Question

完形填空：从A、B、C三个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

The button pot

I stepped out of the rain into the small，warm house. I__1__ the delicious fish and potatoes. I walked down the __2__ hall and into the kitchen where my grandma sat picking out buttons for a special project.

She __3__ me and told me to sit down. I looked at her button pot and started going through the colorful buttons. A couple of interesting buttons caught my __4__. My grandma said they were Italian buttons. Back in Italy，people used to put them on pillow cases(枕头套). Six on each case，she told me. She had brought them to Canada almost fifty years ago as a young bride(新娘)．

She started telling me the __5__ of some of her other buttons: the buttons she had __6_ from old coats given to her by a neighbor，and __7__ she had always made most of the clothes for six children，including my mom.

As I listened to her stories，I saw a woman whose body was now harmed by bone cancer _8__ whose spirit was undaunted(无畏的) even by that.

Her __9__ has been able a full one，filled with pain，love，sadness and happiness. __10__ her button pot，I have been able to see the courage of life.

1. A. tasted      B. smelled    C. saw

2. A. small      B. large       C. wide

3. A. discovered  B. visited     C. greeted

4. A. eye        B. ear        C. arm

5. A. advantages  B. instructions C. stories

6. A. borrowed   B. collected   C. made

7. A. when       B. how      C. whether

8. A. or          B. and      C. but

9. A. study       B. life       C. job

10. A. Through    B. With     C. For

Answer 1

1B  2A  3A  4A  5C  6B  7B  8C  9B  10A