ore._We_figure_out_that_the_number_will_rise_by_60%.

　　二、勤练高考题型，多练自能生巧

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. __1__ of them liked antiques and pottery, especially __2__.

　　One day in a __3__ they saw a beautiful teacup. They said, "May we see that? We've __4__ seen one so beautiful." As the lady handed it to them, __5__ the teacup spoke.

　　"You don't __6__，" it said. "I haven't always been a teacup. There was a time that I was red clay. My __7__ took me, rolled me and patted me over and over and I yelled out, 'Leave me alone.' But he only smiled, 'Not yet.' Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such __8__. I wondered why he wanted to __9__ me, and I yelled, and knocked __10__ the door. I could see him through the opening and I could __11__ his lips as he shook his head, 'Not yet.' Then I knew there wasn't any __12__. I would never make it. I was ready to __13__. But the door opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf. One hour later he handed me a __14__ and said, 'Look at yourself.' And I did. I said, 'That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's __15__.' 'I want you to remember, then，' he said. 'I know it hurts you to be rolled and patted. __16__ if I had just left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it hurt and was hot and __17__ in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have __18__. Now you are a finished product. You are __19__ I had in mind when I first began with you.'"

　　If you do not __20__ the wind and rain, how can you see the rainbow?

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章以拟人的手法描述了精美茶杯的制作过程。从红泥到茶杯成形需要经过烈火的历练。这一过程告诉我们：玉不琢，不成器。

　　1．A.All　　　　　　　　 　B．Both

　　C．Neither D．None

　　解析：选B　由上文提到了a couple及下文语境可知，他们两人都喜欢古董和陶器，故选B项。all用于三者或三者以上；neither，none用于否定句中。

　　2．A.bowls B．bottles

　　C．glasses D．teacups

　　解析：选D　下文主要围绕teacup来讲述，故此处应选teacups。

3．A.garden B．church