完形填空练习（四十七）
Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was 1 into stillness by what I saw. Mother was seated at the far end of the sofa, 2 , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment at finding mother in tears was a perfect proof of how 3 I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very 4 to understand. “I guess we all have to 5 sometimes,” Mother said quietly. I could 6 her pain and the tension (紧张) of 7 the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me 8 . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face 9 my shoulder and sobbed (啜泣). I held her 10 and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could 11 it was enough. In that moment, feeling mother’s 12 with feelings, I understood for the first time, she being so easy to 13 . She was still my mother, 14 she was something 15 , a person having the ability of bearing fear, 16 and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought
A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station 18 . “It’s a job I can do, though,” she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very 19 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping 20 across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.
1. A. tired B. ashamed C. lazy D. shocked
2. A. crying B. smiling C. thinking D. whispering
3. A. eagerly B. worriedly C. little D. much
4. A. quickly B. slowly C. suddenly D. proudly
5. A. fail B. win C. fall sick D. give in
6. A. know of B. watch C. sense D. recognize
7. A. holding back B. putting away C. sitting up D. stopping from
8. A. lit up B. came true C. turned D. increased
9. A. to B. up C. through D. against
10. A. thoughtfully B. tightly C. carefully D. politely
11. A. and that B. now that C. but that D. so that
12. A. hand B. face C. hair D. back
13. A. content B. break C. fall D. understand
14. A. therefore B. however C. yet D. though
15. A. more B. much C. little D. huge
16. A. wound B. defeat C. cut D. hurt
17. A. kindness B. memory C. comfort D. support
18. A. supplied B. offered C. paid for D. contributed
19. A. different B. hard C. pleasant D. serious
20. A. off B. away C. out D. through
完形填空练习（四十八）
The sculpture, a plastic bottle of melted ice from Antarctic, was the creation of the American-born artist and writer Wayne Hill.
But one light-fingered (善于扒窃的), and maybe 1 visitor to the exhibition may have 2 the point that the sculpture was intended to be a strong 3 on the danger of global 4 . The visitor is believed to have 5 the piece 6 considering the danger to the Antarctic icecap.
The police have been 7 to look into the mystery of the 8 water bottle, which disappeared at a festival at Dartington Hall in southern
It was Wayne Hill who brought back two litres of melted ice from the west Antarctic and designed a bottle to 15 it. A notice on the bottle described where the water was from and 16 the words: “Weapon of Mass Destruction”, because of the 17 that melting icecap could bring.
Hill said, “ 18 the fact that it was designed to look like an ordinary object, it was clearly 19 out as an exhibit (展品). If you put something on a base, people usually 20 it as a piece of art and treat it with respect.” Hill said he was considering making another identical piece.
1. A. thirsty B. curious C. frightened D. surprised
2. A. missed B. realized C. discussed D. grasped
3. A. desire B. anxiety C. comment D. belief
4. A. change B. warming C. pollution D. climate
5. A. bought B. drunk C. seen D. loved
6. A. instead of B. as for C. more than D. except for
7. A. called up B. called out C. called off D. called in
8. A. boring B. puzzling C. inviting D. missing
9. A. part B. origin C. material D. content
10. A. pleasure B. joke C. gift D. prize
11. A. changed B. took C. provided D. stole
12. A. only B. still C. also D. hardly
13. A. must B. had to C. should D. might
14. A. empty B. useless C. broken D. ugly
15. A. save B. store C. fill D. hold
16. A. included B. contained C. wrote D. said
17. A. hardship B. disaster C. suffering D. harm
18. A. As a result of B. In spite of C. In the face of D. Due to
19. A. pointed B. made C. shown D. marked
20. A. keep B. think C. recognize D. admit
