第二节 完形填空(共20小题:每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been ___16___ me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly ___17___. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could ___18___ my moves, because she ___19___ to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning.
I ___20___ she had strict sleeping habits, ___21___ I thought she ought to be able to ___22___ some of this strictness. I said to her, “___23___, you can stay up late for once. We’re having ___24___.” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked ___25___. Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it ___26___, you’re going to play it slowly.” and so we ___27___ for another ten minutes, until ___28___ my daughter burst into tears, and ___29___ that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made ___30___. I had started the evening wanting to have a ___31___ time with my daughter but had ___32___ my desire to win to become more ___33___ than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win ___34___ me well. As a parent, I ___35___ that it got in my way. So I had to change.
16. A. guiding B. asking
C. training D. advising
17. A. allowed B. expected
C. replied D. accepted
18. A. change B. repeat
C. hurry D. pass
19. A. agreed B. needed
C. begged D. hated
20. A. knew B. learned
C. guessed D. heard
21. A. so B. for
C. but D. or
22. A. put up B. take up
C. pick up D. give up
23. A. As usual B. Go ahead
C. By the way D. Come on
24. A. patience B. luck
C. fun D. success
25. A. excited B. proud
C. anxious D. angry
26. A. well B. again
C. fairly D. regularly
27. A. discussed B. continued
C. counted D. argued
28. A. nervously B. immediately
C. strangely D. suddenly
29. A. promised B. admitted
C. wondered D. discovered
30. A. a mistake B. a decision
C. an attempt D. an effort
31. A. free B. different
C. full D. happy
32. A. managed B. recognized
C. allowed D. reduced
33. A. important B. attractive
C. practical D. interesting
34. A. offered B. served
C. controlled D. taught
35. A. realized B. apologized
C. imagined D. explained