2020年宁波市普通高中保送生模拟测试英语试卷
一、完形填空（每小题1分，满分15分）
I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife's operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends who were 1 waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.
There was a young boy sitting quietly in the 2 . He held a small box of crayons in one hand and a tablet (写字板) in the other. Every so often he'd place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost 3 . And there was a strange silence.
“Daddy, when is Mommy going home?” asked the young boy. “Tomorrow,” his father replied.
I 4 him as he moved his feet back and forth, looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine-filled window. “When's 5 , Daddy?” he asked. His father 6 him over to sit by him. __7 his things, the little boy walked slowly to his father's side from the corner.
The man 8 out and held his son by his shoulders. “There are three days in life. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. One is over and done, one we live in, the other we 9 .We can't live in yesterday, but if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow,” he said in an attempt to 10 the boy.
The little boy looked at him for a moment and said, “If Mommy is going home tomorrow, I'll be __11 . So, I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy.”Now hanging on every word of this conversation, I leaned forward to hear his response. It was 12 .“Son, the one great thing about today is once it 13 , it is already almost tomorrow.”
I thought about how 14 it was. Even in my adult life, I still live waiting for what tomorrow
may 15 . Now I know that it is already “almost tomorrow”.
1.A. patiently B. happily C. peacefully D. eagerly
2.A. chair B. distance C. corner D. shadow
3.A. dark B. empty C. full D. clean
4.A. followed B. found C. caught D. watched
5.A. today B. yesterday C. tomorrow D. future
6.A. knocked B. ordered C. pulled D. called
7.A. saving B. forgetting C. gathering D. choosing
8.A. reached B. took C. set D. got
9.A. spend B. waste C. expect D. kill
10.A. frighten B. warn C. persuade D. satisfy
11.A. better B. calmer C. smarter D. happier
12.A. perfect B. silly C. active D. humorous
13.A. ends B. passes C. starts D. lasts
14.A. sincere B. important C. interesting D. meaningful
15.A. happen B. come C. need D. bring
二、阅读理解（每小题2分，满分30分）
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Whenever my dog, Barney, comes into the house after having been for a ride in the car, he runs to the pen (围栏) we have set up for him by the back door. It's not something we intentionally trained him to do. The habit came simply because my husband tended to put him in his pen whenever they came in. After doing it a few times, Barney just figures that's what you do when you come inside after a car ride.
It's the same with your thinking. You get into the habit of thinking a certain way and then you'll rarely question it after that.
This is especially true when you were growing up. You developed habits that just made things easier for you. You probably didn’t even think about them. That's just the way it was and that's what you did. Just like Barney thinks he has to go into his pen, you do things automatically as well.
For example, when you were a kid, you may have been told not to “talk back” and to just keep quiet about things that were bothering you. These are habits that might have worked to keep you safe and out of trouble when you were young.
Now that you're grown up, you may be finding that these previous strategies are actually causing you problems. In a relationship, not communicating isn't going to work as your partner can't read your mind. What works when you're a child may not work when you become an adult.
When you decide you need to change your thoughts, your brain may at first feel that it's not a
