江苏省2014届准高三英语完形+阅读暑假限时训练6

I was called into the principal’s office but I had no idea what I had done wrong. When I arrived, my brother Brian was there. He had been crying. Brian grabbed my hand and said, “Amanda has been in a car___1___.” Every inch of my body went __2____as I realized what he had said. My sister was injured. One question sounded over and over in my head –___3___could this have happened? Even though she was only 17, Amanda was one of the___4___drivers I knew. I felt shocked and terrified. My brother and I left immediately___5___the hospital my sister was in. When we arrived, my sister’s face was___6___from the eyebrows up and you could see blood everywhere. She was___7___to several machines. My mom and dad stood at her side crying. My sister looked___8___at me with blood-filled eyes. In her eyes, where I expected to see___9___, I saw strength. She said to me, “I love you, Renee.” I suddenly realized how___10___I tell my sister I love her. I tried to___11___her, but she wasn’t listening any more,___12___some doctors were taking her away to the x-ray room. As they wheeled her away I wanted to scream out, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t move, speak or even cry__13____she was around the corner. Then the tears came. Though everyone kept telling me she would be all right, something made me___14___. Every moment that passed allowed the___15___in my mind to grow bigger. Finally, the doctor walked down the hall and stood quietly in front of us. It was then that the long-awaited___16___came. Amanda was going to be okay. My heart leaped as I realized I still had a sister. She would need a lot of plastic surgery, but she was_17_____. A year later,__18____my sister and I quarrel sometimes, every time I see her face and spot the large scar that stretches across it, I remember to tell her that I__19____her. I remember when I almost didn’t have the___20___to tell her again how much I love her.

1. A. game B. travel C. accident D. shop

2. A. frozen B. excited C. flexible D. relaxed

3. A. when B. where C. why D. how

4. A. youngest B. safest C. hardest D. worst

5. A. to B. at C. up D. for

6. A. covered B. knocked C. operated D. hanged

7. A. applied B. attached C. fastened D. related

8. A. up B. down C. around D. upon

9. A. belief B. love C. fear D. hope

10. A. frequently B. much C. soon D. rarely

11. A. answer B. refuse C. persuade D. hug

12. A. while B. because C. though D. so