Question

完形填空：先阅读短文，然后从每小题的四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。

Dear Students，

I am very happy to be your guest speaker today. It is a great pleasure to visit your school and to meet all of you.

I would like to tell you about  __1__. I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I __2__ this job so I could travel the world，but job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes __3__. I have seen famines(饥荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death. But I have __4__ seen courage(勇气)，hope and happiness.

In India，I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were __5__ as four years old. They lived in the __6__ and depended on themselves by begging or stealing(偷). But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year，she was __7__ two hundred children. She clothed them，fed them and taught them. She gave them _8__.

__9__ time，I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake. In one place，I found an old lady whose house was destroyed. Her son was missing and rescue workers said __10__ no chance that he was still alive. But the old lady did not __11__ hope. For four days，she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself. She did not stop __12__ she found her son. He was alive.

Here in China，I met a young boy __13__ was seriously ill. He had had twenty operations(手术) and spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be __14__，but when I met him，his smile was so warm and welcoming.

__15__，we need good models that we can admire and learn from. When my life is difficult，I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.

1. A. myself      B. me　      C. us         D. ourselves

2. A. found       B. had　     C. chose       D. liked

3. A. interesting   B. important   C. easy       D. difficult

4. A. never       B. also　     C. ever        D. already

5. A. as young　　B. so little     C. as small     D. so old

6. A. hotels       B. streets     C. houses      D. classrooms

7. A. looking after B. aiming at    C. dealing with  D. thinking about

8. A. money      B. food　     C. medicine    D. hope

9. A. One        B. Another    C. The other    D. Other

10. A. it turned    B. it seemed  C. there was    D. there were

11. A. give out    B. give up    C. give back    D. give off

12. A. until       B. while     C. when       D. after

13. A. which      B. what     C. whose       D. who

14. A. happy      B. unlucky   C. sad　       D. friendly

15. A. At school　 B. At work   C. In life       D. In hospital

Answer 1

1. A　2. C　3. D    4. B　 5. A　 6. B　 7. A　8. D　

9. B　10. C  11. B　12. A　13. D　14. C　15. C