完形填空练习

（一）

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Gossip means talking about other people's lives， which may be unkind or not true.

"We are going to do a gossip column （专栏） for the school newspaper， " Emily said. "We take our notebooks whenever we go and write down everything happening around us. "

"I already have   1 said Austin， "I heard Lucy saying that she saw Julia's new haircut and it makes her look like a funny watermelon. "

Jessica laughed. "I had   2 that， too. "

This gossip-column idea was making   3 very uncomfortable. "Hold on，" I said. "Don't you think kids will feel terrible to have that spread in the school？ "

Emily shrugged（耸肩） . "Maybe，  4 people love gossip. "

"Is that a good   5 to do it， though？" I said.

“Well， we are   6 reporting what we see and hear. " said Jessica.

Austin cut in. "7， I think Arizona was right. Gossip would make people feel bad. "

Jessica said， "So does anyone have an idea for a different column？ "

Emily suggested， "What if we do a friendly gossip column instead？，，

"Good idea！" said Austin.

And that’s exactly what we did then. We wrote down the good things or stories we saw. Here are a few good ones in our   8： Kate was seen picking up other people's rubbish and throwing it into the garbage bin. And Zoe was very   9 explaining a math problem to a classmate.

So， dear friends， “If you can't   10 anything nice， give up spreading the gossip. " Even better， spread the word about the kind things people are doing.

1. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

2. A. beaten B. noticed C. left D. needed

3. A. him B. her C. me D. them

4. A. but B. and C. so D. or

5. A. way B. reason C. design D. spirit

6. A. just B. still C. already D. nearly

7. A. In the end B. In fact C. Above all D. After all

8. A. magazine B. diary C. newspaper D. novel

9. A. surprisingly B. patiently C. happily D. angrily

10. A. hear B. say C. smell D. see

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（二）

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（剩余2212字）