专题限时训练(二十一) [记叙文型完形填空(三)]
(限时:30分钟)
(一)
Jennifer was halfway down the stairs when she turned and took one last look at her room.__1__high school and going away to college was like the__2__ pause at the ending of a chapter in a good book, and she was__3__ to turn the page.
Jennifer went down the stairs to where her mother and father __4__ quiet, were waiting.She even felt a sense of guilt deep __5__her when she admitted to herself how longingly she had __6__ getting away from her home and starting a new life in the college.
They went out through the front door.Dad put the suitcases in the back of the __7__ and then came forwards to hold the front door open.“Sit in the __8__, dear,”her mother suggested, touching her arm gently and Jennifer noticed that her mother was __9__ one of those sadlooking smiles.In fact, she was afraid her mother might even __10__at the train station.
Her father pulled out of their driveway and Jennifer turned for one last look at the house.
They pulled up at the station then.The train was coming.There were lastminute questions, words of advice, and then__11__.
“Well, I'm on my way.Don't worry about me.Everything will be OK,”Jennifer said __12__. When her father took the picture, she noticed her mother wasn't weepy at all—the smile on her face wasn't __13__sadlooking.
Through the window, Jennifer held__14__ with her eyes as the train moved away slowly.They were standing close together, and somehow it __15__the memory of that day when she was seven, she had persuaded them to let her __16__ the big Ferris wheel(摩天轮)all by herself.She had sat still in the __17__ middle of the seat as she did just now in the car, feeling__18__that even if she fell, even if the Ferris wheel itself fell, she had known they would catch her.
Suddenly she felt tears __19__ her eyes.She wiped her eyes one last time and found her parents out of __20__ when she looked back again.
1.A.Finishing B.Attending
C.Entering D.Continuing
2.A.frequent B.sudden
C.brief D.complicated
3.A.sad B.slow
C.eager D.quiet
4.A.strangely B.badly
C.normally D.definitely
5.A.from B.within
C.into D.of
6.A.looked up to B.got used to
C.got bored with D.looked forward to
7.A.seat B.wheel
C.car D.driveway
8.A.middle B.back
C.front D.seat
9.A.flashing B.wearing
C.forcing D.shaping
10.A.arrive B.escape
C.faint D.cry
11.A.decisions B.hugs
C.changes D.rushes
12.A.loudly B.sadly
C.impatiently D.heartily
13.A.all B.even
C.only D.once
14.A.it B.her
C.him D.them
15.A.kept away B.stuck to
C.wiped off D.brought back
16.A.ride B.catch
C.play D.drive
17.A.same B.right
C.exact D.similar
18.A.afraid B.certain
C.sorry D.peaceful
19.A.controlled B.rolled
C.emptied D.flooded
20.A.sight B.mind
C.station D.memory
(二)
Once when there was a famine(饥荒), a rich baker sent out bread for twenty of the poorest children in the town, and said to them,“In this basket there is a loaf for each of you. __21__ it, and come back to me every __22__ at this hour till better times come.”
The hungry children __23__ eagerly around the basket, and quarrelled for the bread, __24__ each wished to have the largest loaf. At last they went away without even __25__ the good gentleman. But Gretchen, a poorlydressed little girl, did not __26__ or struggle with the rest, but remained __27__ modestly in the distance. When the illbehaved children had left, she took the __28__ loaf, which alone was left in the basket, __29__ the gentleman's hand, and went home.
The next day the children were as __30__ as before, and poor, shy Gretchen received a loaf only nearly half the __31__ of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the __32__ open, many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it. Her mother was very much __33__, and said, “Take the money back to the good __34__ at once, for it must have got into the loaf __35__. Be quick, Gretchen! Be quick!”
But when the little girl gave the rich man her mother's __36__, he said,“No, no, my child, it was no __37__. I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to __38__ you. Always be as contented, peaceable, and __39__ as you now are. Go home now, and the __40__ is your own.”
21.A.Take B.Buy
C.Order D.Smell
22.A.month B.week
C.day D.year
23.A.stood B.sat
C.gathered D.looked
24.A.but B.so
C.since D.because
25.A.hearing B.thanking
C.thinking D.looking
26.A.play B.laugh
C.quarrel D.speak
27.A.crying B.standing
C.quarrelling D.singing
28.A.best B.oldest
C.largest D.smallest
29.A.kissed B.took
C.seized D.waved
30.A.hungry B.angry
C.eager D.rude
31.A.size B.number
C.length D.amount
32.A.letter B.bread
C.basket D.bag
33.A.surprised B.pleased
C.terrified D.excited
34.A.policeman B.teacher
C.gentleman D.child
35.A.by accident B.by heart
C.by hand D.by itself
36.A.letter B.apology
C.money D.message
37.A.luck B.use
C.good D.mistake
38.A.test B.reward
C.thank D.attract
39.A.careful B.grateful
C.beautiful D.enthusiastic
40.A.loaf B.basket
C.world D.money
专题限时训练(二十一)【记叙文型完形填空(三)】
(一)
【文章大意】 Jennifer准备离开家去上大学,她内心充满着对新生活的渴望,但这对她的父母来说则是另一种心情。
1.A 根据下文going away to college可知,此处表示Jennifer 完成了高中学业,应选择A。finish完成;attend出席;enter进入;continue继续。
2.C 从高中毕业到去上大学就像一本好书中的某一章结尾时短暂的停顿一样。frequent频繁的;sudden突然的;brief简洁的,短暂的;complicated复杂的。
3.C 根据上文可知,作者将从高中转入大学看成是一本好书章节间的短暂停顿,Jennifer正是处于这样的阶段,她急于翻页,想要欣赏下一章节的内容,选择C。
4.A Jennifer到了楼下,她的父母正在等她,出奇地安静。这种静反映了孩子要离开时他们的心情。strangely奇怪地,异常地;badly拙劣地;normally正常地;definitely确切地,明确地。
5.B 此处指Jennifer内心深感愧疚,因此使用within。
6.D 当Jennifer承认自己曾经是多么渴望离开家开始大学的新生活时,她深感内疚。look up to尊敬;get used to习惯于;get bored with厌倦;look forward to盼望,期待。
7.C 根据下文“…as she did just now in the car…”可知,应选择C。
8.A 根据下文“She had sat still in the…middle of the seat as she did just now in the car…”可知,母亲让Jennifer坐在座位中间。
9.B 这里表示Jennifer的母亲流露出有些伤心的笑,应选择B。flash闪光;wear流露,面带,呈现(某种神态);force强迫,迫使;shape塑造。
10.D 根据上文中的“Jennifer noticed that her mother was…one of those sadlooking smiles.”可知,Jennifer担心母亲在车站会忍不住哭出来。下文的weepy 也可作为提示。
11.B 火车要来了,这是最后的话别时刻,之后应该是离别前的拥抱。decision决定;hug拥抱;change改变;rush猛冲。
12.D 临别前,Jennifer不想让父母担心,所以高兴地说一切都会好的。loudly大声地;sadly悲伤地;impatiently不耐烦地;heartily开怀地。
13.B 根据前文中“…she noticed her mother wasn't weepy at all…”可知,此处表示在照相时母亲带着笑容的脸上甚至都看不出伤感,前后为递进关系,因此选B。
14.D Jennifer透过车窗目送着父母,此处用them指Jennifer的父母。
15.D bring back the memory表示“勾起回忆”,符合语境。keep
away不接近,使离开;stick to坚持(做某事,不怕困难);wipe off从……除掉(或抹掉)。
16.A 根据下文中的the big Ferris wheel(摩天轮) all by herself可知,Jennifer说服父母同意让她独自一人去坐摩天轮。ride意为“乘坐”,符合语境。
17.C 这里指Jennifer当时坐在座位的正中间。exact精确的,准确的。
18.B Jennifer当时坐在座位的正中间动都不敢动,但心里确信即使摔下去,即使摩天轮翻倒,父母也一定会接住她。certain确定,确信。
19.D 想到这儿,Jennifer突然泪如泉涌。control控制;roll滚动;empty倒空;flood大量涌入,蜂拥而出。
20.A Jennifer最后一次擦去眼中的泪水,再去看父母时,他们已经不见了踪影。out of sight看不见,淡出视线。
(二)
【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过一个小女孩的故事告诉我们:对帮助过我们的人我们应该心存感激。
21.A 面包店老板让这些孩子吃面包,因此选A项表示“拿”。
22.C 根据语境中的at this hour可知,这里表示每天的这个时候都来拿面包,故选C项。
23.C 这里用短语gather around“聚集”,表示孩子们都饿了,赶紧围过来,吵着要吃面包。
24.D 这里用because引导原因状语从句表示原因,即孩子们吵闹的原因是每个孩子都想吃那块最大的面包。
25.B 根据语境中的without even判断应选B,表示这些孩子们拿了面包就散去了,对面包店老板连句谢谢都没有说。
26.C 根据前文的quarrelled for the bread可知,语境表示这个女孩没有跟其他孩子们争面包,故选C项。
27.B 这里表示当那些孩子们在争面包的时候,女孩就站(stand)在远处,故选B项。
28.D 根据前文的“ …each wished to have the largest loaf.”和最后一段中的the smallest loaf可知,篮子里最后剩下的是一块最小的面包。
29.A 语境说这个女孩拿起剩下的那块面包,结合四个选项可知,这里表示她“吻”面包店老板的手以表示感谢。
30.D 上文提到这些孩子们争面包并且没有说一句感谢的话,故选D项,表示这些孩子很没礼貌。
31.A 这里表示面包的大小,故选A项。
32.B 小女孩的母亲把面包(bread) 切开,故选B项。
33.A 看到切开的面包里面掉出来很多银币,小女孩的妈妈觉得很惊讶(surprised),故选A项。
34.C 根据前文的the good gentleman可知C项正确。
35.A 面包里出现了银币,这一定是面包店老板不小心弄进去的,因此选A项表示“偶然,意外地”。
36.D 这里表示小女孩在归还银币的时候把妈妈的话说给了面包店老板听,故选D项,表示“(书面或口头的)信息,消息”。
37.D 面包店老板告诉小女孩,他把银币放进面包里绝非偶然。故选D项。
38.B 这里用reward表示“奖励”。面包店老板把银币放进最小的那块面包里是为了奖励(reward) 小女孩。
39.B 上文说那些孩子连声感谢都没说,而这个小女孩与他们不同,她向面包店老板表达了感激之情,故选B项。
40.D 这里说的是小女孩归还的那些银币,故选D项。