阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a hot summer afternoon in 2001. Wu Youquan was just a(an) 1 wood seller in Wuhan, delivering wood to guqin producers as usual.
Suddenly, he stopped his truck. A 2 sound came from a small workshop nearby. An old craftsman was playing the guqin, an ancient Chinese instrument with a history of over 3,000 years. Wu stood outside, listening quietly. He felt something deep inside him was 3. At that moment, he became 4 that he had found his true calling.
“Can I learn to make one?” Wu asked nervously. The craftsman looked at him and smiled, “It takes years. This craft requires 5 skilled hands. You need to be patient.”
Wu didn’t fully believe 6 the old man said. He thought making a guqin must be simple. However, he soon discovered how wrong he was. The 7 includes over a hundred steps—from choosing the right wood to 8 beautiful patterns on the surface. His first guqin sounded terrible, and he felt deeply disappointed.
“Maybe I should give up,” Wu said to his wife one night.
“Don’t lose heart,” she replied ______ 9 ______ . “Every master was once a beginner.”
Her words gave Wu the 10 to continue. He spent months studying with experienced craftsmen. Slowly, his skills improved.
Then came another challenge. Wu learned that making a good guqin required special raw lacquer(生漆) from Enshi, a faraway mountain area. The 11 seemed difficult because it was 12 that he could find it easily. But Wu drove to the mountains anyway. Unluckily, he suffered serious skin problems because of the lacquer. His arms were covered with painful red spots.
“You should stop,” his friends warned him.
But Wu refused to quit. 13, his body adapted to the material.
Years of hard work finally 14. Today, Wu runs a guqin studio in Wuhan. His unique craftsmanship has attracted visitors from across Asia. The guqin is like a 15 that connects us to thousands of years of Chinese culture. More people want to learn about the materials and ancient craft of guqin making.
() 1. A. ordinary B. wealthy C. famous D. honest
() 2. A. noisy B. strange C. gentle D. terrible
() 3. A. touched B. hurt C. lost D. broken
() 4. A. afraid B. proud C. tired D. aware
() 5. A. hardly B. highly C. nearly D. recently
() 6. A. what B. how C. where D. when
() 7. A. era B. process C. trade D. style
() 8. A. crawling B. repairing C. digging D. carving
() 9. A. coldly B. sadly C. warmly D. nervously
()10. A. strength B. excuse C. pressure D. warning
()11. A. jade B. aim C. pit D. evidence
()12. A. skilled B. believed C. likely D. unlikely
()13. A. Suddenly B. Immediately C. Gradually D. Unluckily
()14. A. given away B. paid back C. paid off D. given out
()15. A. bridge B. shadow C. statue D. flag

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. A
11. B 12. D 13. C 14. C 15. A

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述普通木材商人吴有权坚持学习古琴制作成为大师的励志故事），再逐空结合上下文语境、词汇辨析、语法规则分析选项：如第1空根据“最初是木材商人”选普通的；第2空古琴声音轻柔选gentle；第3空内心被触动选touched；第4空意识到使命选aware；第5空需高度熟练的手选highly；第6空宾语从句缺宾语用what；第7空制作古琴的过程选process；第8空雕刻图案选carving；第9空妻子温暖鼓励选warmly；第10空给继续的力量选strength；第11空找生漆的目标选aim；第12空不太可能容易找到选unlikely；第13空逐渐适应选gradually；第14空努力有回报选paid off；第15空连接文化的桥梁选bridge。
【解析】
1. 考查形容词辨析。ordinary（普通的）符合吴有权最初的木材商人身份，选A。
2. 考查形容词辨析。gentle（轻柔的）符合古琴的声音特点，选C。
3. 考查动词辨析。touched（触动）体现吴被古琴打动内心，选A。
4. 考查形容词辨析。aware（意识到）表示吴找到真正的使命，选D。
5. 考查副词辨析。highly（高度地）修饰“skilled hands”，表示需要高度熟练的手，选B。
6. 考查宾语从句引导词。从句中said缺宾语，用what引导，选A。
7. 考查名词辨析。process（过程）指制作古琴有上百个步骤，选B。
8. 考查动词辨析。carving（雕刻）对应在古琴表面做图案的动作，选D。
9. 考查副词辨析。warmly（温暖地）体现妻子鼓励的态度，选C。
10. 考查名词辨析。strength（力量）指妻子的话给了吴继续的力量，选A。
11. 考查名词辨析。aim（目标）指找生漆的目标，选B。
12. 考查形容词辨析。unlikely（不可能的）表示生漆不易找，选D。
13. 考查副词辨析。gradually（逐渐）指身体慢慢适应生漆，选C。
14. 考查动词短语辨析。paid off（得到回报）指多年努力有了结果，选C。
15. 考查名词辨析。bridge（桥梁）指古琴连接中国文化，选A。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.A 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.C 15.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题、形容词辨析、动词短语辨析
【点评】
本文是励志类记叙文，通过吴有权学习古琴制作的故事，考查学生对语境的理解和词汇运用能力，题材积极向上，适合巩固完形填空解题技巧。
【难度系数】
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