Whenlwasaboutfiveyearsold,IlivedwithmyfamilyinEnterp...

问题详情：

    When l was about five years old, I lived with my family in Enterprise, Alabama.

    What makes Enterprise, Alabama especially memorable is a    41    monument they have in the middle of town. The monument is a    42    to the boll weevil(象鼻虫),which is a particularly ugly-looking creature.

    It's probably the only monument in the world erected（矗立）    43    an insect. It certainly wasn't done because of its aesthetic(美的)value.    44    ,it was erected because of the damage the boll weevil caused to the    45    crops of the surrounding area!

    Why did they    46    this pest? Well, had it not been for the boll weevil, the local economy would have    47   its unchangeable dependence on its one-crop, one-product economy. Until then,    48    depended entirely on cotton. When the boll weevil came, the

farmers and all the other businesses that were reliant on the cotton farmers were forced to    49    the need to diversify.

    In the long    50    ,they saw that the boll weevil had, in fact, done them a favour by    51    their crops. No longer were their    52    a11 in one cotton basket. They    53 raising pigs, peanuts and other cash crops, and the entire area was    54    off for it.

    Too often, we see difficult times as something to    55    ,something only to endure. We usually don't see the benefit    56    much later at all. If we    57    the things in our lives that were the most    58    ,we have to    59    that there was value in it．

    Remember, it's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that makes the    60    in the quality of our lives. I believe that everything that happens can be a lesson.

nge    B. beautiful    C. solid    D. simple

ting    B. picture    C. statue    D. shape

favour of    B. in memory of    C. in need of    D. in praise of

dentally    B. Surprisingly    C. Hopefully    D. Fortunately

    B. corn    C. cotton    D. wheat

rd    B. praise    C. hate    D. honor

inued    B. started    C. stopped    D. hated

thing    B. none    C. everything    D. nothing

e    B. recognize    C. create    D. grasp

50. A. run                  B. direction            C. period          D. sense

51. A. fertilizing            B. changing            C. destroying      D. covering

52. A. plans                 B. eggs                  C. wealth          D. seeds

53. A. started               B. ended               C. kept            D. preferred

54. A. wider                 B. richer                C. worse           D. better

55. A. remember            B. avoid                C. pass            D. test

56. A. until                 B. when                C. though         D. unless

57. A. look back at           B. turn over              C. speak of         D. look forward to

58. A. tiring                    B. trying           C. promising        D. interesting

59. A. consider             B. understand          C. prove           D. admit

60. A. mark                    B. difference             C. point             D. influence

【回答】

ACBBC DACBA CBADB AABDB

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空