高二上期第3次周练.doc

?高2014级高二上学期第三次英语周考 一、完形填空（共20题，每空2分，共40分） Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael? 1?? to his sister in Mommy’s tummy(肚子). He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her. The pregnancy progressed??? 2?? for Karen. In time, the labor pains came. Soon it was every 5 minutes...every minute. But something serious ?? 3??? during delivery. Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious??? 4?? . With siren(警报) howling in the night, the ambulance???? 5? ?? the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.??? 6?? ? inched by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, “There is very little hope.” Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had 7??? a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral. After two weeks in Intensive Care, it looked as if a funeral would come??? 8??? the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her,” he said. Kids were never???? 9???? in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind to take Michael 10??? they liked it or not. If he didn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive. She??? 11??? him in an oversized suit and??? 12??? him into ICU. He looked?like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse??? 13????him as a child, “Get that kid out of here now!” The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually??? 14??? lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s face, saying in a???? 15??? tone of voice, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!” Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby??? 16??? the battle to live. And he began to sing.???? 17??? the pure hear