三、完形填空(共15小題;每題2分，共30分。)

　　通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，從每小題的四個選擇項中選出可填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項。

　　Sometimes I feel that being the mother of three small children is like operating a large circus (馬戲團). 21 afternoon last week, my three sons were playing peacefully in the back yard (院子), 22 the ball from one to another. I jumped at the chance to talk to one of my friends 23 the phone, but before I 24 to the phone, I could tell the boys had begun to quarrel with each other about something. I rushed out to 25 peace, but before I got there Charles had 26 a rock at Mark, and hit him in the eye. By the time I got to the back yard, they had begun to 27 about this. Even David, the oldest boy, who won’t usually fight with anybody about 28 ,was involved (卷入). First, I 29 them stop fighting, and then I examined Mark’s eye. I decided that it wasn’t going to develop into a black eye, but I felt that they should 30 at least a little for 31 they had done. “I’m going to 32 to your father about this when he comes home tonight,” I said. “He and I will think of how to punish you.” Things were 33 quiet after that for about half an hour, and then Charles 34 a glass in the kitchen, and at almost the same 35 , Mark fell out of the apple tree.

　　21.A.Certain

　　B.A

　　C.Some

　　D.One

　　D 詞義辨析題。a和one都可以表示“一個”，但根據(jù)后面的afternoon，不定冠詞要用an。

　　22.A.catching

　　B.throwing

　　C.beating

　　D.playing

　　B 詞義辨析題。catch接住;throw扔;beat敲打;play玩。三個小孩子應(yīng)該是互相把球扔給另一個人。

　　23.A.through

　　B.in

　　C.on

　　D.by

　　C 固定搭配題。talk to sb. on the phone和某人用電話交談。

　　24.A.went

　　B.came

　　C.reached

　　D.got

　　D 詞義辨析題。get和reach都有“到達”的意思，但reach后不能跟to。

　　25.A.keep

　　B.make

　　C.get

　　D.have

　　B 詞語搭配題。make peace意為“講和，調(diào)解”，符合句意。

　　26.A.thrown

　　B.hit

　　C.beaten

　　D.stricken

　　A 詞義辨析題。throw扔;hit，beat，strike都有“打擊”的意思。throw at意為“朝……扔”，符合句意。

　　27.A.quarrel

　　B.talk

　　C.worry

　　D.fight

　　D 推理判斷題。由下句中“最大的孩子大衛(wèi)通常不會和別人打架……”可推斷，他們開始打架了，故應(yīng)選fight。

　　28.A.nothing

　　B.something

　　C.anything

　　D.any thing

　　C 詞義辨析題。這里是指“不為任何事情和任何人打架”。Anything意為“任何事情”，符合句意。

　　29.A.told

　　B.ordered

　　C.let

　　D.made

　　D 詞義辨析題。told和order后要跟to。let sb. do sth.和make sb. do sth.都有“讓某人做某事”的意思，但make表示強迫，let表示選擇。

　　30.A.suffer

　　B.punish

　　C.criticize

　　D.beat

　　A 詞義辨析題。suffer遭受;punish懲罰;criticize批評;beat打。結(jié)合句意，B、C、D三項若用在句子中應(yīng)該用其被動形式。因此正確答案為A。

　　31.A.fight

　　B.that

　　C.things

　　D.what

　　D 句法結(jié)構(gòu)題。他們至少要為他們的所作所為受到一點兒懲罰。what可引導(dǎo)名詞從句，what在從句中作賓語。

　　32.A.tell

　　B.speak

　　C.report

　　D.inform

　　B 詞義辨析題。tell和speak都有“說”的意思，tell的用法是tell sb. sth.，speak后可以跟to。

　　33.A.pretty

　　B.much

　　C.very much

　　D.a lot

　　A 詞義辨析題。pretty可以修飾形容詞原級，表示“非常”;much修飾形容詞比較級;very much修飾動詞;a lot一般修飾名詞。

　　34.A.bet

　　B.hit

　　C.broke

　　D.struck

　　C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)常識可知，查理斯在廚房里應(yīng)該是把玻璃杯打碎了，因此應(yīng)選C。

　　35.A.moment

　　B.second

　　C.minute

　　D.hour

　　A 固定搭配題。at the same moment意為“同時”，符合句意。