高二暑假英语完形填空专练四.docx

In the fall of 1985，I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of becoming a great judge somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a 1 dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to 2 that goal. But one year after I 3 college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to leave college to 4 her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to 5 . Then I got married with another 6 : building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we 7 our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic-and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to 8 boy. You can imagine how 9 busy I became, raising 10 boys under the age of 10. Our home was a complete zoo-a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to 11 full-time. But I never 12 on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant 13 as few as one class each term. 14 part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, 15 I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.In 2007, I 16 the University of North Carolina. It 17 me over 21 years to get my college degree！I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the 18 it looks huge, but when youre in the middle of it, it just seems 19 . Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process. Remember：little steps 20 big dreams.1. A. open-minded B. bright-eyed C. ordinary-looking D. out-standing2. A. break B. set C. reach D. order3. A. started B. left C. graduated from D. stayed away from4. A. turn to B. call up C. care for D. take in5. A. stop B. die C. wait D. continue6. A. life B. dream C. school D. mistake7. A. adopted B. gave birth to C. gave away D. found8. A. other B. the other C. another D. others9. A. gradually B. fully C. gently D. sadly10. A. two B. three C. four D. five11. A. home B. college C. Howard University D. the University of North Carolina12. A. gave awayB. gave inC. gave off D. gave up13. A. giving B. sending C. taking D. opening14. A. The easiest B. The hardest C. The most important D. The most exciting 15. A. And B. ButC. FurthermoreD. Otherwise 16. A. graduated from B. entered C. quit D. got away from17. A. cost B. spent C. took D. got18. A. inside B. outside C. far away D. further away19. A. specialB. exciting C. normalD. strange20. A. add in B. add toC. add upD. add up to（二）When I was a child, my father had to do three jobs for a family of seven. Every time I saw him come back late, looking 1 , I promised myself that someday I would show my thanks to my father for 2 he had done.Over the next twenty years, my father worked hard to 3 our big family and suffered a lot from a heart problem. One morning, my fathers old car 4 and he asked me to pick him up after his medical examination. He had 5 refused when I offered to replace 6 . He said that he did not want something that he was unable to pay himself.As he stepped out of the doctors office, he looked unusually 7 . We drove 8 and he made me promise to keep the medical report as a 9 . I did this with a heavy heart.At that time, I was 10 a new car. I asked my father to go with me to pick one out. 11 I started talking with the salesman, I noticed my father admiring a brown car. I finally 12 a white car. My father took one final look at the 13 car and seemed kind of 14 . Before leaving I heard him muttering (嘀咕) to himself, “Really like that car. Wish I could 15 it.”Several days later, I asked my father if he could go with me to pick up 16 new car. As we arrived, the salesman 17 him a key to his new car - the brown one - and explained that it was for him, 18 me. My father looked at me in great 19 . I explained it was my childhood 20 and smiled at this man, who had given up everything for his family.1. A. excitedB. surprisedC. tiredD. amazed2. A. that B. what C. which D. where3. A. support B. command C. protect D. organize4. A. came up B. came back C. broke off D. broke down 5. A. rudely B. strongly C. selflessly D. happily6. A. his old car B. his heart C. his old job D. his key7. A. familiar B. serious C. informal D. friendly8. A. in relief B. in silence C. in return D. in laughter9. A. secret B. goal C. decision D. suggestion10. A. testing B. designing C. expecting D. checking11. A. Unless B. Because C. Since D. When 12. A. designed B. chose C. explored D. earned13. A. white B. black C. red D. brown 14. A. delighted B. astonished C. sorry D. glad15. A. afford B. borrow C. collect D. choose16. A. his B. my C. your D. her17. A. returned B. handed C. showed D. posted18. A. to B. with C. from D. for19. A. fun B. pain C. surprise D. trouble 20. A. power B. demand C. attitude D. promise完成后请自行核对答案：（一）1-5 BCACC 6-10 BACBC 11-15 BDCBB 16-20 ACBCD（二）1-5CBADB 6-10ABBAC 11-15DBDCA 16-20BBCCD