完形填空实战演练（一）(76405)-高三英语阅读(459)-21英语网

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“Sixteen,” I said. I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper asked that day, but I will never forget my __1__. As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started __2__. I felt like the __3__ person in the world.

Mrs Cooper fixed them with a firm look. Then she said: “We’re all here to __4__ .”

Another time, Mrs Cooper asked us to write a __5__ about what we hoped to do with our lives. I wrote: “I want to be a __6__ like Mrs Cooper.”

She wrote on my report, “You would __7__ an outstanding teacher __8__ you are determined and you try hard.” I was to carry those __9__ in my heart for the next 27 years.

After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children.

We needed every penny just to __10__ . College – and teaching – was out of the question.

Then one day I thought of my 11 of how I wanted to help children. I talked it over with my family and __12__ to attend college classes in the __13__ before work. And when I got home from work, I would __14__ . Finally after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher.

Not long after I started __15__, something happened that brought the __16__ rushing back to me. I had written a sentence with grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and __17__ the mistakes.

One girl got halfway through, became __18__ and stopped. As the other children laughed, __19__ rolled down her cheeks. I gave her a hug and told her to get a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs Cooper, I fixed __20__ of the class with a firm look. “We’re all here to learn,” I said.

1. A. question B. answer C. result D. reaction

2. A. talking B. shouting C. discussing D. laughing

3. A. stupidest B. happiest C. least amusing D. most important

4. A. work B. learn C. play D. watch

5. A. letter B. song C. report D. story

6. A. teacher B. friend C. reporter D. parent

7. A. develop B. change C. return D. make

8. A. because B. unless C. until D. before

9. A. reports B. words C. teachers D. classmates

10. A. get by B. get past C. go by D. go ahead

11. A. plan B. work C. dream D. idea

12. A. supposed B. promised C. decided D. agreed

13. A. evenings B. mornings C. afternoons D. nights

14. A. sleep B. study C. rest D. play

15. A. studying B. writing C. thinking D. teaching

16. A. teacher B. life C. past D. feeling

17. A. correct B. prove C. check D. read

18. A. mad B. excited C. confused D. confident

19. A. water B. tears C. sweat D. smiles

20. A. half B. most C. the whole D. the rest

B

I was late for the school bus and rushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door and lay down in front of it – his way of asking to be __1__. I __2__ his begging for affection, hurdled over him and ran for the waiting bus.

__3__ , that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me __4__ , “Honey, I have some __5__ news that I need to tell you. This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a car and __6__ . I’ m so sorry.”

“No! It’s not true!” I was __7__ . I couldn’t believe her. I waited for Tippy all night long, but he didn’t come. Feeling __8__ , I wandered into the living room. I didn’t cry that night. I still couldn’t believe that he was __9__ .

When I got off the bus the next day, the silence at home was deafening. Finally, my sobs bubbled up and erupted like lava (熔岩) from a volcano. I couldn’t stop __10__. I hadn’t even petted him when I left. __11__ could I have known that was my last chance? I cried until I felt empty inside.

Time passed, and against my will, I started to __12__ some things. I realized what little control any of us have __13__ what happens to a dog. We can do everything right, but __14__ things can still happen. But good things can happen too. That’s __15__ . The best way to deal with the hard times is to __16__ what you need to do to get through them when they come, and to remember that hard times always __17__ .

I now deeply understand the “circle of life”. Everyone is born, everyone __18__ , and that’s the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no __19__ for others like Belle – my new dog.

Best of all, I realized that Tippy __20__ all of my good memories of him. And they come to me every time I call!

1. A. fed B. taken C. petted D. served

2. A. ignored B. met C. promised D. disgusted

3. A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Finally

4. A. excitedly B. quickly C. nervously D. seriously

5. A. good B. sad C. dull D. urgent

6. A. escaped B. wounded C. killed D. knocked

7. A. in shock B. in frustration

C. in silence D. in disagreement

8. A. doubtful B. sleepy C. confused D. lost

9. A. gone B. missing C. alive D. stolen

10. A. waiting B. crying C. thinking D. expecting

11. A. Why B. What C. How D. Which

12. A. forget B. recall C. change D. understand

13. A. over B. beyond C. out D. into

14. A. surprising B. bad C. amazing D. amusing

15. A. nature B. human C. life D. regulation

16. A. leave out B. picked out C. try out D. figure out

17. A. pass B. overcome C. help D. disappear

18. A. grows B. lives C. suffers D. dies

19. A. chance B. room C. possibility D. doubt

20. A. reminded of B. brought up C. left behind D. showed off

（答案见B23版）