【推荐1】阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Peter has never seen a golden bridge before. His father took Peter to the bridge. Peter first saw it ________ far away. How big it looked! But then he saw ________ else. The bridge was red!
“The bridge isn’t golden!” he said. “Why is it called the Golden Gate Bridge?”
“It isn’t named for its colour, ________ for the Golden Gate,” said his father.
“The Golden Gate is an opening in the land. Water from the sea comes from this opening into San Francisco Bay. And the bridge is over the opening.”
“But why is the opening called the Golden Gate?” asked Peter.
“Years _________, people came to California to ________ gold. Many came by ship. They came into the bay through that opening. For them, it was a gate to get gold. So they named it the Golden Gate.”
“Well,” said Peter, “I ________ think the bridge should look golden.”
When Peter got home, he sent a letter to a Californian newspaper. In the letter, he said, “Red is not the right color for the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge ________ look golden, and most people think so.”
Peter sent $14.78 with his letter. It was all the money he had ________. “The money is to help _________ the bridge golden,” he wrote.
Many people read Peter’s letter in the newspaper. ________, things began to happen! Some people sent money. A big company gave real gold to make gold paint. A paint company made the paint.
1. 2. A.something | B.everything | C.nothing | D.anything |
3. 4. A.later | B.before | C.ago | D.back |
5. A.look for | B.look up | C.pick up | D.take over |
6. A.even | B.still | C.also | D.never |
7. A.can | B.might | C.should | D.will |
8. A.asked | B.made | C.saved | D.spent |
9. A.draw | B.paint | C.change | D.build |
10. A.Sooner or later | B.Long long ago | C.Right away | D.So far |