完形填空；阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Fatherwas...

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完形填空；阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Father was a hardworking man who worked to support his family. He spent all his evenings after work having classes, hoping to __1__ himself so that he could find a better­paid job. Except for Sundays, Father _2_ ate a meal together with his family.

Whenever the family complained (抱怨) that he wasn't spending enough time with them, his __3_ was that he was doing all this for them.

The day came when the __4__ results were announced (宣布). To their joy, Father _5__！ Soon he was offered a good job with high __6__.

Like a dream come _7_， Father could now _8__ to provide (提供) his family with nice clothing and fine food.

However, the family __9__ did not get to see Father for most of the week. He _10__ to work very hard, hoping to be promoted (晋升). He took another __11_ in the open university so as to get more __12__ of being promoted.

Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them.

Father's hard work paid off and he was promoted. He decided to hire a servant to do housework. He also __13_ that their three­room house was no longer big enough; it would be __14_ for his family to be able to __15__ the comfortable house. Having experienced the _16_ of his hard work many times, Father decides to continue his __17_ and work for being promoted again ...

As expected, Father's hard work paid off again and he bought a beautiful villa (别墅). On the first Sunday at their new _18_， Father __19__ not to take any more courses or expect any more promotions. He would devote more time to his __20_.

Father did not wake up the next day.

1．A. control                                B. change

C. improve                                    D. understand

2．A. hardly                                 B. quickly

C. actually                                     D. frequently

3．A. fact                                     B. reason

C. truth                                         D. question

4．A. game                                   B. debate

C. competition                              D. examination

5．A. passed                                B. failed

C. relaxed                                     D. recovered

6．A. pay                                     B. risk

C. speed                                       D. quality

7．A. alive                                    B. true

C. well                                          D. easy

8．A. agree                                   B. prefer

C. afford                                       D. remember

9．A. recently                               B. really

C. rarely                                        D. still

10．A. began                                B. continued

C. stopped                                    D. forgot

11．A. duty                                  B. prize

C. course                                      D. position

12．A. luck                                  B. courage

C. choices                                     D. chances

13．A. felt                                    B. heard

C. ignored                                     D. wished

14．A. wonderful                          B. foolish

C. useful                                       D. meaningless

15．A. design                               B. invent

C. enjoy                                        D. imagine

16．A. pains                                 B. troubles

C. responsibilities                          D. rewards

14．A. vacation                            B. studies

C. research                                    D. project

18．A. job                                    B. home

C. office                                       D. school

19．A. tried                                  B. forgot

C. regretted                                   D. decided

20．A. job                                    B. house

C. family                                       D. country

【回答】

爸爸在屡次晋升，生活条件越来越好后终于决定要放弃工作，享受家庭生活，没想到第二天却去世了。

1．C　根据下文可知他是想不断提高自己的生活水平。

2．A　根据前文“... all his evenings after work having classes”可推知他很少时间陪家人。

3．B　根据前文“the family complained ...”可推知爸爸在解释原因。

4．D　根据前文知道爸爸在夜校上课，所以可推知应该考试成绩出来了，爸爸通过了考试，由此才得以找到了更好的工作。examination“考试，检查”； debate“争论，辩论”； competition“竞争，竞赛”。

5．A　根据前文“To his joy”可推知通过了考试。

6．A　根据空格23后的“... nice clothing and fine food.”可推知是收入更高的工作。

7．B　根据前文Like a dream可推知是梦想成真。come true实现，达到。

8．C　根据前文知道爸爸找到了收入更高的工作，所以是可以负担得起好的衣服和饭菜。

9．D　根据前文知道爸爸很少在家，根据后文“... did not get to see Father”可推知他找到更好的工作后依旧是不常在家。

10．B　根据后文“work very hard, hoping to be promoted”可知他继续非常卖力地工作。

11．C　根据前文爸爸晚上去上课和后文“in the open university”可知爸爸接着去上课。

12．D　根据后文“of being promoted”可推知是增加自己晋升的机会。

13．A　根据后文“no longer big enough”可推知随着经济地位上升的爸爸觉得房子也不够大了。

14．A　根据后文the comfortable house可推知是一件很美好的事。wonderful“美好的”。

15．C　根据后文the comfortable house可推知是享受舒适的房子。

16．D　根据前文几次出现的pay off可推知*。

17．B　根据前文知道爸爸在不断学习，因此选B。

18．B　根据前文a beautiful villa可推知是在家里。

19．D　根据后文not to take any more courses ...可推知爸爸决定不再学习……。

20．C　根据前文知道爸爸忙于事业很少和家人在一起，因此可推知他是要放弃工作回到家庭生活上来了。

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空