【正文】 we talked a couple of times a week. We 7 stories about our weekends, our dreams, and our families. Gary got offered a new job and moved 8 . It has been years since I last spoke to him, yet the memory feels like yesterday. I look back at what became a friendship of sharing stories from the heart. When you say 9 to a stranger(陌生人 ) you bee a pebble(鵝卵石 )thrown into a lake. With each ripple（漣漪） you create, you spread 10 that continues to give. ( ) . watched B. believed C. thanked D. greeted ( ) B. admired C. expected D. fot ( ) . when B. until C. before D. and ( ) . visit B. weekend C. mother D. sickness ( ) B. glad C. sorry D. surprised ( ) B. job C. name D. family ( ) . wrote B. heard C. read D. shared ( ) . away B. over C. on D. in ( ) B. hello C. no D. goodbye ( ) B. virus C. love D. sadness 5 完形填空強化訓練 (8) Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year39。t 7 . It39。t telephone her because he didn39。re good friends. One afternoon, Cathy told David, ―It39。ll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I39。t know her __10__. At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, ―What39。s just that I find science really difficult. 8 disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good 9 is that my math teacher said I was hardworking. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good. Well, that39。s Day, when he was 15, his father 1 him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 2 with his father‘s idea. That isn39。t 10‖. So what? First， always think about your failure. What caused 11 ？ Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go 12 next time. Second, is the goal you39。s life is the school discipline（紀律）． At school there are 7 rules 8 ． This strict discipline is very 9 for him when he 10 the society to 11 a living. It teaches him some very necessary virtues（美德） on the road to a 12 life. School is a place for a schoolboy to learn what the social life is 13 ． For in the classroom and the playground, he has to mix with his fellows and not members of his family. He cannot behave（表現(xiàn)） as he does in his home. He is no longer a spoilt（寵壞的） child, and his school fellows will not give 14 to his wishes. He soon gets his corners robbed of and learns the lesson of givandtake, good manners, and thought for 15 ． This is also the way when he has to carry himself in society. ( ) 1. A. full B. fond C. sure D. short ( ) 2. A. larger B. greater C. most D. different ( ) 3. A. many as B. little C. as much D. more ( ) 4. A. mostly B. main C. almost D. partly ( ) 5. A. has B. likes C. requires D. obliges ( ) 6. A. learned B. studied C. examined D. taught ( ) 7. A. hard B. strict C. loose D. kind ( ) 8. A. kept B. being kept C. keeping D. to be kept ( ) 9. A. useful B. harmful C. bad D. pleasant ( ) 10. A. enters B. leaves C. es D. anizes ( ) 11. A. produce B. make C. get D. take ( ) 12. A. successful B. rich C. poor D. famous ( ) 13. A. like B. on C. up D. for ( ) 14. A. in B. up C. off D. out ( ) 15. A. himself B. teachers C. others D. his parents 完形填空強化訓練 (14) When Liu Kaiqu was young he was poor in Shanghai. One day he 1 a picture of a tiger and tried to sell it on the street. It caught the 2 of an American, who asked, ―How much does it cost?‖ He said, ―500 dollars.‖ The foreigner thought it was too 3 and asked again, ―Can you make it cheaper?‖ He answered, ―No,‖ Then he tore(撕 )it to pieces. In great 4 , the foreigner said, ―Young man, are you angry?‖ ―No, sir. I‘m not angry. I sold it 5 500 dollars because I thought it was worth the 6 .But you wanted a lower price. It means 7 didn‘t think so and it is not good enough. I‘ll go on working 8 until my customers(顧客 )are satisfied.‖ At that time, 9 Liu Kaiqu was not famous at all, he never 10 his dream. Now he is wellknown all over the world as a great artist. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) D. excitement ( ) ( ) ( ) 9 ( )8 . and faster and slower and better and harder ( ) ( ) off up up off 完形填空強化訓練 (15) A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggling with a large box. It was half in and half 1 of her car. He was a helpful kind of man, so he went up to the woman and said, ― Let me give you a hand with that box .It looks very 2 .‖ ―That‘s very kind of you,‖ the woman said. ―I‘m having a lot of 3 with it .I think it‘s stuck.‖ ―Together we‘ll soon move it,‖ the man said. He 4 into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, ―I am ready. And he began to 5 hard .‖ For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they were 6 in the face. ―Let‘s rest for a minute,‖ the man said. ―I‘m sorry, but it 7 stuck .‖ A few minutes later, the man said, ―Let‘s try again. Are you ready?‖ 8 of them took hold of the box again. ―One, two, three!‖ the man said, and again they went on with their struggle. At last, when they were very tired, the man said, ―You are 9 . It‘s stuck really. I don‘t think there‘s 10 we can get it out of the car.‖ ―Get it out of the car?‖ the woman cried. ―I‘m trying to g