2016届高三英语二轮复习高考作业卷 作业八.docVIP

2016衡水万卷作业八 考试时间：45分钟 姓名：__________班级：__________考号：__________ 、完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were 1, and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory. One agent 2a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was 3our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look 4. We finally did and it was 5at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and 6of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of 7it would be like to live there. Days later, we made a(n) 8—far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t __9_____ us. They renewed their offer 10. It was also much more than we could afford, but far 11than the original asking price. The next day, we got a 12message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the 13directly. We made our final offer, which 14was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it, 15we had to try. “Sold!” said the owner. Then he 16: He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d 17the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a 18by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the 19in the price “an early wedding present.” That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are 20they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met. A. needed B. limited C. enough D. large A. recommended B. decorated C. sold D. rented A. below B. within C. beyond D. between A. at least B.