Question

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。

"We expected our first child to be perfect." Most parents have thought so.

I know that's what I ______ with our oldest son, Joe. He would be perfect. Joe would sail through school from learning ABCs to being awarded a Ph.D..

Joe, however, had other ideas.

He was always a ______ kid. He wasn't the kind of boy who threw _____ at passing cars on a freezing winter day or who ________ water balloons on the mailman during the heat of August. ____ he wasn't perfect. Especially when it came to that nice little ______ that I had about sailing through school. From the day Joe started kindergarten he struggled with scissors and handwriting and math. Always math. He passed each grade with great effort, ______ at the top of his class.

How I ______friends who had children with the "math gene". A mom told me her daughter was doing high school algebra(代数) ______ in the sixth grade. Another mom said her son had just taken first place in the district’s annual Math Challenge.

After hearing these stories, I would look at Joe and wonder: Why didn't we ______ a mathematical talent? How is he ever going to get into college if he does not get ______ at math? Needless to say, my motherly worry never really amounted to much. Does it ever? Moms tend to worry and worry, while whatever they’re worrying about usually disappears ______.

During high school, Joe slowly improved at math. He _______ algebra I & II, and geometry, our state requirements for math. I felt greatly _______ at his little achievement. Then he announced that he' d take pre-calculus (微积分) in his last year of high school, ______ surprised me a lot.

"Why?" I questioned.

"Because I need to keep my skills up," he explained." I _____ math, but I need to take it so I don’t forget how to do it."

"For college," he added. "I want to do _______ well in college, Mom. I know it will be hard, but I think it’s ________ that I try to do my best."

My oldest son wasn't perfect. He wasn't a math talent, either. But he knew what was important: he was focusing on his future while I was worrying over his _______. And that, to me, is even better than being ______.

1.A. worked B. expectedC. continuedD. showed

2.A. cleverB. naughtyC. goodD. perfect

3.A. toysB. clothes C. flowers D. snowballs

4.A. fell B. dropped C. seized D. laid

5.A. AndB. But C. AlthoughD. So

6.A. belief B. interest C. fantasy D. enthusiasm

7.A. ever B. oftenC. always D. never

8.A. appreciated B. envied C. thanked D. enjoyed

9.A. whileB. as ifC. sinceD. Once

10.A. get B. raiseC. discover D.teach

11.A. goodB. wellC. betterD. best

12.A. for a while B. in no time C. right away D. on its own

13.A. saw throughB. went throughC. got throughD.looked through

14.A. relieved B. hopeful C. gratefulD. amused

15.A. which B. itC. thisD. that

16.A. failB. hateC. preferD. choose

17.A. nearlyB. really C. instantly D. usually

18.A. easyB. difficultC. important D. beneficial

19.A. position B. potentialC. time D. past

20.A. nice B. famous C. perfect D. fine

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：普天下的父母都希望自己的孩子完美，然而人无完人，何况孩子？作者从自己孩子身上感悟出：孩子自己知道什么重要，并进自己最大努力去争取，这比完美还要好。

1.B考查动词。A. worked工作；B. expected期盼，预测；C. continued继续；D. showed出示。身为人母和天下父母期盼孩子完美。故选B。

2.C考查形容词。A. clever聪明的；B. naughty淘气的；C. good好的；D. perfect完美的。这里是在说孩子的优点。故选C。

3.D考查名词。A. toys玩具；B. clothes衣服；C. flowers鲜花；D. snowballs雪球。这里说我的孩子不属于那种顽皮的孩子，他们朝过往的车辆扔雪球。故选D。

4.B考查动词。A. fell落下；B. dropped下降；C. seized抓住；D. laid摆放，下蛋。或者在炎热的八月把水汽球扎破使之跌落下去。drop使---下降，故选B。

5.B考查连词。A. And和；B. But但是；C. Although尽管；D. So所以。作者说自己的孩子尽管没有上述所提到那些坏孩子的恶习，但并不完美，从下文说孩子数学差可以得出。故选B。

6.C考查名词。A. belief信仰；B. interest兴趣；C. fantasy幻想；D. Enthusiasm热情。当谈到那种小小的幻想时，故选C。

7.D考查副词。A. ever曾经；B. often经常；C. always总是；D. never从来没有。由语境可知：孩子数学差，尽管每年升级考试都考过了，但成绩都不优秀，也从未在班级名列前茅。故选D。

8.B考查动词。A. appreciated鉴赏；B. envied羡慕，妒忌；C. thanked感谢；D. enjoyed喜爱。根据语境可知，因为自己孩子数学不好，作者嫉妒那些朋友，他们的孩子有数学基因，故选B。

9.A考查连词。A. while在---期间；B. as if好像；C. since自从---以来；D. once一旦。一个妈妈告诉我她denver在六年级时代数的高分。故选A。

10.B考查动词。A. get得到；B. raise提升，养育；C. discover发现；D. teach教。我们为什么没有培养一个数学天赋？故选B。

11.C考查形容词。A. good好；B. well良好地；C. better更好；D. best最好。如果他在数学上没有做的更好，他怎样进入大学呢？故选C。

12.D考查词组。A. for a while一会儿；B. in no time立刻，马上；C. right away立刻；D. on its own靠自己。妈妈倾向于担忧，而无论他们担忧什么最后都靠它自己消失。故选D。

13.考查动词短语。A. saw through看穿；B. went through经历，度过；C. got through完成；D. looked through浏览。他完成了代数一、二册。故选C。

14.考查形容词。A. relieved减轻，缓解；B. hopeful希望的；C. grateful感激的；D. amused愉快的。对这点成就我感到非常欣慰。故选A。

15.A考查非限制性定语从句。前面整个句子做先行词，后面用which引导非限制性定语从句，“这使我非常惊讶”。故选A。

16.B考查动词。A. fail失败；B. hate厌恶；C. prefer更喜欢；D. choose选择。我厌恶数学，但我需要它，我知道怎样做。故选B。

17.B考查副词。A. nearly差不多；B. really真正地；C. instantly立即；D. usually通常。我想在大学里真正地做好。故选B。

18.C考查形容词。A. easy容易的；B. difficult困难的；C. important重要的；D. beneficial有益的。孩子向妈妈提出学微积分预备必修课，自己知道很难，但认为它很重要所以要尽全力学好它，故空白处应填important。

19.D考查名词。A. position职位；B. potential潜力；C. time时间；D. past过去。此空白处用past和前文future相对，说明母子的关注点相反。故选D。

20.C考查形容词。A. nice不错的；B. famous著名的；C. perfect完美的；D. fine好的。这位母亲终于悟出，孩子知道什么最重要，并尽全力去争取，这点比完美更重要。故选C。

【名师点睛】

1.近几年来状语从句和宾语从句的引导词在完形填空中频繁地考查，特别是状语从句的引导词。21. while在---期间；B. as if好像；C. since自从---以来；D. once一旦。一个妈妈告诉我她denver在六年级时代数的高分。故选A。[来一旦源:Zxxk.Com]

2.在做完形填空时一定要注意and/but/so/besides/however/furthermore/moreover/in addition/what’s more等词汇、固定结构的运用。它们连接了上下文，起着承上起下的作用。像but（但是）、however（然而），表示转折，这说明前后的内容相反或相对。把握住这一点，做起题来就会得心应手。22. And和；B. But但是；C. Although尽管；D. So所以。作者说自己的孩子尽管没有上述所提到那些坏孩子的恶习，但并不完美，从下文说孩子数学差可以得出。故选B。

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