第二节 ：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，满分30分）

       For much of our life, my mother and I hated each other．I spent most of my childhood   36   with her – or trying to avoid her, as well as her bitterness, unhappiness and endless smoking．I learned how to defend myself with   37  designed to hurt her．In turn, she vowed （发誓） I would have a    38   who would feel the way about me that I felt about her．

       Many years later when my husband and I decided to have a child, I was   39   to have a girl．I couldn’t   40   the thought of a daughter who might not love me – or who would want to   41   from me．As soon as I became pregnant, I was convinced I was having a boy．In the delivery room, on my doctor putting my baby into my arms, I couldn’t wait to tell my mother I had a   42  , while “he” was a girl．At that moment, I couldn’t imagine wanting anyone but her．

       43  I couldn’t forget my mother’s teasing（耻笑的） vow, even after she died and I saw her in a more   44   light．As my daughter got older, whenever we argued, I worried we were   45   the same awful path that my mother and I had gone down．

       Last summer, my daughter   46   18, the same age when my mother threw me out of her apartment permanently． However, I was with her,   47   for her first year at college．When my husband and I dropped her off at her school in New York, I finally   48   to her my biggest fear that we would end up like me and my mother．“That will never happen．” she   49  me, kissing me goodbye．Six weeks later, my husband and I returned to the campus．I   50   myself arguing with my daughter about her dirty room, not using the library and her mistake of choosing the room near the bathroom．I couldn’t stop myself．And then   51   came: “You’re just like your mother,” my daughter screamed．“I hate you．” And then she   52_  away．

       I finally heard the words I had always dreaded．But maybe that was because I   53   them．I had always worried the bond I shared with my daughter would   54  ．later that evening, we picked my daughter up to a restaurant．We ate in  55  ．But when we separated, I hugged her．The next morning, she called telling she loved me．There wasn’t anything to be afraid of anymore．There was just a relationship we should work on with each other．

36．A．sharing     B．playing     C．communicating D．fighting

37．A．actions     B．activities   C．words       D．weapons

38．A．husband    B．friend       C．child     D．daughter

39．A．afraid       B．unlucky    C．uncertain  D．willing

40．A．have      B．bear      C．hold      D．afford

41．A．love      B．escape      C．hate       D．keep

42．A．daughter   B．son        C．baby      D．life

43．A．Furthermore    B．But   C．And      D．Or

44．A．bright       B．annoying  C．understanding   D．unfriendly

45．A．on         B．in          C．at          D．along

46．A．changed    B．seemed     C．went      D．turned

47．A．planning   B．aiming      C．working    D．accompanying

48．A．presented  B．told       C．admitted   D．informed

49．A．promised  B．pardoned  C．referred    D．reflected

50．A．wanted     B．asked     C．forced      D．found

51．A．it          B．she        C．they      D．that

52．A．walked    B．looked     C．gave        D．stormed

53．A．deserved   B．demanded C．equaled     D．appreciated

54．A．tear       B．break     C．crash     D．last

55．A．vain      B．general     C．silence      D．brief

完形填空

　　One night a tree fell onto a lion cage in the Green Park Zoo in the southeast of London because of a hurricane. A six-month-old  1 escaped from the cage. It might be  2 if it was hungry.

　　The next day it was  3 . Mrs Cousins got her baby to sleep in the basket on the table  4 the tree. She wanted to  5 her cooking before the baby woke up.

　　After  6 , Mrs Gousins went to the  7 and saw that her neighbour's big dog had  8 into her garden and jumped  9 the table. Mrs Cousins was just about to shout at the dog  10 she found it was not her neighbour's dog,  11 the small lion  12 the zoo.

　　The lion was  13 the face of the sleeping baby. Mrs Cousins whole body went cold.  14 , she had an idea. She went to the fridge,  15 a leg of pork and threw it as  16 as she could onto the grass away from the baby  17 attract the lion's attention.

    The lion  18 off the table and ran away with the pork. Mrs Cousins picked up her  19 , rushed into the house and  20 the door.

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完形填空

　　One night a tree fell onto a lion cage in the Green Park Zoo in the southeast of London because of a hurricane. A six-month-old  1 escaped from the cage. It might be  2 if it was hungry.

　　The next day it was  3 . Mrs Cousins got her baby to sleep in the basket on the table  4 the tree. She wanted to  5 her cooking before the baby woke up.

　　After  6 , Mrs Gousins went to the  7 and saw that her neighbour's big dog had  8 into her garden and jumped  9 the table. Mrs Cousins was just about to shout at the dog  10 she found it was not her neighbour's dog,  11 the small lion  12 the zoo.

　　The lion was  13 the face of the sleeping baby. Mrs Cousins whole body went cold.  14 , she had an idea. She went to the fridge,  15 a leg of pork and threw it as  16 as she could onto the grass away from the baby  17 attract the lion's attention.

    The lion  18 off the table and ran away with the pork. Mrs Cousins picked up her  19 , rushed into the house and  20 the door.

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It was a cold winter afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any   36   on the river. Near the bridge, however, almost direct below,   37   was a small canoe (独木舟), with a boy in it. The boy was wearing  38   and shivering (颤抖) with cold, Robert noticed.  Just then he heard a cry, “Help! Help!” The cry   39   from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was   40   the water and his canoe was floating away. “Help! Help!” he called again.

Robert was a good   41  . Taking off his clothes, he  42   into the river. The   43   water made him tremble all over,   44   in a few seconds he reached the boy. “Don’t be afraid,” he said and started to swim towards the river bank,  45   the boy with him. But at that   46   he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all   47   in his direction. Robert   48   to swim towards the boat.

“Give me a hand,” he shouted   49   he got near the boat. He   50   up into a row of faces. “It’s funny,” he thought. “They look so   51  .” Silently they helped the boy into the boat and   52   him in a blanket (毯子). But they did not move to   53   Robert.

“Aren’t you going to pull me   54  , too?”

“You!” said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large   55  . “You! Why, we were making a film and you spoiled (破坏) a whole afternoon’s work! You can stay in the water!”

1.	A．fish B．boats C．waves D．birds

 

2.	A．there B．it C．where D．that

 

3.	A．more B．many C．much D．little

 

4.	A．happened B．went C．arrived D．came

 

5.	A．on B．within C．in D．under

 

6.	A．swimmer B．guard C．soldier D．player

 

7.	A．threw B．looked C．jumped D．turned

 

8.	A．deep B．cool C．dirty D．cold

 

9.	A．but B．so C．and D．or

 

10.	A．pushing B．dragging C．holding D．catching

 

11.	A．place B．period C．second D．moment

 

12.	A．seeing B．smiling C．looking D．shouting

 

13.	A．decided B．went C．agreed D．promised

 

14.	A．while B．till C．for D．as

 

15.	A．turned B．looked C．hurried D．stood

 

16.	A．nervous B．afraid C．excited D．angry

 

17.	A．wrapped B．left C．placed D．threw

 

18.	A．save B．thank C．wrap D．help

 

19.	A．on B．out C．away D．off

 

20.	A．boat B．blanket C．camera D．screen