完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给四个选项(
A、B、C、D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My mother seemed to be able to make dolls (洋娃娃) out of anything. She made some dolls for me and my two elder sisters. I 36 playing with them, but still, secretly, I hoped for a store-bought 37 like the one our rich cousin had. Her doll 38 open and close its blue glass eyes and even say "Mamma". I 39 stopped admiring it and hoping to have one.
However, my dream 40 came true when I was six. One day my father came back from his business trip with three 41 dolls! They were much smaller than our cousin’s doll and their eyes were just painted ones, but I did not 42 such differences. They were 43 "store-bought" dolls. We each chose one and I named 44 Misako.
Soon my sisters and I became 45. Our "children" kept us 46 all day. We gave them a bath, 47 them, brushed their hair, took them out for a walk and put them to bed. Several months later, they got more like real children — their 48 and bodies became dirtier; their dresses got stained; their hair less smooth.
But, by then, 49 interests seemed to have moved into 50 toys. Their dolls were abandoned (被抛弃) and in bad condition. One had 51 one of her arms, and 52 was one-legged. "You can 53 them if you want," my sisters said to me. Thus, I had 54_ dolls. They were more or less handicapped (残疾) and they often looked at me as if they needed me to 55 them. I enjoyed this feeling of being needed — being the only one in the world who could protect them with a lot of love. Indeed, they made the rest of my childhood days very happy.
第二节 完形填空先通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后面各题所给的选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Suppose you find a bright yellow bike on a street corner in the city. You hop on(跨上)it and 31 . But wait—isn’t this stealing? No, it isn’t. 32 shouts,“Stop! Thief!” That is 33 this free ride is just fine with the city.
You 34 find hundreds of free yellow bikes in some US cities. The idea began in Portland, Oregon, in 1994. People saw a need for 35 transportation, and they wanted to help 36
pollution. So, to get citizens(市民) 37 their cars and onto pollution-free bikes, they 38 the Yellow Bike Project.
The 39 bikes are painted bright yellow and placed throughout the city. People can hop on the yellow bike and ride to run errands(短程差事), to work 40 to school. Then, they leave the bike for the 41 rider. There have been times when bikes have been stolen, but most people 42 the rules, because they think it is not wise to 43 the bike that’s already free.
Portland’s 44 was quickly loved by a lot of people. Within two years of its starts, similar programs were 45 in cities in six other states.
A. drive away B. ride away C. ride back D. run awayA. No one B. Someone C. Anyone D. EveryoneA. whether B. so C. because D. thoughA. have to B. don’t have to C. can’t D. canA. expensive B. crowded C. free D. commonA. protect B. control C. make D. bringA. out of B. into C. up D. nearA. ended B. started C. changed D. refusedA. public B. private C. clean D. dirtyA. but B. as C. until D. orA. next B. last C. best D. firstA. break B. make C. discuss D. followA. buy B. repair C. produce D. stealA. citizen B. street C. idea D. schoolA. looked up B. made up C. put up D. set up