Question

英语初三完形填空。

Michelangelo lived in Florence. He was 1 _____ all over Italy for his beautiful work. The governor (州长) of Florence asked Michelangelo to make a statue (雕像) out of a large piece of marble (大理石). He worked for two years, and at last he 2 _____ the beautiful statue, which he called David.

When the statue was ready, many people came to see it. The governor came, 3_____ . He stood for a long time looking at it and said that he didn’t like it 4_____ David’s nose was too long. Michelangelo didn’t want to change the statue. So he went up to the statue 5_____ a handful of marble dust (灰). He 6 _____ to be changing the shape of the nose and at the same time 7 _____ some of the marble dust which he had taken with him. The governor thought that this was marble dust from the 8 _____ of the statue, so he said: “That’s 9_____ ! Now you have given more life to the face.”

The people, who 10 _____ what Michelangelo had done, secretly laughed. How foolish the governor was!

1. A. common B. perfect C. loving D. famous

2. A. ended B. finished C. worked D. wrote

3. A. either B. also C. even D. too

4. A. so B. when C. because D. if

5. A. with B. on C. in D. from

6. A. planned B. focused C. wanted D. pretended

7. A. watered B. carried C. dropped D. caught

8. A. hands B. nose C. eye D. mouth

9. A. bad B. easy C. difficult D. excellent

10. A. doubted B. wondered C. understood D. hated

Answer 1

1. D  famous （be famous for 因……而著名）

2. B  finished （完成）

3. D  too （也）

4. C  because （因为）

5. A  with （带着）

6. D  pretended （假装）

7. C  dropped （掉下）

8. B  nose （鼻子）

9. D  excellent （优秀的）

10. C  understood （明白）

Answer 2

1-5 CDCAB 6-10 ADBCA