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。
Every New Year’s Eve, we had breakfast at Aunt Dot’s house. Aunt Dot lived in a home with shelves of___41___ and photo albums she had collected over the years. Colorful pots of plants lined her kitchen windowsills and movie posters for classics___42___ the walls in the living room.
Although the food was delicious, my most vivid___43___ of the meal was the centerpiece that Aunt Dot always ___44___ on her kitchen table-a set of seven ceramic (陶瓷的) salt and pepper shakers .
It wasn’t until years later, when I was home during a holiday, that I finally asked Aunt Dot about the ___45___ centerpiece. She was then eighty-seven years old and she still___46___ us to the last breakfast of the year. I had come over early that morning to ___47___ the meal preparations and Aunt Dot was ___48___ cooking. Then I asked, “Why do you always put them out on New Year’s Eve morning?”
“Well, my dear,” Aunt Dot said in a ___49___ manner. “It helps to ___50___ me that even though the holidays are over, there’s another whole year of them coming. I have learned over my many years that nothing really___51___ ; every ending in life is really just another new beginning.” She smiled and continued, “Remember that, my dear.” And I___52___ .
In the spring of that year, after a short illness, Aunt Dot ___53___ . She left her book ___54___ to my mom and the movie posters to my sister, but I was ___55___ to learn that I got the holiday salt and pepper shakers. I ___56___ Aunt Dot wanted to make sure I remembered her___57___ to life.
Now, I continue Aunt Dot’s breakfast___58___ at my own apartment. The pancakes are never as ___59___ as Aunt Dot’s, but the center of the table is covered with those ___60___ salt and pepper shakers, reminding us all that every ending is really just another beginning.
41. A. toys B. books C. plates D. products
42. A. painted B. preserved C. decorated D. designed
43. A. memory B. description C. imagination D. dream
44. A. threw B. arranged C. ignored D. noticed
45. A. unusual B. artificial C. common D. expensive
46. A. advised B. ordered C. allowed D. invited
47. A. help with B. play on C. look into D. talk about
48. A. casually B. anxiously C. enthusiastically D. secretly
49. A. standard B. thoughtful C. funny D. polite
50. A. warn B. convince C. remind D. promise
51. A. connects B. changes C. improves D. stops
52. A. hesitated B. nodded C. sighed D. refused
53. A. moved on B. gave up C. fell over D. passed away
54. A. collection B. review C. club D. shop
55. A. disappointed B. surprised C. proud D. relieved
56. A. discover B. admit C. guess D. hope
57. A. introduction B. aid C. attitude D. solution
58. A. suggestion B. service C. trend D. tradition
59. A. significant B. simple C. vivid D. delicious
60. A. empty B. old C. recyclable D. strong
【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。
Every New Year’s Eve, we had breakfast at Aunt Dot’s house. Aunt Dot lived in a home with shelves of___41___ and photo albums she had collected over the years. Colorful pots of plants lined her kitchen windowsills and movie posters for classics___42___ the walls in the living room.
Although the food was delicious, my most vivid___43___ of the meal was the centerpiece that Aunt Dot always ___44___ on her kitchen table-a set of seven ceramic (陶瓷的) salt and pepper shakers .
It wasn’t until years later, when I was home during a holiday, that I finally asked Aunt Dot about the ___45___ centerpiece. She was then eighty-seven years old and she still___46___ us to the last breakfast of the year. I had come over early that morning to ___47___ the meal preparations and Aunt Dot was ___48___ cooking. Then I asked, “Why do you always put them out on New Year’s Eve morning?”
“Well, my dear,” Aunt Dot said in a ___49___ manner. “It helps to ___50___ me that even though the holidays are over, there’s another whole year of them coming. I have learned over my many years that nothing really___51___ ; every ending in life is really just another new beginning.” She smiled and continued, “Remember that, my dear.” And I___52___ .
In the spring of that year, after a short illness, Aunt Dot ___53___ . She left her book ___54___ to my mom and the movie posters to my sister, but I was ___55___ to learn that I got the holiday salt and pepper shakers. I ___56___ Aunt Dot wanted to make sure I remembered her___57___ to life.
Now, I continue Aunt Dot’s breakfast___58___ at my own apartment. The pancakes are never as ___59___ as Aunt Dot’s, but the center of the table is covered with those ___60___ salt and pepper shakers, reminding us all that every ending is really just another beginning.
41. A. toys B. books C. plates D. products
42. A. painted B. preserved C. decorated D. designed
43. A. memory B. description C. imagination D. dream
44. A. threw B. arranged C. ignored D. noticed
45. A. unusual B. artificial C. common D. expensive
46. A. advised B. ordered C. allowed D. invited
47. A. help with B. play on C. look into D. talk about
48. A. casually B. anxiously C. enthusiastically D. secretly
49. A. standard B. thoughtful C. funny D. polite
50. A. warn B. convince C. remind D. promise
51. A. connects B. changes C. improves D. stops
52. A. hesitated B. nodded C. sighed D. refused
53. A. moved on B. gave up C. fell over D. passed away
54. A. collection B. review C. club D. shop
55. A. disappointed B. surprised C. proud D. relieved
56. A. discover B. admit C. guess D. hope
57. A. introduction B. aid C. attitude D. solution
58. A. suggestion B. service C. trend D. tradition
59. A. significant B. simple C. vivid D. delicious
60. A. empty B. old C. recyclable D. strong
【答案】
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