【2012年高考湖南卷】
Directions: For each blank in the following passages, there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the words or phrases that best fits the context.
"What's it like to have a gap between your teeth?" a girl asked me one day.
Nobody had ever 36 before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for 37 , I realized she was not trying to be rude. "I never think about it," I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people 38 me and saw only gappy teeth.
Later that day at home, I began to 39 my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!
Of course, Mom 40 everything. She has lived her entire life with gappy teeth, and tried to convince me that there was nothing to 41 . When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. "Let's be 42 , though," she said. "If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences."
Her 43 made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It's part of my 44 .
Nowadays many people do ridiculous things to realize their dream of "perfection." The 45 is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removing, so is all of the potential for 46 .
So if that girl ever asked about my teeth 47 , I would truthfully answer, "You know it's really cute."
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36. A. faced
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B. guessed
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C. asked
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D. imagined
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参考答案：36-47 CBDAB ACADC DB
考点与详解：
36. C. 上下文。上句a girl asked可知。
37. B. 上下文。上面指的是问我问题，所以等待的是我的回答。
38. D. 上下文句子逻辑。本句后面为saw，所以是look at的结果。
39. A. 上下文逻辑。后面为I thought，可想答案应为“思考”有关，但认为不好，所以又排除了D，只有A符合“考虑”。而且下文made me consider my teeth seriously有暗示。
40. B. 段落之间的关系。上一段说的是我为gappy teeth伤心，而下句为mom劝我，所以应是mom发现了我的忧虑。
41. A. 同上题。
42. C. 因果关系。从下文妈妈所说：If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences.可知，妈妈反对虚假的东西。(本文指“人造美女”)
43. A. 段落之间的关系。上句为妈妈所说的话。
44. D. 句子逻辑。上句how important it was to me可以我已不想失去我的gap了，因为这是我的“特色”。
45. C. 因为我赞同mom的看法，也反对美容手术，所以认识到了这个事实。
46. D. 与上句ugliness相对的。
47. B. 第一段已问过她，所以用again。