Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D)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 lost my elderly mother a few weeks ago. Actually, my mother had fallen over during the night and had not been able to ________ again. She had woken up the neighbors by banging on the wall. The   ________ called an ambulance, which took her ________ to the hospital.

My mother has ________  thought that hospitals are a real horror. She believes that doctors and hospitals give you ________  diseases. My father went to hospital a year ago, and after a few weeks, he   ________. The fact that he was also in the final ________ of lung cancer was certainly related, but by my mother's logic, my father's death was ________ with the hospital.

When a neighbor ________ me up and told me that my mother had been taken off in an ambulance, the first thing I did was similar, which was to ring Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The paramedics(护理人员) had told my neighbor that my mother would________be taken there, ________I was told that no one by that name had been________, so they gave me the numbers of two other West Midland hospitals. Both of them also   ________ that they were holding my mother. I rang the ________ and asked them to find her, but the nice officer said he could only do that if she had been reported as a(n)   ________ person.

It took six calls to ________ my mother. She had been in Queen Elizabeth Hospital all along, but because their computer system hadn't been updated overnight, there was no record of her ________ . My mother had spent more than a   ________ in the hospital when it turned out there was nothing   ________  with her. I managed to get her out within 10 days, but only by agreeing that in the future, she would live downstairs. In return, the hospital said they would ________     for a social worker to visit the house three or four times a day.

Luckily, my mother is safe. Thank all the people who have given their help to us.

1.A. wake up      B. get up       C. stay up        D. light up

2.A. neighbors     B. strangers     C. relatives      D. friends

3.A. out           B. up         C. away           D. from

4.A. consequently B. occasionally  C. always         D. rarely

5.A. final        B. special      C. fatal          D. strange

6.A. passed away   B. went away     C. passed by     D. went by

7.A. measures      B. cures         C. stages         D. years

8.A. connected     B. faced         C. equipped       D. pleased

9.A. cheered       B. rang          C. scolded        D. held

10.A. willingly    B. happily       C. likely         D. easily

11.A. but         B. and          C. when           D. or

12.A. adopted     B. admitted      C. adjusted       D. adapted

13.A. refused      B. said          C. denied         D. insisted

14.A. police      B. family      C. doctors      D. nurses

15.A. old         B. dead          C. missing      D. sick

16.A. rescue       B. locate        C. comfort       D. persuade

17.A. illness     B. arrival       C. checkout     D. medicine

18.A. month       B. year          C. week           D. day

19.A. interesting B. wrong       C. special        D. vital

20.A. allow        B. answer       C. arrange       D. Call

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者的妈妈生病，在邻居是帮助下住进医院，又在警局和医生的帮助下安然无恙，作者很感激帮过他的人。

1.】B 考察动词短语以及对语境的理解 句意：事实上，我的妈妈夜间跌倒不能再次起来。A. wake up醒来；B. get up起床，起来；C. stay up熬夜；D. light up点亮。根据句意，所以选B。

2.A 考察名词以及对语境的理解 上句提到通过敲墙她把邻居叫醒。句意：邻居叫来了救护车。A. neighbors邻居；B. strangers陌生人；C. relatives亲戚；D. friends朋友。故选A.。

3.C考察动词短语以及对语境的理解 take away 带走，拿走，夺走：句意：救护车把她再去医院。选选C项。

4.】C考察副词以及对语境的理解 句意：我的妈妈总是认为医院是一个可怕的地方。故选C项。

5.】C 考察形容词以及对语境的理解A. final最终的；B. special特别的；C. fatal致命的； D. strange奇怪的； 句意：她认为医生和医院给了你致命的疾病。根据下文妈妈的逻辑，爸爸的病和医院有关系，可知正确答案为C项。

6.A 考察动词短语以及对语境的理解A. passed away去世；B. went away离开；C. passed by经过；D. went by时光流逝，顺便来访，经过；句意：我的爸爸一年前去医院，几个礼拜之后，他就去世了。此段最后一句说爸爸的去世和医院有关系，可知这里是爸爸去世了。故选A项。

7.C 考察名词以及对语境的理解A. measures测量；B. cures治愈方法；C. stages阶段，时期；D. years年。句意：爸爸处在肺癌晚期的事实和爸爸的去世当然是有关系的，但是根据妈妈的逻辑，爸爸的去世和医院也有关系。故选C项。

8.】A 考察动词以及对语境的理解 be connected with 联系，相连。句意：但是根据妈妈的逻辑，爸爸的去世和医院也有关系。故选A项。

9.】B考察动词以及对语境的理解A. cheered使快乐；B. rang打电话；C. scolded责骂；D. held举办；句意：当邻居打电话给我，告诉我妈妈被救护车带去医院，我做的第一件事是类似的，就是打电话给Queen Elizabeth医院。根据语境选B项。

10.】C 考察副词以及对语境的理解A. willingly 乐意地；B. happily 快乐地；C.likely可能D. easily容易； 句意：护理人员告诉我的邻居，妈妈有可能被带到那儿（Queen Elizabeth医院）。故选C项。

11.A考察连词以及对语境的理解 邻居告诉我妈妈可能被带到那个医院，这里医院告诉作者没有接收这个人，所以转折关系，用but,故选A项。

12.B 考察动词以及对语境的理解 A. adopted采用，采纳；B. admitted接收，同意。C. adjusted调整，适应；D. adapted适应；be admitted被录取，被承认，被接收；句意：我被告诉医院没有接收妈妈这个名字的人。可知选B项。

13.】C 考察动词以及对语境的理解A. refused拒绝；B. said说；C. denied否认；D. insisted坚持；句意：他们给了我另外两个医院的电话。这两家医院也都否认接收了妈妈。根据下文我打电话给警局找妈妈，可知这里他们否认接收了妈妈。根据语境选C项。

14.】A考察名词以及对语境的理解 根据下句这个善良的警官说的话，可知这里我打电话给警察。故选A。

15.C考察形容词以及对语境的理解A. old老年的；B. dead死了的；C. missing丢了的；D. sick生病的；句意：善良的警官说只有我妈妈被报道是丢失人员，他才能这么做。可知选C项。

16.】B 考察动词以及对语境的理解A. rescue拯救；B. locate定位；C. comfort安慰；D. persuade说服；根据下句她一直在Queen Elizabeth医院，可知我打了六个电话才定位妈妈在哪里。根据语境选B。

17.】B考察名词以及对语境的理解A. illness疾病；B. arrival到达；C. checkout 检查，校验；D. medicine药物；句意：因为他们的电脑系统整夜都没有更新，所以没有妈妈到达的记录。根据语境选B项。

18.C 考察名词以及对语境的理解 根据下文我设法在10天之内让她出院，可知妈妈在医院度过了一个多礼拜。故选C项。

19.B 考察形容词以及对语境的理解. A. interesting有趣的；B. wrong错误的；C. special特别的； D. vital重要的；nothing wrong没有毛病；句意：妈妈在医院呆了一个多星期，结果证实她并无大碍。可知选B项。

20.动词以及对语境的理解A. allow允许；B. answer回答；C. arrange安排；D. call打电话；句意：医院说他们会安排一个医疗社工人员一天来家里看三到四次。根据语境可知选C项。

考点：考查故事类阅读。