扬子江高级中学高三英语限时阅读训练（三十九）08.1.doc

高三英语限时阅读训练（三十九） 08.1 第一部分 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Long ago the sky was close to the Earth. Men and women did not have to plant their own food． 36 ，when they were hungry，they just reached up and 37 a piece of the sky to eat. Sometimes the sky tasted like ripe bananas．Other times it tasted like roasted potatoes. The sky was 38 delicious. Many people in the kingdom did not use the gift of the sky 39 ．They took more than they could eat. Some people even threw the extra pieces 40 . Early one morning the angry sky turned dark. Black clouds 41 over the land. And a great sky voice said to all the people，“You are 42 my gift of food. Do not take more than you can eat. I don’t want to see pieces of 43 in the garbage anymore， 44 I will take my gift away.”All the people trembled 45 fear. For a long time，they were careful. 46 at a festival time，one man named Adami took so many delicious pieces of sky that he couldn’t eat them all，He knew he must not 47 them away. He tried to give the pieces to his wife．“Here, wife，”Adami said．“You eat the rest．”“I 48 ”，Adami’s wife said．“I’m too full．”Adami asked all his children to help him eat the delicious pieces of sky，but the children couldn’t have one more 49 ．So Adami decided to try to hide the pieces at the bottom of the garbage pile. Suddenly，the sky became angry and the clouds turned black．“You have wasted my gift of food 50 ”，shouted the sky. “This time I will go away so you cannot waste me anymore.”All of the people cried，“What will we eat? We might 51 ！”The sky said，“You will have to learn how to plant crops in the ground and 52 in the forests. 53 you work hard，you may learn not to waste the gifts of nature.” Everyone watched as the sky sailed away． 54 ，they worked hard to grow their food and cook their meals. They 55 not to waste the gifts of nature. 36．A. Howev