完形填空：（共30分，每小题1.5分）
My 14-year-old son, John, and I
Spotted（挑出，察觉） the coat at the same time. It was
hanging at a （an）
36 clothing store.
The coat had a black velvet collar（天鹅绒衣领）, delightful
tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label （标签） and a （an）
37 price of $28.
We looked at
38 , saying nothing,
39 John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with
40 , but could
41 several hundred dollars new.
John
42 the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied
43 that soon changed into a smile. The
44 was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat? ” I asked. “They love it. ” He said, carefully
45 it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the _____46_____came over Jone. Quiet reasoned discussion was____47____argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to ___48______.“good dinner, Mum”he would say every evening .One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said,“You are right, and I guess I will.”
When I
49 this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know
50 caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat! ” At the library, we
51 to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “
52 this be John? ” He asked, looking up to John’s new height and coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never
53 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for 54 a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for 55 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
| 小题1: |
| A．second-hand |
B．expensive |
C．big |
D．cheap |
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| 小题2: |
| A．reasonable |
B．unbelievable |
C．special |
D．average |
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| 小题3: |
| A．each other |
B．one another |
C．the other |
D．others |
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| 小题4: |
| A．therefore |
B．however |
C．but |
D．thus |
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| 小题5: |
| A．adults |
B．people |
C．parents |
D．teenagers |
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| 小题6: |
| A．spend |
B．cost |
C．pay |
D．take |
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| 小题7: |
| A．touched |
B．buttoned |
C．held |
D．obtained |
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| 小题8: |
| A．gesture |
B．expression |
C．attitude |
D．feeling |
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| 小题9: |
| A．color |
B．price |
C．fit |
D．style |
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| 小题10: |
| A．pressing |
B．taking |
C．hanging |
D．folding |
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| 小题11: |
| A．happiness |
B．satisfaction |
C．change |
D．generosity |
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| 小题12: |
| A．because of |
B．instead of |
C．aware of |
D．full of |
|
| 小题13: |
| A．please |
B．understand |
C．complain |
D．apologize |
|
| 小题14: |
| A．mentioned |
B．wrote |
C．reported |
D．explained |
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| 小题15: |
| A．when |
B．how |
C．what |
D．that |
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| 小题16: |
| A．happened |
B．came |
C．intended |
D．decided |
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| 小题17: |
| A．Should |
B．Would |
C．Must |
D．Could |
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| 小题18: |
| A．watch |
B．judge |
C．mistake |
D．consider |
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| 小题19: |
| A．doing |
B．showing |
C．speaking |
D．wearing |
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| 小题20: |
| A．comparing |
B．connecting |
C．combining |
D．matching |
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