英语十五选十大一

15选10项目练习（选自《阅读教程》第1册前6个单元的主课文或副课文）

Passage 1 (P5)

Mary Louise had been spastic since birth, but overcame her handicap with a great sense of humour and the skilled training of her feet. Her __1__, friend and nurse-helper was the friendly lady whom I had gotten to know on the phone. The two were __2__ and working together; their life was full and meaningful. Mary Louise continued to __3__ my tapes for several years and never asked any __4__ except what she called the joy of doing it. On the thousands of pages of transcriptions that Mary Louise typed with her toes, I never found one __5__. This __6__ lady had been one of my closest friends for many years, and is the most beautiful __7__ whom I have ever known. She continues to live a full, __8__ life of service, and seems completely __9__ by the fact that her every action is performed by her feet, __10__ by the humour which bubbles up from within her.

Passage 2 (P60)

He didn’t have to sneak into the houses at night; he could find plenty to eat in the garbage cans, but he didn’t really like __1__ in garbage if he had a choice — it seemed __2__. He was a thief because he loved the __3__ and the challenging of sneaking into houses in the quiet of the night. He liked the __4__ of a nice house, the after-dinner smells of the kitchen, the soft carpets and cool floors. The inhabitants seemed like gods to him. They had so many __5__ and were so __6__ unaware of the treasure they possessed. He felt a little disdainful of their __7__. but those were the very things he looked for when casing a house for entry. He especially felt __8__ for their foolish, lazy pets. Though he seldom went into the houses in the daylight, he knew he could if he wanted to because the pets were often too fat and complacent to exert themselves to chase away __9__, unless their masters were home to __10__ their alertness and reward their bravery.

Passage 3 (P71)

“Everyone procrastinates,” observes DePaul University psychologist Joseph Ferrari. However, “not everyone is a procrastinator.” Still, a large and growing __1__ of the population can lay __2__ to this problem. Psychologists define procrastination as a gap between __3__ and action. Chronic procrastinators fell bad about their decisions to delay — which helps __4__ procrastination from laziness. Laziness __5__ a lack of desire; with procrastination, the desire to start that project is there, but it __6__ loses out to our appetite __7__ delay. And this is no ordinary delay. Procrastination is considered a needless, often __8__ delay of some important task in __9__ of a less important, but seemingly more rewarding task. The accompanying __10__ feeling— is one wa y we know we’re not doing what we’re supposed to do.