完形填空(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
David, my neighbor, has two young kids who are five and seven. One day he was
36 his seven-year-old son Kelly how to push the lawn mower(割草机) around the yard. As he was telling him how to turn the mower
37 , his wife, Jan, called to him to ask a question. As David answered the question, Kelly pushed the lawn mower
38 through the flower bed at the edge of the lawn —
39 a two-foot wide path leveled to the ground! When David turned back and saw what had happened, he began to lose
40 . David had put a lot of time and
41 into making those flower beds the
42 of the neighbourhood. As he began to
43 his voice to his son, Jan walked quickly over to him, put her hand on his shoulder and said, “David, please remember we are raising children, not
44 !”
Jan
45 me how important
46 is as a parent to remember our priorities (things that need attention before others). The window shattered(打碎) by a
47 , a lamp knocked over by a careless child, or a plate dropped in the kitchen are already
48 . The flowers are already dead. We must remember not to
49 to the destruction by breaking a child’s spirit and deadening his
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A few weeks ago Mark Michaels, the owner of a store, and I were together
51 parenting. He told me while his family were out for dinner, his daughter knocked over her water glass.
52 the water was cleaned up without any blaming remarks from her parents, she looked up and said, “I
53 want to thank you for not being like other parents. Most of my friends’ parents
54 have shouted at them and given them a lecture about paying more attention. Thanks for not
55 that!”
小题1: | A.teaching | B.helping | C.looking at | D.asking |
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小题3: | A.nearly | B.even | C.almost | D.right |
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小题4: | A.leaving | B.staying | C.remaining | D.finding |
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小题5: | A.hope | B.control | C.mind | D.heart |
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小题6: | A.strength | B.effort | C.power | D.courage |
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小题7: | A.pride | B.respect | C.envy | D.honor |
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小题8: | A.rise | B.expand | C.improve | D.raise |
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小题9: | A.flowers | B.trees | C.grass | D.vegetables |
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小题10: | A.called | B.reminded | C.warned | D.told |
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小题12: | A.mower | B.baseball | C.chair | D.book |
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小题13: | A.broken | B.shabby | C.torn | D.worn |
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小题15: | A.happiness | B.liveliness | C.bravery | D.humor |
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小题16: | A.talking | B.speaking | C.telling | D.discussing |
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小题17: | A.Before | B.After | C.Until | D.Since |
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小题18: | A.really | B.actually | C.eventually | D.especially |
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小题19: | A.should | B.need | C.would | D.must |
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小题20: | A.saying | B.doing | C.thinking | D.Showing |
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