Unit 2 English around the world reading课时作业

第一节 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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项填入空白处。

　　A famous writer was in his study room. He picked up his pen and started writing:

　　Last year, I had a surgery and my gall bladder (胆囊) was 1.______. I had to stay in bed for a long time. At the same time, I was 60 and had to 2.______ my favorite job. The same year I 3.______ the sorrow of the death of my father. And my son failed in his medical exam 4.______ he had a car accident.

　　In the end he wrote: Alas! It was so 5.______ a year!

　　When the writer's wife entered the room, she found her husband looking sad, lost in 6.______. Behind his back, she read 7.______ was written on the paper. She left the room 8.______ and came back with another paper and 9.______ it on the side of her husband's writing.

　　When the writer saw the paper, he found this 10.______ on it:

　　Last year, I finally got rid of my 11.______ because of pain. I 12.______ 60 with health and got retired from my job. Now I can make the most of my time to write something better with more 13.______ and peace. The same year my father, at the age of 91, passed 14.______ in peace. Meanwhile, my son gained 15.______ with a new life. My car was destroyed but my son stayed alive without getting any 16.______. In the end she wrote: This year was a huge year and it passed 17.______!

　　You see, the same incident has different viewpoints. In our daily lives we must 18.______ that it's not happiness that makes us 19.______ but gratefulness that makes us happy. There is always, always, always 20.______ to be thankful for!

( ) 1. A. cured B. removed C. moved D. broken

( ) 2. A. give up B. give away C. give out D. give in

( ) 3. A. saw B. experienced C. felt D. took

( ) 4. A. when B. before C. although D. because

( ) 5. A. hardly B. beautiful C. hard D. smooth

( ) 6. A. thought B. tears C. sorrow D. mind

( ) 7. A. which B. what C. that D. who

( ) 8. A. reluctantly B. sadly C. silently D. anxiously

( ) 9. A. dropped B. placed C. stuck D. fixed

( ) 10. A. written B. printed C. expressed D. read

( ) 11. A. disease B. cancer C. gall bladder D. sorrow

( ) 12. A. turned B. became C. grew D. stayed

( ) 13. A. energy B. power C. spirit D. focus

( ) 14. A. down B. off C. by D. away

( ) 15. A. reunion B. rebirth C. relief D. recovery

( ) 16. A. disability B. pain C. loss D. risk

( ) 17. A. finally B. badly C. well D. happily

( ) 18. A. guarantee B. confirm C. find D. see