Question

    Emily Seilhamer loves to create art out of old things.  ___________ her latest project might be her best. She has made a "rainbow dress" using candy wrappers (糖果包装纸).

Emily asked her family and friends to ___________ enough candy wrappers to make her rainbow dream come true. They saved wrappers for four years and 10,000 wrappers were used. To create the dress, she ironed each wrapper before folding and sewing(缝纫) them together with elastic threads(弹力线). She also ___________ a zipper(拉链) to the back of this dress.

The rainbow dress started from a(n)   ___________  story. Emily and her husband Malachi first met when he   ___________  her a candy. He kept sending her candies, and then she had the idea of making this dress. Though the dress is wonderful, that doesn’t ___________  Emily will wear it everywhere. "I wore it several times in public,” she said, "But it's not   ___________  I can wear on hot days.”

1.A.As B.But C.So D.Since

2.A.take B.use C.buy D.collect

3.A.linked B.aimed C.added D.crossed

4.A.real B.ancient C.happy D.sweet

5.A.provided B.offered C.sent D.prepared

6.A.explain B.suggest C.mean D.show

7.A.what B.that C.this            D how

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

【解析】

本文讲述了彩虹裙。艾米丽·西尔哈默喜欢用旧东西创造艺术。她用糖果包装做出了“彩虹裙”。艾米丽让她的家人和朋友收集足够的糖果包装纸，让她的彩虹梦想成真。他们保存了4年的包装纸，使用了10000个，做出了“彩虹裙”。

1.句意：但她最新的项目可能是她制作的最好的。

As随着；But但是；So所以Since因为；根据“Emily Seilhamer loves to create art out of old things. _1__ her latest project might be her best.”可知此处用转折关系最合适，故选B。

2.句意：艾米丽让她的家人和朋友收集足够的糖果包装纸。

take拿；use用；buy买；collect收集；根据“enough candy wrappers to make her rainbow dream come true.”可知此处是“收集”，故选D。

3.句意：她还给这件裙子的背后添加了一个拉链。

linked连接；aimed目标；added添加；crossed交叉；根据“She also __3___ a zipper(拉链) to the back of this dress.”可知此处是缺谓语动词，所以此处是“添加”，故选C。

4.句意：彩虹裙是从一个甜蜜的故事开始的。

real真的；ancient古代的；happy开心的；sweet甜蜜的；根据“Emily and her husband Malachi first met when he offered her a candy.”可知此处是一个甜蜜的故事，故选D。

5.句意：艾米丽和她的丈夫玛拉基第一次见面时，他给了她一颗糖果。

provided提供（provide sb with sth）；offered提供（接双宾语）；sent送；prepared准备；根据offer sb. sth. = provide sb. with sth表示“为……提供”；prepare for 为……做准备；故选B。

6.句意：虽然裙子很漂亮，但这并不意味着艾米丽会穿着它去任何地方。

explain抱怨；suggest建议；mean意味着；show展示；根据“Though the dress is wonderful, that doesn’t __6__ Emily will wear it everywhere.”可知此处是“意味着”，故选C。

7.句意：但这不是我在大热天能穿的。

what什么；that那个；this这个；how如何；根据“ I can wear on hot days”作“is”的表语从句，空格处作“wear”的宾语，故选A。