Ⅲ .完形填空

It's hard being an astronaut's son. I __1__ , everybody expects you to be special or __2__ , and I'm just an average student, and I'm average, too, when it __3__ basketball, football, soccer, and baseball.

I often wonder __4__ my father ever had a son like me. I mean he's so __5__ and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular(不平常的) to __6__ my father and make him __7__ me.

In one class, my teacher __8__ a Father's Day essay contest for us and the winners' essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home, __9__ my father, who I would write about in my essay.

He sat with me in the __10__ when I was a little kid and had a nightmare. He __11__ me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to __12__ death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me, he wasn't a worldfamous astronaut, just my dad.

I wrote about all these __13__ in my essay.

One of our neighbors said, “I __14__ you'll win the contest, David. You're the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut.” I __15__ .

I hadn't shown anyone the essay, but now I almost hoped I wouldn't win. I didn't want to win just __16__ my father was an astronaut.

I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the __17__ applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

Dad nodded to me, __18__ his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the__19__ moment of my life,” he said.

It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was __20__ just to be my father's son.

1．A. mean            B. say                 C. know                D. believe

2．A. strange         B. honest            C. perfect              D. formal

3．A. refers to        B. relates with      C. talks about        D. comes to

4．A. why               B. how                C. whether            D. when

5．A. normal           B. funny              C. special              D. unique

6．A. shock             B. influence          C. attract             D. impress

7．A. proud of         B. interested in     C. satisfied with    D. ashamed of

8．A. reported         B. announced       C. claimed             D. warned

9．A. caring about    B. worrying about C. thinking about   D. complaining about

10．A. silence          B. threat              C. horror               D. dark

11．A. pleased         B. astonished       C. supported         D. encouraged

12．A. describe        B. explain            C. declare              D. remark

13．A. experiments  B. incidents          C. details               D. memories

14．A. wish              B. guess             C. bet                    D. promise

15．A. smiled           B. nodded            C. doubted            D. shrugged

16．A. because         B. if                    C. while                  D. as

17．A. parents         B. audience           C. students           D. teachers

18．A. cleaned          B. blew                C. cleared              D. opened

19．A. best              B. proudest          C. finest                D. greatest

20．A. natural           B. ambitious        C. important           D. enough

答案及解析：

1．A.用mean来解释前一句的意思。

2．t杰出的，完美的。此句意为“每个人都认为你应该与众不同或者完美”。

3． it comes to说到，谈到，为固定搭配。注意这里it为形式主语。

4．B.句意：我有时候会想父亲怎么会有我这样的儿子呢。

5．C.句意：父亲是如此的特别，擅长任何事。

6．s给人以深刻印象。

7．A.句意：希望能够做出特别的事情来给父亲留下印象，并让他以我为骄傲。

8．ce宣布。此处意为：老师向我们宣布了一件事，即让我们写关于父亲的作文。

9．C.放学回家的时候，作者想着父亲的一切，决定写什么。

10．对应nightmare。

11．A.作者八岁生日时，父亲买回只小狗，作者感到惊喜。

12．B.作者的父亲向他解释死亡是怎么一回事。

13．D.此空上面四句话都属于作者的回忆。

14．打赌。邻居确信作者会得奖，因为他是唯一一个可以写宇航员父亲的人。

15．耸肩，表示不置可否或不同意。

16．A.作者不想因为自己父亲是宇航员才获奖。

17．B.当我读完文章，下面的观众都为我鼓掌。

18．C.父亲清了一下喉咙。说明父亲借此掩饰自己的激动。

19．B.这是作者父亲一生中最自豪的时刻，文章最后一段首句也有暗示。

20．D.虽然不能成为英雄或获得诺贝尔奖，但此时能作为父亲的儿子就足够了。