Question

An old woman has two large pots, one on each end of a pole（扁担）. She carried the pole with the pots（壶）__     __ her neck.

One of the pots had a crack（裂缝）in it while the other pot was perfect and always filled a full pot of water. At the end of the long __     _ from the well（井）to the house, the cracked pot _     only half-full left.

For two years this happened daily, with the woman bringing home only __     ___ pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was _     __. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection.

One day, the cracked pot spoke to the woman _     __ the well:“I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your __     __.”

The old woman smiled:“Did you notice that there are ___     __ on your side of the path, but not on __     __ pot’s side? That’s because I have __     _ known about your crack, so I __     __ flower seeds（籽）on your side of the path. And every day while we walk back, you ___     __ them.” She added, “ For _     _ years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate（装饰）the table. Without you, being just the ___     ___ you are, I would not have this beauty.”

Each of us has our own cracks. But it’s these __     _ that make our lives together so interesting and meaningful.

1.A. crossB. across    C. past    D. through

2.A. travelB. rideC. walkD. trip

3.A. arrived       B. heldC. reachedD. meant

4.A. one or twoB. one and a halfC. twoD. half and one

5.A. proudB. sadC. happy    D. worried

6.A. with    B. fromC. byD. in

7.A. field    B. sideC. wellD. house

8.A. seedsB. potsC. plants    D. flowers

9.A. otherB. the otherC. anotherD. others

10.A. neverB. everC. always    D. often

11.A. tookB. madeC. plantedD. kept

12.A. waterB. seeC. visitD. understand

13.A. manyB. a fewC. twoD. three

14.A. roadB. sideC. pathD. way

15.A. decorations    B. seedsC. flowersD. cracks

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇童话故事。讲述一位老人每天用两只壶去井边打水，但是有一只有裂痕，因此每次到家中总是剩下半壶水。这使它很伤心，同时对老人讲出心事，老人告诉它是它的裂痕每次都流水而将一路的花籽，浇出了美丽的鲜花。从中说明， 我们每个人都有自己的裂痕，但是这些裂痕使我们的生活如此有趣和有意义。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。