2014高考英语完形填空二优创选试题17.docVIP

2014高考英语完形填空 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。It was the day when the UPSR results would come out. 16 nights, beating hearts…Pupils were laughing with their peers or talking non-stop as their eyes searched for their 17 . Now I was among the anxious parents, sitting behind my daughter. She looked 18 , saw me and waved. I nodded. As the teacher walked in, the noise gradually 19 . The year’s results were read out. Pupils who had 20 5As were called out one by one and each of them stepped up on stage. When my daughter went up, I felt fine, but she was 21 . I wondered why; maybe she hadn’t 22 to score 5As. Anyway, I said a thankful prayer quietly. After the 23 name was called, what I saw made an impact on me. One mother just 24 from the back, crying. I thought she was the parent of the last pupil, but I was wrong. She 25 her daughter seated in the front row, saying it was 26 that she hadn’t scored all As. Her kid was crying. This mom 27 her daughter’s forehead and walked straight to the back of the hall, wiping her 28 as she walked. I sympathize with that mother and fully appreciate what she did. How much 29 do we put on these 12-year-olds? Where is the 30 that they rightfully need? As a parent, I think scoring top marks is not the main thing in life. Survival skills are more 31 than just chewing school texts. So let your kids be 32 . Let them play, cycle and climb trees. They will be children only 33 in their lifetime, so don’t take their 34 away from them. Let’s teach our kids how to be human, how to interact with others, how to help others and 35 “bad people”. Teach them how to survive in this real world! 16. A. Sleepless B. Wonderful C. Exciting D. Joyful 17. A. peers B. parents C. classmates D. friends 18. A. forward B. up C. down D. back 19. A. decreased B. increased C