三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I 【小题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 【小题2】, I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement. 【小题3】, when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit shocked. Then, I saw his hand go up and he waved back.
“【小题4】 did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.
I told her it’s just an act of kindness that doesn’t 【小题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 【小题6】, but next time she would try it as well.
We liked close to the old man, 【小题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 【小题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 【小题9】. She mentioned that she waved back, although she didn’t know 【小题10】, and it felt really good.
As soon as my daughter heard this, she told her friend the 【小题11】 of how all the waving began. Her friend answered: “Tell your mom that’s really cool!”
Other friends gave similar 【小题12】. This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and 【小题13】, if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to 【小题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 【小题15】 for his exciting waves. We are really thankful for him sharing his simple joy with all who pass by his house.
【小题1】A. noticed B. felt C. heard D. kept
【小题2】A. husband B. son C. daughter D. friend
【小题3】A. Just now B. On time C. In the end D. At the beginning
【小题4】A. Why B. How C. When D. Where
【小题5】A. buy B. cost C. hide D. guess
【小题6】A. friend B. driver C. classmate D. stranger
【小题7】A. or B. but C. so D. yet
【小题8】A. shouting B. waving C. laughing D. looking
【小题9】A. angrily B. excitedly C. loudly D. carefully
【小题10】A. him B. me C. her D. us
【小题11】A. lesson B. accident C. news D. story
【小题12】A. gifts B. notes C. opinions D. books
【小题13】A. easy B. funny C. usual D. special
【小题14】A. past B. between C. all D. both
【小题15】A. attention B. thanks C. suggestions D. interests
【答案】
【解析】
根据后一句描述，可知这个女儿问的是，你为什么向他挥手?故选A。
【小题5】考查语境理解及动词辨析。Buy买;cost花费;hide隐藏;guess 猜测。联系前半句，可知此处
【小题13】考查语境理解及形容词辨析。Easy容易的;funny有趣的;usual通常的，平常的;special特殊的，专门的。结合语境可知此处指的是善意的形容词又自然又容易，故选A。
【小题14】考查语境理解及词语辨析。Past越过，晚于;between在……两者之间;all所有都;both 两者都。联系下文the giver and the receiver 可知此处指的是对给予者和接受者都有好处，故选D。
【小题15】考查语境理解及名词辨析。Attention注意力，关心;thanks感谢;suggestions建议;interests 兴趣。根据give our waving neighbor a thank-you card 描述，可知此处指的是表达谢意，故选B。
，我们将会及时处理。
