Question

完形填空

请先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I noticed an old couple as they walked into the second-hand store. Just before that I had dropped off a bag of clothes and a few other things I no longer needed.

The couple moved ________ around me in search of things they had on a list.

“Can I help you ________ something?” I asked curiously.

They stopped, looked at me and said, “We’re looking for ________ things that look new.”

“Every year in the past, we tried to ________ the year with new things. It was a goal (目标) to have new things around us so that we had a new ________ , new hopes and dreams for the new year,” said the old man. “But nowadays we also believe that even though something is old, it 41 be new to someone who has never seen it before.”

“So, at the end of each year we search for things that are ________ to no one but new to us,” the old woman added.

“What have you found so far?” I asked.

The man showed two things: a small frame made of sticks and one baby boot.

“We still need one more thing,” he said.

“Got it!” I heard a loud ________ .

“What did you find?” the old man shouted, too.

The old woman walked slowly towards us ________ something in her hand. “Look! It’s a flower vase. Well, it looks ________ , but it’s new to us!”

They then headed for the checkout without saying another word.

Everything that you see for the first time is new.

1.A. quickly B. slowly C. freely D. excitedly

2.A. buy B. carry C. find D. introduce

3.A. small B. lovely C. cheap D. old

4.A. begin B. spend C. finish D. accept

5.A. action B. competition C. direction D. instruction

6.A. must B. can C. should D. will

7.A. useful B. strange C. real D. expensive

8.A. noise B. cry C. laugh D. shout

9.A. getting B. taking C. holding D. keeping

10.A. wonderful B. awful C. beautiful D. shiny

Answer 1