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。
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ------ Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with
__36__ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land,
__37__ great losses.
For the
__38__ I felt sorry especially, but I
__39__ to be hopeless. I decided that where I was, I could do
__40__ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who
__41__ my knock, “I know that you are
__42__ and give the birds that come to your yard a little
__43__. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your _
_44__. I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the _
_45__ children.”
No one seemed to __
46__ giving me a handful of rice, even _
_47__ they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would go to the __
48__ and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to __
49__ to the children.
One day, I came to a house that had __
50__ to give. I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and _
_51__ gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for _
_52__ and rice from the other “bird feeders”, and they gave them to me. Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even _
_53__ only this small way. The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to it for food and clothing.
“Consider me your bird.” My _
_54__ idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was __
55__ some peace.
小题1: | A.sorrow | B.hope | C.comfort | D.happiness |
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小题2: | A.suffered | B.survived | C.covered | D.made |
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小题3: | A.farmers | B.citizens | C.villagers | D.children |
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小题4: | A.wanted | B.failed | C.refused | D.stopped |
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小题5: | A.something | B.everything | C.anything | D.nothing |
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小题6: | A.said | B.replied | C.answered | D.spoke |
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小题7: | A.glad | B.kind | C.rich | D.friendly |
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小题8: | A.water | B.money | C.nest | D.rice |
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小题9: | A.kitchen | B.room | C.door | D.garden |
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小题10: | A.brave | B.hungry | C.promising | D.nervous |
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小题11: | A.mind | B.escape | C.practice | D.enjoy |
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小题13: | A.village | B.hometown | C.temple | D.house |
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小题14: | A.give in | B.give up | C.give away | D.give over |
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小题15: | A.much | B.little | C.many | D.few |
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小题16: | A.every | B.each | C.neither | D.none |
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小题17: | A.help | B.advice | C.food | D.change |
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小题19: | A.clever | B.childish | C.foolish | D.effective |
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小题20: | A.creating | B.mending | C.developing | D.managing |
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