二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)(2025·江苏宿迁期中)
阅读短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
Once a teacher asked his two students to go and meet him at the start of a road which was near a forest.
The two students got there
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the teacher told them. The teacher showed them the road and said, "You both have to start here and reach the
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of the road. After this test, there will be another exam next week. This test will
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the result of the next exam." Together, the two students started the race.
Just after a while, they found
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paths in front of them. One seemed
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and easy to go through. The first student made up his mind to take this path. The other was
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with a lot of fallen trees. The second student
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to follow this path. The first student passed that road easily and finished first. "I am glad I took the
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path," the first student said proudly, and he felt clever about
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. Of course, the second student had to try his best. It took him much longer to finish because he had to pass through many
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on the path.
However, when the second student arrived, he was very happy.
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there were many difficulties on the path, he still took it and he was able to finish the race finally.
For the next exam, the two students were asked to be near a ravine(深谷). The teacher
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them and said, "You have to jump to the other side of this ravine." The first student was so
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because he never did that before. However, the second student remembered the path of his last test and
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he jumped wide gaps(豁口) there. He jumped into the air and made it!
After the exam, the teacher said to the first student, "When you
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the easier path last week, it could only help you finish that test easily. However, you were not ready for the harder exam."
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A
)1. A. as B. with C. for D. on
(
B
)2. A. back B. end C. start D. side
(
D
)3. A. show B. advise C. praise D. influence
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B
)4. A. one B. two C. three D. four
(
A
)5. A. clear B. hard C. pleasant D. exciting
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C
)6. A. shared B. agreed C. filled D. connected
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D
)7. A. used B. failed C. refused D. decided
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D
)8. A. harder B. longer C. shorter D. easier
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B
)9. A. myself B. himself C. yourself D. herself
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C
)10. A. chances B. stories C. challenges D. competitions
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C
)11. A. Since B. But C. Although D. Until
(
A
)12. A. looked at B. looked after C. looked up D. looked for
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D
)13. A. curious B. relaxed C. interested D. afraid
(
A
)14. A. how B. what C. why D. whether
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B
)15. A. led B. chose C. suggested D. discovered
