第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）。阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，

题目内容：

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）。

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

It was a warm March evening, and I’d just taken a seat on the bus that would take me home. It was nearly 6:00

PM, but the bus was not yet full and the driver gave no ___21___ that he intended to start the bus.

A middle-aged woman took a seat opposite me. She was crying. Not speaking to anyone in particular, she ___22____ narrated her story.

She had come to the city to visit her daughter. On the way to the terminal, a thief had ___23____ one of her bags. It had contained half of the money she’d brought with her. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she ___24___ still had some money left. The bus conductor, driver, and other passengers listened to her tale.

At this time, an old man ___25__ got on the bus. He sat in the seat directly in front of the woman.

After a few minutes, all seats were ___26___. The driver got behind the wheel and started the engine. The bus conductor collected tickets and began asking us where we were ___27___. When he came to the old man’s seat, he became ___28___ and asked the old man whether he had any money. The old man___29___ that

he did not. He explained that he ___30___ all his mo ney this morning when he’d accidentally got on the wrong bus and now he was trying to go home.

Upon hearing this, the bus conductor ___31___ the old man to get off the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he begged the bus conductor to let him take that bus __32___ he could get home before dark. The bus driver approached the old man, and repeated the conductor’s ___33___ to get off the bus.

“Stop troubl

ing him! Can’t you see he’s o nly trying to get home?” she interfered. “He doesn’t

have any money! ” the driver shouted. “Well, that’s no __34_ to throw him off the bus,” she insisted.

Then she said, “How much is his fare?” The bus conductor mumbled the amount. “Fine,” said the woman. She __35___ inside her blouse, took out her ___36___ money, and handed the fares to the bus conductor. “Here’s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a hard time.”

All eyes turned ___37___the woman, who, just minutes before, had been crying over the money she’d lost. “It’s only money,” she shrugged.

By the time the bus rolled out of the terminal, she had given the old man bread and a dollar. She rode the rest of the way home ___38__ a Mona Lisa smile of peace and grace, and the money she’d lost ___39__ was forgotten.

On the road of life, the politeness and smiles of ___40___ can lighten our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the journey when we make it a little smoother and richer for others!

21. A. answer B. agreement C. indication D. talk

22. A. tearfully B. excitedly C. helplessly D. proudly

23. A. got B. snatched C. pulled D. caught

24. A. surprisingly B. peacefully C. naturally D. fortunately

25. A. in rags B. shyly C. happily D. in disorder

26. A. had B. taken C. full D. crowded

27. A. getting on B. getting down C. getting off D. getting in

28. A. conscious B. suspicious C. curious D. anxious

29. A. realized B. pretended C. admitted D. remembered

30. A. spend B. has spent C. had spent D. was spent

31. A. asked B. ordered C. led D. begged

32. A. so B. until C. if D. when

33. A. arrangement B. command C. advice D. decision

34. A. good B. sense C. reason D. doubt

35. A. picked B. removed C. touched D. reached

36. A. left B. saving C. borrowed D. remaining

37. A. in B. to C. down D. on

38. A. owning B. wearing C. hating D. losing

39. A. earlier B. sooner C. later D. former

40. A. customers B. friends C. strangers D. conductors

最佳答案：

21-25CABDA 26-30BCBCC 31-35 BABCD 36-40 DBBAC

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。