江苏省淮安中学高二英语提升训练（1）完形填空beloved father now departed singing around the family drum!1ArememberBrecognizeCrealizeDremind2AfromBwithCbyDto 1,3,53Ajoining inBgoing overCthinking ofDtalking about4AchattingBvisitingCgatheringDcomforting5AcreateBwriteCsingDplay6Aas far asBas old asCas long asDas late as7ArecordBrepeatCrecallDrecite8AdoorBdrumCfootDhead9AorderedBrefusedCallowedDadvised10AterribleBmemorableCbelievableDcomfortable11AmovesBdancesCstoriesDsongs12AeffortsBmistakesCprogressDsuccess13AandBbutCorDso14AstrongBsharpCweakDlow15AthoughtBemotionCcalmDjoy16AleftBfoundCseatedDarranged17AhearBhaveCsoundDcome18ArespectfullyBshamefullyCpeacefullyDcarefully19AquestionsBreceptionCsuggestionsDpermission20AhesitatinglyBcautiouslyCpatientlyDpolitely阅读理解AEqual InheritanceA certain merchant had two sons. The elder son was his favorite, and he intended to leave all his wealth to this son when he died. The mother felt sorry for her younger son, and she asked her husband not to tell the boys of his intention. She hoped to find some way of making her sons equal. The merchant heeded her wish and did not make known his decision. One day the mother was sitting at the window weeping. A traveler approached the window and asked her why she was weeping. “How can I help?” she said. “There is no difference between my two sons, but their father wishes to leave everything to one and nothing to the other. I have asked him not to tell them of his decision until I have thought of some way of helping the younger, but I have no money of my own, and I do not know what to do in my misery.”Then the traveler said to her, “There is help for your trouble, Tell your sons that the elder will receive the entire inheritance（遗产）, and that the younger will receive nothing. Then they will be equal.”The younger son, on learning that he would inherit nothing, went to another land, where he served his apprenticeship and learned a trade. The elder son lived at home and learned nothing, knowing that someday he would be rich.When the father died, the elder son did not know how to do anything and spent all his inheritance, however the younger son, who had learned how to make money in a foreign country, became rich. 21In her mothers opinion, the younger son should . Abecome richer than his brotherBget half of the family wealthCknow his fathers intentionDlearn a way to earn money22The mother was weeping because she felt .AangryBmovedChelplessDashamed23What is the message of the story?AInheriting money sometimes brings a person bad luck.BBrothers should learn to get along well with one another.CPeople with enough money dont have to work hard for success.DLearning to earn money is more important than having money given.BDior was born in Normandy in 1905, and his familys original plans for him included a career in the diplomatic service, but by the time he was twenty-three, with his parents money, he opened a small art gallery in Paris. By 1931, the money had been used up. Diors friends in the art gallery asked him to draw and he took his first step at designing and drawing. His first job was with Lucien Lelong from whom Dior learned his craft（手艺）.In February, 1947, Dior started the New Look in his first major Paris collection. He was backed by a famous textile producer. Boussac, who looked after the dollars, while Dior looked after the fashions. Dior knew nothing about cutting and sewing, but he was good at fashion design.The New look started an entirely different look to costume, with a tiny waist, a rounded shoulder and a shapely bust（胸围）, usually with a low-cut neekline and a long, full skirt. To women who had lived through the war years, the femaleness of the New Look was a great success, for people were tired of the extremely plain, wartime restrictive fashions.It is said that dresses by Dior were “constructed like buildings,” but young people were attracted to his design, and all over the western world, manufacturers plunged（投入）into the production of his new style. Diors revolutionary designs lighted up a whole cycle of fashion, rounded, gentle, feminine, a delight in elegance. A New Look House of Dior opened in 1948, followed by one in London. Considered as King of Couture（Womens clothing） for years, the Dior empire grew until it covered every country in the western world, and included furs, hosiery, jewelry, perfumes, mens wear and on and on. More than 1,000 people worked at the Paris headquarters then.His sudden death in 1957 when he was 54 years old did not stop the growth of the House of Dior. Even now, so many years after his death, his name is closely connected with fashion throughout the world, and indeed is one of the most recognized