Ⅱ. 完形填空(每题 1 分,满分 15 分)
In our neighbourhood, there is a yard sale every Saturday morning. For my daughter and me, it has become part of our
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routine (惯例). But last week, an unexpected experience changed the way I thought of yard sales. I started noticing that behind the things on the tables, there were often
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.
One day, when we walked into a stranger’s yard as we always did, I greeted the old gentleman sitting behind his tables in the
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way, “Morning! Beautiful day for a yard sale!” He
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back at us.
And then, I noticed what he was selling—plates, mugs (马克杯), toys, … almost
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on sale was with a dachshund’s (腊肠犬) face.
“You really like your
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!” I said.
“Yes,” the seller replied. “We kept him for a long time
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my wife died. Then I sent him away.”
The “gate” slowly and carefully
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and his story came out. His only child died eight years ago and sadly, his wife passed away last winter. He’s been keeping himself busy by cleaning out the house.
I gradually got embarrassed (尴尬的) because I had
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thought of yard sales as something sad. In the past, the fun and challenge of going to a sale,
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someone else’s things, and seeing how cheaply you could get them was the whole point of yard sales. I had never thought of the fact that some things appeared on a yard sale table probably for some special
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.
Meeting this sad man helps me to
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that things are not just things. They all have stories that want to be
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when there is no one left in their family to hear them again.
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, this realization (领悟) has made me love yard sales even more.
I put the dachshund toy from the gentleman in my car, reminding myself to be
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as we look forward to the next yard sale and the stories we may hear. The more stories I hear, the better I come to understand life.
1. A. daily
B. weekly
C. monthly
D. yearly
2. A. stories
B. strangers
C. sellers
D. customers
3. A. different
B. impolite
C. strange
D. usual
4. A. shouted
B. smiled
C. cried
D. cheered
5. A. anything
B. everything
C. nothing
D. something
6. A. dog
B. cups
C. plates
D. sale
7. A. after
B. when
C. until
D. since
8. A. opened
B. disappeared
C. closed
D. created
9. A. always
B. often
C. usually
D. never
10. A. breaking down
B. looking through
C. putting up
D. giving out
11. A. advantages
B. materials
C. prices
D. reasons
12. A. connect
B. prevent
C. realize
D. value
13. A. repaid
B. reviewed
C. retold
D. rewritten
14. A. In fact
B. First of all
C. In time
D. By accident
15. A. thankful
B. quiet
C. painful
D. silent