Ⅱ. 完形填空(每小题 1 分,共 15 分)
学习能力 兴趣培养 Alice is a star lover. Whenever she looks at the sky,she always wants to 1
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what stars there are.
One evening,when she was sitting 2
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on the school observatory deck(天文台)with her telescope(望远镜),she noticed that there was another student,Ben,looking at the sky 3
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her.
The boy turned around,his voice breaking the silence. “Hey,Alice,right? I’m Ben,” he said,“I’ve seen 4
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in the Astronomy(天文)Club for many times. Did you use the telescope to watch the stars?”
“Yeah,” Alice replied with a smile. “I was trying to find the Big Dipper(北斗七星).” Ben’s eyes lit up. “That’s 5
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! I’ve been trying to find it for ages. Maybe you can help me sometime?”
Alice thought for a moment but then agreed. “Sure. 6
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to help.”
For the next few weeks,Alice and Ben spent many evenings together,discussing the 7
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to share their knowledge about astronomy. Alice was 8
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to find someone who shared her love for the stars.
One night,when they were 9
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a meteor(流星)shower,they were attracted by the beauty of it. Ben said,“You know,I’ve always wanted to become an astrophysicist in the future. What’s your dream?”
Alice was surprised,“I’ve 10
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thought about my dream,but maybe I will think about it later.”
Ben smiled. “I’m sure you can be an excellent astrophysicist 11
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you make up your mind to do it. Perhaps we’ll both end up working at the same observatory one day.”
Alice laughed. “That would be 12
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—working together to discover more about the universe(宇宙).”

As the school year came to an end,Alice and Ben decided to 13
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the telescope to school as a gift. They hoped more students could 14
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the stars in the sky. Although they thought that the telescope was an symbol(象征)of their 15
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in the school,they wanted to leave something that would encourage others to find their own stars to chase too.