Louisville, Kentucky is a place where basketball is an important part of life, a

                               

Louisville, Kentucky is a place where basketball is an important part of life, and taking my  36   to an NBA exhibition game is very special. Little did I realize how  37  the evening was going to be! It was blowing some mean wind. Josh  38  my hand as we crossed the parking lot and  39  for famous Freedom Hall.  40  eight years old, he still felt it was okay to hold his father’s hand, and I felt grateful, knowing that this kind of moments would pass  41 .

The stadium  42  nineteen-thousand-plus fans, and it definitely looked like a sellout as the  43  gathered outside the gate. The expectation of seeing Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls  44  the Washington Bullets sped up our pace across the parking lot, thinking about  45  the game was going to go. The turnstile（十字转门）clicked and Josh hung on to his souvenir ticket stub（票根）like he had just won the lottery! We pushed our  46  to the upper-level seats of the “true” fans.  47  we knew it, the game was   48  way. During a time out, we dashed to order hot dog and Coke and   49  back so that we wouldn’t miss a single part of the game. Things were going as  50  until halftime. I started to talk to some friends nearby when there was a pull on my sleeve, my arm was pulled over by a  51  young Josh, and he began putting a multicolored, woven yarn bracelet（丝织手镯）around my wrist. It  52  really well, and he was really focused attentively as he carefully made a double square knot（结）to keep it secure. On this special occasion, I  53  the significance of the moment. With a smile, I told him proudly how I knew this was a “friendship bracelet” and said, “I guess this means we are  54  . ” Without missing a beat, his big brown eyes looking me straight in the face, he exclaimed, “We’re  55  friends. You’re my dad!”

36. A. wife                B. son                       C. friend                   D. student

37. A. ordinary          B. common               C. special                  D. normal

38. A. held                B. had                       C. carried                  D. took

39. A. stood              B. set                        C. walked                 D. headed

40. A. Is                   B. Being                    C. Was                     D. Been

41. A. often               B. suddenly               C. soon                     D. slowly

42. A. sits                 B. seats                     C. includes                D. has

43. A. players            B. audience               C. listeners                D. judges

44. A. with                B. for                       C. to                         D. against

45. A. what               B. that                      C. when                    D. how

46. A. path                B. way                      C. route                    D. track

47. A. After               B. As                        C. Before                  D. Until

48. A. on                   B. in                         C. by                        D. under

49. A. rushed             B. went                     C. came                    D. returned

50. A. planned           B. intended                C. expected               D. attempted

51. A. excited            B. pleased                 C. determined            D. astonished

52. A. fit                   B. suited                   C. matched               D. applied

53. A. knew              B. realized                 C. guessed                D. imagined

54. A. neighbours       B. classmates            C. teammates            D. friends

55. A. no more than   B. not more than        C. more than             D. less than

试题答案

36-40 BCADB   41-45 CBBDD   46-50 BCDAC   51-55 CABDC