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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Isabel Powell likes to swim. It’s a（n） 1 thing that she shares with a movie star she’ll
be meeting later this year—a star whose life story is ing to a theater near you this month.
Who’s the star? A dolphin named Winter. And 2 is not the only thing that she and Isabel have in mon.
Winter lost her 3 when she was a baby. She got it caught in a trap used to 4 crabs. Isabel, who had a similar experience to Winter, once had a 5 life. 6 , when she was 2 a tumor（肿瘤）on her foot 7 her leg.
Now, both Winter and Isabel 8 artificial limbs. In Isabel’s case, it’s an artificial leg and foot. In Winter’s case, it’s an artificial tail.
In November, Isabel will travel from her home to Clearwater, Florida, to 9 Winter. Clearwater is the site of the aquarium（水族馆）where Winter has lived since she was 10 from that trap.
According to the Kitsap Sun, the meeting was set up by the man who designed Winter’s artificial tail—Kevin Carroll. Carroll also 11 artificial limbs for people.
He and Isabel 12 met last month in Bremerton, Washington, at the 13 where she got her artificial leg, which freed her of the 14 that had troubled her for years. 15 Carroll met Isabel and found out she wants to be a veterinarian （兽医）, he decided to set up the meeting.
She 16 people who’ve lost limbs by 17 them they can still do the things they used to do. According to the Kitsap Sun, she plays softball, 18 karate petition and chases after her dog, too. For years, she didn’t know anybody else who had an artificial limb. Now, she’s about to meet a movie star who has one, too.
And she no longer feels so 19 . “I think it’s pretty cool,” Isabel told Kitsap Sun reporter Chris Henry. “Winter has an artificial tail. That makes me think that I’m not the only 20 one. There are thousands more.”
【小题1】A．interestingB．disappointingC．terrifyingD．frightening【小题2】A．playingB．swimmingC．sailingD．exploring【小题3】A．legB．footC．tailD．body【小题4】A．attractB．attackC．hitD．catch【小题5】A．happyB．miserableC．sadD．dull【小题6】A．UndoubtedlyB．UnfortunatelyC．StrangelyD．Surprisingly【小题7】A．took overB．cut downC．took awayD．cut out【小题8】A．purchaseB．enjoyC．preferD．wear【小题9】A．meetB．weleC．interviewD．study【小题10】A．operatedB．rescuedC．caughtD．killed【小题11】A．createsB．buildsC．designsD．invents【小题12】A．purposelyB．deliberatelyC．willinglyD．reportedly【小题13】A．studioB．labC．cinemaD．clinic【小题14】A．pressureB．debtC．painD．pleasure【小题15】A．BeforeB．UntilC．AfterD．While【小题16】A．puzzlesB．inspiresC．amusesD．shocks【小题17】A．showingB．warningC．admiringD．calling【小题18】A．participates inB．struggles forC．calls onD．turns down【小题19】A．strangeB．monC．usualD．different【小题20】A．particularB．positiveC．unluckyD．enthusiasticA
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解析：
【小题1】A 根据短文的内容以及所给选项的词义，选项A意为“有趣的”；选项B意为“令人失望的”；选项C意为“可怕的；吓人的”；选项D意为“令人恐惧的”。故A为最佳选项。
【小题2】B 根据上文的“dolphin”可知选项B为最佳答案。
【小题3】C 根据下文的“the meeting was set up by the man who designed Winter’s artificial tail”可知Winter小的时候失去了尾巴。故C正确。
【小题4】D 选项A意为“吸引”；选项B意为“攻击；进攻”；选项C意为“撞”；选项D意为“抓”。此句应理解为Winter在抓螃蟹时被夹住了。故D项正确。
【小题5】A 根据上下文可知，Isabel曾经有过快乐的生活。故A正确。
【小题6】B 选项A意为“毋庸置疑地”；选项B意为“不幸地”；选项C意为“奇怪地”；选项D意为“惊人地；出人意外地”。根据上下文可知选项B正确。
【小题7】C 选项A意为“接管，接收；占领”；选项B意为“裁短；砍倒”；选项C意为“剥夺；夺走”；选项D意为“裁剪”。此句意为：……她两岁时，脚上的肿瘤夺去了她的腿。故C为最佳答案。
【小题8】D 选项A意为“购买”；选项B意为“享受；欣赏”；选项C意为“更喜欢”；选项D意为“穿；戴”。此句意为：现在Winter和Isabel都戴上了假肢。故D正确。
【小题9】A 根据句义，此句意为：为了见到Winter，十一月，Isabel从她家到了佛罗里达州的克利尔沃特。
【小题10】B 根据上下文可知，那个地方就是Isabel获救的地方。可见选项B正确。
【小题11】C 根据上下文(who designed Winter’s artificial tail—Kevin Carroll)可知,选项C为最佳选项。
【小题12】D 选项A意为“故意地；蓄意地”；选项B意为“审慎地；深思熟虑地；从容不迫地”；选项C意为“乐意地”；选项D意为“据说；据报道”。联系上下文，最佳答案应为D.
【小题13】D 选项A意为“工作室；演播室”；选项B意为“实验室”；选项C意为“电影院”；选项D意为“诊所”。根据下文“where she got her artificial leg”可知正确答案应为D.
【小题14】C 选项A意为“压力”；选项B应为“债务”；选项C意为“痛苦；疼痛”；选项D意为“愉快；令人高兴的事”。此句应理解为：欢乐假肢使她摆脱了多年的痛苦。故选项C正确。
【小题15】C 根据上下文，此句应理解为：遇见Carroll以后，
【小题16】B
【小题17】A 整句意为：她通过展示他们仍然能够做他们过去所做的事情，来鼓励那些失去肢体的人。故【小题16】应选B，【小题17】应选A.
【小题18】A 选项A意为“参与；参加”；选项B意为“为……斗争”；选项C意为“拜访；号召”；选项D意为“关小；拒绝”。根据下文的“karate petition(空手道比赛)”可见选项A为最佳答案。
【小题19】D 此句意为：她不再觉得有什么不同。以及下文“I think it’s pretty cool,…”故选项D正确。
【小题20】C 此句意为：“这使我觉得我并不是唯一不幸地一个。”以及最后一句可以知道选项C为最佳答案。