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组合练(二) 语言知识精准练 完形填空＋语法填空
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Ⅰ.完形填空
(2022·江苏南京、盐城二模)
After the publication of my first two books ， I sent my publisher Summer of the
Wolves.I’d written it with great passion，filled with 1 .But the publisher 2 it.I sent it to
two or three other publishers.The 3 results!
I thought this novel must be really bad and cried for three days.I 4 the novel.But I
couldn’t stop 5 .In a few years，I focused on my skills and 6 a few more with
agencies.
One day，a 7 asked，“Do you have anything else？” “And yes，I did—Summer
of the Wolves.” “Send it to me，” she said.So I did.A few weeks later，she 8 my
rewriting it in first person.
It had been written in two voices in third person.Therefore，that was a(n) 9 amount of
work to me.But I was willing to take the 10 .Two months later，she 11 me when it was
published and asked me to write another one.I couldn’t believe 12 was knocking at my
door.
I am not a great talent，but I am a 13 worker.I’ve published eleven novels but written
fifteen.Will those other four ever 14 the light of day? I hope so.I keep working and never give
up.It is a 15 not a short race.
1．A.strength B．confidence
C．imagination D．gratitude
2．A.admired B．delayed
C．accepted D．rejected
3．A.normal B．desired
C．same D．satisfying
4．A.cut out B．burnt up
C．tore apart D．put away
5．A.thinking B．crying
C．writing D．complaining
6．A.translated B．released
C．edited D．revised
7．A.publisher B．follower
C．reporter D．reader8．A.excused B．allowed
C．suggested D．appreciated
9．A.proper B．exact
C．small D．fair
10．A.challenge B．reality
C．risk D．credit
11．A.comforted B．congratulated
C．instructed D．bothered
12．A.success B．wealth
C．fame D．courage
13．A.clever B．hard
C．fast D．strict
14．A.feel B．reflect
C．see D．absorb
15．A.marathon B．lesson
C．competition D．transformation
Ⅱ.语法填空
A group of computer engineers，all of 1. were highly established in their
careers ， got together to visit their old university professor.Conversation soon turned into
complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee，the professor went to the kitchen and returned with 2. large
pot of coffee and a 3. (various) of cups，some ordinary-looking，some expensive，
some fine.He told his students to help 4. (them) to hot coffee.When all the
students had a cup of coffee in their hands，the professor said：“If you have noticed，all the
nice-looking expensive cups 5. (take) up，leaving only the plain and cheap-looking
ones.6. it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves，that is the source of your
problems and stress.What you really wanted was coffee ， not the cup ， but you 7.
(conscious) went for the best cups and 8. (bad) still，you were eyeing each other’s
cups.”
“Now if life is coffee，then the jobs，money and position in society are the cups.They are
just tools 9. (hold) and contain life ，but the quality of life doesn’t
change.Sometimes，by 10. (concentrate) only on the cup，we fail to enjoy the
coffee in it.” So never let the cups drive you，enjoy the coffee instead.
