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My daughter saw a colorful rainbow the other day after a thunderstorm. She called me to look out of the window and _______ it as well. Looking at it, I was amazed at its beauty and I also _______ the first time I ever saw a rainbow as a boy.
Once when I was a little boy, I was sitting in the house for an hour waiting_______ for the rain to stop so I could go out and play. It had rained hard for long and I thought it would never _______. When it finally did stop I rushed outside and was _______ by the beautiful sight of the rainbow across the sky. I had just recently heard of an old story. It said that there was a pot(罐子)of gold at the end of a rainbow. _______ , I started to run down the streets near my house to find that treasure. The quicker I ran, though, the more rainbow began to _______ . Finally, I found _______ running as fast as I possibly could, but it was too _______ . By the time I got there, the rainbow and its pot of gold had gone _______ .
Sadly that wasn’t the last time I found myself running after the false(假的) _______ . Over the years, I ran after the fame(名声), success and money. I got _______ of them, however. It _______ me a long time to find the true treasure that doesn’t break, disappear or run away. That true treasure is the love between people and it is _______ to all. I welcomed this treasure into my heart and life and shared it with others as well. And the more love I _______ , the more love I had in me.
1.A. see B. hear C. feel D. smell
2.A. chose B. reminded C. remembered D. enjoyed
3.A. lazily B. happily C. impatiently D. bravely
4.A. stop B. change C. remain D. keep
5.A. attacked B. attracted C. hit D. crashed
6.A. Excitedly B. Peacefully C. Quietly D. Easily
7.A. show B. appear C. disappear D. shine
8.A. itself B. myself C. himself D. herself
9.A. bright B. weak C. high D. late
10.A. broken B. missing C. bad D. wrong
11.A. treasure B. rainbow C. pot D. story
12.A. both B. all C. neither D. none
13.A. spent B. paid C. took D. cost
14.A. empty B. useless C. cheap D. free
15.A. asked B. ran after C. dreamed about D. gave away
— Mum, the visit to the Space Museum is so wonderful.
— Really? Could you tell me_________?
A. when you come back
B. what you saw and heard there
C. how did you go there
D. that you saw any spacecraft there
—I haven’t been to Tiandehu Park . What about you, Frank?
— _______. But I plan to go there next week.
A. Me, too B. Neither have I
C. So have I D. I hope so
— If you_______ another chance tomorrow, can you do it better, Lucy?
— That’s for sure. Trust me!
A. give B. will give
C. are given D. will be given
—We have to cancel the picnic because the weather is changing for the worse.— ________. I’m looking forward to it all the time.
A. Never mind B. Good idea
C. My pleasure D. What a pity
— ________ is the population of your city, Ben?
— I’m not sure. But I know it’s getting _______ now.
A. what, larger B. what, more
C. How much, larger D. how much, more