完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分)
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。
Something happened today that made me realize how much love I have in my house and I am so thankful for it.
My husband used to work in a bank but during the crisis he  36 his job. The economy wasn’t good and he hadn’t many  37 to get another bank job. We were hoping and  38 that he would be offered a position.
He got a  39 and it brought us a feeling of  40 . We were able to  41 our mortgage（按揭贷款） and buy our groceries; but money was still very  42 , so he found another job  43 deliveries from Monday to Thursday.
He has been working so  44  that I wanted to make it an extra  45 Christmas this year. I wanted our house to be filled with  46 －I didn’t want anybody to be  47 this year. I finally got round to getting the Christmas tree out yesterday and I worked all day to make the house look  48 .
When my husband came home at 8 p.m. he looked  49 . Seeing the house he  50 the biggest smile, grabbed me and gave me a huge  51 . Then he apologized for not being able to help me. He said he knew it was hard on me because he didn’t get around and he was  52 that I had not complained.
He was apologizing for working so hard to feed us and keep a  53 over our heads! He was doing two jobs that made much less than his previous job and coming home exhausted. I had no  54 to tell him how much I LOVED him and how  55 I was of him and that he was such a great husband and father and provider for us.
With this amount of love in our house－we will always have more than “enough”!
36. A. resigned                  B. lost                         C. escaped                          D. improved
37. A. chances                   B. excuses                 C. plans                                D. disadvantages
38. A. crying                       B. praying                  C. waiting                            D. hesitating
39. A. opportunity             B. job                           C. salary                              D. bank
40. A. pride                         B. loss                         C. danger                                      D. wonder
41. A. enjoy                         B. spend                     C. expend                            D. pay
42. A. tight                          B. comfortable                   C. tough                               D. dirty
43. A. making                     B. producing              C. creating                          D. puting
44. A. excitedly                  B. relaxed                  C. hard                                 D. striking
45. A. special                      B. colorful                  C. regularly                         D. natural
46. A. energy                      B. company               C. sunshine                         D. excitement
47. A. surprised                 B. charming               C. confused                         D. alone
48. A. decorated               B. festive                    C. splendid                          D. neat
49. A. lively                         B. exhausted             C. humorous                       D. childish
50. A. broke into                B. broke up                C. broke down                    D. broke in
51. A. hug                            B. surprise                 C. suitcase                          D. glimpse
52. A. pitiful                        B. wonderful             C. grateful                           D. graceful
53. A. secret                       B. roof                         C. smile                                D. faith
54. A. tears                         B. words                     C. feelings                           D. trusts
55. A. economical             B. proud                     C. capable                           D. worth

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分)

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。

Something happened today that made me realize how much love I have in my house and I am so thankful for it.

My husband used to work in a bank but during the crisis he  36 his job. The economy wasn’t good and he hadn’t many  37 to get another bank job. We were hoping and  38 that he would be offered a position.

He got a  39 and it brought us a feeling of  40 . We were able to  41 our mortgage（按揭贷款） and buy our groceries; but money was still very  42 , so he found another job  43 deliveries from Monday to Thursday.

He has been working so  44  that I wanted to make it an extra  45 Christmas this year. I wanted our house to be filled with  46 －I didn’t want anybody to be  47 this year. I finally got round to getting the Christmas tree out yesterday and I worked all day to make the house look  48 .

When my husband came home at 8 p.m. he looked  49 . Seeing the house he  50 the biggest smile, grabbed me and gave me a huge  51 . Then he apologized for not being able to help me. He said he knew it was hard on me because he didn’t get around and he was  52 that I had not complained.

He was apologizing for working so hard to feed us and keep a  53 over our heads! He was doing two jobs that made much less than his previous job and coming home exhausted. I had no  54 to tell him how much I LOVED him and how  55 I was of him and that he was such a great husband and father and provider for us.

With this amount of love in our house－we will always have more than “enough”!

36. A. resigned                  B. lost                         C. escaped                          D. improved

37. A. chances                   B. excuses                 C. plans                                D. disadvantages

38. A. crying                       B. praying                  C. waiting                            D. hesitating

39. A. opportunity             B. job                           C. salary                              D. bank

40. A. pride                         B. loss                         C. danger                                      D. wonder

41. A. enjoy                         B. spend                     C. expend                            D. pay

42. A. tight                          B. comfortable                   C. tough                               D. dirty

43. A. making                     B. producing              C. creating                          D. puting

44. A. excitedly                  B. relaxed                  C. hard                                 D. striking

45. A. special                      B. colorful                  C. regularly                         D. natural

46. A. energy                      B. company               C. sunshine                         D. excitement

47. A. surprised                 B. charming               C. confused                         D. alone

48. A. decorated               B. festive                    C. splendid                          D. neat

49. A. lively                         B. exhausted             C. humorous                       D. childish

50. A. broke into                B. broke up                C. broke down                    D. broke in

51. A. hug                            B. surprise                 C. suitcase                          D. glimpse

52. A. pitiful                        B. wonderful             C. grateful                           D. graceful

53. A. secret                       B. roof                         C. smile                                D. faith

54. A. tears                         B. words                     C. feelings                           D. trusts

55. A. economical             B. proud                     C. capable                           D. worth

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分)

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。

Something happened today that made me realize how much love I have in my house and I am so thankful for it.

My husband used to work in a bank but during the crisis he  36 his job. The economy wasn’t good and he hadn’t many  37 to get another bank job. We were hoping and  38 that he would be offered a position.

He got a  39 and it brought us a feeling of  40 . We were able to  41 our mortgage（按揭贷款） and buy our groceries; but money was still very  42 , so he found another job  43 deliveries from Monday to Thursday.

He has been working so  44  that I wanted to make it an extra  45 Christmas this year. I wanted our house to be filled with  46 －I didn’t want anybody to be  47 this year. I finally got round to getting the Christmas tree out yesterday and I worked all day to make the house look  48 .

When my husband came home at 8 p.m. he looked  49 . Seeing the house he  50 the biggest smile, grabbed me and gave me a huge  51 . Then he apologized for not being able to help me. He said he knew it was hard on me because he didn’t get around and he was  52 that I had not complained.

He was apologizing for working so hard to feed us and keep a  53 over our heads! He was doing two jobs that made much less than his previous job and coming home exhausted. I had no  54 to tell him how much I LOVED him and how  55 I was of him and that he was such a great husband and father and provider for us.

With this amount of love in our house－we will always have more than “enough”!

36. A. resigned                  B. lost                         C. escaped                          D. improved

37. A. chances                   B. excuses                 C. plans                                D. disadvantages

38. A. crying                       B. praying                  C. waiting                            D. hesitating

39. A. opportunity             B. job                           C. salary                              D. bank

40. A. pride                         B. loss                         C. danger                                      D. wonder

41. A. enjoy                         B. spend                     C. expend                            D. pay

42. A. tight                          B. comfortable                   C. tough                               D. dirty

43. A. making                     B. producing              C. creating                          D. puting

44. A. excitedly                  B. relaxed                  C. hard                                 D. striking

45. A. special                      B. colorful                  C. regularly                         D. natural

46. A. energy                      B. company               C. sunshine                         D. excitement

47. A. surprised                 B. charming               C. confused                         D. alone

48. A. decorated               B. festive                    C. splendid                          D. neat

49. A. lively                         B. exhausted             C. humorous                       D. childish

50. A. broke into                B. broke up                C. broke down                    D. broke in

51. A. hug                            B. surprise                 C. suitcase                          D. glimpse

52. A. pitiful                        B. wonderful             C. grateful                           D. graceful

53. A. secret                       B. roof                         C. smile                                D. faith

54. A. tears                         B. words                     C. feelings                           D. trusts

55. A. economical             B. proud                     C. capable                           D. worth

One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good but rather frightening mystery story. After a time it was too dark for me to read easily, so I put my book down and turned on the light.
I was just about to draw the   36  as well when I heard a loud cry “Help! Help! ” It 37  to come from the trees at the end of the garden. I looked out but it was too 38  to see anything clearly. So I decided to go out and have a look in the garden, just 39  someone was in   40  . I took the torch and picked up a strong walking stick,   41  that this might come to be useful, too.   42   with these, I went out into the garden.   43   I heard the cry. There was no    44  that it came from the trees at the end of the garden.
“Who’s there?” I   45  as I walked, rather 46  , down the path that   47   to the trees. But there was no  48  . With the help of my torch I   49  the whole of that part of the garden and the lower  50   of the trees. There was no sign of anybody or anything. I came to the ___51___ that someone was playing a rather silly joke on me.
___52   feeling rather puzzled, I went back to the house and   53   away the torch and the stick. I had just sat down when I was startled by the cry of “ Help! Help! ”, this time from  54  my shoulder. I dropped my book and climbed up. There, sitting    55  of the mantelpiece ( 壁炉 ), was a parrot!