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完形填空(l0小題，共15分) (2015 •北京)

                       The phone call 

   It was getting dark.Paul looked out of the window and sighed (嘆氣) .Dad said he would come home by 5:30,but it was almost 7:00. Even if Dad came back,it wouldn’t be much fun playing 1 in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework,but he couldn’t.

   The phone rang at about 8: 00. It was Dad: “Paul,I'm 2 ，but I couldn’t play baseball with you tonight. I have to finish my work at the office. Maybe we can play this weekend. Oh no. How about next weekend?”

   Paul couldn’t understand why Dad was so 3 . He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book was still opened to the first page. 

   The next day at school,Paul didn't hand in his homework and 4 a test. Mrs Green,his teacher,asked him to stay after school. “Paul,you didn't do your homework. You didn't pass the test and only got a D. This isn’t like you. What's wrong?”

   Paul just sat there 5 “Paul,if you don't want to talk,I will. I know that something's worrying you,but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone. ”

   As Paul walked home,he thought of what Mrs Green said. Maybe he didn't do his homework because he wanted to get his dad's 6 .He knew Mrs Green was right. He decided to take her advice.

   When Paul got home,he 7 his dad. But there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail (語(yǔ)音信箱) .Paul began talking: “Dad,I can't play with you next weekend. I've got lots of problems with my homework. Also,I really don5t want to spend another day looking out of the window and waiting. Whenever you 8 our plans,Dad,it hurts me. It's not too late to rebuild our relationship,but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my 9 some time. Dad,I love you. ”

   As Paul ended the call,he felt much relaxed. He didn’t know whether his dad would be different,but it didn't matter. He himself 10 . He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had a clean head as he was

doing his homework that evening.

1. A. baseball B. cards   C. chess   D. toys

2. A. luck   B. sorry   C. surprised   D. pleased

3. A. famous   B. helpful   C. lazy   D. busy

4. A. made   B. missed   C. failed   D. chose

5. A. cheerfully   B. comfortably   C. hopefully   D. quietly

6. A. attention   B. message   C. praise   D. trust

7. A. saw   B. thanked   C. called   D. greeted

8. A. prepare   B. break   C. follow   D. question

9. A. choice   B. homework   C. speech   D. decision

10. A. regretted   B. complained   C. insisted   D. changed

Answer 1

1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. D

1. A解析：結(jié)合下文中的“...threw his baseball into the corner”可推斷，所缺的 詞是 baseball。

2. B解析:爸爸在電話里對(duì)Paul道歉，故 所缺的詞是sorry。

3. D解析：結(jié)合上下文的描述可推斷， Paul不明白爸爸為什么那么“忙碌”，故 所缺的詞是busy。

4. C 解析：結(jié)合下文中的“You didn't pass the test...”可推斷，Paur“沒(méi)有通過(guò)” 考試，故所缺的詞是failed。

5. D解析:結(jié)合上下文的描述可知，Paul 只是“安靜地”坐在那里，故所缺的詞是 quietly。

6. A解析：或許他不做家庭作業(yè)只是因 為想引起爸爸的“注意”，故所缺的詞是 attention 。

7. C解析:結(jié)合下文的描述可推斷，Paul 回到家的時(shí)候，給他的爸爸“打電話”，故 所缺的詞是called。

8. B解析:Paul對(duì)爸爸說(shuō)的是“每當(dāng)你打 破了我們的計(jì)劃時(shí)，你都傷害到了我”， 故所缺的詞是break。

9. B解析：結(jié)合上下文的描述可推斷， Paul希望爸爸能夠幫助他完成“家庭作 業(yè)”，故所缺的詞是homework。

10. D 解析：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是： regret 后悔;complain 抱怨;insist 堅(jiān) 持;change改變。結(jié)合上下文可推斷， Paul自己已經(jīng)“改變”了，故所缺的詞 是 changed。