五、完形填空。
From the day "Mother Nature" gave me life, I expected to grow tall and big.
As a young
1, I was well protected in the forest. I used to
2 a good time with my friends under the blue sky and
3 the river. Our only purpose was to stand high. My pal, Tim, often said, "All I ask for is to be
4 the whole day."
More than 300 days passed and we grew straight. Until one day, our
5 birthday, people came, moved us from the
6 and put us on their trucks. "I don't want to go!" Tim cried.
After a long journey, we arrived at a completely different place with
7 green. Here we were planted in a line.
8 the wind blew strongly, I could not even open my eyes to see Tim
9 beside me. So we needed enough
10
to grow thicker and higher to stop the wind.
As time went by, we finally
11 much stronger. I could keep my eyes open in the wind! I even found the blue sky was back!
This was no longer no-man's land, and hundreds of visitors came here. A man took a picture of us with his
12. "Thank you. We can enjoy clear days
13 worrying about sandstorms." A young girl jumping up and down came over and
14 me. "Thank you," she said. "It's you that have turned the desert into a green land!"
Tim and I smiled at each other, feeling
15. The sun was shining brightly in the blue sky.
(
A
)1. A. tree B. fish C. girl D. boy
(
C
)2. A. choose B. forget C. have D. miss
(
B
)3. A. in B. along C. under D. on
(
B
)4. A. smart B. happy C. busy D. thin
(
A
)5. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
(
D
)6. A. beach B. lake C. house D. earth
(
B
)7. A. all B. nothing C. anything D. everything
(
C
)8. A. Though B. Unless C. Because D. Until
(
A
)9. A. clearly B. greatly C. kindly D. widely
(
D
)10. A. desert B. wind C. sand D. water
(
A
)11. A. became B. smelt C. sounded D. remained
(
D
)12. A. radio B. keyboard C. backpack D. camera
(
C
)13. A. from B. about C. without D. of
(
B
)14. A. asked B. hugged C. invited D. kicked
(
C
)15. A. tired B. bored C. proud D. surprised