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第14课时 Units 9~10
一、完形填空
(2022·山东济南中考)Amy is 11 years old and lives in a city. She 1 much of her time at her grandmother's home during the pandemic(疫情). The house has a large 2 that Amy explored(探索) when she wasn't doing schoolwork online.
One day, she saw her first fourleaf clover(四叶草) in the yard. “I was just walking, and I was so 3 because I know that they are not very common,” she said. “Some people say they bring good luck.”
Amy then researched 4 causes clovers to grow that fourth leaf. It's because of the plant's genes(基因). Most of the time, the plant's genes tell the plant to grow three leaves. 5 sometimes, the genes tell the plant to grow four leaves. 6 , a 2017 study found that just one in 5,000 clovers has four leaves.
Amy also learned that fourleaf clovers grow 7 groups. “Then I wanted to find more of them,” she said. Amy began searching for more fourleaf clovers in the yard and it 8 her new hobby. By the summer of the next year, she had 9 more than 500 of them.
Her parents felt happy that Amy found a way to lower stress that many children were 10 during the pandemic. Her grandmother was also 11 that Amy went outdoors and explored nature. “It's a good thing that a city child was taking a(an) 12 in nature.”
For her part, Amy said she was 13 the loneliness she felt during the pandemic. “It gave me something to do because I didn't have the 14 of being with my friends,” she said. “I got 15 ,” she added. “And this was wonderful because they were right in my backyard.”
1.A.disliked B.wasted
C.spent D.forgot
2.A.kitchen B.yard
C.room D.hall
3.A.excited B.sad
C.bored D.afraid
4.A.when B.what
C.how D.which
5.A.Because B.Then
C.But D.So
6.A.Quickly B.Carefully
C.Finally D.Actually
7.A.about B.in
C.from D.at
8.A.became B.finished
C.showed D.broke
9.A.prepared B.bought
C.touched D.collected
10.A.organizing B.celebrating
C.experiencing D.enjoying
11.A.glad B.surprised
C.relaxed D.worried
12.A.trip B.interes