必修一 Unit 4 高考提能练 练(一) 英语知识运用·组块专练——练准度 (限时:30分钟) Ⅰ.完形填空 (2016·河南六市第一次联考)After graduation from college, I was offered a whitecollar job in an office in Manhattan. We had large __1__ overlooking a busy street. I stood by one of them one day, when a young lady walking on sideway __2__ and made eye contact — naturally, I __3__. That was the beginning of making others happy. When things were __4__, I stood in the window and waved at the passengers who looked up and this made me smile — work __5__ was washed away. Late afternoon was the __6__ time. Rushhour traffic filled the street with cars and buses. After waving became __7__, I tried to improve my act. I made signs, “Hi!”,“Hello!”, and “Be Happy!” I __8__ them in the window and waved. __9__ Day was drawing near. Job cuts were announced. Several coworkers would __10__ their jobs. Stress reached a high point. Everyone felt __11__. We needed to do something to break the tension. While working one night, a red jacket __12__ my attention. I used my __13__ and turned it into a piece of Santa?s clothing. The next day my coworkers gathered around me and __14__ for the first time in weeks. Just then my boss passed by. He looked up, saw me, shook his head and left. |