高二暑假完形填空专练六 （一） The Sweetest Thing When I was ten, I was crazy about candy. Whenever in our small-town 1 with my mom, I would run my fingers through my favorite candy on the shelf. Once there, thinking about all things sweet, I noticed a man a few feet away 2 buttons on the ATM machine. Dressed in a suit, he seemed to be late for something, 3 waiting for his cash to appear. The machine made a noise, and he immediately 4 a pile of bills and headed out. Curiously, I walked over to the ATM, where I started pressing the buttons as if knowing the 5 . Then I looked into the bottom of the machine. There I saw it: a beautiful, new $20 bill! 6 I wanted to believe my magic made the cash appear, I knew the man in the suit must have left it behind. I held the money in my hand, staring at the number “20” and feeling 7 than I ever had. I thought about slipping the money into my pocket. No one would know, but it didn’t feel right. I knew it didn’t 8 me. I had to find its owner and give it back! So I told my mom what had happened. “We’ll look for him.” she said kindly. We rushed out and found him stepping into his car in the parking lot! We 9 him and asked whether he had left money at the cash machine. “Let me 10 ,” he said, pulling out his wallet and bills. “Twenty, forty, eighty…Oh! You’re right,” he said with surprise, “I’m 11 a $20 bill.” “Here you go,” I said, smiling with 12 , as if I was a detective who had solved a mystery. “Thank you so much,” he said, bending down and shaking my hand. 13 saying goodbye, he asked my mom for my name and address. “I want to send your daughter a thank-you card,” he said. On my way home, my 14 was racing. Twenty dollars. What could I have done with it I bet I could have bought a puppy or every single candy bar in town! But now 15 of that would happen. Yet I knew I had done the right thing. A few weeks later, I got a box with a note. I opened it to find packages of candy. “Dear Felice, Thank you very much for 16 my $20. You are a great girl, and I appreciate your 17 . I hope you enjoy this candy. Best Wishes, Tom.” Tom included his business card. It turned out he was vice-president for the candy company. The candy tasted sweet, each 18 reminding me that what I had done mattered. Although my honesty wouldn’t always be 19 with candy, it would make a difference to someone. And that was the 20 part of all. 1. A. school B. store C. church D. bank 2. A. pushing B. taking C. dragging D. operating 3. A. anxiously B. excitedly C. hopefully D. angrily 4. A. covered B. handed C. seized D. posted 5. A. machine B. password C. man D. assistant 6. A. Since B. Though C. Once D. Until 7. A. richer B. stronger C. prettier D. smarter 8. A. adjust to B. belong to C. adapt to D. devote to 9. A. caught B. guided C. approached D. searched 10. A. try B. think C. guess D. check 11. A. missing B. seeking C. sparing D. changing 12. A. surprise B. anger C. comfort D. pride 13. A. Before B. After C. Because D. Sinc ... ...
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