2014屆高考英語復習講練測：完形填空6it was a bright spring afternoon when freda told me she wouldnt need me any more. i had just finished my four-hour work _36_ up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. she was_37_ jeans and a sweater. sitting at the table i had just 38_. a pile of papers spread around her. her husbands_39_ was going to be reduced by thirty percent. and they were trying to live as if it had_40_ happened. i felt sorry for her. but i also felt a sense of_41_.i had been cleaning fredas house for five years and had_42_ an unexpected relationship with the family. it was not just_43_ i had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor._44_ that i had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls beds. it was_45_ than that. for i felt i had become a part of their_46_.freda stayed at home with the kids,_47_ i would often see her in the morning_48_ them to school. and id be there when they_49_ home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. i had_50_ them grow up. now i was fired, but the _51_thing was that i still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.i left fredas house that day, wondering about the_52_ relationship with my clients（主顧）. who am i_53_ them? as a matter of fact, im _54_ an employee the lowest kind of employee. but im also a trusted_55_ of the family. i cant help worrying about what happens around me.36. a. steppingb. comingc. jumpingd. moving37. a. hangingb. makingc. wearingd. changing38. a. cleanedb. washedc. sweptd. brushed39. a. dutyb. moneyc. workd. pay40. a. alreadyb. seldomc. neverd. yet41. a. regretb. surprisec. feard. loss42. a. startedb. developedc. improvedd. broken43. a. whyb. whatc. thatd. which44. a. butb. andc. ord. for45. a. lessb. leastc. mored. most46. a. lifeb. storyc. activityd. experience47. a. asb. soc. sinced. however48. a. takingb. bringingc. meetingd. calling49. a. leftb. returnedc. wentd. marched50. a. foundb.noticed c.watched d.realised51. a. possibleb.great c.prople d.strange52. a. meaningb.nature c.result d.important53. a. forb.to c.with d. at54. a. hardlyb.certainlyc.probablyd.merely55. a. memberb.personc.relatived.impanion答案 36.d 37.c 38.a 39.d 40.a 41.d 42.b 43.c 44.c 45.c 46.a 47.b 48.a 49.b 50.c 51.d 52.b 53.b 54.d 55.athe survey about childhood in the third world shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. but in the rich world, children can 36 from a different kind of povertyof the spirit. 37 , one western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides (自殺)every year by children under 15, and one child 38 five needs psychiatric(心理)advice.there are many good things about 39 in the third world. take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example.in the west,the very nature of work puts distance between 40 and children.but in most third world villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. 41 ,the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbours working 42 and often shares in that work.a child 43 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the communitys 44 ：helping to dig or build,look after animals or babies-rather than 45 playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 46 playing with dolls.these children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the 47 children. their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. children in the rich world, 48 , are provided with a watch as one of the 49 signs of growing up, so that they can 50 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of tv showsthird world children do not usually 51 to stay indoors, still less in highrise apartments(公寓).instead of dangerous roads,keep off the grass signs and dont speak to strangers,there is often a sense of 52 to study and play. parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 53 from ten floors up. 54 , twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease.but childhood in the third world is not all 55 .36. a. come b. learn c. suffer d. survive37. a. as usual b. for instance c. in fact d. in other words38. a. by b. in c. to d. under39. a. childhood b. poverty c. spirit d. survival40. a. adults b. fathers c. neighbours d. relatives41. a. anyhow b. however c. instead d. still42. a. away b. alone c. along d. nearby43. a. growing up b. living through c. playing d. working44. a. activity b. life c. study d. work45. a. by b. from c. through d. with46. a. and b. but c. or d. so47. a. eastern b. good c. poor d. western48. a. at any moment b. at the same time c. on the other hand d. on the whole49. a. easiest b. earliest c. happiest d. quickest50. a. care b. fear c. hurry d. worry51. a. dare b. expect c. have d. require52. a. control b. danger c. disappointment d