吉林省长春市2020-2022届（三年）高三质量监测（二）英语试题汇编：完形填空（含答案）

吉林省长春市
2020-2022届（三年）高三质量监测（二）英语试题分类汇编
完形填空
吉林省长春市2022届高三质量监测（二）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。
Niu Yu looked remarkable on the catwalk at the concluded Shanghai Fashion Week. This was not just because of her beauty or the clothes she was wearing. She also seemed to show a (n) ____21____ strength. She did it with her artificial ____22____ in full view, and in that single action she ____23____ beauty with courage.
Thirteen years ago, in the 8. 0-magnitude earthquake that ____24____ Wenchuan, the then teenaged Niu ____25____ her right leg as well as her young brother and nine close friends. It was a big ____26____ to her. However, Niu feels that she is ____27____. “At least, I ____28____ and I am surrounded by people who love me.” She says, smiling with tears ____29____ up in her eyes.
“Losing a leg doesn’t mean losing my ______30______ for life.” she says.
In 2018, at the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, she ______31______ and finished the 21-kilometer marathon in 3 hours and 53 minutes, ______32______ almost walking.
She even went to remote Tibet Autonomous Region for a volunteer ______33______ program. Her students surrounded her, looking at her “iron leg” ______34______. She knew it was her ______35______ to help others and ______36______the love and confidence.
Now she works as a photographer in Chengdu. And her one-minute catwalk went viral (风靡) on the Internet. Some social media users nicknamed her as “Iron Man’s sister”.
Her leg doesn’t discourage her. ______37______, it serves as a ______38______ that it is not what she is missing that defines her, but what she has got. She says, “When you accept your flaws (缺陷), you become free and ______39______.”
Everyone has flaws that we want to hide away, whether they are visible or invisible. And we should learn to ______40______our “imperfection” and embrace life with passion and confidence.
21. A. physical B. outer C. inner D. central
22. A. leg B. arm C. head D. hand
23. A. compared B. combined C. assisted D. shared
24. A. seized B. crashed C. beat D. hit
25. A. lost B. threw C. hid D. damaged
26. A. option B. conflict C. anxiety D. blow
27. A. confused B. unique C. fortunate D. lonely
28. A. suffered B. survived C. woke D. returned
29. A. welling B. trembling C. squeezing D. rushing
30. A. struggle B. pace C. safety D. love
31. A. held B. left C. registered D. organized
32. A. at present B. at once C. at no time D. at times
33. A. nurse B. teacher C. photographer D. athlete
34. A. curiously B. cautiously C. regretfully D. eagerly
35. A. ambition B. guidance C. turn D. permission
36. A. work on B. put on C. pass on D. turn on
37. A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile
38. A. souvenir B. reminder C. reward D. award
39. A. weak B. strong ` C. wild D. reliable
40. A. achieve B. observe C. evaluate D. appreciate
吉林省长春市2021届高三质量监测（二）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。
Everyone wants the best for their kid, but no one knows what that is. It might be winning, or it might just be the opposite: ___21___ .
I've learned this as a hockey （冰球） ___22___ . In 2013, my son's team ___23___lost more than three straight games. It was a pretty good hockey season, during which he ___24___ as a player but did not much change as a person. For that, you need to lose and that is what ___25___the next year. His team lost 40 of their first 50 games. For a time, I ___26___ that these failures would ___27___ my child's love of the game. But that didn't happen. The failure made some kids give up, leaving just the ___28___ hockey-lovers behind. The ___29___ of the team players has decreased from 17 to 12. It was especially ____30____ for my kid. It taught him a great ____31____of the world: For everyone good, there is someone better. For everything big, there is something bigger.
In this way, he learned ____32____ , and remembered what it was that he'd ____33____ about the game in the first place. The kids were learning from this process. Each player got to play and learn the role of every position on the ____34____ . ____35____, they kept an eye on their ____36____ too, studying the ____37____ to defeat them. They had learned the most important ____38____ : You can lose without being ____39____ .
They managed to enter the state tournament, then ____40____ it all the way to the final. When they lost the final and went into the handshake line, it was not as silver medal winners but as a team that had been made into winners in the only way that will stick — by losing.
21. A. accomplishing B. succeeding C. losing D. quitting
22. A. player B. coach C. parent D. fan
23. A. even B. never C. already D. ever
24. A. failed B. practiced C. weakened D. improved
25. A. repeated B. happened C. transformed D. concluded
26. A. worried B. hoped C. ensured D. promised
27. A. robbed B. increased C. cured D. killed
28. A. casual B. generous C. faithful D. fake
29. A. score B. grade C. number D. amount
30. A. terrible B. unlucky C. cruel D. educational
31. A. truth B. rule C. value D. aspect
32. A. determination B. competition C. cooperation D. modesty
33. A. argued B. knew C. loved D. learned
34. A. ground B. grassland C. field D. ice
35. A. Besides B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Instead
36. A. teammates B. competitors C. audience D. cheerleaders
37. A. tricks B. factors C. effects D. causes
38. A. speech B. lesson C. lecture D. topic
39. A. beaten B. copied C. modelled D. abandoned
40. A. took B. made C. put D. carried
吉林省长春市2020届高三质量监测（二）英语试题
第一节 完形填空（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、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项。
There are certain things you never imagine yourself saying. "I just got a worm（虫子）in my eye!” is one of them. And yet I did say it--I screamed it,___21___.
The family was all here and we were in the garden, when I saw a worm nearby. I asked my six-year-old grandson to come over and___22___the worm. He___23___the worm, studied it quickly and then threw it into the___24___.
The worm quickly fell back to earth,___25___on my face against my left eyelid（眼皮）. That’s when the screaming started and the jumping up and down. You know how they say when you meet a small creature, that the small creature is just as___26___of you as you are of it They lie. The worm showed no fear. I,___27___,am still having nightmares（噩梦）about the___28___,which was several days ago.
The most important thing in all this is that my grandson said he was sorry to me. I'd just been reading a book that makes a___29___between adults doing the____30____and hard work of teaching manners to children and greater levels of civility（礼节）in society. Table manners, language manners and even manners in dress all____31____levels of self-control. Having self- control limits what we say and how we____32____,making many of us appear a good deal____33____than we really are. Good manners also contribute to the____34____to make mealtime pleasant, even with small children.
All of my grandchildren,____35____the ones that can't yet talk, ask to be____36____before leaving the table. It is a sign of respect for others at the table and a sign of respect for the meal____37____. It's also more pleasant than pushing one's chair back and running for the back yard. Those tall enough, and even those not tall enough, also take their____38____to the kitchen.
So when a little boy has the courage to____39____to a grandma who is screaming and jumping up and down, at least we know that our years of teaching young people manners are____40____-one worm at a time.
21. A. eventually B. frequently C. actually D. eagerly
22. A. damage B. remove C. ignore D. persuade
23. A. went through B. took off C. set down D. picked up
24. A. garden B. hole C. air D. soil
25. A. landing B. climbing C. sitting D. lying
26. A. fond B. scared C. sure D. proud
27. A. however B. therefore C. otherwise D. moreover
28. A. experiment B. experience C. fun D. story
29. A. development B. progress C. preparation D. connection
30. A. quick B. slow C. boring D. dull
31. A. show B. witness C. expect D. decrease
32. A. eat B. laugh C. dress D. behave
33. A. better B. worse C. richer D. poorer
34. A. responsibility B. activity C. possibility D. curiosity
35. A. except B. besides C. rather D. than
36. A. punished B. praised C. excused D. encouraged
37. A. myself B. yourself C. himself D. itself
38. A. chairs B. dishes C. books D. tables
39. A. devote B. appeal C. apologize D. point
40. A. growing up B. staying up C. putting off D. paying off
答案：
吉林省长春市2022届高三质量监测（二）英语试题
【21~40题答案】
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. C 32. D 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. B 40. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了在地震中失去右腿的四川姑娘牛雨用自己的实际行动告诉人们：我们应该欣赏自己的不完美，不要让外在定义自己。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她似乎也展示出出内在的力量。A. physical身体的，物理的；B. outer外部的；C. inner内部的；D. central中心的。根据上文“This was not just because of her beauty or the clothes she was wearing.”可知，看起来很出色，不仅仅是因为外在的东西，还因为牛雨展示出了内在力量。故选C。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她在众目睽睽之下用她的假腿做到了这一点，在这一个动作中，她将美丽与勇气结合在了一起。A. leg腿；B. arm手臂；C. head头；D. hand手。根据下文“the then teenaged Niu ____5____ her right leg as well as her young brother and nine close friends.”可知，牛雨在地震中失去了一条腿，那么走T台时人们看到的就是她的假腿。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她在众目睽睽之下用她的假腿做到了这一点，在这一个动作中，她将美丽与勇气结合在了一起。A. compared比较；B. combined联合，结合；C. assisted协助；D. shared分享。结合常识，能在T台上展示出自己不完美的一面，这是将美与勇气结合。故选B。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：13年前，在袭击四川的8级地震中，十多岁的牛雨失去了右腿和她的弟弟以及九个好朋友。A. seized抓住；B. crashed崩溃；C. beat打败；D. hit打击，撞击，袭击。结合常识和上文“earthquake”可知，此处表示8级地震袭击四川，用hit符合语境。故选D。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：13年前，在袭击四川的8级地震中，十多岁的牛雨失去了右腿和她的弟弟以及九个好朋友。A. lost丢失；B. threw扔；C. hid隐藏；D. damaged损害，伤害。根据下文““Losing a leg doesn’t mean losing my ____10____ for life.” she says.”可知，当时牛雨失去了右腿。故选A。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这对她来说是一个巨大的打击。A. option选择；B. conflict冲突；C. anxiety焦虑；D. blow猛击，打击。根据上文“the then teenaged Niu ____5____ her right leg as well as her young brother and nine close friends.”可知，失去右腿、弟弟和朋友对牛雨来说是一个巨大的打击。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是牛雨觉得她是幸运的。A. confused困惑的；B. unique唯一的，独特的；C. fortunate幸运的；D. lonely孤独的。根据下文“At least, I ____8____ and I am surrounded by people who love me.” She says”推知，虽然受伤且失去了家人和朋友，但她身边依然有爱她的人，因此她觉得自己还是幸运的。故选C。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她说：“至少，我活下来了，并且被爱我的人包围着。”，她笑着，眼里涌出了泪水。A. suffered遭受；B. survived幸存；C. woke醒来；D. returned返回。根据语境和“At least”可知，牛雨觉得自己至少在灾难中活了下来。故选B。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她说：“至少，我活下来了，并且被爱我人包围着。”，她笑着，眼里涌出了泪水。A. welling涌；B. trembling颤抖；C. squeezing挤压；D. rushing冲。结合常识和“tears”可知，说话时牛雨很激动，因此眼里涌出了泪水。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她说：“失去腿并不意味着失去了对生活的爱。”A. struggle挣扎；B. pace步伐；C. safety安全；D. love爱。结合上文提到她的T台秀和下文参加比赛以及成为志愿者可知，她没有失去对生活的爱。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在2018年，即地震10周年，她报名并在3小时53分钟内完成了21公里的马拉松比赛，有时几乎是步行。A. held举行；B. left离开；C. registered登记，报名；D. organized组织。结合常识和下文“finished the 21-kilometer marathon”可知，此处是指牛雨报名参加2018年举行的一次马拉松比赛。故选C。
【32题详解】
考查短语辨析。句意：在2018年，即地震10周年，她报名并在3小时53分钟内完成了21公里的马拉松比赛，有时几乎是步行。A. at present目前，现在；B. at once立刻；C. at no time绝不；D. at times偶尔。结合牛雨的右腿是假腿可知，21公里的马拉松她并非全程跑完，有时几乎是步行。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她甚至去偏远西藏自治区参加一个志愿者老师项目。A. nurse护士；B. teacher老师；C. photographer摄影师；D. athlete田径运动员。根据下文“Her students surrounded her”可知，此处是指去西藏参加志愿者教师项目。故选B。
【34题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：她的学生围着她，好奇地看着她的“钢腿”。A. curiously好奇地；B. cautiously警惕地；C. regretfully遗憾地；D. eagerly迫切地。结合小孩的天性和“her “iron leg””可知，学生们对她的“钢腿”很好奇。故选A。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她知道轮到她来帮助别人传递爱和信心了。A. ambition雄心；B. guidance指导；C. turn轮到的机会；D. permission允许。结合上文别人帮助牛雨可知，她知道此时轮到她帮助别人了。it’s one’s turn to do sth.“轮到某人做某事”。故选C。
【36题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：她知道轮到她来帮助别人传递爱和信心了。A. work on致力于；B. put on穿上，张贴；C. pass on传递；D. turn on打开。四川发生地震时别人给与牛雨帮助，现在她去西藏做志愿者教师帮助那里的孩子，这是爱心的传递。故选C。
【37题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，这是一个提醒，提醒她定义她的不是她缺少什么，而是她拥有什么。A. Instead代替，而不是，相反；B. Otherwise否则；C. Therefore因此；D. Meanwhile与此同时。根据上文“Her leg doesn’t discourage her.”可知，此处是指牛雨的腿没有让她灰心丧气，相反时刻提醒着她。故选A。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：相反，这是一个提醒，提醒她定义她的不是她缺少什么，而是她拥有什么。A. souvenir纪念品；B. reminder提醒物；C. reward回报，报酬；D. award奖励。根据“that it is not what she is missing that defines her, but what she has got.”可知，牛雨失去的腿时刻提醒着她，定义她的不是她缺少什么，而是她拥有什么。故选B。
【39题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她说：“当接受了自己的缺陷，你就变得自由且强大。”A. weak虚弱的；B. strong强壮的，强大的；C. wild野生的，疯狂的；D. reliable可靠的。根据上文讲述牛雨的故事和空前“free”可知，此处是指牛雨认为接受自己的缺陷，就会变得自由且强大。故选B。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们应该学会欣赏自己的“不完美”，用激情和信心拥抱生活。A. achieve实现；B. observe观察，遵守；C. evaluate评估，估计；D. appreciate感激，欣赏。根据上文“Niu Yu looked remarkable on the catwalk at the concluded Shanghai Fashion Week.”可知，牛雨认为我们应该欣赏自己的不完美。故选D。
吉林省长春市2021届高三质量监测（二）英语试题
【答案】21. C 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. C 30. D 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. D 35. A 36. B 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. B
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者从儿子打冰球比赛的历练中领悟到了一个道理：失败也是很好的成长教育。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：它可能是胜利，也可能是相反的结果：失败。A. accomplishing完成；B. succeeding成功；C. losing失败；D. quitting放弃。根据“It might be winning, or it might just be the opposite”可知，有成功也有失败。故选C。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是我当冰球家长时学到的。 A. player选手；B. coach教练；C. parent父母；D. fan狂热爱好者。根据“In 2013, my son's team ___3___lost more than three straight games.”可知，作者是一位冰球队员的父母。故选C。
【23题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：2013年，我儿子所在的球队从未输过三场以上。 A. even甚至；B. never从不；C. already已经；D. ever曾经。根据“It was a pretty good hockey season,”可知，球队从来没有连输三场以上。故选B。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是一个相当不错的冰球赛季，在此期间，他作为一名球员有了进步，但作为一个人却没有太大的改变。A. failed失败；B. practiced练习；C. weakened削弱；D. improved提升。根据“but did not much change as a person.”可知，作者的儿子作为球员有所进步。故选D。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，他还需要经历失败，就在第二年失败出现了。A. repeated重复；B. happened发生；C. transformed改变；D. concluded结束。根据“For that, you need to lose”可知，失败在第二年出现了。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：有一段时间，我担心这些失败会扼杀我孩子对比赛的热爱。A. worried担心；B. hoped希望；C. ensured保证；D. promised答应。根据“these failures would ___7___ my child's love of the game.”可知，作者对儿子很担心。故选A。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：有一段时间，我担心这些失败会扼杀我孩子对比赛的热爱。A. robbed抢；B. increased增加；C. cured治愈；D. killed扼杀。根据“But that didn't happen.”和“It taught him a great 　　　　11　　　　of the world: For everyone good, there is someone better. For everything big, there is something bigger.”可知，作者担心这些败绩会扼杀儿子对冰球比赛的热爱。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这次失败让一些孩子放弃了，留下的只有忠实的冰球爱好者。A. casual随意的；B. generous慷慨的；C. faithful忠诚的；D. fake假的。根据“The failure made some kids give up,”可知，失败仍未离开的是忠实的冰球爱好者。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：队员的人数从17人减少到12人。A. score得分；B. grade等级；C. number数字；D. amount数量。the number of……的数目。根据“The failure made some kids give up, leaving just the ___8___ hockey-lovers behind.”可知，球队的队员数目减少。故选C。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这对我的孩子来说尤其有教育意义。A. terrible可怕的；B. unlucky不幸的；C. cruel残忍的；D. educational教育的。根据“It taught him a great ___11___of the world:”可知，失败对孩子有教育意义。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这教会了他一个伟大的真理：对每个人都好，总有一个人更好。A. truth事实；B. rule规则；C. value价值；D. aspect方面。根据“For everyone good, there is someone better. For everything big, there is something bigger.”可知，失败教会儿子伟大的真理。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：通过这种方式，他学会了谦逊，并记住了自己最初喜欢这项比赛的原因。A. determination决心；B. competition竞争；C. cooperation合作；D. modesty谦虚。根据“and remembered what it was that he'd ___13___ about the game in the first place.”可知，通过失败，儿子学会了谦虚。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：通过这种方式，他学会了谦逊，并记住了自己最初喜欢这项比赛的原因。A. argued争论；B. knew知道；C. loved喜欢；D. learned学习。根据“In this way, he learned ___12___ ,”和“about the game in the first place”可知，通过失败，让儿子记住了自己最初喜欢这项运动的原因。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：每个球员都要通过打比赛，去学习在冰上每一个位置的作用。A. ground地面；B. grassland草地；C. field田地；D. ice冰。根据“I've learned this as a hockey （冰球） ___2___ .”可知，冰球项目是在冰上。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：此外，他们也密切关注他们的竞争对手，研究击败他们的技巧。A. Besides此外；B. Therefore因此；C. Otherwise否则；D. Instead而不是。根据“Each player got to play and learn the role of every position on the ___14___ .”可知，除此之外，冰球球员也密切关注他们的竞争对手，研究击败他们的技巧。故选A。
【36题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：此外，他们也密切关注他们的竞争对手，研究击败他们的技巧。A. teammates队友；B. competitors对手；C. audience观众；D. cheerleaders拉拉队长。根据“studying the ___17___ to defeat them.”可知，冰球球员也密切关注他们的竞争对手。故选B。
【37题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：此外，他们也密切关注他们的竞争对手，研究击败他们的技巧。A. tricks手法；B. factors因素；C. effects影响；D. causes起因。根据“they kept an eye on their ___16___ too,”可知，冰球球员同时要密切关注他们的竞争对手，研究击败他们的技巧。故选A。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们学到了最重要的一课：你可以输而不被打败。A. speech演讲；B. lesson课；C. lecture讲座；D. topic主题。根据“You can lose without being ___19___ .”可知，冰球球员从失败中学到了最重要的一课。故选B。
【39题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们学到了最重要的一课：你可以输而不被打败。A. beaten打败；B. copied复制；C. modelled模仿；D. abandoned抛弃。根据“You can lose”可知，可以输而不能被打败。故选A。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们成功地进入了州际锦标赛，然后一路进入了决赛。A. took带走；B. made制作；C. put放；D. carried携带。make it成功。根据“They managed to enter the state tournament,”可知，作者儿子的球队成功进入决赛。故选B。
吉林省长春市2020届高三质量监测（二）英语试题
【答案】21. C 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. D
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述餐桌礼仪的重要性。而餐桌礼仪、语言礼仪甚至着装礼仪都表现出一定程度的自我控制。自我控制限制了我们的言论和行为，使我们中的许多人看起来比实际上要好得多。
【21题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：但我确实说过,实际上是我尖叫。A. eventually最后；B. frequently频繁地；C. actually事实上；D. eagerly热切地，渴望地。第1空前的yet I did say it中使用了强调谓语动词，意思是“确实，一定”，也就是“实际上”是我在尖叫。故选C。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我让我六岁的孙子过来把虫子弄走。A. damage损害；B. remove移动，迁移；C. ignore忽视；D. persuade劝说。根据第4空前的then threw it into可知，此处指把虫子“弄走”。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他捡起虫子,快速地研究它,然后把它扔到空中。A. went through经历；B. took off脱下，飞机起飞；C. set down记下；D. picked up捡起，接收，偶尔学到。根据第3空后的studied it quickly and then threw it into可知，此处指“捡起”虫子。故选D。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他捡起虫子,快速地研究它,然后把它扔到空中。A. garden花园；B. hole洞，空；C. air空气；D. soil土壤。根据第5空前的The worm quickly fell back to earth可知，把虫子扔到“空中”。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：蠕虫很快地往下落,却落在我的左眼睑上。A. landing登陆；B. climbing爬；C. sitting坐；D. lying躺，卧。根据第5空后的on my face against my left eyelid（眼皮）.可知，虫子“落在”左眼睑上。故选A。
【26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：你知道他们是怎么说的吗 当你遇到一个小生物的时候，那个小生物和你一样害怕你。A. fond喜欢的；B. scared害怕的；C. sure确信的；D. proud自豪的。根据第6空后面的of you as you are of it They lie. The worm showed no fear.可知，此处指虫子也“害怕”你。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，几天前的那次经历仍然让我做噩梦。A. however然而；B. therefore因此；C. otherwise否则，要不然的话；D. moreover另外，此外。根据第7空后的still having nightmares可知，那次虫子的经历现在仍然是噩梦，与上文构成转折关系，意思是“然而”。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，几天前的那次经历仍然让我做噩梦。A. experiment实验；B. experience经历，经验；C. fun乐趣；D. story故事。根据第8空前后的still having nightmares（噩梦）about和which was several days ago.可知，此处指那次虫子的“经历”。故选B。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我刚刚读了一本书，书中把那些缓慢而又辛苦地教孩子们礼貌的成年人和社会上更有礼貌的人联系了起来。A. development发展；B. progress进步；C. preparation准备；D. connection连接。根据第9空后的between adults doing the___10___and hard work of teaching manners to children and greater levels of civility（礼节）in society.可知，此处指书把有礼貌的人“联系在一起”。故选D。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我刚刚读了一本书，书中把那些缓慢而又辛苦地教孩子们礼貌的成年人和社会上更有礼貌的人联系了起来。A. quick迅速的；B. slow慢的；C. boring令人厌烦的；D. dull迟钝的。根据第10空后的hard work of teaching manners可知，此处指“缓慢”而又辛苦教孩子的成年人。故选B。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：餐桌礼仪、语言礼仪甚至着装礼仪都表现出一定程度的自我控制。A. show展示；B. witness目睹；C. expect期盼，预测；D. decrease减少，降低。根据第11空后的levels of selFcontrol可知，“展示”出自我控制。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：自我控制限制了我们的言论和行为，使我们中的许多人看起来比实际上要好得多。A. eat吃；B. laugh大笑；C. dress（给……）穿衣；D. behave表现，举止。根据第12空前的Having self control limits what we say and how we可知，此处指言谈举止。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：自我控制限制了我们的言论和行为，使我们中的许多人看起来比实际上要好得多。A. better更好；B. worse更糟；C. richer更富有；D. poorer更穷。根据第13空前后的Having self control limit和than we really are.可知，自我控制比实际“更好”。故选A。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：良好的举止也有助于使用餐时间愉快，即使是和小孩子在一起。A. responsibility责任；B. activity活动；C. possibility可能性；D. curiosity好奇心。根据第14空后的to make mealtime pleasant, even with small children.此处指有助于用餐愉快的“可能性”。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查介词词义辨析。句意：我所有的孙子孙女，除了那些还不会说话的，都为离席而请求原谅。A. except除……之外；B. besides除……之外，还有；C. rather而不是；D. than比。根据第15空后的the ones that can't yet talk和第6空前的before leaving the table.可知，此处指“除了”那些不会说话的。故选A。
【36题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我所有的孙子孙女，除了那些还不会说话的，都为离席而请求原谅。A. punished惩罚；B. praised称赞；C. excused原谅；D. encouraged鼓励。根据第17空前的It is a sign of respect for others at the table and a sign of respect可知，此处指要求孙子孙女在离开饭桌前感恩。故选C。
【37题详解】
考查反身代词。句意：这是餐桌上对他人的尊重，也是对用餐本身的尊重。A. myself我自己；B. yourself你自己；C. himself他自己；D. itself它自己。根据第17空前的It is a sign of respect for others at the table and a sign of respect for the meal可知，这是对用餐“本身”的尊重。故选D。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：那些足够高的，甚至那些不够高的，也会把他们的盘子送到厨房。A. chairs椅子；B. dishes餐具，菜肴；C. books书；D. tables桌子。根据第18空后的to the kitchen.可知，要把“盘子”送到厨房。故选B。
【39题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，当一个小男孩有勇气向一个尖叫着、跳上跳下的奶奶道歉时，至少我们知道，我们多年来对年轻人的礼仪教育正在得到回报——一次只做一件事。A. devote致力于；B. appeal呼吁，对……有吸引力；C. apologize道歉；D. point指向。此处指小孩向奶奶“道歉”。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查词组。句意：因此，当一个小男孩有勇气向一个尖叫着、跳上跳下的奶奶道歉时，至少我们知道，我们多年来对年轻人的礼仪教育正在得到回报——一次只做一件事。A. growing up成长；B. staying up熬夜，挺得住；C. putting off推迟；D. paying off得到回报。根据上文So when a little boy has the courage to___19___to a grandma who is screaming and jumping up and down可知，这事对孩子餐桌礼仪教育的“回报”。故选D。
【点睛】在做完形填空时一定要注意and/but/so/besides/however/furthermore/moreover/in addition/what’s more/though等词汇、固定结构的运用。它们连接了上下文，起着承上起下的作用。像but（但是）、however（然而），表示转折，这说明前后的内容相反或相对。把握住这一点，做起题来就会得心应手。本题第7小题，句意：然而，几天前的那次经历仍然让我做噩梦。A. however然而；B. therefore因此；C. otherwise否则，要不然的话；D. moreover另外，此外。根据第7空后的still having nightmares可知，那次虫子的经历现在仍然是噩梦，与上文构成转折关系，意思是“然而”。故选A。