Passage 4?（河南省鄭州智林學校2010屆高三下學期模擬測試2）完形填空

The House Fairy

As young parents, my husband and I felt that at age 6 and 8, our children were old enough to be cleaning their rooms and making their beds. But they thought ? 36 ?. My complaints, repeating myself, even self-justified shouting were landing on ? 37 ? ?ears. I felt frustrated (沮喪的) , and very often a whole afternoon’s scolding would end with their ? 38 ? into tears, I realized I needed to ? 39 ? my methods of “mothering”.

One day while they were at school, I had great fun ? 40 ? their rooms. On their desks, in plain ? 41 ?, I left the cards: “Dear Bill (the other card was ? 42 ? to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the House Fairy. ” ? 43 ? arriving back, the children were ? 44 ? excited to receive the little note from the House Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the House Fairy ? ?45 ? for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and ? 46 ? asking them to play a certain violin ? 47 ?. Each day, thank--you notes would be worded differently to keep the ideas ? 48 ?.

Sometimes the House Fairy would propose a little ? 49 ?: “If you can finish your homework today and ? 50 ? it before dinner, I’ d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight. ” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in ? 51 ? of jobs especially well done the day ? 52 ?.

??53 ? I can’t remember how long “the House Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were no longer age appropriate (合適的), we used various versions of Post-Its. The bathroom mirror became the ? 54 ? centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be posted.

We all benefited from and ? 55 ? the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true legacy of the House Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication.

36. ?A. different ? ? ?B. no ? ? ? ? ? ? C. otherwise ? ? ? ?D. doubtful

37. ?A. side ? ? ? ? ?B. deaf ? ? ? ? ? C. neither ? ? ? ? ? D. either

38. ?A. crying ? ? ? ?B. breaking ? ? ? ?C. bursting ? ? ? ? ?D. bumping

39. ?A. adjust ? ? ? ?B. adopt ? ? ? ? ?C. access ? ? ? ? ? ?D. addict

40. ?A. to tidy ? ? ? ?B. tidying ? ? ? ? C. tidied ? ? ? ? ? ?D. tidy

41. ?A. distance ? ? ? B. words ? ? ? ? C. speech ? ? ? ? ? D. sight

42. ?A. sent ? ? ? ? ?B. read ? ? ? ? ? C. delivered ? ? ? ? D. addressed

43. ?A. As ? ? ? ? ? B. At ? ? ? ? ? ? C. Of ? ? ? ? ? ? D. Upon

44. ?A. more than ? ? B. rather than ? ? ? C. no more than ? ? D. other than

45. ?A. asking ? ? ? ?B. waiting ? ? ? ? C. praying ? ? ? ? D. expecting

46. ?A. politely ? ? ? B. friendly ? ? ? ? C. gently ? ? ? ? ?D. toughly

47. ?A. music ? ? ? ?B. song ? ? ? ? ? ? C. piece ? ? ? ? ? D. tone

48. ?A. respectable ? ?B. uninteresting ? ? C. incredible ? ? ? ?D. fresh

49. ?A. challenge ? ? B. question ? ? ? ? C. suggestion ? ? ? D. advice

50. ?A. go with ? ? ? B. go through ? ? ? C. look up ? ? ? ? D. look into

51. ?A. response ? ? ?B. answer ? ? ? ? ?C. praise ? ? ? ? ?D. honor

52. ?A. ahead ? ? ? ? B. before ? ? ? ? ?C. over ? ? ? ? ? D. ago

53. ?A. Actually ? ? ? B. Even so ? ? ? ? C. Even if ? ? ? ? D. Though

54. ?A. reminder ? ? ?B. main ? ? ? ? ? ?C. memory ? ? ? ?D. life

55. ?A. learned ? ? ? ? ?B. appreciated ? ? ?C. shared ? ? ? ? ?D. thanked

答案：36-40：CBCAB ?41-45：BDDAB ?46-50：CCDAB ?51-55：CBAAB