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山西阳泉市2016高考英语二轮完形填空基础练习（7）及答案 【由2014高考英语湖北省八校联考改编】 完形填空阅读下面短文，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。When it is Tom’s turn for a cut, Mr. Smith places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesn’t have to bend to cut the boy’s hair. “Hey, young man, you’re 1 , you won’t need this soon, you’ll be able to sit in the chair.” the barber says. “Wow,” says Tom, turning round to look at his dad. “Dad, Mr. Smith said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the 2 !” “So I hear,” his father replies. “I expect Mr. Smith will start 3 me more for your hair then.” In the 4 Tom sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he 5 glances at the barber as he works. He smells a(n) 6 of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting. Tom feels like he is in another world, 7 except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the 8 of his scissors. In the 9 from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the 10 of the scissors’ click. Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair 11 softly as snow and he 12 sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special 13 left leaning against the wall in the corner. When Mr. Smith has 14 , Tom hops down from the seat. 15 , he sees his own thick, 16 hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and 17 the broken blonde hair, to 18 them from the others, but he does not have time. They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, let’s get some fish and chips to take home, 19 your mum from cooking tea,” says Tom’s dad. Tom is excited and catches his dad’s hand. He is surprised to find, warming in his father’s palm, a handful of his