完形填空精练（18）

　　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。

　　Passage 1

　　Tony?Tomei?was?well-known?in?Los?Alamos,?N.M.?for?his?heroic?action?when?the?forest?fires?swept?through?

　　last?May.?Tomei?had?_41__?run?away?from?his?house,?which?was?__42__.?But?soon?after?reaching?a?safe?place,?

　　Tomei?__43__that?although?he?had?saved?most?of?his?collection?of?accordions (a kind of musical instruments), his?precious?Italian?Bugari?Armando?accordion?was?_44__?in?the?house.?He?raced?home?to?_45__it.?“When?I?drove?up,?there?was?a?lot?of?smoke,”?he?says,?and?at?that?moment?he?made?__46_?.?“I?was?going?to?_47___the?fire.?I?was?the?only?one?left?to?_48___?the?neighbors’?house.”

　　Tomei,?52,?an?engineer?and?accordion?instructor,?had?no?idea?what?a?great?danger?he?would?_49___.?With?a?garden?hose?(软管)，he?spent?the?_50__?few?hours?putting?out?small?spot?fires.

　　Then?the?_51__?picked?up,?and?the?fire?began?moving?slowly?from?the?valley?60?feet?below?toward?his?home.?He?attempted?to?put?out?the?fire?but?without?any?_52_.?The?fire?and?smoke?blew?up?beside?him,?_53___?him?to?the?ground,?where?he?got?hold?of?a?tree.?“I?couldn’t?breathe.?I?couldn’t?see.?I?just?stuck?my?face?in?the?dirt.”

　　_54___,?the?wind?changed.?Against?a?frightening?background?of?house?burning?up?and?down?his?street,?Tomei?

　　fought?through?much?of?the?_55__?without?any?more?water?and?_56__?a?couple?of?tools?he?could?get?to?keep?small?fires?away?from?his?neighbors’?house.?

　　At?sunrise?he?got?his?first?real?look?at?what?had?left?of?the?neighborhood.?“I?saw?all?those?damaged?house?and?

　　thought,?oh,?my?God,”?_57__?he’d?saved?his?home?along?with?two?others’.

　　When?his?neighbor?Nancy?Tenbrink?_58__?to?the?house?that she’d?thought?was?lost,?she?_59__threw?her?arms?

　　around?Tomei.?“My?house?was?important,?but?his?life?was?much?more?_60__,”?she?says.?“I’m?deeply?thankful?for?what?he?did?for?us.”

　　41 A.?happily?? B.?bravely? C.?safely? D.?nearly?

　　42 A.?in?fire?? B.?out?of?order C.?in?danger

　　D.?out?of?shape

　　43 A.?thought???? B.?realized?? C.?said? D.?wondered

　　44 A.?still???? B.?also? C.?just? D.?yet

　　45 A.?find??? B.?hide??? C.?check? D.?get

　　46 A.?a?suggestion? B. the?choice?? C.?a?decision? D.?the?preparation

　　47 A.?put?up? B.?keep?from? C.?take?up??? D.?hold?off

　　48 A.?prevent?? B.?save??

　　C.?watch??? D.?keep

　　49 A.?face? B.?expect??? C.?protect?? D.?fight

　　50 ?A.?rest??

　　B.?last?? C.?hard??? D.? next?

　　51 A.?water?? B.?wind? C.?smoke?? D.?fire

　　52 A.?tools? B.?success? C.?meaning?? D.?help

　　53 A.?taking? B.?leaving? C.?knocking?? D.?getting

　　54 A.?Funnily?? B.?Unluckily C.?Undoubtedly?? D. Fortunately?

　　55 A.?night?? B.?afternoon?? C. midnight?? D.?daybreak

　　56 A. normally? B.?only? C.?hardly?? D.?almost?

　　57 ?A.?For????? B.?As??? C.?But??? D.?If

　　58 A.?removed???? B.?returned? C.?referred??? D.?reported

　　59 ?A.?tearfully B.?surprisingly C.?repeatedly? D.?thoughtfully

　　60 ?A.?special? B.?lovely? C.???valuable??? D.?useful

　　Passage 1：41-45 CCBAD

　　46-50 CDBAD

　　51-55 BBCDA

　　56-60 BCBAC

　　Passage 2

　　Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a ____41____ old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects...

　　One day ____42____ walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly. He ____43____it home.

　　A few days later, a small ____44____appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours ____45_____it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to ____46____making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go____47____ farther.

　　Then the man decided to help the ____48____ , so he took a pair of scissors and ____49____the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then came out ____50____. ____51____it had a swollen (浮肿的) body and small, shriveled (枯萎的) wings. The man ____52____ to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would ____53____ to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! ____54____ , the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to ____55____ . What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting (限制的) ____56____and the struggle required for the butterfly to ____57____ the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its____58____ from the cocoon.

　　Sometimes ____59____ are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any challenges, it would weaken us. We would not be as ____60_____as what we could have been.

　　And we could never fly.

　　41.

　　A. cold B. kind C. polite D. tiresome

　　42.

　　A. unless B. if C. while D. because

　　43.

　　A. took B. moved C. circulated D. dashed

　　44.

　　A. sign B. shadow C. shade D. opening

　　45.

　　A. and B. until C. as D. then

　　46.

　　A. stop B. prevent C. appeal D. adapt

　　47.

　　A. any B. more C. no D. much

　　48.

　　A. bug B. butterfly C. animal D. fly

　　49.

　　A. take down B. take apart C. cut down D. cut open

　　50.

　　A. greedily

　　B. easily C. hardly D. quickly

　　51.

　　A. Generally

　　B. Even C. So D. But

　　52.

　　A. sought B. lasted C. continued D. began

　　53.

　　A. enlarge B. shorten C. tighten D. darken

　　54.

　　A.In conclusion B. In time C. In fact D. In particular

　　55.

　　A. walk B. fly C. flee D. run

　　56.

　　A. wing B. tale C. subject D. cocoon

　　57.

　　A. get out B.get through C. get away D. get down

　　58.

　　A. freedom B. outcome C. balance D. reliability

　　59.

　　A. struggles B. passions C. manners D. spirits

　　60.

　　A. weak B. intelligent C. gifted D. strong

　　Passage 2：41-45 BCADC

　　46-50 ACBDB

　　51-55 DCACB

　　56-60 DBAAD

　　Passage 3

　　Thanks for everything

　　In our life, we have

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　　expressed our gratitude to the ones who’d lived those years with us.

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　　, we don’t have to wait for

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　　to thank the ones closest to us—the ones so easily

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　　. If I have learned

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　　about giving thanks, it is this: give it now!

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　　your feeling of appreciation is alive and sincere,

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　　on it. Saying thanks is such an easy way to

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　　to the world’s happiness.

　　Saying thanks not only brightens someone else’s world, it also

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　　yours. If you’re feeling left out, unloved or unappreciated, try reaching out to others. It may be just the

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　　you need. Of course, there are times when you can’t express gratitude

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　　. In that

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　　don’t let embarrassment sink you into silence—

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　　up the first time you have the chance.

　　Once a young minister, Mark Brian, was sent to a remote parish of Kwakiutl Indians in British Columbia. The Indians, he had been told, did not have a

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　　for thank you. But Brian soon found that these people had exceptional

　　35 . Instead of saying thanks, it is their

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　　to return every favor with a favor of their own, and every kindness with an equal or superior kindness. They do their

　　37 .

　　I wonder if we had no words in our

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　　for thank you, would we do a better job of communicating our gratitude? Would we be more responsive, more sensitive, more

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　　?

　　Thankfulness is a(n)

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　　message; its lyrics breaks all earthly barriers; its music touches the heavens.

　　21. A. unusually

　　B. rarely

　　C. frequently

　　D. occasionally

　　22. A. In return

　　B. In turn

　　C. In fact

　　D. In favor

　　23. A. celebrations

　　B. anniversaries

　　C. congratulations

　　D. victories

　　24. A. devoted

　　B. forgotten

　　C. lost

　　D. overlooked

　　25. A. anything

　　B. something

　　C. everything

　　D. nothing

　　26.A. If

　　B. Since

　　C. Though

　　D. While

　　27. A. act

　　B. do

　　C. decide

　　D. focus

　　28. A. refer

　　B. come

　　C. add

　　D. speak

　　29. A. leaves

　　B. makes

　　C. causes

　　D. does

　　30. A. action

　　B. medicine

　　C. food

　　D. motivation

　　31. A. immediately

　　B. hesitatingly

　　C. willingly

　　D. obviously

　　32. A. case

　　B. position

　　C. condition

　　D. relation

　　33. A. stand

　　B. face

　　C. speak

　　D. look

　　34. A. way

　　B. word

　　C. vocabulary

　　D. dictionary

　　35. A. friendliness

　　B. curiosity

　　C. concern

　　D. generosity

　　36. A. gesture

　　B. custom

　　C. attitude

　　D. task

　　37. A. duty

　　B. favor

　　C. thanks

　　D. performance

　　38. A. vocabulary

　　B. command

　　C. mind

　　D. directory

　　39. A. living

　　B. caring

　　C. understanding

　　D. outstanding

　　40. A. convenient

　　B. important

　　C. universal

　　D. local

　　Passage 3：21

　　BCBDA

　　26-30 DACDB

　　31-35 AACBD

　　36-40 BCABC

　　Passage 4

　　The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps．She 41

　　_____ the driver and, using her hands to feel the 42

　　_____ of the seats, walked down and found the 43

　　_____ which the driver had told her was empty．Then she settled in． It had been a year since Mary, 34, 44

　　______ a medical misdiagnosis （误诊）, was suddenly thrown into a world of 45

　　_____．Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart．He 46

　　______ her how to rely on her other 47

　　______, specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and 48

　　_____ to adapt herself to the new environment．He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could 49

　　_____ for her, and save her a seat．50

　　_____, Mary decided that she was ready to try the 51

　　______ on her own．Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their 52

　　_______ ways．

　　On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual．As she was 53

　　_______ the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I 54

　　______ envy you．” Mary had no 55

　　_______what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you 56

　　______?”The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the 57

　　_____ week, a fine-looking gentleman 58

　　______a military uniform has been standing across the corner 59

　　_____ you as you get off the bus．He 60

　　______ you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building．You are one lucky lady．”

　　Tears of gratitude poured down Mary’s cheeks．

　　41．A．thanked B．asked C．discovered D．paid

　　42．A．location B．shape C．size D．cost

　　43．A．ticket B．bus C．seat D．bag

　　44．A．according to B．instead of C．thanks to D．due to

　　45．A．anger B．darkness C．happiness D．light

　　46．A．asked B．encouragedC．taught D．praised

　　47．A．feelings B．sights C．senses D．abilities

　　48．A．how B．when C．where D．who

　　49．A．make out B．watch out C．find out D．work out

　　50．A．Finally B．Luckily C．However D．Besides

　　51．A．visit B．trip C．bus D．work

　　52．A．opposite B．separate C．difficult D．usual

　　53．A．getting on B．getting in C．getting off D．getting up

　　54．A．must B．may C．will D．do

　　55．A．idea B．opinion C．way D．thought

　　56．A．want B．mean C．say D．suggest

　　57．A．next B．old C．past D．following

　　58．A．by B．on C．with D．in

　　59．A．searching B．watching C．calling D．noticing

　　60．A．looks out B．takes up C．believes in D．makes surePassage 4：41—45DACDB

　　46—50CCABA

　　51—55BBCDA

　　56—60BCDBD