問題詳情:
Abraham Lincoln loved to tell stories on himself. One of his favorites concerned itself with physical __1__.
In the days when Lincoln used to be on the circuit (traveling on horseback from one county court to another), he was once approached by a __2__ who said, “Excuse me, sir, but I have an article which __3__ to you.”
“How is that?” Lincoln asked in __4__.
The stranger took a knife from his pocket. “This knife,” he said “was__5__in my hand some years ago, with the order that I was to keep it until I found a man __6__ than I am myself. I have __7__ that knife for many years. Now I pass it on to you.”
Lincoln __8__ humorously, “I've carried that knife ever since.”
One of Lincoln's greatest assets(資產) was his ability to laugh at himself. And he __9__ laughed at his physical appearance. But history does not __10__him as an “ugly” individual -- in fact, often just the opposite.
His outer appearance was clothed in magnificently __11__ garments: character, honesty, humor and courage. But there are other __12__he wore equally well -- such as modesty and forgiveness.
The story __13__ us to clothe ourselves with “compassion, kindness, modesty, gentleness and patience.” Then “over all of these put on love, which bonds them in perfect unity.” Regardless of how __14__ we may otherwise be, it is these clothes that will determine our __15__ beauty.
ition | B. performance | C. appearance | D. environment |
2.A. stranger | B. soldier | C. humorist | D. writer |
3.A. refers | B. occur | C. aim | D. belongs |
4.A. relief | B. excitement | C. astonishment | D. embarrassment |
5.A. made | B. placed | C. kept | D. hurt |
6.A. uglier | B. smarter | C. stranger | D. better |
7.A. treasured | B. carried | C. repaired | D. sharpened |
8.A. argued | B. commented | C. added | D. responded |
9.A. privately | B. shamefully | C. unwillingly | D. frequently |
10.A. treat | B. remember | C. honour | D. describe |
11.A. ordinary | B. beautiful | C. expensive | D. worthless |
12.A. clothes | B. hats | C. shoes | D. glasses |
13.A. allows | B. warns | C. teaches | D. trains |
14.A. well-dressed | B. kind-hearted | C. hard-working | D. good-looking |
15.A. actual | B. natural | C. physical | D. great |
【回答】
1-5CADCB 6-10 ABCDB 11-15 BACDA
知識點:人物傳記 故事閱讀類
題型:完型填空