Ⅲ .完形填空

It's hard being an astronaut's son. I __1__ , everybody expects you to be special or __2__ , and I'm just an average student, and I'm average, too, when it __3__ basketball, football, soccer, and baseball.

I often wonder __4__ my father ever had a son like me. I mean he's so __5__ and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular(不平常的) to __6__ my father and make him __7__ me.

In one class, my teacher __8__ a Father's Day essay contest for us and the winners' essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home, __9__ my father, who I would write about in my essay.

He sat with me in the __10__ when I was a little kid and had a nightmare. He __11__ me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to __12__ death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me, he wasn't a worldfamous astronaut, just my dad.

I wrote about all these __13__ in my essay.

One of our neighbors said, “I __14__ you'll win the contest, David. You're the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut.” I __15__ .

I hadn't shown anyone the essay, but now I almost hoped I wouldn't win. I didn't want to win just __16__ my father was an astronaut.

I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the __17__ applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

Dad nodded to me, __18__ his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the__19__ moment of my life,” he said.

It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was __20__ just to be my father's son.

1．A. mean ? ? ? ? ? ?B. say ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??C. know ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. believe

2．A. strange ? ? ? ? B. honest ? ? ? ? ? ?C. perfect ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. formal

3．A. refers to ? ? ? ?B. relates with ? ? ?C. talks about ? ? ? ?D. comes to

4．A. why ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. how ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. whether ? ? ? ? ? ?D. when

5．A. normal ? ? ? ? ? B. funny ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. special ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. unique

6．A. shock ? ? ? ? ? ? B. influence ? ? ? ? ?C. attract ? ? ? ? ? ? D. impress

7．A. proud of ? ? ? ? B. interested in ? ??C. satisfied with ? ?D. ashamed of

8．A. reported ? ? ? ? B. announced ? ? ??C. claimed ? ? ? ? ? ? D. warned

9．A. caring about ? ?B. worrying about?C. thinking about ? D. complaining about

10．A. silence ? ? ? ? ?B. threat ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. horror ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. dark

11．A. pleased ? ? ? ? B. astonished ? ? ??C. supported ? ? ? ? D. encouraged

12．A. describe ? ? ? ?B. explain ? ? ? ? ? ?C. declare ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. remark

13．A. experiments ?B. incidents ? ? ? ? ?C. details ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. memories

14．A. wish ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. guess ? ? ? ? ? ??C. bet ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. promise

15．A. smiled ? ? ? ? ? B. nodded ? ? ? ? ? ?C. doubted ? ? ? ? ? ?D. shrugged

16．A. because ? ? ? ? B. if ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. while ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. as

17．A. parents ? ? ? ? B. audience ? ? ? ? ??C. students ? ? ? ? ? D. teachers

18．A. cleaned ? ? ? ? ?B. blew ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. cleared ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. opened

19．A. best ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. proudest ? ? ? ? ?C. finest ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. greatest

20．A. natural ? ? ? ? ? B. ambitious ? ? ? ?C. important ? ? ? ? ? D. enough

答案及解析：

1．A.用mean來解釋前一句的意思。

2．t杰出的，完美的。此句意為“每個人都認為你應該與眾不同或者完美”。

3． it comes to說到，談到，為固定搭配。注意這里it為形式主語。

4．B.句意：我有時候會想父親怎么會有我這樣的兒子呢。

5．C.句意：父親是如此的特別，擅長任何事。

6．s給人以深刻印象。

7．A.句意：希望能夠做出特別的事情來給父親留下印象，并讓他以我為驕傲。

8．ce宣布。此處意為：老師向我們宣布了一件事，即讓我們寫關于父親的作文。

9．C.放學回家的時候，作者想著父親的一切，決定寫什么。

10．對應nightmare。

11．A.作者八歲生日時，父親買回只小狗，作者感到驚喜。

12．B.作者的父親向他解釋死亡是怎么一回事。

13．D.此空上面四句話都屬于作者的回憶。

14．打賭。鄰居確信作者會得獎，因為他是唯一一個可以寫宇航員父親的人。

15．聳肩，表示不置可否或不同意。

16．A.作者不想因為自己父親是宇航員才獲獎。

17．B.當我讀完文章，下面的觀眾都為我鼓掌。

18．C.父親清了一下喉嚨。說明父親借此掩飾自己的激動。

19．B.這是作者父親一生中最自豪的時刻，文章最后一段首句也有暗示。

20．D.雖然不能成為英雄或獲得諾貝爾獎，但此時能作為父親的兒子就足夠了。