完形填空。      It was past 10:00 p. m. I was busy with my schoolwork though I was    1   . Just then, my little brother
Michael ran out of his room,    2   a pen in his right hand and a piece of paper in the other.
     "Betty, can you help me with my    3   for school? It"s about the seven   4    of the world." he said.
     My eyes were so fixed on the computer screen that my brother had to pull my blouse just to get my   5  .
     "Look, not right now! I"m very busy." I said."You are always busy! You are always like that!" he replied.
     I felt a bit guilty (内疚的)    6   I thought about his words, but my work seemed more    7   to me than my
brother"s. I sighed a few times and    8   with my own studies.
     The next day, I arrived home late. Michael came into my room.
     "I know you are    9   but there"s something I want to show you," he began. Without saying a word, I   10  
 the paper from him.I really didn"t    11   what he was saying.   12  I wanted was to get rid of him and finally get
to rest.
      Suddenly, my eyes widened in   13  . There, he wrote: The Seven Wonders of the World: 1.Love 2.
Friendship 3. Peace 4. Joy 5. Wisdom 6.Fun 7. Family I    14   believe what my brother had written on the
paper. I was completely  15 . How could such an innocent (天真的) little child   16   such things in life?
     The most     17   things in life are the ones that we    18   take for granted (认为……理所当然). These
things don"t take the form of big houses or beautiful   19  . The most wonderful things in the world are
immaterial (非物质的)    20   they can never be developed by human art, skill or effort.

(     )1. A. tired    (     )2. A. buying      (     )3. A. problem       (     )4. A. events      (     )5. A. attention    (     )6. A. before      (     )7. A. exciting      (     )8. A. started      (     )9. A. busy        (     )10. A. handed     (     )11. A. record     (     )12. A. What      (     )13. A. surprise   (     )14. A. shouldn’t  (     )15. A. wounded      (     )16. A. understand   (     )17. A. funny      (     )18. A. ever       (     )19. A. voices    (     )20. A. it

B. experienced     B. holding       B. mistake       B. cities       B. care       B. as          B. useful      B. hated        B. bored        B. took        B. worry        B. That        B. sadness     B. needn’t      B. lost        B. remember     B. valuable       B. often       B. poems        B. when

C. talented      C. playing     C. trouble      C. wonders      C. love       C. since     C. important    C. forgot         C. free     C. passed         C. mind      C. Which        C. happiness    C. couldn’t    C. pleased      C. study        C. necessary     C. seldom      C. cars       C. but

D. satisfied   D. biting                  D. homework    D. mysteries            D. sight            D. till            D. interesting      D. continued          D. angry               D. accepted       D. share                D. Who           D. disappointment    D. mustn’t          D. puzzled                D. finish       D. possible            D. never              D. music                 D. and