完形填空练习（六十三）
It was a freezing day, when I picked up a wallet in the street. There was nothing 1 but a letter that was 2 Hellen. On the torn 3 I found the return address, so I called information. The operator asked me to 4 on, and she came back on the 5 soon, she told me that Hellenes family had 6 their house years ago. Hellen had to 7 her mother in a nursing home.
I called and found out that Hellenes mother had 8 , The woman who answered 9 that Hellen herself was 10 living here.
The director waited for me at the 11 of the nursing home. I went up to the third floor. Hellen was an old woman with a warm smile and 12 eyes. I told her about finding the wallet and showed her the letter. She took a deep 13 “Young man,” she said, “this was the 14 letter I had written to Mike 60 years ago. I loved him very much. I guess no one ever 15 up to him. I still think of him…”
I thanked Hellen and came back to the director. His secretary looked at the wallet 16 and said, “Hey, that’s Mr. Goldstein’s. He’s always losing it. He’s 17 here on the 8th floor. That’s his wallet, for 18 .”
We hurried to him and asked 19 he had lost his wallet. Mike felt his back pocket and then said. “Goodness, it’s missing.”
When I returned him the wallet and told him where Hellen was, he grew 20 . “When the letter came,” He said, “my life ended. I never married.”
We took him to Helen’s room. They stood, looked at each other for a minute and embraced (拥抱).
1. A. on B. here C. inside D. outside
2. A. sent for B. written to C. given D. signed
3. A. letter B. envelope C. wallet D. back
4. A. hold B. keep C. put D. go
5. A. way B. floor C. line D. car
6. A. bought B. sold C. moved D. built
7. A. carry B. place C. drive D. bury
8. A. left B. returned C. stayed D. died
9. A. explained B. thought C. discovered D. considered
10. A. again B. still C. now D. then
11. A. door B. house C. office D. wall
12. A. bursting B. freezing C. friendly D. lively
13. A. dive B. sight C. how D. breath
14. A. important B. oldest C. first D. last
15. A. went B. matched C. caught D. measured
16. A. immediately B. clearly C. closely D. exactly
17. A. also B. over C. right D. still
18. A. sure B. pleasure C. help D. interest
19. A. that B. if C. where D. when
20. A. nervous B. silent C. pale D. anxious
完形填空练习（六十四）
Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his 1 one night when I was ready to quit (退出) a political campaign (运动) I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.
Tired, feeling the many months of 2 , I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I 3 up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of: Andrea Cuomo, Italian American Groceries Fine Imported Products. Then I thought about how he 4 with difficult situations. A lot of pictures appeared into my 5 , but one scene came sharply into view. We had just 6 to
Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible 8 . We came home from the store that night to find the spruce 9 almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our hearts 10 . But not Dad’s.
The rain was 11 . Then he announced, “OK, we’re going to push him up!” “What are you talking about, Dad? The roots are out of the ground!” “Shut up, we’re going to push him up, he’s going to 12 again.” We couldn’t say 13 to him. So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there was and we 14 the rope around the top of the tree that 15 on the street, and he stood up by the house, with me 16 on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to 17 up the great blue spruce. In no time at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad drove stakes (桩) in the ground, tied rope from the 18 to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he’s going to grow again …”
I looked at the 19 and wanted to cry, I couldn’t 20 to got back into the campaign.
1. A. classes B. lecture C. lessons D. talks
2. A. struggle B. working C. battle D. defence
3. A. turned B. took C. came D. picked
4. A. kept B. worked C. dealt D. helped
5. A. heart B. mind C. head D. book
6. A. came B. left C. got D. moved
7. A. yard B. field C. flowers D. trees
8. A. storm B. rain C. snow D. wind
9. A. pushed B. pulled C. put D. struck
10. A. fell B. rose C. sank D. dropped
11. A. stopping B. falling C. coming D. going
12. A. stand B. plant C. die D. grow
13. A. no B. yes C. it D. nothing
14. A. made B. gave C. tied D. kept
15. A. put B. left C. placed D. lay
16. A. pulling B. pushing C. holding D. fixing
17. A. take B. put C. pull D. push
18. A. leaves B. roots C. trunk D. branches
19. A. picture B. card C. tree D. rain
20. A. wait B. stop C. leave D. stay
