問題詳情:
My wife Pat and I were having drinks outside our home. The weather was unusually 41 for March in Mississippi. There was barely any breeze. After we finished the second cup, flashes of 42 danced across the sky. When the first drops of rain drove us 43 , the phone rang. Pat’s face 44 on that gray and hot day. It was our son, David, a helicopter pilot who 45 in the US Air Force in South Korea. David intended to sound 46 , but we recognized the sign of homesickness from his voice. 47 , the power of conversation made us feel 48 , until a crash shook the windows.
David wondered what it was.“ Just thunder,” Pat said.
There were several seconds of silence. “ David,” I asked, “ are you 49 there?”
“ Yes …apart from the two of you, do you know what else I 50 most? Thunder. We have rain, wind, and 51 here, but it never thunders. Remember? Dad, when I was a kid, you laughed me out of fear of thunder? I wish I were there to 52 with you now.”
“ Yes…” I said, trying to 53 my tears. On hanging up the phone, I told Pat, “I’m going to record our son some 54 .” “ Bob, the neighbors will think you’re crazy.”
“ David won’t,” I said and went outside with a recorder. Later I 55 the tape to David with a single line: A 56 gift.
David called again. “Dad,” he said, “ you won’t believe that some friends and I had a thunder party where we realized we were listening to the sounds of 57 . Thanks, Dad! It was really a special present.” While David was in Korea, we found ourselves 58 thunderstorms. 59 feeling blue, we regarded the thunder as special which let us know that wherever we might be, we were 60 together as a family.
41. A. wonderful | B. fine | C. hot | D. unique |
42. A. images | B. lightning | C. electricity | D. clouds |
43. A. over | B. off | C. outside | D. inside |
44. A. darkened | B. lightened | C. widened | D. opened |
45. A. served | B. employed | C. searched | D. studied |
46. A. miserable | B. respectful | C. comfortable | D. cheerful |
47. A. Suddenly | B. Gradually | C. Increasingly | D. Frequently |
48. A. simpler | B. less | C. worse | D. better |
49. A. still | B. even | C. instead | D. yet |
50. A. possess | B. miss | C. offer | D. say |
51. A. sky | B. stars | C. snow | D. earth |
52. A. play | B. run | C. listen | D. work |
53. A. gave out | B. hold back | C. took in | D. set off |
54. A. music | B. songs | C. wind | D. thunder |
55. A. gave | B. presented | C. mailed | D. rushed |
56. A. typical | B. special | C. common | D. strange |
57. A. countryside | B. city | C. suburb | D. home |
58. A. expecting | B. lacking | C. trusting | D. having |
59. A. Other than | B. Less than | C. Rather than | D. More than |
60. A. established | B. qualified | C. linked | D. pressed |
【回答】
41-45 C B D B A 46-50 D B D A B 51-55 C C B D C 56-60 B D A C C
知識點:人物傳記 故事閱讀類
題型:完型填空