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第二部分 笔试部分
二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
“Are you listening, Simon?” Simon’s teacher asked. It was a pretty usual question.
Simon ____1____ his head, smiling. He hardly (几乎不) listened or tried hard in class. ____2____ was so much fun. He wanted to be heard instead of listening.
“Listen, and you’ll ____3____ something.” Mrs Jacobs tried every day, ____4____ Simon never paid attention.
That evening, he found his throat(喉咙) unusual. ____5____ really hurt. The next morning, when he opened his mouth to say “Good morning”, ____6____ came out but a croak (低沉沙哑声).
Simon’s mother checked him and decided it was ____7____ for him to go to school although he couldn’t talk.
When he got to school, Mrs Jacobs said “____8____” to him, and he just nodded. When his friends asked him what TV shows he watched last night, he ____9____ shrugged (耸肩). When the bell rang for class, almost everyone was ____10____ him as if(似乎) he grew a third eye.
Then everyone started talking about him as if the teacher wasn’t there. Simon sat in class, feeling ____11____, because he couldn’t do that. So he decided to try to listen to his ____12____ carefully.
Guess what? He could do his ____13____ that night. It gave him TV and game time with his work all done.
The next day, although his voice came back, he stayed ____14____ again. The third day, he could talk fine, but he ____15____ and raised his hand to speak.
What a big difference that one day made!
1. A. nodded B. shook C. dropped D. raised
2. A. Talking B. Smiling C. Singing D. Thinking
3. A. make B. practice C. learn D. try
4. A. because B. so C. and D. but
5. A. He B. It C. She D. I
6. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
7. A. impossible B. interesting C. difficult D. good
8. A. sorry B. hello C. goodbye D. thanks
9. A. just B. even C. almost D. also
10. A. shouting at B. looking at C. calling for D. waiting for
11. A. excited B. afraid C. happy D. bored
12. A. classmate B. mom C. teac