Question

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请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。

All things in their being are good for something. A handful of common sticky earth was in the river bank. But it had ______ thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place it was to ______ in the world when the time came for its virtues to be ______ .

But the hard journey was ______ , compared with the suffering after it. The earth was put into a container and mixed and beaten. It seemed almost ______ . But there was ______ in the thought that something very noble was ______ coming out of all this trouble. The earth felt sure that, if it could only wait long enough, a wonderful reward was ______ for it.

Then it was put upon a ______turning wheel, and turned around until it seemed as if it must fly into a thousand pieces. A strange power pressed and molded（塑造） it, and through all the dizziness(头昏眼花) and pain it felt that it was taking a new______ .

Then an unknown hand put it into an oven, and ______ fires were burning about it. But the earth held itself together, in the confidence of a great future.

At last the baking was finished. The clay was ______ upon a board，in the cool air. The suffering was passed. The reward was at hand.

Then the earth saw the reward of all its ______ and pain, – a common flower-pot, straight and ugly. It felt that it was not ______ for a king’s house, nor for a palace of art. Many days it passed in ______ .

But presently it was set in a greenhouse, where the sunlight fell warm upon it, and day by day as it waited, something was changing within it – a new hope. Still it was ______, not knowing what the new hope meant.

But one day the earth was carried into a great church. All the people looked towards it because it carried a royal lily(百合花) as white as snow, which was ______ in its heart. Now it knew what the hope is!

Then the clay was content, because, though an earthen pot, it held so great a treasure.

1.A. deep B. high C. blind D. free

2.A. need B. name C. know D. fill

3.A. discovered B. developed C. praised D. obtained

4.A. in B. over C. across D. through

5.A. satisfied B. thrilled C. discouraged D. confused

6.A. correct B. narrow C. rough D. straight

7.A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing

8.A. unbearable B. unconvincing C. unavoidable D. unaccustomed

9.A. anxiety B. comfort C. sympathy D. despair

10.A. possibly B. certainly C. immediately D. easily

11.A. in use B. in time C. in store D. in need

12.A. swiftly B. steadily C. gently D. slowly

13.A. place B. direction C. function D. form

14.A. dangerous B. fierce C. evil D. destructive

15.A. set down B. set out C. set about D. set off

16.A. value B. patience C. trust D. complaint

17.A. intended B. qualified C. allowed D. presented

18.A. peace B. passion C. depression D. harmony

19.A. conscious B. optimistic C. innocent D. ignorant

20.A. mixed B. fixed C. rooted D. buried

Answer 1