江西省赣州市2019-2022学年高二下学期英语期末试卷汇编:完形填空(含答案)

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江西省赣州市
2019-2022三年高二下学期英语期末试卷汇编
完形填空
江西省赣州市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考英语试题
第一节(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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“Can I buy an ice cream with my blue rock ” I smiled down at the little girl. She couldn’t be ___21___ than five years old. I had seen her several times ___22___ here. Children usually ___23___ their ice cream with cash money. She looked so ___24___, worrying that her rock might not be enough. I made a(n) ___25___ of examining it carefully. I ___26___ it to the light. I bit it with my teeth. I tapped it with a pencil.
“Yes. What kind of ice cream would you like ” The little girl, still serious but with a ___27___ smile of thanks on her face, looked ___28___ at me: “I would like a popsicle (棒冰) that comes with two halves,”
“Are you sure you wouldn’t want a bigger ice cream cone (蛋卷筒) ” She ___29___ her head. “No. I can’t share those very ____30____. They melt too quickly.” “Share it With whom ” I looked around and there didn’t seem to be ____31____ near her and I never ____32____ any of the other children playing with her either. She turned and ____33____ to a young woman sitting quiet y at a picnic table. “For my Mommy. She doesn’t have any ____34____. She gave me that blue rock for my birthday.”
I ____35____ a tear from my eye and handed the girl her popsicle. She thanked me and ____36____ to her mother. I saw the Mom look up and mouth a “Thank you so much” to me.
I closed up my ____37____. I got a sundae for me and the little girl’s mother to share. I ____38____ a cone for the little girl. I put them in a carrier and went over to the picnic table. ____39____, we had supper together.
Our story came to a happy end. You may know us from some of the things written in the ____40____ or maybe you saw us on the evening News. We are “Blue Rock Ice Cream”. I still have that blue rock. Plus a wife and a little girl.
21. A. less B. smarter C. more D. lower
22. A. hanging around B. settling down C. taking off D. running away
23. A. sold B. took C. fetched D. bought
24. A. serious B. happy C. scared D. nervous
25. A. difference B. effort C. show D. deal
26. A. had B. held C. made D. prepared
27. A. cold B. big C. bitter D. soft
28. A. back B. forward C. up D. over
29. A. shook B. nodded C. moved D. lifted
30. A. slowly B. quietly C. easily D. happily
31. A. anyone B. everybody C. someone D. nobody
32. A. surveyed B. noticed C. witnessed D. predicted
33. A. applied B. appealed C. referred D. pointed
34. A. time B. money C. currency D. cheque
35. A. removed B. rubbed C. cleaned D. wiped
36. A. ran B. fled C. jumped D. dropped
37 A. trunk B. store C. car D. mall
38. A. gave B. bought C. got D. gained
39. A. Again B. Lately C. Suddenly D. Later
40. A. fiction B. paper C. radio D. letter
江西省赣州市2020-2021学年高二下学期期末考英语试题
第一节(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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My father passed away last year, leaving us a legacy (遗产): some money and a grand house with a heated pool in East Hampton, where my kids learned to swim. My wife and I had thought to spend the ____21____ on our children’s and grandchildren’s education and our future homes, just as my father did generously for my brother and me. ____22____, my kids said, “No, just give it away.”
My wife and I work in community service. And our kids often ____23____ us in public welfare activities to ____24____ money for the poor. We’ve tried to raise the kids with generous and warm-hearted ____25____.
“Let’s ____26____ Naima’s college debt” our kids suggested. Naima is a black, immigrant ____27____ who has been a part of our big family since middle school. I ____28____ arguing we need the government to take ____29____ measures to cancel her college debt. My daughter’s eyes rolled, _____30_____ about it. “Naima and her family are _____31_____ stressed every day,” she replied. “We have the _____32_____ to zero out their debt now.”
So we decided to take a _____33_____, we settled Naima’s _____34_____ and donated most of the _____35_____ legacy in a public way that might _____36_____ others. We _____37_____ that we did the right thing. Although the kids are in their early 20s, we believe our kids understand what it _____38_____ to have no legacy. The kids’ hearts, fed by their grandfather’s love, _____39_____ us a way to handle problems. Their _____40_____ is my dad’s real legacy — not his money.
21. A. time B. wealth C. effort D. life
22. A. However B. Otherwise C. Besides D. Instead
23. A. share B. compete C. present D. join
24. A. raise B. accept C. donate D. exchange
25. A. methods B. hopes C. values D. plans
26 A. keep off B. put off C. give off D. pay off
27. A. applicant B. friend C. agent D. sponsor
28. A. wondered B. regretted C. hesitated D. agreed
29. A. relevant B. natural C. similar D. tough
30. A. favourable B. skeptical C. curious D. cautious
31. A. socially B. politically C. ecologically D. financially
32. A. ability B. experience C. routine D. request
33. A. look B. chance C. break D. ride
34. A. account B. demand C. debt D. identity
35. A. remaining B. reasonable C. abundant D. honourable
36. A. forgive B. recommend C. discourage D. inspire
37. A. informed B. realized C. reminded D. warned
38. A. invites B. takes C. expects D. means
39. A. indicate B. send C. offer D. promise
40. A. generosity B. confidence C. honesty D. wisdom
江西省赣州市2019-2020学年高二下学期期末考英语试题
第一节(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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Like many parents, I enjoyed reading a bedtime story to my two sons each night before they went to bed. After the story was over, we would turn out the lights, and talked until they fell ___21___.
One night after the lights were out, my 3-year-old son, Will, ___22___ me to tell them a story ___23___ by myself, not one from a book. So I ___24___ told him a story about the first thing that came into my ___25___. But to my surprise, he ___26___ it so much that he asked me to do that the next night.
Thus a story-telling tradition was ___27___ in our family. Ever since that night, they seemed not to be able to sleep without hearing one of my ___28___ stories. Of all the things I do for my ___29___,my storytelling is what they love most. It has created a special ___30___ between us. And they find that their day isn’t ___31___ without one of my stories, and so do I.
When I see how ___32___ my storytelling is in their lives, I come to realize how much our television and video-oriented (以视频为导向的)society has ___33___ in terms of the personal connections that storytelling brings. Before the ___34___ of television, computers and smartphones, a family’s ___35___ was built around storytelling. Many of the stories we have today originated from the oral(口述的) tradition. It was ___36___ down from generation to generation until someone finally ___37___ them down.
Storytelling serves as a creative way to ___38___ for me. During the storytelling, I forget about the pressure of the day and enjoy the ___39___ time I can spend with my children. I hope that other parents can gain ___40___ from storytelling, too.
21. A. asleep B. short C. ill D. silent
22. A. warned B. forced C. begged D. allowed
23. A. made up B. taken up C. picked up D. brought up
24. A. frequently B. casually C. secretly D. carefully
25. A. book B. movie C. mouth D. mind
26. A. believed B. doubted C. loved D. knew
27. A. ended B. followed C. born D. destroyed
28. A. crazy B. funny C. strange D. original
29. A. parents B. children C. students D. relatives
30. A. bond B. argument C. trust D. difference
31. A. difficult B. bad C. sad D. complete
32. A. valueless B. important C. helpless D. common
33. A. earned B. progressed C. contributed D. lost
34. A. familiarity B. operation C. invention D. discussion
35. A. evening B. party C. morning D. dinner
36. A. died B. passed C. broken D. thrown
37. A. wrote B. cut C. slowed D. broke
38. A. struggle B. relax C. fight D. escape
39. A. unusual B. boring C. precious D. difficult
40. A. confidence B. courage C. knowledge D. happiness
答案:
江西省赣州市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考英语试题
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. D 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一个小女孩用一块石头向作者买冰淇淋的故事。
【21题详解】
考查形容词比较级词义辨析。句意:她不可能超过五岁。A. less更少的;B. smarter更聪明的;C. more更多的;D. lower更低的。more than超过。根据“I smiled down at the little girl.”可知,小女孩可能不超过五岁。故选C。
【22题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意:我见过她几次在这附近闲逛。A. hanging around闲逛;B. settling down定居;C. taking off脱掉;D. running away逃跑。根据“I had seen her several times”可知,作者看到这个小女孩在这附近闲逛。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:孩子们通常用现金买冰淇淋。A. sold卖;B. took带走;C. fetched去取;D. bought买。根据“Can I buy an ice cream with my blue rock ”和“with cash money.”可知,孩子们通常用现金买冰淇淋。故选D。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:她看起来很认真,担心她的石头可能不够用。A. serious认真的;B. happy快乐的;C. scared害怕的;D. nervous紧张的。根据“The little girl, still serious but with a ___7___ smile of thanks on her face,”可知,小女孩拿石头买冰淇淋,看起来是认真的。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我装出仔细检查的样子。A. difference不同;B. effort努力;C. show显示;D. deal交易。make a show of装样子。根据“I ___6___ it to the light. I bit it with my teeth. I tapped it with a pencil.”可知,作者装样子仔细地检查石头。故选C。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我拿着它对着光。A. had有;B. held举起;C. made使得;D. prepared准备。根据“to the light.”可知,作者举起石头对着光来检查石头。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:小女孩仍然很认真,但脸上带着温柔的感谢微笑,她抬头看着我说:“我想要一根冰棍,两半装的。”A. cold寒冷的;B. big大的;C. bitter苦的;D. soft温柔的。根据“smile of thanks on her face,”可知,小女孩带着温柔的微笑。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:小女孩仍然很认真,但脸上带着温柔的感谢微笑,她抬头看着我说:“我想要一根冰棍,两半装的。” A. back向后地;B. forward向前地;C. up向上;D. over穿过。根据常识可知,小女孩是抬头看着作者。look up at抬头看。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:她摇了摇头。A. shook摇晃;B. nodded点头;C. moved移动;D. lifted抬起。根据““Are you sure you wouldn’t want a bigger ice cream cone (蛋卷筒) ””可知,小女孩摇头,表示不需要冰淇淋蛋卷筒。shake one’s head摇头。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:不。我不能很容易地分享它们。它们融化得太快了。A. slowly慢慢地;B. quietly安静地;C. easily容易地;D. happily快乐地。根据“They melt too quickly.”可知,冰淇淋融化太快,不容易分享。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查代词词义辨析。句意:我环顾四周,似乎没有人在她附近,我也没有注意到任何其他孩子在和她一起玩。A. anyone任何人;B. everybody每个人;C. someone某人;D. nobody没有人。根据“and I never ___12___ any of the other children playing with her either.”可知,作者注意到小女孩周围没有任何人。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我环顾四周,似乎没有人在她附近,我也没有注意到任何其他孩子在和她一起玩。A. surveyed调查;B. noticed注意到;C. witnessed目睹;D. predicted预测。根据“any of the other children playing with her either.”可知,作者也注意到没有任何其他孩子在和这个小女孩一起玩。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:她转过身,指着一个安静地坐在野餐桌旁的年轻女子。A. applied运用;B. appealed呼吁;C. referred参考;D. pointed指出。根据“She turned”和“For my Mommy.”可知,小女孩转身,指着自己的妈妈。故选D。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:给我妈妈。她没有钱。那块蓝色的石头是她送给我的生日礼物。A. time时间;B. money金钱;C. currency货币;D. cheque支票。根据“She gave me that blue rock for my birthday.”可知,小女孩的妈妈没有钱。故选B。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我擦了擦眼泪,把棒冰递给女孩。 A. removed消除;B. rubbed揉;C. cleaned清洁;D. wiped拭去。根据“For my Mommy. She doesn’t have any ___14___. She gave me that blue rock for my birthday.”可知,作者为小女孩行为所感动,所以擦了擦眼泪。故选D。
【36题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:她谢过我,迅速离开跑向她母亲。A. ran跑;B. fled逃离;迅速离开;C. jumped跳;D. dropped落下。根据“No. I can’t share those very ___10___. They melt too quickly.”和常识可知,棒冰容易融化,且因为要和妈妈分享,所以迅速离开跑向她母亲。故选B。
【37题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我把箱子关上了。A. trunk大箱子;B. store商店;C. car小汽车;D. mall购物中心。这里指卖冰淇淋的箱子关上。故选A。
【38题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我给小女孩拿了个蛋筒。A. gave给予;B. bought买;C. got得到;D. gained获得。get sth for sb为某人取某物。根据“I got a sundae for me and the little girl’s mother to share.”可知,作者给小女孩拿了个蛋筒。故选C。
【39题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:后来,我们一起吃了晚饭。 A. Again再次;B. Lately最近;C. Suddenly突然;D. Later后来。根据“we had supper together.”可知,作者和她们一起吃了晚饭,这是后来的事情。故选D。
【40题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:你可能从报纸上的一些报道中认识我们,或者你可能在晚间新闻上看到我们。 A. fiction小说;B. paper报纸;C. radio收音机;D. letter信。根据“or maybe you saw us on the evening News.”可知,读者可能在报纸的报道知道这个故事。故选B。
江西省赣州市2020-2021学年高二下学期期末考英语试题
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. D 37. B 38. D 39. C 40. A
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者接受并实施了孩子们处理作者父亲遗产的建议,把财产用于资助经济上有困难的人的故事,并阐发了作者的感悟。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我和妻子本想把这笔财富花在我们子孙后代的教育和我们未来的家园上,就像我父亲为我和弟弟慷慨地做的那样。A. time时间;B. wealth财富;C. effort努力;D. life生活。根据前文“My father passed away last year, leaving us a legacy”可知,此处指“这笔财富”。故选B项。
【22题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:然而,我的孩子们说:“不,把它送人就行了。”A. However然而;B. Otherwise否则;C. Besides此外;D. Instead代替,反而。后文“my kids said, ‘No, just give it away.’”和前文存在转折关系。故选A项。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我们的孩子经常和我们一起参加公益活动,为穷人筹款。A. share分享;B. compete竞争;C. present出席;D. join参加。根据前文“our kids”和后文“us in public welfare activities”可知,此处指孩子们加入父母,一起做公益活动。故选D项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我们的孩子经常和我们一起参加公益活动,为穷人筹款。A. raise筹集;B. accept接受;C. donate捐赠;D. exchange交换。根据前文“in public welfare activities”和后文“money for the poor”可知,在公益活动中为穷人筹钱。故选A项。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我们努力用慷慨和热心的价值观来培养孩子。A. methods方法;B. hopes希望;C. values价值;D. plans计划。根据语境以及前文“generous and warm-hearted”可知,此处指用这种价值观培养孩子。故选C项。
【26题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意:“让我们还清Naima的大学债务”我们的孩子建议。A. keep off避开;B. put off推迟;C. give off发出;D. pay off还清。根据后文“we need the government to take ____9____ measures to cancel her college debt”可知,孩子们建议还清Naima的大学债务。故选D项。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:Naima是一个黑人移民朋友,从中学起就是我们大家庭的一员。A. applicant申请人;B. friend朋友;C. agent代理人;D. sponsor赞助商。根据后文“who has been a part of our big family since middle school”,结合选项可知,Naima是孩子们的朋友。故选B项。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我犹豫地争辩说,我们需要政府采取相关措施来取消她的大学债务。A. wondered想知道;B. regretted遗憾,后悔;C. hesitated犹豫;D. agreed同意。根据后文“we need the government to take ____9____ measures to cancel her college debt”可知,作者感到犹豫,认为这是政府的事儿。故选C项。
【29题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我犹豫了一下,认为我们需要政府采取相关措施来取消她的大学债务。A. relevant有关的;B. natural自然的;C. similar想象的;D. tough艰苦的。基于前文的分析以及后文“measures to cancel her college debt”,此处指政府应该采取和取消债务相关的措施。故选A项。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我女儿的眼睛打转,对此表示怀疑。” A. favourable有利的;B. skeptical怀疑的;C. curious好奇的;D. cautious谨慎的。根据前文“My daughter’s eyes rolled”以及后文女儿所说的话可知,女儿对父亲的观点表示怀疑,故选B项。
【31题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:她回答说:“Naima和她的家人每天都有经济压力。”A. socially善于交际地;B. politically政治上;C. ecologically 从生态学的观点看;D. financially经济上,财政上。根据前文“we need the government to take ____9____ measures to cancel her college debt”可知,Naima一家有经济压力。故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我们现在有能力把他们的债务清零。A. ability能力;B. experience经验;C. routine常规;D. request请求。根据前文分析可知,作者的父亲留下一笔遗产,孩子们要把遗产送给需要的人,此处女儿说,他们有能力替Naima一家还清大学债务。故选A项。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:所以我们决定大胆一试,解决Naima债务,把剩下的大部分遗产以一种可能激励其他人的公开方式捐赠出去。A. look看;B. chance机会;C. break间歇;D. ride (乘车或骑车的)短途旅程。根据语境以及后文“we settled Naima’s ____14____ and donated most of the ____15____ legacy in a public way that might ____16____ others”可知,作者他们决定试一试。故选B项。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:所以我们决定大胆一试,解决Naima的债务,把剩下的大部分遗产以一种可能激励其他人的公开方式捐赠出去。A. account账户;B. demand需求;C. debt债务;D. identity身份。根据前文“We have the ____12____ to zero out their debt now.”可知,此处指解决Naima的债务。故选C项。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:所以我们决定大胆一试,解决Naima的债务,把剩下的大部分遗产以一种可能激励其他人的公开方式捐赠出去。A. remaining剩下的;B. reasonable合理的;C. abundant丰富的;D. honourable可敬的。根据语境以及前文“donated most of the”后文“legacy”可知,此处指解决Naima的债务之后剩下的遗产。故选A项。
【36题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:所以我们决定大胆一试,解决Naima的债务,把剩下的大部分遗产以一种可能激励其他人的公开方式捐赠出去。A. forgive原谅;B. recommend推荐;C. discourage劝阻;D. inspire激励。根据语境及前文“donated most of the ____15____ legacy in a public way”可知,他们以公开的方式捐赠对别人是一种激励。故选D项。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我们意识到我们做了正确的事。A. informed通知;B. realized意识到;C. reminded提醒;D. warned警告。根据语境以及后文“we did the right thing”,结合选项可知,作者意识到他们做对了。故选B项。
【38题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:虽然孩子们才20出头,但我们相信我们的孩子明白没有遗产意味着什么。A. invites邀请;B. takes拿走;C. expects期望。D. means意味着。根据语境及前文“our kids understand”和后文“to have no legacy”可知,此处指孩子们明白没有遗产意味着什么。故选D项。
【39题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:孩子们的心灵,由他们祖父的爱来抚养,为我们提供了一种处理问题的方法。A. indicate表明;B. send发送;C. offer主动提出,提供;D. promise承诺。根据语境以及前文“The kids’ hearts, fed by their grandfather’s love,”和后文“us a way to handle problems”可知,此处指他们的心灵(理念)“提供”了一种处理问题的方法。故选C项。
【40题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:他们的慷慨是我父亲真正的遗产——而不是他的钱。A. generosity慷慨;B. confidence信心;C. honesty诚实;D. wisdom智慧。基于前文的分析,根据前文“We’ve tried to raise the kids with generous and warm-hearted ____5____.”可知,作者父亲的遗产,在孩子们的建议下,赠送给了需要的人,这是一种慷慨的品质,作者此处表达父亲真正的遗产就是慷慨的品质,而不是金钱。故选A项。
江西省赣州市2019-2020学年高二下学期期末考英语试题
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. A 36. B 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D
【解析】
这是一篇夹叙夹议文。本文作者通过自己给孩子们讲睡觉故事的经历,告诉我们家长要给孩子们讲睡前故事,这样有助于改善人际关系,更能从和孩子们相处的宝贵时间中获得快乐。
21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:故事结束后,我们关上灯,一直聊到他们睡着。A.asleep睡着的;B.short短的;C.ill生病的;D .silent沉默的。因为作者给儿子们讲完睡前故事会一直和儿子们聊天,直到儿子们睡着。fall asleep睡着,固定短语。故选A。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:熄灯后的一天晚上,我3岁的儿子Will求我给他们讲一个我自己编的故事,而不是书上的故事。A.warned警告;B.forced强迫;C.begged乞求;D.allowed允许。按前文描述可知,关灯后,作者会和儿子们聊天直到孩子们睡着,结合后文me to tell them a story可知,此处指作者的儿子Will乞求作者再讲一个故事。故选C。
【23题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意同上。A.made up编造;B.taken up占据;C.picked up捡起,学会; D.brought up养育。根据后文 not one from a book.可知,作者儿子要求作者讲的是作者编造的故事,而不是书上的。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:于是,我随意地给他讲了一个故事,是关于我脑海中闪现的第一件事。A.frequently经常地;B.casually随意地;C.secretly秘密地;D.carefully小心地,仔细地。前文说作者儿子要求作者编造一个故事,所以此处表示作者随意地给儿子讲了一个自己想到的故事。故选B。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。 A.book书;B.movie电影;C.mouth嘴巴;D.mind思想,大脑。因为作者儿子要求作者讲一个自己编造的故事,所以作者就讲了一个自己想起来的故事。come into one’s mind“出现在某人脑海里,想起”,固定短语。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:但令我惊讶的是,他太喜欢了这个故事了以至于让我第二天晚上继续讲。A.believed相信;B.doubted怀疑;C.loved喜欢;D.knew知道。根据后文he asked me to do that the next night可知,因为作者的儿子要求作者第二天继续讲这个故事,所以此处表示作者的儿子很喜欢这个故事。故选C。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:因此,讲故事的传统在我们家诞生了。A.ended结束;B.followed跟随;C.born诞生,出生;D.destroyed破坏。根据后文Ever since that night, they seemed not to be able to sleep without hearing one of my    8    stories. 可知,在作者家讲故事的传统诞生了。故选C。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:从那天晚上开始,他们似乎无法在不听我原创的故事之一的情况下入睡。A.crazy疯狂的;B.funny搞笑的;C.strange奇怪的;D.original独创的。根据前文 tell them a story    3    by myself, not one from a book.可知,作者的儿子要求作者讲自己编造的故事,也就是原创的故事。故选D。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:在我为孩子们做的所有事情中,我讲故事是他们最喜欢的。A.parents父母;B.children孩子;C.students学生;D.relatives亲戚。根据前文作者给孩子们讲原创故事可知,此处指的是作者为孩子们做的事情。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:它在我们之间建立了一种特殊的纽带。A.bond纽带,联系;B.argument争论;C.trust信任;D.difference不同,差异。根据后文And they find that their day isn’t    11    without one of my stories, and so do I.可知,因为故事,作者和孩子们之间建立了一种特殊的纽带。故选A。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:他们发现没有我的故事他们的一天是不完整的,我也是。A.difficult困难的;B.bad差的;C.sad悲伤的;D.complete完整的。根据前文my storytelling is what they love most.可知,作者讲的故事是孩子们的最爱,所以没有作者的故事,孩子们的一天是不完整的。故选D。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当我看到我讲故事在他们的生活中有多么重要时,我开始意识到我们这个以电视和视频为导向的社会在讲故事所带来的人际关系方面失去了多少东西。A.valueless没有价值的,不值钱的;B.important重要的;C.helpless无助的;D.common普通的。根据前文And they find that their day isn’t    11    without one of my stories,可知,作者的儿子们认为没有作者的故事一天是不完整的,所以故事在他们的生活中很重要。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A.earned赢得;B.progressed进步;C.contributed贡献;D.lost丢失。根据常识可知,现在社会是以电视和视频为主的,人们很少讲故事,所以这让我们在人际交往中失去了很多东西。故选D。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:在电视、电脑和智能手机发明之前,一个家庭的夜晚是以讲故事为基础的。A.familiarity熟悉,知晓;B.operation手术;C.invention发明;D.discussion讨论。根据日常生活经历和常识可知,在过去电子产品发明前,一个家庭的夜晚主要以讲故事为主。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。 A.evening晚上;B.party聚会;C.morning早晨;D.dinner晚餐。根据常识和第一段 I enjoyed reading a bedtime story to my two sons each night before they went to bed. 可知,人们一般是在晚上睡前讲故事。故选A。
【36题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:故事代代相传,直到有人把它们写下来。A.died死亡;B.passed传递;C.broken打破;D.thrown扔掉。根据前文Many of the stories we have today originated from the oral(口述的) tradition.可知,此处指故事很多时候是通过口述的方式代代相传的。故选B。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A.wrote写;B.cut切割;C.slowed减缓;D.broke打破。根据常识可知,故事先以口述的方式代代相传,后来人们讲故事记录了下来。故选A。
【38题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:讲故事对我来说是一种创造性的放松方式。A.struggle挣扎;B.relax放松;C.fight打架; D.escape逃跑。根据后文During the storytelling, I forget about the pressure of the day可知,因为在讲故事的过程中,作者会忘记压力,所以这对作者来说是一种放松方式。故选B。
【39题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:在讲故事的过程中,我忘记了一天的压力,享受了和孩子们在一起的宝贵时间。A.unusual特别的,不寻常的;B.boring无聊的;C.precious珍贵的,宝贵的; D.difficult困难的。根据常识可知,下班回来和孩子们一起讲故事,对于人们来说,这段时间都是宝贵的。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我希望其他父母也能从讲故事中获得快乐。A.confidence自信;B.courage勇气;C.knowledge知识;D.happiness快乐,幸福。根据文章第一句Like many parents, I enjoyed reading a bedtime story to my two sons 可知,作者和其他家人一样喜欢给孩子讲故事,所以此处表示他们能从讲故事中获得快乐。故选D。