高三英语限时阅读训练（八）

　　完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

　　On a cold winter morning, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and equipped with the video we had been 36 to watch. I was feeling a little 37 , as I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the video.

　　They were so heavy that I decided to 38 some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can when I noticed a poor man 39 his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He held a paper bag with his dirty hand. He 40 over to another nearby garbage can and started 41 it.

　　I suddenly felt very 42 . I knew this man would take all he could get, 43 I walked up to him and 44 the drink and some snacks over to him. The man, with lines on his face and wrinkles on his forehead, looked up in 45 and took what I gave him.

　　A huge smile 46 across his face and this 47 me to feel indescribable satisfaction. I felt like I couldn't be 48 with myself, but then he said: "Wow, first someone gives me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some 49 food; this is my daughter's 50 day!"

　　He thanked me happily and started off 51 his bike. I even heard him whistling a song as he rode away.

　　I now 52 what is meant by the saying "giving is getting". Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can 53 help and everyone will be helped by showing 54 .

　　The image of that man's happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind 55 I have the chance to do something nice.

　　36. A. drinking B. eating C. dying D. living

　　37. A. excited B. puzzled C. tired D. satisfied

　　38. A. pick out B. eat up C. put down D. throw away

　　39. A. running B. walking C. dragging D. pulling

　　40. A. headed B. rode C. ran D. fled

41. A. breaking into B. looking through C. staring at D. searching for