Ⅰ.完形填空
It was 1972, and I was in second grade. In the classroom, the teacher, Ms Boyette, was __1__ aloud to us from Island of the Blue Dolphins. And we had just come to a part of the book where the main character was training a wild dog. I was listening, caught up in the __2__ of all.
Not far away from me, there seated a boy who always frightened or __3__ others, so I was __4__ of this boy. While Ms Boyette was reading, I looked over at him, for he was someone I was in the __5__ of keeping an eye on. I noticed that he was listening too, that he was engaged by the __6__， and that he was leaning forward in his seat and listening with all his heart. I __7__ at him, openmouthed. I was __8__ with a sudden knowledge that this boy was in fact just __9__ me. He was a kid who liked a story. The boy must __10__ my eyes on him, because he turned. Then something __11__ happened. He smiled at me. __12__， I smiled back, unafraid. We were two kids smiling at each other.
Why have I never forgotten this small moment? Why do I still __13__ every detail of it? I think it's because that moment illustrates so beautifully the __14__ of reading out loud.
It shows us into a safe room, where everyone involved, the reader and the listener, can have that chance to __15__ each other. We humans long not just for the story, not just for the flow of language, but for the connection that comes when words are read aloud.
本文属于记叙文，讲述了作者在一次朗读课上与自己害怕的男孩的关系发生了转变。作者把这种转变归功于朗读。
1．A.shouting B．singing
C．talking D．reading
答案：D
解析：根据后文可知，本文讲述朗读的影响，故选D。
2．A.wonder B．silence
C．warmth D．comfort
答案：A
解析：根据下文可知，作者被小说的奇妙情节吸引住了，故选A。
3．A.greeted B．touched
C．hurt D．refused
答案：C
解析：根据frightened可知，该男孩经常恐吓和伤害他人，故选C。
4．A.aware B．terrified
C．bored D．guilty
答案：B
解析：根据前文的frightened可知，作者害怕这个男孩，故选B。
5．A.habit B．form
C．effort D．hope
答案：A
解析：根据前文可知，作者害怕那个男孩，习惯性地时刻提防他，故选A。in the habit of doing sth.养成做某事的习惯。
6．A.speech B．story
C．journey D．diary
答案：B
解析：根据前文可知，老师正在给孩子们朗读故事，故选B。
7．A.pointed B．nodded
C．stared D．waved
答案：C
解析：根据语境可知，作者一直盯着男孩，故选C。
8．A.struck B．mixed
C．cheated D．confused
答案：A
解析：根据文章可知，此处表达作者突然意识到男孩其实跟自己一样，故选A。
9．A.behind B．beyond
C．around D．like
答案：D
解析：根据文章可知，作者意识到男孩其实跟自己一样，故选D。
10．A.ignore B．feel
C．meet D．observe
答案：B
解析：这个男孩感觉到了作者在看着他，因此转过了头。故选B。
11．A.useful B．natural
C．serious D．amazing
答案：D
解析：根据后文He smiled at me.可知，男孩朝作者微笑了。结合前文内容可知，此处表达作者觉得很不可思议，故选D。
12．A.Then B．Again
C．Instead D．Besides
答案：A
解析：男孩向作者微笑，作者之后也以微笑回报。故选A。
13．A.seek B．organize
C．recall D．trust
答案：C
解析：由前一句Why have I never forgotten this small moment？可知，作者还能回想起很多细节，故选C。
14．A.power B．courage
C．amusement D．ability
答案：A
解析：作者认为这是朗读的神奇力量，故选A。
15．A.cheer B．see
C．miss D．mention
答案：B
解析：根据文章可知，在听老师朗读时，作者看到了男孩内心真实的样子，故选B。
