3. 【2011·金沙前中國際分校模擬】完形填空

A Happy Discovery

Antique shops have a special fascination to a great many people. The more expensive kind of antique shop, where rare objects are beautifully ? 36 ? in glass cases to keep them free from dust, is usually a forbidding place. ? 37 ? no one has to gather courage to enter a less pretentious(裝腔作勢的) antique shop. There is always ? 38 ? that a real rarity(珍品) will be found among the piles of junk in the dirty, dark, ? 39 ? rooms.

My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person. He has often ? 40 ? to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere ￡50. One Saturday morning, Frank visited a(n) ? 41 ? antique shop in my neighborhood. As he had never been there before, he found a great deal to ? 42 ? him. The morning passed ? 43 ? and Frank was about to leave ? 44 ? he noticed a large packing-case lying on the floor. The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be ? 45 ? to open it. Frank ? 46 ? him to do so and the dealer reluctantly opened it. The contents were ? 47 ?. The box was full of crockery(陶器), much of it broken. Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box and suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the packing-case. As its composition and line ? 48 ? him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it. Glancing at it ? 49 ?, the dealer told him that it was worth ￡50. Frank could hardly ? 50 ? his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real ? 51 ?. The tiny painting ? 52 ? to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.?

No one discovers a rarity by chance. A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have ? 53 ?, and ? 54 ?, the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it. To do this, he must be at least as ? 55 ? as the dealer. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be greatly rewarded.

36. A. displayed ? ? ? B. put ? ? ? C. played ? ? ? ? ? D. placed

37. A. So ? ? ?B. But ? ? ? ?C. Unless D. And

38. A. certainty ? ? ? B. luck ? ? ? C. hope ? ? ? D. promise

39. A. deserted ? ? B. tidy ? ? C. beautiful ? ? ? D. disordered

40. A. smiled ? ? ? B. described ? C. talked ? D. remarked

41. A. familiar ? B. usual ? ? C. common ? ? ? ? D. casual

42. A. value ? B. interest ? C. fear ? ? ? ? D. enjoy

43. A. rapidly ? ? B. slowly ? ? C. freely ? ? ? ? ? D. happily

44. A. until ? ? B. after ? C. before ? ? ? ? D. when

45. A. reminded ? B. bothered ? ? ? C. encouraged ? ? D. interested

46. A. begged ? ? B. demanded ? ? C. recommended ? ? ? D. forced

47. A. exciting B. disappointing ? C. satisfying ? ? ? D. annoying

48. A. reflected ? ? B. told ? ? C. informed ? ? D. reminded

49. A. carefully ? ? B. briefly ? ? C. excitedly ? ? D. blindly

50. A. hide ? ? B. find ? ? C. show ? ? ? D. describe

51. A. difference ? ? B. invention ? ? C. discovery ? ? ? ? D. expectation

52. A. proved ? B. turned ? C. happened ? ? D. seemed

53. A. courage B. imagination ? ? C. passion ? ? D. patience

54. A. in all ? B. after all ? ? C. at all ? ? D. above all

55. A. adorable ? ? B. responsible ? C. knowledgeable ? ? D. respectable

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