C. confusing D. mixing

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

　This was not going to be an easy day. My best friend's father died on Thursday after a long 16 . Elizabeth really needed me to attend the 17 with her, but I'd never been to an ___18____service before. I felt very uncomfortable as I put on a freshly __19___, white-collared shirt and dress slacks（宽松的裤子）. I wondered, "Do I really have to go to this?" As I 20 back over the last couple of days, I got my answer.

My friend 21 down the street from me. Our families 22 sometimes to cook. I always 23 playing at her house. Her dad was 24 and kind. He always asked, "How're you doing?" and really listened to the 25 . He had a shed（小屋） in the backyard and it was his workshop. He'd let us come out there with him and build with scraper. His workshop was very 26 and orderly. I helped him build a bird feeder once. He fed lots of 27 in their back yard.

Elizabeth's dad also had a bus 28 . For many years, he drove us kids on field trips and to sports events. Once he was 29 with a serious heart condition, he decided it would be __30 not to drive a vehicle full of children. 31 , he always had a kind word and hug for us.

His heart eventually failed, and he 32 quietly in his sleep. Elizabeth 33 her dad's condition was serious, but it was still very hard because just that morning he had been 34 for a family camping trip. He never really let people see 35 weak he was getting.

16. A. illness B. way C. time D. run

17. A. meeting B. funeral C. competition D. class

18. A.informal B. sorrowful C.crowded D. memeorial

19. A.pressed B.squeezed C. borrowed D.got

20. A. turned B. went C. ran D. thought

21. A. lived B. looked C. came D. lied

22. A. got up B. got together C. got through D. got over

23. A. thought B. hoped C. enjoyed D. wished

24. A. cruel B. hard C. clear D. friendly

25. A. answer B. question C. radio D. word

26. A. big B. neat C. strong D. dirty

27. A. birds B. pigs C. sheep D. dogs

28. A. lesson B. driver C. picture D. license

29. A. diagnosed B. hit C. beaten D. faced

30. A. lucky B. last C. best D.bad

31. A. Because B. So C. Besides D. However

32. A. passed away B. passed on C. passed along D. passed over

33. A. believed B. knew C. asked D. touched

34. A. thinking B. seeing C. preparing D. talking

35. A. how B. what C. which D. why

第三节：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）