2014届山东省淄博市高考英语阅读类训练15（含答案）.docVIP

(完形填空) (201***·武汉四月调测) Sally had been studying at an art college in London for a year and，like most students，she didnt have much money. It was going to be her mothers birthday soon, and she __1__what she could buy her as a present that would be nice but not too __2__. Sally had been __3__ in the country for many years, so every day she had an hours __4__ by train in the morning, and the same in the afternoon. One day before her mothers birthday, she had a __5__ lunch instead of her usual meal, and then went shopping to find her mother a nice present. When she had been __6__ for an hour, she came __7__ a shop that was selling umbrellas cheap, and decided that one of those would solve her __8__，since her mother had __9__ hers the month before. On her way back home in the train that evening she felt __10__ because she had had such a small __11__，so she went along to the buffet car(餐车). She had __12__ the black umbrella in the compartment(车厢), but when she got back, it had gone! There had been no other passengers in it a moment before, but __13__ there were three. Sally burst into tears. The three passengers felt very __14__ for her and asked what the __15__ was. When she __16__ that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother had __17__，and that she had to get out at the next station, the three passengers asked her for her mothers __18__， in order to be able to send the umbrella on to her in case someone had __19__ it by mistake and not on purpose, and brought it back __20__ Sally had got out of the train. The next week ，Sally heard from her mother. Her mother said，“ Thank you very much for your lovely presents，but why did you send me three black umbrellas？” 一个贫穷的女孩省吃俭用为母亲买了一份生日礼物——一把黑雨伞，但不幸被偷走。三个好心人为女孩排忧解难，悄悄买了雨伞送给了女孩的母亲。事情虽小，但使我们深深感到人间自有真情在。 1．A. doubted B. recognized C. knew D. wondered 答案：D。母亲的生日就要到了，她不知道要为母亲买份什么礼物。wonder琢磨，想知道。 2．A. cheap B. expensive C. big D. outs