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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I stopped to let the car cool 36 and to study the map. I had expected to be near my destination(目的地) by now, but everything still seemed 37 to me. I was only five when my father had 38 me abroad, and that was eighteen years 39 . When my mother had 40 after a car accident, he didn’t quickly 41 from the shock and loneliness. Everything around him was full of her 42 , continually reopening the wound. 43 he decided to go abroad. In the new country he paid much attention to 44 a new life for the two of us, 45 he gradually forgot the past. He did not marry again, and I was 46 without a woman’s care, but I lacked 47 , for he was both father and mother to me. He always 48 to go back one day and see old friends again and to visit my mother’s 49 . He became ill for a few months 50 we planned to go and, when he knew he was 51 , he made me promise to go on my own.
I 52 a car the day before landing and bought a map, 53 I found most helpful on the last stage. My father had described over and over again what we could see on the way there, so I was pretty 54 that I could find it. Well, I had been wrong, for I was now 55 .
36. A. up B. off C. of D. to
37. A. unfamiliar B. similar C. unusual D. familiar
38. A. brought B. carried C. taken D. fetched
39. A. later B. since C. then D. ago
40. A. been disabled B. died C. gone up D. passed by
41. A. return B. make C. go back D. recover
42. A. presence B. absence C. arrival D. show
43. A. Since B. For C. So D. Before
44. A. earning B. starting C having D. opening
45. A. in case B. so that C. so long D. so much
46. A. brought up B. taken up C. brought out D. taken off
47. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
48. A. imagined B. supposed C. meant D. asked
49. A. house B. room C. church D. grave
50. A. before B. after C. until D. as
51. A. lying B. dying C. helping D. living
52. A. bought B. lent C. borrowed D. hired
53. A. what B. that C. how D. which
54. A. sad B. happy C. sure D. interested
55. A. away B. out C. gone D. lost
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---Does Bill do his new job well ?
------_______his old job . I'm afraid there is no hope for him .
A.Not better than |
B.No better than |
C.Not so well as |
D.No less than |
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He made the choice to give all his money away, ______, he said, brought him happiness.
A.it |
B.that |
C.which |
D.this |
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Can you see the tree _____ we tied our boat last time?
A.that |
B.in which |
C.on which |
D.to which |
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----I’m going downtown. ----Come on, _______.
A.I’ll give you a lift |
B.You are welcome |
C.Don’t do that |
D.Come with me |
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A clean environment can help the city bid for the Olympics, which ______ will promote its economic development.
A.in time |
B.in turn |
C.in return |
D.in fact |