完型填空专项练习
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For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner 旗帜 across the finish line of a long race.I felt that only when I__1__certain things could I finally be happy in my life.Most of the time I felt like a tortoi believing that being slow and__2__would win the race.At other times I would__3__like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous __4__hoping to reach that banner a little faster.__5__,I began to e that no matter how long I raced towards it,the banner was never any__6__.I finally decided to__7__and take a break.It was then that I saw my__8__sitting beside me.
It had been with me as I__9__hard to support my family,as I played with my children and heard their__10__and even when I was __11__with my wife at my side looking after me.It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner.I just didn’t have the__12__to e it.
There is an old Chine proverb that says,“Tension is who you think you should be.__13__is who you are.”Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the__14__life we think we should have and __15__the life we have now.Happiness will never be found under some banner far away.It will be found__16__your own heart,soul and mind.It will be found when you__17__that others love you just as you do.
Don’t be a tortoi or a rabbit when it comes to your happiness.Be a playful puppy and carry your stick of__18__with you everywhere you go.__19__yourlf out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness,you are__20__there.
1.A.forgot B．misd C．overcame D．accomplished
2．A.safe B．steady C．calm D．quiet
3．A.act B．run C．jump D．walk
4．A.place B．height C．speed D．time
5．A.Generally B．Gradually C．Fortunately D．Firstly
6．A.clearer B．lower C．clor D．smaller
7．A.ttle in B．start off C．stop by D．sit down
8．A.happiness B．goal C．success D．friendship
9．A.studied B．fought C．exercid D．worked
10．A.laughter Bplaints C．stories D．breathing
11.A.lonely B．tired C．sick D．hungry
12．A.courage B．chance C．wisdom D．strength
13．A.Stress B．Relaxation C．Failure D．Pain
14．A.real B．perfect C.mon D．ordinary
15．A.enjoy B．change C．improve D．create
16．A.from B．on C．over D．in
17．A.realize B．believe C．hope D．admit
18．A.sorrow B．responsibility C．fortune D．joy
19．A.Carry B．Make C．Push D．Take
ver B．still C．already D．ever
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A Leap跳跃 to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam平衡木 is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola 1 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished venth out of 16 girls.
That’s especially impressive, 2 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that cau
s her eyes to shift移动 constantly. She often es double and can’t 3 how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom 4 that even though she couldn’t e 5 , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the 6 right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more 7 for her than for some of her teammates, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her 8 stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest 9 is the balance beam. Becau she has double vision, she often es two beams. She must u her n of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even clos her eyes. “You have to 10 your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most 11 for
anyone becau it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall 12 the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be 13 differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision 14 . She doesn’t tell them, becau she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her 15 attitude.
Lola never thinks about 16 . She is prently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her 17 is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids 18 she grew up.
Lola is 19 of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her 20 for others is “just believe yourlf”.
