三、完形填空
For travellers, fall is a beautiful season. But for ______1______, fall is difficult to describe.
On the one hand, it is the ______2______ of summer, so you feel a little sad. When you ______3______ in the morning, there's mist (雾) and it's ______4______. You know that winter is around the ______5______. American writer Ernest Hemingway wrote in his book A Moveable Feast, "You expected to be ______6______ in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees ..." On the other hand, fall has its ______7______ side. There are so many ______8______ in nature at this time of year. The red and brown colours that the leaves change to, and the way they fall ______9______ the trees. French writer Albert Camus even thought, "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
Another ______10______ of fall is wisdom. The coming of the season is just like a person becoming mature (成熟的). It's thought that people in the fall of their life have ______11______ a thing or two.
Of course, there are many ______12______ themes and subjects in the literature of fall. For example, it's the start of a new term. ______13______ fall can be a writing topic for ______14______ children and young people at schools. People not only write about the changes in ______15______ but also about the changes in life.
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C
) 1. A. dancers B. visitors C. writers D. singers
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B
) 2. A. bottom B. end C. middle D. start
(
A
) 3. A. get up B. stay up C. set up D. put up
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B
) 4. A. drier B. cooler C. warmer D. hotter
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D
) 5. A. clock B. world C. level D. corner
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C
) 6. A. happy B. excited C. sad D. quiet
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A
) 7. A. good B. simple C. difficult D. hard
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B
) 8. A. problems B. changes C. mistakes D. tasks
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D
) 9. A. into B. down C. over D. from
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C
)10. A. side B. cover C. theme D. point
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A
)11. A. learned B. forgotten C. received D. collected
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D
)12. A. another B. others C. the other D. other
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C
)13. A. As B. If C. So D. Or
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B
)14. A. between B. both C. from D. all
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B
)15. A. shape B. nature C. idea D. season
