四、完形填空
Several years ago, I worked as a president of my company. Our work is
for only four days of the week. So we decided that we took Fridays to do service projects in our hometown.
One day, we went to a very old gentleman's house to do a total cleanup. When we arrived, an elderly woman
us at the door. It was the daughter. She was 75, and her father was 97! Soon, we began to clean the house and the yard. That gentleman's house went from dirt to a shining clean palace
the time we finished.
The thing I most clearly remember about that day,
, was not the great cleaning job that we did, but something
. When we walked into the house, I noticed the wonderful drawings that decorated the walls. The daughter told us that her father had painted them, and that he hadn't learned art
he was 80 years old. No one around him ever knew he had such a great talent for painting. I was
: These drawings were works of art that could have easily been hung in a museum.
At the time, I was in my early 30s. Busy meetings and daily tasks always filled my whole schedule. And I didn't think being a president of a company would
me to have time for more creative and artistic work. I once thought people's hobbies should start when they were young. I always felt that it was too
to make a change at this stage of my life. Boy! My
mind was opened up that afternoon!
(
B
) 1. A. short B. enough C. correct D. hard
(
D
) 2. A. showed B. helped C. invited D. greeted
(
A
) 3. A. by B. before C. with D. as
(
A
) 4. A. however B. otherwise C. instead D. moreover
(
C
) 5. A. similar B. extra C. different D. necessary
(
D
) 6. A. because B. though C. unless D. until
(
C
) 7. A. interested B. excited C. amazed D. relaxed
(
B
) 8. A. continue B. allow C. fail D. avoid
(
C
) 9. A. active B. simple C. difficult D. strange
(
D
)10. A. controlled B. planned C. lost D. narrow
