完形填空：（共30分，每小题1.5分）
My 14-year-old son, John,
and
I
Spotted（挑出，察觉） the coat at the same time. It was
hanging at a （an） 36 clothing store.
The coat had a black velvet collar（天鹅绒衣领）, delightful
tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label （标签） and a （an） 37 price of $28.
We looked at 38 , saying nothing, 39 John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with 40 , but could 41 several hundred dollars new.
John 42 the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied 43 that soon changed into a smile. The 44 was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat? ” I asked. “They love it. ” He said, carefully 45 it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the 46 came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was 47 argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to 48 . “Good dinner, Mum, ” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will. ”
When I 49 this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know 50 caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat! ” At the library, we 51 to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 52 this be John? ” He asked, looking up to John’s new height and coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never 53 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for 54 a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for 55 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
1.A. second-hand B. expensive C. big D. cheap
2.A. reasonable B. unbelievable C. special D. average
3.A. each other B. one another C. the other D. others
4.A. therefore B. however C. but D. thus
5.A. adults B. people C. parents D. teenagers
6.A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take
7.A. touched B. buttoned C. held D. obtained
8.A. gesture B. expression C. attitude D. feeling
9.A. color B. price C. fit D. style
10.A. pressing B. taking C. hanging D. folding
11.A. happiness B. satisfaction C. change D. generosity
12.A. because of B. instead of C. aware of D. full of
13.A. please B. understand C. complain D. apologize
14.A. mentioned B. wrote C. reported D. explained
15.A. when B. how C. what D. that
16.A. happened B. came C. intended D. decided
17.A. Should B. Would C. Must D. Could
18.A. watch B. judge C. mistake D. consider
19.A. doing B. showing C. speaking D. wearing
20.A. comparing B. connecting C. combining D. matching
--- -When did he get his first novel published?
---- It was in 2008 ____ he was still in high school.
A. that B. since C. when D. which
Nobody can explain the mystery ____ he suddenly disappeared.
A. why B. what C. whether D. which
It suddenly___ to me that we could use the computer to do the job.
A. stroke B. occurred C. happened D. saw
Though she _______for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window.
A .dared B. nerved C. wondered D. hesitated
The survey shows that a large number of teenagers are ________ cigarettes nowadays.
A. devoted to B. related to C .connected to D. addicted to
