课时跟踪训练3－4
Ⅰ.完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A Game of Light and Shade
It was a sunny day. I had gone up and down the tower when, outside the door at the foot, a blind man came toward me. In a moment, he disappeared up the stairs. I looked at the sign that said “To the Tower”， and decided to __1__ him. I caught up with him in the ticket office. There I was __2__ to see the attendant (工作人员) selling him a ticket as if he were any other visitor. Then, with the ticket in one hand and __3__ the wall with the fingers of the other, the blind man reached the stairs __4__ to the hallway. “That man is blind. What would a blind man climb up the tower for？” I said to the attendant, expecting him to show some __5__ , but he didn't answer.
“Not the __6__ certainly，” I said. “Perhaps he wants to __7__ .” I bought a ticket and __8__ up the stairs. The man hadn't gone as far as I__9__ . A third of the way up the tower, I heard his __10__ . I slowed down and followed him at a little __11__ . He stopped from time to time. When he got to the balcony (阳台), I was a dozen steps __12__ . As I
reached it, I saw him at the corner of the tower.
At last, after ten minutes, I __13__ him. “Excuse me，” I said as politely as I could, “but I am curious to know __14__ you came up.”
He smiled. “Coming up the stairs, you will notice how not just light but sun __15__ into the tower through the narrow windows here and there, so that you can feel the __16__ —the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm—and how up here behind the wall there is __17__ , but as soon as going opposite a window you can find the sun. There is no __18__ so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade. It is not the first time I've come up.”
The blind man seemed quite __19__ , just like a child who was enjoying his favorite games. He told me the truth that blind men can also find the beauty in life __20__ they cannot enjoy the sights of the world. 1．A.accept B．follow C．control D．visit
2．A.frightened B．disappointed C．surprised D．embarrassed 3．A.touching B．climbing C．hitting D．covering 4．A.pointing B．attaching C．contributing D．leading 5．A.respect B．doubt
C．concern D．sympathy 6．A.view B．test C．prize D．trick 7．A.kick B．jump C．relax D．escape 8．A.struggled B．explored C．wandered D．hurried 9．A.promised B．examined C．imagined D．confirmed 10．A.steps B．words C．secrets D．cheers 11．A. standard B．distance C．expense D．intention 12．A.ahead B．around C．outside D．behind
13．A.recognized B．surrounded C．approached D．witnessed 14．A.why B．how C．when D．whether 15．A.knocks B．pours C．slides D．bursts 16．A.trend B．reaction