IrememberwhenIwasfour,Ilookedoutawindowofourflatandsawa...

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I remember when I was four, I looked out a window of our flat and saw a new Toyota parked on the street. It    41     the Tans next door. I asked my mother,“Why didn’t we own a car?”Mother    42    and said,“We have you, your sister and this house. I think it is enough.” I kept quiet and stared at the Tans as they climbed into their shiny Toyota. I was too

     43    to understand the financial struggles Mother and Father   44   I could see was that we didn’t have a car. Instead, Father had an old   45    . He would cycle to and from work, and in the evenings take me and my sister for    46    around the neighborhood. Despite the rusty (生锈的) backseat that often left red marks on my legs, I   47    that bicycle. I would hold on to Father’s waist tightly and scream my lungs out. It always felt like a roller coaster ride.

Then one morning, when I was eight, I    48    that the bicycle was not in its usual spot in the basement. It had been   49    . As Mother cried, Father comforted her that he could get to work with a co-worker. He    50    got a new bicycle—I guess we couldn’t afford one at the time.

As time passed, our family   51   . There were four children, and no doubt even more bills to pay. I   52    watching as cars came and went on our street. Our neighbors would kindly offer us a lift, but Mother insisted on not   53    people. So we did a lot of walking. Fortunately, the school was   54  . On weekends, to get to our local church, we   55   almost a kilometer to the nearest bus stop. Dressed in our best clothes, my siblings（兄弟姐妹） and I would chat   56    as Mother and Father led the noisy kids.

Years passed and many things changed. One evening,   57   I was standing at the window looking at all the parked cars, Mother came up beside me.“Your sister is planning to get a car,”she said. “A Toyota.”Suddenly   58    a car didn’t seem to matter so much. Despite our shortage of money for all those years, the journey of    59   had bonded us tightly together. Remembering our    60    twenty years earlier, I smiled to her and said,“Mother, I still have you and this house. I think it is enough.”

41. A. turned to             B. picked up               C. belonged to               D. stood for

42. A. smiled                 B. wept                      C. hesitated                   D. complained

43. A. generous             B. proud                     C. young                      D. embarrassed

44. A. approached         B. faced                      C. mentioned                D. expected

45. A. vehicle                B. house                     C. friend                       D. bike

46. A. rides                   B. sightseeing              C. business                   D. performances

47. A. mended               B. hated                      C. liked                        D. cleaned

48. A. lied                     B. imagined                 C. predicted                  D. noticed

49. A. sold                    B. stolen                     C. hidden                    D. moved

50. A. even                   B. nearly                     C. never                       D. immediately

51. A. grew                  B. enriched                 C. improved                  D. separated

52. A. continued            B. stopped                  C. began                       D. avoided

53. A. begging              B. helping                   C. troubling                  D. blaming

54. A. nearby                B. vast                        C. distant                    D. crowded

55. ured             B. followed                 C. cycled                    D. walked

56. A. formally              B. loudly                     C. politely                     D. curiously

57. A. as                       B. if                           C. once                        D. because

58. A. owning               B. running                   C. taking                      D. driving

59. A. respect                                        C. friendship                 D. success

60. ggle              hbor                  C. quarrel                            D. conversation

【回答】

41-45 CACBD      46-50 ACDBC          51-55 AACAD           56-60 BAABD

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空