第三部分 英语知识运用(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。 Growing up, I always hid my thumbs (拇指) in my fists because of their unusual shape. ___21___ they do look more like a big toe (脚趾) ___22___ a thumb. And from an early age, my thumbs ___23___ another name “toe thumbs” . In high school, I served as a cashier in a grocery store. One day, I was ___24___ a sweet little old lady and as I ___25___ her change back to her, she suddenly took my hands and said in a thick Polish ___26___ , “You are Polish! Look at those ___27___ Polish thumbs! They match mine!” She raised her hands and ___28___ her thumbs to me that ___29___ weathered and wrinkled, looked exactly like mine! She ___30___ my hands again and said, “Be ___31___ of those thumbs!” I’ll never forget that 30-second ___32___ with a stranger that forever ___33___ my view of a part of me I once was ___34___ by and now accept. As I was eating dinner with my Samuel tonight, he looked down at my hand ___35___ on the table next to his and said, “Mommy! Our thumbs ___36___ !” I smiled and answered, “Yes, they do, buddy! Those are strong Polish ___37___ you have! Take pride in them! Maybe someday you’ll have a little boy or girl who will have the same thumbs!” I ___38___ my son never hides his thumbs like I did. I hope he’ll be proud of their “unusualness” and the ___39___ behind them. He carries on a(n) ___40___ part of me and that for me will always be beautiful! 21. A. Fortunately B. Admittedly C. Normally D. Basically 22. A. other than B. due to C. instead of D. along with 23. A. earned B. cloned C. found D. deserved 24. A. checking out B. waiting for C. talking with D. watching over 25. A. paid B. charged C. donated D. counted 26. A. tune B. voice C. language D. accent 27. A. beautiful B. strange C. long D. clumsy 28. A. passed B. showed C. recommended D. offered 29. A. till B. unless C. although D. once 30. A. raised B. inspected C. examined D. held 31. A. proud B. skeptical C. afraid D. sure 32. A. appointment B. bargain C. conversation D . deal 33. A. supported B. changed C. proved D. hurt 34. A. amazed B. frightened C. delighted D. embarrassed 35. A. scratching B. resting C. knocking D. drawing 36. A. differ B. suit C. fight D. match 37. A. fists B. thumbs C. toes D. hands 38. A. guarantee B. figure C. pray D. insist 39. A. scene B. lesson C. history D. moment 40. A. unique B. elegant C. authentic D. sensitive