英語20分鐘專題突破：完形填空1

It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas, but I had to stay to tidy the office. The only thing that   1   my day was the beautifully decorated   2   in our waiting room and a   3   sent to me by a fellow I was dating―a dozen long-stemmed red roses.

Suddenly, our receptionist came and said there was a lady outside that urgently needed to speak with me. As I stepped out, I noticed a young   4   woman with a baby in her arms standing there.  5  , she explained that her husband―a prisoner in a nearby prison―was my next patient. She told me she wasn’t   6   to visit her husband in prison and   7   he had never seen his son. So she   8   me to let her wait here ahead of time. I agreed.   9  , it was Christmas Eve.

A short time later, her husband arrived―with chains on his feet, cuffs on his hands, and two armed guards   10   him. The woman’s tired face   11   when her husband took a seat beside her. I watched them laugh, cry, and share their  12  . He seemed like a gentle and honest man.

At the end of the   13  , the man had to go back and I  14   him a Merry Christmas. He smiled and thanked me and said he felt saddened by the  15   that he hadn’t been able to get his wife 16   for Christmas. On hearing this, I was   17   with a wonderful idea.

I’ll never forget the  18   on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful, long-stemmed red roses. I’m not sure who   19   the most joy―the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the opportunity to share in this   20   moment.

1. A. enjoyed        B. brightened      C. relaxed      D. presented

2. A. office          B. Christmas Father   C. Christmas tree      D. furniture

3. A. gift          B. regards         C. message      D. package

4. A. ordinary-looking  B. good-looking  C. tired-looking      D. frightened-looking

5. A. Happily      B. Quietly         C. Excitedly     D. Nervously

6. A. going        B. determined      C. expected      D. allowed

7. A. why         B. how            C. that          D. when

8. A. persuaded    B. demanded        C. begged       D. pleased

9. A. After all      B. In all            C. All in all     D. Above all

10. A. near        B. around           C. behind       D. before

11. A. turned pale   B. went red          C. lit up        D. turned away

12. A. child        B. tears             C. joy          D. sorrows

13. A. meeting      B. appointment     C. discussion    D. conversation

14. A. said         B. showed          C. wished       D. hoped

15. A. words       B. fact              C. idea         D. scene

16. A. something    B. nothing          C. anything      D. everything

17. A. encouraged   B. struck           C. provided      D. inspired

18. A. sadness      B. happiness        C. look          D. smiles

19. A. experienced   B. received        C. gave          D. accepted

20. A. unforgettable  B. sad             C. happy         D. special

答案：

本文講述了作者目睹了一位妻子帶著孩子看望服刑丈夫的感人場(chǎng)面。作者把別人送給自己的禮物送給了那位服刑的丈夫，讓他在圣誕前夕能夠?yàn)槠拮铀鸵环侄Y物。同時(shí)作者自己也感到了一份幸福。

1. B．brighten 照亮，作者因?yàn)椴坏貌辉谑フQ前夕留下來打掃辦公室，而心情不好。但是唯一能夠讓作者感到心里亮堂的就是圣誕樹和男友送來的禮物---一束紅玫瑰。

2. B．因?yàn)槭鞘フQ前夕，所以應(yīng)該是妝飾地很漂亮的放在屋里的圣誕樹。

3. A．作者收到男友送的一份圣誕禮物。regards問候  package 包裹

4. C．可以利用排除法解決本題。我看到一位滿臉疲憊的女士懷里抱著孩子。frightened-looking害怕的表情

5. D．根據(jù)語境，那位女士緊張地向我解釋…。此處其它幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)不符合語境，因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)那位女士不知道我是否會(huì)允許她先進(jìn)來，所以應(yīng)該是緊張。

6. D．她不被允許去監(jiān)獄看丈夫，所以到這里來與丈夫見面。

7. C．a(chǎn)nd連接she told me… 與he had never…兩個(gè)并列賓語從句，但是第二個(gè)引導(dǎo)詞that不省略。

8. C．她乞求我讓她先進(jìn)來。根據(jù)下文，是我同意的，所以不用persuaded; 而demand sb. to do句式不存在；please使某人高興。

9. A．作者動(dòng)了惻隱之心，畢竟已經(jīng)是圣誕夜前夕了。in all總計(jì)；all in all總括；above all首先

10. B．根據(jù)文章可知，女士的丈夫在服刑，所以有兩個(gè)衛(wèi)兵在他左右。

11. C. 當(dāng)丈夫出現(xiàn)時(shí), 妻子喜形于色。其他不符合語境。

12. A. 丈夫是第一次見到孩子，所以這是對(duì)他時(shí)與妻子一起分享孩子時(shí)情形的描述。

13. B. 很明顯，這是一次約會(huì)。meeting會(huì)議

14. D. wish sb. a Merry Christmas為固定搭配，祝某人圣誕快樂。

15. B. 結(jié)合語境，當(dāng)時(shí)這位丈夫正在監(jiān)獄，所以事實(shí)是他無法為妻子送一份圣誕禮物。

16. C. 本句為否定句，所以用not…anything表示什么都沒有。not…everything為半否定，表示并不是所有的…。

17. D.作者因聽到丈夫的話而受到啟發(fā)，即把別人送給自己的紅玫瑰給這位丈夫。

18. C. 此時(shí)兩人要分手，所以幸福、悲傷都應(yīng)該存在，故用look，能夠概括此情此景。

19. A. 作者自己也不確定誰經(jīng)歷了最大的快樂---送禮物的丈夫，接受了禮物的妻子，還是有機(jī)會(huì)來分享這樣特殊時(shí)刻的自己。

20. D. 這是圣誕前夕的一次不同尋常的約會(huì)，所以用。unforgettable難忘的，不能夠說明此情此景

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