Question

Cloze 5(2014 广州) 

      As two women walked into a New Jersey hospital,they laughed.

It showed the love that had held them together I        forty years as best friends. Although they were laughing,one of these ladies would soon put her life in danger 2        her best friend.

     Patty Hurley and Eileen Riley met at high school and have been close friends ever since. But when Eileen, 3       nurse,became ill with kidney ( 肾) disease,she didn’t go running to her friend—Patty came to help her,after 4       Eileen was sick. “My kidneys are failing”T Eileen explained.

    “Can I give you one of mine?” 5 the immediate reply.

     The offer was so simple 6        Eileen thought she had heard wrong.But Patty repeated she was willing to help,and their journey to the operating table began.

     Eileen always knew that her friend would help.She said 7      ,“When Patty makes a promise,she keeps 8      .

     The operation went ahead in May,and both women are now very healthy and 9        than ever.

    “There are no words to describe 10 amazing this woman is,” Eileen said afterwards.“She gave me my life."

1. A. in   B. for   C. since   D. with

2. A. save   B. saved   C. saves   D. to save

3. A. a   B. an   C. the   D. /

4. A. hear   B. heard   C. hearing   D. to hear

5. A. came   B. comes   C. come   D. coming

6. A. as   B. which   C. that   D. until

7. A. simple   B. simply   C. simpler   D. simplest

8. A. it   B. them   C. its   D. ones

9. A. closest   B. most close   C. closer   D. closely

10. A. so   B. why   C. what   D. how

Answer 1

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. D

Cloze 5

[语篇解读]本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了两个有着几十年交情的朋 友，一个朋友在得知另一个朋友得了肾病时，主动提出捐出自己的一 个肾的故事。

1. B由设空后的forty years可知用for,表示一段时间。

2. D to save在这里表目的。

3. A a表泛指，Eileen是一名护士。

4. C after为介词，故后面要用hearing作宾语。

5. A此处用的是倒装结构,reply为主语，因为是记叙以前的事情，故 用一般过去时。

6. C此处考查so…that...句型，意为“如此……以至于……”。

7. B said为实义动词，故应用副词simply修饰。

8. A it指代上文提到的promise。

9. C由后面的than可知此处要用比较级。

10. D设空后为形容词，故用how引导感叹句。