温馨提示：手机用户请点击下方“原网页”或“电脑版”进行查看本文，效果最佳！ 第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：完形填空(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四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My dad always collected coins. He was delighted when the new U.S. state coins were ______ . He would walk to his long-time bankers and make sure they put at least a ______ of new coins aside for him. He gave them to every family member. It gradually became a special family ______ to get coins from Dad.
When my dad ______,  I felt such a sense of emptiness. My father and I had been so close. I was lost without his ______ and support. I wondered if I would ever feel my dad around me again, ______ me. It was right after Hurricane Katrina and I was doing a motivational meeting for about three hundred volunteers. At the end of the event, I felt so grateful as I looked at these ______ individuals. To my ______, when I glanced at the floor, I saw nothing ______ a coin, from North Carolina, the state in which my dad was born and ______.
Then two months later, I went back to visit my mom. While I was there, I went to the bank to ______ a check. The bank manager, who had known me, called me into her office, showing me the coins for all the states my dad had ______.
Ever since that time, I have always found coins at the most ______ times, when I needed support the most. Amazingly, nowadays when I need emotional support during a ______ time, a coin will always show up in a（n） ______ place.
It has now become a tradition in my family. Every time a coin appears in our house, one of my kids says, “Oh, it’s ______! ”We all feel a sense of ______ every time a single coin turns up in an unexpected place. We have all ______ it as a ______ of love, guidance and support from Dad — and every new coin we find makes us ______.
36．A. Delivered         B. sold          C. discovered        D. issued
37．A. pack              B. Roll          C. bunch             D. pile
38．A. Tradition         B. memory        C. decision          D. interest
39．A. Missed            B. disappeared   C. died              D. dropped
40．A. guidance          B. promise       C. expectation       D. belief
41．A. watching over     B. bringing up   C. waiting for       D. listening to
42．A. concerned         B. devoted       C. embarrassed       D. relaxed
43．A. delight           B. confusion     C. astonishment      D. relief
44．A. from              B. but           C. with              D. for 高考英语模拟试题库  http://www.17xuexiba.com/yy/