二、(2025·宿迁市宿豫区三校模拟)完形填空。(每小题 1 分,共 15 分)
Once upon a time,there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spiderwebs(蜘蛛网)on the walls and mice running around. People
1 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and
2 every day. He thought it was poverty(贫穷)that led
3 his unhappy life.
One day,the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for
4 about changing his life. The old man gave him a(n)
5 vase(花瓶)and said,“This is a magic vase that will bring you
6.”
The poor man looked at the vase
7. He wondered
8 he needed a vase in his poor house. However,he didn’t want to
9 away such a beautiful vase,so he brought it home and put it on the table.
“It’s not right for something so beautiful to be
10,”the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it,making it even more beautiful.
11 he was still not satisfied(满意的). “It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spiderweb.” Then,he started to do some
12 in the house and paint the walls.
His house turned into a
13 place immediately. The poor man cheered up. He suddenly
14 that in the past it was his
15 that made him poor and unhappy. From then on,he worked hard and his life got better and better.
(
) 1. A. avoided
B. continued
C. enjoyed
D. risked
(
) 2. A. happy
B. sad
C. relaxed
D. afraid
(
) 3. A. for
B. off
C. to
D. with
(
) 4. A. luck
B. success
C. service
D. advice
(
) 5. A. big
B. small
C. beautiful
D. old
(
) 6. A. pain
B. happiness
C. harm
D. confidence
(
) 7. A. closely
B. easily
C. surprisingly
D. gladly
(
) 8. A. what
B. why
C. how
D. when
(
) 9. A. throw
B. turn
C. keep
D. go
(
) 10. A. ugly
B. full
C. empty
D. dirty
(
) 11. A. And
B. But
C. Because
D. So
(
) 12. A. work
B. cleaning
C. job
D. cooking
(
) 13. A. strange
B. large
C. dirty
D. comfortable
(
) 14. A. hoped
B. realized
C. showed
D. ordered
(
) 15. A. business
B. laziness
C. loneliness
D. sickness