阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A second lifetime Although in 1947 we were still very new t
英语试题 08-02
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A second lifetime
Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age, we knew about mushroom clouds. A huge ___21___ spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and students screaming down the hall.
___22___ , our young science teacher quickly ___23___ us for a fire drill. We huddled(蜷缩) in little ___24___ on the school grounds and watched the ___25___ cloud darken the sky.
Rumors ___26___ every which way. One was that the Texas City Chemical plant had blown up; children whose parents worked there began to weep.
I ___27___ — that was where my father was working that day.
We were dismissed to find our way home. I’d walked a quarter of my ___28___ when a car horn startled (使吓一跳) me to ___29___ . Uncle Barney pulled up alongside me. The instant I saw him, I knew my father was gone. Otherwise, Papa would have come for _____30_____ himself.
Uncle Barney motioned(打手势) for me to get in. _____31_____ with grief, I crawled into the _____32_____ seat. I barely took notice of the man _____33_____ there, and didn’t recognize Papa until he reached for me.
Tragedy would one day come to our _____34_____ , as it inevitably comes to all, but on that day, it miraculously passed us by. Because he lost his keys on that April morning, as he _____35_____ , my father lived for another 32 years---we were to have a second lifetime forever.
21. A. cloud B. shake C. noise D. crack
22. A. Pale-faced B. High-spirited C. Warm-hearted D. Bad-tempered
23. A. directed B. requested C. organized D. reminded
24. A. lines B. groups C. classes D. steps
25. A. spreading B. crowding C. rising D. darkening
26. A. floated B. flew C. wandered D. flooded
27. A. wept B. frustrated C. froze D. hurt
28. A. distance B. length C. trip D. road
29. A. sight B. halfway C. life D. attention
30. A. salary B. school C. me D. work
31. A. Annoyed B. Quiet C. Numb D. Disappointed
32. A. back B. front C. usual D. favorite
33. A. lying B. sitting C. smiling D. talking
34. A. family B. home C. life D. people
35. A. remembered B. explained C. described D. exposed
【答案】
A second lifetime
Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age, we knew about mushroom clouds. A huge ___21___ spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and students screaming down the hall.
___22___ , our young science teacher quickly ___23___ us for a fire drill. We huddled(蜷缩) in little ___24___ on the school grounds and watched the ___25___ cloud darken the sky.
Rumors ___26___ every which way. One was that the Texas City Chemical plant had blown up; children whose parents worked there began to weep.
I ___27___ — that was where my father was working that day.
We were dismissed to find our way home. I’d walked a quarter of my ___28___ when a car horn startled (使吓一跳) me to ___29___ . Uncle Barney pulled up alongside me. The instant I saw him, I knew my father was gone. Otherwise, Papa would have come for _____30_____ himself.
Uncle Barney motioned(打手势) for me to get in. _____31_____ with grief, I crawled into the _____32_____ seat. I barely took notice of the man _____33_____ there, and didn’t recognize Papa until he reached for me.
Tragedy would one day come to our _____34_____ , as it inevitably comes to all, but on that day, it miraculously passed us by. Because he lost his keys on that April morning, as he _____35_____ , my father lived for another 32 years---we were to have a second lifetime forever.
21. A. cloud B. shake C. noise D. crack
22. A. Pale-faced B. High-spirited C. Warm-hearted D. Bad-tempered
23. A. directed B. requested C. organized D. reminded
24. A. lines B. groups C. classes D. steps
25. A. spreading B. crowding C. rising D. darkening
26. A. floated B. flew C. wandered D. flooded
27. A. wept B. frustrated C. froze D. hurt
28. A. distance B. length C. trip D. road
29. A. sight B. halfway C. life D. attention
30. A. salary B. school C. me D. work
31. A. Annoyed B. Quiet C. Numb D. Disappointed
32. A. back B. front C. usual D. favorite
33. A. lying B. sitting C. smiling D. talking
34. A. family B. home C. life D. people
35. A. remembered B. explained C. described D. exposed
【答案】
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