五、完形填空。
Some of my earliest memories include sitting with my dad in his study every night when he came home from the office. I watched as he put his items away: his watch, wallet, comb and car keys. They would always the same space on the table.
Dad's comb was jade green. I heard he it when he married Mum. Every night, he would smile, hand me the comb and say, “Be a good girl and help Daddy it, OK?”
I was more than happy to do it. At age five, this kind of brought me such joy. I would turn on the tap , and then brush the comb with a used toothbrush as hard as I could. Satisfied that I'd done a good job, I would proudly the comb to Dad. He would smile at me, and then place the comb on top of his wallet.
About two years later, Dad left his sales job and started his own wholesale business. I started primary school. That was when things started to . Dad's business wasn't doing so well, and our stable(稳定的) life started getting shaky. He didn't come home as much as he used to. And when he did come home, it was always late and I'd already been in bed. I started to get . Why didn't he listen to Mum and just stick to his old job? Why did he placing the whole family in trouble? Over the years, I stopped waiting for him to come home, and stopped going downstairs to welcome him.
Now 22, I've graduated from college and got a job. Dad's business has also started to get back on track. Yet the uncomfortable between Dad and me has been on.
Two days before my birthday last year, Dad came home early. On that evening, I helped him carry his bags into his as usual. When I turned to leave, he asked me to clean his comb. I looked at him for a while, then took the comb and headed to the tap.
It was a comb. This one was brown. I hadn't noticed that he'd changed it. After cleaning it, I passed it back to Dad. He looked at it and smiled. But this time, I noticed something . My dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled, yet his was still as heart-warming as before.
()1. A. public B. missing C. personal D. natural
()2. A. take off B. take up C. take away D. take down
()3. A. bought B. produced C. lost D. threw
()4. A. sell B. count C. clean D. decorate
()5. A. message B. task C. course D. right
()6. A. politely B. rudely C. calmly D. excitedly
()7. A. return B. donate C. offer D. spread
()8. A. improve B. accept C. change D. reduce
()9. A. relaxed B. mad C. happy D. tired
()10. A. mind B. suggest C. consider D. risk
()11. A. report B. project C. silence D. discussion
()12. A. study B. office C. bathroom D. bedroom
()13. A. broken B. new C. big D. small
()14. A. interesting B. expensive C. strange D. different
()15. A. smile B. choice C. decision D. secret

1. C 【点拨】根据“his watch, wallet, comb and car keys”可知,此处应是指私人物品。故选 C。
2. B 【点拨】根据“the same space”可知,此处表示占据相同的空间。故选 B。
3. A 【点拨】根据“when he married Mum”可知,此处表示这把梳子是他和妈妈结婚时买的。故选 A。
4. C 【点拨】根据下文可知,此处表示帮助爸爸清理一下梳子。故选 C。
5. B 【点拨】根据“I was more than happy to do it.”可知,此处指清理梳子这项任务。故选 B。
6. D 【点拨】根据语境可知,此处应是兴奋地打开水龙头。故选 D。
7. A 【点拨】根据“He would smile at me, and then place the comb on top of his wallet.”可知,此处表示把梳子还给爸爸。故选 A。
8. C 【点拨】根据“Dad's business wasn't doing so well, and our stable(稳定的) life started getting shaky.”可知,此处表示事情开始发生变化。故选 C。
9. B 【点拨】根据“Why didn't he listen to Mum and just stick to his old job?”可知,此处表示“我”开始生气。故选 B。
10. D 【点拨】根据“placing the whole family in trouble”可知,此处表示冒着让整个家庭陷入麻烦的风险。故选 D。
11. C 【点拨】根据语境可知,此处指我们之间令人不适的沉默。故选 C。
12. A 【点拨】根据语境可知,此处表示“我”像往常一样帮他把包拿进书房。故选 A。
13. B 【点拨】根据“This one was brown. I hadn't noticed that he'd changed it.”可知,“我”没有注意到他已经换了梳子,此处指那是一把新梳子。故选 B。
14. D 【点拨】根据“My dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes”可知,此处表示“我”注意到了不同的事情。故选 D。
15. A 【点拨】根据“He looked at it and smiled.”可知,此处表达他的笑容还是和以前一样。故选 A。

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（以梳子为线索，讲述作者与父亲从童年温馨相处到因父亲创业产生隔阂，最终成年后和解的情感故事），再结合每个空的上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配逐一选择：先梳理前后文逻辑，如第1空对应后文列举的私人物品，第2空需匹配“占据空间”的短语，后续各空均紧扣线索与情感逻辑，逐步推导答案。
【解析】
1. 选C：根据后文列举的手表、钱包、梳子等，均属于个人私人物品，personal符合语境。
2. 选B：take up表示“占据（空间）”，此处指这些物品总是占据桌上相同的空间，符合搭配。
3. 选A：结合“when he married Mum”可知，这把梳子是父亲和母亲结婚时购买的，bought符合语境。
4. 选C：根据下文作者帮父亲清理梳子的描述，此处是指帮助父亲清理梳子，clean正确。
5. 选B：此处指清理梳子这项任务给五岁的作者带来快乐，task符合语境。
6. 选D：五岁的作者做喜欢的事，会兴奋地打开水龙头，excitedly符合情感。
7. 选A：清理完梳子后，作者把梳子还给父亲，return符合语境。
8. 选C：后文提到父亲生意不好、生活不稳定，说明事情开始发生变化，change正确。
9. 选B：父亲不常回家，作者因此生气，mad符合语境。
10. 选D：risk doing sth是固定搭配，意为“冒险做某事”，此处指父亲冒险让家庭陷入麻烦，符合语境。
11. 选C：结合前文的隔阂，此处指作者和父亲之间令人不适的沉默，silence正确。
12. 选A：对应开头提到的父亲的study（书房），此处指帮父亲把包拿进书房，study符合语境。
13. 选B：后文提到父亲换了梳子，所以这是一把新梳子，new正确。
14. 选D：作者注意到父亲变老、有皱纹，这是不同的细节，different符合语境。
15. 选A：结合前文父亲的笑容，此处指父亲的笑容依旧温暖，smile正确。
【答案】
1.C 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.D 11.C 12.A 13.B 14.D 15.A
【知识点】
完形填空词义辨析、固定搭配运用、语境逻辑理解
【点评】
本文是情感类记叙文，以梳子为线索串联作者与父亲的情感变迁，考查学生对语境的把握、词汇辨析及固定搭配的运用能力，解题需紧扣线索与情感逻辑，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6