河北省定兴县2016高考英语二轮复习 完形填空摸底训练（一）.doc

河北定兴县2016高考英语二轮完形填空摸底训练(1)
完形填空。阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。
Loving Kindness Is Twice Blessed
I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so 1 .
As I was sitting at my desk, I 2 it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her 3 .
Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I 4 to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift, 5 to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have 6 of a birthday this year. As always, 7 , she sounded cheerful and was happy that I 8 .
After I hung up, I couldn’t 9 the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day. 10 feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I 11 gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise 12 me I’d done the right thing and were a generous 13 for the little effort it had taken.
When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a 14 friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had 15 my own!
Isn’t that the way it is 16 we take the time and make the 17 to do something for someone else? It’s like the little sayin