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(2025·南通期末改编)There was once a young painter named Zhou Xi. She loved to
1 every corner of her paintings with bright colours and detailed designs. It was 2
she thought more was better. One day, she 3 an old master painter. The master showed her a
beautiful landscape painting. Zhou was 4 to see half of the paper was empty—only a few birds
5 in the clear sky, and a small boat floated on the calm water.
"Why did you leave so much space blank?" Zhou asked.
The master smiled and said, "Look again. Does the 6 part make you feel peaceful?" Zhou Xi
looked at the painting carefully. The blank space did look like a wide 7. The birds were flying in it
freely. Suddenly, she felt as if she could breathe more easily.
"Life is like this painting," the master said. "If we try to fill every moment with work, study or
plans, we'll feel 8. Leave some 'blank space'—time to rest and 9 so that we can enjoy
quietness and let our hearts 'breathe'. Just as the empty sky in the painting makes the flying birds look
freer, empty 10 in life make us more relaxed."
Zhou nodded. She began to know that leaving room for nothing was a good 11. So she started
to paint with more "blank space" in her works. Sometimes she drew a lonely mountain with empty air
around it; sometimes she left a corner of the paper empty. When people looked at her paintings, they
felt 12 and thought a lot.
Just as a painter needs to leave blank space for 13, we need to leave time in life for rest and
thinking. Don't fill every minute with busyness—14 ourselves to be "empty" sometimes. That's
when we can truly see the beauty of peace and find happiness in the 15 moments. Let's have a try.
()1. A. feel B. fix C. fill D. focus
()2. A. because B. until C. before D. if
()3. A. remembered B. visited C. missed D. watched
()4. A. sad B. enjoyable C. afraid D. surprised
()5. A. flew B. sang C. jumped D. walked
()6. A. full B. beautiful C. empty D. narrow
()7. A. sky B. street C. bridge D. road
()8. A. happy B. tired C. excited D. relaxed
()9. A. play B. think C. dance D. sing
()10. A. tables B. corners C. moments D. adventures
()11. A. work B. mould C. part D. idea
()12. A. worried B. calm C. nervous D. bored
()13. A. time B. money C. space D. beauty
()14. A. agree B. allow C. arrive D. attract
()15. A. quiet B. busy C. hard D. important

【文章大意】本文讲述了年轻画家周曦一开始喜欢用明亮的颜色和精细的图案填满画作的每个角落,在向一位画家大师学习后,明白了留白的重要性,进而在生活和绘画中都要给自己留出休息和思考的时间。
1. C 根据"every corner of her paintings with bright colours and detailed designs"可知是用明亮的颜色和精细的图案填满画作的每个角落。故选C。
2. A 空后的句子是前句的原因,故此处用because引导表语从句。故选A。
3. B 根据"an old master painter"可知是去拜访画家大师。故选B。
4. D 根据"see half of the paper was empty"可知看到半张纸是空白的,她应该很惊讶。故选D。
5. A 根据"a few birds ... in the clear sky"可知鸟在天空中飞翔。故选A。
6. C 根据"The blank space did look like a wide"可知此处指空白的部分。故选C。
7. A 根据"The birds were flying in it freely."可知空白处看起来像天空,鸟在里面自由地飞翔。故选A。
8. B 根据"If we try to fill every moment with work, study or plans"可知用工作、学习或计划来填满每一刻,我们会感到疲倦。故选B。
9. B 根据"leave time in life for rest and thinking"可知是休息和思考的时间。故选B。
10. C 根据"time to rest and"可知生活中要留一些空白时刻。故选C。
11. D 根据"leaving room for nothing was a good"可知留白是一个好想法。故选D。
12. B 根据"part make you feel peaceful"以及"and thought a lot"可知她的画有一些留白,这让看画的人感到平静,并进行思考。故选B。
13. D 根据"That's when we can truly see the beauty of peace and find happiness in the ... moments. Let's have a try."可知,画家在画作中留白是用于创造平静、自由和深思的美学效果(beauty),正如人们从周曦画作中感受到的平静和思考。故选D。
14. B 根据"ourselves to be 'empty' sometimes"可知是允许自己偶尔"空"下来。故选B。
15. A 根据"see the beauty of peace and find happiness in the ... moments"可知是在宁静的时刻找到幸福。故选A。

【分析】
这是一篇记叙类完形填空，解题时首先要通读全文，梳理清楚故事脉络：年轻画家周曦一开始追求把画作全部填满，拜访老画家后领悟到绘画留白的意义，进而延伸明白生活中也要留出空闲的道理。接下来逐空解题时，优先结合上下文的语境提示、前后文出现的原词复现、固定搭配和逻辑关系推导选项，遇到不确定的空可以先跳过，等读到后文的对应线索再回头补选，最后把所有选项代入全文通读，验证整体逻辑通顺，符合故事主旨。
【解析】
1. 考查动词辨析，根据后文"every corner of her paintings with bright colours and detailed designs"，固定搭配fill sth. with sth.表示“用……填满……”，符合她把画作所有角落都填满的行为，选C。
2. 考查连词辨析，前文描述她总把画填满的行为，后文“她认为越多越好”是前者的原因，用because引导表语从句说明原因，选A。
3. 考查动词辨析，结合语境，她登门拜访资深老画家，visit符合动作逻辑，选B。
4. 考查形容词辨析，她之前习惯把画填得满满当当，看到老画家的画半张纸都是空白的，第一反应应该是惊讶，选D。
5. 考查动词辨析，根据后文"in the clear sky"，鸟在天空中飞翔，fly符合场景设定，选A。
6. 考查形容词辨析，前文老画家问为什么留很多空白，这里对应指代画作的空白部分，empty符合语境，选C。
7. 考查名词辨析，根据后文"The birds were flying in it freely"，空白部分看起来像广阔的天空，鸟才能在里面自由飞翔，选A。
8. 考查形容词辨析，如果把每一刻都用工作、学习、计划填满，人的感受会是疲惫的，tired符合逻辑，选B。
9. 考查动词辨析，后文原句复现"leave time in life for rest and thinking"，对应这里要填think，选B。
10. 考查名词辨析，前文说不要把每一刻都填满，对应生活里的空白时刻，moments符合语境，选C。
11. 考查名词辨析，这里表达“留出空白是个很好的想法”，idea语义通顺，选D。
12. 考查形容词辨析，前文提到留白会让人感到平和，所以看她的画的人会觉得平静，worried、nervous、bored都不符合正向感受，选B。
13. 考查名词辨析，结合主旨，画家在作品中留白是为了呈现留白带来的独特美感，对应后文提到的“平静的美”，beauty符合语境，选D。
14. 考查动词辨析，固定搭配allow sb. to do sth.表示“允许某人做某事”，这里指允许自己偶尔空下来，选B。
15. 考查形容词辨析，对应前文的"enjoy quietness"，在宁静的时刻找到幸福，quiet符合语境，选A。
【答案】
1.C 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.B 10.C 11.D 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.A
【知识点】
动词词义辨析，语境逻辑推理，固定搭配
【点评】
本题属于典型的初中记叙类完形填空，主题结合传统绘画留白的文化内涵，传递了合理规划生活、劳逸结合的正向价值观，绝大多数题目都能通过上下文的线索提示推导得出，仅少数题目需要结合全文主旨判断，能够有效锻炼学生的语篇理解和逻辑推理能力，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7