文章大意:本文主要讲述了亨利因为自己妻子的去世而感觉生活没有意义,整天待在房子里,什么都不做。邻居丽莎就请亨利帮忙修她的栅栏和刷漆,让他在忙碌中忘记自己的悲伤,Henry最终明白了Lisa的用意。
【推荐2】Henry is going through a very hard time. His wife _________ several months ago. He feels very sad. He thinks that life _________ her is meaningless. For months, he has always sat around the house. He can _________ have a good meal in the daytime nor sleep well at night. His family have tried to encourage him to do _________ and enjoy life, but they are not successful.
Henry’s neighbor, _________ old woman named Lisa, saw him one day. She asked him to come closer to the fence between their homes.
“Hello, Henry! Just look at this fence. It is falling apart. You are _________ man in our town. Can you help me fix this fence?” Lisa asked.
Henry was angry inside. “I am the one that needs help right now.” He thought Lisa was being kind of rude. But she was too old to fix the fence on her own, _________ he agreed.
Henry worked on the fence for days. During the day, Lisa brought him _________ orange juice. When he finished, she thanked him. Henry smiled for the first time in months.
“Good job! Would you please _________ it for me?” Lisa asked.
Henry __________ believe she was asking for more help. “Doesn’t she know how sad I am? But because he respected her, he agreed again. He worked hard, and never stopped __________, on the fence in the hot sun. Later, as other neighbors passed by, Henry __________ for what he had done, and he felt proud of __________.
Henry no longer feels that life is meaningless. He finally realizes that Lisa wasn’t being rude. She knows that __________ busy can help forget sadness. He helped her, but __________, she saved him.
1. A.passes away | B.passed away | C.was passing away | D.has passed away |
2. 3. A.either | B.also | C.neither | D.or |
4. A.something new | B.new some things | C.any thing new | D.new anything |
5. 6. A.strong | B.stronger | C.the stronger | D.the strongest |
7. A.so | B.but | C.because | D.until |
8. A.a few | B.many | C.a lot | D.plenty of |
9. A.paint | B.to paint | C.painting | D.painted |
10. A.mustn’t | B.couldn’t | C.shouldn’t | D.needn’t |
11. A.work | B.to work | C.working | D.worked |
12. A.has praised | B.praised | C.is praised | D.was praised |
13. A.themselves | B.herself | C.himself | D.itself |
14. A.stay | B.stayed | C.staying | D.stays |
15. A.true | B.truly | C.truth | D.truer |