Ⅴ. Read and complete the cloze test.
When Betty was young, she was not good at communicating with others. She got 1 quite easily. It was a cool Monday morning in early 2. Yellow leaves danced outside. As Betty was getting ready for school, she couldn’t 3 her school uniform.
“Mum! Where’s my uniform? I need it today!” Betty shouted loudly.
Mum came over. “Oh no! I washed it yesterday, 4 ... I forgot to dry it!” Betty stared at the uniform hanging near the window. “How could you? Now I’ll look silly in 5 clothes!” She cried angrily. “Let me try to 6 it faster.” Mum took out the iron(熨斗).
“Stop! You made everything in a mess!” Betty pushed the uniform away. 7, a loud rip sound filled the room as the sleeve(袖子) tore(撕裂). A hole(洞) appeared. Betty ran to school and didn’t 8 when Mum called her name from the door.
That evening, Betty heard her parents 9.
“She was really angry ... I didn’t mean to hurt 10,” Mum said. Dad said calmly, “Mend(修补) the uniform tonight. Let’s show her 11 through action instead of anger.”
When Mum 12 mended the uniform, Betty’s eyes watered. The sleeve now looked like a tiny flower. “Mum ... I’m 13 I shouldn’t shout at you.” Betty whispered to Mum. “I’ll always mend what’s broken.” Mum hugged her.
From that day, Betty tried harder to breathe 14 shouting. After all, sometimes there is 15 in mended clothes and quiet apologies(歉意).
()1. A. excited B. angry C. bored D. surprised
()2. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
()3. A. find B. wear C. accept D. leave
()4. A. or B. so C. but D. because
()5. A. wet B. ugly C. dirty D. strange
()6. A. wash B. fold C. make D. dry
()7. A. Finally B. Quickly C. Especially D. Suddenly
()8. A. feel free B. warm up C. shout back D. turn back
()9. A. shouting B. singing C. talking D. discussing
()10. A. you B. her C. him D. them
()11. A. kindness B. politeness C. courage D. honesty
()12. A. wisely B. lately C. sadly D. carelessly
()13. A. worried B. scared C. shy D. sorry
()14. A. before B. until C. when D. if
()15. A. joy B. love C. truth D. humour

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. D 9. C
10. B 11. A 12. A 13. D 14. A 15. B

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文完形填空，解题思路为：1. 先通读全文，把握主旨（本文讲述Betty因校服与妈妈产生矛盾，后理解妈妈的故事，传递沟通与理解的重要性）；2. 逐题分析时，结合上下文语境、词汇含义、逻辑关系判断选项：如第1题，前文提到Betty不擅长沟通，后文她因校服问题情绪激动，故选表生气的词；第2题根据“Yellow leaves（黄叶）”判断季节为秋天；其余题目同理，通过上下文线索、词汇辨析确定答案。
【解析】
1. 结合前文“not good at communicating”及后文Betty的情绪表现，可知她容易生气，选B（angry）；
2. 由“Yellow leaves（黄叶）”可知是秋天，选C（autumn）；
3. 后文妈妈提到洗了校服但没干，说明Betty找不到校服，选A（find）；
4. 前半句“洗了”和后半句“没干”是转折关系，选C（but）；
5. 校服没干是湿的，Betty担心穿湿衣服会显得傻，选A（wet）；
6. 妈妈拿出熨斗是为了快速弄干校服，选D（dry）；
7. 突然听到袖子撕裂的声音，选D（Suddenly）；
8. 妈妈叫Betty时她没回头，选D（turn back）；
9. 晚上Betty听到父母在谈话，选C（talking）；
10. 妈妈说不是有意伤害Betty，Betty是女孩，用her指代，选B（her）；
11. 父母想通过行动展示善意，选A（kindness）；
12. 妈妈明智地修补了校服，选A（wisely）；
13. Betty向妈妈道歉，说“我很抱歉”，选D（sorry）；
14. Betty学会在大喊前深呼吸，选A（before）；
15. 修补的衣服里蕴含着爱，选B（love）。
【答案】
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.D 8.D 9.C 10.B 11.A 12.A 13.D 14.A 15.B
【知识点】
完形填空、语境理解、词汇辨析
【点评】
本文以贴近学生生活的故事为载体，考查学生对语境的把握能力和词汇运用能力，传递了沟通与理解的重要意义，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6