2014届东城区职教中心对口升学英语专题训练：完形填空07.doc

2014届东城区职教中心对口升学英语专题训练：完形填空07 My husband，Bob，died in January 2004.His death was unexpected as well.I __1__ condolences(哀悼)from people I hadn’t heard from in years：letters，cards，flowers，calls，and visits.I took a bad knock with __2__.I was so struggling to __3__ the whys and hows of this terrible thing that had happened to my family，knowing in my heart that there really were no __4__.It’s just all so sad. One message __5__ me deeply.I received a letter from my best friend from sixth __6__ through high school.We had drifted somewhat since __7__ in 1959，as she stayed in our home town and I did not.__8__ it was the kind of friendship that could quickly resume even if we __9__ touch for five or ten years. Her husband，Pete，had died perhaps 20 years ago at a young age，__10__ her with deep sorrow and heavy __11__：finding a job and raising three young children.She and Pete，__12__ Bob and I，had shared one of those rare，close，“love-of-your-life-you-can-never-forget”__13__. In her letter she __14__ an anecdote about my mother who had passed away years ago.She wrote，“When Pete died，your dear mother __15__ me and said，‘Trudy，I don’t know what to say...so I’ll just say I love you.’” She closed her letter to me repeating my mother’s words of so long __16__，“Bonnie，I don’t know what to say...so I’ll just say I love you.” I felt I __17__ almost hear my mother speaking to me now.What a __18__ message of sympathy！How dear of my friend to cherish it all those years and then __19__ it on to me.I love you.__20__ words.A gift.A legacy(遗赠物)． 【解题导语】　本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者在丈夫突然去世正悲伤的时候，收到朋友的信。朋友也有着丧夫的遭遇，当时得到了作者妈妈的安慰，现在朋友又把作者妈妈安慰自己的话传给了她。 1．A.received　　　　　　　　B．wrote C．sent D．showed 解析：选A。根据下文的letters，cards，flowers，calls，and visits可知是作者的丈夫突然去世后，她收到了这些表示哀悼的东西。receive“收到”，符合文意。 2．A.disappointment B．relief C．grief D．regret 解析：选C。took a bad knock意为“受到经济或感情上的严重打击”。她丈夫去世，她应该是“悲痛”(grief)。 3．A.ask B．experience C．explain D．understand 解析：选D。从the whys and hows可知此处应该是understand，意思是作者想弄明白这些不幸的事情为什么，怎么会发生在自己家。 4