"It"s my own fault." Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning wind.
"The rest of the family is home, where it"s 1 ."
Just another one of his 2 ideas-a big tamale (玉米粉蒸肉) feast after tonight"s Christmas Eve service
at the church-and look where it landed him: waiting in a line 50 people deep.
Who would have guessed that the tamale in every shop in the city would be sold out the day before
Christmas? But they 3 , as Carl knew. He had been driving all over El Paso that morning. 4 to bring
home tamales, Carl tried one last shop, an old favorite out in Canutillo.
When he arrived, a fresh batch (一炉) was 5 off the steamer in 45 minutes. 6 at the end of the
snaking line of tamale-seekers, he watched the woman in front of him 7 her jacket to cover her shivering
youngster. It wasn"t long before she, too, 8 in the biting wind. After only a moment"s 9 , Carl took off
his own jacket and offered it to the 10 mother.
Together, they 11 when the line slowly moved forward at last, and smiling people exited the shop carrying
steamy bags. 12 , Carl got inside the door and 13 closer to the counter, the woman now first in line. "Sorry
folks," the clerk announced, "that"s the last of the tamales." " 14 !" Carl groaned (抱怨) with everyone else 15
behind him.
" 16 ," stressed the man at the counter, "we"ll have a final batch ready 17 , oh, about two hours."
Defeated, Carl backed away,but the young mother grabbed his arm.
"You"re leaving?"
"I 18 ," Carl glanced at his watch. "I promised to put up luminarias (传统圣诞灯) at my church."
"I"ll get your order of tamales and bring them to your house."
Carl"s brow furrowed "I couldn"t ask you to do that."
"But it"s 19 I can do. You lent me your coat." Her smile overrode (推翻) his objections. "Just give me
your address." She and her little girl settled in for the long wait.
And at 20 noon on Christmas Eve,they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales-along with Carl"s brown
jacket-to his home. |
( )1.A.harmonious
( )2.A.brilliant
( )3.A.were
( )4.A.Decided
( )5.A.ready
( )6.A.Finding his way
( )7.A.move
( )8.A.waved
( )9.A.assumption
( )10.A.grateful
( )11.A.cheered
( )12.A.Immediately
( )13.A.shouldered his way
( )14.A.No problem
( )15.A.lined up
( )16.A.So
( )17.A.before
( )18.A.plan to
( )19.A.the least
( )20.A.just | B.warm
B.bad
B.did
B.Determined
B.prepared
B.Taking his road
B.reject
B.froze
B.appreciation
B.respectful
B.congratulated
B.Hopefully
B.forced his way
B.No way
B.held up
B.But
B.for
B.intend to
B.the most
B.exactly | C.happy
C.stupid
C.could
C.Wanted
C.soon
C.Taking his place
C.abandon
C.shook
C.hesitation
C.hopeless
C.shouted
C.Lastly
C.felt his way
C.No doubt
C.looked up
C.Then
C.in
C.have to
C.the last
C.accurately | D.pleasant
D.common
D.had
D.Expected
D.due
D.Finding his place
D.remove
D.shocked
D.attention
D.shameful
D.screamed
D.Finally
D.inched his way
D.No wonder
D.waited up
D.Besides
D.after
D.ought to
D.the best
D.right |
| 1-5: BAABD 6-10: CDCCA 11-15: ADDBA 16-20: BCCAB |
核心考点
试题【完形填空。 "It"s my own fault." Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 短文填词。 | A couple of months ago, I asked to go to Wuxi. With my parents" 1.________ (许可), I went there by bus
and visited lots of beautiful parks. 2.________ impressed me most was the visit to the Taihu Lake. Never
3. ________ I seen such a large lake in my life. I boated on the lake and walked 4. t ________ the parks along
the shore. The air 5. ________ so fresh, the flowers were so charming and the stone were so beautiful. I
6. ________ (爬) the high HuiHills. Each step I took brought me 7. c________ to the top of the hill. What
beautiful sights and waters! I was 8. ________ (吃惊) to see wild geese playing joyfully 9. a________ the
waters of the Wuhu Lake. I enjoyed my trip 10. ________ much that I even didn"t want to leave when my
holiday ended. | | 完形填空。 | In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be
flying to France to 1 a different life. It was a transitional (过渡的) time in Daniel"s life. I wanted to 2
him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the 3 time I had let such
moments pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, "What is it
going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked 4 the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus
drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar 5 played itself out.
I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him 6 and
confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words 7 me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those 8 opportunities. How many times have I let such
moments 9 ? I don"t find a quiet moment to tell him what he has 10 to me. Or what he might 11 to face
in the years ahead. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? 12
as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet I always 13 never
hearing him put his 14 into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so 15
to tell a son somethin from the heart?
My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. "Daniel," I said, "if
I could have picked, I would have picked you." That"s all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world
16 , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn"t
understand what he was saying. All I was 17 of was the stubble (短须) on his chin as his face pressed 18
mine. What I had said to Daniel was 19 . It was nothing. And yet, it was 20 . | ( )1.A.experience
( )2.A.show
( )3.A.last
( )4.A.upward
( )5.A.sign
( )6.A.interest
( )7.A.failed
( )8.A.future
( )9.A.last
( )10.A.counted
( )11.A.think
( )12.A.But
( )13.A.wondered
( )14.A.views
( )15.A.important
( )16.A.disappeared
( )17.A.sensitive
( )18.A.by
( )19.A.clumsy
( )20.A.none | B.spend
B.give
B.first
B.into
B.scene
B.instruction
B.discouraged
B.embarrassing
B.pass
B.meant
B.want
B.And
B.regretted
B.actions
B.essential
B.changed
B.convinced
B.against
B.gentle
B.all | C.enjoy
C.make
C.very
C.down
C.scenery
C.courage
C.struck
C.obvious
C.fly
C.valued
C.expect
C.Instead
C.minded
C.feelings
C.hard
C.progressed
C.aware
C.on
C.absurd
C.anything | D.shape
D.instruct
D.next
D.up
D.sight
D.direction
D.troubled
D.lost
D.remain
D.cared
D.wish
D.So
D.tried
D.attitudes
D.complex
D.advanced
D.tired
D.with
D.moving
D.everything | | 短文填词。 | A man had to go to court (法院) after he broke the law. He asked his lawyer 1. w________ judge would
be hearing his case. His lawyer asked, "What do you want his name 2.________?" The man answered, "I can
send him some 3.________ (贵重) gifts." The lawyer got angry, 4.________ (说), "If you should do that, you
are sure to 5. ________ the case." Some weeks later the case was heard and the man won it 6. ________ the
end. As he was leaving the court, he said to his lawyer, "My present to the judge was 7. q________a success,
wasn"t it?" The lawyer was even 8. ________ surprised when he heard this. He asked, "Did you really send him
some gifts I told you not to?" "Yes, 9.________ I put my enemy"s name 10.________ the card." answered the
man. | | 完形填空。 | Love in a Box
When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment. On a Friday night I 1
at the dinner table, "My teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our Valentines (情人节) on
Monday."
Mother said, "We"ll see", and she continued eating.
What did "We"ll see" mean? I had to have that box 2 my second grade Valentine"s Day would be a
disaster. Maybe they didn"t love me enough to help me with my 3 .
All Saturday I waited 4 and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I 5 an enquiry about
the box might 6 anger or loud voice, for in my house children only ask once. More than that 7 trouble.
Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen. The table was covered with colorful 8 of
different kinds. A(n) 9 shoebox rested on top of it. 10 flooded through me when Daddy said, "Let"s get
started 11 your project."
In the next hour my father 12 the shoebox into an impressive valentine box. Colorful paper covered the
ugly cardboard with red hearts 13 to what I considered all the right places. He sang while he worked. When
he finished, he was so delighted that a 14 smile spread over his face. "What do you think of that?" he asked.
I answered him with a hug.
But inside, 15 danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father devoted so much 16
to me, for his world consisted of work only.
The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter
filled our classroom until dismissal time 17 .
On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to 18 . The love that filled it meant more to
me than all inside.
The valentine box became a symbol of his love that 19 through decades of other Valentine"s Days. He
gave me other gifts through the years, but none 20 compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old,
empty shoebox. | ( )1.A.announced
( )2.A.and
( )3.A.design
( )4.A.sadly
( )5.A.found
( )6.A.start
( )7.A.invited
( )8.A.boxes
( )9.A.new
( )10.A.Relaxation
( )11.A.by
( )12.A.folded
( )13.A.joined
( )14.A.slight
( )15.A.joy
( )16.A.money
( )17.A.reached
( )18.A.accept
( )19.A.carried
( )20.A.ever | B.appeared
B.however
B.plan
B.anxiously
B.realized
B.cause
B.took
B.gifts
B.big
B.Relief
B.at
B.packed
B.attached
B.brief
B.fun
B.time
B.set
B.respect
B.kept
B.even | C.served
C.or
C.idea
C.disappointedly
C.knew
C.mark
C.saved
C.paper
C.attractive
C.Cheer
C.in
C.changed
C.linked
C.broad
C.interest
C.support
C.spent
C.admire
C.spread
C.yet | D.sat
D.so
D.project
D.patiently
D.imagined
D.produce
D.had
D.food
D.empty
D.Calm
D.on
D.pressed
D.connected
D.confident
D.amusement
D.hope
D.came
D.recognize
D.lasted
D.still | | 完形填空。 | Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each
passing day everyone became more 1 waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 2 everyone would run for
their coats and go hone, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often 3 what kind of home life David had, and what kind
of mother could send her son to school dressed so 4 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or
gloves. But something made David 5 I can still remember he was always 6 a smile and willing to help. He
always 7 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much He 8 just smile and
ask what else he could do,then thank me for letting him stay and slowly 9 home.
Weeks passed and the 10 over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of 11 before
the holiday break. I smiled in 12 as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David 13
standing by my desk.
"I have something for you" he said 14 from behind his back a small box. 15 it to me, he said anxiously.
"Open it" I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lift the lid and to my 16 saw nothing
I looked at David"s smiling face add back into the box and said. "The box is nice, David, but it" s 17 ".
"Oh no it isn"t" said David "It"s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you
couldn"t see or touch unless you know it"s there".
Tears filled my eyes 18 looked at the proud dirty race that I had rarely given 19 to. After that Christmas,
David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 20 the little empty box set on my desk. | ( )1.A.anxious
( )2.A.warning
( )3.A.scolded
( )4.A.modestly
( )5.A.popular
( )6.A.expressing
( )7.A.practised
( )8.A.would
( )9.A.aim at
( )10.A.argument
( )11.A.school
( )12.A.relief
( )13.A. weakly
( )14.A.searched
( )15.A.Holding
( )16.A.delight
( )17.A.cheap
( )18.A.as
( )19.A.advice
( )20.A.from | B.courageous
B.ringing
B.wondered
B.naturally
B.upset
B.delivering
B.wandered
B.should
B.turn to
B.excitement
B.year
B.return
B.sadly
B.found
B.Handing
B.expectation
B.empty
B.until
B.support
B.behind | C.serious
C.calling
C.realized
C.inaccurately
C.specia
C.wearing
C.studied
C.might
C.put off
C.movement
C.education
C.vain
C.quietly
C.raised
C.Sending
C.appreciation
C.useless
C.because
C.attention
C.over | D.cautious
D.yelling
D.learned
D.inappropriately
D.funny
D.sharing
D.stayed
D.could
D.head for
D.program
D.program
D.control
D.helplessly
D.pulled
D.Leaving
D.surprise
D.improper
D.though
D.command
D.towards |
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