Passage 3  (湖北省黄冈中学2008届高三第三次模拟考试)  完形填空

The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold,   41   passengers.

Suddenly a little boy   42   his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the   43   grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father   44   to stay by the door behind us. The train begins to crawl into a tunnel. Then something very   45   happens suddenly. The little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee.   46  , I think that he wants to   47   me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his   48   up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the   49  . Wrong again! What I receive is a   50   kiss on the cheek.

The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am   51  . What just happened? A child kissing a(n)   52   grown-up on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are   53   kissed. Nervous and a little surprised, we   54   at the father. When he sees our questioning   55   as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue.

“He’s so happy to be alive.” the father says. “He has been very sick.”

Father and son   56   into the crowd moving toward the exit. Then doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still   57   the child’s kiss — a kiss that has triggered (触发) some soul-search inside me. How many grown-ups   58   kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege (特权) of   59  ?

The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful. You don’t let yourself   60   before your heart stops!

41. A. excited B. tired C. pleased D. surprised

42. A. feels B. winds C. pushes D. picks

43. A. unfriendly B. friendly C. angry D. kind

44. A. likes B. prefers C. chooses D. agrees

45. A. great B. strange C. extraordinary D. thrilling

46. A. In no moment B. For a moment C. For the moment D. In a moment

47. A. beat B. tell C. inform D. pass

48. A. eyes B. ear C. head D. lip

49. A. news B. message C. kiss D. opinion

50. A. loud B. foolish C. strange D. fortunate

51. A. pleased B. shocked C. satisfied D. interested

52. A. well-known B. smart C. unknown D. familiar

53. A. expectedly B. duly C. regularly D. eventually

54. A. stare B. smile C. warn D. whisper

55. A. glances B. anger C. mouths D. feeling

56. A. appear B. back C. disappear D. follow

57. A. touch B. trust C. smell D. feel

58. A. go around        B. come around C. keep on D. insist on

59. A. a child B. a kiss C. living D. touching

60. A. die B. stop C. sleep D. live

答案  41.B  42.C  43.A  44.C  45.B  46.B  47.D  48.C  49.B  50.A  51.B  52.C  53.B  54.B  55.A  56.C  57.D  58.A  59.C  60.A