一天,無意中在學(xué)校的《擷英閣》上看到了一則故事,頗有感觸,于是便將其編寫成了下面這篇英語完形填空試題。文中故事讓人傷感,卻也有領(lǐng)悟。似乎是一雙父母的冷漠釀成了兒子的悲劇,然而,戰(zhàn)爭才是真正的元兇。戰(zhàn)爭讓人性扭曲,它給愛好和平的人們帶來的心靈創(chuàng)傷永遠(yuǎn)都無法抹去!
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This is a true story based on a __1__ coming back from Vietnam War. The first day he got back from __2__, he __3__ his parents, and said, “Mom and Dad, I'm __4__ now.” The father said quickly, “Come back home as soon as possible, my son, we miss you.” “Can I take my __5__ home with me, Dad?” the son begged. “Of course, you can.” the father answered, “and we'll be __6__ to see him.”“I have to tell you, however, my friend was __7__ in the war, and now he has lost one arm and one leg, no job and nowhere to live. So I'd like to invite him to __8__ us.”
“But…, I'm __9__. We can't find him a __10__ to live in.” the father added, “My son, you don't know what you're saying. Don't you think such a __11__ man, will be a burden on __12__? You'd better come back home first, and then __13__. I believe he'll have his own way to live…”Just then, the son __14__the phone, and from then on, the parents didn't __15__ him anymore.
Days later, the parents __16__ San Francisco police station, telling them that their son __17__ by jumping off a high building. Immediately, they sadly flew to San Francisco. The police took them to __18__ the dead body. It WAS their son! But it was __19__ that their son should have only one arm and __20__!
1. A. student B. soldier C. graduate D. police
2. A. home B. college C. the countryside D. the front
3. A. met B. found C. called D. left
4. A. back B. busy C. a worker D. a soldier
5. A. classmate B. uniform C. girlfriend D. friend
6. A. sorry B. glad C. afraid D. worried
7. A. badly wounded B. caught C. dead D. lost
8. A. visit B. stay with C. live with D. have diner with
9. A. glad B. surprised C. sorry D. anxious
10.A. shelter B. shop C. hotel D. station
11.A. disabled B. able C. lonely D. single
12.A. our house B. our family life C. your brother D. study
13.A. search for him B. find him C. forget him D. return to the army
14.A. hold on B. hung up C. took up D. cut up
15.A. listen to B. receive C. hear D. hear from
16.A. arrived at B. asked C. got a call from D. came to
17.A. had killed himself B. had killed someone
C. had been caught stealing D. had stolen newspaper
18.A. say goodbye B. bury C. identify D. see
19.A. too bad B. strange C. unbelievable D. surprising
20.A. one gun B. one leg C. one eye D. one hand
B D C A D B A C C A A B C B D C A C D B
1. B 越戰(zhàn)歸來的人應(yīng)該是士兵
2. D the front 是指前線
3. C 從下文得知,他給父母打電話告知他回來了
4. A
5. D 兒子在戰(zhàn)爭中失去一只胳膊和一條腿,這樣回家會給父母帶去悲傷,因此他說要帶朋友回來,實際上是試探父母,并讓他們有思想準(zhǔn)備,來逐漸地接受自己。這實際是表現(xiàn)了兒子的孝心
6. B聽到兒子要回來,父親非常高興
7. C 兒子說他的朋友在戰(zhàn)爭中受了重傷(badly wounded),失去了一只胳膊和一條腿,
8. C 兒子說要請他的朋友住到他們家里來。和stay with 相比,live with更有長期的意思
9. C 聽了這話,父親的態(tài)度變了,sorry用來表達(dá)拒絕別人的提議或請求
10A shelter 避難所
11A 缺了一只胳膊和腿的人,可以稱為disabled man,殘疾人
12B 一個殘疾人,會成為我們家庭生活的負(fù)擔(dān)burden
13C 父親勸兒子忘記這個朋友吧。父親表現(xiàn)得很冷漠
14B 聽了這話,兒子掛斷了(hung up)電話. hold on 是不放下電話,保持在線。take up 是拿起電話。cut up是切碎
15D 打那以后,父母再也沒收到hear from兒子的消息
16C 幾天后,父母收到一個由舊金山警察局打來的電話
17A 電話里說,他們的兒子跳樓自殺了
18C identify辨認(rèn),確認(rèn),鑒定。警察帶著他們?nèi)ゴ_認(rèn)孩子的尸體
19D 他們的兒子竟然只有一只胳膊,一條腿,這讓他們簡直無法相信unbelievable。strange 是奇怪,在這里不妥
20B
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