五、完形填空
I have recently moved across the country to the West Coast. I started feeling a little 1 and missing my friends and family.
I’m 2 and I love to talk. That’s why I enjoy going to school so much because it gives me the opportunity to meet new and different people. I love 3 people from different ways of life, different religions(信仰)and age groups. The elderly and 4 are the most interesting to me. The elderly can tell you all about everything 5 children look at everything with 6 full of wonder.
Recently, while riding the bus I struck up a conversation with an elderly woman who had been born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She had so many stories about the area and how it had once been. I 7 had a wonderful time talking to her. A few days later, I got 8 the bus and there she was again. She smiled when she saw me and patted the 9 next to her. I sat with her and we picked up the conversation where we had left off. Over the next few days, whenever I got on the bus she was 10 there and we would talk.
I have returned to work and have been 11 an earlier bus and haven’t seen much of 12 “new old friend”. Then I ran into her at the transit(中转的)13 and she cheered up. This really 14 my heart.
Finally, my “new old friend” asked me if she may have my number so that we could 15 when she didn’t have the pleasure to see me on the bus.
()1. A. lonely
B. friendly
C. fresh
D. happy
()2. A. quiet
B. outgoing
C. shy
D. crazy
()3. A. looking through
B. waking up
C. talking with
D. hearing from
()4. A. children
B. men
C. women
D. adults
()5. A. when
B. after
C. while
D. before
()6. A. actions
B. ears
C. eyes
D. hearts
()7. A. nervously
B. likely
C. sadly
D. truly
()8. A. on
B. off
C. in
D. by
()9. A. room
B. space
C. bus
D. seat
()10. A. seldom
B. never
C. always
D. yet
()11. A. getting
B. making
C. putting
D. taking
()12. A. my
B. his
C. her
D. our
()13. A. airport
B. station
C. cinema
D. library
()14. A. made
B. drove
C. touched
D. hurt
()15. A. shout
B. cheer
C. catch
D. chat

五、1—5 ABCAC 6—10 CDADC 11—15 DABCD

【解析】
1. 第1空：根据后文“missing my friends and family”可知作者感到孤独，lonely符合语境，选A。
2. 第2空：由后文“love to talk”可知作者性格外向，outgoing符合，选B。
3. 第3空：结合前文喜欢交谈的语境，此处指喜欢和不同背景的人交谈，talking with符合，选C。
4. 第4空：后文提到children，与前文elderly形成对应，选A。
5. 第5空：此处用于对比老人和孩子的特点，while表“然而”，符合语境，选C。
6. 第6空：孩子是用充满好奇的眼睛观察事物，eyes符合，选C。
7. 第7空：和老人交谈确实很愉快，truly表示“真正地”，符合语境，选D。
8. 第8空：“get on the bus”是固定搭配，意为“上公交车”，选A。
9. 第9空：老人拍了拍身旁的座位，seat符合语境，选D。
10. 第10空：根据前文描述，每次作者上车老人都在，always符合，选C。
11. 第11空：“take the bus”是固定搭配，意为“乘坐公交车”，选D。
12. 第12空：此处指“我的”新老朋友，my符合语境，选A。
13. 第13空：transit station指“中转车站”，符合语境，选B。
14. 第14空：老人的反应触动了作者的心，touched符合语境，选C。
15. 第15空：老人要电话号码是为了能和作者聊天，chat符合，选D。
【答案】
1—5 ABCAC 6—10 CDADC 11—15 DABCD
【知识点】
1. 形容词词义辨析
2. 动词短语搭配
3. 连词语境运用
【点评】
这篇完形填空围绕作者搬到西海岸后，通过与他人交谈尤其是和一位老人的交往缓解孤独感展开，考查学生对语境的理解以及词汇、短语的辨析与运用，贴近日常交际场景，注重对生活类词汇的考查。
【难度系数】
0.6