完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that's a 31 thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to 32 it.
The 33 started when my friend Katy found Grandma's false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I 34 took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and 35 to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and 36 her to shut up so my grandma wouldn't 37 and get hurt.
After that happened, I 38 there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing(令人窘迫).
Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King. 39 ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, "They'll have two Whoppers (巨无霸) well-to-do. " Jill burst out laughing, but I almost 40 .
After a while, I started wishing I could 41 Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel 42 in our home.
Then last Wednesday, something happened that 43 everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and 44 them about their 45 for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
"Volunteer your grandmother," she whispered. "She's 46 and rich in experience."
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on 47 today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly (集合). All my friends and teachers were listening to her 48 she was a great heroine. I was 49 of my grandma and hoped she would 50 know that I had been ashamed of her.
31. A. funny B. common C. terrible D. clear
32. A. admit B. receive C. refuse D. show
33. A. quarrel B. accident C. trouble D. adventure
34. A. already B. always C. simply D. hardly
35. A. enjoying B. pretending C. imagining D. continuing
36. A. warn B. demand C. advise D. beg
37. A. mind B. hear C. see D. fall
38. A. expected B. declared C. realized D. doubted
39. A. Because of B. Except for C. Such as D. Instead of
40. A. died B. cheered C. disappeared D. suffered
41. A. meet B. avoid C. arrange D. hide
42. A. independent B. inconvenient C. unwelcome D. unfamiliar
43. A. changed B. finished C. stopped D. Prepared
44. A. interview B. report C. tell D. write
45. A. news B. lives C. advantages D. achievements
46. A. free B. popular C. interesting D. embarrassing
47. A. show B. stage C. duty D. time
48. A. and then B. even if C. so that D. as if
49. A. sure B. proud C. ashamed D. afraid
50. A. never B. even C. still D. once