第二节:完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
先通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项,将正确答案写在答题栏相应题号的横线上。
A
Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His
parents ___51__ five years ago and he is now living __52___
his grandmother in New York.
One morning, Jimmy, one of his classmates,
came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not
far from Martin's. They often go to school __53____.
"Would you help me with this math
problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard
for me and I can't work it out."
"Let me try, " Martin said. "I __54__
it isn't too hard for me. "Martin tried his best but he couldn’t work
it out, __55___.
"If we had a small computer, all the
problems would be __56__ for us to do. " Jimmy said.
"A small computer. . . , " Martin
thought for a minute, then he said, "I've got an idea. We can__ 57___one
in a shop. "
"A computer is very _58____, and we
don’ t have enough 59____. "
"That's OK, " said Martin. "We can ask
the new president (总统)__60
___ some money. He said he would help anyone
in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you
know."
So they decided to write a _61____to the
new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post
office. In front of the post office stood a small box. They__62___ the
letter into the box carefully and went home__63__.
The next morning, they__64___the post
office on their way to school. They found__65___, the box was not
a post box but trash-box (果皮箱).
51.(
) A. have died B.
had died C.
died
52.(
) A.
in
B.
at
C. with
53.(
) A.
together
B.
run C.
slowly
54.( )
A.
sure
B.
think
C. hope
55.(
) A. neither B.
either C.
too
56.(
) A. easy enough B.
enough easy C.
difficult enough
57.(
) A.
borrow B.
lend C.
buy
58.( )
A. expensive B.
cheap C.
important
59.( )
A. money B.
computer C.
ways
60.( )
A.
to
B. for C.
about
61.(
) A. letter
B.
book
C. magazine
62.(
) A.
place
B.
took
C. dropped
63.( )
A.
happily
B.
sad C.
angry
64.( )
A. passed B.
past C.
pasted
65.( )
A. with their surprise B. in their
surprise C. to their
surprise