Question

完形填空，閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D)中， 選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “Oh, excuse me please” was my _________ . He said: “Please excuse me too; I wasn’t watching for you.” We were very _________ , this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye. But at home a _________ story is told.

Later that day, when I was cooking the evening meal, my daughter stood beside me very _________ . When I _________ , I nearly knocked her down. “Move out of the _________,” I said with a frown. She walked away, her little heart broken. I didn’t _________ how harshly(嚴(yán)厲地) I’d spoken.

While I lay awake in bed that evening, my husband said to me, “While _________ a stranger, you are polite, but with the girl you love, you are _________ . Go to look on the kitchen floor; you’ll find some flowers by the door. Those are the flowers she brought to _________. She picked them herself: pink, yellow and blue. She stood quietly not to _________ the surprise, and you _________ saw the tears in her eyes.”

_________ , my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt down by her bed. “Wake up, little girl,” I said. “Are these flowers you picked for me?” She smiled: “I found them out by the tree. I picked them _________ they’re pretty like you. I knew you’d like them, especially the blue.”

I said: “Daughter, I'm sorry for the way I _________ today. I _________ have yelled at you that way.”

She said: “Oh Mom, that’s okay. I love you anyway.”

I said: “Daughter, I love you too. And I do like the flowers, especially the blue.”

I had got the world _________ again. I’d _________ to be polite to people in the street—good _________ make society work. But a stranger is someone we bump into once and then never see again—and _________ is for life.

1.A. answer B. words C. reply D. speech

2.A. careful B. polite C. serious D. unhappy

3.A. interesting B. meaningful C. similar D. different

4.A. still B. noisy C. upset D. excited

5.A. called B. turned C. returned D. removed

6.A. house B. space C. way D. area

7.A. realize B. care C. prove D. understand

8.A. referring to B. listening to C. dealing with D. picking up

9.A. anxious B. patient C. disappointed D. unkind

10.A. us B. you C. the family D. her friends

11.A. ruin B. expect C. announce D. handle

12.A. seldom B. simply C. even D. never

13.A. By this time B. At one time C. For a time D. At the same time

14.A. while B. so C. unless D. because

15.A. considered B. acted C. developed D. performed

16.A. shouldn’t B. couldn’t C. wouldn’t D. mustn’t

17.A. clear B. right C. beautiful D. meaningful

18.A. begin B. learn C. continue D. change

19.A. manners B. habits C. lifestyle D. behaviors

20.A. lover B. companion C. family D. friend

Answer 1