课时作业(六)（Word练习）-【优化指导】2023高考英语二轮复习高中总复习·第2轮（新教材）

课时作业(六) Ⅰ.完形填空 (2022·江苏扬州检测)During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California.I went to live there in order to be __1__ him.I hated the place.I had never __2__ been so unhappy.My husband was ordered out on a long­term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone.The heat was __3__—almost 125°F even in the shade of a cactus.__4__ a soul to talk to.The wind blew non­stop，and all the food I ate and the very air I breathed were __5__ with sand，sand，sand! I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents.I told them I was __6__ and coming back home.I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.I __7__ be in prison! My father answered my __8__ with just two lines—two lines that will always sing in my __9__—two lines that completely changed my life： Two men looked out from prison bars， One saw the mud，the other saw the stars. I read those two lines __10__．I was ashamed of myself.I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present __11__； I would look for the stars. I made friends with the natives，and their __12__ amazed me.They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had __13__ to sell to tourists.I studied the delightful forms of the cactus.I watched for the desert sunsets，and __14__ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean __15__． What brought about this astonishing change in me？The desert hadn't changed，but I had.I had changed my attitude.And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing adventure of my life.I was excited by this new world that I had discovered.I had looked out of my self­created prison and found the stars. 1．A.off B．behind C．near D．beyond 2．A.before B．already C．then D．still 3．A.inflexible B．incomprehensible C．uncontrollable D．unbearable 4．A.Only B．No C．Many D．Such 5．A.covered B．filled C．buried D．charged 6．A.catching up B．keeping up C．giving up D．getting