完形填空

　　One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Alice asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

　　I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 　　1　　 you can just wait until we make a quick 　　2　　 at the grocery store．I have something 　　3　　 to show you．”

　　At the grocery store, we 　　4　　 some apples－red, green and yellow ones．Back home, I told Alice, “It’s time to 　　5　　 your question．” I put one apple of each 　　6　　 on the table．Then I looked at Alice, who had a 　　7　　 look on her face．

　　“People are like apples．They come in all 　　8　　 colors, shapes and sizes．On the 　　9　　, some of the apples may not 　　10　　 look as the others．” As I was talking, Alice was 　　11　　 each one carefully．

　　Then, I took each of the apples and peeled(削皮)them, 　　12　　 them back on the table, but 　　13　　 a different place．

　　“Okay, Alice, tell me which is which．”

　　She said, “I 　　14　　 tell．They all look the same now．” “Take a bite(咬)of 　　15　　．See if that helps you 　　16　　 which one is which．”

　　She took 　　17　　, and then a huge smile came across her face．“People are 　　18　　 like apples! They are all different, but once you 　　19　　 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside．”

　　She totally 　　20　　 it．I didn’t need to say or do anything else．

完形填空

　　One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Alice asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

　　I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 　　1　　 you can just wait until we make a quick 　　2　　 at the grocery store．I have something 　　3　　 to show you．”

　　At the grocery store, we 　　4　　 some apples－red, green and yellow ones．Back home, I told Alice, “It’s time to 　　5　　 your question．” I put one apple of each 　　6　　 on the table．Then I looked at Alice, who had a 　　7　　 look on her face．

　　“People are like apples．They come in all 　　8　　 colors, shapes and sizes．On the 　　9　　, some of the apples may not 　　10　　 look as the others．” As I was talking, Alice was 　　1　　 each one carefully．

　　Then, I took each of the apples and peeled(削皮)them, 　　12　　 them back on the table, but 　　13　　 a different place．

　　“Okay, Alice, tell me which is which．”

　　She said, “I 　　14　　 tell．They all look the same now．” “Take a bite of 　　15　　．See if that helps you 　　16　　 which one is which．”

　　She took 　　17　　, and then a huge smile came across her face．“People are 　　18　　 like apples! They are all different, but once you 　　19　　 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside．”

　　She totally 　　20　　 it．I didn’t need to say or do anything else．

完形填空

　　Unexpected things may happen every day but no one can tell when and where．People usually get surprised or frightened by such things．

　　One day I 　　1　　 a taxi to go to a meeting．As it came near the corner, the taxi stopped suddenly．The 　　2　　 got out looking very puzzled(迷惑)．A big 　　3　　 which had been following the taxi stopped, too．The taxi driver was now 　　4　　 at the corner looking up 　　5　　 the sky and the truck driver got out and 　　6　　 him．A number of cars behind them were 　　7　　 to stop as well and a large crowd of people had 　　8　　 at the corner．

　　The cause of all this 　　9　　 was a very strange noise．It 　　10　　 as if thousands and thousands of 　　11　　 were chirping(鸣叫)．The sound of so 　　12　　 birds toghter was quite surprising and many people looked 　　13　　．The most extraordinary thing was that,except one or two 　　14　　, there was not a bird in 　　15　　．No one was able to know why－　　16　　 two policemen arrived on the scene．They walked all around the area for a while and then went over near the railroad tracks beside a big board advertisement(广告)for a 　　17　　．Since the noise seemed to be coming from around there, they climbed up and found that two loudspeakers had been 　　18　　 behind the advertisement．The bird noises were being broadcast to 　　19　　 attention to the film advertisement．

　　The cinema that made this advertisement was 　　20　　 to take the loudspeakers away, because they caused trouble and people were tired of them．