After my brother's serious heart attack, he lay in a coma（昏迷）in the hospital. Tubes and wires ______ him up to machines that kept him alive. The only sound in his room was the ______ whoosh（呼呼声）of the pump forcing air into his lungs. My sister--in--law stood by, ______
As a minister I had been with families in similar ______ . I had searched for the right ______ , a phrase of hope, trying to ______ them. But this was a new ______
During these difficult days, my sister-- in-- law and I were ______ between hope and resignation. We ______ every visitor. We were grateful for their stories of people who had ______ comas and return to ______ . We listened when they talked knowledgeably about the stages of grief. We knew they cared. But many visitors came ______ the door talking, and kept talking. Was that how I had dealt with my nervousness when I didn't know ______ to say?
Then a/n ______ friend came to visit. He stood with us around the bed, looking at my brother's body. There was a long silence. Suddenly ______ with emotion, he said, "I'm sorry." There was another long pause. ______ , he hugged my sister--in--law and then turned to shake my hand. He held it a ______ longer than necessary and squeezed a little harder than ______ . As he looked at me, tears came to his eyes. And then he left. One week later, my brother died.
Years ______ passed and I still remember that visitor. I do not recall his name, but I'll never forget how he shared our grief, quietly and ______ and without awkwardness. His few words spoke volumes.
36. A. added B. hooked C. put D. held
37. A. rhythmical B. loud
C. irregular D. harmonious
38. A. careful B. hopeful C. helpless D. useless
39. A. conversations B. considerations C. locations D. situations
40. A. words B. places C. roles D. choices
41. A. convince B. teach C. comfort D. serve
42. A. challenge B. adventure
C. experience D. opportunity
43. A. filled B. torn C. worn D. settled
44. A. appreciated B. expected C. depended D. evaluated
45. A. suffered from B. shaken off C. come down with D. kept out
46. A. reality B. origin C. function D. normal
47. A. in B. across C. over D. through
48. A. why B. what C. how D. when
49. A. casual B. expected C. close D. familiar
50. A. concentrated B. controlled
C. overcome D. disappointed
51. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Finally
52. A. second B. lot C. great deal D. period
53. A. before B. possible C. usual D. past
54. A. had B. have C. are D. were
55. A. extraordinarily B. desperately C. nervously D. sincerely
答案 36.B 37.A 38.C 39.D 40.A 41.C 42.C 43.B 44.A 45.B 46.D 47.D 48.B 49.A 50.C 51.D 52.A 53.C 54.B 55.D
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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“We expected our first child to be perfect.” Most parents have thought so.
I know that’ s what I ______ with our oldest son, Joe. He would be perfect. Joe would sail through ______ from learning ABC' s to being awarded a Ph.D
Joe, ______ , had other ideas.
He was always a ______ kid. He wasn't the kind of boy who threw ______ at passing cars on a freezing winter day or who dropped water balloons on the mailman during the heat of August.
But he wasn’t perfect. Especially when it came to that nice little ______ that I had about sailing through school. From the day Joe started kindergarten he struggled梬ith scissors and handwriting and math. Always ______ . He passed each grade with great ______ , never at the top of his class.
How I ______ friends who had children with the “math gene”。 A mom told me her daughter was doing high school algebra while in the sixth grade. Another mom said her son had just taken first place in the district’s annual Math Challenge.
After hearing these stories, I would look at Joe and ______ : Why didn’t we raise a mathematical talent? How is he ever going to get into ______ if he does not get better at math? Needless to say, my motherly ______ never really amounted to much. Does it ever? Moms tend to worry and worry, while whatever they’re worrying about usually ______ on its own.
During high school, Joe slowly ______ at math. He got through algebra I & II, and geometry, our state requirements for math. I felt greatly ______ at his little achievement. Then he announced that he’d take pre - calculus （微积分） in his last year of high school, which ______ me a lot.
“Why?” I questioned.
“ Because I need to keep my skills up”， he explained. “ I ______ math, but I need to take it so I don' t forget how to do it.”
“For college,” he added. “I want to do really well in college, Mom. I know it will be ______, but I think it’s important that I try to do my best.”
My oldest son wasn’t perfect. He wasn't a math talent, either. But he knew what was important: he was focusing on his ______ while I was worrying over his past. And that, to me, is even better than being
55______ .
36. A. worked B. continued C. expected D. showed
37. A. books B. school C. experience D. situations
38. A. therefore B. however C. fortunately D. obviously
39. A. careful B. proud C. happy D. good
40. A. snowballs B. clothes C. flowers D. toys
41. A. belief B. interest C. fantasy D. enthusiasm
42. A. math B. scissors C. handwriting D. art
43. A. attention B. effort C. pleasure D. ambition
44. A. envied B. supported C. trusted D. respected
45. A. consider B. imagine C. wish D. wonder
46. A. college B. life C. society D. job
47. A. love B. doubt C. guidance D. worry
48. A. disappears B. comes C. declines D. pauses
49. A. developed B. advanced C. improved D. achieved
50. A. hopeful B. relieved C. grateful D. amused
51. A. surprised B. inspired C. satisfied D. moved
52. A. fail B. prefer C. hate D. choose
53. A. boring B. hard C. necessary D. beneficial
54. A. career B. major C. world D. future
55. A. intelligent B. perfect C. successful D. confident
参考答案
36-40 CBBDA 41-45 CABAD
46-50 ADACB 51-55 ACBDB