2012届高考英语二轮专题复习完形阅读强化综合训练141.docVIP

2012届高考英语二轮专题复习完形阅读强化综合训练（一百四十一） 完形填空 Once a beautiful diamond necklace of a king was lost.The king then offered a 1 for ＄50,000 for anybody who found it. One day a clerk was walking along a 2 next to an industrial area,which was completely polluted and smelly.Suddenly,he saw something 3 in the river and when he looked carefully,he saw the diamond necklace.He decided to try and catch it so that he could get the 4 .He put his hand in the dirty river and grabbed at the necklace,but somehow 5 it.He then walked in the water and put his whole arm in.But 6 ,he still missed it!He came out,feeling depressed. Then again he saw the necklace, 7 there.This time he dived into the river.He searched everywhere and yet he 8 . Just then an old man who was 9 ,saw him,and asked him what was the matter.The clerk didn,t want to 10 the secret with him,so he refused to tell him anything.But the old man could see the clerk was 11 and promised he would not tell anyone about it.The clerk then decided to put some 12 in the old man.He talked about the necklace and 13 he tried to catch it,but kept failing.The old man suggested that perhaps he should try 14 upward,toward the branches of the tree,instead of in the river.The clerk looked up,and true enough,the necklace was hanging on a 15 .He had been trying to get a reflection(倒影)of the real necklace all the time. Material happiness is just like the polluted river,because it is a reflection of the true happiness in the spiritual world. 1.A.competition B.notice C.reward D.gift 2.A.playground B.beach C.street D.river 3.A.waving B.swimming C.shining D.moving 4.A.money B.power C.treasure D.pleasure 5.A.missed B.followed C.touched D.caught 6.A.jokingly B.naturally C.strangely D.gradually 7.A.up