Ⅲ.完形填空
Education from My Father
My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are __1__ that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of __2__.
When I was small I was somewhat __3__ of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in __4__ that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better __5__ later, but I didn't have to unlearn anything.
What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds __6__ it travelled to the ground like a spark. When it travelled __7__ the air it made the air so hot that it __8__. Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to __9__ the space. He clapped his hands together very loud, __10__ to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that __11__.
He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was __12__. It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could __13__ and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were __14__ to the universe. Our warmth was going to __15__ the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I __16__ feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.
I am sure there were many other lessons that I __17__ but no longer remember. What I did __18__， in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were __19__ but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been __20__ in science.
文章大意：作者对于逝去父亲的记忆很少。但是父亲曾经用通俗易懂的方式来教育自己，作者现在仍然记忆犹新，是父亲的教育激发了作者对于科学的极大兴趣。
1.A.others B.few
C.some D.all
答案：C 考查代词词义辨析。根据上文可知，作者对于父亲的记忆比较少，但仍有令作者记忆深刻的一些。由此可知，C选项与语境相符。故答案选C。
2.A.science B.nature
C.weather D.universe
答案：A 考查名词词义辨析。根据文章最后一段最后一句“This may be why I have always been ________ in science”可知，此处指的是科学。因此，空白处应该使用“science”。故答案选A。
3.A.sure B.fond
C.tired D.afraid
答案：D 考查形容词词辨析。作者小时候有点害怕闪电和雷声。D选项与此相符。故答案选D。
4.A.depth B.words
C.gestures D.data
答案：B 考查名词词义辨析。作者父亲的解释使用了孩子能够理解的词语。A表示“深度，深处”;B表示“词，单词”;C表示“姿势，手势”;D表示“资料，数据”。由此可知，B选项与语境相符。故答案选B。
5.A.understanding B.knowledge
C.command D.confidence
答案：A 考查名词词义辨析。作者后来对此有了更好的理解。A表示“了解;理解，领会;认识”;B表示“知识，学识”;C表示“命令，指挥”;D表示“自信;信任;信心”。A选项符合语境。故答案选A。
6.A.but B.and
C.for D.or
答案：B 考查连词的用法。作者的父亲说云中有电，电像火花一样传到地面。根据语境及句子前后的逻辑关系可知，空白处应该使用“and”。故答案选B。
7.A.above B.to
C.along D.through
答案：D 考查介词词义辨析。此处表示的是光穿过空气。四个选项均为介词，其中“through”意为“穿过”，符合语境。故答案选D。
8.A.shone B.burned
C.expanded D.broke
答案：B 考查动词词义辨析。光穿过的时候，使空气如此热，以至于空气燃烧起来。由此并结合选项的词义可知，B项符合语境。故答案选B。
9.A.fill B.make
C.avoid D.break
答案：A 考查动词词义辨析。空气燃烧完之后，周围的空气涌过来并填满了这一空间。由此可知，空白处应该使用“fill”。故答案选A。
10.A.trying B.proving
C.hoping D.pretending
答案：D 考查动词词义辨析。作者的父亲大声拍手来假装空气的涌入，说这样就产生了雷声。D选项与语境相符合。故答案选D。
11.A.clap B.remark
C.voice D.crash
答案：A 考查名词词义辨析。每当听到雷声时，作者就感觉听到了父亲的掌声。由此可知，A选项符合语境。故答案选A。
12.A.cold B.bright
C.clear D.foggy
答案：C 考查形容词词义辨析。作者的父亲解释为什么在冬天的晚上阴天比晴天暖和。由此并结合前半句中的“cloudy”可知，空白处应该使用“clear”。故答案选C。
13.A.explore B.foresee
C.imagine D.identify
答案：C 考查动词词义辨析。天上的星星比想象的要多。A表示“推测，探勘，探险”;B表示“预见，预知”;C表示“想象，设想”;D表示“确认;识别;鉴定”。由此并结合选项的词义可知，C选项符合语境。故答案选C。
14.A.committed B.exposed
C.related D.led
答案：B 考查动词词义辨析。没有云彩时，我们没有遮盖物，暴露于宇宙中。A表示“犯(罪)，做(错事等)”;B表示“使暴露于;揭露”;C表示“有关，涉及”;D表示“引导，领导”。由此可知，B选项符合语境。根据下文的“we were not exposed”也可知答案。
15.A.heat B.protect
C.extend D.light
答案：A 考查动词词辨析。没有云彩时，我们的温暖将会对整个宇宙供热。A选项表示“把……加热，使暖”，符合语境。故答案选A。
16.A.ever B.also
C.even D.still
答案：D 考查副词词义辨析。现在作者在晴天的夜晚仍然有这种感觉。由此可知，空白处应该使用“still”。故答案选D。
17.A.selected B.arranged
C.absorbed D.delivered
答案：C 考查动词词义辨析。作者相信有很多别的课，自己曾经理解过。“absorbed”表示“汲取;理解;使全神贯注”，符合语境。故答案选C。
18.A.consider B.promise
C.explain D.learn
答案：D 考查动词词义辨析。根据语境可知，此处表示的是作者所学习到的。因此，空白处应该使用“learn”。故答案选D。
19.A.memories B.blankets
C.mysteries D.thunders
答案：C 考查名词词义辨析。作者认为小时候没有被教过神秘的东西，因为父亲是用通俗易懂的方式来教作者的。由此可知，C选项符合语境。故答案选C。
20.A.engaged B.interested
C.successful D.skillful
答案：B 考查形容词词辨析。这可能是作者一直对科学感兴趣的原因。由此并结合选项的词义可知，B选项符合语境。故答案选B。
