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完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When I was growing up my dad would often give me small tasks to finish to help out around the house. Some were easy but the three I remember the most were the three        of all. The first was helping to weed the four        we had. It was       work. I would rather ride my bike than crawl（爬行）in the dirt on my hands and knees       the thousands of weeds in our gardens. The second was piling firewood for        . It was tough work and I got more than my       ____of pieces. I would rather walk in the woods than piling it in rows. The third was       water from a mountain spring to our house.        our well water had too much iron in it to        .

Over the years, though, I learned to see the        in all the things my dad had made me do. Having fresh vegetables for dinner was a delight.       a cold glass of iced tea made from the mountain spring water was a pure      . Standing by the wood stove on a snowy December day was a wonderful way to      . I saw as well that all this work my dad had given me had      made me a better, stronger and more caring man. Most of all, I       that when I did my work with a(n)        heart, it didn’t feel like work at all .

Over the years I have learned something else too. When we do the work for our Heavenly Father with a        spirit, it doesn’t feel like work, either. Every act of kindness, word of encouragement, and gift of love we share will only make our lives better, make our hearts happier, and bring out souls       to Heaven.

I am so         to both my dad and my Father in Heaven. They showed me the     __of work and more importantly they showed me the pricelessness of love.

1.A. simplest     B. toughest    C. strangest     D. wildest

2.A. schools     B. companies    C. gardens      D. streets

3.A. boring        B. exciting    C. interesting  D. relaxing

4.A. controlling  B. keeping      C. pushing       D. pulling

5.A. festival     B.winter        C. holiday       D. marriage

6.A. share        B.charge        C.point         D.dream

7.A.protecting   B.borrowing     C.carrying      D.conducing

8.A.because       B.unless        C.although       D.but

9.A.boil          B.match         C.get           D.drink

10.A.requirements  B.attention     C.rewards       D.experience

11.A.Designing   B.Enjoying      C.Performing    D.Developing

12.A.desire       B.challenge     C.surprise       D.pleasure

13.A.turnup       B.warmup         C.stayup        D.setup

14.A.unluckily   B.immediately   C.gradually      D.temporarily

15.A.remembered   B.ignored        C.regretted      D.realized

16.A.honest        B.happy         C.brave          D.modest

17.A.loving        B.complaining   C.hating         D.punishing

18.A.closer        B.farther        C.politer      D.warmer

19.A.kind         B.lucky         C.grateful       D.vital

20.A.key          B.way           C.goal           D. value

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇人生感悟类的文章，文章讲述了作者小时候爸爸让他做的一些事情让他感受到了做这些事情带来的美好的价值，以及后面做的一些善举给他带来的美好的幸福感，让他明白了工作的价值和人生中那份无价的爱。

1.B考查形容词辨析。A. simplest 最简单的；B. toughest最困难的；C. strangest最陌生的；D. wildest最宽广的。根据前面，but可知，前后表达相反的意思，but前面表示简单，可知后面就是表达难，故选B。

2.C考查名词。A. schools学校；B. companies公司；C. gardens花园；D. streets街道。空格前面，weed意为“除草”，并且根据后面，weeds in our gardens，可知是给我们家的花园除草，故选C。

3.A考查形容词。A. boring无聊的；B. exciting兴奋的；C. interesting有趣的；D. relaxing放松的。根据后面，I would rather ride my bike than crawl（爬行）in the dirt on my hands，可知他宁愿骑车也不想除草，所以看出这件事情是无聊的，故选A。

4.D考查动词。A. controlling控制；B. keeping保存；C. pushing推；D. pulling拔。根据前文可知，讲到除草是一件无聊的事情，所以这里是拔草，故选D。

5.B考查名词辨析。A. festival节日；B.winter冬天；C. holiday假日；D. marriage结婚。piling firewood以为“堆柴火”，可知他们实在堆积柴火为过冬做准备，故选B。

6.A考查动词。A. share分享；B.charge管理；C.point区别，点；D.dream梦想。根据后文可知，在他看来做这些事情可以分享到的东西更多，故选A。

7.C考查动词。A.protecting保护；B.borrowing借；C.carrying搬；D.conducing有益，导致。carrysth. to sp.意为“把……搬到哪里”，根据语境可知，是把山上泉水搬到家里，故选C。

8.A考查介词。A.because因为；B.unless除非；C.although尽管；D.but但是。根据后文，our well water had too much iron，可知我们的井水里有很多铁，所以是用来解释我们去山上搬水的原因，故选A。

9.D考查动词。A.boil煮；B.match连接；C.get得到；D.drink喝水。根据前面，well water，这里是指井水被我们喝，故选D。

10.C考查名词。A.requirements要求；B.attention注意；C.rewards 奖励；D.experience经历。根据后文，Having fresh vegetables for dinner was a delight，可知做了这些事情后我可以吃到新鲜的蔬菜是一件幸福的事情，可知从爸爸让我做的事情里面我得到了很多，故选C。

11.B考查动词。A.Designing设计；B.Enjoying享受；C.Performing表现；D.Developing发展。根据后文，a cold glass of iced tea，可知这里是喝茶，也就是享受茶，故选B。

12.D考查名词。A.desire渴望；B.challenge挑战；C.surprise惊喜；D.pleasure乐趣。根据前文可知，我从爸爸吩咐的事情里面得到了很多美好的感受，喝茶这件事情是一件让人愉快的事情，故选D。

13.B考查短语辨析。A.turnup出现，发生；B.warmup热身，变暖；C.stayup熬夜；D.setup建立。根据前文，Standing by the wood stove on a snowy December day，可知他们在12月份的时候站在烧着的柴火旁边，会带来暖意，使全身变暖，故选B。

14.C考查副词。A.unluckily不幸地；B.immediately立刻，马上；C.gradually逐渐的；D.temporarily临时的。根据前文，Over the years意为“多年以来”，说明爸爸让我做的这些事这么多年来慢慢的改变着我，故选C。

15.D考查动词。A.remembered记住；B.ignored 忽视；C.regretted后悔；D.realized认识到。根据前面，Most of all，意为“最重要的是”，结合前面的内容可知，我认识到了最重要的一点故选D。

16.B考查形容词。A.honest诚实的；B.happy快乐的；C.brave 勇敢的；D.modest谦虚的。根据上文爸爸让我做的那些让我不感兴趣的事情所带给我的幸福感后，影响到我的工作，虽然枯燥但是我又一颗乐观的心，能够快乐的工作，故选B。

17.A考查形容词。A.loving充满爱的；B.complaining抱怨的；C.hating讨厌封；D.punishing被惩罚的。根据后文，Every act of kindness, word of encouragement, and gift of love we share will only make our lives better, make our hearts happier，可知这些善举让人有幸福感，说明是一种充满爱意的精神，故选A。

18.A考查形容词。A.closer更近的；B.farther更远的；C.politer更有礼貌的；D.warmer更温暖的。根据前文，Every act of kindness, word of encouragement, and gift of love we share will only make our lives better, make our hearts happier，可知这些善举让人有幸福感，所以这些事情会让灵魂更接近天堂，故选A。

19.C考查形容词。A.kind友好的；B.lucky幸运的；C.grateful感激地；D.vital重要的。根据上文可知，爸让我做的那些事情领悟到了，感受到了很多，所以我抱着感激地心态，故选C。

20.D考查名词。A.key钥匙；B.way路，方法；C.goal目标；D. value价值。根据，and可知前后表达的意思相近，后面将无价的爱，说明前面也需要将关于价值的东西，故选D。

考点：考查人生感悟类短文阅读。