(单词翻译:单击)
第二节：完形填空(共40小题，每小题1．5分，满分60分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(一)
The name Helen Keller has had special meaning for millions of people in all parts of the world．She could not see or hear．Yet Helen Keller was able to do so 16 with her days and years．Her 17 gave others hope．Helen Keller Was born on June twenty－seventh．Eighteen eighty in a small 18 in northern Alabama．Her 19 Arthur Keller，was a captain in the army of the South during the American Civil War．Her mother Was his second wife。She was much 20 than her husband．Helen was their first child．
21 she was a year－and－one－half old，Helen Keller was just like 22 other child She was very 23 ．She began walking and 24 early. Then，nineteen months after she was born．Helen became very 25 ．It was a strange sickness that 26 her completely’blind and deaf．The doctor could not do 27 for her．Her bright，happy world now was filled with 28
and darkness。
From that time until she was almost seven years old，Helen could 29 only by making signs with her hands． 30 she learned how to be active in her silent，dark environment．The young child had strong desires．She knew 31 she wanted to do．No one could 32 her from doing it．More and more，she wanted to communicate with 33 ．Making simple signs with her hands was not enough．Something was ready to 34 inside of her because she could not make people understand her．She 35 and struggled when her mother tried to control her．
16．A．few B．1ittle C．much D．many
17．A．failure B．fame C．blindness D．success
18．A．town B．country C．continent D．state
19．A．teacher B．mother C．brother D．father
20．A．talktive B．younger C．bigger D．smaller
21．A．After B．Until C．When D．Unless
22．A．every B．some C．any D．no 23．A．negative B．positive C．active D．shy
24．A．reading B．writing C．talking D．reciting
25．A．happy B．sick C．tense D．scared
26．A．caused B．allowed C．1et D．made
27．A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
28．A．absence B．trouble C．silence D．sadness
29．A．communicate B．speak C．say D．talk
30．A．But B．And C．So D．For
31．A．that B．what C．how D．why
32．A．protect B．save C．help D．stop
33．A．other B．the other C．others D．the others
34．A．exploit(开拓，开发) B．develop C．use D．explode(爆炸，发作)
35．A．sighed(叹气) B．forced C．screamed D．screwed(转动，旋、拧)
(二)
When I was about 13，my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays．On the way home，Dad 36 stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10－cent ice creams．I couldn’t 37 it，but I could pray from the 38 we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or 39 and go home empty－handed．That corner 40 either
mouth－watering excitement or 41 ．
On one special day，we were heading home，and again I was praying for the 42 sound of his offer．It 43 ．“would you like an ice cream today?”“That sounds great，Dad!”But then he said，“How would you like to 44 today?”
Twenty cents! My mind reeled．I could afford it．I had a weekly allowance of 25 cents，plus some 45 for odd jobs(零活)．And 46 it was my money，ice cream wasn’t a good use of it．In a fit(强烈感情的发作，冲动)of 47 ，I said，“Well，in that case，I guess I’ll 48”My father just said，“Okay，Son．”
But as we headed home，I realized how wrong 1 was and begged him to 49 ．But he just said，“That’s okay，we don’t really need one．”I felt 50 for my selfishness and ungratefulness． He didn’t mind，or 51，act disappointed．
I 52 that generosity(慷慨)goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than“thank you”．On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the 53 ice cream I’d ever had．
I’ll tell you one more thing．We 54 another trip the next week．As we 55 the corner，I said，“Dad，would you like an ice cream today? My treat．”
36．A．constantly B．hardly C．frequently D．strangely
