《2025年金钥匙提优训练课课练八年级英语上册译林版徐州专版》

五、完形填空。
If something is old and worn out, it doesn’t mean it has no use anymore and should be 1. There are things you can do to give it a(n) 2 life. Artist Nicole Teng has been doing it for years with great 3.
Nicole comes from China. She had many years of 4 in advertising(广告业). 5 she felt that it was not the life she wanted. So she 6 her high - paid job and went to Germany to study painting. Later she worked at a gallery(展览馆) in Shanghai. There she was able to see the 7 of old, forgotten objects. 8 she began to experiment with these unused objects to express the ideas she had in her mind.
Nicole 9 that the spirit of the past lives in old objects. When she sees those old objects, she sees the spirits. She wants to show them to the rest of the world 10 creativity. She 11 objects that others look on as rubbish, breathes life into them and turns them into one - of - a - kind(独一无二的) creations. Nicole sells her creations in her workshop Brut Cake. Through her work, she hopes to bring 12 and happiness to people.
“I’m never satisfied with 13 I have done. I am always 14. I am always wanting more. It can be a hard way to live, but it has taught me a lot and driven me to continuously better 15,” Nicole said.
1. A. taken away
B. given away
C. thrown away
D. put away
2. A. new
B. healthy
C. difficult
D. easy
3. A. surprise
B. interest
C. excitement
D. hobby
4. A. history
B. introduction
C. purpose
D. experience
5. A. But
B. So
C. And
D. Or
6. A. made up
B. took up
C. gave up
D. put up
7. A. price
B. nature
C. use
D. beauty
8. A. Suddenly
B. Soon
C. Completely
D. Often
9. A. believes
B. forgets
C. asks
D. tells
10. A. for
B. about
C. through
D. at
11. A. hears
B. produces
C. collects
D. takes
12. A. surprises
B. performances
C. popularity
D. projects
13. A. when
B. what
C. why
D. where
14. A. tired
B. worried
C. bored
D. hungry
15. A. me
B. myself
C. mine
D. My

答案： 1~5. CABDA 6~10. CDBAC 11~15. CABDB