完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Isabel Powell likes to swim. It’s a(n)
1 thing that she shares with a movie star she’ll
be meeting later this year—a star whose life story is coming to a theater near you this month.
Who’s the star? A dolphin named Winter. And
2 is not the only thing that she and Isabel have in common.
Winter lost her
3 when she was a baby. She got it caught in a trap used to
4__ crabs. Isabel, who had a similar experience to Winter, once had a
5 life.
6 , when she was 2 a tumor(腫瘤)on her foot
7 her leg.
Now, both Winter and Isabel
8 artificial limbs. In Isabel’s case, it’s an artificial leg and foot. In Winter’s case, it’s an artificial tail.
In November, Isabel will travel from her home to Clearwater, Florida, to
9 Winter. Clearwater is the site of the aquarium(水族館)where Winter has lived since she was
10 from that trap.
According to the Kitsap Sun, the meeting was set up by the man who designed Winter’s artificial tail—Kevin Carroll. Carroll also
11 artificial limbs for people.
He and Isabel
12 met last month in Bremerton, Washington, at the
13 where she got her artificial leg, which freed her of the
14 that had troubled her for years.
15__ Carroll met Isabel and found out she wants to be a veterinarian (獸醫(yī)), he decided to set up the meeting.
She
16 people who’ve lost limbs by
17 them they can still do the things they used to do. According to the Kitsap Sun, she plays softball,
18 karate competition and chases after her dog, too. For years, she didn’t know anybody else who had an artificial limb. Now, she’s about to meet a movie star who has one, too.
And she no longer feels so
19 . “I think it’s pretty cool,” Isabel told Kitsap Sun reporter Chris Henry. “Winter has an artificial tail. That makes me think that I’m not the only
20 one. There are thousands more.”
小題1: | A.interesting | B.disappointing | C.terrifying | D.frightening |
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小題2: | A.playing | B.swimming | C.sailing | D.exploring |
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小題4: | A.attract | B.attack | C.hit | D.catch |
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小題5: | A.happy | B.miserable | C.sad | D.dull |
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小題6: | A.Undoubtedly | B.Unfortunately | C.Strangely | D.Surprisingly |
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小題7: | A.took over | B.cut down | C.took away | D.cut out |
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小題8: | A.purchase | B.enjoy | C.prefer | D.wear |
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小題9: | A.meet | B.welcome | C.interview | D.study |
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小題10: | A.operated | B.rescued | C.caught | D.killed |
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小題11: | A.creates | B.builds | C.designs | D.invents |
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小題12: | A.purposely | B.deliberately | C.willingly | D.reportedly |
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小題13: | A.studio | B.lab | C.cinema | D.clinic |
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小題14: | A.pressure | B.debt | C.pain | D.pleasure |
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小題15: | A.Before | B.Until | C.After | D.While |
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小題16: | A.puzzles | B.inspires | C.amuses | D.shocks |
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小題17: | A.showing | B.warning | C.admiring | D.calling |
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小題18: | A.participates in | B.struggles for | C.calls on | D.turns down |
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小題19: | A.strange | B.common | C.usual | D.different |
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小題20: | A.particular | B.positive | C.unlucky | D.enthusiastic |
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