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。
At dawn as I opened my eyes, a Blue Angel flew above me with high speed. My parents were ____21____ on the boat while my ____22____ dangled (悬着) their legs over the bow, smiling together. Countless boats, filled with families and friends enjoying each other’s ____23____, anchored in Lake Erie around us. Another ____24____ flew past, causing a loud sound. I thought about how quickly the world moves, and how few people ____25____ the one thing that time cannot change — relationships.
Pilots in their jets flew by at high speeds. At that moment, our lives seemed ____26____ quiet and slow. These people, including my parents, ____27____ listened to each other as the jets performed above. How ____28____ these times seemed compared to the skills required of the men high above traveling at record-breaking speeds.
Just as the Blue Angels speed by, so does our daily ____29____. Technology stresses speed and instant pleasure. Cell phones have ______30______ once sincere conversations and turned them into simple text messages. Everything now originates from ______31______ rather than from devoting our priceless time to others and building lifelong relationships.
Lifestyles ______32______ with time. But one thing that will never change is people’s ______33______ Parents love their children and children love their parents the same as they did thousands of years ago. A(n)______34______ connection among our world’s cultures is interpersonal connection. Friends and family have played ______35______ roles in our lives for centuries. However, we do not appreciate them enough. Why not ______36______ the one thing time has not changed?
A thunderous sound roared (咆哮) around me. I felt sorry as the air show approached its end, but I was ______37______ by my new viewpoint on the world. I went to my sisters and ______38______ them at the bow. They turned, their eyes met mine and I smiled. Eager not to be ______39______ by my family, I ______40______ to the laughter filling the front of the boat.
21. A. wandering B. sleeping C. chatting D. arguing
22. A. sisters B. brothers C. friends D. classmates
23. A. expectation B. result C. company D. development
24. A. plane B. angel C. balloon D. eagle
25. A. ignore B. enjoy C. explain D. create
26. A. regularly B. relatively C. politely D. meaningfully
27. A. joyfully B. anxiously C. angrily D. cautiously
28. A. boring B. simple C. strange D. painful
29. A. achievement B. arrangement C. desire D. life
30. A. replaced B. presented C. improved D. smoothed
31. A. nature B. ability C. performance D. convenience
32. A. appear B. connect C. change D. settle
33. A. attitudes B. behaviors C. ambitions D. relationships
34. A. complex B. common C. loose D. amazing
35. A. little B. proper C. usual D. significant
36. A. treasure B. challenge C. transform D. adjust
37. A. renamed B. reviewed C. refreshed D. recollected
38. A. teased B. joined C. honored D. inspected
39. A. shown off B. taken down C. kept out D. used up
40. A. admitted B. referred C. objected D. contributed
【答案】
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。
At dawn as I opened my eyes, a Blue Angel flew above me with high speed. My parents were ____21____ on the boat while my ____22____ dangled (悬着) their legs over the bow, smiling together. Countless boats, filled with families and friends enjoying each other’s ____23____, anchored in Lake Erie around us. Another ____24____ flew past, causing a loud sound. I thought about how quickly the world moves, and how few people ____25____ the one thing that time cannot change — relationships.
Pilots in their jets flew by at high speeds. At that moment, our lives seemed ____26____ quiet and slow. These people, including my parents, ____27____ listened to each other as the jets performed above. How ____28____ these times seemed compared to the skills required of the men high above traveling at record-breaking speeds.
Just as the Blue Angels speed by, so does our daily ____29____. Technology stresses speed and instant pleasure. Cell phones have ______30______ once sincere conversations and turned them into simple text messages. Everything now originates from ______31______ rather than from devoting our priceless time to others and building lifelong relationships.
Lifestyles ______32______ with time. But one thing that will never change is people’s ______33______ Parents love their children and children love their parents the same as they did thousands of years ago. A(n)______34______ connection among our world’s cultures is interpersonal connection. Friends and family have played ______35______ roles in our lives for centuries. However, we do not appreciate them enough. Why not ______36______ the one thing time has not changed?
A thunderous sound roared (咆哮) around me. I felt sorry as the air show approached its end, but I was ______37______ by my new viewpoint on the world. I went to my sisters and ______38______ them at the bow. They turned, their eyes met mine and I smiled. Eager not to be ______39______ by my family, I ______40______ to the laughter filling the front of the boat.
21. A. wandering B. sleeping C. chatting D. arguing
22. A. sisters B. brothers C. friends D. classmates
23. A. expectation B. result C. company D. development
24. A. plane B. angel C. balloon D. eagle
25. A. ignore B. enjoy C. explain D. create
26. A. regularly B. relatively C. politely D. meaningfully
27. A. joyfully B. anxiously C. angrily D. cautiously
28. A. boring B. simple C. strange D. painful
29. A. achievement B. arrangement C. desire D. life
30. A. replaced B. presented C. improved D. smoothed
31. A. nature B. ability C. performance D. convenience
32. A. appear B. connect C. change D. settle
33. A. attitudes B. behaviors C. ambitions D. relationships
34. A. complex B. common C. loose D. amazing
35. A. little B. proper C. usual D. significant
36. A. treasure B. challenge C. transform D. adjust
37. A. renamed B. reviewed C. refreshed D. recollected
38. A. teased B. joined C. honored D. inspected
39. A. shown off B. taken down C. kept out D. used up
40. A. admitted B. referred C. objected D. contributed
【答案】
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