3 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left
_______. Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other
_______?
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s,
_______ children from different races and religions played and studied
_______ in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s
________from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just
_______ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well
_______ or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d
_______ the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to
_______ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his
________.
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I
________ touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I
________ my destination. The driver acknowledged my
________ but did not move off. Instead, he looked
________ at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so
_________addressed(称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two
________ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something
________ to describe.
If we can allow our children to be
________ without prejudice, they’ll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be
________ their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies build and
________ we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “we happy few, we band of brothers”.
1. | A．interested | B．pleased | C．puzzled | D．excited |
2. | A．parties | B．cities | C．villages | D．races |
3. 4. | A．together | B．around | C．alone | D．apart |
5. | A．drop | B．throw | C．move | D．roll |
6. | A．refused | B．made | C．sought | D．accepted |
7. | A．paid | B．meant | C．preserved | D．treated |
8. | A．explore | B．search | C．discover | D．desert |
9. | A．get through | B．deal with | C．come across | D．take away |
10. | A．arrival | B．choice | C．effort | D．company |
11. | A．lost | B．gained | C．developed | D．missed |
12. | A．stated | B．ordered | C．decided | D．chose |
13. | A．attempts | B．instructions | C．opinions | D．arrangements |
14. | A．anxiously | B．carelessly | C．disappointedly | D．fixedly |
15. | A．familiarly | B．strangely | C．fully | D．coldly |
16. | A．departures | B．months | C．years | D．decades |
17. | A．possible | B．funny | C．hard | D．clear |
18. | A．them | B．themselves | C．us | D．ourselves |
19. | A．from | B．by | C．with | D．against |
20. | A．still | B．otherwise | C．then | D．instead |
