A city child’s summer is spent in the street in front of his home, and all through the long summer vacation I was watching enviously the other boys play baseball. I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member ________ because they thought I would be no good at it. They were ________, of course.
I would never forget the wonderful evening when my life as a(n) ________ changed. The baseball ________ about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark and it was the _______ of the boys to gather by a little stoop（门廊）and talked about the games. Then long silences would fall and the boys would ________ off one by one. I can no longer remember which boy broke the ________ with a question: but whoever he was, I nod to him _________ now. “What’s in those books you’re reading?” he asked without much _________.
Instead of ________ the question, I told them for two hours the story I was reading. They listened breathless. I must have told it ________, but I think there was a deeper reason that made them keep a(n) ________. Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man’s ________, but I was offering them a new and exciting experience.
The next night and many nights thereafter, I would take my ________ in the center of the stoop and begin the evening’s stories. Some nights, in order to taste my ________ more completely, I cheated. I would _______ at the most exciting part of a story, telling them that was as _______ as I had gone in the book and it would have to be _______ the following evening.
Other words of mine have been ________ to by larger and more fashionable audiences, but I have an unreasoning love for the ________ audience that sat close outside the candy store, and it will last forever.
1.A. missing B. playing C. waiting D. failing
2.A. cautious B. proud C. cruel D. right
3.A. outsider B. insider C. success D. loser
4.A. started B. ended C. paused D. came
5.A. honor B. order C. custom D. responsibility
6.A. drop B. fall C. wander D. take
7.A. record B. link C. promise D. silence
8.A. gratefully B. politely C. eagerly D. quickly
9.A. kindness B. doubt C. difficulty D. interest
10.A. asking B. answering C. raising D. keeping
11.A. directly B. simply C. well D. roughly
12.A. watch B. eye C. audience D. secret
13.A. entertainment B. permission C. focus D. reception
14.A. turn B. place C. chance D. step
15.A. peace B. bravery C. bitterness D. victory
16.A. stop B. argue C. laugh D. predict
17.A. long B. soon C. far D. much
18.A. polished B. continued C. shortened D. changed
19.A. related B. adjusted C. listened D. limited
20.A. clever B. greedy C. lazy D. athletic
高二英语完形填空困难题
A city child's summer is spent in the street in front of his home’, and all through the long summer vacations I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball. I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member missing—not out of special cruelty, but because they took it for granted, I would be no good at it. They were right, of course.
I would never forget the wonderful evening when something changed. The baseball ended about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark. Then it was the custom of the boys to retire to a little stoop(门廊) that stuck out from the candy store on the corner and that somehow had become theirs. No grownup ever sat there or attempted to. There the boys would sit，mostly talking about the games played during the day and of the game to be played tomorrow. Then long silences would fall and the boys would wander off one by one. It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed. I can no longer remember which boy it was that summer evening who broke the silence with a question；but whoever he was, I nod to him gratefully now. “What's in those books you're always reading?” he asked casually. “Stories,” I answered. “What kind?” asked somebody else without much interest.
Nor do I know what drove me to behave as I did, for usually I just sat there in silence, glad enough to be allowed to remain among them; but instead of answering his question, I told them for two hours the story I was reading at the moment. The book was Sister Carrie. They listened bugeyed and breathless. I must have told it well, but I think there was another and deeper reason that made them so keen an audience. Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man's entertainments, but I was offering them as well, without being aware of doing it, a new and exciting experience.
The books they themselves read were the Rover Boys or Tom Swift or G．A. Henry. I had read them too, but at thirteen I had long since left them behind. Since I was much alone I had become an enthusiastic reader and I had gone through the booksforboys series. In those days there was no reading material between children's and grownups' books，or I could find none. I had gone right from Tom Swift and His Flying Machine to Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie. Dreiser had hit my young mind，and they listened to me tell the story with some of the wonder that I had in reading it.
The next night and many nights thereafter，a kind of unspoken ritual(仪式) took place. As it grew dark, I would take my place in the centre of the stoop and begin the evening's tale. Some nights, in order to taste my victory more completely, I cheated. I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London or Bret Harte, and without warning tell them that was as far as I had gone in the book and it would have to be continued the following evening. It was not true, of course; but I had to make certain of my newfound power and position. I enjoyed the long summer evenings until school began in the fall. Other words of mine have been listened to by larger and more fashionable audiences, but for that tough and athletic one that sat close on the stoop outside the candy store, I have an unreasoning love that will last forever.
1.Watching the boys playing baseball, the writer must have felt ________.
A. bitter and lonely B. special and different
C. pleased and excited D. disturbed and annoyed
2. The writer feels grateful even now to the boy who asked the question because the boy ________.
A. invited him to join in their game
B. liked the book that he was reading
C. broke the long silence of that summer evening
D. offered him an opportunity that changed his life
3. According to Paragraph 3, storytelling was popular among the boys basically because ________.
A. the story was from a children's book
B. listening to tales was an ageold practice
C. the boys had few entertainments after dark
D. the boys didn't read books by themselves
4.Sometimes the writer stopped at the most exciting part of a story to ________.
A. play a mean trick on the boys
B. add his own imagination to the story
C. experience more joy of achievement
D. help the boys understand the story better
5. What is the message conveyed in the story?
A. One can find his position in life in his own way.
B. Friendship is built upon respect for each other.
C. Reading is more important than playing games.
D. Adult habits are developed from childhood.
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A city child’s summer is spent in the street in front of his home, and all through the long summer vacations I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball. I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member missing—not out of special cruelty, but because they took it for granted I would be no good at it. They were right, of course.
I would never forget the wonderful evening when something changed. The baseball ended about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark. Then it was the custom of the boys to retire to a little stoop(门廊) that stuck out from the candy store on the corner and that somehow had become theirs. No grownup ever sat there or attempted to. There the boys would sit, mostly talking about the games played during the day and of the game to be played tomorrow. Then long silences would fall and the boys would wander off one by one. It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed. I can no longer remember which boy it was that summer evening who broke the silence with a question: but whoever he was, I nod to him gratefully now. “What’s in those books you’re always reading?” he asked casually. “Stories,” I answered. “What kind?” asked somebody else without much interest.
Nor do I know what drove me to behave as I did, for usually I just sat there in silence, glad enough to be allowed to remain among them; but instead of answering his question, I told them for two hours the story I was reading at the moment. The book was Sister Carrie. They listened bug-eyed and breathless. I must have told it well, but I think there was another and deeper reason that made them to keep an audience. Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man’s entertainments, but I was offering them as well, without being aware of doing it, a new and exciting experience.
The books they themselves read were the Rover Boys or Tom Swift or G.A.Henty. I had read them too, but at thirteen I had long since left them behind. Since I was much alone I had become an enthusiastic reader and I had gone through the books-for-boys series. In those days there was no reading material between children’s and grownups’ books or I could find none. I had gone right from Tome Swift and His Flying Machine to Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie. Dreiser had hit my young mind, and they listened to me tell the story with some of the wonder that I had had in reading it.
The next night and many nights thereafter, a kind of unspoken ritual (仪式) took place. As it grew dark, I would take my place in the center of the stoop and begin the evening’s tale. Some nights, in order to taste my victory more completely, I cheated. I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London or Bret Harte, and without warning tell them that that was as far as I had gone in the book and it would have to be continued the following evening. It was not true, of course; but I had to make certain of my new-found power and position. I enjoyed the long summer evenings until school began in the fall. Other words of mine have been listened to by larger and more fashionable audiences, but for that tough and athletic one that sat close on the stoop outside the candy store, I have an unreasoning love that will last forever.
1.Watching the boys playing baseball, the writer must have felt ________.
A. bitter and lonely
B. special and different
C. pleased and excited
D. disturbed and annoyed
2.The writer feels grateful even now to the boy who asked the question because the boy ________.
A. invited him to join in their game
B. liked the book that he was reading
C. broke the long silence of that summer evening
D. offered him an opportunity that changed his life
3.According to Paragraph 3, story-telling was popular among the boys basically because ________.
A. the story was from a children’s book
B. listening to tales was an age-old practice
C. the boys had few entertainments after dark
D. the boys didn’t read books by themselves
4.The boys were attracted to Sister Carrie because ________.
A. it was written by Theodore Dreiser
B. it was specifically targeted at boys
C. it gave them a deeper feeling of pleasure
D. it talked about the wonders of the world
5. Sometimes the writer stopped at the most exciting part of a story to _______.
A. play a mean trick on the boys
B. experience more joy of achievement
C. add his own imagination to the story
D. help the boys understand the story better
6.What is the message conveyed in the story?
A. One can find his position in life in his own way.
B. Friendship is built upon respect for each other.
C. Reading is more important than playing games.
D. Adult habits are developed from childhood.
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A city child’s summer is spent in the street in front of his home, and all through the long summer vacation I was watching enviously the other boys play baseball. I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member ________ because they thought I would be no good at it. They were ________, of course.
I would never forget the wonderful evening when my life as a(n) ________ changed. The baseball ________ about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark and it was the _______ of the boys to gather by a little stoop（门廊）and talked about the games. Then long silences would fall and the boys would ________ off one by one. I can no longer remember which boy broke the ________ with a question: but whoever he was, I nod to him _________ now. “What’s in those books you’re reading?” he asked without much _________.
Instead of ________ the question, I told them for two hours the story I was reading. They listened breathless. I must have told it ________, but I think there was a deeper reason that made them keep a(n) ________. Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man’s ________, but I was offering them a new and exciting experience.
The next night and many nights thereafter, I would take my ________ in the center of the stoop and begin the evening’s stories. Some nights, in order to taste my ________ more completely, I cheated. I would _______ at the most exciting part of a story, telling them that was as _______ as I had gone in the book and it would have to be _______ the following evening.
Other words of mine have been ________ to by larger and more fashionable audiences, but I have an unreasoning love for the ________ audience that sat close outside the candy store, and it will last forever.
1.A. missing B. playing C. waiting D. failing
2.A. cautious B. proud C. cruel D. right
3.A. outsider B. insider C. success D. loser
4.A. started B. ended C. paused D. came
5.A. honor B. order C. custom D. responsibility
6.A. drop B. fall C. wander D. take
7.A. record B. link C. promise D. silence
8.A. gratefully B. politely C. eagerly D. quickly
9.A. kindness B. doubt C. difficulty D. interest
10.A. asking B. answering C. raising D. keeping
11.A. directly B. simply C. well D. roughly
12.A. watch B. eye C. audience D. secret
13.A. entertainment B. permission C. focus D. reception
14.A. turn B. place C. chance D. step
15.A. peace B. bravery C. bitterness D. victory
16.A. stop B. argue C. laugh D. predict
17.A. long B. soon C. far D. much
18.A. polished B. continued C. shortened D. changed
19.A. related B. adjusted C. listened D. limited
20.A. clever B. greedy C. lazy D. athletic
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In order not to _____ in front of the audience, the speaker spent many hours preparing his speech.
A. lose his faces B. lose a face C. lose the face D. lose face
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Very far away from the city lived a poor farmer and his wife. In front of their house was a small dirt road. Very few cars drove on this road because it was so far from the city. On the dirt road, there was a big hole filled with water. The hole was very deep, but drivers on the road didn't know just how deep. Drivers always drove into the hole, but they never drove out.
One day, a man in a new car was driving down the road. He saw the hole with the water, but he didn't think it was very deep. He drove into the hole, but he couldn't drive out. The man saw the farmer on his tractor working in the field, and he signaled to the farmer. The farmer drove over to the man in the new car.
“Is there a problem?”asked the farmer.
“Yes,”said the man.“My car is stuck in this hole. Can you help me?”
“Maybe,”said the farmer.“But I'm very busy.”
“lf you help me, I'll pay you,” said the man.
“OK,”said the farmer. The farmer pulled the car out of the hole with his tractor, and the man paid him a lot of money. The man looked at the farmer and said,“You must. make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole day and night.”
“Actually, no,”said the farmer.
“Why not?”asked the man.
“The hole is very deep, and a lot of people get stuck and ask for help. But I don't make money day and night because I don't pull cars out at night.”
“At night I'm busy filling the hole with water,” answered the farmer.
1.The reason why few cars drove on the small dirt road was that __________ .
A．there was a big and deep hole B．the couple was not polite enough
C．it had a long distance from the city D．drivers were afraid of being in the hole
2.According to paragraph 2, we can know about the man in a new car __________ .
A．he just learned to drive a car B．it was the first time that he passed there
C．he knew how deep the hole was D．he knew the farmer in the field
3.What did the farmer usually do at night?
A．He helped pull out cars. B．He made money.
C．He filled water to the hole D．He slept at home.
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His idea is always so advanced that we all think that he is____ our time.
| A．before | B．in the front of | C．ahead of | D．beyond |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Tommy is ____ only child in the family, so his parents make ____ fuss of him.
A. an, \ B. \ , the C. \ , a D. the , a
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Tommy is _____ only child in the family, so his parents make _____ fuss of him.
A. an; 不填 B. 不填; the C. 不填; a D. the; a
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The performer was waving his stick in the street and it ________ missed the child standing nearby.
A.narrowly B.nearly C.hardly D.closely
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On a summer day, John was sitting on a beach in Hawaii with his parents. The six-year-old child suddenly said he was so lucky because he had so many toys to play with at home.
His surprised parents replied that he was lucky, since a lot of kids didn’t have any toys at all. “How can that be?” John said, confused, but then he said that he would like to get toys for those children. His parents naturally thought their son was just kidding. But as soon as they returned home, John began using his pocket money to buy toys for other kids and asking his friends to do the same. His parents responded by organizing pizza suppers for other families interested in helping other children that can’t afford to buy toys. John thought that he just wanted to cheer those kids up.
John’s parents started to find a place that would allow children as young as six and seven to volunteer. They finally find a day care center for disabled children to let John and his friends visit. They went and played with these kids, playing around the room as if they belonged there.
John and his friends named their work Kids Cheering Kids. John and his friends visited kids at some childcare centers, helping out with a party they organized. They also prepared a performance for children with disabilities. Their activities have drawn public concern.
The spirit of helping is as fresh as it was that day in Hawaii. “The whole purpose,”
John says, “is to make the kids feel better.”
1.Why did John get toys for the children who didn’t have any toy at all?
A．Because he wanted to make them happy.
B．Because he wanted to show off his toys.
C．Because he wanted to share his toys with them.
D．Because he wanted to make friends with them.
2.What was John’s parents’ attitude towards his plan?
A．Positive. B．Critical. C．Doubtful. D．Puzzled.
3.What do we learn about Kids Cheering Kids?
A．It’s a children’s game enjoyed by John and his friends.
B．It’s a project started by John to help other kids.
C．It’s a program performed by John and his friends.
D．It’s an after-school activity planned by John’s friends.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．An unforgettable vacation B．A valuable experience
C．Let kids cheer kids D．Let kids learn to share
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