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【完形填空】Cloze: The Shark That Changed Everything
When the shark arrived at Ho Yin's shop, it was (1) a heap on the concrete floor.
Ho Yin, who had run the shop for over twenty years, looked at the animal and (2) the situation carefully.
Her assistant, Wan, a young woman with a (3) for arriving early, whispered, "Look at the size of it."
The shark measured 3.2 metres, and a single fin could (4) 1,800 Hong Kong dollars.
But Ho Yin's inventory had not moved in eleven weeks, and she was (5) about what to do.
She had built a reputation as a scrupulous businesswoman, and that reputation was (6) a lot of weight that morning.
Her shop sat on a lane that had once (7) to fishing families, most of them native to the bay.
In 1997, when the town still had a booming retail strip and 4,000 residents, her mother had (8) her with the lease.
Ho Yin took a degree in Chinese medicine in Guangzhou, then returned to (9) two children above the store.
She had watched the shark population crash, and a 2009 survey put the proportion of reef sharks at less than 8 per cent of its 1970 (10).
Choices
(1) A. on B. in C. at D. by
(2) A. counted B. weighed C. measured D. valued
(3) A. habit B. custom C. tradition D. routine
(4) A. bring B. take C. fetch D. cost
(5) A. unsure B. unclear C. undecided D. uncertain
(6) A. making B. giving C. doing D. taking
(7) A. belonged B. owned C. possessed D. held
(8) A. entrusted B. trusted C. committed D. assigned
(9) A. bring up B. rise C. grow D. raise
(10) A. quantity B. number C. figure D. amount