第二节 完形填空

　　请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　You pride yourself on not being terribly attached to your possessions. When 16 with something, you feel down.

　　Our daughter is having trouble letting go of a couch. It’s not only the couch she’s having trouble letting go of but the 17 . It was their first sofa. It has been loaded onto moving trucks and unloaded 18 . Three kids have jumped on it. It’s so worn that the only way you could sell it would be in the 19 .

　　Yet she can’t let it go easily and asked me if that was strange.

　　“Completely,” I said, “You get it 20 me.”

　　When we were ready to sell our 21 things, I sold our cradle at the neighborhood garage sale. I had pieces of it in the garage and the others in the house. A young woman said she wanted it for her baby. My throat 22 and tears began to well. She pulled out cash and my face 23 up. But when I returned with the other 24 , I was all out crying. “Maybe your’re not 25 to sell it.” the woman said.

　　“No-o-o,” I 26 . My vision was so blurred by tears that I nearly 27 her with one of the side rails. “It’s fine, really,” I cried, “Take it.”

　　Our 28 to stuff grows in direct relationship to the amount of time it has sat in one place. You think, “Hey, we’ve hung 29 it this long - it must be valuable!”

　　Our accumulations of treasures 30 in relation to the ever-increasing size of our houses. And when we outgrow the storage space in our homes, we 31 someone else to store them. Storage unit facilities 32 faster. There’s money to be made from people who can’t let go.

　　The most extreme 33 to part with things has even been transformed into entertainment in the form of a television show called Hoarders.

　　Let the sofa go, I told my daughter. It 34 its purpose. You can get a new one. Give the kids some crackers and juice boxes and it will be like the 35 one in six weeks.

　　In daily life, we do need to let go of the past, because only in this way can we welcome the new world.

　　16. A. wrestling B. meeting C. parting D. leaving

　　17. A. memories B. revenues C. anticipations D. rewards

　　18. A. willingly B. intentionally C. repeatedly D. affectionately

　　19. A. day B. black C. evening D. dark

　　20. A. from B. for C. off D. over

　　21. A. garage B. baby C. community D. entertainment

　　22. A. broadened B. softened C. lengthened D. tightened

　　23. A. lit B mixed C. messed D. polished

　　24. A. things B. pieces C. cradles D. treasures

　　25. A. cautious B. flexible C. content D. ready

　　26. A. denied B. objected C. sobbed D. whispered

　　27. A. beat B struck C. hit D. stuck

　　28. A. attachment B. attraction C. adjustment D. addiction

　　29. A. about B. onto C. around D. over

　　30. A. lessen B. shrink C. expand D. stretch

　　31. A. employ B. pay C. induce D. urge

　　32. A. circulate B. shoot C. multiply D. combine

　　33. A. inability B. eagerness C. consent D. conscience

　　34. A. defeated B. expressed C. neglected D. served

　　35. A. first B. old C. new D. latest

　　答 案

　　第一节 单项填空

　　1-5 CADBA 6-10 CDBCB 11-15 CBAAC

　　第二节 完形填空

　　16-20 CACDA 21-25 BDABD 26-30 CCABC 31-35 BCADB