二、完形填空。(共 15 小题;每小题 1 分,计 15 分)(2025·江苏扬州江都区期末)
Do you ever buy any second-hand things?
Do you 1 anything of yours to others?
Any stories behind it?
After a whole week of heavy rain, a comfortable summer day came 2. My family were driving to a nearby town when my daughter found a yard sale, kind of traditional activity about selling and buying 3 things. We saw a set of toys for kids, a couple of violins for 4 lovers, huge piles of clothes and a piece of furniture or two for sale. Best of all, we saw lots of 5 people sitting, standing and talking in the sunshine in the front yard.
Seeing all of these, memories(回忆) of my childhood 6. My mum was a good yard sale shopper. Most of my clothes then came from yard sales, so 7 hated going to the yard sales. But something 8 when I saw that they also sold old books there. After that, I always read the books until it was time to leave and sometimes my 9 would buy me one. Soon a large part of my home 10 came from yard sale books.
And a question comes into my mind. 11 do we have yard sales? We throw our old things and we buy “new” old things. It certainly isn't for the money. We show love and our 12 for all the old things. They are more 13 than new ones.
I think a yard sale is not just about a 14 and teaches us something about life as well. We can't really have anything here. It is time to let it go and pass it on through the 15. Now, it has become a traditional culture.
(
B
)1.A. send B. sell C. save D. spread
(
A
)2.A. finally B. specially C. quickly D. carefully
(
D
)3.A. expensive B. cheap C. new D. old
(
A
)4.A. music B. sport C. fashion D. animal
(
A
)5.A. smiling B. crying C. singing D. dancing
(
B
)6.A. took away B. brought back C. took apart D. brought down
(
C
)7.A. she B. they C. I D. we
(
B
)8.A. stayed B. changed C. missed D. stopped
(
D
)9.A. son B. daughter C. dad D. mum
(
B
)10.A. shop B. library C. cinema D. bank
(
D
)11.A. When B. Where C. How D. Why
(
A
)12.A. respect B. luck C. sadness D. hope
(
D
)13.A. useless B. endless C. beautiful D. meaningful
(
D
)14.A. lifestyle B. surprise C. symbol D. deal
(
A
)15.A. activity B. celebration C. festival D. show
