完形填空。
What do you hear?
A Native American and his friend were in downtown New York City, walking near Times Square
in Manhattan. It was during the lunch hour and the _
1_ were filled with people. Cars were honking,
taxis were
2 around corners, sirens (汽笛)were howling, and the sounds of the city were almost
3 . Suddenly, the Native American said,"I hear a cricket."
His friend said,"What? You must be
4 . You couldn't possibly hear a cricket in all of this
5 !"
"No, I'm sure of it," the Native American said,"I heard a
6 ."
"That's crazy," said the friend. The Native American listened
7 for a moment, and then walked
across the street to a big cement plant where some bushes were
8 . He looked into the bushes,
beneath the branches, and sure enough, he
9 a small cricket. His friend was utterly
10 .
"That's incredible(不可思议)," said his friend."You must have superhuman ears."
"No," said the Native American."My
11 are not different from yours. It all depends on what you're
listening for."
"But that can't be," said the friend."I could never
12 a cricket in this noise."
"You, it's
13 ,"came the reply."It depends on what is really
14 to you.Here, let me show you."
He
15 into his pocket, pulled out a few coins, and discreetly
16 them on the sidewalk.
And then, even with the noise of the
17 street still blaring in their ears, they noticed every head
within twenty feet
18 and look to see if the money that tinkled on the
19 was theirs.
"See what I
20 ?" asked the Native American."It all depends on what's important to you."
( )1. A. supermarkets
( )2. A. waiting
( )3. A. deafening
( )4. A. enthusiastic
( )5. A. environment
( )6. A. siren
( )7. A. carefully
( )8. A. waving
( )9. A. watched
( )10. A. interested
( )11. A. ears
( )12. A. raise
( )13. A. wrong
( )14. A. impressive
( )15. A. reached
( )16. A. distributed
( )17. A. deserted
( )18. A. nod
( )19. A. pavement
( )20. A. perform |
B. streets
B. parking
B. frightening
B. cautious
B. noise
B. horn
B. patiently
B. planting
B. located
B. glad
B. hands
B. feed
B. true
B. extraordinary
B. got
B. hid
B. crowded
B. bend
B. counter
B. possess |
C. restaurants
C. screaming
C. sickening
C. uncertain
C. scene
C. cricket
C. silently
C. fading
C. followed
C. amazed
C. eyes
C. catch
C. foolish
C. important
C. broke
C. placed
C. narrow
C. turn
C. floor
C. indicate |
D. lanes
D. lining
D. weak
D. crazy
D. situation
D. call
D. nervously
D. growing
D. played
D. lucky
D. legs
D. hear
D. terrible
D. necessary
D. cut
D. dropped
D. empty
D. lift
D. square
D. mean |