（第14周）完形填空
【基础】
Mary Allen was my best friend --- like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family 1 away. Mary and I kept in 2 through letters, and we saw each other on 3 occasions --- like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were 4 with children and moving to new homes, and we 5 less often. One day a card that I sent came back stamped “Address Unknown.” I had no idea 6 to find Mary.
Over the years, I 7 of Mary often. I wanted to share stories of my 8 and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my 9 when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my 10 that only a friend like Mary could fill.
One day I was reading the newspaper when I 11 a photo of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman --- Mary’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, 12 I wrote to her anyway.
She 13 as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly. “Mary Allen Wagman is my mother.” Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized 14 , even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives.
Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won’t 15 each other again!
1. A. got B. sent C. moved D. left
2. A. secret B. spirit C. mind D. touch
3. A. special B. serious C. small D. ordinary
4. A. pleased B. busy C. strict D. filled
5. A. missed B. talked C. read D. wrote
6. A. how B. when C. what D. why
7. A. talked B. heard C. thought D. told
8. A. sister B. children C. friends D. mother
9. A. thanks B. joy C. life D. sadness
10. A. heart B. spirit C. mind D. head
11. A. heard B. watched C. read D. noticed
12. A. so B. and C. but D. or
13. A. shouted B. called C. came D. cried
14. A. immediately B. gradually C. luckily D. strangely
15. A. keep B. miss C. lose D. waste
完形填空基本技能系列训练
| 第一类——词语意义理解和辨析 1. These floating things are very _____. It is hard to see them with our eyes. A. big B. fast C. bright D. small 2. It is wise to have some money _____ for old age. A. put away B. paid off C. given up D. left behind 3. I’ll look into the matter as soon as possible. Just have a little _____. A. rest B. time C. patience D. courage 4. You are _____ your time trying to persuade him; he’ll never join us. A. spending B. wasting C. losing D. missing 5. He has been dismissed and will have to _____ over charge of his office today. A. take B. hand C. get D. go |
【提高】
It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed（痊愈）from a（n） 36 injury . I had 37 whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, 38 for the 3,000-meter run.
“Ready … set …” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed 39 me. I felt 40 as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest 41 I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps（圈）ahead of me when she crossed the finish line .
“Maybe I should 42 ,” I thought as I moved on. 43 , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran 44 and decided not to 45 in track next year. It wouldn’t be worth it, 46 my foot did heal.
When I finished , I heard a cheer— 47 than the one I’d heard earlier . I turned around and 48 , the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys.”
I was leaving 49 several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me.
“Courage? I just 50 a race! ” I thought.
“I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us? ”
Suddenly I regained 51 . I decided to 52 track next year . I realized strength and courage aren’t always 53 in medals and victories, but in the 54 we overcome. The strongest people are not always the people who win, 55 the people who don’t give up when they lose.
36. A. slighter B. worse C. earlier D. heavier
37. A. expected B. supposed C. imagined D. doubted
38. A. late B. eager C. ready D. thirsty
39. A. from behind B. ahead of C. next to D. close to
40. A. ashamed B. astonished C. excited D. frightened
41. A. cheer B. shout C. cry D. noise
42. A. slow down B. drop out C. go on D. speed up
43. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Besides D. However
44. A. with delight B. with fear C. in pain D. in advance
45. A. play B. arrive C. race D. attend
46. A. even if B. only if C. unless D. until
47. A. weaker B. longer C. lower D. louder
48. A. well enough B. sure enough
C. surprisingly enough D. strangely enough
49. A. while B. when C. as D. since
50. A. finished B. won C. passed D. lost
51. A. cheer B. hope C. interest D. experience
52. A. hold on B. turn to C. begin with D. stick with
53. A. measured B. praised C. tested D. increased
54. A. sadness B. struggles C. diseases D. tiredness
55. A. or B. nor C. and D. but