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完形填空

完形填空（共20小题:每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

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Levi Anderson comes from Australia. 31_____ he is only 11, he has a special ability that

brought him into the business world. The boy with dyslexia(阅读障碍) has 32_____ his own

business country already.

Reading is not a(n) 33_____ task for Anderson because his brain has trouble dealing with

letters. And bullies (霸凌者) used to make his life at school even 34_____.

But now, Anderson is the boss of his own business. He sells "reading rulers” in his online

shop. The reading ruler is a useful reading 35_____. The colored rulers can make letters stand

out clearly. “In this way, people with dyslexia can pay more attention to and 36_____ the

sentences better,” he told Kids News. "I wanted to produce and 37_____ them because I

wanted to help other kids who are just like me.”

Anderson chose to sell his rulers in bags. One bag has eight rulers of different colors, so

kids with dyslexia can try and find a proper 38_____ for themselves. Up to now, his shop has

made about7,500 Australian dollars (about 35,800 yuan).

His success in 39_____ caught the attention of the financial expert(金融专家) Scott Pape.

He picked out Anderson's story in his new book. "I am just 40_____ by Anderson and what

he's been able to do,” Pape said, "I want kids to read his story and say 'That could be me. I

could do that?"

31. A. Though B. Because

B. set up

B. awful

B. harder

B. card

C. Unless

D. Since

D. given up

D. simple

D. shorter

D. tool

D. copy

D. throw

D. price

32. A. broken up

33. A. key

C. ended up

C. boring

C. busier

C. game

C. correct

C. collect

C. color

34. A. better

35. A. test

36. A. understand

37. A. lend

38. A. size

B. complete

B. sell

B. shape

39. A. language

40. A. warned

B. art

C. medicine

C. controlled

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D. business

D. touched B. punished

Maybe now is the best time to talk about rabbits in different cultures. The Chinese

calendar names each of the twelve years after a(n) 41_____, and this year is the Year of the

Rabbit.

In Chinese culture, the rabbit means being 42_____. This is shown by the Chinese

expression “dongru tuotu", which 43_____ people who are clever and act quickly like a rabbit.

People also 44_____ the rabbit with the moon. Ancient people believed there was a rabbit

living on the moon. It's the pet of Chang'e, a goddess (女神) widely known in China. This can

45_____ why rabbits are seen as a good sign.

In nature, the rabbit can give birth to lots of babies, so its 46_____ can grow to a large

size in a short time. Ancient Chinese people believed the more children they had, the 47_____

and happier they would be. They believed it could bring them good luck, so they loved the

rabbit so much.

48_____ in the West, rabbits also stand for the moon, the life and good luck. They

considered rabbits as a good 49_____, too. It's believed that the rabbit's foot brings good luck.

In the past, if the young caught a rabbit, they could be given its 50_____ to welcome them as

grown-ups.

Since the rabbit is always connected with good luck, maybe the Year of the Rabbit can

bring us some good luck, too!

41. A. plant

42. A. slow

B. star

C. animal

C. healthy

C. refuses

C. share

C. explain

D. state

D. brave

D. guards

D. cover

D. forget

D. population

D. funnier

D. Similarly

D. offer

B. smart

B. pushes

B. connect

B. imagine

B. industry

B. poorer

B. Finally

B. sign

43. A. describes

44. A. play

45. A. repeat

46. A. research

47. A. luckier

C. education

C. quieter

C. Possibly

C. excuse

48. A. Especially

49. A. project