完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Mr. Harrison was the neighborhood’s pendulum — constant and reliable. His lawn was a piece of velvet green, and his mailbox was polished every day. He knew the names of all the dogs in the community and remembered every child’s birthday. When people mentioned him, they did so with quiet respect: “Ah, Mr. Harrison.”The name itself was a kind of (1).
Last spring, a young man named Leo moved into the house on the corner that had been empty for months. He lived like an owl — active at night, and always keeping his curtains drawn. But most of the time, he stayed in his garage. Its old metal door was always left slightly open, letting out strange lights and a (2) smell of ozone and flux.
At first, Mr. Harrison offered help (3). When Leo’s grass grew too tall, the sound of a lawnmower would hum through the morning mist the next day. When Leo forgot to put his trash bins out, they were already empty by dawn. Small things began to appear on his porch — a fresh pan of lasagna, or a bag of tomatoes from Mr. Harrison’s garden, red and full like beating hearts.
But Leo never (4). Sometimes the food sat untouched for hours.
Then one Tuesday, Mr. Harrison learned from another neighbor that Leo was expecting an important guest on Friday — someone from an art gallery in the city. Mr. Harrison’s eyes lit up. This was an opportunity — a real chance to help the young man. He imagined how bad an impression it would make if the visitor saw Leo’s messy yard and dusty driveway.
Friday morning, Leo drove away. Mr. Harrison knew he had gone to pick up the guest.
The moment was perfect.
He pushed his tool cart and walked into Leo’s unlocked garage. The metal door rolled up, and sunlight poured in for the first time. What he saw made him take a sharp breath.
It wasn’t a studio — it was a junkyard.
Rusted gears, broken circuit boards, abandoned mannequin arms, and countless wires of different colors formed a huge, chaotic structure in the center. Glass bottles filled with strange-colored liquids reflected dust-lit light. A large, oil-stained fishing net covered everything. To Mr. Harrison, it looked messy, even (5).
“Goodness,”he whispered, “how can anyone show this to someone?”
So he got to work. He put on gloves and began to organize the space. He carefully wound the scattered wires into neat coils and hung them on the walls. “These rusty pieces are just in the way,”he thought, so he gathered them into the corner and stacked them neatly. He found bottles filled with dirty water and poured them down the drain before washing the bottles clean. The hardest part was the dirty fishing net. After great effort, he pulled it down, folded it, and stuffed it into a black garbage bag.
Two hours later, the garage looked completely different. The floor was swept clean, and all the waste was sorted. The once wild structure now stood as nothing more than a bare metal frame. Wiping sweat from his forehead, Mr. Harrison looked around with (6). Now, at least, it looked like a proper place.
Just then, Leo’s car pulled up. He got out with a well-dressed woman. There was a rare look of nervous excitement on his face. He led her to the garage, took a deep breath, and pulled up the metal door.
Time seemed to freeze.
Leo’s expression changed from expectation to blankness, then to total (7). His lips parted slightly, but no words came out. What he had built over three months — a piece he called Urban Echoes, a work about memory and decay — was gone. All that remained was a pile of neatly sorted trash.
The gallery woman paused, then gave a polite but awkward smile. “Leo,”she said softly, “maybe we could meet again? When you’re… ready.”With a look of sympathy, she turned and left.
From behind the rose bushes in his own yard, Mr. Harrison stepped forward, smiling warmly. “I cleaned it up for you, kid!”he said happily. “I heard you had an important guest. First impressions matter. Now it looks much tidier!”
Leo slowly turned to look at Mr. Harrison. His eyes held no anger, no hatred — only a vast, burned-out plain. He said nothing. He simply walked over and pulled the garage door back down. The sound it made as it fell was like a dull, final gunshot.
The next day, a“For Sale”sign appeared outside Leo’s house. A moving truck arrived silently and left just as quietly.
Mr. Harrison still trims his roses in the early morning. When neighbors ask about the young man, he shakes his head, speaking with a voice full of pity and confusion: “That boy was a bit strange. People can’t cut themselves off from the world. I just wanted him to know there was someone here who cared.”
He pauses and cuts off an extra leaf with precision.
“There are some people,”he adds, “you really can’t help. They just don’t appreciate it.”
选项：
- A. warning B. quality mark C. joke D. secret
- A. sweet B. strong C. bitter D. sharp
- A. directly B. secretly C. silently D. suddenly
- A. replied B. noticed C. answered D. reacted
- A. beautiful B. dangerous C. expensive D. colorful
- A. sadness B. surprise C. satisfaction D. fear
- A. joy B. shock C. calmness D. interest
- A. destroyed B. created C. discovered D. repaired
- A. excitement B. disappointment C. happiness D. curiosity
- A. loudly B. gently C. nervously D. angrily
- A. burning B. growing C. frozen D. flying
- A. opened B. painted C. fixed D. closed
- A. laughter B. silence C. music D. thunder
- A. sold B. built C. decorated D. locked
- A. talks B. cries C. smiles D. works
- A. understand B. forget C. remember D. follow
- A. care B. leave C. agree D. refuse
- A. politely B. proudly C. sadly D. angrily
- A. land B. plant C. cut D. grow
- A. accept B. explain C. admit D. appreciate
参考答案：
- B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B
- C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. B
- A 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. D
- A 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. D
