完形填空训练(十三)
Pass Your Love On
Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind 1 your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only 2 seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带), a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “ 3 am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I 4 to move to that seat.
The girl was named Kathy. She
When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to 7 that Kathy would not be able to 8 herself. I considered 9 to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too 10 to offer a service to a 11 . But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more 12 than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and 13 she was uncomfortable to accept, she 14 as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart 15 , and the 16 was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.
I was very glad I had reached 17 my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love 18 flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us 19 . When we 20 to serve another, we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.
1. A. losing B. changing C. taking D. giving
2. A. comfortable B. suitable C. available D. favorable
3. A. No problem B. No way C. Nowhere D. No doubt
4. A. decided B. wanted C. regretted D. promised
5. A. was B. would be C. used to be D. had been
6. A. treatment B. travel C. pleasure D. business
7. A. know B. say C. realize D. recognize
8. A. eat B. feed C. choose D. support
9. A. offering B. needing C. stopping D. trying
10. A. impolite B. far C. close D. fast
11. A. girl B. neighbor C. passenger D. stranger
12. A. unusual B. direct C. important D. shameful
13. A. when B. although C. since D. as
14. A. refused B. wondered C. cried D. did
15. A. had warmed B. had jumped C. had broken D. had cheered
16. A. life B. money C. time D. energy
17. A. below B. through C. across D. beyond
18. A. seldom B. never C. hardly D. sometimes
19. A. separate B. independent C. silent D. upset
20. A. happen B. stretch C. wait D. continue
完形填空训练(十四)
I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she 1 to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too 2 and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response. I 3 my question and heard her say, “Oh…nothing.” Nothing?
I got up from my desk and ran out 4 the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick 5 into the bathroom. I had her 6 ! I told her to turn around. She 7 . I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”
8 , she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was 9 with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes. I heard 10 voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you… You should know…How many times have you been 11 What a bad thing to…” it was just a matter of my picking out which old 12 I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But 13 I could let loose, I looked 14 at the sweater on her. In big 15 it said. “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL (天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, 16 seeing bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a little angel full of 17 that I had come dangerously close to 18 . “Sweetheart, let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how 19 you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t 20 the chance to prove what a perfect little angel he had given me.
1. A. happened B. liked C. appeared D. pretended
2. A. long B. quiet C. calm D. strange
3. A. asked B. answered C. raised D. repeated
4. A. into B. of C. from D. for
5. A. way B. turn C. change D. progress
6. A. followed B. scolded C. cornered D. fooled
7. A. laughed B. listened C. agreed D. refused
8. A. Slowly B. Eagerly C. Angrily D. Unfortunately
9. A. filled B. marked C. printed D. covered
10. A. every B. such C. any D. one
11. A. told B. beaten C. frightened D. forbidden
12. A. reports B. notice C. advice D. words
13. A. as B. when C. since D. before
14. A. up B. down C. in D. on
15. A. signs B. letters C. messages D. figures
16. A. because of B. instead of C. in spite of D. as a result of
17. A. value B. sadness C. pities D. tricks
18. A. preventing B. getting rid of C. destroying D. doing wrong on
19. A. dirty B. ugly C. special D. silly
20. A. have B. get C. take D. miss