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Unit 3 Travel Journal Learning about language课时作业
第一节 完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Grandpa Hodge was the wisest man in the village. He was so philosophic (贤明的) in speaking and doing things that everyone ___1___him as "Grandpa Wisdom".
One day, a man __2____ to Grandpa Wisdom, out of breath, saying with excitement, "Grandpa, I have a piece of ___3___ to tell you…"
"Wait a moment," Grandpa Hodge ___4___ his beard(胡须) gently and cut the man ___5___, "Have you carefully ___6___ the news you will tell me with three sieves(筛子)?"
"Three sieves? Which three sieves?" the man asked with ___7___.
"The first sieve is the truth. Is the news you will tell me ___8___ ?" Grandpa Hodge asked, narrowing his ___9___.
"I don’t know because I ___10___ it from the street."
"Now let's check it with the second sieve," Grandpa Hodge ___11___, "If the news you will tell me is not true, it should be friendly."
The man ___12___answered, "No…just the other way round…"
Grandpa Hodge once again___13___ him, "So let's ___14___ the third sieve. Can you tell me if the news that is ___15___ you is very important?"
"It is not so important," the man answered with ___16___.
Grandpa Hodge patted the ___17___ of the man and said significantly(意味深长地), "Now that the news you will tell me is not true, friendly or important, please don't tell me. Then it won’t ___18___ you an