二、完形填空。
阅读短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Every morning, a quiet girl appears at the small post office near the street corner. She is deaf and cannot speak, so people around 15 call her “the silent（沉默的）girl”. No one knows her name, but she comes here without 16 every day, rain or shine.
She always stands quietly in front of the mailbox, holds a piece of blank（空白的）white paper in her hands, and puts it into the box 17. Passers-by often stop to look at her with surprise. Some even guess 18 she is doing for. But she never cares about the words around her. She just keeps 19 the same thing day by day.
One day, an old postman decided to ask her the reason. He 20 his question and passed it to the girl. The girl also took the pen and wrote back slowly. Her words 21 everyone, “My mom lives in a nursing home far away. She can’t see or hear now, but she has always loved receiving my letters. 22 a blank letter is my way to tell her I’m thinking of her every day.”
After knowing the truth, people show more 23 for the girl. The blank paper is not empty at all, and it is filled with deep 24. Sometimes, the most powerful feelings are hidden in silence, and they can touch everyone’s heart.
()15. A. never B. often
C. hardly D. seldom
()16. A. failing B. fails
C. failed D. fail
()17. A. carefully B. carelessly
C. quickly D. angrily
()18. A. how B. when
C. what D. why
()19. A. doing B. writing
C. saying D. watching
()20. A. put up B. spoke out
C. looked for D. wrote down
()21. A. surprised B. closed
C. protected D. changed
()22. A. But B. So
C. Or D. And
()23. A. joke B. respect
C. fear D. worry
()24. A. break B. hate
C. love D. feeling

15. B 句意为“她听不见也说不出，所以周围人常常叫她沉默女孩”。often意为“常常”。
16. D 17. A
18. C 句意为“一些人甚至猜测她为什么这么做”。
19. A 20. D 21. A
22. B 前半句意为“母亲看不到听不见”，后半句意为“空白信是我表达思念的方式”，前后是因果关系，用so。
23. B
24. C 句意为“空白纸装满了爱”。

【分析】
首先通读全文，理解文章核心：本文讲述了聋哑女孩每天风雨无阻到街角邮局寄空白信给养老院中看不见、听不见的母亲，以此表达思念，最终感动周围人的故事。解题时需结合上下文语境、语法规则、固定搭配及逻辑关系，逐一分析每个空白处的最佳选项。
【解析】
15. 句意为“她听不见也说不出，所以周围人常常叫她‘沉默女孩’”，often表示“常常”，符合语境，故选B。
16. 固定搭配without fail意为“总是、从不缺席”，契合“风雨无阻来邮局”的语境，故选D。
17. 女孩安静地寄空白信，需小心放入邮箱，carefully（小心地）符合动作状态，故选A。
18. 句意为“一些人甚至猜测她在做什么”，宾语从句中缺少do的宾语，用what引导，故选C。
19. 固定搭配keep doing sth表示“一直做某事”，此处指她每天重复同样的行为，用doing，故选A。
20. 邮递员要询问女孩，需先写下问题递给她，wrote down（写下）符合动作逻辑，故选D。
21. 女孩关于寄空白信的回答让大家感到意外，surprised（使惊讶）符合语境，故选A。
22. 前半句“母亲看不见也听不见”与后半句“空白信是我表达思念的方式”为因果关系，用so连接，故选B。
23. 得知真相后，人们对女孩产生更多尊重，show respect for为固定搭配，意为“尊重”，故选B。
24. 空白信承载着女孩对母亲的深情，love（爱）契合文章情感主旨，故选C。
【答案】
15.B 16.D 17.A 18.C 19.A 20.D 21.A 22.B 23.B 24.C
【知识点】
完形填空、固定搭配、宾语从句
【点评】
本文是情感类完形填空，通过日常小事传递深沉亲情，解题需结合语境、语法与情感逻辑，整体难度适中，能引导学生体会细节中的情感。
【难度系数】
0.5