二、完形填空。(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)(2025·江苏扬州江都区邵樊片期中)
阅读下面短文,从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Some artists today create art with very unusual things, like old clothes, vegetables and butterflies. Gary LeMaster creates beautiful art 1 a kind of unusual material. He uses eggshells! An eggshell is the 2 outside part of an egg.
How does he do it? First, he 3 a picture on the eggshell with a pencil. Then he uses a tool to 4 the pattern. Clearly, it is very 5 . LeMaster needs to control the tool very 6 . If he doesn’t, the eggshell can break into many 7 pieces. Then he has to 8 the eggshell and start again with a new one.
When the sculpture(雕刻作品) is finished, LeMaster puts a 9 material on it. Now the eggshell sculpture will not break. Then he puts each sculpture in a space 10 people can just look at it, but won’t break it. Sometimes he puts 11 sculptures under glass. This way, the sculptures will 12 a long time.
LeMaster makes many different kinds of 13 eggshell sculptures. Making the sculptures has improved his attention. He wishes to become an artist in the future to offer as 14 wonders to people as possible. He will also try his best to make his dream 15 .
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)1. A. in B. for C. of D. with
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C
)2. A. thin B. deep C. hard D. light
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B
)3. A. writes B. draws C. buys D. shows
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A
)4. A. carve(雕刻) B. find C. look D. put
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B
)5. A. interesting B. difficult C. beautiful D. exciting
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C
)6. A. easily B. quickly C. slowly D. simply
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A
)7. A. little B. large C. high D. tall
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C
)8. A. put away B. get away C. throw away D. walk away
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D
)9. A. cheap B. cold C. strange D. special
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A
)10. A. so B. or C. but D. and
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B
)11. A. your B. his C. her D. their
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B
)12. A. take B. last C. wait D. work
(
A
)13. A. amazing B. boring C. tiring D. amazed
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B
)14. A. much B. many C. few D. little
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D
)15. A. come down B. come back C. come on D. come true
