五、完形填空。
For travellers, fall is a beautiful season. But for 1 in Western cultures, fall is a difficult season to describe.
On the one hand, it is the 2 of the summer, so it is a little sad. When you 3 in the morning, there's mist(薄雾) and it's 4. You know that winter is around the 5. American writer Ernest Hemingway wrote in his book A Moveable Feast, “You expected to be 6 in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees ...” On the other hand, fall has its 7 side. There are so many 8 in nature at this time of year: The red and brown colours that the leaves change to, and the way they fall 9 the trees. French writer Albert Camus even thought fall was a second spring, “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
Another fall 10 is wisdom. The coming of the season is just like a person becoming mature(成熟的). At this time, it's thought that people have 11 a thing or two about life.
Of course, there are many 12 themes and subjects in the literature of fall. For example, it's the start of a new term of the school year. 13 fall can be a writing topic for 14 children and young people. But fall writing is usually about the changes in 15. And writers often use it as a symbol of changes in human life.
1. A. dancers B. visitors C. writers D. singers
2. A. bottom B. end C. middle D. start
3. A. get up B. stay up C. set up D. put up
4. A. colder B. cooler C. warmer D. hotter
5. A. clock B. world C. level D. corner
6. A. happy B. excited C. sad D. quiet
7. A. good B. simple C. difficult D. hard
8. A. problems B. changes C. mistakes D. processes
9. A. into B. down C. over D. from
10. A. side B. cover C. theme D. point
11. A. learned B. forgotten C. received D. collected
12. A. another B. others C. the other D. other
13. A. As B. If C. So D. Or
14. A. between B. both C. from D. all
15. A. shape B. nature C. idea D. life

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