Ⅲ. Read and complete the cloze test. Then answer the questions.
It was the first day of my sixth grade. As a 1 boy, I chose to be all alone reading books during the breaks 2 most of my classmates were trying to make new friends. And I thought I was doing well until the third lesson.
A new 3 asked us to fill out a questionnaire with “get to know you” questions. I thought she would read them 4, so I felt it safe to share who I was. However, after the teacher 5 the sheets, she mixed them up and redistributed(重新分发) them. One by one, we read out the student’s name and then 6 two favourite answers. My sheet went to one of the meanest boys in class. His “favourite answers” of mine were the 7 ones to be read out loud. The first question was “What’s your favourite movie?” While other kids wrote Spiderman and Fast & Furious, my 8 was The Lion King. A laughter broke out and my face burned. The second question was “9 would you like to travel?” The others had said “Australia” or “Japan”. I wrote, “Wherever a good book takes me.” The laughter this time was louder.
I could 10 remember what happened next. All I had in mind was the laughter. I looked at my schoolbag. How I wished I could 11 inside it! But then, something 12 happened. A voice from the back of the room said, “Guys, cut it out.” It was Michelle Siever, who was popular at school. The room suddenly went 13. Michelle wasn’t done. She kept saying, “What is the point if we 14 each other? It is not funny at all.”
Fifteen years have passed since then. I don’t remember the teacher or the 15 boy, but I do remember Michelle. I won’t forget how it felt when she spoke up for me.
()1. A. shy B. curious C. kind D. brave
()2. A. so B. or C. since D. while
()3. A. teacher B. student C. parent D. classmate
()4. A. loudly B. directly C. privately D. carefully
()5. A. moved B. found C. returned D. collected
()6. A. his B. her C. our D. their
()7. A. worst B. shortest C. easiest D. cleverest
()8. A. hope B. answer C. request D. dream
()9. A. How B. Why C. Where D. When
()10. A. hardly B. always C. often D. sometimes
()11. A. wait B. change C. shout D. disappear
()12. A. scary B. funny C. exciting D. amazing
()13. A. cold B. dark C. silent D. wrong
()14. A. hang out with B. make fun of C. take care of D. catch up with
()15. A. funny B. mean C. proud D. strange
16. How did the writer feel after the loud laugh broke out?

17. Is Michelle Siever inspiring to you? Why or why not?

1. A 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C
10. A 11. D 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. B
16. Embarrassed / Ashamed.
17. One possible version: Yes. Because it was brave of her to stand out and speak up for the writer.

【解析】
1. 第1空：根据后文“课间独自读书”的行为，能看出作者是害羞的男孩，选A.shy。
2. 第2空：此处表示“大多数同学忙着交新朋友的时候，我却独自读书”，while可用于对比两个同时发生的动作，选D.while。
3. 第3空：根据后文提到的“she”以及收问卷的行为，可知是新来的老师，选A.teacher。
4. 第4空：根据后文“我觉得分享自己的情况很安全”，可推断作者原以为老师会私下看问卷，选C.privately。
5. 第5空：结合语境，老师是先收集完所有问卷，再打乱重新分发，选D.collected。
6. 第6空：此处指代被重新分发到的问卷所属的学生，对应“读出学生的名字，然后说出他们最喜欢的两个答案”，选C.our不符合，正确逻辑是读出对应学生的两个答案，结合语境选D.their。
7. 第7空：根据后文大家哄堂大笑的情节，可知这个刻薄的男生选了最糟糕的、最让作者难堪的答案当众读出来，选A.worst。
8. 第8空：前文是问题“你最喜欢的电影是什么”，对应这里是我的答案是《狮子王》，选B.answer。
9. 第9空：根据后文回答“无论一本好书带我去哪里”，可知问题是“你想要去哪里旅行”，选C.Where。
10. 第10空：根据后文“我脑子里只剩下笑声”，可知我几乎记不得之后发生的事了，选A.hardly。
11. 第11空：当时作者十分尴尬，恨不得躲进书包里消失，选D.disappear。
12. 第12空：在作者窘迫的时候有人站出来为他说话，是很令人惊喜的事，选D.amazing。
13. 第13空：Michelle开口制止大家后，原本哄笑的教室瞬间变得安静，选C.silent。
14. 第14空：结合前文大家嘲笑作者的情节，这里Michelle是说“如果我们互相取笑有什么意义呢，这一点都不好笑”，选B.make fun of。
15. 第15空：前文提到了班里最刻薄的男生，这里对应15年后我不记得那个老师和那个刻薄的男生了，选B.mean。
16. 根据文中“A laughter broke out and my face burned”的细节，能看出作者当时十分尴尬/羞愧，答案为Embarrassed / Ashamed。
17. 本题为开放性问题，给出合理回答即可，参考示例：Yes. Because it was brave of her to stand out and speak up for the writer.
【答案】
1. A 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. A 11. D 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. B
16. Embarrassed / Ashamed.
17. One possible version: Yes. Because it was brave of her to stand out and speak up for the writer.
【知识点】
完形填空词义辨析
语境逻辑推理
阅读理解表达
【点评】
本题是典型的初中英语完形填空加阅读理解题型，既考查学生对词汇、连词、固定短语的掌握程度，又要求学生结合上下文语境梳理故事逻辑，最后两个问答类小题还能锻炼学生的信息提取和英文表达能力，整体贴合中小学英语阅读训练的常见考察方向。
【难度系数】
0.65