阅读下面短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空,必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

I recently heard a story about a famous scientist. Because of his great achievements, he was thought to be more creative than the common person. When he 1._______(ask) why he was able to do this, he gave the answer. It all came from an experience with his mother when he was about three years old. “I2.______(try) to get a bottle of milk from the fridge when I lost the bottle and it fell, spilling(溢出)the milk all over the floor—a sea of milk! I was frightened and I didn’t know what to do!” he said.

His mother heard the noise and got into the kitchen. “I3.___(consider) how to explain all this to you, mom.” he said. Instead of4._____(punish) him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess you have made! I5.__ (not see) such a huge sea of milk before! Well, since the milk has already been spilled, would you like6.____ (play) in the milk for a while? We 7.______(clean) it up after that.” Then, he did so. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you8. ______(make) a mess like this, finally you have to clean it up.” He used a sponge (海绵)and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.

His mother then said, “You know, we 9. _____(fail) in how to successfully carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands just now. Let’s go out in the yard and fill the bottle with water to see if you 10._______(discover) a way to carry it.” Then the little boy learned that if he grasped(抓紧) the bottle at the top with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

What a wonderful lesson!

完形填空(共15小题,每小题1分,计15分)

阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a town of Italy.

As we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and sat beside us. He called the waiter over, saying, ”Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the _______”

We heard his order with _____ and noticed that he was served one cup of coffee _ _he paid for two.

When he left, the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall saying "A Cup of Coffee".

While we were still there, two other men entered and three cups of coffee , two on the table and one on the wall. They had two but paid for . This time also, the waiter did the same thing. It was unusual for us.

After a few days, we had a chance to enter this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man appeared homeless entered. He looked at the wall and said, "One cup of coffee from the wall."

The waiter served a cup of coffee to this man with . The man had his coffee and left without . We were amazed to watch all of this as the waiter a piece of paper off the wall and threw it into the bin.

Now it was no surprise for us---the matter was very . The people of this town showed great respect for those people who needed help.

Just think about this man wanted. He didn’t have to lose his face to ask for a(n) cup of coffee. asking or knowing who was giving him this cup of coffee, he only looked at the wall, placed an order, his coffee and left.

It’s a truly beautiful thing---probably the most beautiful wall anywhere in the world.

1.A. table B. wall C. paper D. bin

2.A. interest B. pride C. pain D. worry

3.A. until B. so C. but D. if

4.A. offered B. ordered C. drank D. left

5.A. none B. one C. two D. three

6.A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something

7.A. who B. whom C. which D. what

8.A. respect B. satisfaction C. regret D. pity

9.A. asking B. booking C. replying D. paying

10.A. brought B. carried C. took D. laid

11.A. important B. clear C. direct D. correct

12.A. how B. when C. what D. that

13.A. free B. expensive C. low D. cheap

14.A.With B. Without C. Before D. After

15.A. shared B. bought C. preferred D. enjoyed

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