15. 2011·四川成都九中3月月考 ??完形填空

My husband and I were talking about possible colors because it was time for painting the kitchen again．The children, sat nearby and suddenly ? 21 ? ?"Not the measuring stick!"

"No" I ? 22 ? ?them in my mother-has-everything-under-control ? 23 ? , “Not the measuring stick．"

The measuring stick isn't a （an） ?24 ? ?stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room．Along the edge we've ? 25 ? each child's growth by making a mark ? 26 ? his or her height on every birthday．Over the ten years so many colored pens, pencils and markers were ? 27 ? that the door came to be ? 28 ? like an abstract-expressionist painting．

Names and dates show different hand- writing, and I can ?29 ?by the script（手跡）who measured whom．An eight-year-old brother measured her three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, my husband measured me．At parties, when this door ? 30 ? ?back and forth frequently, friends stop to ? 31 ? the names and dates．When we ask ? 32 ? they would like to be immortalized（永存的）, they usually ? 33 ? shyly and walked back right up into ? 34 ? ．

Many of those listed on the door are still ? 35 ? while some have stopped．Some ? 36 ? with us only in memory．When my mother came to see our eldest daughter graduating from university, we ? ?37 ? ?her, too．It was her last visit to our home．

We haven't decided on the new kitchen ? 38 ? plan yet, but one thing is ? 39 ? : Whether we paint the trim （點綴） bright gold, Chowning's Tavern red or Federal blue, the back of the kitchen door will always remain ? 40 ? with lots of names and dates in various colors．

21．A．said????????????B．expressed??????C．shouted????????D．cheered

22．A．comforted??????B．patted???????C．agreed??????????D．allowed

23．A．way????????????B．voice????????C．attitude???????D．feeling

24．A．common???????B．special??????C．exact????????D．actual

25．A．considered??????B．encouraged?????C．celebrated??????D．congratulated

26．A．showing????????B．keeping?????C．cutting?????????D．giving

27．A．made??????????B．taken????????C．used??????????D．sharpened

28．A．veryB．strangelyC．straightD．clearly

29．A．tellB．understandC．knowD．think

30．A．movesB．shakesC．closesD．swings

31．A．observeB．noticeC．readD．recognize

32．A．whyB．ifC．howD．what

33．A．statedB．admittedC．shookD．left

34．A．seatB．placeC．tableD．room

35．A．increasing?B．addingC．puttingD．growing

36．A．markB．remainC．liveD．work

37．A．lovedB．welcomedC．measuredD．saw

38．A．colorB．formC．designD．size

39．A．sureB．popularC．certainD．curious

40．A．redB．blueC．goldD．white

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