二、完形填空。(共15小题;每小题1分,计15分)
Some artists today create art with very unusual things, like old clothes, vegetables and butterflies. Gary LeMaster creates beautiful art
1 a kind of unusual material. He uses eggshells! An eggshell is the
2 outside part of an egg.
How does he do it? First, he
3 a picture on the eggshell with a pencil. Then he uses a tool to
4 the pattern. Clearly, it is very
5. LeMaster needs to control the tool very
6. If he doesn't, the eggshell may break into many
7 pieces. Then he has to
8 the eggshell and start again with a new one.
When the sculpture(雕刻品) is finished, LeMaster puts a
9 material on it. Now the eggshell sculpture will not break. Then he puts each sculpture in a space
10 people can just look at it, but won't break it. Sometimes he puts
11 sculptures under glass. This way, the sculptures will
12 a long time.
LeMaster makes many different kinds of
13 eggshell sculptures. Making the sculptures has improved his attention. He wishes to become an artist in the future to offer as
14 wonders to people as possible. He will also try his best to make his dream
15.
(
D
)1. A. in B. for C. of D. with
(
C
)2. A. thin B. deep C. hard D. light
(
B
)3. A. writes B. draws C. buys D. shows
(
A
)4. A. carve(雕刻) B. find C. look D. put
(
B
)5. A. interesting B. difficult C. beautiful D. exciting
(
C
)6. A. easily B. quickly C. slowly D. simply
(
A
)7. A. little B. large C. high D. tall
(
C
)8. A. put away B. get away C. throw away D. walk away
(
D
)9. A. cheap B. cold C. strange D. special
(
A
)10. A. so B. or C. but D. if
•212•
(
B
)11. A. your B. his C. her D. their
(
B
)12. A. take B. last C. wait D. work
(
A
)13. A. amazing B. boring C. tiring D. amazed
(
B
)14. A. much B. many C. few D. little
(
D
)15. A. come down B. come back
C. come on D. come true
