二、完形填空(10分)
It's hard to be an astronaut's son. Everyone expects you to be
1. But I'm just a normal eleven-year-old kid. I often wonder
2 my father ever had a son like me.
One morning, my teacher announced a Father's Day essay(散文)competition for the whole school. What would I write? My father is an astronaut. Would I start out with that? No. I decided I wouldn't do that. The whole country and maybe even the whole
3 saw my father as an astronaut,
4 that wasn't the way I saw him.
How did I
5 my father? Hmm...
I remembered him hugging me for hours when my dog was killed by a car. And I remembered how he
6 me with a new dog at my eighth birthday party. These were the things I was going to write about my dad. To me, he wasn't
7 a world-famous astronaut. He was my dad.
On Thursday night, the winning essays would be
8 in the hall with all the parents and students present. When the second prize was announced, it was me! I went up to the stage and read my essay My Father's Son. I watched my parents as I read.
When I finished reading, the audience(观众)applauded(鼓掌). I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears were running down my mother's face. Dad
9 his throat(喉咙), and put his hand on my shoulder, "Son, this is the proudest moment of my life."
It was the proudest moment of my life too. Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was
10
just to be my father's son.
(
A
) 1. A. perfect
B. happy
C. tall
D. lovely
(
B
) 2. A. when
B. how
C. where
D. whether
(
D
) 3. A. school
B. family
C. city
D. world
(
C
) 4. A. so
B. and
C. but
D. for
(
B
) 5. A. care
B. see
C. help
D. ask
(
C
) 6. A. balanced
B. worried
C. surprised
D. gave
(
A
) 7. A. simply
B. really
C. certainly
D. clearly
(
B
) 8. A. finished
B. read
C. written
D. published
(
C
) 9. A. hurt
B. broke
C. cleared
D. picked
(
B
)10. A. natural
B. enough
C. strange
D. wise
