三、完形填空
Hello, I am Maggie and I am a big red maple tree in the centre of Central Park in New York. Every part of me looks
. I love seeing all the people stop, stare at me and say “that tree is beautiful”. Those
make me feel special.
One noon, I saw a
head my way. I could hear all the frightening sounds nearing, but the most frightening one was the sound of almost half of my bark (树皮) being torn off. I felt
. What would people think when they walked up to a worn - down tree in the
of Central Park? Would they hate me and cut me down? These thoughts made my branches ache. The wind was blowing hard and the rain was falling heavily. I was crying
I was not so beautiful as I used to be.
About five hours later, when the strong wind and the heavy rain died down, a nice opossum (负鼠) family came to me and asked if they could spend the
in one of my holes. The baby opossum was so cute that I couldn't
. Soon, the second round of the storm came. It
another part of my bark,
it didn't worry me so much as I had a distraction (分散注意力的事)—the opossum family. Other animals saw my
act and came to me too. Even though I felt great for
all the animals, I still couldn't completely forget about what people might think about my
.
However, instead of cutting me down, people
me even more for sheltering all those animals from the terrible weather. I
understand that “beautiful” can refer to more than just appearance.
(
B
) 21. A. straight
B. perfect
C. active
D. colourful
(
D
) 22. A. noises
B. trees
C. answers
D. words
(
C
) 23. A. wind
B. rain
C. storm
D. fog
(
B
) 24. A. angry
B. worried
C. bored
D. surprised
(
C
) 25. A. front
B. corner
C. middle
D. back
(
B
) 26. A. while
B. since
C. until
D. if
(
C
) 27. A. morning
B. noon
C. night
D. holiday
(
D
) 28. A. reply
B. record
C. report
D. refuse
(
D
) 29. A. picked out
B. looked for
C. fell into
D. tore off
(
A
) 30. A. but
B. and
C. so
D. or
(
A
) 31. A. warm
B. sudden
C. cold
D. strange
(
D
) 32. A. feeding
B. fighting
C. catching
D. protecting
(
B
) 33. A. qualities
B. looks
C. duties
D. abilities
(
A
) 34. A. love
B. know
C. water
D. help
(
C
) 35. A. sometimes
B. always
C. finally
D. hardly
