四、完形填空
When I was a boy, I was good at Maths. In primary school, I went over the multiplication tables (乘法表) again and again
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1 I remembered them. Then when I got to high school, I had to take algebra (代数). Suddenly, everything was so
A
2 that I couldn’t understand. Learning it felt like hitting my head
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3 the wall. I thought I would never use it and never need it in my life.
My thought was proven
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4, though, several years later. At that time, I was doing a low - paid job, trying my best to
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5 my young family. One day, I found myself with just
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6 dollars in my wallet until the next payday. The gas tank on my old car was
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7 too, so I pulled up to a store and was going to put five dollars worth of gas in the tank. As I was waiting in line to
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8, I saw the woman in front of me crazily
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9 through her wallet to find enough money to pay for two cartons of milk. For a second, selfishness (自私) held back my heart,
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10
then I walked forward and put down my last five dollars to help her get the milk for her children.
As I left the
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11, I felt strange. My wallet was empty but my
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12 felt full. I was poor but still felt like the
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13 man in the world. It didn’t make sense to me mathematically. But then I
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14 that I didn’t have to understand algebra. Maybe I should just enjoy it.
Love is a lot like algebra. It can be a mystery that we never fully understand. The truth is the more love we give, the more love we have. The more we
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15 it, the more it grows inside of us. Welcome the mystery then and enjoy all the riches of love.
(
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) 1. A. since
B. if
C. after
D. till
(
A
) 2. A. hard
B. easy
C. boring
D. tiring
(
C
) 3. A. in
B. over
C. against
D. opposite
(
D
) 4. A. true
B. interesting
C. sure
D. wrong
(
B
) 5. A. help
B. support
C. treat
D. lead
(
B
) 6. A. two
B. five
C. eight
D. ten
(
B
) 7. A. dirty
B. empty
C. broken
D. lost
(
A
) 8. A. pay
B. buy
C. work
D. get
(
C
) 9. A. going
B. putting
C. searching
D. pushing
(
B
) 10. A. and
B. but
C. so
D. or
(
C
) 11. A. city
B. school
C. store
D. station
(
A
) 12. A. heart
B. car
C. pocket
D. brain
(
C
) 13. A. strongest
B. cleverest
C. richest
D. tallest
(
A
) 14. A. realized
B. agreed
C. promised
D. refused
(
B
) 15. A. take
B. share
C. expect
D. learn
