题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
新疆石河子二中2018-2019学年高一上学期英语期末考试试卷(含小段音频)
Two old beggars (乞丐) were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city. They watched 1 as a lot of people walked by without looking at them. Sometimes, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would 2 a few coins in the hats in front of them.
Today was not a 3 day for begging. The men were able to 4 enough for a big meal. As it was getting dark, they started to 5 their things.
Just as they were getting ready to leave, they 6 a man walking toward them. He was a 7 man they could tell that from his fine clothes. The first beggar said to the second with 8 , “He's coming our way!” The man stopped, 9 into his pocket and took something out. What looked like a piece of hard 10 , wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man turned and 11 his way.
“He could have easily left us a few 12 or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar. He looked at the offering 13 .“There's no way we can 14 this — we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away. Then he collected his things and 15 .
The second beggar wanted to do the same, 16 a second thought made him change his 17 .“I haven't had anything like this for ages,” he thought. “How 18 of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper. To his 19 , there was no hard rock candy inside. 20 , a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.
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