Ⅰ.完形填空
In my hometown,a remote little town,life is 1 into a multiple choice question:to men,it’s work,drink,or sleep;to children,it’s “study hard to 2 this place” or “play and be 3 trapped here”.Life is what is lived in a day and in twenty years.When 4 comes we bury ourselves in thick coats like polar bears in their fur,speaking loudly yet curtly to 5 warmth.Our life is like that layer of fur 6 everything orderly and familiar.
Ironically,it was also 7 that struck me when I first arrived in the city.Steering myself through a sea of possibilities,in school,in community work,I 8 that the warmth here is to quicken people’s steps,to 9 out what is happening at the other end of our society—people live in 10 news and adventures,wanting to see more,try more,and desire more.
The desire for 11 has to be fulfilled.So,Conversation Square was 12 ,or more precisely,still in the process of its birth.The 13 struck me on a whim (奇想),did research,circulated a survey,gathered a pool of participants and off they started talking,at two ends of the northern hemisphere.Building long-distance connection is a 14 process.Yet eventually it started sailing.I received feedback with participants from both sides 15 the conversation,making new discoveries,and learning a little bit more about what’s possible in life,what’s possible in our time on earth.
1.A.beautified B.built
C.changed D.simplified
2.A.rebuild B.leave
C.enter D.enjoy
3.A.still B.forever
C.never D.ever
4.A.summer B.autumn
C.winter D.spring
5.A.preserve B.sweep
C.stop D.avoid
6.A.taking B.bringing
C.keeping D.blocking
7.A.coldness B.warmth
C.food D.life
8.A.see B.ask
C.want D.hope
9.A.look B.seek
C.watch D.make
10.A.terrible B.instant
C.exact D.constant
11.A.result B.conclusion
C.connection D.situation
12.A.born B.worn
C.sailed D.given
13.A.truth B.dream
C.reality D.idea
14.A.simple B.complex
C.flexible D.common
15.A.hating B.wishing
C.enjoying D.thanking
