三、(2024 泰州期末模拟) 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
This story happened in a small mountain village. One day, there was a(n)
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. Nothing was destroyed and nobody was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.
When the earthquake
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, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock
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the road. But they could not move it at all. They tried to push it but
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. They tried to pull it with ropes but nothing worked.
“Well,” they all agreed, “there is
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we can do about it. We will have to change the road.”
At this time, a boy, 11 years old, said, “I think I can help you to move the rock.”
“You?” they shouted. “What are you talking about?” The men all
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at the boy.
The next morning, some people came to the road. One of them shouted, “The rock is
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!” More people ran out to see what happened. It was right. The rock wasn’t in the middle of the road any more. It wasn’t even
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the road.
“This is
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,” they said. “Where did it go?”
The boy stood on the road,
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. “I told you I could move it last night.”
The boy walked over to where the rock had been and uncovered some
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. “I buried it,” he said.
These people looked
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. “You see,” he said. “I dug a deep hole next to the rock and a small incline(斜坡) up to the rock, and the rock
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down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth.”
The crowds shouted, “What a
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boy!” And some of them said, “Why couldn’t we think of this good
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?”
(
C
)31. A. flood B. snowstorm C. earthquake D. fire
(
B
)32. A. happened B. ended C. started D. came
(
A
)33. A. off B. over C. into D. onto
(
B
)34. A. worked B. failed C. went D. caught
(
D
)35. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
(
B
)36. A. looked B. laughed C. pointed D. called
(
D
)37. A. lost B. broken C. hurt D. missing
(
D
)38. A. between B. under C. over D. near
(
D
)39. A. heavy B. dangerous C. strong D. impossible
(
C
)40. A. crying B. thinking C. smiling D. counting
(
C
)41. A. grass B. rocks C. earth D. clothes
(
A
)42. A. surprised B. sad C. relaxed D. nervous
(
B
)43. A. turned B. rolled C. walked D. cut
(
D
)44. A. brave B. poor C. handsome D. clever
(
B
)45. A. hole B. idea C. story D. joke