五、完形填空。(2025·江苏南京鼓楼区期末)
One day, a(n)
old
1
woman comes into my store and starts up a conversation, telling me her name is Barbara. I walk with her and nod along while she walks.
As we chat, Barbara
stops
2
to look at a dress. “I really like this one, but I don’t wear this type of clothes now.”
I ask, “Why? What changes?”
Barbara smiles. “Well, as I get older, these clothes just don’t look good on me anymore. Maybe it will be different for you,
because
3
you’re very pretty.”
“Don’t say that, Barbara! You’re still very beautiful.”
She smiles and says, “Thank you, sweet girl, but it’s all right. I’ll just
keep
4
to what I usually wear. Clothes like this are for young people like you.”
I am always angry when I hear older people say their
age
5
makes them ugly. Older women buy wrinkle(皱纹)correctors, dye(染)their hair, and do everything, just to
cover
6
their age till they give up and say to themselves, “I’m just old and ugly now.”
I don’t see things that way. So, I
ask
7
her to try it on.
When Barbara comes out of the fitting room, I can’t take my
eyes
8
off her. The dress fits her well,
in fact
9
, perfectly. The colours bring out the warmth in her skin, and most importantly, she looks really, really happy in it. She doesn’t just like the dress. She likes the way
she
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is in that dress. She clearly feels happier and even turns in a circle to show me the dress!
Before Barbara leaves, she says to me, “Thank you so much for making me feel like 20 years old today.”
(
D
)1. A. lovely B. rich C. young D. old
(
B
)2. A. talks B. stops C. stands D. walks
(
A
)3. A. because B. but C. so D. and
(
D
)4. A. pick B. see C. choose D. keep
(
C
)5. A. shirt B. past C. age D. life
(
A
)6. A. cover B. respect C. care D. like
(
B
)7. A. hope B. ask C. teach D. change
(
D
)8. A. hands B. ears C. mouth D. eyes
(
B
)9. A. at last B. in fact C. for example D. such as
(
A
)10. A. she B. he C. it D. one