2011-2012年上学期兴化市高三英语好题集完形填空6.docVIP

2011-2012年上学期兴化市高三英语好题集：完形填空6 A Once there was a princess who had a beautiful diamond necklace. But later it was stolen. The princess then offered a ___1__of $50,000 for anyone who found it. One day a clerk was walking home along a river, which was ___2__, polluted. As he was walking, he saw something ____3__in the river and there he saw the diamond necklace. He decided to catch it to get the money. He put his hand in the ____4__ river but missed it. He tried again, this time he ____5__ in the river and put his whole ___6___ in to catch the necklace. But ___7__, he still missed it! He came out and started walking away, feeling ___8__ Then again he saw the necklace, right there. This time he was ___9__ to get it. He plunged(纵身跳入) into the river, which was a disgusting thing as the river was polluted, and searched everywhere. But he ___10__ again. This time he was really___11__. Just then a saint（圣人） saw him and asked him What was the___1__ . Not wanting to share the ___13__with him, he refused to tell the saint anything. ___14__the saint could see this man was ___15__, so he again asked the clerk to tell him the problem and ___16__ not to tell anyone about it. The clerk ___17__ his courage and told the saint about the necklace and how he tried to catch it, but. ___18__ failing. The saint then told him that perhaps he should try looking ___19__, toward the branches of the tree on the bank of the river. The clerk did so and true enough the necklace was there .He had been trying to catch a mere reflection (倒影） of-the _____ necklace all the time. 1. A. reward B. chance C. present D. salary 2. A. nearly B. often C. heavily D. exactly 3. A. moving B. blowing C. floating D. shining 4. A. distant B. dirty C. deep D. clear 5. A. walked B. swam C. ran D. jumped 6. A. hand B. arm C. feet D. leg 7. A. nervously B. strangely C. secretly D. immediately 8. A. shocked