第二节 完形填空
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、CD)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)
I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and 11 asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn’t 12 people to look at me and think I was not like 13 . I must have been a terrible danger on the 14 . Coming across me 15 through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their 16 .
One evening, I 17 the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, 18 as usual I ran into something, “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been 19 to a lamppost. This was just one of the 20 things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless 21 wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to 22 if the bus had arrived. Generally in this situation, because I hated 23 I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would 24 a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to 25 my pride and ask someone at the stop for help. But on this particular evening no one 26 me at the stop; It seemed that everyone had 27 decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I 28 I did. But because I had given up stopping them for 29 of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there 30 for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.
11. A. started B. risked C. hated D. liked
12. A. understand B. bear C. blame D. forgive
13. A. it B. him C. me D. them
14. A. campus B. ground C. roads D. floor
15. A. wandering B. running C. rolling D. cycling
16. A. vehicles B. phones C. companions D. brakes
17. A. got off B. got on C. got through D. got up
18. A. so B. and C. or D. but
19. A. apologizing B. explaining C. complaining D. reporting
20. A. cool B. stupid C. clever D. unforgettable
21. A. visitors B. guests C. drivers D. passengers
22. A. count B. discover C. guess D. calculate
23. A. admitting B. showing C. hiding D. remembering
24. A. catch B. move C. cheat D. stop
25. A. swallow B. trade C. express D. recover
26. A. invited B. joined C. bothered D. reminded
27. A. rapidly B. cautiously C. directly D. suddenly
28. A. thought B. planned C. prepared D. demanded
29. A. fun B. joy C. fear D. hope
30. A. again B. alone C. aloud D. around