2016年高考英语复习专题练习及答案:动词和动词短语

Ⅳ.完形填空(记叙文)

(2014-2015学年普通高中调研教学质量监测)

Dad often says that hope is everywhere. In his fifties, he lost his job. But he managed to get the right of a newspaper delivery. It would become a family __1__. Dad drove around delivering the papers most weekday mornings. We all __2__. My mother walked all over that long route __3__ money from customers during the day.

Delivering papers is one of the most __4__ jobs you can imagine. I was pretty young, probably still in grade school, __5__ I always worked. I could carry heavy bundles of paper. When I was __6__ enough to drive, Dad bought a Ford Falcon that I was __7__ to drive to high school. My brothers and sister were all __8__ and living away by this time. So I became the number two __9__ on Sunday mornings. Not only would I wake up and __10__ the papers, but I would jump into the car and drive a section of the __11__. Mike was a hired worker, a year younger than me. He was also the brother of my brother Rick's wife. My parents really trusted us with a lot of __12__.

The paper delivery, though __13__ hard work, gave me many things. First, it __14__ me with my father in a way that I very __15__ needed. He trusted my driving __16__， and gave me directions on how to drive down icy steep streets in winters. I felt a __17__ member of my family. Besides, I learned to love the early morning sounds of the city, the awesome quiet of __18__ neighborhoods, and the relationship that only two teenagers working together could ever __19__. I also loved those many hours in the basement loading papers with Mom, Dad, Mike and Roy, the boys who were __20__ by Dad.

1.A.decision B.business

C.command D.union

2.A.helped B.complained

C.puzzled D.gathered

3.A.giving B.drawing

C.raising D.collecting

4.A.amusing B.exciting

C.interesting D.tiring

5.A.and B.so

C.but D.thus

6.A.old B.strong

C.clever D.brave

7.A.advised B.allowed

C.ordered D.helped

8.A.retired B.dismissed

C.married D.separated

9.A.father B.manager

C.ruler D.driver

10.A.write down B.deal with

C.clear up D.make out

11.A.route B.station

C.circle D.journey

12.A.explanation B.reputation

C.responsibility D.quantity

13.A.easily B.probably

C.hardly D.frightfully

14.A.helped B.connected

C.busied D.greeted