完形填空练习（六十七）
A boy walked along
“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute!”
Slowly the boy 1 onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 2 out her hand and wrapped her 3 old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy” she said. “Help me 4 to my bed. What’s your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 5 up, raising herself on her elbow (肘). Water 6 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 7 .
“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 8 for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 9 , and then looked out the window. He saw the sign again: “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
“I want my silver pin to 10 to my daughter.”
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 11 the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There’s my Bible (圣经),” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 12 Christian burial (基督葬礼) with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 13 of a poor old woman.”
The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 14 it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 15 the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 16 me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 17 window, but the old woman on the bed 18 nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 19 on the paper were some childish letters. They 20 the words: “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
1. A. rushed B. struggled C. hurried D. stepped
2. A. reached B. let C. pushed D. pointed
3. A. firm B. smooth C. dry D. fresh
4. A. back B. over C. away D. ahead
5. A. sit B. get C. stand D. wake
6. A. rolled B. burnt C. burst D. ran
7. A. ill B. sick C. unpleasant D. funny
8. A. letter B. note C. will D. message
9. A. table B. pen C. paper D. woman
10. A. send B. go C. belong D. come
11. A. moved B. drew C. used D. pulled
12. A. great B. merry C. splendid D. real
13. a. hope B. chance C. opinion D. wish
14. A. sign B. read C. remember D. copy
15. A. setting B. hiding C. placing D. laying
16. A. Hold B. Leave C. Excuse D. Pardon
17. A. large B. open C. small D. pretty
18. A. did B. saw C. felt D. knew
19. A. Described B. Printed C. Recorded D. Written
20. A. formed B. spelled C. organized D. repeated
完形填空练习（六十八）
I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a 1 education. If they can 2 it, they can 3 send them to the best universities. But they must not feel guilty if they can’t. If the children really want to go, they’ll find a 4 . There are plenty of loans (贷款) and scholarships for the bright and 5 ones who can’t afford to pay.
When children grow up and want to 6 , their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the 7 to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a 8 not an obligation (责任，义务).
Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.
One of their obligations is to give their children a personal 9 . A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly 10 to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so 11 , so afraid of failing that he (or she) won’t try at all. Of course they should be 12 corrected when they do wrong, but it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves 13 . All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate (宽容) them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand 14 . When criticisms (批评) are really needed, they should be 15 with praises, with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.
Parents owe their children a set of solid values around 16 to build their lives. This means teaching them to 17 the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by 18 . A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have 19 laughing and loving.
No child asks to be 20 . If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.
1. A. college B. formal C. usual D. foreign
2. A. find B. get C. afford D. receive
3. A. gradually B. certainly C. hardly D. finally
4. A. supply B. help C. hand D. way
5. A. handsome B. honest C. eager D. wealthy
6. A. get married B. get a job C. go abroad D. live alone
7. A. time B. right C. duty D. energy
8. A. favor B. pleasure C. habit D. service
9. A. worth B. affair C. belief D. respect
10. A. brought B. compared C. forced D. taken
11. A. unsure B. unusual C. unknown D. unfair
12. A. properly B. gently C. nearly D. possibly
13. A. now and then B. in time C. at once D. right now
14. A. failure B. honor C. progress D. test
15. A. mixed B. satisfied C. shared D. balanced
16. A. it B. which C. whom D. what
17. A. consider B. refuse C. respect D. know
18. A. example B. time C. word D. deed
19. A. pleasure B. difficulty C. fun D. freedom
20. A. praised B. alone C. born D. poor
