Ⅰ.完形填空
(2020·八省市联考模拟卷)This happened when I was ten. On a normal Sunday, I went to the barber shop where I always went. That day, along with the barber there was an assistant, who had recently 1 the shop.
So I sat for the haircut. The uncle asked me how 2 I wanted it. I answered, “Just do as my dad had 3 you the last time.”
He smiled. Before starting the 4 ， he added, “What if I keep it long？”
I 5 he was joking. So I joked too. I said, “I can't 6 what would happen to your shop then！”
The moment I said it, the assistant 7 from behind, “How dare do you say that! Who are you to take us down, eh？”
I admit I was too 8 at that moment and the uncle standing beside me was giving me an 9 look.
From that day on, I 10 stopped joking about anyone's profession and works. It is one of the most 11 incidents in my life, which taught me to 12 the profession and works of a person, no matter how 13 they are.
I'm 14 that the assistant responded in a way that made me rethink the power of my words. Words do make a 15 ．
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。作者10岁的时候，有一次去理发店，因为一句玩笑话惹怒了理发师助理。他的反应让作者明白了一个道理：要尊重任何一种职业。
1．A．left B．opened
C．joined D．visited
解析：根据修饰assistant的定语从句可知，理发师助理是刚来这家店工作不久，所以选joined。
答案：C
2．A．much B．long
C．often D．soon
解析：空格后的it指haircut，并且下文提到“像上次一样”，所以此处应该是指理发师问作者头发想剪多长，所以选long。
答案：B
3．A．instructed B．invited
C．promised D．convinced
解析：作者经常来这家理发店理发，上一次是和父亲一起来的。当理发师问作者剪多长的头发时，作者回答：和上次父亲嘱咐的一样。instruct意为“吩咐；告诉”。
答案：A
4．A．discussion B．journey
C．training D．haircut
解析：根据第二段第一句“So I sat for the haircut.”可知，这里是指在理发之前，理发师对作者的询问。
答案：D
5．A．agreed B．heard
C．hoped D．knew
解析：根据下一句“So I joked too.”可知，作者明白这位理发师是在开玩笑，所以选knew。
答案：D
6．A．forget B．tolerate
C．guarantee D．understand
解析：理发师问作者：“如果把头发留长了，会怎样？”作者明白他是在开玩笑，于是也开玩笑地回应。根据“...what would happen to your shop then！”可知，guarantee符合语境。作者开玩笑地说：“那么我不能保证你们的店会发生什么事情！”
答案：C
7．A．urged B．shouted
C．laughed D．helped
解析：根据“How dare do you say that! Who are you to take us down, eh？”的语气可知shouted符合语境，说明理发师助理听到作者的回答后很生气，对作者大吼了起来。
答案：B
8．A．angry B．proud
C．scared D．curious
解析：根据下一段中的“...stopped joking about anyone's profession and works.”可知，作者当时是个10岁的孩子，看到理发师助理这种反应感到害怕(scared)，所以后来他再也不针对任何人的职业和作品开玩笑了。
答案：C
9．A．anxious B．appealing
C．encouraging D．awkward
解析：作者和理发师的一句玩笑话让理发师助理很生气，作者被理发师助理大声呵斥，理发师见此情景应该是感到尴尬 (awkward)。
答案：D
10．A．suddenly B．completely
C．temporarily D．regularly
解析：根据from that day on和“...stopped joking about anyone's profession and works.”可知选completely。从那天起，作者再也没有对他人的职业和作品开过玩笑。
答案：B
11．A．important B．exciting
C．strange D．interesting
解析：根据最后一段中的“...the assistant responded in a way that made me rethink the power of my words.”可知，理发店的这次经历对作者很重要 (important)。
答案：A
12．A．learn B．enter
C．change D．respect
解析：这位理发师助理之所以那么生气是因为感受到自己的职业没有得到尊重，所以作者通过他的反应明白了要尊重(respect)任何一种职业。
答案：D
13．A．hard B．small
C．good D．complex
解析：上一句提到要尊重任何一种职业，所以small符合语境。这里指无论是多么不重要的职业。
答案：B
14．A．sorry B．confident
C．grateful D．embarrassed
解析：这位理发师助理让作者明白了很重要的人生道理，作者对他心怀感激，所以选grateful。
答案：C
15．A．difference B．mistake
C．choice D．joke
解析：不恰当的语言会带来负面影响，所以言语很重要。make a difference为固定搭配，意为“有作用；有影响”。
答案：A
