完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Isabel Powell likes to swim. It’s a（n）
1 thing that she shares with a movie star she’ll
be meeting later this year—a star whose life story is coming to a theater near you this month.
Who’s the star? A dolphin named Winter. And
2 is not the only thing that she and Isabel have in common.
Winter lost her
3 when she was a baby. She got it caught in a trap used to
4__ crabs. Isabel, who had a similar experience to Winter, once had a
5 life.
6 , when she was 2 a tumor（肿瘤）on her foot
7 her leg.
Now, both Winter and Isabel
8 artificial limbs. In Isabel’s case, it’s an artificial leg and foot. In Winter’s case, it’s an artificial tail.
In November, Isabel will travel from her home to Clearwater, Florida, to
9 Winter. Clearwater is the site of the aquarium（水族馆）where Winter has lived since she was
10 from that trap.
According to the Kitsap Sun, the meeting was set up by the man who designed Winter’s artificial tail—Kevin Carroll. Carroll also
11 artificial limbs for people.
He and Isabel
12 met last month in Bremerton, Washington, at the
13 where she got her artificial leg, which freed her of the
14 that had troubled her for years.
15__ Carroll met Isabel and found out she wants to be a veterinarian （兽医）, he decided to set up the meeting.
She
16 people who’ve lost limbs by
17 them they can still do the things they used to do. According to the Kitsap Sun, she plays softball,
18 karate competition and chases after her dog, too. For years, she didn’t know anybody else who had an artificial limb. Now, she’s about to meet a movie star who has one, too.
And she no longer feels so
19 . “I think it’s pretty cool,” Isabel told Kitsap Sun reporter Chris Henry. “Winter has an artificial tail. That makes me think that I’m not the only
20 one. There are thousands more.”
| 小题1: | | A．interesting | B．disappointing | C．terrifying | D．frightening |
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| 小题2: | | A．playing | B．swimming | C．sailing | D．exploring |
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| 小题4: | | A．attract | B．attack | C．hit | D．catch |
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| 小题5: | | A．happy | B．miserable | C．sad | D．dull |
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| 小题6: | | A．Undoubtedly | B．Unfortunately | C．Strangely | D．Surprisingly |
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| 小题7: | | A．took over | B．cut down | C．took away | D．cut out |
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| 小题8: | | A．purchase | B．enjoy | C．prefer | D．wear |
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| 小题9: | | A．meet | B．welcome | C．interview | D．study |
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| 小题10: | | A．operated | B．rescued | C．caught | D．killed |
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| 小题11: | | A．creates | B．builds | C．designs | D．invents |
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| 小题12: | | A．purposely | B．deliberately | C．willingly | D．reportedly |
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| 小题13: | | A．studio | B．lab | C．cinema | D．clinic |
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| 小题14: | | A．pressure | B．debt | C．pain | D．pleasure |
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| 小题15: | | A．Before | B．Until | C．After | D．While |
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| 小题16: | | A．puzzles | B．inspires | C．amuses | D．shocks |
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| 小题17: | | A．showing | B．warning | C．admiring | D．calling |
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| 小题18: | | A．participates in | B．struggles for | C．calls on | D．turns down |
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| 小题19: | | A．strange | B．common | C．usual | D．different |
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| 小题20: | | A．particular | B．positive | C．unlucky | D．enthusiastic |
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