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     The Phone Call It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and sighed (嘆氣) .Dad said he would come home by 5 ： 30,but it was almost 7 ： 00. Even if Dad came back,it wouldn’t be much fun playing 31 in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework,but couldn’t.

    The phone rang at about 8:00. It was Dad:n Paul,I'm 32 ，but I couldn’t play baseball with you tonight. I have to finish my work at the office. Maybe we can play this weekend.

   Oh no. How about next weekend? ..."

   Paul couldn’t understand why Dad was so 33 He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book was still opened to the first page.

   The next day at school,Paul didn't hand in his homework and 34 a test. Mrs. Green,his teacher,asked him to stay after school. ” Paul,you didn't do your homework. You didn't pass the test and only got a D. This isn’t like you. What's wrong?"

  Paul just sat there 35 ” Paul,if you don't want to talk,I will. I know that something's worrying you,but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone."

   As Paul walked home,he thought of what Mrs. Green said. Maybe he didn't do his homework because he wanted to get his dad's 36 He knew Mrs. Green was right. He decided to take her advice.

      When Paul got home,he 37 his dad. But there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail (語(yǔ)音信箱) . Paul began talking ：" Dad,I can't play with you next weekend. Fve got lots of problems with my homework. Also,I really don't want to spend another day looking out of the window and waiting. Whenever you 38 our plans,Dad,it hurts me. It's not too late to rebuild our relationship,but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my 39 sometime. Dad,I love you. “As Paul ended the call,he felt much relaxed. He didn't know whether his dad would be different,but it didn't matter. He himself 40 He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had a clear head as he was doing his homework that evening.

31. A. baseball   B. cards   C. chess   D. toys

32. A. lucky   B. sorry

   C. surprised   D. pleased

33. A. famous   B. helpful   C. lazy   D. busy

34. A. made   B. missed   C. failed   D. chose

35. A. cheerfully   B. comfortably

   C. hopefully   D. quietly

36. A. attention   B. message   C. praise   D. trust

37. A. saw   B. thanked

   C. called   D. greeted

38. A. prepare   B. break

   C. follow   D. question

39. A. choice   B. homework

   C. speech   D. decision

40. A. regretted   B. complained

   C. insisted   D. changed

Answer 1

31. A 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. D 36. A 37. C 38. B 39. B 40. D

[完形短文大意]Paul的爸爸總是很忙碌，無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)和兒子之 間的約定。Paul對(duì)爸爸的食言感到很難過(guò)，他無(wú)心學(xué)習(xí)，沒(méi)有完成 家庭作業(yè)，考試也沒(méi)有及格Paul的老師發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的異常，建議他 找人談一談。Paul回家后給爸爸打了一個(gè)電話，在留言中他希望 爸爸能夠幫助自己，并表達(dá)了對(duì)爸爸的愛(ài)。

31. A 結(jié)合下文中的11 ...threw his baseball into he comer"以及"

I couldn’t play baseba 1 with you tonight”可推斷，所缺的詞是 baseball 

32. B爸爸在電話里對(duì)Paul道歉，故所缺的詞是sorry。

33. D結(jié)合上下文的描述可推斷，Paul不明囪爸爸為什么那么”忙碌”，故所缺的詞是busy。

34. C 結(jié)合下文中的"You didn't pass the test..."可推斷，Paul” 沒(méi)有通過(guò)”考試，故所缺的詞是failed。

35. D結(jié)合上下文的描述可知，Paul只是"安靜地”坐在那里，故所缺的詞是quietly。

36. A或許他不做家庭作業(yè)是因?yàn)樗�想引起爸爸的”注�?，故所缺的詞是attention。

37. C結(jié)合下文的描述可推斷，Paul回到家的時(shí)候，給他的爸爸”打電話”，故所缺的詞是called。

38. B Paul對(duì)爸爸說(shuō)的是"每當(dāng)你打亂了我們的計(jì)劃時(shí)，這都傷

害到了我”，故所缺的詞是break。

39. B結(jié)合文意可推斷，Paul希望爸爸能夠找個(gè)時(shí)間在"家庭作業(yè)”方面幫助他，故所缺的詞是homework。

40. D regret 后悔;complain 抱怨;insist 堅(jiān)持;change 改變。結(jié)合上下文可推斷，Paul自己”改變"了，故所缺的詞是 changed