阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
After Mum got ill, Dennis tried not to be away from her for long. He 36 Mum after lunch every day at school, but Mum didn't answer him on the phone today. Did she forget it or was there anything wrong? Dennis was 37 and kept thinking about her in the coding(编程) class.

"We will join in the hackathon at UC Berkeley." He heard his coding teacher say. The hackathon—the 38 coding competition to design apps(应用软件)! Children around the world came together for a seven-day competition! But when he 39 his mum, his smile disappeared. Would Mum's disease get worse when he was away?
"Now I want you to share some ideas for the competition," the teacher said. "You can start with a 40 in your life. Then find out how to change it to an idea."
"My biggest problem is... Mum! She always 41 things because of the disease," Dennis thought. "I'm sure there are other 42 like her. What about making an app for them?"
After class, Dennis rushed home. Mum was sitting on the sofa. Noticing Dennis's worry, Mum was sorry,"I forgot to call you again. 43 was the Coding Club?"
"Good! We have a chance to join in the hackathon and I get a great idea!" Dennis blurted(脱口而出) out. "44 we need to be away for a whole week..." He suddenly stopped.
"Don't worry. Dad will look after me," Mum said.
Dennis's eyes shone and he made a decision,"Mum, I will also look after you in 45 way."
He couldn't wait to get started.
()36. A. met B. hugged C. called D. invited
()37. A. proud B. worried C. thirsty D. angry
()38. A. newest B. oldest C. largest D. smallest
()39. A. agreed with B. waited for C. looked at D. thought of
()40. A. problem B. hobby C. class D. disease
()41. A. creates B. cooks C. forgets D. wastes
()42. A. doctors B. students C. teachers D. patients
()43. A. How B. What C. When D. Where
()44. A. Because B. But C. Or D. Before
()45. A. their B. my C. his D. her

36.C 37.B 38.C 39.D 40.A 41.C 42.D 43.A 44.B 45.B
解析:36. 根据下文中“but Mum didn’t answer him on the phone today”可知 Dennis 每天学校午饭后打电话给妈妈。 37. 根据语境妈妈没像往常一样接电话,句中“kept thinking about her”也体现了 Dennis 内心持续不安的状态,因此 worried 最符合他当时的情绪。 38. 根据下文中“Children around the world came together for a seven-day competition!”可知强调了比赛的规模之大。 39. agree with 同意;wait for 等待;look at 看着;think of 想到。根据句意可知想到妈妈时,Dennis 的笑容就消失了。 40. 根据下文中“My biggest problem is... Mum!”可知应选 A。 41. 结合上文妈妈没接电话以及下文中“I forgot to call you again.”可知妈妈因为生病经常忘记事情。 42. 根据上文中“because of the disease”可知指的是与妈妈同样患病的人。 43. How表示询问状况或感受。 44. 上下文为转折关系,故用连词 but 表示转折。 45. 主语为 I,故用对应的物主代词 my,指 Dennis 要用自己的方式来照顾妈妈。

【分析】做完形填空需先通读全文，把握文章主旨（本文讲述Dennis因妈妈生病，结合编程比赛萌生设计帮助患病忘事人群的APP的想法），再逐题分析：每道题需结合上下文线索、词义辨析、逻辑关系确定答案，找到原文对应提示是解题关键，比如第36题后文提到“on the phone”，可快速锁定打电话的选项。
【解析】36. 根据下文“but Mum didn’t answer him on the phone today”可知，Dennis每天午饭后给妈妈打电话，故选C（called）。
37. 妈妈未接电话，且后文“kept thinking about her”体现Dennis的不安情绪，worried符合语境，故选B。
38. 由后文“Children around the world came together for a seven-day competition”可知，该编程比赛规模大，largest符合，故选C。
39. 句意为“当他想到妈妈时，笑容消失”，think of（想到）符合句意，故选D。
40. 下文“My biggest problem is... Mum!”提示此处应选problem，故选A。
41. 结合上文妈妈生病及后文“I forgot to call you again”，可知妈妈因生病经常忘事，故选C（forgets）。
42. 上文提到妈妈患病，此处指其他患病的人，patients（病人）符合，故选D。
43. 妈妈询问“编程俱乐部怎么样？”，how用于询问状况，故选A。
44. 前文说有机会参加比赛且有好主意，后文提到需要离开一周，前后为转折关系，用but连接，故选B。
45. 主语为I，对应形容词性物主代词my，指Dennis要用自己的方式照顾妈妈，故选B。
【答案】36.C 37.B 38.C 39.D 40.A 41.C 42.D 43.A 44.B 45.B
【知识点】完形填空解题、词义辨析、语境理解
【点评】本文是一篇贴近学生生活的记叙文，围绕亲情与创意展开，考察学生对上下文语境的把握、词汇词义辨析及逻辑关系的判断，难度适中，能引导学生关注生活中的问题并运用所学知识解决。
【难度系数】0.7