第二节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分.满分30分) 阅读下面短文.掌握其大意.然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中.选出最佳选项. Our area w

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. We were on “evacuation alert (疏散警报)”. If we got the  36  to evacuate, we would have to leave immediately.

We  37 suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn’t 38  these things were valuable, but time was. We moved the computers, with which I wrote for newspapers and made a  39 . We took family pictures off the  40  and packed them in boxes.

Then we took a hard look at all that  41 . There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a  42  to my family. And there was the piano my wife Bev  43  to play when she was a little girl. Not of great  44  in itself, but another family connection.

The thought of  45  something passed down from our families saddened me deeply, 46  I’d never been much attached to things. It’s about what they  47  －family and love. They each had a(n)  48  to tell, and some of them spoke in the  49  of our parents and grandparents.

The fire  50  reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 51 , I also realized just how fortunate I had been  52  . I saw just how rich my life had been. Someone  53  said, “There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money.” And now I  54 . I was indeed rich. I was rich in family, rich in memories, rich in everything that really  55 .

I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.

36．A．answer    B．call       C．chance          D．task

37．A．sold      B．bought    C．searched         D．packed 

38．A．worry      B．care        C．think       D．doubt

39．A．mark      B．living      C．sign        D．plan

40．A．walls      B．ceilings  C．windows        D．albums

41．A．left         B．burnt      C．remained        D．unmoved

42．A．present    B．connection     C．symbol          D．treasure

43．A．learned          B．agreed   C．forgot     D．refused

44．A．quality    B．taste        C．value      D．sense

45．A．knocking out   B．picking out     C．giving away    D．leaving behind 

46．A．but         B．unless     C．even though          D．or

47．A．contained      B．included   C．represented   D．gathered

48．A．idea      B．lie          C．right       D．story

49．A．sounds          B．voices   C．speeds   D．feelings

50．A．never     B．once       C．seldom          D．finally

51．A．returned        B．spared     C．stopped         D．found

52．A．in another way       B．in return         C．at last      D．at most

53．A．curiously        B．accidentally          C．wisely     D．coldly

54．A．promised       B．knew      C．announced     D．thanked 

55．A．affects    B．desires    C．helps       D．counts

试题答案

       36—40 BDCBA

41—45 CBACD  46—50 CCDBA    51—55 BACBD