三、完形填空(共15小題;每小題1分，滿分15分)

　　閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

　　It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I 【小題1】 an old man sitting in his front yard. He was usually smoking or d rinking, and looking rather unhappy.

　　One day, while I was driving past him with my 【小題2】, I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement. 【小題3】, when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit shocked. Then, I saw his hand go up and he waved back.

　　“【小題4】 did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.

　　I told her it’s just an act of kindness that doesn’t 【小題5】 anything. It gives both him and me a feeling of joy. My daughter replied that she felt a b it uncomfortable to wave to a 【小題6】, but next time she would try it as well.

　　We liked close to the old man, 【小題7】 we saw him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would start waving at him and, pretty soon, the old man started 【小題8】 at everyone who passed by his house.

　　One time, my daughter’s friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home wave at her very 【小題9】. She mentioned that she waved back, although she didn’t know 【小題10】, and it felt really good.

　　As soon as my daughter heard this, she told her friend the 【小題11】 of how all the waving began. Her friend answered: “Tell your mom that’s really cool!”

　　Other friends gave similar 【小題12】. This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and 【小題13】, if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to 【小題14】 the giver and the receiver.

　　Mo ved by the old man’s actions, we’re planning to give our waving neighbor a thank-you card to express our 【小題15】 for his exciting waves. We are really thankful for him sharing his simple joy with all who pass by his house.

　　【小題1】A. noticed B. felt C. heard D. kept

　　【小題2】A. husband B. son C. daughter D. friend

　　【小題3】A. Just now B. On time C. In the end D. At the beginning

　　【小題4】A. Why B. How C. When D. Where

　　【小題5】A. buy B. cost C. hide D. guess

　　【小題6】A. friend B. driver C. classmate D. stranger

　　【小題7】A. or B. but C. so D. yet

　　【小題8】A. shouting B. waving C. laughing D. looking

　　【小題9】A. angrily B. excitedly C. loudly D. carefully

　　【小題10】A. him B. me C. her D. us

　　【小題11】A. lesson B. accident C. news D. story

　　【小題12】A. gifts B. notes C. opinions D. books

　　【小題13】A. easy B. funny C. usual D. special

　　【小題14】A. past B. between C. all D. both

　　【小題15】A. attention B. thanks C. suggestions D. interests

　　【答案】

　　【解析】

　　根據(jù)后一句描述，可知這個女兒問的是，你為什么向他揮手?故選A。

　　【小題5】考查語境理解及動詞辨析。Buy買;cost花費;hide隱藏;guess 猜測。聯(lián)系前半句，可知此處

　　【小題13】考查語境理解及形容詞辨析。Easy容易的;funny有趣的;usual通常的，平常的;special特殊的，專門的。結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是善意的形容詞又自然又容易，故選A。

　　【小題14】考查語境理解及詞語辨析。Past越過，晚于;between在……兩者之間;all所有都;both 兩者都。聯(lián)系下文the giver and the receiver 可知此處指的是對給予者和接受者都有好處，故選D。

　　【小題15】考查語境理解及名詞辨析。Attention注意力，關(guān)心;thanks感謝;suggestions建議;interests 興趣。根據(jù)give our waving neighbor a thank-you card 描述，可知此處指的是表達謝意，故選B。