Unit 2 The United Kingdom reading课时作业

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　My parents owned a 500-acre farm in Montana when I was young. Life there was filled not just with fun and games but___1___as well. The lambing season was especially hard. Montana's freezing spring weather kept my parents watching__2____mamas at all hours of the day and night___3___a newborn lamb.

　　It was during this time of new life that my favorite childhood memory___4___.One exceptionally___5___day,my mother spied a sheep trying to deliver her baby lamb and needed my___6___.My mother calmly held the sheep's head and___7___me to get hold of the lamb's protruding（伸出）legs.

　　I___8___and must have had a look of panic on my face. The little things were___9___not something I wanted to touch. But I___10___my courage and wrapped my fingers___11___them.I can still remember the___12___of the unexpectedly delicate legs. My heart beat in fear and excitement___13___I pulled with all my strength. The lamb was delivered!

　　I was no___14___to seeing farm animals being born, but to have a___15___in it was something I will cherish forever. I'm sure everyone got very___16___hearing me tell and retell my heroic story.

　　Looking back, I'm so glad that I didn't___17___to get my hands dirty. If I had, the miraculous moment and the precious memory would have been___18___.I try to instill（逐渐灌输）that life___19___into my children. Sometimes you need to get your hands a little dirty to experience something___20___and pure.

1. A. pleasure B. danger C. dilemma D. hardship

2. A. pregnant B. working C. desperate D. sleeping

3. A. at the risk of B. in case of C. free from D. in exchange for

4. A. faded B. took place C. impressed D. broke down

5. A. warm B. cold C. mild D. hot

6. A. notice B. support C. help D. operation