完形阅读综合练(七)1(2023·南宁名校联考)Thepowerofencouragementisgreat.Youmaydrawsomeinspirationfromthefollowingstory.DanteGabrielRossetti,afamous19thcenturypoetandartist,wasonce1byanelderlyman.Theoldmanhadsomesketches(素描)anddrawingsthathe2Rossettitolookatandtellhimiftheywereanygood,oriftheyatleastshowed3talent.Rossettilookedthem4carefully.Afterthefirstfew,heknewthattheywereworthless,showingnottheleast5ofartistictalent.ButRossettiwasa6man,andhetoldtheelderlymanasgentlyaspossiblethatthepictureswereoflittle7andshowedlittletalent.Hewassorry,buthecouldnot8totheman.Thevisitorwas9,butseemedtoexpectRossetti’s10.Hethenapologizedfor11Rossetti’stime,butwouldhejust12afewmoredrawings—thesedonebya(n)13artstudent?Rossettilookedoverthe14batch(一批)ofsketchesandimmediatelybecameenthusiasticoverthetalentthey15.“These,〞hesaid,“Oh,thesearegood.Thisyoungstudenthasgreattalent.Heshouldbegivenevery16andencouragementinhiscareerasanartist.Hehasa17futureifhewillworkandsticktoit.〞Rossetticouldseethattheoldmanwas18moved.“Whoisthisfineyoungartist?〞heasked.“Yourson?〞“No,〞saidtheoldmansadly.“ItwasIwhopaintedthepictures40yearsago.19Ihadheardyourpraisethen!Foryousee,Igotdiscouragedand20drawing—toosoon.〞1.A.abandonedB.approachedC.inspectedD.requested答案B解析approach在此意为“接近,靠近;访问(某人)〞。2.A.hopedB.madeC.hadD.wanted答案D解析wantsb.todosth.想要某人做某事。hope后面不能接不定式作宾补。make,have后面可接不定式作宾补,但要省略不定式符号to。B.commercialC.officialD.spiritual答案A解析potentialtalent潜能。4.A.upB.onC.overD.down答案C解析looksth.over逐一检查某物。后面的lookedoverthe...batch也有提示。B.markC.chanceD.view答案A解析shownottheleastsignof没有表现出一点迹象。6.A.rudeB.kindC.talentedD.creative答案B解析从后面一句“hetoldtheelderlymanasgentlyaspossible〞可以看出这位艺术家的“善良〞。B.priceC.valueD.quality答案C解析从后面的“showedlittletalent〞可以看出这些画没什么价值。8.A.speakB.apologizeC.listenD.lie答案D解析虽然他感到遗憾,但他得实话实说(...