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时文组合训练(三) [见学生用书《热点冲刺组合练》P30]
一、完形填空
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。
As soon as you walk into Marni Butchkoski's backyard,seashells of all shapes and sizes can be found almost everywhere.
“1.__Since__ I was a kid,I've never walked by a good shell,” said Butchkoski as she looked at her pick-up from the shores of Long Beach.Butchkoski has been 2.__painting__ for over 20 years,but her art took a back seat(次要位置)after she met her husband and pursued a different career. However,after the unexpected 3.__death__ of her brother from cancer,Butchkoski took it up again to deal with the pain.The idea to paint the shells came from a 4.__creative__ birthday gift.Soon enough,more and more people 5.__started__ asking her for custom-made(定制的)shells.That is when Butchkoski created Art By Marni B.
“It makes me feel 6.__relaxed__,” said Butchkoski.“I'm focusing on what is in front of me while 7.__sometimes__ I can be overthinking things.I am so pleased with my painting.I'm focused on what I'm doing,and I 8.__get_lost__ in that.”
Her handmade seashells have 9.__entered__ hundreds of homes,and the orders keep on coming with every picture she posts on her social media(社交媒体)page.It has the 10.__latest__ shells she has worked on for her custom orders.
“You have an 11.__idea__,an imagination,you give it to me,and I create art in the seashell,” said Butchkoski.
Butchkoski 12.__runs__ her business out of her home.Her studio (工作室) is filled with paintbrushes of all sizes,all kinds of colors to choose from,and a picture of her brother surfing 13.__hanging__ right above where she works.
Butchkoski is so thankful to her family.“I won't be where I am today 14.__without__ the support of them.And they 15.__take_pride_in__ what I'm doing,” she said.
( C )1.A.If B.Although
C.Since D.Because
( B )2.A.singing B.painting
C.dancing D.working
( A )3.A.death B.pain
C.illness D.accident
( C )4.A.quiet B.normal
C.creative D.wrong
( B )5.A.avoided B.started
C.risked D.pra