Ⅰ.完形填空
Do you have a dream? Have you ever given up your dream just because someone __1__ it? If so, you may learn something __2__ this story.
There was once an elephant who __3__ to be a photographer. All his friends laughed when they heard him talk about it.
“How __4__! There aren't any cameras for elephants!” said some. “What a waste of time! There's __5__ to photograph here anyway ...” others said.
But the elephant kept __6__ his dream, and, piece by piece, he managed to put together some old bits of junk and some spare parts, and ended up with a __7__ of sorts. During the course, the elephant had to __8__ everything himself, from a button he would press with the end of his trunk to a lens (镜头) made to fit an elephant's __9__.
When they were all __10__, he could finally take his first photos. __11__, the camera was so big and strangelooking that it seemed like a huge funny mask. So many animals laughed as he __12__. The elephant began to think of __13__ his dream. Even worse, it was beginning to look as if those who had said there was nothing to photograph here were __14__.
But things worked out __15__. The sight of the elephant walking with the camera on his head was so __16__ that no one could help but laugh when they saw him. And, using a great deal of good humor, the elephant managed to take some really funny, __17__ pictures of all the animals. In his photos they __18__ looked joyful. So the elephant managed to __19__ the official photographer of the state in which he lived, and animals came from every __20__ to have some nice photos taken.
1.A. laughed at B. referred to
C. talked about D. looked at
2.A. for B. about
C. with D. from
3.A. asked B. continued
C. wanted D. pretended
4.A. exciting B. silly
C. simple D. boring
5.A. everything B. anything
C. something D. nothing
6.A. showing B. checking
C. following D. making
7.A. camera B. tool
C. box D. machine
8.A. compare B. design
C. steal D. buy
9.A. leg B. body
C. eye D. head
10.A. replaced B. borrowed
C. passed D. finished
11.A. However B. Therefore
C. Still D. Also
12.A. came in B. looked up
C. went by D. turned around
13.A. making up B. giving up
C. looking for D. showing off
14.A. right B. hateful
C. helpful D. interesting
15.A. worriedly B. sadly
C. differently D. strangely
16.A. big B. frequent
C. new D. funny
17.A. wonderful B. normal
C. large D. expensive
18.A. never B. sometimes
C. hardly D. always
19.A. become B. respect
C. meet D. advise
20.A. roof B. direction
C. space D. time