文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。罗斯住在一个沉闷、灰暗的村庄里,总是感到忧郁;一次埃里克开车带她到了一个充满活力和色彩的城市;罗斯为了给灰色的生活增添一些色彩,她决定把房子漆成最鲜艳的颜色,邻居们对这种变化感到惊讶,于是也决定把他们的房子漆成鲜艳的颜色。这使罗斯认识到:从不同的角度看待事物会让一切变得不同。
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word or a phrase that best fits each blank.
Color my world
Once there was a girl named Rose. Rose always felt blue because she lived in a dull, gray village 1 life was black and white. She longed for adventure, 2 her life was as plain as a brown paper bag.
One day while walking down the street, she saw Eric, a former classmate, in 3 red car, and he caught her eye. He looked very happy. He stopped and said, “Hop in, let’s paint the town red!”
Rose was a little hesitant, but Eric’s infectious (有感染力的) spirit and the sight of the car’s shiny red outer 4 (excite) her. They drove off into the sunset and found 5 in a city that was lively and full of color. The buildings 6 (paint) in all shades of the rainbow. The streets were alive with people 7 (dress) in colorful clothing.
As they drove through the city, Rose saw a rainbow in the sky, and she felt as if she were on cloud nine. Eric took her to a party, and she danced 8 she was red in the face.
When the party was over, Eric drove Rose home. But it wasn’t until she was walking to her door that she came up with a great idea. She realized that she needed to stop 9 (chase) rainbows and add some color to her gray existence. She decided to live her life in full color.
The next day, Rose took a walk in the village. She noticed that the trees were green, and the flowers bloomed in many colors. She realized that her village was not as dull as she had thought. Rose noticed a shop 10 sold paint. She purchased some and painted her house 11 (bright) color she could find. She was very happy 12 the result. Her neighbors were amazed at the transformation and decided to paint their houses bright colors, 13 .
Before long, the whole village was painted in bright colors, and it seemed that a rainbow 14 (fall) upon it. It was a red-letter day for everyone! Rose realized that looking at things in a different light had made all the difference.