题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
四川省内江市2019-2020学年高一下学期英语期末检测试卷
Mike had many bookmarks (书签). He had 1 them over the years. He was 2 and weak and would celebrate his 80th birthday.
Trying to find out what to buy Mike was a(n) 3 task as he always asked for little. He love to 4, and had many books. But, to buy him a book seemed impossible 5 I did not know what books he had. So, when I found a special custom bookmark, I thought it was 6; it might be different from what he had collected.
The custom bookmark had the following 7 written on it: To live is to function (起作用). When Mike opened the 8, he smiled. Then he told me it was 9 by Oliver Wendell Holmes. It was just part of Mr. Holmes' 10. He then went and got a newspaper clipping (剪报) that had Mr. Holmes' words written in his nineties.
I felt 11. At 80, he immediately 12 the author of the saying on the bookmark. To my greater 13, he even had the newspaper clipping. Mike then told me he read these 14 words by Mr. Holmes every year on his birthday. He said, "The words 15 me that no matter how old you are, there is a reason why you are here. And, you need to have 16 no matter what your age."
As I 17 Mike's house, I thought how true those words are. I 18 some people who were much 19 than Mike but achieved so little. Mike was at 80, still setting his goals, still aiming to 20 himself and to help others! What a great man!
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