When I was a kid, I loved drawing more than anything. I could ________ whole cities hidden in clouds or under the sea. But when I ________ home for college, drawing was not the center of my life anymore for the moment, I ________ finding a job and thinking other things, while drawing, were ________.
I still remember my dad’s ________ to deal with my fear of monsters by drawing when I was little. He drew me fighting against a monster. He thought if he drew me acting fearlessly, I’d no longer be ________. It didn’t quite work out then. That anxious (焦虑的) child has grown into an anxious ________, made more anxious by these unusual times.
But now, with a lot of heavy ________, drawing has become my shelter (庇护所). At first, I thought it could be a fun way to kill time, ________ it turns out to be more than that. Drawing is ________ therapeutic (治愈的). It’s one of the few relaxing recreations that ________ me the most.
Drawing has taught me how to live with the ________ things. With so much unpredictability (不可预知性), it ________ awesome to give up the “perfect drawing” and instead be ________ with whatever shows up. In addition, I can use drawing as an act of virtual reality. With paper and brushes, I can ________ that all of us are out of the anxious environment I could be in outer space, miles above Earth’s problems. I can fight my monsters by drawing my monsters.
【小题1】A.remove | B.create | C.prepare | D.admit |
【小题2】A.built | B.drew | C.spent | D.left |
【小题3】A.focused on | B.gave up | C.made sure | D.took advantage of |
【小题4】A.boring | B.simple | C.secondary | D.stressful |
【小题5】A.effort | B.responsibility | C.promise | D.defence |
【小题6】A.doubted | B.disappointed | C.afraid | D.expectant |
【小题7】A.kid | B.student | C.painter | D.adult |
【小题8】A.concentrations | B.work | C.policies | D.accents |
【小题9】【小题10】A.originally | B.regularly | C.amazingly | D.thoroughly |
【小题11】A.understands | B.calms | C.rewards | D.protects |
【小题12】A.unstable | B.unequal | C.unnecessary | D.unknown |
【小题13】A.makes | B.feels | C.reminds | D.seeks |
【小题14】A.pleased | B.frightened | C.shocked | D.moved |
【小题15】A.realize | B.prove | C.imagine | D.hope |