完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Having said goodbye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home. 16 excited, Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alax 17 from time to time. The family were 18 from trip．
But about three hours later things began to 19 . It was starting to snow. Alvin sped up the car, 20 to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now. Because it was snowing more and more heavily. So Alvin had to 21 down. The snow on the 22 was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to 23 on it. Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow 24 the engine refused to start again．
“The snow doesn’t seem to 25 . Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said she 26 to walk． So they got out of the car with their son and began walking. But 27 was to come. Soon they lost their 28 and had to walk aimlessly on and on．
Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they were 29 that poor Alax would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alax 30 made them filled with courage, warmth and strength. They 31 and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had countless falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their 32 again．
One, two, three, … seven days passed. On the eighth day, 33 at last came from Alvin’s parents, the police and local people. But the young 34 had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frost-bites(冻伤). Fortunately, there was 35 seriously wrong with little Alax．
1. A．Still B．Even C．Yet D．Ever
2. A．cried B．jumped C．smiled D．sang
3. A．taking B．having C．enjoying D．starting
4. A．work B．change C．come D．finish
5. A．phoning B．deciding C．thinking D．hoping
6. A．get B．slow C．go D．look
7.A．land B．highway C．fields D．car
8. A．walk B．sit C．stay D．wait
9. A．and B．but C．or D．for
10. A．fall B．end C．continue D．melt
11. A．liked B．preferred C．decided D．wished
12. A．better B．something C．nothing D．worse
13. A．hope B．luck C．way D．money
14. A．certain B．afraid C．sorry D．sure
15. A．happy B．silent C．alive D．dead
16. A．slept B．walked C．watched D．ate
17. A．heads B．eyes C．hands D．feet
18. A．danger B．help C．luck D．news
19. A．husband B．wife C．couple D．baby
20. A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
The boy became fatter and fatter each day and __________ made his parents sad.
A. which B. what C. he D. it
----Thank you for your MP4 player. I’ll ask Mary to take it to you soon.
----________ .I’ve bought a new one.
A. No sense B. No hurry C. No way D. No use
Earlier this morning I e-mailed an old friend, Mark. We have been out of touch for 12 years, but the 36 is a wonderful thing. Finding his e-mail address 37 less than a minute. He is working on his doctoral paper in western America.
Mark and I met at a summer 38 that we both attended. I went every year from the time I was 8 or 9 until I was 15. I don’t 39 exactly, but I think Mark was there for as many years as I was.
We lived close to each other and 40 saw each other around the campsite, but not often. Mostly we stayed together for a week or two in the 41 and wrote letters back and forth during the rest of the first few years. I still have all of his letters in a box somewhere. I come across them occasionally and 42 to sit down and read through them, but I never have. He was a 43 and precious friend to me, and I am deeply 44 that we have drifted so far apart.
Mark was a very kind and incredibly bright and funny 45 . He loved Monty Python — I mean he was a fanatic(狂热者), and could 46 entire movies from memory. He was one of those kids who 47 such a unique and powerful mind 48 they never quite fit into the main stream of life. 49 Mark, who I believe realized that, never seemed to care about it. When I knew that Mark was working on his 50 (on a highly intellectual and fairly mysterious and difficult topic), I thought, “Well yes, of course.” He is just where I would
51 him to be.
I wonder if he will write me back. I wonder if he will be 52 by where I am. I wonder whether he and I can be 53 again, or whether these years have left us with 54
in common. I wonder whether he can ever be the man I 55 , or only remain the boy I knew.
1.A. world B. Internet C. life D. fax
2.A. cost B. paid C. took D. spent
3.A. train B. meeting C. camp D. holiday
4.A. remind B. recall C. remember D. realize
5.A. occasionally B. regularly C. usually D. commonly
6.A. neighborhood B. group C. holiday D. summer
7.A. manage B. advise C. intend D. prefer
8.A. likely B. friendly C. coldly D. dear
9.A. regret B. sorry C. excited D. satisfied
10.A. teenager B. adult C. reader D. camper
11.A. see B. recite C. write D. read
12.A. gained B. had C. got D. deserved
13.A. that B. as C. because D. so
14.A. Because B. Though C. Since D. But
15.A. book B. novel C. paper D. lesson
16.A. let B. lead C. expect D. allow
17.A. shocked B. surprised C. disappointed D. excited
18.A. classmates B. partners C. enemies D. friends
19.A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything[来源:Z_
20.A. value B. know C. dislike D. admire
So, ________ the government has a good system of control or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.
A. as long as B. when C. unless D. every time
—I can’t stand him ________ all the time.
—Is that why you refused ________ to him?
A. interrupting; speaking B. interrupting; to speak
C. to interrupt; to speak D. to interrupt; speaking
