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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，填在相应的空格内。 
I grew up in a small town in Alabama. I had to eat last at school _____21_____ I was a welfare kid. I began to work at 8. But didn’t _____22_____. I felt safer working than being at home.
At 12, I came across Macy of Charm School. She said, “You are _____23_____ for your age. Come to my school and I will train you.” _____24_____ Mama didn’t approve. When Miss Macy told her I could come to her school _____25_____, Mama let me go. Miss Macy would teach me how to _____26_____ like a lady. She encouraged me to enter every beauty competition that came to Alabama.
One day, I got an opportunity to go to a modeling _____27_____ in New York City! The trip was _____28_____, but I had a year, so I started working three jobs. With the help of the town —money, a miniskirt, boots, a new _____29_____— we got to New York.
But when the competition started, I thought I didn’t _____30_____ there, with my strange hair and boots. And I didn’t see one girl walk the way Miss Macy had taught me. I pretended to be _____31_____, but I was really scared. Finally I didn’t _____32_____ anything.
To my surprise, the next day Miss Macy told the governor of Alabama on the phone I had been signed with the world’s most famous model agency and that we were putting Alabama on the _____33_____.
“Miss Macy, that isn’t _____34_____.” I said. But Miss Macy just _____35_____ my disagreement, because she had a better _____36_____ of how poor my life was in Alabama
Afterwards we found Wilhelmina, the top model agent, in her office. Miss Macy just told her I was becoming a model with her agency. I didn’t know whether Wilhelmina would burst out laughing or, _____37_____ Miss Macy. Unexpectedly, Wilhelmina simply asked, “So tell me, what’s so _____38_____ about you ? ”
I didn’t know the right thing to say, but one word popped into my head. “ _____39_____, madam.” “Well, I’d like to see what you can do with that determination,” she said and handed me a _____40_____, “But first we have to do something about your hair.”
21. A. though B. unless C. because D. once
22. A. compromise B. mind C. struggle D. adapt
23. A. tall B. mature C. smart D. thin
24. A. Therefore B. Unfortunately C. Instead D. Thankfully
25. A. alone B. fairly C. anyway D. free
26. A. speak B. sit C. walk D. eat
27. A. organization B. training C. competition D. ceremony
28. A. meaningful B. expensive C. stressful D. impressive
29. A. suitcase B. necklace C. overcoat D. hairstyle
30. A. belong B. shine C. relate D. qualify
31. A. patient B. confident C. interested D. serious
32. A. deserve B. remember C. learn D. win
33. A. rise B. wall C. run D. map
34. A. clear B. modest C. true D. accurate
35. A. accepted B. ignored C. interrupted D. justified
36. A. understanding B. sense C. record D. command
37. A. encourage B. question C. applaud D. comfort
38. A. enthusiastic B. tough C. crazy D. special
39. A. Determination B. Ambition C. Motivation D. Affection
40. A. contract B. gift C. certificate D. tissue
21.答案：C
解析：考查连词。句意：我在学校最后吃饭，是因为我是接受福利的儿童。两句之间是因果关系，故选C。
22.答案：C
解析：考查动词辨析。句意：但是我并没有挣扎，因为我在工厂比在家更安全。根据句意故选C。
23.答案：C
解析：考查形容词辨析。由上下文可知，Macy认为这个小女孩比较聪明，愿意帮助她。故选C。
24.答案：B
解析：考查副词辨析。由下一句，Mama didn’t approve.所以是很不幸，故选B。
25.答案：D
解析：考查形容词辨析。句意：当Macy说我可以免费上学时，妈妈才同意。故选D。
26.答案：C
解析：考查名词辨析。从charm school, beauty competition等可知教孩子们如何像淑女一样走路，故选C。
27.答案：C
解析：考查名词辨析。上文中出现beauty competition，同词复现，故选C。
28.答案：B
解析：考查形容词辨析。句意：由于路费比较贵，但是有一年时间，所以打工赚钱。根据句意故选B。
29.答案：D
解析：考查名词。根据下文中最后一段提及hairs，因此此处应该是hairstyle,故选D。
30.答案：A
解析：考查动词。句意：我感到我自己不属于这里，Macy教的和其他人都不同。故选A。
31.答案：B
解析：考查形容词辨析。句意：我假装得很自信但实际上很害怕。根据句意故选B。
32.答案：D
解析：考查动词。由后文我说不是真的，不同意Macy的话，此处句意：最终我什么都没得到。根据句意故选D。
33.答案：D
解析：考查固定搭配。On the rise在增加；on the wall在墙上；on the map出名的，重要的。根据句意故选D。
34.答案：C
解析：考查形容词辨析。我说出这不是真的，Macy忽略我的争辩。故选C。
35.答案：B
解析：考查动词。Macy忽略我的争辩。故选B。
36.答案：A
34解析】考查固定搭配。Have a better understanding对…有更好理解，故选A。
37.答案：B
解析：考查动词。根据与burst laughing out并列的，此处应该是质疑，故选B。
38.答案：D
解析：考查形容词。句意：你哪里有特别之处？根据句意故选D。
39.答案：A
解析：考查名词。下文中Well, I’d like to see what you can do with that determination,故选A。
40.答案：A
解析：考查名词。根据上文提到的signed model 故选A。
 

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