完形填空（一）
1 、Although I love my life, it hasn't been a lot of fun as I've been ill for 28 years.
    Music has always been a great love of mine and in my twenties, when my     1    was more manageable, I     2    ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.     3    that was years ago and times have changed.     4    I live with mother on a country farm.
  Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to     5    my disability pension (残疾抚恤金) . get out of    6    I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my     7    . I decided that I would consider     8    to singing in restaurants.
    My family are all musicians, so I was     9    when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn't have a lot of     10    to get started. And     11    you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can     12    use.
    When I told the owner of the shop about my     13    ; he gave me a long thoughtful     14    . "This means a lot to you, doesn't it?" he said. "Come with me."
    He led me     15    the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand     16    on his treasure and said, "I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your     17    and I'll record them for you. That should get you started."
    I     18    . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose     19    that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help. His     20    still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
1.A.loneliness    B.sadness    C.tiredness    D.sickness
2.A.set    B.enjoyed    C.kept    D.shared
3.A.Gladly    B.Eventually    C.Unfortunately    D.Surprisingly
4.A.Now    B.Then    C.Sometime    D.Meanwhile
5.A.add up to    B.make up for    C.get rid of    D.take advantage of
6.A.If    B.As    C.Though    D.Before
vements    B.conditions    C.choices    D.positions
aching out    B.living up    C.getting on    D.going back
ized    B.interviewed    C.found    D.invited
    B.time    C.energy    D.knowledge
11.A.thus    B.once    C.seldom    D.often
12.A.actually    B.hardly    C.nearly    D.formerly
13.A.job    B.family    C.idea    D.offer
14.A.face    B.view    C.look    D.sight
15.A.over    B.along    C.towards    D.through
16.A.unhappily    B.lovingly    C.pitifully    D.gratefully
17.A.pick    B.turn    C.role    D.step
18.A.had to cry    B.ought to cry    C.should have cried    D.could have cried
    B.the ones    C.few    D.the rest
urage    B.devotion    C.kindness    D.trust 
2、    I live in the northern suburb of San Francisco, where driving is considered the main transportation choice for most people. I still remember how     1     I was when I first learned to drive 10 years ago.     2     at night,with music calming me down,I was filled with joy and     3     in a foreign land! I had a photo taken of my hugging my     4     and sent it to my family in China. I     5     my car! Sometimes she was my only     6     in lonely nights.
        7    , as time went by,that excitement wore off, and I     9     driving. So I joined the 21-day Mindful Walking Challenge and began to walk. On a walking day, I said 9 to a neighbor named June,who was watering her flowers. She     10     my greetings and asked,“What happened to your hair?” I touched my hair and     11     what might have gone wrong. Seeing the confusion(困惑) on my face,she then realized that she’d made a     12    . She walked across the street and said, “You sounded so     13     that I thought you were Mike. ” We both laughed.
    I     14     the new neighbor next door,and two different gardeners on different days and
listened to their joy in gardening after a (n)     15     day一working all day in front of a computer. I     16     at everyone passing by me.
    I walked to the streets I     17     wouldn’t pass through if I drove my car, and     18     a tinyfree library on the sidewalk. I began to     19     if I had really lived in this town all these years. It's a completely new town I     20     so little about! I'm grateful for the 21-day Challenge. Mindful Walking Challenge.
1.A.disappointed    B.calm    C.excited    D.shy
2.A.Running    B.Traveling    C.Walking    D.Driving
3.A.worry    B.independence    C.doubt    D.fear
4.A.car    B.kid    C.house    D.neighbor
5.A.fixed    B.improved    C.loved    D.missed
6.A.partner    B.dream    C.plan    D.hope
7.A.So    B.Yet    C.Meanwhile    D.Instead
8.A.suggested    B.kept    C.enjoyed    D.hated
s    B.sorry    C.hello    D.thanks
urned    B.ignored    C.forgot    D.refused
11.A.understood    B.realized    C.answered    D.wondered
12.A.decision    B.guess    C.mistake    D.deal
13.A.friendly    B.humorous    C.strange    D.brave
14.A.played with    B.looked for    C.depended on    D.talked to
15.A.special    B.tiring    C.interesting    D.important
16.A.laughed    B.smiled    C.pointed    D.shouted
17.A.partly    B.really    C.normally    D.lately
18.A.discovered    B.examined    C.built    D.learnt
19.A.check    B.study    C.see    D.question
20.A.hear    B.know    C.talk    D.think
3、    I live in an apartment building in a planned community, including private roads. I have lived in this     1     of mostly professionals and retirees(退休者) for over three years,but I had met only a few of my     2    .
    After the     3     had stopped falling, we were left to care for     4     because the city and state services didn’t work. I went out to the parking lot to dig out my and my girlfriend’s     5    . I took a large metal piece of my desk to     6     as a shovel(锹). After about 30 minutes of     7    , some of the neighbors     8     with snow shovels and told me if I helped them, they would     9     me. I agreed and we dug out each others’ cars. The streets were     10     due to a state of emergency declared by the governor, so we had nowhere to go.
    As I said, I only know my immediate neighbor,one who is elderly. But we all (we were 10 guys,all together,in the beginning) put our     11     together and figured out who was too     12     or too ill to dig themselves     13     and went about,as a team,helping them.     14     the day went on, more and more people     15     us, men and women. We became an army of snow     16    , our only motivation was concern for the people who were     17     and our growing friendship.