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二、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分；共计15分） My watch stopped working a few days ago. The band 16_______ without my noticing, causing it to fall to the floor while I was doing some 17_______. As I stepped back to fetch some other clothes, I heard a terrible sound. I picked up the 18______ and saw its face had been cracked. I saw that it was beyond repair and 19_______ threw it into the garbage. Strangely, 20_______it is gone, I find that I have no wish to buy a new one. Perhaps it is because in this digital age clocks are 21_______. They are on my wall, in my car, on my computer, and even on my phone. I even 22_______ turn my head if I want to see what time it is. I think that the real reason, 23_______, is that as I grow older, my relationship with time itself has changed. While I feel as young as ever, time in this world has gone by too fast. The little baby boy I once rocked to sleep in my 24_______is now a 23-year-old man who is bigger than me. Young and energetic adults have now grown old, sickened and even 25_______ away. Now I can see that time cannot be kept. It flows on and on and 26_______ us with it in a river of change. The days go by, our hair turns 27_______, our skin becomes wrinkled, and our bodies 28_______. Looking at our watches cannot slow it down. All we can do is to embrace (hug) it and 29_______ each day we are given. So do your best to spend each precious moment here with 30_______. Do your best to spend your days living, laughing, hugging, helping, praying and smiling. Do your best to spend your seconds here loving yourself, and others. 16. A. stuck B. broke C. lost D. missed 17. A. exercising B. reading C. washing D. cooking 18. A. book B. watch C. coat D. clock 19. A. happily B. angrily C. sadly D. excitedly 20. A. though B. because C. unless D. if 21. A. everywhere B. nowhereC. anywhere D. somewhere 22. A. mustn’t B. can’t C. won’t D. needn’t 23. A. so B. therefore C. however D. instead 24. A. legs B. hands