语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
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。
[2020·东北三省四市高考模拟一]Thirteen years ago, we pulled our minivan (小型货车) into the driveway, excited and proud, and __1__ up our kids for photos. It was a big day, but we had no idea how it would __2__ our lives. We knew it __3__ us as uncool people. But we had become minivan people.
That van is linked to so many great __4__— camping trips, a group of 10yearold boys __5__ in for a big day at Canada's Wonderland theme park and one threeweek holiday to the East Coast, full of long __6__ and classic rock __7__ on cassette tapes.
I laughed my head __8__ while going out with friends, and cried my eyes out at the __9__ of a loved one while traveling on those four trusty wheels.
I know it's just a __10__. The first time, __11__, I watched my teenagers drive off in it alone, I realized they were growing up together.
There were days when it drove me __12__, too. On cold winter mornings, the sliding doors would __13__ shut. Anyone who wanted to sit in the back seats had to climb in __14__ the front. Still, we've __15__ our van for as long as possible. It never ever let us down, even as the __16__ bills got a little bigger each year and we faithfully __17__ whatever was needed to keep it on the road safely.
Yesterday we finally made the decision. It was time to find a newer, smaller, more __18__ replacement.
Saying __19__ is never easy. As we close the minivan chapter of our lives, my heart is a little __20__ — not just for the muchloved metal box on wheels that we've driven for more than a decade, but for the days, months and years that passed so quickly.
The story of our minivan is the story of our family.,
1.A.lined B.stood
C.put D.sat
2.A.race B.shape
C.overcome D.control
3.A.remarked B.witnessed
C.marked D.delivered
4.A.places B.celebrations
C.acquaintances D.memories
5.A.piling B.falling
C.stamping D.sticking
6.A.presentation B.conversation
C.survival D.flight
7.A.played B.sang
C.listened D.made
8.A.down B.in
C.out D.off
9.A.birth B.death
C.appearance D.absence
10.A.phenomenon B.reminder
C.friend D.vehicle
11.A.besides B.therefore
C.however D.otherwise
12.A.anxious B.crazy
C.courageous D.efficient
13.A.close B.knock
C.freeze D.keep
14.A.through B.across
C.beyond D.to
15.A.got ahead of B.caught hold of
C.kept up with D.held on to
16.A.rent B.tax
C.gas D.repair
17.A.cleaned B.found
C.fixed D.turned
18.A.economical B.energetic
C.effective D.electrical
19.A.no B.goodbye
C.so D.nothing
20.A.passionate B.sympathetic
C.sad D.messy