江苏省常州市 2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空训练（37）含答案完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140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。（根据台州市2009年高三年级第一次调考试改编）We always celebrated my Dads November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years went on, these events took on a(n) 21 meaning a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal 22 for all that he had done for me in my life. When we knew that it might be Dads 23 birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party _24_all of us sitting around him. Dad was a wonderful 25 , and here was a biggest audience hed ever had. During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dads turn to 26 stories from us. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. 27 , we told stories from our hearts, 28 Dad listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. We 29 all kinds of lost memories stories about when we were little, stories about when Dad was young and stories that are shared as family 30 . Even the littlest grandchildren couldnt 31 to tell their grandfather why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our 32 to honor him.A few months later, at Dads memorial service, we fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people normally tell at a 33 . They are told, then, full of tears, with the hope that the departed will somehow hear the outpouring of love._34_ we had given those loving 35 to Dad when he was 36 , told through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joy. Im sure the stories and memories 37 over in his mind during his last months and days.Words do 38 , and they are enough. We need to say them, to speak them 39 to the ones we love, for everyone else to hear. Thats the way to 40 love, and our chance to honor a person in life.21.A. double B. original C. complex D. modern 22.A. congratulation B. thanking C. wish D. apology23.A. late B. lastC. livingD. lost24.A. by B. as C. thoughD. with25.A. writerB. listenerC. storytellerD. reader26.A. listen to B. hear of C. make up D. talk about27.A. Little by little B. Now and then C. All at once D. One after another28.A. while B. because C. if D. before29.A. regretted B. recorded C. recalledD. remembered30.A. thoughts B. possessionsC. talesD. treasures31.A. afford B. wait C. offer D. help32.A. task B. dutyC. chanceD. decision33.A. burial B. party C. meeting D. wedding34.A. Or B. And C. So D. But35.A. kindnessB. memoriesC. care D. hugs36.A. healthyB. old C. youngD. alive37.A. rolledB. wentC. flied D. came38.A. benefitB. work C. matter D. mean39.A. properly B. publiclyC. clearlyD. correctly40.A. give back B. search forC. hand over D. fall in完形:21-25 ABBDC 26-30 ADACD 31-35 BCADB 36-40 DACBA*结束（济南市2011届高三教学质量调研） The website FarmersOnly. com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers. As he tells it,the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine oclock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning. So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. You dont have to be a farmer to be on FarmersOnly. com. But you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of Americas heartland. You also have to live in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the sire listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website. Some farmers have also found love through a group,Singles in Agriculture,which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986.It organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. Its website,singlesinag.org,says there are more than l,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.(1)Jerry Miller started FarmersOnly.com in order to_.A. help farmers B. supp