速测(二) 完形填空+阅读理解C+D
Ⅰ.完形填空
After school on Friday, I waited at the school gate to walk home with Jemma, as usual. Then I saw 1 talking and laughing happily with some other girls. She glanced(瞥了一眼) at me and left me alone there.I knew right then that I had 2 my best friend.
At dinner, Mom asked,“Is Jemma coming by tomorrow?”
I shrugged(耸肩) and said nothing.
The next morning, Mom asked,“Today is 3 . What are you and Jemma going to do?” I shrugged again.“ 4 is Jemma?”
Mom took a look at me.Then she said,“Will you take these magazines to Grandma, please?”
5 I walked down the street, a new girl in the neighborhood came towards me, smiling. But I just went 6 her.
Grandma welcomed me at the door with a warm hug.
Sitting on the sofa, I noticed a(n) 7 of kids in old-fashioned clothes on the table. Grandma pointed at a girl with short fair hair.
“That's Beth Lambert,” she said.“My best friend. Until a week before we took this photo.” I was 8 at that.
“Beth and I were best friends in school.We did everything 9 . Then one day, she made new friends and said she didn't want to hang out with me anymore. Nothing hurt 10 that.”
I didn't say anything.I couldn't. I knew I'd start 11 if I opened my mouth.
Grandma hugged me again.“Simone, sometimes friends grow 12 . It might happen to anyone,”she continued.“Then, see him?” Grandma's finger 13 to a boy with glasses in the photo.“He lived near me. When I was walking home by myself 14 this boy was, too, I said ‘hello’. And we became friends.”
“So, if we want to start a new friendship,”she smiled.“One 15 is all it took.”
As I was heading home, that new girl appeared again.I went towards her and spoke, “Hello.”
( )1.A. it B.them C.her D.him
( )2.A. lost B.hurt C.forgotten D.beaten
( )3.A. Monday B.Friday C.Saturday D.Sunday
( )4.A. How B.Where C.Which D.Who
( )5.A. As B.Before C.After D.Until
( )6.A. to B.past C.with D.against
( )7.A. card B.photo C.poster D.advertisement
( )8.A. glad B.angry C.satisfied D.surprised
( )9.A. together B.outside C.differently D.quickly
( )10.A. less than B.because of C.more than D.instead of
( )11.A. singing B.laughing C.shouting D.crying
( )12.A. old B.separate C.strong D.close
( )13.A. moved B.connected C.returned D.waved
( )14.A. so B.but C.for D.and
( )15.A. hug B.smile C.word D.question
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Passage 1
Being fooled by others is not a good feeling, and most of the time the person who is fooled will get angry. But on April Fool's Day, everybody is encouraged to play tricks on loved ones and even the strangers you meet on the street. Playing tricks on each other on that day is a tradition and of course, those who were played tricks on by others cannot be annoyed. It is exactly a strange festival, isn't it? But how did it begin?
As a matter of fact, no one exactly knows how April Fool's Day got started. But according to some experts, it was started by Pope Gregory ??, who gave the world the Gregorian calendar.
In 1562, the Gregorian calendar moved the first day of the year from April 1 to January 1. Word did eventually get around, but the news spread too slowly at that time which made some races still regarded April 1 as New Year's Day without knowing they were three months behind the times. And these “April fools” were tricked by those who knew it. As a result, the tradition made its way to the US.
April Fool's Day is getting more and more popular nowadays. Words like “April Fool's Day jokes” and “April Fool's Day tricks” on the website have more than doubled, and words like “April Fool's Day jokes for work” have also increased greatly.
