四、完形填空。
主题群:做人与做事
子主题:职业精神
语篇类型:记叙文
难度:★★★
Editor Ashley wasn't pleased with the quality of our reporting. “We need better stories for this Thursday's school newspaper. Any
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?” she asked.
I handed her my article about our basketball team
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Deerfield High School the night before by one point. “Sports stories are
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,” she said, “but not good enough for the front page.”
After our meeting, we heard someone screaming outside, “Perry is missing!” Perry was a lovely big
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and had been our school mascot(吉祥物) for ten years. He played an important role in students' lives. Everyone gathered around Perry's
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cage, heartbroken. Then, a student showed me a photo. In the photo a Deerfield player was hiding something parrot-sized under his shirt. “You're a reporter, right? I
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to take this photo yesterday,” he said. “He must have stolen Perry to prevent us from winning the game!” Ashley cried. We decided to run the photo with the headline “Deerfield Stole Perry”. “This is
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the story we need,” Ashley said confidently.
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she left, I took a closer look at the photo again. The clock in the background showed 4:15 p. m.
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, our game against Deerfield started at 4:30 p. m. Why would the boy have taken Perry before the game? I went to Perry's usual caretaker to ask if he
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Perry was gone. “He's not missing. He just needs a rest. He's ready for some
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days,” he said. Learning the truth, I immediately told Ashley and suggested writing a story to say goodbye to Perry. I was surprised when Ashley refused to change “Deerfield Stole Perry”. “It'll
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more readers,” she continued. I told her that if we wrote this article, we would be telling a lie which might bring harm to the player and our paper. Finally, Ashley agreed, “OK. Let's report the
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story.”
On Thursday, the paper came out with the headline “Bye-Bye, Perry” on the front page. Soon, it led to hot discussions among students. Though sad, they were comforted by the
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that Perry was in good care. The story also
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the sweet memories of Perry. Many even wanted to share their own stories with Perry! Seeing its success, Ashley said to me, “You are right! The truth connects hearts.”
1. A. photos B. notices C. ideas D. questions
2. A. joining B. beating C. following D. leading
3. A. fun B. similar C. modern D. right
4. A. cat B. dog C. swan D. parrot
5. A. noisy B. empty C. special D. colourful
6. A. failed B. remembered C. happened D. refused
7. A. usually B. probably C. exactly D. hardly
8. A. After B. Before C. Since D. Although
9. A. Otherwise B. However C. Moreover D. Anyway
10. A. knew B. minded C. insisted D. imagined
11. A. warm B. busy C. active D. free
12. A. attract B. invite C. control D. influence
13. A. short B. true C. interesting D. surprising
14. A. answer B. fact C. mistake D. secret
15. A. took away B. pointed out C. stuck to D. brought back