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45分钟限时精练(一) 注意事项: 1. 答题前,考生务必将学校、班级、姓名写在密封线内。 2. 请将选择题的答案根据老师批改需要填写在试卷第2页所附的答题栏内。 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 strangely, he still missed it!He came out, feeling 　6　. 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　 by saw him, and asked him what was the matter. The clerk didn’t want to share the secret with him, so he 　10　 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 how he tried to catch it, but 　13　 failing. The old man suggested that perhaps he should try looking upward, towards the branches of the tree, instead of in the river. The clerk looked up, and 　14　 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. afraid　 B. happy　 C. guilty　 D. depressed (　　)7. A. still　 B. right　 C. ever　 D. even (　　)8. A. waite