江苏省泗阳中学2013届高三冲刺试题-完形填空11

One Sunday, a mother took her son and little daughter to watch a circus. In the 1 of the circus, the little girl, Jenny, fell 2 in her mother’s lap. The brother, Jack, who was six, stayed awake, and 3 the latter half with his mother. When it was over, the mother 4 Jenny in her arms and carried her to the bus station. It was 5 that night, so she took off her scarf and gently 6 Jenny’s head with it.

When they arrived home, the mother 7 carried Jenny into the bedroom and 8 her to sleep. After Jack had changed his clothes, his mother lay down next to him to talk about the evening together. 9 , when the mother asked what he liked most, there was no 10 on his part. She was a little 11 . He used to speak non-stop whenever something exciting happened.

She was 12 that something was wrong: he had been so 13 on the way home and while getting ready for bed. She 14 hearing nothing from him.

Suddenly Jack 15 on his side, facing the wall. She 16 why and got up to see his eyes welling up with tears.

“What is 17 , honey? ”

He turned back. She could sense he was feeling some 18 for the tears although he wiped away the tears right away.

“Mom, if I were cold, would you put your scarf around me, too? ”

Of all the 19 of that special evening out together, the most important for Jack was a little 20 of affection—a momentary, unconscious showing of her love to his little sister.

In relationships, little things matter the most.

1. A. beginning B. middle C. end D. course

2. A. tired B. sick C. asleep D. bored

3. A. waited B. heard C. performed D. enjoyed

4. A. took up B. picked up C. woke up D. held up

5. A. dark B. cloudy C. rainy D. freezing

6. A. covered B. shook C. knocked D. turned

7. A. second B. next C. first D. last

8. A. begged B. forced C. put D. encouraged

9. A. Therefore B. Finally C. Instead D. However

10. A. surprise B. response C. pleasure D. impression

11. A. polite B. dishonest C. rude D. disappointed

12. A. satisfied B. convinced C. amazed D. judged

13. A. relaxed B. still C. quiet D. sad

14. A. regretted B. remembered C. forgot D. appreciated

15. A. turned over B. turned up C. took over D. looked over

16. A. realized B. explained C. learned D. wondered

17. A. on B. up C. about D. over

18. A. danger B. time C. embarrassment D. experience

19. A. people B. processes C. performances D. events

20. A. movement B. support C. act D. behavior

1.选B。根据下文的the latter half可知，Jenny是在马戏表演到一半时睡着的。

2.选C。根据下文的stayed awake可判断，Jack醒着，而Jenny却睡着了。

3.选D。Jack和妈妈一起欣赏后半部分的演出。

4.选B。演出结束，妈妈把Jenny抱起来，抱到汽车站。pick up抱起。

5.选D。根据下文妈妈的举动以及“Mom, if I were cold”可判断，此处是指“那天晚上很冷”。freezing极冷的。

6.选A。天气很冷，妈妈把自己的围巾摘下来，盖住Jenny的头。

7.选C。一到家妈妈首先把女儿抱到卧室里。

8.选C。这里指妈妈把Jenny抱到卧室后，让她入睡。put sb. to sleep让某人入睡。

9.选D。妈妈躺在Jack旁边和他谈论看过的马戏表演，然而，当妈妈问他最喜欢哪一部分时，Jack没有回应。

10.选B。和以往的speak non-stop相反，儿子不说话，没有回答妈妈的问题。response回应，回复。

11.选D。根据下文的something was wrong可判断，儿子不回答自己的问题，这让妈妈感到“失望（disappointed）”。

12.选B。看到儿子的这种异常反应，妈妈“确信”出了什么问题。be convinced确信。

13.选C。在回家的路上和准备睡觉的时候，儿子都非常安静，不说话。

14.选B。妈妈记得没有听到过儿子说话。

15.选A。根据前面的his mother lay down next to him to talk about the evening together可知，此刻母子两个躺在床上，现在儿子转了个身，面向墙。turn over转身。

16.选D。这时妈妈想知道为什么，因此起身，却发现儿子的眼里满是泪水。

17.选B。What is up? 出了什么事？一般指不好的事情。What’s on? 正在上演什么？

18.选C。尽管Jack立刻把泪水擦掉，妈妈还是感到了他对自己的哭泣感到有些尴尬。

19.选D。由上下文语境可知，此处表示“在那个特殊夜晚发生的所有事情中”。event事件。

20.选C。在那个特殊的夜晚，他们共同经历的事情中，对Jack来说最重要的是妈妈对妹妹的一个充满爱心的小小的举动。