二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
A Saturday afternoon, Emma and Liam sat on a park bench without any word, watching people go by. Then, Emma broke the
1 .
"Do you ever wonder why we do what we do every day?" Emma asked.
Having totally no idea, Liam asked with
2 , "What do you mean?"
"Well, every day, we wake up, go to work, come home, and repeat. It feels...
3 , like we're just finishing the task."
Liam nodded thoughtfully. "I get that. But isn't there something bigger behind it?"
Emma shook her head. "I don't know. Sometimes it feels like we just
4 to complete all the tasks on the to-do list. What's the point?"
Liam
5 to a man jogging by. "See that guy? He's running, but he's smiling. Maybe it's not about the running itself, but how he feels about doing it."
"So, you're saying it's about perspective(角度)?" Emma asked.
"
6 ," Liam said. "Maybe it is not the tasks themselves, but how we see them makes us bored. The small things can be important
7 we find meaning in what we do."
Emma thought for a moment. "But how?"
Liam smiled, "It's not easy, but it's possible. Life's like a puzzle(拼图). Each piece might seem small or unimportant, but slowly, they are put together and create something meaningful."
"So, it's not about
8 what we do, but how we see it?" Emma nodded slowly.
"That's true," Liam said. "When you look at something in a different way, even the
9 things can become meaningful."
Emma looked around the park, her eyes got
10 . "I think I get it now. It's not about the tasks—it's about the meaning we give them."
"And that's the beauty of being alive," Liam said.
(
)1. A. record
B. silence
C. rule
D. promise
(
)2. A. doubt
B. fear
C. happiness
D. joy
(
)3. A. relaxing
B. surprising
C. boring
D. exciting
(
)4. A. rush
B. wait
C. decide
D. fail
(
)5. A. talked
B. wrote
C. stuck
D. pointed
(
)6. A. Simply
B. Luckily
C. Finally
D. Exactly
(
)7. A. until
B. if
C. so
D. though
(
)8. A. controlling
B. changing
C. keeping
D. protecting
(
)9. A. special
B. strange
C. common
D. difficult
(
)10. A. closer
B. wetter
C. brighter
D. heavier
