短文填空(二) 用所给单词的适当形式补全短文
用所给单词的适当形式补全短文,必要时可加助动词、情态动词或否定词。(每空不多于三个单词)
A [2019·昆明]
While some people stick to only 1. (first) kind of movie, I like to watch different kinds depending on how I feel that day.
When I’m down or tired, I prefer movies that can cheer me up. Comedies or cartoons have funny dialog and 2. (usual) have a happy ending. The characters may not be perfect, but they do 3. (them) best to solve the problems. 4. (after) watching them, I find the problems suddenly seem less serious and I feel much better. Laughing for two hours is a good way 5.
(relax)!
I don’t watch dramas or documentaries when I’m sad or tired. Dramas make me feel even 6.
(sad). Documentaries 7. (provide) plenty of information about a certain subject, but when I’m tired I don’t want to think too much. I don’t mind action movies when I’m too tired to think. I can just shut off my brain, sit back and enjoy 8. (watch) an exciting superhero.
Once in a while, I like to watch scary 9. (movie). They can be fun, but I’m too scared to watch them alone, so I always bring my brother. He 10. (are) afraid of these kinds of movies, and I don’t feel so scared with him.
B [2020·原创]
One day, a woodcutter went to cut wood in the forest. As the woodcutter picked up his axe(斧头) to cut a tree, he heard a voice, “Please do not cut this tree.” He was quite 1. (confuse). Then a fairy spoke from the tree, “I am a fairy and live in this tree. If you cut this tree, I 2. (be) homeless. Do not destroy my home. I will fulfill(满足) your three desires (愿望) instead.”
The woodcutter was very happy. Now he could be rich without 3. (do) any work. He accepted the fairy’s offer and ran to his house to tell his wife about this. His wife jumped out of joy.
The woodcutter said, “I am hungry. Give me something to eat.” His wife said, “Since you used 4. (come) back late, I have not prepared anything till now. Wait! I will just prepare something for you.” The woodcutter said, “No, do not cook 5. (something). I can fulfill any three desires. Now as the first one, I want sweets and hot pudding.” As soon as he said these words, a plate of hot pudding came before him. He ate to his satisfaction and the plate continued to fill. Then he also asked his wife to eat the 6. (taste) pudding. But she was very angry and said, “You have wasted one desire, and now I wish that the pudding should be pasted on your nose!” The pudding 7. (immediate) stuck to his nose. The woodcutter got annoyed and said, “Oh, what a fool you are! What have you done?” He tried to clear the pudding from his nose, but the pudding remained stuck. “You have wasted the 8. (two) one and we can ask for lots of money.” The woodcutter got mad and said, “Oh! You are a big fool. There is hot pudding stuck to my nose and you are asking for money! I wish that the pudding on my nose should disappear immediately!” The pudding disappeared.
This way, the woodcutter and his wife 9. (lose) the golden opportunity of becoming rich. Their luck 10. (knock) at their door, but they failed to catch the opportunity and remained poor as before.
C
Bridges are built for many reasons. Some bridges are built so that cars can cross over rivers. Others are 1. (make) for trains to use. In Washington State, there is a very unusual bridge. It was built for squirrels(松鼠).
The town of Longview 2. (have) a very busy street. Many cars pass it every day. When squirrels tried to cross the street, they 3. (kill). Amos Peters wanted 4. (protect) these small and lovely animals, so he built a bridge for them—one that would let them 5. (pass) above the traffic.
The bridge 6. (be) a symbol of t
