《广安市2016高考英语完形填空和阅读理解一轮选练9及答案》.docVIP

完形填空Cure for Sorrow There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her__1__， she went to the wise man that is always__2__for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what__3__ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will__4__you with all I have if you can.” Instead of sending her away or__5__with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never__6__sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in__7__of that magical mustard seed. She came first to a splendid apartment，__8__at the door, and said in a__9__voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n)__10__that I want? It is very important to me.” __11__， she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of__12__. They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to__13__all the tragic things that recently had happened to them. The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor，__14__people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own？” She__15__to comfort them till they__16__. Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But__17__she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one__18__after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so__19__in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never__20__that it had driven the sorrow out of her life. 1.A.joy　　　　　　　　　 B．danger C．belief D．sorrow 2．A.envied B．considered C．respected D.treated 3．A.strange B．magical C．valuable D．important 4．A.reward B．supply C．provide D．award 5．A.quarreling B．discussing C．reasoning D．arguing 6．A.suffered B．known C．obtained D．forgotten 7．A.honor B．favor C．need D．search 8．A.knocked B．broke C．stood D．pointed 9．A.excited B．confident C．sad D．urgent 10．A.place B．answer C．apartment D．perso