一天,无意中在学校的《撷英阁》上看到了一则故事,颇有感触,于是便将其编写成了下面这篇英语完形填空试题。文中故事让人伤感,却也有领悟。似乎是一双父母的冷漠酿成了儿子的悲剧,然而,战争才是真正的元凶。战争让人性扭曲,它给爱好和平的人们带来的心灵创伤永远都无法抹去!
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This is a true story based on a __1__ coming back from Vietnam War. The first day he got back from __2__, he __3__ his parents, and said, “Mom and Dad, I'm __4__ now.” The father said quickly, “Come back home as soon as possible, my son, we miss you.” “Can I take my __5__ home with me, Dad?” the son begged. “Of course, you can.” the father answered, “and we'll be __6__ to see him.”“I have to tell you, however, my friend was __7__ in the war, and now he has lost one arm and one leg, no job and nowhere to live. So I'd like to invite him to __8__ us.”
“But…, I'm __9__. We can't find him a __10__ to live in.” the father added, “My son, you don't know what you're saying. Don't you think such a __11__ man, will be a burden on __12__? You'd better come back home first, and then __13__. I believe he'll have his own way to live…”Just then, the son __14__the phone, and from then on, the parents didn't __15__ him anymore.
Days later, the parents __16__ San Francisco police station, telling them that their son __17__ by jumping off a high building. Immediately, they sadly flew to San Francisco. The police took them to __18__ the dead body. It WAS their son! But it was __19__ that their son should have only one arm and __20__!
1. A. student B. soldier C. graduate D. police
2. A. home B. college C. the countryside D. the front
3. A. met B. found C. called D. left
4. A. back B. busy C. a worker D. a soldier
5. A. classmate B. uniform C. girlfriend D. friend
6. A. sorry B. glad C. afraid D. worried
7. A. badly wounded B. caught C. dead D. lost
8. A. visit B. stay with C. live with D. have diner with
9. A. glad B. surprised C. sorry D. anxious
10.A. shelter B. shop C. hotel D. station
11.A. disabled B. able C. lonely D. single
12.A. our house B. our family life C. your brother D. study
13.A. search for him B. find him C. forget him D. return to the army
14.A. hold on B. hung up C. took up D. cut up
15.A. listen to B. receive C. hear D. hear from
16.A. arrived at B. asked C. got a call from D. came to
17.A. had killed himself B. had killed someone
C. had been caught stealing D. had stolen newspaper
18.A. say goodbye B. bury C. identify D. see
19.A. too bad B. strange C. unbelievable D. surprising
20.A. one gun B. one leg C. one eye D. one hand
B D C A D B A C C A A B C B D C A C D B
1. B 越战归来的人应该是士兵
2. D the front 是指前线
3. C 从下文得知,他给父母打电话告知他回来了
4. A
5. D 儿子在战争中失去一只胳膊和一条腿,这样回家会给父母带去悲伤,因此他说要带朋友回来,实际上是试探父母,并让他们有思想准备,来逐渐地接受自己。这实际是表现了儿子的孝心
6. B听到儿子要回来,父亲非常高兴
7. C 儿子说他的朋友在战争中受了重伤(badly wounded),失去了一只胳膊和一条腿,
8. C 儿子说要请他的朋友住到他们家里来。和stay with 相比,live with更有长期的意思
9. C 听了这话,父亲的态度变了,sorry用来表达拒绝别人的提议或请求
10A shelter 避难所
11A 缺了一只胳膊和腿的人,可以称为disabled man,残疾人
12B 一个残疾人,会成为我们家庭生活的负担burden
13C 父亲劝儿子忘记这个朋友吧。父亲表现得很冷漠
14B 听了这话,儿子挂断了(hung up)电话. hold on 是不放下电话,保持在线。take up 是拿起电话。cut up是切碎
15D 打那以后,父母再也没收到hear from儿子的消息
16C 几天后,父母收到一个由旧金山警察局打来的电话
17A 电话里说,他们的儿子跳楼自杀了
18C identify辨认,确认,鉴定。警察带着他们去确认孩子的尸体
19D 他们的儿子竟然只有一只胳膊,一条腿,这让他们简直无法相信unbelievable。strange 是奇怪,在这里不妥
20B
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