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【来源】2017届四川省凉山州高中毕业班第二次诊断

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As a temporary teacher, my daily routine___ __driving to a new school___ ___every day, so I’m usually unable to anticipate (预料) the day’s events, good or bad.

On one particular day, I was teaching in a very___ ___class. I was managing behavior all the morning and by lunch time, I needed coffee to___ ___the afternoon. So at my lunch___ ___, I drove to a nearby plaza to get a cup of___ ___. Upon returning to the car, I realized I had___ ___my keys and my phone___ ___. I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4–or–5 minute___ ___. I thought of rushing back, but it being____ ____, I thought a nasty fall on ice would only make the situation much___ ____.

So I ran into a McDonald’s which was in the___ ____plaza and asked the man at the counter who ____ ____to be the manager to help me call a tab. I____ ____explained my situation and he hurried to the back to use the phone____ ____I paced in the restaurant.

The manager returned____ ____to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got____ ___. My expression began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear.

Almost immediately, the manager grabbed his coat and____ ____to drive me to the school. Without____ ____, I followed him into his car and made back into my classroom with 2 minutes to ____ ____before the bell!

1.A. concludes     B. involves     C. relates      D. connects

2.A. almost      B. hardly      C. really      D. luckily

3.A. easy      B. pleasant     C. difficult     D. noisy

4.A. cost      B. pick      C. finish      D. survive

5.A. stop      B. stay      C. pause      D. break

6.A. tea       B. milk      C. coffee      D. wine

7.A. locked      B. forgot      C. threw      D. shut

8.A. down      B. inside      C. up      D. outside

9.A. distance      B. drive      C. walk      D. time

10.A. summer      B. fall      C. winter      D. spring

11.A. worse      B. easier      C. better      D. simpler

12.A. other      B. another     C. next      D. same

13.A. turned      B. explained     C. happened     D. came

14. A. quickly      B. briefly      C. slowly      D. hurriedly

15.A. after      B. until      C. when      D. while

16.A. even      B. only      C. still      D. yet

17.A. disconnected    B. stuck      C. troubled     D. interrupted

18.A. dragged      B. pulled      C. offered     D. pushed

19.A. problem     B. choice      C. alternative     D. hesitation

20.A. spare      B. leave      C. ring      D. control