完形语法限时训练2

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I used to believe in the American Dream，which meant a job，a mortgage(按揭)，credit cards, and success. I wanted it and worked towards it like everyone else, all of us __1__ chasing the same thing.

One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell __2__．I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I __3__ the countryside for some place I could rent for the __4__ possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road over the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was __5__，full of broken glass and rubbish.I found the owner, rented it，and cleared a corner to camp in.

The locals knew nothing about me，but slowly, they started teaching me the __6__ of being a neighbour. They dropped off blankets，candles，and tools，and began __7__ around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a __8__ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of neighbourliness.

What I had believed in, all those things I thought were __9__ for a civilized life, were non-existent in this place.Up on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my __10__ with my neighbours.

Four years later, I moved back into __11__．I saw many people were having a really hard time, __12__ their jobs and houses.I managed to rent a big enough house to __13__ a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house，but over time I've had nine people come in and move on to other places.We'd all be in __14__ if we hadn't banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one.It's not so much about what I can get for myself；it's about __15__ we can all get by together.

1．A.separately B．equally C．violently D．naturally

2．A.off B．apart C．over D．out

3．A.crossed B．left C．toured D．searched

4．A.fullest B．largest C．fairest D．cheapest

5．A.occupied B．abandoned C．emptied D．robbed

6．A.benefit B．lesson C．nature D．art

7．A.sticking B．looking C．swinging D．turning

8．A.wild B．real C．different D．remote

9．A.unique B．expensive C．rare D．necessary

10．A.cooperation B．relationships C．satisfaction D．appointments

11．A.reality B．society C．town D．life

12．A.creating B．losing C．quitting D．offering

13．A.put in B．turn in C．take in D．get in

14．A.yards B．shelters C．camps D．cottages

15．A.when B．what C．whether D．how

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For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work, they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspa-pers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In __1__ a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers. Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language