专题01 完形填空-学易金卷：2023年中考英语二模试题分项汇编（浙江专用）

专题01 完形填空 2023·浙江温州·校联考二模完形填空专练（一） （2023·浙江温州·校联考二模）阅读下面短文， 掌握大意， 然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Once upon a time, there lived a water carrier who had two large pots. Each pot was hung on each end of a pole. Every day, the carrier filled the pots with water by the stream and carried them to his master’s house. One of the pots was __1__ and always full of water at the end of the long walk from the stream, while the other pot had a crack in it and arrived __2__ half full. This went on daily. The good pot was proud of its work. But the cracked pot felt __3__ about its own weakness. After two years of failure, it apologized one day by the stream. The carrier was surprised, “ __4__ do you say so? What are you ashamed of?” “For two years, you just get half of the water in my pot, __5__ the crack in my pot makes water leak out all the way back. You have to do all hard work, but you don’t get full value from your __6__.” The pot said. The water carrier said, “As we return to the house, I want you to pay attention to all of the beautiful __7__ along the path.” Indeed, as they went up the hill, the cracked pot __8__ the sun was warming the beautiful flowers on the side of the path. This __9__ the cracked pot a little. However, it still felt bad because it leaked half of the water in the end. The carrier said, “Why are there flowers just on this side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? I have always __10__ your weakness, and I make use of it. I planted flower seeds on __11__ side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you have watered them. I have been able to __12__ those beautiful flowers on the path to make my master’s room beautiful for two years. __13__ you, he would not have this beauty in his room.” __14__ has weaknesses. We’re all cracked pots in some way. But if we make use of our weaknesses, they can be __15__. Don’t be afraid. Get to know your weaknesses and you can also be successful. 1．A．old B．fine C．small D．light 2．A．even