7. 【2011·山东济南市二模】 完形填空

For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand. It’s not always the   __36__   ring, but it’s always a ring that has  __37__  on it so that when I look at it, I’m   __38__   or reminded of something important. I have made a   __39__  of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store. Sometimes I give them away as  __40__  to someone like Jennie.

I first met Jennie in the  __41__  waiting room and we had talked several times. One night I sat down beside her and  __42__  how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very  __43__  condition. She told me that she didn’t know what to do any more because it seemed none of the   __44__  from the doctors was good. They weren’t at all sure her son was going to __45__ the accident that had hurt him so badly. With  __46__  in her eyes she said, “They’re   __47__  my hope.”

I knew then that it was  __48__  just a coincidence that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day. As she   __49__  to talk, I  __50__  slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie’s hand. I told her to wear it to member that God loved her and He would be with her  __51__ all of this.  __52__  Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and then held it tightly,  __53__ the word written on the ring was “HOPE”.

The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift. She  __54__  and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, “Look, I  __55__ have Hope!”

36．A．special B．expensive C．same D．valuable

37．A．words B．pictures C．names D．symbols

38．A．admired B．encouraged C．trusted D．puzzled

39．A．plan B．point C．list D．habit

40．A．gifts B．prizes C．awards D．thanks

41．A．railway B．school C．hospital D．airport

42．A．asked B．explained C．thought D．found

43．A．favorable B．normal C．serious D．excellent

44．A．advice B．news C．instructions D．comfort

45．A．defeat B．experience C．predict D．survive

46．A．apologies B．tears C．anger D．doubt

47．A．keeping up B．bringing down C．cutting off D．taking away

48．A．other than B．rather than C．more than D．les than

49．A．continued B．refused C．attempted D．started

50．A．cautiously B．quietly C．nervously D．shyly

51．A．over B．beyond C．through D．within

52．A．Until B．While C．Since D．When

53．A．for B．so C．yet D．and

54．A．shouted B．waved C．cheered D．hesitated

55．A．ever B．only C．still D．just

答案：CABDA  CACAD BDCAB  CDABC