Soon the fire was burning bright, and everyone’s spirits lifted. The kids _________ when Dad handed them each a piece of candy, and Mrs. Clark looked on with a(n) _________ that probably hadn’t crossed her face since her husband died last year.
“God bless you,” she said. Dad _________ that everyone try on the shoes before we left. I was _________ when they all fit, and I wondered _________ he had known what sizes to get. Dad _________ each of the kids in his big arms and gave them a hug. They became attached to(依恋)him and didn’t want us to _________.
At the door, Dad invited Mrs. Clark and the children _________ for Christmas dinner the next day. With a look of deep _________, Mrs. Clark nodded.
On the way back home, Dad explained that he and Mom had ____________ money here and there all year long to buy me a dress for Christmas. But yesterday, when he had seen little Jake with his feet ____________ in gunnysacks(黄麻袋),Dad knew what he had to do. “I ____________ that money on some shoes and a little candy for those children. I hope you understand,” he said.
I understood very ____________. My father had given me a gift much ____________ than a dress. He gave me the look on Mrs. Clark’s face, the smiles of her three children, and the best Christmas ____________ of my life.
1.A.cheered B.hid C.quarrelled D.stared
2.A.tear B.smile C.expression D.behavior
3.A.agreed B.threatened C.insisted D.opposed
4.A.amazed B.satisfied C.afraid D.anxious
5.A.whether B.that C.where D.how
6.A.kissed B.took C.shook D.helped
7.A.stand B.stay C.leave D.visit
8.A.through B.across C.over D.in
9.A.misunderstanding B.seriousness C.admiration D.gratefulness
10.A.found B.borrowed C.paid D.saved
11.A.packed B.wrapped C.cleaned D.protected
12.A.invested B.earned C.spent D.wasted
13.A.well B.little C.poorly D.differently
14.A.less B.cheaper C.prettier D.greater
15.A.intention B.memory C.promise D.journey
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Our younger son, Tim, was in his senior year of high school. Every student is madly trying to get good _________ and complete college applications. There was an essay (文章) he had to write and the _________ was drawing near. We’re good parents. We do our best at keeping our _________ shut whenever possible. Tim knew what he should do, but he had a habit of _________ anything. Weekend homework was never done until Sunday night, no matter how much free time there might have been.
I knew shouldn’t urge (催促) him, but really _________. So said in an offhand (随便的) way, “By the way, Tim, have you worked on that essay you’re _________ to do?” Tim, in his _________ way, looked at me and said, “Mom, your anxiety is not going to make me get it done any faster”—a line that has been _________ in family memory forever. Tim hit on something that seems _________ truer today than when he first said it. Our anxiety doesn’t make us faster or more efficient. __________, it simply makes us more anxious.
We should keep our anxiety under __________. How can we have the courage to face __________ if we worry about this and that? When our anxiety comes up, we should keep our eyes closed and say to ourselves that __________ will be much better and we can make it through. As long as we __________ dealing with anxiety every day, it will become less and less till it disappears __________.
1.A.grades B.comments C.praises D.jobs
2.A.competition B.meeting C.deadline D.celebration
3.A.eyes B.hearts C.doors D.mouths
4.A.worrying about B.putting off C.noting down D.figuring out
5.A.happy B.confused C.worried D.angry
6.A.allowed B.supposed C.advised D.forced
7.A.wise B.new C.curious D.strange
8.A.repeated B.ignored C.copied D.kept
9.A.yet B.even C.ever D.never
10.A.Fortunately B.Partly C.Actually D.Originally
11.A.observation B.protection C.control D.pressure
12.A.opportunities B.parents C.others D.difficulties
13.A.everything B.anything C.something D.nothing
14.A.mind B.practise C.enjoy D.finish
15.A.quickly B.exactly C.clearly D.completely
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My father, a soldier, was ordered to move again. It came as a _____________ because we had just moved into the present duty station a few weeks before.
It was the fourth time we’d got to move to a ___________ place in just two years, which was truly our “home” in Hawaii that we’d only _________________ through my father’s music with ukulele (尤克里里)._________ was the thing that connected my father with Hawaii, a reminder of his home and_______.
Everything was _________________ this time. We were just arriving, but he was already ___________ to leave again without us. Our father, the person who could make us _________ the “new” family, was gone. Suddenly, we were surrounded by cousins who ___________ knowing each other, joining in a cultural __________________ of which we only knew the surface. We were __________ in the family.
One day, I ________________ my father’s ukulele that I had watched him play was ________________ in the corner. When I tried to play it, though unskillfully, I felt closer to him and our Hawaiian roots. Then I picked up an old song book, and ____________ myself to play. I would play and sing, __________ my father had been here. Finally my father______________with a newly-bought ukulele, and we had a mini concert. He was________ that I had learned so much.
What I really ______________ was that music has the ________________ to do truly extraordinary things________ us with our culture and each other, our past and our present.
1.A.surprise B.test C.lesson D.story
2.A.dangerous B.cold C.dark D.new
3.A.suffered from B.heard about C.heard from D.looked after
4.A.Music B.Food C.Money D.Nature
5.A.language B.culture C.economy D.school
6.A.good B.wrong C.different D.sad
7.A.excited B.prepared C.eager D.pleased
8.A.put in B.break in C.take in D.fit in
9.A.grew up B.got up C.set up D.looked up
10.A.relic B.exchange C.competition D.tradition
11.A.customers B.teachers C.strangers D.doctors
12.A.found B.bought C.shared D.broke
13.A.picked B.served C.left D.limited
14.A.allowed B.advised C.taught D.told
15.A.even if B.as if C.so that D.now that
16.A.responded B.succeeded C.returned D.recovered
17.A.moved B.confident C.tired D.angry
18.A.missed B.showed C.hated D.learned
19.A.duty B.space C.honor D.power
20.A.showing B.connecting C.punishing D.praising
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Yesterday, our teacher asked us when a man could be referred to as an old man. David stood up and said people with wrinkles could be called old people, However, Mary didn’t _______ for some people may gain wrinkles at an earlier age owing to their. _______ life. Then Lily expressed her idea that those reaching their 60s or more could be called old people. However, Emily expressed her _______ and said some old people may still be energetic and trying to pursue their dreams, which makes them appear _______. The class was over and we still didn’t reach any _______, so the teacher asked us to think about it after class.
The _______ has reminded me of the saying of J. Barrymore that a man isn’t old as long as he is _______ something.
My grandma is such a woman who pursues her dream _______ when she’s 70 now. She has _______ her dream of being a painter since she was a little child. ________, because her family was poor, she had to ________ her dream and stepped into the ________ to raise money so as to support her family. Though she has ________ abandoned her dream, she could hardly find any ________ to realize it because of the tough work. ________, chance came when she retired from her work. She began taking her painting lessons ________ she had all-white hair and lots of wrinkles. At first, I was ________ her idea of attending school at so old an age, but after seeing her paint happily and enjoyably, I ________ feeling it a good choice. She seems ________ and looks fine.
So if we have our dreams and seek for them, we aren’t old. It’s when we don’t know what we want and let ________ be the center point of our lives that we can finally be regarded as the old.
1.A.respond B.agree C.identify D.understand
2.A.negative B.boring C.tough D.complex
3.A.certainty B.wish C.doubt D.concern
4.A.attractive B.young C.intelligent D.ambitious
5.A.conclusion B.contract C.decision D.destination
6.A.embarrassment B.barrier C.question D.confusion
7.A.preserving B.seeking C.treasuring D.possessing
8.A.even B.nearly C.only D.hardly
9.A.realized B.changed C.promoted D.kept
10.A.Therefore B.Instead C.Moreover D.However
11.A.give up B.search for C.put aside D.stick to
12.A.society B.reality C.world D.office
13.A.seldom B.occasionally C.already D.never
14.A.time B.excuse C.help D.money
15.A.Suddenly B.Eventually C.Soon D.Gradually
16.A.because B.once C.though D.unless
17.A.with B.for C.at D.against
18.A.risked B.rejected C.continued D.began
19.A.energetic B.gentle C.optimistic D.wealthy
20.A.achievements B.regrets C.dreams D.difficulties
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband.For many months she had liked a beautiful_______, and knowing her husband could_______it, she told him that was all she wanted.On the morning of the_______, her husband told her how_______he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her.He_______her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and_______a Bible._______, she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so_______that she left him.
Many years passed and the lady was very_______in business.She owned two large companies.She________her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to________him. But before she could, she________a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her.She needed to go back and________things.
When she arrived at his house, sadness________her heart. She saw the still new________, just as she had left it years before. With________, she opened it and began to turn the pages.A ring________from the Bible to the floor and a________could be seen.She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days.And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LUV U ALWAYS”.
________your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is!Always appreciate little things;they usually lead you to bigger things!The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the________.
1.A.watch B.ring C.coat D.box
2.A.afford B.like C.design D.guess
3.A.holiday B.performance C.birthday D.meeting
4.A.proud B.kind C.sorry D.brave
5.A.lent B.asked C.gave D.moved
6.A.carried B.found C.missed D.held
7.A.Politely B.Lightly C.Patiently D.Angrily
8.A.calm B.upset C.grateful D.careless
9.A.failing B.lonely C.successful D.poor
10.A.wondered B.hoped C.realized D.explained
11.A.visit B.understand C.catch D.help
12.A.passed B.wrote C.sent D.received
13.A.take care of B.pay for C.look for D.give away
14.A.covered B.broke C.left D.filled
15.A.car B.Bible C.letter D.table
16.A.smiles B.laughter C.tears D.interests
17.A.hid B.dropped C.disappeared D.made
18.A.book B.pen C.flower D.card
19.A.If B.But C.Although D.So
20.A.hand B.eye C.face D.heart
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I ______ a newspaper and some chocolate and ______ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to ______ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, ______ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, there was someone ______ in the next seat. ______ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and ______ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!
Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any ______. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in ______.Then he took a ______ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.
The boy gave me a strange look, then ______ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something ______ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, ______ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had ______ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to ______. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!
1.A.stole B.bought C.sold D.wrote
2.A.went B.sat C.seated D.looked
3.A.sit B.seat C.lie D.laugh
4.A.pushed B.took C.put D.pulled
5.A.jumping B.playing C.sitting D.sleeping
6.A.He B.It C.Who D.What
7.A.cut B.washed C.covered D.colored
8.A.coffee B.trouble C.chocolate D.matter
9.A.carelessness B.anger C.surprise D.happiness
10.A.first B.second C.very D.last
11.A.stood B.took C.cried D.looked
12.A.strange B.wrong C.OK D.funny
13.A.and B.but C.so D.while
14.A.spelt B.corrected C.made D.found
15.A.finish B.leave C.jump D.shop
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When you teach first grade, you spend a lot of time developing fluency in everything. Yet my most ______ lesson in fluency occurred on our school’s playground and my student was the teacher while I was the ______.
Years ago I had a little boy in my class from a non-English speaking home. He was very ______ and shy. I wasn’t ______ how much he understood me and I was ______ worried that he stood by himself at breaktime and did not ______. I tried to talk to him, but he would turn away and shut his eyes to _______ from me.
I decided to ask an outgoing girl to ______ me. I asked if she would try to get him to play and I ______ gave suggestions on how she could start communicating with him. She _______my arm to stop my talking and said. “Don’t worry. I speak Kid.”
I stood there all alone, silently ______ her running off. It took less than a minute for the two new friends to run off hand in hand, ______ joining in a game.
I often think of that small ______ at breaktime, about what I learned and how ______ it is for all teachers to speak Kid. We must be ready to learn from our students because those “teachable moments” are for the ______, as well as our kids.
1.A.difficult B.amusing C.traditional D.unforgettable
2.A.expert B.researcher C.learner D.listener
3.A.poor B.quiet C.silly D.embarrassed
4.A.sure B.satisfied C.surprised D.upset
5.A.clearly B.hardly C.simply D.especially
6.A.sit B.smile C.run D.play
7.A.suffer B.hide C.differ D.learn
8.A.help B.invite C.visit D.support
9.A.still B.often C.seldom D.even
10.A.raised B.kissed C.touched D.tied
11.A.preventing B.watching C.bearing D.imagining
12.A.luckily B.wisely C.happily D.nervously
13.A.moment B.chance C.hope D.interview
14.A.fortunate B.strange C.important D.unfair
15.A.teachers B.patients C.parents D.friends
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Hand Sewing (缝纫) is a culture that dances on fingertips. It has passed down from generation to generation and _______ various challenges (困难,挑战). It is the fruits of human wisdom.
In China, sewing is also _______ as a basic skill for women in traditional society. They sewed for their parents, husbands and children, due to which I always thought that sewing was particularly warm and _______.
My grandma is a gentle old lady. Like’ many women of her time, she has a(n) _______ for sewing. She made all my childhood clothes with her _______ hands.
As a baby girl, rather than playing outside with my mates, I _______ to stay with my grandma to help her sew.
Later, instead of making clothes, my grandmother would sew gloves or insoles for me. She cannot stay with me all the time, but she cared about me and _______ making these things for me. The painstaking love _______ me a lot.
It was grandma who inspired my love for sewing and taught me how to _______ love and care. Almost a year ago, I was ________ to find a birthday present for my friend, then I thought ________ don’t I sew her a gift?
I ________ up my mind to make her a pencil case. Making use of my old denim skirt, I cut out the pattern (图案), drew a ________ and then ________ myself in sewing. It ________ me about two hours to finish it There is no ________ that it was the most durable (耐用的) and ________ pencil case I could make. I sent it to my friend and wished her a happy birthday.
I could never have ________ how powerful the gift is. Just yesterday, she called me and said ________ every time she sees the pencil case, she thinks of me and gets a warm feeling. Sewing is a fantastic ________ form, which can really convey our love and care.
1.A.created B.faced C.survived D.controlled
2.A.voted B.viewed C.determined D.selected
3.A.logic B.magic C.strange D.moving
4.A.gift B.interest C.request D.advantage
5.A.skillful B.rough C.powerful D.reliable
6.A.decided B.preferred C.deserved D.directed
7.A.insisted on B.turned to C.gave in D.set out
8.A.shocked B.upset C.rewarded D.warmed
9.A.escape B.release C.express D.remove
10.A.searching B.struggling C.concerning D.suffering
11.A.why B.how C.when D.where
12.A.showed B.chatted C.cut D.made
13.A.case B.dress C.pencil D.design
14.A.devoted B.educated C.buried D.trapped
15.A.cost B.took C.spent D.paid
16.A.wonder B.surprise C.possibility D.doubt
17.A.useful B.loving C.selfless D.regular
18.A.burst B.showed C.imagined D.proved
19.A.which B.what C.when D.that
20.A.art B.cultural C.worth D.style
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Carol’s husband was killed in a car accident last year.
Jim, only 52, was _______ home from work. The other driver was a teenager who had _______ a lot. Jim died at once. The teenager was in the _______ for less than three hours.
It was Carol’s fiftieth birthday, and Jim had two plane tickets to Hawaii in his pocket. He was going to _______ her. However, he was killed by a drunken driver.
“How have you _______ this?” I asked Carol, a year later.
_______ welled up(涌出) in her eyes. I thought I had said the _______ thing, but she said, “It’s all right. I want to _______ you. The day I married Jim, I promised I would never let him leave the house in the morning _______ telling him I loved him. He made the same________ _ . It got to be a joke between us, and as we grew older it got to be a(n) ________ promise to keep.
“I remember running down the driveway, saying ‘I love you’ just before he drove out of my ________, or driving all the way to his office just to put a(n) ________ saying ‘I love you’ on his car. It was a funny ________.
“We made a lot of________ trying to say ‘I love you’ before noon every day of our married life.
“The morning Jim ________,he left a birthday card in the kitchen and then left ________. I heard the engine starting. Oh, no, I thought. I________ out quickly and knocked on the car window ________ he rolled it down.
“Here on my fiftieth birthday I, Carol Garret, want you, Mr James E. Garret, to ________ that ‘I love you!’
“That’s how I’ve survived, knowing that the last words I said to Jim were, ‘I love you!’”
1.A.walking B.arriving C.driving D.riding
2.A.drunk B.eaten C.talked D.done
3.A.school B.hospital C.office D.prison
4.A.surprise B.interest C.disappoint D.frighten
5.A.learned B.survived C.existed D.explained
6.A.Excitement B.Happiness C.Joys D.Tears
7.A.sad B.extra C.wrong D.violent
8.A.tell B.depend C.cheer D.believe
9.A.with B.besides C.after D.without
10.A.idea B.choice C.promise D.mistake
11.A.hard B.easy C.silly D.harmful
12.A.reach B.sight C.house D.office
13.A.announcement B.note C.advertisement D.picture
14.A.game B.activity C.challenge D.test
15.A.methods B.stories C.memories D.troubles
16.A.married B.worked C.returned D.died
17.A.gradually B.quietly C.angrily D.gently
18.A.cried B.ran C.watched D.looked
19.A.but B.when C.though D.until
20.A.say B.prove C.know D.admit
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My aunt came to my home with her six-year-old daughter Alice this morning. While my aunt was talking with my mom at home, my cousin felt a bit ___________. So I suggested that I go out with her. My aunt happily ___________. So we went to the park near my home together. There we bought two ___________ and started flying them. While we were doing that, Alice couldn't help ___________. She jumped up and down and I knew she was ___________ having great fun. And I must ___________ that I haven't enjoyed myself like that for a long time.
Afterwards, we sat down on a bench, looking at the gardens. As we were ___________ there. Alice looked up at me and said. "What a ___________ day today!" I smiled at her and agreed. I then started ___________ what we had done that day. We did something quite ____________, yet we were very happy.
Many people wait for their "best days". But I think today is our ____________ day. That's a lesson I ____________ today. As adults, we often make plans ____________ in order to have a great day. Some people think that they can have a nice day by spending a lot of ____________. I think we should be more like ____________. They don't think about money or ____________ will happen tomorrow. They really live in the moment and enjoy the ____________!
We often hear the expression that we should live in the ____________. How do we do that? We're not doing such a good job. Remember today is important as we are exchanging a day of our life for it. Yesterday is a ____________. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called present. ____________ seize the day!
1.A.tired B.hungry C.bored D.sleepy
2.A.explained B.agreed C.replied D.followed
3.A.birds B.balloons C.planes D.kites
4.A.running B.crying C.complaining D.talking
5.A.willingly B.hopefully C.gradually D.truly
6.A.admit B.suggest C.realize D.wonder
7.A.eating B.sitting C.jumping D.walking
8.A.sunny B.warm C.great D.long
9.A.thinking about B.looking for C.arguing with D.dreaming about
10.A.brave B.strange C.interesting D.common
11.A.last B.different C.perfect D.ordinary
12.A.1earned B.taught C.needed D.gave
13.A.quickly B.worriedly C.carefully D.sadly
14.A.experience B.energy C.time D.money
15.A.parents B.children C.friends D.teachers
16.A.that B.how C.which D.what
17.A.process B.moment C.expression D.journey
18.A.morning B.past C.present D.future
19.A.success B.history C.dream D.failure
20.A.So B.Or C.But D.For
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析