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语法填空专项模拟训练 本文作者：?21ST? 期号：563??阅读数：167 评论???打印???收藏 Teens高考研究小组阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。（一）A scientist got 1. ______ a train to go to New York. In his car there was also a poor farmer. 2. ______ (pass) the time, the scientist suggested a game to the?guy.“I can answer 3. ______ question you ask me. If I can’t, I will pay you 10 dollars. 4. ______ if you can’t answer 5. ______ (I), you only have to give me one dollar. Get it?”The farmer nodded and thought for a while. “I have a question. What has three legs and 6. ______ (use) 10 hours to climb a?palm tree?but only 10 seconds to get back down?”The scientist was?7. ______ (puzzle) by the question so he thought long and hard about it. In fact, when they got to New York he still didn’t have an answer. As the train pulled into the station, the scientist took out 10 dollars and gave 8. ______ to the farmer.“I don’t know. What’s the answer?” The farmer took 9. ______ 10 dollars and put it in his pocket. Then he took out a dollar and handed it to the scientist. “I don’t know, 10. ______.”（二）I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.My father was once a strong man 1. ______ loved being active, but a terrible illness took all that away. Now he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even 2. ______ (talk) is difficult. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about life, and I told them about one of my 3. ______ (believe). I said that we must give things up as we grow, but 4. ______ always seems that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father spoke up. He said: “But, Peter, I gave up everything! 5. ______ did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I 6. ______ not think of anything to say. 7. ______ (surprise), he answered his own question: “I 8. ______ (gain) the love of my family.”In this way, I learned the power of acceptance from my father. After that, when I began to feel 9. ______ (annoy) at someone, I would remembe