完形填空 My kids sat on Gee’s living room floor and respectfully lifted Christmas decorations out of a cardboard box. They shouted with delight when they discovered a tiny toy cat. Finally, my son was __1__ about a tiny modern helicopter, just on the contrary, my daughter with a traditional Mickey Mouse. Gee stood beside them, __2__ each treasure. She turned to me and continued to say she and Tom built their collections over time by buying one or two nice ones each year in the after-Christmas sales. Eventually, we left, with boxes in my arms and she was smiling. Her __3__ belongings, gathered over a lifetime, found a new home. We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Jim and I worked full-time, and in the morning we __4__ our garbage cans on the roadside, which would have to wait the long, lonely 10 hours there until we returned to __5__ them. Every day we’d come home to find them neatly __6__ in their spot next to our garage. Finally we saw an old couple who lived with his 10-year-old grandson across from us pick them up. Tom and Gee quietly picked up garbage cans and taught us what it __7__ to be a neighbor. They taught us that home doesn’t end at a boundary line. It __8__ to all these people. These people, the __9__ among them and the love that flows through them all explain what a home is. This Christmas, we’ll make our tree attractive with Gee’s decorations. We’ll bring beautifully packaged Christmas presents to some neighbors like the couple. To others, we’ll ___10___ a wave and a “Merry Christmas.” 1．A．doubtful B．anxious C．pitiful D．crazy 2．A．designing B．getting C．explaining D．weighing 3．A．strange B．precious C．modern D．spare 4．A．laid B．emptied C．deserted D．stored 5．A．store up B．deal with C．make out D．care about 6．A．buried B．transformed C．placed D．developed 7．A．occurred B．meant C．reflected D．expected 8．A．turns B．adds C．agrees D．extends 9．A．control B．words C．connections D．comfort 10．A．stop B．create C．keep D．exchange This was the fifth time I'd been to the National Annual Competition. Reporters had been saying that I looked unbeatable. Everyone expected me to ____11____. But I knew something was ____12____ because I couldn't get this one picture out of my head: a picture of me, falling. “Go away,” I'd say. But the image wouldn't ____13____. It was time to skate. The music started, slowly, and I told myself, “Have fun, Michael! It's just a（n） ____14____.” Once the music picked up, I started skating faster. I'd practiced the routine so many times, and I didn't have to think about ____15____ came next. But when I came down from the jump, my foot slipped from under me. I put a hand on the ice to ____16____ myself, but it didn't do any good. Things kept getting ____17____. On a triple flip (三周跳)I spun through the air, and just as I landed, my whole body went down again. There I was, flat on the ice, with the whole world ____18____. I didn't think I'd be able to ... ...
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