题型：完形填空 题类：常考题 难易度：困难
安徽省滁州市新锐学校2019-2020学年高二上学期英语期末考试试卷
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 1the move, my father2us in the livingroom on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not3that the universe would suddenly change its course." In May, we're4to Arizona."
The words, so small, didn't seem5enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a train moving across the country. I watched the6change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that7mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived and8into our new home.
While my older sisters were9at the loss of friends, I10explored our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring11and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You'd better not12that."
I turned around to see an old woman.
"Are you new to this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, 13, new to the entire state.
"My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the14? It must be quite a15after living in Boston."
How could I explain how I16the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.
"It's vastness," she offered." That vastness when you 17on the mountains overlooking the desert—you can18how little you are in comparison with the world.19, you feel that the possibilities are limitless."
That was it. That was the feeling I'd had ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my20would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't touch."
试题篮
单词或括号内单词的正确形式。