Question

完形填空，通讀下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后從各題所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb (啞的) ______ he was normal in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried everything to get him to ______, but with no success.

When Leo was six years old, the best doctors in the town ______ him carefully, but could find nothing wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he ______ spoke.

"There might be something wrong with his ______, and he doesn't know he's able to speak," one doctor said.

"But he can read and write," said Mr. Green. "We've written him notes, telling him that he can speak."

"It's certainly very ______," another doctor said. "Perhaps he'll be able to speak some day."

______ passed. Leo went to university. But he did not speak a ______ word.

Then one day, Leo was having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his ______ and said, "Pass me the salt, please."

Mr. and Mrs. Green were excited. "You spoke! You spoke!" they cried, "Why have you ______ so long to speak?"

"I didn't have anything to say," he said. "Until now everything was perfect. But you forgot to put salt in these potatoes."

1.A. because B. when C. though D. before

2.A. speak B. walk C. play D. laugh

3.A. taught B. found C. examined D. asked

4.A. never B. often C. usually D. always

5.A. back B. hair C. face D. mind

6.A. unfair B. strange C. noisy D. quiet

7.A. Hours B. Weeks C. Months D. Years

8.A. good B. right C. single D. new

9.A. chair B. meal C. hands D. books

10.A. slept B. walked C. served D. waited

Answer 1