2020年北京卷
第二节 完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My faith in human nature has never been so great as it was last weekend after our family get-together in the town of Vail.
On Saturday, we all went to the market right in the middle of the town. Near the end, we all 11 at the fountain near the bridge, and the kids waded ( 蹚 水 ) around in the fountain until we 12 . This is one of the busiest walking streets.
After we returned to the hotel late in the afternoon, my 7-year-old son Ponder
13 that nowhere could he find his backpack, which 14 his Gameboy and his watch. After a thorough 15 , we determined that he must have left it at the fountain.
Ponder has never 16 anything. So we just take for granted that he needs no supervision ( 指 导 ) for managing his 17 .
He was upset, not about the Gameboy, but about the watch. “But Dad,” he said, through massive 18 , “they don’t make that kind of watch anymore.” We were all very 19 .
Our dinner reservation was at a restaurant just on the other side of the bridge, so I 20 him that we would not only search the area around the fountain when we went back for dinner, but we would also find the police and ask them if the backpack had been 21 .
As we exited from the parking garage, we could see the fountain as we walked down the long staircase. I saw something black 22 there, but it was right next to a woman standing by the fountain, so I could not 23 what it was or if it was hers.
“See it, Dad?” Ponder shouted. “Don’t get too 24 because that may not
be it,” I said. But that was it. It had been five or six hours since we left the fountain, and it was 25 there. There was no ID in it, and it looked like someone had looked through it and then set it right out where all could 26 it.
I literally 27 when we reached it and it was his! Everyone in our party was blown away by this “miracle ( 奇 迹 )” . In my wildest 28 , I would never have imagined that this could happen nowadays.
What a charmed life, eh? I believe this was a perfect 29 for a child in losing something important … to lose it and feel the full 30 of that loss, and then to miraculously get it back.
11.A.droveB.hikedC.metD.united
12.A.landedB.leftC.settledD.slept
13.A.respondedB.recognisedC.realisedD.recalled
14.A.containedB.combinedC.comprisedD.covered
15.A.preparationB.checkupC.revisionD.search
16.A.wastedB.lostC.soughtD.deserted
17.A.emotionB.timeC.moneyD.stuff
18.A.tearsB.fistsC.reliefsD.outbreaks
19.A.hesitantB.curiousC.sadD.eager
20.A.promisedB.informedC.warnedD.taught
21.A.worn outB.caught upC.put awayD.turned in
22.A.hidingB.sittingC.swingingD.flowing
23.A.assessB.declareC.tellD.predict
24.A.excitedB.puzzledC.relaxedD.amused
25.A.alreadyB.evenC.almostD.still
26.A.takeB.seeC.touchD.protect
27.A.panickedB.explodedC.collapsedD.cried
28.A.dreamsB.claimsC.effortsD.passions
29.A.modeB.lessonC.optionD.plot
30.A.rangeB.pressureC.weightD.harvest
答案及解析：
11. C. met解析：根据上下文，大家是在市场中间的喷泉附近相遇的，所以用met。
12. B. left解析：根据上下文，孩子们在喷泉里玩水，直到我们离开，所以用left。
13. C. realised解析：根据上下文，7岁的儿子Ponder意识到他的背包不见了，所以用realised。
14. A. contained解析：根据上下文，背包里装有Gameboy和手表，所以用contained。
15. D. search解析：根据上下文，他们彻底地搜寻了背包，所以用search。
16. B. lost解析：根据上下文，Ponder从未丢过东西，所以用lost。
17. D. stuff解析：根据上下文，他们以为Ponder不需要指导来管理他的东西，所以用stuff。
18. A. tears解析：根据上下文，Ponder因为丢失手表而流泪，所以用tears。
19. C. sad解析：根据上下文，大家都很伤心，所以用sad。
20. A. promised解析：根据上下文，父亲承诺会去找背包，所以用promised。
21. D. turned in解析：根据上下文，他们打算问警察是否有人上交了背包，所以用turned in。
22. B. sitting解析：根据上下文，作者看到喷泉边有一个黑色的东西在那里，所以用sitting。
23. C. tell解析：根据上下文，作者无法确定那是什么或者是否是那位女士的，所以用tell。
24. A. excited解析：根据上下文，作者告诉Ponder不要太激动，因为那可能不是他的背包，所以用excited。
25. D. still解析：根据上下文，五六个小时过去了，背包仍然在那里，所以用still。
26. B. see解析：根据上下文，背包被放在一个所有人都能看到的地方，所以用see。
27. D. cried解析：根据上下文，当作者确认那是Ponder的背包时，他哭了，所以用cried。
28. A. dreams解析：根据上下文，作者从未想到现在会发生这样的事情，所以用dreams。
29. B. lesson解析：根据上下文，作者认为这是一个孩子丢失重要东西的完美教训，所以用lesson。
30. C. weight解析：根据上下文，孩子应该感受到丢失东西的 full weight(全部重量/重要性)，所以用weight。
