阅读理解填词(六) 哲理故事+事物介绍+校园生活
A
Long long ago, there was a small village in the Middle East. In the village there was an old man 1.c Sthira. He lived by himself. His only son had gone far away to study. Sthira’s friends 2.w whether his son would return, 3.b Sthira always said, “Whatever happens, happens for good.”
One day the old man’s son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira. He thanked the villagers and said 4.p , “Whatever happens, happens for good.” However, later, Sthira’s son 5.b his leg. Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man 6.t them and said, “Whatever happens, happens for good.”Some of the villagers were 7.s to hear this. Why? What was good? His son’s leg got badly hurt!
After a few days, the army came to the village and forced (强制) all the young men to 8.j the army. When they 9.f his son had a broken leg, they left him behind. Once again, all the villagers came to congratulate him on his 10.g luck, like always, the old man was still thankful to them and said, “Whatever happens, happens for good.”
B
The world’s longest cross-sea bridge, the 55-km-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge(HZMB), opened 1.o Oct. 24, 2018.The Guardian described it as one of the “seven 2.w of the modern world”.
The project of the HZMB began in 2009 and 3.c about 120 billion yuan. The bridge connects Hong Kong and Macao to Zhuhai.
The HZMB is special in many ways. It is 4.d to have a service life of 120 years, 20 years longer than most bridges.
And it’s not just a bridge. In one section, the bridge turns into a 6.7-km undersea tunnel(隧道) 5.t passes through two man-made islands. The tunnel is the longest undersea tunnel for road traffic in the world, allowing large ships to continue 6.p through the sea area above the tunnel.
The bridge’s engineers had to consider many things to 7.a affecting the environment while building the bridge.
The HZMB will make it much 8.f to travel between the three areas it connects. It took four hours to travel from Hong Kong to Zhuhai in the past, but now the 9.j time is reduced to 45 minutes. By drawing local cities and areas closer together, the bridge will be 10.h to the development of Hong Kong, Macao and nine Guangdong cities. Amazing China!
C [2020·原创]
Talking hot topics
Is it bad to spend too much time reading about celebrities? What should we do about the large numbers of 1.s bikes that block(堵塞) Beijing’s sidewalks? Wang Jingxuan, 16, has discussed these topics with her classmates at Beijing 101 Middle School.
Wang is a 2.m of the Mock(模拟的) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC,中国人民政治协商会议) Club at her school. The club’s members meet once a week to discuss important 3.t and come up with related proposals (提案). Some of them write commentaries (评论) for 4.n . The club, which was started in 2016, now has more than 30 members.
This year, the club has suggested that primary and middle schools should 5.o family education consulting(咨询) rooms for parents. “Many of my classmates don’t get 6.a with their parents well,” said Yang Siyu, 16.
The club surveyed students, parents and teachers during summer last year, finding that 88.19 percent of families have trouble 7.u family education. 8.B on the survey, the club has suggested that consulting rooms could be opened in just a few schools at first and then be opened in more schools 9.a the country.
