Unit 3 Life in the future Language points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。

(2017·安徽宣城四校高二检测)

HopeinMyArms

　　Last year I was invited to participate in a carnival for Tuesday's Child，an organization that helps children with AIDS.

　　All the children that had ____1____ at one particular room could paint a square on a piece of cloth. Later the squares would be sewn together to ____2____ a quilt. The quilt would be ____3____ to a man who had devoted his life to the ____4____ and would soon be retiring.

　　The kids were given paints in bright colors and asked to paint something that would make the quilt ____5____. As I looked around at all the ____6____，I saw pink hearts，blue clouds，orange sunrises and red flowers. The pictures were all bright and ____7____. All except one.

　　One boy was painting a heart，____8____ it was dark and lifeless. It ____9____ the bright colors that his fellow artists had used.

　　I asked why. He told me he was very sick and that his ____10___ was not ever going to get better. He looked straight into my eyes and said，"There is no ____11___ in my life."I told him I was ____12___ and I could understand why he had made his heart a dark color. I told him that even though we couldn't make him better，we could give ____13___，which could really help when he was feeling ____14___. I told him that if he would like，I would be happy to give him one. He crawled into my lap. I thought my own heart would ____15___ for this sweet little boy. He sat there for a long time. Finally he ____16___ down to finish his coloring. As I was getting ready to ____17___ home，I felt a tug(猛拽) on my jacket. Standing there was the little boy，____18___. He said，"My heart is changing ____19___. It is getting brighter，I think those hugs really do ___20___." On my way home I felt my own heart. It also had changed to a brighter color.

语篇解读　这篇短文主要讲述了一个患病的小男孩因为自己的病情，把一颗心画成了毫无生气的颜色。在得到我的一个拥抱后，小男孩心情好了起来，将心变成了明亮的颜色。

1.A.behaved B.gathered C.prayed D.hid

答案　B

解析　根据下文"at one particular room"可知此处指的是集中在一个特定房间的所有孩子。gather集中，聚集。