第二节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)

　　阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从 21～40 各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　One Saturday, some five-or-six-year olds in my neighborhood gathered at the lot to play cowboys. Brian came, 21 the biggest toy gun I’d ever seen. Before we started, I told him I wanted to borrow it 22 . As soon as we broke up for the 23 , I ran to a far corner of the lot and buried the gun in the soft dirt. I wanted to give Brian a 24 .

　　Before long, Brian was demanding his gun back. We all walked 25 the lot to the corner, and I dug where I 26 I’d buried it. No gun. I dug some more. 27 no gun. Brian started shouting, “Find my gun!” and I started getting 28 . I knew it was somewhere, but the whole corner was looking 29 to me. Everyone stood around and watched 30 I desperately dug at the ground. No one 31 . My eyes started burning, and I knew I was going to cry. I 32 with Brian screaming, “You bastard! My dad will get you!”

　　That afternoon when I heard Brian calling outside the window, I told Mom everything. She 33 listened to me, then went out to the garage and got the shovel. We 34 Brian outside and the three of us returned to the lot.

　　35 it was very hot outside, and my mom dug in the heat for an hour. She turned up most of the dirt in that corner, 36 the gun was never found. I stood and watched 37 , and felt worse and worse as she worked and sweated 38 me.

　　My parents bought Brian a new gun, so he was 39 . Now I realize how lucky I was to have 40 who stood up for me, and that I still needed Mom to help me out of trouble.

　　21. A. carrying out B. showing off C. picking up D. taking away

　　22. A. after a moment B. at a time C. in a minute D. for a while

　　23. A. race B. game C. party D. role

　　24. A. blow B. test C. chance D. scare

　　25. A. across B. in C. over D. by

　　26. A. imagined B. pretended C. thought D. expected

　　27. A. Also B. Still C. Just D. Indeed

　　28. A. hot B. hurt C. sick D. angry

　　29. A. unlikely B. perfect C. the same D. the opposite

　　30. A. since B. though C. if D. as

　　31. A. helped B. laughed C. quarreled D. worked

　　32. A. settled down B. came up C. set out D. ran away

　　33. A. doubtfully B. calmly C. regretfully D. kindly

　　34. A. left B. followed C. met D. took

　　35. A. By now B. Till then C. At last D. So far

　　36. A. but B. for C. when D. so

　　37. A. carelessly B. impatiently C. helplessly D. cautiously

　　38. A. in spite of B. except for C. in favor of D. because of

　　39. A. satisfied B. moved C. encouraged D. comforted

　　40. A. all B. someone C. anybody D. one

One Saturday, some five-or-six-year olds in my neighborhood gathered at the lot to play cowboys. Brian came,   21   the biggest toy gun I’d ever seen. Before we started, I told him I wanted to borrow it   22  . As soon as we broke up for the   23  , I ran to a far corner of the lot and buried the gun in the soft dirt. I wanted to give Brian a   24  .

Before long, Brian was demanding his gun back. We all walked   25   the lot to the corner, and I dug where I   26   I’d buried it. No gun. I dug some more.   27   no gun. Brian started shouting, “Find my gun!” and I started getting   28  . I knew it was somewhere, but the whole corner was looking   29   to me. Everyone stood around and watched   30   I desperately dug at the ground. No one   31  . My eyes started burning, and I knew I was going to cry. I  32   with Brian screaming, “You bastard! My dad will get you!”

That afternoon when I heard Brian calling outside the window, I told Mom everything. She   33   listened to me, then went out to the garage and got the shovel. We   34   Brian outside and the three of us returned to the lot.

  35   it was very hot outside, and my mom dug in the heat for an hour. She turned up most of the dirt in that corner,   36   the gun was never found. I stood and watched   37  , and felt worse and worse as she worked and sweated   38   me.

My parents bought Brian a new gun, so he was   39  . Now I realize how lucky I was to have   40   who stood up for me, and that I still needed Mom to help me out of trouble.

21. A. carrying out            B. showing off           C. picking up                       D. taking away

22. A. after a moment              B. at a time                        C. in a minute           D. for a while

23. A. race                                    B. game                               C. party                                D. role

24. A. blow                                   B. test                                  C. chance                            D. scare

25. A. across                                B. in                                      C. over                                 D. by

26. A. imagined                           B. pretended                      C. thought                           D. expected

27. A. Also                                    B. Still                                   C. Just                                  D. Indeed

28. A. hot                                      B. hurt                                  C. sick                                   D. angry

29. A. unlikely                     B. perfect                            C. the same                        D. the opposite

30. A. since                                  B. though                            C. if                                       D. as

31. A. helped                               B. laughed                           C. quarreled                       D. worked

32. A. settled down          B. came up                          C. set out                                     D. ran away

33. A. doubtfully                         B. calmly                    C. regretfully                      D. kindly

34. A. left                                      B. followed                          C. met                                  D. took

35. A. By now                     B. Till then                          C. At last                             D. So far

36. A. but                                      B. for                                    C. when                               D. so

37. A. carelessly                         B. impatiently           C. helplessly                       D. cautiously

38. A. in spite of                          B. except for                       C. in favor of                       D. because of

39. A. satisfied                            B. moved                             C. encouraged                   D. comforted

40. A. all                              B. someone                        C. anybody                          D. one

Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手)．He asked the king to declare

him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was about to do so when an old

servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a

much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three

years．”

The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he

went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one

day, when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this

old man，then 1 will be the greatest archer．”

The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood On his

shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The

old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow

turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took Out the

arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s  why

I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，

and I’m nothing before him．You must be with him for at least thirty years．And he is

very old, so go fast! Find the old man!”

1.The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to“       ”

A．admire

B．advise

C．announce

D．admit

2.The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the

A．he had nothing more to learn from him

B．he could then become the greatest archer

C．the old man refused to teach him everything

D．the king’s old servant ordered him to do SO

3.The following pictures show what happened between the young archer and his

master．Which is the right order of the events?

A．1—2—3—4	B．4—3—2—1
C．4—2—3—1	D．4—2—1—3

4.What do you think would most probably happen next?

A．The young archer died from the wound soon after．

B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer．

C．The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him．

D．The young archer set off to look for the old man’ S master．

5.What lesson can you learn from the story?

A．There’s always someone better than you in this world．

B．You must never try to become better than your teacher．

C．The older a man is，the better archer he usually becomes．

D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow．