III. Cloze (15 points)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four w

III. Cloze (15 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word that best fits the context.
When I was younger, I thought that boys and grown men shouldn’t cry. The tears were signs of being 36 , which a man isn’t supposed to be.
But later, I discovered that courage isn’t all about trying to keep all the pain in check and trying to hide the 37 .
My 18-year-old sister eloped(私奔) and with it, I saw how weak my father’s heart was. We were used to seeing him as a(n) 38 father.
For three days he wouldn’t talk. He would just sit 39 outside our house in the dark. On the fourth night, I sat beside him and 40 him to tell me what he feels about everything.
It has been years since I have laid my hand on my father’s shoulder as we have drifted apart (疏远) farther and farther while I was 41 up. That night though, I sensed my father trying to 42 his pain and I wanted him to be able to let it out. We all have cried over what happened except him.
The simple touch and my words, “Dad, it’s not your 43 ”, broke my father’s dam(水闸). In the darkness, he began to cry. I 44 his shoulders shaking as he whispered, “ 45 did I go wrong? All I ever wanted was for my children to grow up right. Why couldn’t your sister wait?”
I understood then why he 46 to be in the dark. 47 being there, he hoped to spare his family of a father’s pain. His tears, 48 we didn’t see them before that night, were there all the same.
I saw his 49 , that night when my father cried with my hand on his shoulder, and 50 his pain.
36. A. weak B. poor C. sad D. honest
37. A. secrets B. tears C. opinions D. qualities
38. A. hard-working B. easy-going C. kind-hearted D. strong-willed
39. A. quietly B. impolitely C. gently D. carefully
40. A. reminded B. asked C. ordered D. suggested
41. A. bringing B. giving C. growing D. turning
42. A. forget B. reduce C. control D. bear
43. A. character B. daughter C. fault D. duty
44. A. noticed B. felt C. heard D. imagined
45. A. How B. What C. When D. Where
46. A. preferred B. managed C. stayed D. agreed
47. A. For B. On C. By D. Of
48. A. if B. because C. until D. though
49. A. condition B. pain C. courage D. trouble
50. A. understood B. remembered C. touched D. respected36-40 ABDA B 41-45 CCCBD 46-50 ACDCA

(答案→)36-40 ABDA B 41-45 CCCBD 46-50 ACDCA 解析：可联系答.案.网客服索取。

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