完形填空（共20小题，每小题1 分，共计20分）
Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked
21 . We decided it was time to
22 the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing
23 colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all spoke together：“Not the measuring stick. ”
“No,” I
24 them. “Not the measuring stick.”
The measuring stick isn’t a (an)
25 stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room. Along the edge we’ve
26 each child’s growth by making a mark showing his or her
27 on every birthday. Over the years, so many colored pens, pencils and
28 have been used that now, this white door is somewhat like an abstract(抽象的) painting.
Names and dates show different
29 , and I can tell by the script(手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old
30 to measure her three-year old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother and my husband did the same to me. At our family
31 , when this door swung back and forth frequently, friends used to stop to
32 the names and dates. When they were asked if they would like to be always remembered, they
33 smiled shyly and went back right up into place,
34 to be measured.
Many of those
35 on the door are still
36 . Some have stopped. Some remain with us only in
37 . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her, too. It was her last visit to our home.
We haven’ t
38 the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the
39 of the kitchen door will still remain
40 , with lots of names and dates in various colors.
| 小题1: | | A．small | B． old | C． familiar | D． favorable |
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| 小题2: | | A．repair | B． rebuild | C． reuse | D． repaint |
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| 小题3: | | A．safe | B． possible | C． valuable | D． changeable |
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| 小题4: | | A．promised | B． repeated | C．followed | D． persuaded |
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| 小题5: | | A．false | B． wonderful | C． actual | D． obvious |
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| 小题6: | | A．kept | B． witnessed | C． recorded | D． accompanied |
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| 小题7: | | A．age | B． weight | C． name | D． height |
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| 小题8: | | A．boxes | B． markers | C． schoolbags | D． sticks |
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| 小题9: | | A．information | B． handwriting | | C．character | D． status |
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| 小题10: | | A．allowed | B． pretended | C． helped | D． ordered |
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| 小题11: | | A．offices | B． banks | C． meetings | D． parties |
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| 小题12: | | A．copy | B． read | C． like | D． remove |
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| 小题13: | | A．hardly | B． never | C． usually | D． seldom |
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| 小题14: | | A．ready | B． afraid | C． able | D． unwilling |
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| 小题15: | | A．missed | B． taught | C． listed | D． suggested |
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| 小题16: | | A．growing | B．contributing | C．studying | D． working |
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| 小题17: | | A．sight | B． design | C．trouble | D． memory |
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| 小题18: | | A．connected with | B．agreed to | | C．decided on | D．relied on |
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| 小题19: | | A．front | B． back | C． right | D． left |
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| 小题20: | | A．yellow | B． grey | C． white | D． blue |
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