2012年高考英语完形填空考前快练(附详解)

I never knew how well mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died. I ___1___ something I had long forgotten, something that happened to me as a(n) ___2___. One night, as I lay in bed ___3___ my sisters and I had said our prayers, I recalled the events of the day and how ___4___ I had behaved towards mother. “I must make things right before going to ___5___.” I thought.

Quietly I slipped out of bed and ___6___ pencil and paper from the dresser, then tiptoed into the hall. The light from the living room ___7___ dimly. I knew mother was downstairs mending socks.

I quickly wrote a note asking mother to ___8___ me for being so naughty. I didn’t want my brothers and sisters to know our business so I ___9___ a postscript: “Please don’t let anyone else see this.” Then I ___10___ moved into my parents’ bedroom and put the letter under mother’s pillow.

The next morning, when I ___11___ my bed after breakfast, I unexpectedly found a ___12___ note under my pillow. Mother wrote that she loved me and forgave me.

This became my way of ___13___ whenever I talked back or disobeyed. Mother always left a return note, ___14___ she never spoke about our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family. Even when we were grown, she never ___15___ them when we brothers and sisters recalled our childhood.

When mother died, I had to go through her ___16___ belongings. In her desk was a bundle of notes tied with a faded ribbon. On top was a message in her handwriting. It read, “In the event of my death, please ___17___ these.”

I turned over the packet and glanced at my handwriting on the bottom. To my ___18___ I recognized my childish writing, “P.S. Please don’t let anyone see this. Love, Edie.”

I gently placed the ___19___ bundle in the waste basket along with other things for the rubbish burner. “Lord,” I prayed, “make me ___20___ my mother!”

1. A. recognized        B. discovered            C. invented D. owned

2. A. teacher             B. child                    C. father                   D. adult

3. A. before              B. since                    C. after                     D. while

4. A. well                 B. strangely               C. badly                   D. kindly

5. A. work                B. school                  C. sleep                    D. bed

6. A. picked up          B. turned up              C. brought up            D. carried up

7. A. lighted              B. shone                   C. burned                 D. fired

8. A. take                  B. forgive                 C. want                    D. know

9. A. added               B. put                       C. obeyed                 D. opened

10. A. hurriedly         B. quietly                  C. fairly                   D. worriedly

11. A. left                 B. made                    C. found                   D. removed

12. A. return             B. writing                 C. book                    D. asking

13. A. touching         B. connecting            C. apologizing           D. contenting

14. A. so                   B. but                       C. yet                       D. and

15. A. asked              B. explained              C. mentioned            D. informed

16. A. rich                B. personal                C. public                  D. lonely

17. A. destroy           B. keep                     C. open                    D. report

18. A. pleasure          B. surprise                C. interest                 D. disappointment

19. A. unfolded         B. untied                   C. unopened              D. unwrapped

20. A. leave              B. remember             C. like                      D. hate

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