map 25 A worried B pale C hungry D poor 26 A willingly B joyfully C respectfully D gratefully 27 A face B skirt C smile D ring 28 A again B often C further D soon 29 A satisfied B delighted C moved D shocked 30 A morning B day C night D afternoon 31 A happy B tired C bored D thirsty 32 A turned B looked C walked D jumped 33 A commonest B biggest C weakest D trickiest 34 A surprised B terrified C impressed D attracted 35 A a talk B a walk C fun D lunch 36 A why B who C what D where 37 A joy B fear C anger D content 38 A victory B regret C peace D surprise 39 A sold B baked C drank D ate 40 A nobler B taller C wiser D younger 7 In the United States it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning If you telephone him early in the morning 16 he is shaving or having breakfast the 17 of the call shows that the matter is very important and 18 immediate attention The same meaning 19 with telephone calls made after 11 00 pm If someone 20 a call during sleeping hours he considers it a matter of life and 21 The time chosen for the call communicates its importance In 22 life time plays a very important part In the U S 23 may feel they are not highly 24 if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date But it is not 25 in all countries In other areas of the world it may be considered 26 to make an appointment too far in 27 because plans made for a date more than a week away may be 28 The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world Thus misunderstandings 29 between people from cultures that treat time differently Promptness 准时 is 30 highly in American life for example If not prompt they may be regarded as impolite or not fully 31 In the U S no one would think of keeping a business 32 waiting for an hour it would be too impolite A person who is five minutes late is 33 to make a short 34 If he is less than five minutes late he will say a few words of 35 though perhaps he will not complete the sentence 16 A and B but C while D for which 17 A time B reason C person D place 18 A pays B explains C declares D requires 19 A comes B goes C deals D happens 20 A receives B phones C sends D replies 21 A help B trouble C death D disturbance 22 A local B city C trade D social 23 A hosts B guests C waiters D postmen 24 A thought B regarded C praised D served 25 A true B right C different D common 26 A foolish B waste C polite D impossible 27 A future B delivery C advance D preparation 28 A missing B changeable C helpless D forgotten 29 A cause B appear C spread D transfer 30 A valued B looked C believed D followed 31 A capable B responsible C forgivable D believable 32 A merchant B company C partner D competitor 33 A ordered B expected C suggested D requested 34 A apology B speech C fine D performance 35 A regret B enjoyment C introduction D explanation 8 It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university On the steps of one building a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few 26 On their faces was confidence This was their 27 exam then on to graduation and jobs Some talked of jobs they already had others talked of jobs they 28 get With the certainty of four years of college they felt 29 and able to take control of the world The coming exam they knew would be a n 30 task as the professor had said they could bring 31 books or notes they wanted requesting only that they did not 32 each other during the test 33 they entered the classroom The professor passed out the papers And smiles 34 on the students faces as they found there were only five questions Three hours had passed 35 the professor began to collect papers The students no longer looked confident On their faces was a frightened expression Papers in hand no one spoke as the professor faced the class He looked at the 36 faces before him and then asked How many completed all five questions 37 a hand was raised How many answered four Still no hand Three Two The students moved restlessly in their seats One then Certainly somebody finished 38 But the class remained silent The professor put down the papers That is exactly what I 39 he said I just want you to know that although you have completed four years of study there are 40 many things about the 41 you don t know These questions you could not answer are relatively common in 42 practice Then smiling he added You will all 43 this course but remember even though you are now college graduates your education had just 44 The years have weakened the name of the professor but not the 45 he taught 26 A seconds B minutes C hours D days 27 A only B first C very D last 28 A would B must C had to D used to 29 A glad B ready C sorry D nice 30 A interesting B necessary C easy D unusual 31 A no B either C any D some 32 A listen to B look at C care for D talk to 33 A Hardly B Happily C Quickly D Carefully 34 A appeared B changed C failed D stopped 35 A then B a