完形填空汇编(2009-2021年天津市十二区县重点中学毕业班联考英语试题分类汇编)

2009-2021天津市十二区县重点中学毕业班联考英语试题分类汇编—完形填空 2009年第一次联考 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。 We always celebrated Dad’s birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years went on, these events took on a 16 meaning for me: a traditional birthday party for Dad, and thanking for all that he had been to me in my life. When we knew it might be his 17 birthday, the whole family decided to 18 together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. Dad was a good storyteller and here was the 19 he had had. During a quiet moment, I announced it was now Dad’s 20 to listen to stories for a change. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. The room became 21 . Then one after another, people told stories from their hearts, while Dad 22 with tears in eyes. People 23 kinds of stories--stories about when they were little, stories about when Dad was young, and stories that shared family treasures. The stories 24 . Everyone seemed to have more than one story. Even the little grandchildren couldn’t 25 to tell Dad why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our 26 to celebrate him. A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we more fully realized what we had 27 Dad that night. Those are the stories people 28 tell at a funeral after a loved one is no longer 29 to hear the words. They tell stories, full of 30 . But we had given those memories to Dad in his 31 , and we had told them through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joys. He had them to 32 and roll over in his mind during his last days and months. Words do 33 , and they are enough. We just need to say them or to speak them 34 to the ones we love. That’s the way to 35 love and our chance to celebrate a person in his or her life. 16. A. special B. valuable C. double D. comple