三、完形填空(共15小题, 每小题1分, 满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A、 B、 C和 D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 。
Mr. Hawkins, the headmaster, stopped Anna one day at the school gate.
“Now," he said,“ I want you to tell me the 41 , my dear. " Feeling something terrible had happened, Anna said slowly,“42 .”
“I have had a most 43 accusation(投诉) made against you by Mrs. Bond.”
“Mrs. Bond?” saidAnna,not understanding. Janet Bond was a quiet little 44 of a child. As far as Anna could remember she had never had 45 _ to speak an angry word to the girl.
“Mrs. Bond,” went on Mr. Hawkins“told me that you scolded(责备) her daughter yesterday afternoon.
“Scolded?”cried Anna.“I certainly didn' t do that. 46 not in schoo1.” she added honestly
Mr. Bond' s 47 is that Janet was a little late back to schoo1 in the aftemoon. She Said She
set out from home a little late.
“Just a minute.”said Anna, beginning to 48 “She did come late,very late. I had marked her 49 , of course. Then she 50 slowly in, when we'd started our paper-cutting, and I believe I said she was a nuisance(讨厌 ). She didn' t appear to hear, and was certainly quite 51 .”
“A nuisance!”Mr Hawkins couldn't 52 it and asked,“You' re sure you said nuisance?”
“I may not even have said that,” Anna replied.“I was not angry at all at that moment—53 I certainly didn' t scold
“Mrs. Bond said that you called her child a nuisance', Is that true?”
“Indeed it isn' t.”said Anna.“The child—or the other—had 54 it up!”
After Anna's explanation, Mr Hawkins felt_55 .“Just as I thought, my dear, but of course
I had to make sure.”
41. A. result B. truth C. news D. secret
42. A. Natura11y B. No way C. Exactly D. Certainly not
43. A. mistaken B. correct C. serious D.careless
44. A. mistaken B. pig C. rabbit D. bird
45. A. courage B. chance C. time D.cause
46. A. At first B. At least C. In fact D. After all
47.A. explanation B. excuse C. story D. question
48. A. think B. imagine C. complain D. understand
49. A. absent B. present C. sick D. early
50. A. rushed B. jumped C.walked D.pushed
5l. A. sad B. tired C.cheerful D.proud
52. A. guess B. repeat C.follow D.believe
53. A. as B. and C.but D.or
54. A. put B. picked C.looked D.made
55. A. interested B. satisfied C.disappointed D.surprised
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