Passage 5  (西安交大附中2007—2008学年度下学期高三第四次模拟考试)  完形填空

Unconditional Love

A story is told about a soldier who finally came home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from  __21__  “Mom and Dad, I  __22__ home ,but I’ve a favor to ask .I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.” “  __23__ ,” they replied, “We’d love to meet him.” “There’s something you should know,” the son continued , “he was __24__ in the fighting. He __25__ on a land bomb and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go ,and I want him to  __26__ us.” “I’m sorry to hear that ,son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.” “No, Mom and Dad ,I want him to live with us.” “Son,” said the father , “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone with such  __27__  would be  __28__ on us. We have our own lives to live ,and we can’t let something like this  __29__  with our lives. I think you should just come home and  __30__ about this guy . He’ll find a way to live  __31__  his own.

At that point, the son __32__  the phone. The parents heard  __33__ more from him. A few days later , __34__ ,they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building .The police believed it was a  __35__.They grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco to  __36__ the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had  __37__.

The parents in this story are like many of us .We find it  __38__ to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around ,but we don’t like people who are  __39__ to us or make us feel uncomfortable. Thankfully ,there’s someone who loves us with an  __40__ love that welcomes us into the forever family.

21．A．Chicago B．Boston C．San Francisco D．London

22．A．am coming B．am leaving C．was coming D．was leaving

23．A．Sorry B．Sure C．No way D．possible

24．A．very healthy B．very well C．hurt badly D．fairly good

25．A．stepped B．sat C．lay D．slept

26．A．play with B．work with C．live with D．keep with

27．A．disadvantages B．advantages C．shortcomings D．disabilities

28．A．a terrible burden B．a happy family C．pleasant company D．deadly disease

29．A．stop B．interfere C．strengthen D．improve

30．A．forget B．bring C．remember D．forgive

31．A．of B．on C．at D．in

32．A．hold on B．hung on C．hung up D．hung out

33．A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

34．A．besides B．however C．and D．otherwise

35．A．accident B．coincidence C．murder D．suicide

36．A．take B．bring C．identify D．fetch

37．A．no arm and no leg B．two arms and one leg

C．only one arm and one leg D．one arm and two legs

38．A．difficult B．difference C．easy D．simple

39．A．smart B．friendly C．familiar D．inconvenient

40．A．valuable B．unconditional C．precious D．unique

答案  21.C  22.A  23.B  24.C  25.A  26.C  27.D  28.A  29.B  30.A  31.B  32.C  33.D  34.B  35.D  36.C  37.C  38.C  39.D  40.B