Question

完形填空（10小题；每小题1分，共10分）

A special call

A man in Florida, in his 80s, called his son in New York one November day.

The father said to the son, “I hate to tell       , but we've got some       here in the house. Your mother and I can't       each other any more, and we're getting a divorce (离婚). I've had it (受够了)! I want to       out the rest of my years in peace. I'm telling you now,       you and your sister don't go into shock (吃惊) later when I move out."

He         up, and the son immediately called his sister in Hampton and told her the         .

The sister said, “I'll handle (处理) this."

She called Florida and said to her father, “Don't do anything         we get there! We'll be there Wednesday night!"

The father agreed, "All right."

The old man hung up the phone and yelled (喊叫) to his wife, "OK, they're coming         Thanksgiving. Now,           are we going to tell them for Christmas?"

1.A. me       B. her       C. you        D. them

2.A. troubles   B. guests    C. friends      D. furniture

3.A. help      B. stay      C. stand        D. expect

4.A. go     B. live       C. take        D. get

5.A. and       B. so       C. but         D. or

6.A. hung      B. got    C. stood        D. put

7.A. story     B. truth    C. decision     D. news

8.A. when    B. until    C. if           D. though

9.A. to      B. for       C. with        D. on

10.A. what    B. which    C. how        D. when

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.B

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了Florida为了让儿女回家，打电话说他要和妻子离婚，骗儿女回家过感恩节。

1. me我；B. her 她； C. you你；D. them他们。根据上下文可知是父亲给儿子打的电话，根据后文的转折可知句意，我讨厌告诉你，故选C。

2.名词及语境的理解。A. troubles 麻烦；B. guests 客人；C. friends朋友；D. furniture家具。但是家里出了一些麻烦。根据we're getting a divorce可知有一些麻烦事，故选A。

3.动词及语境的理解。A. help帮助；B. stay呆在；C. stand站立；忍受；D. expect期望。根据后文离婚可知他们不能在彼此忍受。故选C。

4.动词及语境的理解。A. go走；B. live生活；居住； C. take带走；D. get获得。我想平静的过我的剩余时光。live out过······生活。故选B。

5.连词及语境的理解。我先告诉你，因此在我搬走的时候你就不会吃惊了。A. and 表示前后是并列关系； B. so因此，表示前后是因果关系； C. but但是，表示前后是转折关系； D. or或者，表示前后是选择关系。so,表示结果，以便于稍后你和你的妹妹当我搬出去时不吃惊。故选B。

6.动词短语及语境的理解。hung up挂断电话，他挂断电话，儿子离开给她的妹妹打电话。根据the son immediately called his sister in Hampton可知故选A。

7.名词及语境的理解。A. story故事；B. truth真相；C. decision决定；D. news消息。告诉她的妹妹这个消息。根据句意，故选D。

8.连词及语境的理解。A. when当；B. until直到；C. if 是否，如果；D. though尽管。不要做任何事情直到我们到那里。根据句意，故选B。

9.介词及语境的理解。他们要回来过感恩节里。for,为······，可以表示目的。根据句意，故选C。

10.疑问词及语境的理解。A. what什么；B. which哪个；C. how怎么；D. when什么时间。对于圣诞节，我们计划告诉他们什么呢？故选A。

考点：故事类短文。