I、语言知识及运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节:完形填空(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。
There once lived a young man who was always unhappy and complained about his poverty. One day, he went to see a fortune teller to inquire how to become __11__.The fortune teller said, “Young man, you are already wealthy now.” “Where is my wealth?” the young man asked __12__.“It is with you. Your __13__ is (are) your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the __14__ things in this world. You can read, study and learn. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your __15__ are your wealth. You can go to any places...” the fortune teller said. “You call these wealth?Everyone has them,” the young man said.
“These are wealth. What you have now are not what others can luckily have. Are you __16__ to give your eyes to me? I am willing to give you a lot of money to __17__ for them,” the fortune teller said. “No, are you crazy? I am not going to exchange my eyes for money! They are __18__ to me!” The young man __19__.“Precisely, these are wealth to you. You will not exchange them for money. Furthermore, although a lot of people have their wealthy things, they do not __20__ them or treasure them. They are not __21__ to Heaven for giving them their wealth. They even complain that Heaven is unfair to them. Do you want to __22__ one of them before you will treasure them?” the fortune teller said.
Everyone is wealthy. But we should not __23__ it for granted. We need to treasure our wealth, take care of it and use I t __24__.We should not overuse it because once it is __25__, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.
11.A. happy B.young C.wealthy D.poor