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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
After seating myself in my room and turning on my computer, I noticed a Post-it note stuck to my monitor(显示器). It read, “Don't turn on your computer. You stayed up until midnight doing your homework last night.—Mom.”I _________ the note into the wastebasket.“Why do they _________? ”I thought. “They're never here anyway.”
Right after high school started,I almost lost contact with my parents. With all their business _________ ,they asked the neighbors to watch over me. Of course,the neighbors didn't do such a(n) _________ job,as they had kids of their own to worry about. The only means of communication between me and my parents was through Post-it notes.
After spending about eight hours away from home,I usually came home to find the house _________ empty. It made me sad. I would come home from school to be welcomed by _________ ,to talk to no one and to be watched over by my neighbors. That was when I started _________ more clubs and staying after school more often so I didn't have to feel so lonely. Luckily,at school,my friends were there for me. They were all there to give me a ________ or talk with me when I wanted to talk. I felt great when I was at school. Yet, something was still _________ — my parents.
Now I realize that nobody can take the place of my parents. I wish that they would be there at home,waiting for me to come back from school. There are too many things my parents don't know about me. I wish that they actually had a( n) _________ to understand me. I want them to understand that they're my parents and I'm their kid and I need them.
1.A. showed B. threw C. led D. pulled
2.A. check B. know C. care D. speak
3.A. designs B. dreams C. trips D. partners
4.A. free B. easy C. careless D. good
5.A. suddenly B. especially C. completely D. necessarily
6.A. everybody B. anybody C. somebody D. nobody
7.A. creating B. joining C. finding D. serving
8.A. hand B. wish C. suggestion D. reason
9.A. surprising B. missing C. exciting D. amazing
10. A. excuse B. chance C. task D. place
—A homeless man won a lottery ticket. He became rich over night.
A. Better safe than sorry.
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Every dog has its day.
D. When the cat is away, the mice will play.
We'd better subjects like age,weight or money while talking in western countries.
A. agree B. afford C. allow D. avoid
—That's a nice hair clip. Could you tell me ?
—I made it with my sister's help.
A. how did you make it
B. how you made it
C. who did you make it for
D. how you made it for
,when Marx was already ,he began to learn Russian.
A. In 1870s; in his fifties
B. In 1870s; in fifties
C. In the 1870s; in his fifties
D. In the 1870s; in fifties
More and more couples would rather a second baby their first child can feel less lonely.
A. have; in order to
B. to have; in order to
C. have; so that
D. to have; so that