江苏省2014届准高三英语 完形+阅读 暑假限时训练二.docVIP

江苏省2014届准高三英语 完形+阅读 暑假限时训练2 I. 完形 This battle, if I can call it that, started almost two years ago when my daughter insisted that I buy her a talking clock. __1__ as a good father, with the__2__of teaching her time, I went to the shop and, as instructed by my daughter,__3__this talking digital clock. By default (默认值), the__4__appeared in degrees Fahrenheit. I pressed__5__of the buttons on the clock but no matter how hard I tried, I wasn’t able to__6__it into degrees Celsius. I had a couple of other digital clocks in which there was a separate button to change the temperature settings. This was__7__ here. I opened a few screws (螺丝钉) but it was all__8__.The thing with the digital clock is that when you put the battery in it, it displays all the fields and it now had the all important degrees Celsius sign on it as well.__9__ moved on. Every day when I saw the clock, I would think, “What would be the way to change the__10__of the temperature?” Fast-forward to 9:30 am this morning. I just picked up the clock again... my__11__told me that every time I pressed the “mode” button, there was a(n)__12__action and so this time I went very__13__, one by one... and Bingo! There it was – the__14__ had been won. It now proudly displays the temperature in degrees Celsius. I was so__15__that I even took a picture. What this small__16__taught me was that I knew what I wanted was__17__right in front of me, and all that was required was the right frame of mind to__18__it. That’s what life has_19___for all of us. If you know that something is achievable then all you need is the right attitude. Victory is just a matter of__20__. 1. A. So B. Yet C. If D. Though 2. A. mood B. belief C. intent D. idea 3. A. took out B. picked up C. put away D. turned up 4. A. time B. picture C. sound D. temperature 5. A. all B. some C. most D. none 6. A. develop B. change C. divide D. make 7. A. left B. broken C. misplaced D. missing 8. A. in