完形填空(共20小题,每小题2分.满分40分) 阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的四个选项中.选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.并在答题卡上将该项涂黑. David,

完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    David, my neighbor, has two young kids who arefive and seven. One day he was  36  his seven-year-oldson Kelly how to push the lawn mower(割草机) around the yard. As he was telling him howto turn the mower  37 , his wife, Jan, called to him to ask aquestion. As David answered the question, Kelly pushed the lawn mower  38 through the flower bed at the edge of the lawn — 39  atwo-foot wide path leveled to the ground!

    When Davidturned back and saw what had happened, he began to lose  40 . Davidhad put a lot of time and  41  into making those flower bedsthe  42  of the neighbourhood. As he began to  43  hisvoice to his son, Jan walked quickly over to him, put her hand on his shoulderand said, “David, please remember we are raising children, not  44 !”

    Jan  45 me how important  46  is as a parent to remember ourpriorities (things that need attention before others). The window shattered(打碎) by a  47 ,a lamp knocked over by a careless child, or a plate dropped in the kitchen arealready  48 . The flowers are already dead. We must remember not to 49  to the destruction by breaking a child’s spirit anddeadening his  50 .

    A few weeksago Mark Michaels, the owner of a store, and I were together  51  parenting.He told me while his family were out for dinner, his daughter knocked over herwater glass.  52  the water was cleaned up without any blamingremarks from her parents, she looked up and said, “I  53  wantto thank you for not being like other parents. Most of my friends’ parents  54 have shouted at them and given them a lecture about paying moreattention. Thanks for not  55  that!”

1.A. teaching       B. helping          C.looking at           D.asking

2. A. up                B.around               C.down             D.over

3. A. nearly            B.even                 C.almost               D.right

4. A. leaving           B.staying          C. remaining            D.finding

5. A. hope          B.control              C.mind             D.heart

6. A. strength          B.effort               C.power                D.courage

7. A. pride         B.respect              C.envy             D.honor

8. A. rise          B.expand           C. improve          D.raise

9. A. flowers           B.trees                C.grass                D.vegetables

10. A. called           B.reminded         C. warned           D.told

11. A. this         B.that             C.it                   D.one

12. A. mower            B.baseball         C. chair                D.book

13. A.broken            B.shabby           C. torn             D.worn

14. A. attend           B.tend             C.add              D.see

15. A. happiness        B.liveliness           C. bravery          D.humor

16. A. talking          B.speaking         C. telling              D.discussing

17. A. Before           B.After                C.Until                D.Since

18. A. really           B.actually         C. eventually           D.especially

19. A. should           B.need             C.would                D.must

20. A. saying           B.doing                C.thinking         D. Showing

试题答案

【答案】

1.A2.B3.D4.A5.B

6.B7.C8.D9.A10.B   

11.C12.B13.A14.C15.B   

16.D17.B18.A19.C20.B

【解析】略