1、完形阅读综合练(七)1(2023南宁名校联考)The power of encouragement is great.You may draw some inspiration from the following story.Dante Gabriel Rossetti,a famous 19thcentury poet and artist,was once1by an elderly man.The old man had some sketches (素描) and drawings that he2Rossetti to look at and tell him if they we
2、re any good,or if they at least showed3talent.Rossetti looked them4carefully.After the first few,he knew that they were worthless,showing not the least5of artistic talent.But Rossetti was a6man,and he told the elderly man as gently as possible that the pictures were of little7and showed little talen
3、t.He was sorry,but he could not8to the man.The visitor was9,but seemed to expect Rossettis10.He then apologized for11Rossettis time,but would he just12a few more drawingsthese done by a(n)13art student？Rossetti looked over the14batch (一批) of sketches and immediately became enthusiastic over the tale
4、nt they15.“These, he said,“Oh,these are good.This young student has great talent.He should be given every 16 and encouragement in his career as an artist.He has a 17 future if he will work and stick to it.Rossetti could see that the old man was 18 moved.“Who is this fine young artist？ he asked.“Your
5、 son？ “No, said the old man sadly.“It was I who painted the pictures 40 years ago. 19 I had heard your praise then！For you see,I got discouraged and 20 drawingtoo soon.1A.abandoned BapproachedCinspected Drequested答案B解析approach在此意为“接近,靠近；访问(某人)。2A.hoped Bmade Chad Dwanted答案D解析want sb.to do sth.想要某人做某
6、事。hope后面不能接不定式作宾补。make,have后面可接不定式作宾补,但要省略不定式符号to。 BcommercialCofficial Dspiritual答案A解析potential talent潜能。4A.up Bon Cover Ddown答案C解析look sth.over逐一检查某物。后面的looked over the.batch也有提示。 Bmark Cchance Dview答案A解析show not the least sign of没有表现出一点迹象。6A.rude Bkind Ctalented Dcreative答案B解析从后面一句“he told the el
7、derly man as gently as possible可以看出这位艺术家的“善良。Bprice Cvalue Dquality答案C解析从后面的“showed little talent可以看出这些画没什么价值。8A.speak BapologizeClisten Dlie答案D解析虽然他感到遗憾,但他得实话实说(不能对老人撒谎)。BannoyedCdelighted Dpuzzled答案A解析听到这样的评价当然会使人“感到失望。BadjustmentCstatement Djudgment答案D解析从后面可以看出这位老人期待艺术家评价一下另外一批绘画作品。应选judgment。11A
8、.taking upBturning upCmaking up Dlooking up答案A解析take up在此是“占用之意。12A.aim at Bglare atClook at Dstare at答案C解析这位老人希望艺术家再看几幅绘画作品。13A.old ByoungCfamous Dtalented答案B解析从后面艺术家猜想这些画是老人的儿子所作可知young在此比拟适宜。Bsecond Cthird Dlast答案B解析开始时看了一批画,这时看的画应该属于“第二批。15A.reviewed BexposedCrevealed Drejected答案C解析reveal显示,展示,显
9、露。16A.help Btime Cchance Dwork答案A解析应该给予这位有才华的年轻画家以更多的帮助。17A.charming BboomingCpromising Dtouching答案C解析promising有希望的,有前途的。BsmoothlyCbarely Ddeeply答案D解析这位老人被深深地(deeply)打动了。19A.If only BOnly ifCNow that DAs long as答案A解析if only要是该多好呀,后面接虚拟语气,表示未能实现的一种愿望。20A.insisted on Bgave upCheaded to Dled to答案B解析老人年
10、轻时没有得到应有的鼓励,感到气馁,故可断定他过早地放弃了绘画事业。2Im a skeptic when it comes to the benefits of taking vitamins and other supplements. We swallow far more vitamins than any other countryyet were not the healthiest folks by far,nor do we live the longest. Theres more bad news for vitamins this week：Taking folic acid
11、 (维生素B) and vitamin B12 supplements doesnt prevent heart attacks or death,according to a major new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.It was hoped they would,since the vitamins do reduce levels of homocysteine,an amino acid (氨基酸) that is higher in the blood of people who have a
12、 higher risk of heart disease.In fact,homocysteine was reduced 30 per cent after one year of treatment in the participants who took both vitamins.But in the following three years,many vitamin takers died as those who didnt take the vitamins.Even worse,the study was stopped early because another simi
13、lar study suggested that there may be an increased risk of cancer from taking B vitamins.I had been taking a health food store monster multivitamin (综合维生素剂) for months. Coincidentally,I had been experiencing some strange numbness in my legs that was starting to scare me.I remember sitting in a long
14、meeting with my ankles crossed,when I tried to stand up I crumpled on the floor and hit my chin on the glass coffee table because my legs had gone completely numb and worthless.As I sat there and shook my legs,I got that“pins and needlesfeeling and soon was OK.But it scared me enough to make an appointment with a neurologist,who suggested an MRI to rule out multiple sclerosis,stroke,or a brain tumor (肿块)While Ill never know for sure if the vitamins caused my problem,many studies have reminded us that pill forms of vitamins a