2014届高三英语二轮专题强化精选：完形填空48.docVIP

2014届高三英语二轮专题强化精选：完形填空 1.完形填空 (共20小题；每小题分，满分0分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项 36 when they have little children who believe in the magic of Christmas. They believe that Santa will come down the chimney with 37 gifts for them. But Christmas or not, life goes on. Good things happen 38 not-so-good ones. It 39 on Christmas of 2006. I woke up early and gathered my children and husband to sit down by the Christmas tree to open the gifts. The kids were 40 . After the ceremony, I decided to 41 my emails to see if I had any mail from my 42 overseas. The only email I had was from my sister, but I was not 43 for the news I was about to receive. She said that she had been diagnosed with a terminal 44 and that she had little time to live. I tried to speak, but 45 failed me. I was 46 terribly. My husband realized something was wrong. After 47 to find the right words, I said 48 to him: How do you deal with grief on a Christmas morning? The 49 in my heart was so great, and the memory of that Christmas morning remains 50 in my mind. And five months later she 51 . After that, every Christmas morning 52 me of her death. In the following years I didnt want to 53 Christmas because it reminded me that I couldnt call her to 54 her a merry Christmas. Now, I have tried to turn Christmas morning into a memorial of the good 55 we had together, and every Christmas morning I set aside a moment to honor her. 36. A. especially B. frequently C. fortunately D. finally 37. A. familiar B. funny C. generous D. boring 38. A. as well as B. other than C. instead of D. except for 39. A. applied B. meant C. continued D. happened 40. A. disappointed B. excited C. angry D. frightened 41. A. check B. change C. receive D. cover 42. A. class B. community C. school D. family 43. A. looked B. prepared C. made