一、完形填空(15 分)
(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. seats
B. books
C. moments
D. stations
()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

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了年轻画家周熙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，在向一位老画家大师学习后，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。表示“这是因为她认为越多越好”。故选 A。
3 B 根据“an old master painter”可知，是去拜访大师。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 句意：空白处看起来确实像辽阔的天空。sky 天空；street 街道；bridge 桥梁；road 道路。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 根据下文“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)，正如人们从周熙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。