完形填空训练（五十一）
I guess I should look upon it as a sweet proof of my tastes. My 17-year-old son, who had for so long ______________________________ my choice of clothing, now ______________________________ searches through my closet. Wasn’t it only yesterday that he had turned up his ________________________________________ at my clothes? When Scott was in middle school and ____________________ beginning to look at his ______________________________ as a creature from outer space, I had once ______________________________ to suggest buying a pair of chions while we were ______________________________. He said nothing but selected a pair of Jeans. He tried it on. “Too ______________________________,” I ______________________________ “just right,” was his reply, ______________________________ he admired himself in the mirror, completely ______________________________ with the image. I think that set the tone for the next four years. When it ______________________________ to clothing, the divide seemed ________________________________________.I was chinos, he was outsized jeans; I was neatly pressed shirts, he was loose T’s.
______________________________ began to change about a year ago. I remember the ______________________________ day. I had gone to my ______________________________ in search of a favorite T-shirt. I couldn’t find it, but it appeared later when Scott returned home from school. “That’s my shirt,” I said. “Yeah, I know,” said Scott as he ______________________________ for the fridge. Since that time, he often—and ______________________________ warning—searched for the new and different in my closet. I asked Scott why he wore my clothes. “I like some of them,” he smiled.______________________________ by this words, I ______________________________ my tongue as he slipped into a pair of my trousers.
1. A. thought highly of B. looked down on C. set on D. based on
2. A. interestedly B. hurriedly C. disappointedly D. unwillingly
3. A. head B. eyes C. hand D. nose
4. A. also B. soon C. just D. almost
5. A. classmates B. teachers C. father D. mother
6. A. attempted B. managed C. longed D. persuaded
7. A. reading B. walking C. wandering D. shopping
8. A. big B. tight C. cheap D. expensive
9. A. pronounced B. announced C. declared D. added
10. A. because B. though C. until D. as
11. A. worried B. satisfied C. proud D. nervous
12. A. belonged B. talked C. came D. happened
13. A. opposite B. slight C. unbridgeable D. unthinkable
14. A. Things B. Times C. Manners D. Tastes
15. A. first B. exact C. only D. single
16. A. house B. store C. office D. closet
17. A. headed B. looked C. searched D. walked
18. A. about B. with C. on D. without
19. A. Encouraged B. Disappointed C. Annoyed D. Warmed
20. A. took B. held C. got D. moved
完形填空训练（五十二）
“How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years?” It took me almost 20 years to have the ______________________________ to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first ______________________________ drinking , the whole family was on __________________________________________________ and needles every time he got into a ______________________________ that, in the past, would have ______________________________ him drinking again. For a few years we were ______________________________ to bring it up ______________________________ that the drinking would begin again.
“I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day,” was Dad’s ______________________________ to my 18-year-old unasked question. “The words were a constant ______________________________ to me that things were ______________________________ so hard that I could not deal with them,” Dad said. And then he ______________________________ the poem with me. The poem’s ______________________________, yet profound words immediately became ______________________________ of my daily routine as well.
about a month after this talk with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one __________________________________________________ for each day of the year.
It has been my experience that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own __________________________________________________.
I __________________________________________________ opened the book to November 10 to see ______________________________ words of wisdom this book had in store for me. The moment I glanced at the page, tears of ______________________________ and appreciation ______________________________ down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had ______________________________ my father for all these years ! It is called the Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me
the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can, and
the wisdom to know the difference.
1. A. chance B. courage C. ability D. right
2. A. gave up B. took up C. started D. continued
3. A. thread B. duty C. fire D. pins
4. A. situation B. habit C. condition D. house
5. A. sTOPped B. made C. started D. asked
6. A. sure B. uncertain C. afraid D. eager
7. A. on condition B. for rear C. in case D. providing
8. A. reply B. words C. excuse D. explanation
9. A. fear B. imagination C. thought D. reminded
10. A. never B. seldom C. always D. ever
11. A. discussed B. shared C. offered D. talked
12. A. simple B. long C. wonderfully D. boring
13. A. all B. that C. any D. part
14. A. listed B. included C. read D. said
15. A. character B. birthday C. qualities D. favorites
16. A. doubtfully B. carefully C. happily D. hurriedly
17. A. where B. whether C. what D. how
18. A. disbelief B. anger C. sorrow D. regret
19. A. hung B. pulled C. rolled D. pushed
20. A. troubled B. disturbed C. pleased D. helped
完形填空训练（五十三）
It was a cold winter’s day that Sunday. The parking lot to the __________ was filling up quickly. I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were __________ among themselves as they walked in the church.
As I got __________ I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down __________ he was asleep. His hat was __________ down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too __________ for his feet, with holes all over them, his toes __________ out.
I guessed this man was __________, and asleep, so I walked on __________ through the doors of the church.
We all talked for a few minutes, and someone __________ the man lying outside. People whispered but no one took the __________ to ask him to come in, __________ me.
A few moments later church began. We all waited for the Preacher to take his __________ and to give us the Word, __________ the doors to the church opened.
In __________ the homeless man walking down the church with his head down.
People gasped and whispered and made __________.
He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit where he took off his hat and coat. My heart __________.
There stood our preacher … he was the “homeless man”.
The preacher took his Bible and __________ it on his stand.
“__________, I don’t think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you __________ people by their appearance, you have no time to love them.”
36. A. school B. lecture C. park D. church
37. A. arguing B. whispering C. staring D. speaking
38. A. closer B. clearer C. lower D. farther
39. A. even though B. so that C. as if D. even if
40. A. dragged B. pulled C. dropped D. pushed
41. A. big B. bad C. ugly D. small
42. A. reached B. went C. stuck D. run
43. A. homeless B. helpless C. hopeless D. careless
44. A. out B. by C. off D. from
45. A. invited B. mentioned C. took D. called
46. A. pleasure B. measure C. courage D. trouble
47. A. except B. besides C. without D. including
48. A. turn B. place C. time D. seat
49. A. when B. before C. as D. after
50. A. rushed B. ran C. came D. went
51. A. decision B. choices C. faces D. jokes
52. A. sank B. fell C. broke D. failed
53. A. threw B. set C. laid D. closed
54. A. Brothers B. Folks C. Supporters D. Members
55. A. judge B. hate C. dislike D. test
完形填空训练（五十四）
During recent years we have heard much about “race”: how this race does certain things and that race believes certain things and soon. Yet, the __________________________________________________ phenomenon of race consists of a few surface indications.
We judge race usually __________________________________________________ the colouring of the skin: a white race, a brown race, a yellow race and a black race. But __________________________________________________ you were to remove the skin you could not __________________________________________________ anything about the race to which the individual belonged. There is __________________________________________________ in physical structure. The brain or the internal organs to __________________________________________________ a difference.
There are four types of blood. __________________________________________________ types are found in every race, and no type is distinct to any race. Human brains are the __________________________________________________. No scientists could examine a brain and tell you the race to which the individual belonged. Brains will __________________________________________________ in size, but this occurs within every race. __________________________________________________ does size have anything to do with intelligence. The largest brain __________________________________________________ examined belonged to a person of weak __________________________________________________. On the other hand, some of our most distinguished people have had __________________________________________________ brains.
Mental tests which are reasonably __________________________________________________ show no differences in intelligence between races. High and low test results both can be recorded by different members of any race. __________________________________________________ equal educational advantages, there will be no difference in average standings, either on account of race
or geographical location.
Individuals of every race __________________________________________________ civilization to go backward or forward. Training and education can change the response of a group of people, __________________________________________________ enable them to behave in a __________________________________________________ way.
The behavior and ideals of people change according to circumstances, but they can always go back or go on to something new __________________________________________________ is better and higher than anything __________________________________________________ the past.
1. A. complete B. full C. total D. whole
2. A. in B. from C. at D. on
3. A. since B. if C. as D. while
4. A. speak B. talk C. tell D. mention
5. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
6. A. display B. indicate C. demonstrate D. appear
7. A. All B. Most C. No D. Some
8. A. same B. identical C. similar D. alike
9. A. remain B. increase C. decrease D. vary
10. A. only B. Or C. Nor D. So
11. A. ever B. then C. never D. once
12. A. health B. body C. mind D. thought
13. A. big B. small C. minor D. major
14. A. true B. exact C. certain D. accurate
15. A. Provided B. Concerning C. Given D. Following
16. A. make B. cause C. move D. turn
17. A. and B. but C. though D. so
18. A. ordinary B. peculiar C. usual D. common
19. A. that B. what C. whichever D. whatever
20. A. for B. to C. within D. in
完形填空训练（五十五）
Like many sisters, Abby and Eliza Davis couldn't be more different. Twelve-year-old Eliza is full of __________________________________________________, and always has something to say. Nine-year-old Abby is __________________________________________________. She’s happiest when she has a good book to read. Eliza __________________________________________________ to be a lawyer or a clothes designer one day. She just can’t __________________________________________________ to grow up and to away to college. Abby wants to be a doctor when she grows up. She works hard at math and science, her __________________________________________________ subjects.
Eliza is in the seventh grade. She gets up every day at 5:30, to __________________________________________________ and blow-dry her hair. She’s ready to leave the house at 6:50, to __________________________________________________ her friends by the store for breakfast. The children have a mile and a half to __________________________________________________ to school, and the bell rings at 7:30.
At 11:20, the children have their __________________________________________________. Some eat the hot dog, chicken pot pie, __________________________________________________ other food that the school prepares for them, but Eliza would like to bring her own lunch in a lunchbox. At 2:15, classes are __________________________________________________ and it’s time for sports. Eliza usually has tennis practice __________________________________________________ 4:30. She’s tired by the time her mother comes to get her in the car, but she still has two or three hours of __________________________________________________ to do before she goes to bed.
Abby is in the fourth grade at Broken Ground School. She’s lucky. Her school has big modern ____________________________________________________________ first-class teacher, and an excellent library. The playground is surrounded by beautiful __________________________________________________, where Indians once camped.
Like many American school children, Abby starts the day by saluting the American __________________________________________________ hanging in her classroom. Then work begins. Today, She's writing a composition about her summer holidays. Her pencil __________________________________________________ busily across the paper.
Abby will finish her story at home this evening, __________________________________________________ Eliza does her homework. Will they work together __________________________________________________, or will they fight?
“Well,” says Abby, “We have arguments, but we get along pretty well. about fifty-fifty,” I’d say. “That’s not __________________________________________________ for two such different sisters, is it?”
1. A. power B. energy C. strength D. courage
2. A. quieter B. younger C. noisier D. harder
3. A. needs B. has C. agrees D. wants
4. A. refuse B. accept C. wait D. wish
5. A. best B. lovely C. fortunate D. favourite
6. A. wash B. clean C. brush D. comb
7. A. welcome B. meet C. see D. receive
8. A. drive B. move C. walk D. travel
9. A. lunch B. cooking C. game D. supper
10. A. besides B. except C. without D. or
11. A. given B. prepared C. finished D. started
12. A. at B. by C. after D. until
13. A. housework B. homework C. cleaning D. washing
14. A. offices B. blackboards C. classrooms D. windows
15. A. buildings B. pools C. forest D. woods
16. A. flag B. map C. history D. people
17. A. jumps B. leans C. lies D. moves
18. A. while B. and C. if D. then
19. A. happily B. constantly C. peacefully D. carefully
20. A. bad B. fair C. equal D. usual
完形填空训练（五十六）
about once a month I have to go to Degford for my work. One day I went into a hotel there to have something to __________________________________________________. The waiter __________________________________________________ my coat and put it in a small room.
about an hour later I was __________________________________________________ to go. The waiter __________________________________________________ me my coat. __________________________________________________ something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. Then I took a good look at the __________________________________________________. “Oh, you've brought someone __________________________________________________ coat,” I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine, __________________________________________________ it is quite new, and this isn’t my box .either.”
“Oh, then I __________________________________________________ someone has taken your coat and left this,” said the waiter. “This kind of thing __________________________________________________ sometimes.”
I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold ring in it. So I went __________________________________________________ to the police station.
“__________________________________________________ lost a ring?” I asked.
“Yes,” said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring, he lost it in London.”
He __________________________________________________ the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived.
“Yes, this is my ring,” he said. “How can I __________________________________________________ you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and __________________________________________________ I lost it on the train!”
After I told him the __________________________________________________ of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel. So how did my ring __________________________________________________ in the coat?”
“Did __________________________________________________ sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.
“Yes,” said the young man. “But I don’t remember his face.”
“You may remember this coat,” said the policeman. “Was it like this one?”
“Yes, it was,” said the young man. “But my friend here __________________________________________________ the thief.”
The policeman laughed. “__________________________________________________.” he said. “The thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. only he didn’t take the right coat away with him.”
1. A. do B. buy C. eat D. deal with
2. A. took B. found C. liked D. watched
3. A. anxious B. glad C. invited D. ready
4. A. showed B. returned C. brought D. dressed
5. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Obviously D. At once
6. A. ring B. box C. coat D. pocket
7. A. lost B. missed C. new D. else’s
8. A. but B. and C. instead D. for
9. A. know B. wonder C. suppose D. find
10. A. appears B. happens C. meets D. changes
11. A. around B. about C. ahead D. along
12. A. Who B. Has she C. Has anyone D. Have you
13. A. wrote to B. remembered C. telephoned D. knew
14. A. return B. thank C. find D. help
15. A. then B. so C. yet D. however
16. A. model B. price C. story D. size
17. A. come B. put C. set D. get
18. A. he B. the thief C. the waiter D. anyone
19. A. discovered B. isn’t C. has caught D. doesn’t know
20. A. I'm afraid not B. Yes C. No D. Surely
完形填空训练（五十七）
Miss Wenter was watching TV when the program suddenly sTOPped. “Sorry to __________________________________________________ the program. Now we are requested to __________________________________________________ an important notice from the police station. At about nine this evening, a lady named Mrs Humney was __________________________________________________ and killed. Anyone who can supply any clue is requested to report to the __________. Thank you.” The terrible news made the lonely girl __________________________________________________with fear. She couldn’t help looking around, but she didn’t notice that a man was already __________________________________________________ behind the door to the veranda .
All of a __________________________________________________ the man appeared before Miss Wenter. The girl really didn’t know what to do. “Don’t ask for __________________________________________________, just put your jewellery on the table; then think over whether I shall be safe to stay up here for the night,” said the robber. That made Miss Wenter even more __________________________________________________, but she tried to __________________________________________________ herself.
Just then came the whistle of a police car, In a little while, someone rang the __________________________________________________. The robber said with a gun __________________________________________________ the girl’s back, “Go to the door and say that you’ve gone to bed. Never let him in.”
In a flash, the girl had an idea. “Oh, who are you?” she said.
“I’m Sergeant Bull, Miss Wenter. Is there something __________________________________________________ here?”
“No, there isn’t.” Immediately she added loudly, __________________________________________________, my elder brother extends his __________________________________________________ greetings to you.”
“Thank you. Good night,” Bull replied in the same __________________________________________________.
A few minutes later, the sound of the police car going __________________________________________________ could be heard. “It’s well ______________________________,” the robber said with a smile. Then he __________________________________________________ to the girl. Almost at the same time the glass on the window was broken. The policemen hurried into the room from the veranda. They quickly put handcuffs on the robber.
“Miss Wenter, your greetings were so good that it made us take __________ right away,” said Sergeant Bull, because we’ve already known that your elder brother was killed in a robbery half a year ago.”
1. A. sTOP B. share C. interrupt D. control
2. A. obey B. make C. introduce D. broadcast
3. A. robbed B. hurt C. wounded D. stolen
4. A. public B. police C. hospital D. family
5. A. cry B. shake C. fall D. tremble
6. A. hidden B. sitting C. away D. staying
7. A. while B. time C. period D. sudden
8. A. anything B. trouble C. another D. police
9. A. careful B. anxious C. strange D. terrified
10. A. protect B. help C. calm D. express
11. A. call B. phone C. window D. doorbell
12. A. at B. against C. behind D. beyond
13. A. new B. important C. unusual D. upset
14. A. Instead B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides
15. A. hearty B. deeply C. own D. real
16. A. sound B. manner C. speech D. voice
17. A. out B. on C. along D. away
18. A. enough B. now C. done D. said
19. A. referred B. listened C. talked D. rushed
20. A. him B. action C. photos D. something
完形填空训练（五十八）
Besides electricity, a lion fears water the most, and a rainstorm with thunder and lightning brings both. For that reason I always have a written ______________________________ that frees me from __________________________________________________ when it's raining.
For two days it was raining without sTOPping. By the third night, it wasn't raining at all. I ______________________________
the sign to the announcer, and the band began ______________________________ my music.
The animals went through their tricks, but they were far from being ______________________________ about the wetness.
And so we came to the head-in-mouth ______________________________. When I pulled Leo's mouth open raising his face and nose to the ______________________________. I noticed that the muscles of his jaws were tense. Then, as I put my head in, a rain began pouring down. I felt Leo become ______________________________ all over.
My head was in now. I counted to ten and then gave him the tap-on-jaw ______________________________ to let me go. But then nothing happened.
I ______________________________ again on his jaw. Leo's mouth was like a steel trap. I heard gunfire men were trying to get Leo's ______________________________. But already, with my face ______________________________ in the back of his mouth, I was finding it hard to breathe, I knew what had happened: with the __________________________________________________ beating on his face, Leo had forgotten me. I heard the gunfire again.
I awoke with an oxygen mask ______________________________ my face, and a doctor was working over me." You're ____________________," said the doctor, "as soon as you went faint , the lion __________________________________________________ you. For nearly three minutes you had no heartbeat!"
By then it had ______________________________ raining. I called Leo back and opened his jaw. "Don't be a fool!" the doctor said, ______________________________ I put my head in and counted to ten. Then I have Leo the tap on the jaw --and he obeyed immediately.
Yet, when I tried to trick again the next time, Leo ______________________________. I believed he was unwilling to ______________________________ me a second time. I never did the trick again.
1. A. suggestion B. notice C. agreement D. decision
2. A. performing B. trying C. acting D. training
3. A. set B. gave C. put D. made
4. A. making B. playing C. enjoying D. practising
5. A. happy B. sad C. sorry D. anxious
6. A. joke B. trick C. play D. attempt
7. A. sky B. earth C. cage D. ceiling
8. A. angry B. excited C. tense D. frightened
9. A. mark B. sign C. order D. information
10. A. hit B. beat C. pulled D. tapped
11. A. silence B. control C. attention D. death
12. A. buried B. hidden C. put D. sunk
13. A. stick B. gun C. rain D. hand
14. A. in B. above C. below D. over
15. A. foolish B. crazy C. safe D. lucky
16. A. kept B. dropped C. fell D. bit
17. A. begun B. sTOPped C. continued D. been
18. A. and B. so C. but D. or
19. A. obeyed B. refused C. agreed D. regretted
20. A. hurt B. kill C. damage D. fool
完形填空训练（五十九）
I made a promise to myself on the drive down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I
____________________ try to be a loving husband and father. Totally __________________________________________________. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a commentator ______________________________ my car's tape player. He was ______________________________ a passage about husbands being ______________________________ of their wives. ______________________________ he went on to say, "Love is an act of ______________________________. A person can choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband ______________________________ our love had been dulled by my own insensitivity . In unimportant ways, really; scolding Evelyn for her tardiness ; __________ on the TV channel I wanted to watch; throwing ______________________________ day-old newspapers that I knew Evelyn still wanted to read. Well, for two weeks all that would ______________________________.
And it ______________________________. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks __________________________________________________ on you." "Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised and ____________________, maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn ______________________________ a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, "Evelyn's been alone here with the children __________________________________________________ week and now she wants to be alone with me." We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street investment firm ______________________________ I am director; a visit to the shell museum, ______________________________ I usually hate museums ; ______________________________ my tongue while Evelyn's getting ready for a late dinner for us. Relaxed and happy, that's how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on ______________________________ to choose love.
1. A. used to B. would C. should D. could
2. A. loving B. lovely C. lovable D. loved
3. A. at B. with C. on D. for
4. A. thinking B. writing C. believing D. reading
5. A. helpful B. useful C. thoughtful D. hopeful
6. A. Instead B. Then C. Otherwise D. Thus
7. A. play B. will C. promise D. story
8. A. that B. but C. when D. if
9. A. insisting B. hanging C. sticking D. suggesting
10. A. about B. up C. away D. in
11. A. happen B. change C. develop D. forbid
12. A. would B. had C. did D. was
13. A. great B. big C. sorry D. tight
14. A. frightened B. anxious C. disappointed D. pleased
15. A. asked B. suggested C. took D. began
16. A. all of B. all C. all of a D. all a
17. A. which B. what C. where D. that
18. A. if B. but C. as D. though
19. A. sTOPping B. preventing C. keeping D. holding
20. A. reminding B. requiring C. repaying D. remembering
完形填空训练（六十）
"You will meet a man in the theatre foyer," K. explained. "He will have left before the play ends and will be ______________________________ for you. He'll be wearing a dark suit and carrying a theatre __________________________________________________ upside down, although I doubt if you could miss him. There shouldn't be many people waiting in the foyer at that time of night. ______________________________ he asks you to do, whatever instructions you’re given, co-operate. Understood?" I nodded. I knew of course that we were planning to have discussions with "the other side" and that we intended to ______________________________ back one of our own men, but all this seemed a bit ridiculous. I had been told at the training school that I would be likely to get some simple but rather strange ______________________________ to begin with. They had been ______________________________.
The curtain had ______________________________ come down on the last act of the play when I was out of my ______________________________ and walking from the dark of the theatre into the bright lights of the foyer. He was there. But the moment I saw him, I had the ______________________________ that something unpleasant was about to happen. He seemed to be ______________________________ at a spot on the floor, and looked as if he was just about to pick something up when ______________________________ was a single gun shot and he was thrown ______________________________ the wall. The warning signs had obviously got to me __________________________________________________ I realized consciously what was going to happen, because I had ______________________________ in a cold sweat on seeing the expression on his ______________________________. The moment the shot rang out, I automatically fell back on my training and threw myself to the __________________________________________________.
When no more shots followed, I looked ______________________________ and was just in time to see two masked men ______________________________ my "contact" out of the front door of the theatre. I didn't know ______________________________ he was dead or badly injured, but I intended to find out. I got up slowly and carefully and ______________________________ for the door.
1. A. looking B. waiting C. asking D. sending
2. A. post B. adverti百度竞价推广ent C. programme D. newspaper
3. A. Whatever B. Whoever C. However D. Whichever
4. A. give B. pay C. keep D. buy
5. A. assignments B. arrangements C. movements D. developments
6. A. wrong B. right C. foolish D. clever
7. A. just B. almost C. hardly D. nearly
8. A. room B. door C. box D. seat
9. A. idea B. feeling C. opinion D. thought
10. A. staring B. glaring C. knocking D. kicking
11. A. it B. there C. here D. this
12. A. around B. against C. on D. into
13. A. when B. until C. before D. after
14. A. given out B. burst out C. set out D. broken out
15. A. face B. eyes C. mind D. head
16. A. ground B. wall C. air D. corner
17. A. in B. round C. up D. down
18. A. bringing B. throwing C. dragging D. pushing
19. A. where B. if C. either D. whether
20. A. ran B. set C. walked D. made
完形填空训练（六十一）
I do not know the city at all and ______________________________, I could not speak a word of the language. After having
spent my first day seeing __________________________________________________ in the town centre, I decided to lose my ______________________________ deliberately on my second day, since I ______________________________ that this was the best way to get to know my way ______________________________. I got on the first bus that passed, and some thirty minutes later came to ______________________________ must have been a suburb . The first two hours passed ______________________________ enough. I discovered mysterious little bookshops in back streets and ______________________________ arrived at a market-place where I sTOPped and had a coffee in an open-air cafe. Then I decided to ______________________________ back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about ______________________________ for some time, I made up my mind to ask ______________________________. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the ______________________________ of the street in which I lived and __________________________________________________ that I pronounced badly. The policeman ______________________________ me, smiled and gently ______________________________ me by the arm. There was a __________________________________________________ look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking ______________________________ the direction he told me. about an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting ______________________________ and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the country. The only thing ______________________________ for me to do was to find the ______________________________ railway station.
1. A. more or less B. what's more C. on the whole D. above all
2. A. sights B. boob C. everything D. anything
3. A. wallet B. way C. hotel D. meals
4. A. knew B. found out C. came to see D. believed
5. A. here B. there C. over D. around
6. A. that B. what C. with D. it
7. A. unhappily B. stupidly C. pleasantly D. difficultly
8. A. at once B. carefully C. finally D. sadly
9. A. return B. come C. run D. get
10. A. happily B. aimlessly C. correctly D. carelessly
11. A. the way B. a meal C. the name D. people
12. A. name B. place C. shop D. people
13. A. even B. still C. yet D. so
14. A. stared at B. came to C. listened to D. nodded to
15. A. caught B. took C. seized D. touched
16. A. mysterious B. good C. foolish D. distant
17. A. to B. in C. for D. at
18. A. larger B. better C. fewer D. more
19. A. left B. given C. that D. right
20. A. best B. smallest C. nearest D. biggest
完形填空训练（六十二）
It was just getting dark; there was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. But I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I ______________________________ to Salisbury.
I was going along __________________________________________________ at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a woman’s scream---"______________________________!" I looked round, but the only ______________________________ of life was a large, black, rather suspicious-looking car just ______________________________ a bend in the road about a hundred yards ______________________________. That was ______________________________ the cry had come from. I ______________________________ speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, ______________________________ he did the same and began to draw away from me. As I drew near, the girl's voice came again, a lovely voice but ______________________________ with fear.
"Let me go, ______________________________ fool; you're hurting me. Oh! Oh!"
I felt my blood ______________________________. The fog was coming down thicker now, the countryside was lonelier. The man in the car had no __________________________________________________ noticed this. Again came a cry.
"Drop the knife, fool. Oh!" Then a cry and a groan.
If I was to save her, it was now or ______________________________. Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn't save the girl, I would ______________________________ try to bring the murderer to the police station. The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its __________________________________________________, and its brakes screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and crashed into the ditch on the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out, mad with anger.
"Fool!" he shouted ______________________________ he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was quicker than he. I put all I knew into ______________________________ that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It caught him right on the ground without a ______________________________. I rushed to the car, ______________________________ open the door and peered inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.
“You have been listening to a radio play. Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately.”
1. A. reached B. arrived C. got D. led
2. A. strangely B. quietly C. quite D. quickly
3. A. Save B. Come C. Aid D. Help
4. A. person B. sign C. figure D. form
5. A. turning B. coming C. hurrying D. dropping
6. A. off B. apart C. away D. far
7. A. how B. when C. what D. where
8. A. put aside B. put up C. put down D. put on
9. A. and B. for C. when D. as
10. A. filling B. nodding C. trembling D. covering
11. A. you B. your C. yours D. you’re
12. A. boil B. run C .come D. freeze
13. A. sign B. effort C. doubt D. troubles
14. A. late B. then C. ever D. never
15. A. at most B. at least C. at last D. at first
16. A. path B. direction C. behind D. trail
17. A. before B. after C. as D. while
18. A. an anger B. a beat C. a fist D. a blow
19. A. word B. voice C. noise D. sound
20. A. pulled B. pushed C. hit D. broke
完形填空训练（六十三）
It was a freezing day, when I picked up a wallet in the street. There was nothing __________________________________________________ but a letter that was __________________________________________________ Hellen. On the torn __________________________________________________ I found the return address, so I called information. The operator asked me to __________________________________________________ on, and she came back on the __________________________________________________ soon, she told me that Hellenes family had __________________________________________________ their house years ago. Hellen had to __________________________________________________ her mother in a nursing home.
I called and found out that Hellenes mother had __________________________________________________, The woman who answered __________________________________________________ that Hellen herself was __________________________________________________ living here.
The director waited for me at the __________________________________________________ of the nursing home. I went up to the third floor. Hellen was an old woman with a warm smile and __________________________________________________ eyes. I told her about finding the wallet and showed her the letter. She took a deep __________________________________________________ “Young man,” she said, “this was the __________________________________________________ letter I had written to Mike 60 years ago. I loved him very much. I guess no one ever __________________________________________________ up to him. I still think of him…”
I thanked Hellen and came back to the director. His secretary looked at the wallet __________________________________________________ and said, “Hey, that’s Mr. Goldstein’s. He’s always losing it. He’s __________________________________________________ here on the 8th floor. That’s his wallet, for __________________________________________________.”
We hurried to him and asked __________________________________________________ he had lost his wallet. Mike felt his back pocket and then said. “Goodness, it’s missing.”
When I returned him the wallet and told him where Hellen was, he grew __________________________________________________. “When the letter came,” He said, “my life ended. I never married.”
We took him to Helen’s room. They stood, looked at each other for a minute and embraced .
1. A. on B. here C. inside D. outside
2. A. sent for B. written to C. given D. signed
3. A. letter B. envelope C. wallet D. back
4. A. hold B. keep C. put D. go
5. A. way B. floor C. line D. car
6. A. bought B. sold C. moved D. built
7. A. carry B. place C. drive D. bury
8. A. left B. returned C. stayed D. died
9. A. explained B. thought C. discovered D. considered
10. A. again B. still C. now D. then
11. A. door B. house C. office D. wall
12. A. bursting B. freezing C. friendly D. lively
13. A. dive B. sight C. how D. breath
14. A. important B. oldest C. first D. last
15. A. went B. matched C. caught D. measured
16. A. immediately B. clearly C. closely D. exactly
17. A. also B. over C. right D. still
18. A. sure B. pleasure C. help D. interest
19. A. that B. if C. where D. when
20. A. nervous B. silent C. pale D. anxious
完形填空训练（六十四）
Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his __________________________________________________ one night when I was ready to quit a political campaign I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.
Tired, feeling the many months of __________________________________________________, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I __________________________________________________ up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of: Andrea Cuomo, Italian American Groceries Fine imported Products. Then I thought about how he __________________________________________________ with difficult situations. A lot of pictures appeared into my ____________________, but one scene came sharply into view. We had just __________________________________________________ to Holliswood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even __________________________________________________. One, in particular, was a great blue spruce that must have been 40 feet tall.
Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible __________________________________________________. We came home from the store that night to find the spruce __________________________________________________ almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our hearts __________________________________________________. But not Dad’s.
The rain was __________________________________________________. Then he announced, “OK, we’re going to push him up!” “What are you talking about, Dad? The roots are out of the ground!” “Shut up, we’re going to push him up, he’s going to __________________________________________________ again.” We couldn’t say __________________________________________________ to him. So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there was and we __________________________________________________ the rope around the TOP of the tree that ______________________________ on the street, and he stood up by the house, with me __________________________________________________ on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to __________________________________________________ up the great blue spruce. In no time at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad drove stakes in the ground, tied rope from the __________________________________________________ to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he’s going to grow again …”
I looked at the __________________________________________________ and wanted to cry, I couldn’t __________________________________________________ to got back into the campaign.
1. A. classes B. lecture C. lessons D. talks
2. A. struggle B. working C. battle D. defence
3. A. turned B. took C. came D. picked
4. A. kept B. worked C. dealt D. helped
5. A. heart B. mind C. head D. book
6. A. came B. left C. got D. moved
7. A. yard B. field C. flowers D. trees
8. A. storm B. rain C. snow D. wind
9. A. pushed B. pulled C. put D. struck
10. A. fell B. rose C. sank D. dropped
11. A. sTOPping B. falling C. coming D. going
12. A. stand B. plant C. die D. grow
13. A. no B. yes C. it D. nothing
14. A. made B. gave C. tied D. kept
15. A. put B. left C. placed D. lay
16. A. pulling B. pushing C. holding D. fixing
17. A. take B. put C. pull D. push
18. A. leaves B. roots C. trunk D. branches
19. A. picture B. card C. tree D. rain
20. A. wait B. sTOP C. leave D. stay
完形填空训练（六十五）
There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he __________ his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer and he started his __________.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old women. She was __________ in the park just staring at some pigeons . The boy sat down next to her and opened his __________. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked __________, so he offered her a Twinkie. She __________ accepted it and smiled at him. Her __________ was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it __________, so he offered her a root beer. once again she smiled at him. The boy was __________!
They sat there all __________ eating and smiling, but they never said a word. As it grew dark, the boy realized how __________ he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he __________ around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug . She gave him her the __________ smile ever.
When the boy open the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was __________ by the look of joy on his face.
She asked him, “What did you do today that made you so happy?”
He replied, “I had __________ with God.” But before his mother could respond, he added, “You know __________? She’s got the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen!”
Meanwhile, the old woman, also radiant with __________, returned to her home.
Her son was shocked by the look of __________ on her face and he asked, “Mother, what did you do today that made you so happy?”
She replied, “I __________ Twinkies in the park with God.” But before her son responded, she added, “You know, he’s much __________ than I expected.”
1. A. packed B. carried C. delivered D. arranged
2. A. game B. journey C. car D. work
3. A. standing B. playing C. sitting D. waiting
4. A. suitcase B. bag C. beer D. map
5. A. worried B. pale C. hungry D. poor
6. A. willingly B. joyfully C. respectfully D. gratefully
7. A. face B. skirt C. smile D. ring
8. A. again B. often C. further D. soon
9. A. satisfied B. delighted C. moved D. shocked
10. A. morning B. day C. night D. afternoon
11. A. happy B. tired C. bored D. thirsty
12. A. turned B. looked C. walked D. jumped
13. A. commonest B. biggest C. weakest D. trickiest
14. A. surprised B. terrified C. impressed D. attracted
15. A. a talk B. a walk C. fun D. lunch
16. A. why B. who C. what D. where
17. A. joy B. fear C. anger D. content
18. A. victory B. regret C. peace D. surprise
19. A. sold B. baked C. drank D. ate
20. A. nobler B. taller C. wiser D. younger
完形填空训练（六十六）
When I smoked with my family, I would feel so __________ and good that nothing else in the world seemed to __________. I thought that smoking weed was okay since many of my family members and people at my school smoked. __________ ever happened to them. __________ I started smoking weed a lot more during lunch and after school. I never thought __________ of it just that I wanted to smoke. Not that it was actually __________ my mind and body. Then I began to fall behind in school. I would __________ classes, come home late and spend all my baby-sitting money. I would spend __________ 8 to 18 dollars a day. I never thought __________ that marijuana had a bad effect on those things. Maybe my coming to class high was the reason why I was failing or coming home late. As I continued to smoke marijuana, I began to notice that I would always have the strong desire to smoke and that I would get __________ cigarettes if I smoked those, but I don’t. __________ I have learned more about marijuana, I have __________ the amount of marijuana that I use. I don’t want drugs to be the most important in my life. I’m not smoking every day, and not spending as much money. Now that I have __________ on my habit, I am __________ more money. I’m ready to go back to school and do good, so that I can make __________ of myself. Everyone is always saying how weed __________ your mind and how it solves problems. I think it only brings more __________. Marijuana is not good for your body or your brain. I’m not trying to tell you not to smoke, I’m just letting you know that marijuana can be __________ to your health, and __________ it may cause some long term negative effects. Help yourself now, before it is too late. I don’t want to lecture anyone, just __________ my experience with you. I do still smoke, but not as often.
1. A. worried B. relaxed C. disappointed D. moved
2. A. matter B. happen C. appear D. work
3. A. something B. Everything C. Nothing D. Anything
4. A. By the way B. Now and then C. In my opinion D. At one point
5. A. too much B. a little C. too often D. any more
6. A. going over B. taking over C. coming across D. making up
7. A. give B. have C. attend D. cut
8. A. at least B. at most C. no more than D. as little as
9. A. once B. twice C. again D. further
10. A. used to B. paid for C. lost in D. ready for
11. A. although B. Even if C. Now that D. As long as
12. A. reduced B. increased C. bought D. continued
13. A. broken down B. cut down C. turned off D. cut off
14. A. wasting B. spending C. making D. saving
15. A. somebody B. everybody C. something D. everything
16. A. excites B. fills C. repairs D. destroys
17. A. problems B. pleasure C. convenience D. excitements
18. A. helpful B. useful C. dangerous D. strange
19. A. in future B. in the distance C. in the long run D. in the case
20. A. tell B. explain C. regret D. share
完形填空训练（六十七）
A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola,” the sign said.
“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute!”
Slowly the boy __________ onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she __________ out her hand and wrapped her __________ old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy” she said. “Help me __________ to my bed. What’s your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to __________ up, raising herself on her elbow . Water __________ from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel __________.
“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a __________ for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the __________, and then looked out the window. He saw the sign again: “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
“I want my silver pin to __________ to my daughter.”
Joseph bent his small body over the table and __________ the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There’s my Bible ,” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a __________ Christian burial with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last __________ of a poor old woman.”
The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can __________ it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, __________ the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“__________ me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the __________ window, but the old woman on the bed __________ nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. __________ on the paper were some childish letters. They __________ the words: “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
1. A. rushed B. struggled C. hurried D. stepped
2. A. reached B. let C. pushed D. pointed
3. A. firm B. smooth C. dry D. fresh
4. A. back B. over C. away D. ahead
5. A. sit B. get C. stand D. wake
6. A. rolled B. burnt C. burst D. ran
7. A. ill B. sick C. unpleasant D. funny
8. A. letter B. note C. will D. message
9. A. table B. pen C. paper D. woman
10. A. send B. go C. belong D. come
11. A. moved B. drew C. used D. pulled
12. A. great B. merry C. splendid D. real
13. a. hope B. chance C. opinion D. wish
14. A. sign B. read C. remember D. copy
15. A. setting B. hiding C. placing D. laying
16. A. Hold B. Leave C. Excuse D. Pardon
17. A. large B. open C. small D. pretty
18. A. did B. saw C. felt D. knew
19. A. Described B. Printed C. Recorded D. Written
20. A. formed B. spelled C. organized D. repeated
完形填空训练（六十八）
I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a __________ education. If they can __________ it, they can __________ send them to the best universities. But they must not feel guilty if they can’t. If the children really want to go, they’ll find a __________. There are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and __________ ones who can’t afford to pay.
When children grow up and want to __________, their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the __________ to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a __________ not an obligation .
Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.
One of their obligations is to give their children a personal __________. A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly __________ to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so __________, so afraid of failing that he won’t try at all. Of course they should be __________ corrected when they do wrong, but it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves __________. All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand __________. When criticisms are really needed, they should be __________ with praises, with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.
Parents owe their children a set of solid values around __________ to build their lives. This means teaching them to __________ the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by __________. A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have __________ laughing and loving.
No child asks to be __________. If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.
1. A. college B. formal C. usual D. foreign
2. A. find B. get C. afford D. receive
3. A. gradually B. certainly C. hardly D. finally
4. A. supply B. help C. hand D. way
5. A. handsome B. honest C. eager D. wealthy
6. A. get married B. get a job C. go abroad D. live alone
7. A. time B. right C. duty D. energy
8. A. favor B. pleasure C. habit D. service
9. A. worth B. affair C. belief D. respect
10. A. brought B. compared C. forced D. taken
11. A. unsure B. unusual C. unknown D. unfair
12. A. properly B. gently C. nearly D. possibly
13. A. now and then B. in time C. at once D. right now
14. A. failure B. honor C. progress D. test
15. A. mixed B. satisfied C. shared D. balanced
16. A. it B. which C. whom D. what
17. A. consider B. refuse C. respect D. know
18. A. example B. time C. word D. deed
19. A. pleasure B. difficulty C. fun D. freedom
20. A. praised B. alone C. born D. poor
完形填空训练（六十九）
The Depression didn’t make much change in my grandparents’ lives. But it did bring an unending flow of men out of __________, drifting from job to job, to the farm. The __________ to show up at the door of the kitchen was a man in rags. He quietly __________ that he hadn’t eaten for a while. Grandpa stood watching him a __________, then said, “There’s a stack of firewood against the fence behind the barn . I’ve been __________ to get it moved to the other side of the fence. You have just about __________ time to finish the job before lunch.”
Grandma said a __________ thing happened. The man got a __________ in his eyes and he hurried to the barn at once. She __________ another place at the table and made an apple pie. During lunch, the stranger didn’t __________ much, but when he left, his __________ straightened. “Nothing ruins a man like __________ his self-respect,” Grandpa later told me.
Soon after, another man __________ up asking for a meal. This one was dressed __________ a suit and carried a small suitcase. Grandpa came out, looked at the man and offered a __________. “There is a stack of fire wood along the fence down the barn. I’ve been meaning to get it moved. It’d sure be a __________ to me. And we’d be pleased to have you __________ for lunch.”
The fellow set his suitcase __________ and neatly laid coat on TOP. Then he set __________ to work.
Grandma says she doesn’t remember how many strangers they __________ a meal with during those Depression days—or how many times that stack of firewood got moved.
1. A. life B. business C. farming D. work
2. A. guest B. first C. second D. next
3. A. explained B. spoke C. described D. talked
4. A. glance B. little C. bit D. look
5. A. dreaming B. needing C. wishing D. hoping
6. A. some B. full C. much D. enough
7. A. fearing B. funny C. serious D. surprising
8. A. light B. flame C. shine D. fire
9. A. put B. took C. set D. sat
10. A. sa6y B. drink C. eat D. have
11. A. shoulders B. arms C. feet D. hands
12. A. throwing B. losing C. hurting D. protecting
13. A. went B. appeared C. came D. showed
14. A. up B. in C. with D. by
15. A. smile B. wave C. nod D. handshake
16. A. favour B. offer C. help D. wonder
17. A. stay B. remain C. honour D. wait
18. A. away B. aside C. along D. around
19. A. for B. off C. of D. upon
20. A. spared B. supplied C. supported D. shared
完形填空训练（七十）
“Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with.
It is a pleasure to __________ someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and __________ other people as equal. A down-to-earth person is just the __________ of someone who acts important or proud.
Down-to-earth persons may be important members of __________, of course. But they do not let their importance “__________ to their heads.” They do not consider themselves to be better persons than __________ of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, __________ without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air”. There is __________ way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans __________ another expression that means almost the same as “down-to-earth”. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone __________ both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good __________ of reality. He has what is called “common sense”. He may have dreams, __________ he does not allow them to block his knowledge of __________ is real.
The opposite kind of __________ is one who has his “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a __________ whose mind is not in the real world.
__________ such a person can be brought back to earth. Sharp words from teacher can usually __________ a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.
Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very __________ to have both feet on the ground. __________ we have both our feet on-the-ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly __________ others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
1. A. pick B. choose C. find D. receive
2. A. accepts B. recognizes C. thinks D. acts
3. A. same B. kind C. example D. opposite
4. A. companies B. society C. the world D. the government
5. A. come B. appear C. enter D. go
6. A. some B. others C. ones D. fellows
7. A. often B. rarely C. yet D. still
8. A. some B. a C. no D. every
9. A. discover B. find C. conclude D. use
10. A. at B. of C. with D. from
11. A. idea B. understanding C. opinion D. feeling
12. A. for B. or C. but D. and
13. A. that B. what C. such D. which
14. A. idea B. creature C. attitude D. person
15. A. dreamer B. stranger C. flyer D. settler
16. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. sometimes
17. A. teach B. bring C. lead D. take
18. A. fit B. sure C. likely D. able
19. A. When B. Since C. Though D. Unless
20. A. toward B. with C. over D. onto
完形填空训练（七十一）
It was 11:30 in the evening. A __________ American lady of about seventy was standing on the side of an Alabama __________ trying to bear a pouring rainstorm. Her car had __________ and at the moment she __________ needed a ride. Wet to the skin, she decided to flag down the next __________. A young white man sTOPped to help her—generally unheard __________ in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man __________ her to safety in his car, and __________ a taxicab for her. She seemed to be in a great __________. She wrote down his __________, thanked him and drove away. Several days went by and a __________ came on the man’s door. To his __________, a very big color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was __________ to it. It read: “Dear sir, thank you so much for assisting a __________ coloured woman on the freeway __________ night. The rain __________ wet all over not only my clothes __________ my spirits. Then you __________ along. Because of you, I was __________ to make it my dying husband’s bedside just __________ he passed away. God bless you for helping me and kindly serving others. Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Dole.”
1. A. black B. white C. poor D. sick
2. A. railway B. freeway C. street D. avenue
3. A. broken up B. speeded up C. broken down D. slowed down
4. A. seriously B. badly C. fairly D. probably
5. A. bus B. truck C. taxi D. car
6. A. from B. by C. before D. of
7. A. put B. led C. fetched D. took
8. A. hired B. took C. sent D. asked
9. A. need B. help C. hurry D. trouble
10. A. address B. number C. name D. words
11. A. lady B. salesman C. letter D. knock
12. A. surprise B. delight C. joy D. satisfaction
13. A. offered B. given C. stuck D. written
14. A. aged B. dark C. lucky D. unhappy
15. A. another B. the other C. other D. any
16. A. let B. made C. had D. turned
17. A. and B. but C. or D. otherwise
18. A. got B. went C. ran D. came
19. A. able B. ready C. likely D. willing
20. A. after B. before C. until D. since
完形填空训练（七十二）
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a hole. All the other frogs __________. When they saw how __________ the hole was, they told the two frogs that they would __________ soon.
At first, both of the two frogs didn’t __________ their words and tried their best to jump out of the hole. The other frogs __________ telling them to sTOP, because they thought there was no __________ to jump out of such a deep hole. Finally, one of the two frogs believed these words and __________. He fell down and __________.
The other frog __________ to jump as hard as he could. __________, the crowd of frogs shouted at him to sTOP the __________ and just die. He jumped even harder and finally __________. When he got out, the other frogs asked, “Didn’t you hear us?” To their great __________, the frog turned out to be __________. He thought they were __________ him all the time, not sTOPping him.
This story teaches two lessons: There is power of life and death in the __________. Well-meant words can help people in trouble. But, evil words sometimes can __________ them. Be careful of what you __________.
Remember the __________ of words. Anyone can speak words that are likely to make people give up in __________ times.
1. A. looked around B. looked up C. looked down D. looked back
2. A. big B. dangerous C. dark D. deep
3. A. get out B. die C. escape D. jump out
4. A. support B. take C. care D. understand
5. A. began B. kept C. regretted D. considered
6. A. need B. use C. chance D. time
7. A. gave out B. gave up C. gave in D. gave off
8. A. died B. cried C. slept D. lay
9. A. started B. had C. continued D. decided
10. A., once again B. In time C. At last D. Sooner or later
11. A. movement B. practice C. pain D. exercise
12. A. died B. succeeded C. fell D. failed
13. A. joy B. sadness C. anger D. surprise
14. A. angry B. blind C. sad D. deaf
15. A. sTOPping B. helping C. laughing at D. worrying about
16. A. way B. mind C. tongue D. sentence
17. A. kill B. control C. save D. cheat
18. A. say B. do C. think D. hear
19. A. meaning B. secret C. power D. choice
20. A. happy B. urgent C. interesting D. difficult
完形填空训练（七十三）
While the rest of the world is sleeping, my dad is dragging my warm covers off me so we won’t be late for my 6 a.m. ice hockey game. What started as a __________ is now my profession passion , and __________ of it would be possible without my dad.
“Let’s go, Brendan. You can do it!” __________ like that does not go unnoticed. Every game, no matter what the result, my dad __________ says “Good game.” and “You looked great out there.” I’m __________, knowing that even if I make a mistake or __________ poorly, my dad will still be there for me. __________ is one of the greatest things anyone can have. My dad is my support, without __________ me to become something I’m not. It was my dream to play hockey, and he just __________ me.
As I get older, __________ becomes fiercer. Each season brings a new schedule with more than thirty games, which my dad eagerly __________. He gets as nervous as I do, but somehow __________ in his seat and keeps __________. He wants to yell and scream like most hockey parents, __________ he is different. __________ each game, we sit down to eat and go over things to work __________ in the future. Usually he only tells me how proud he is of me. __________ all those early-morning games and later-afternoon skates with Dad, I realize how lucky I am to __________ him. It’s not easy getting up and driving to rinks at all hours. My dad not only does that, but also helps me realize my dreams. I make sure that every game he attends, I play my __________, just to show him those 6 a.m. __________ did me some good.
1. A. gift B. job C. habit D. hobby
2. A. any B. none C. all D. some
3. A. Encouragement B. Promise C. Advice D. Instruction
4. A. never B. always C. seldom D. sometimes
5. A. comfortable B. confident C. anxious D. afraid
6. A. run B. practice C. learn D. play
7. A. Support B. Help C. Love D. Trust
8. A. allowing B. forbidding C. forcing D. wishing
9. A. taught B. guided C. ordered D. noticed
10. A. situation B. condition C. direction D. competition
11. A. joins B. plays C. attends D. presents
12. A. rocks B. jumps C. swings D. trembles
13. A. quiet B. still C. cool D. happy
14. A. therefore B. because C. so D. but
15. A. Before B. After C. Beyond D. Over
16. A. with B. for C. on D. off
17. A. Forgetting B. Hating C. Reminding D. Enjoying
18. A. get B. have C. meet D. know
19. A. best B. worst C. quickest D. cleverest
20. A. exercises B. sports C. movements D. games
完形填空训练（七十四）
We were standing at the TOP of a church tower. My father had __________ me to this spot in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered __________.
“Look __________, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my __________ and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw many turning streets leading to the __________.
“See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. __________ is like that. If you can’t __________ the place where you want to go __________ one road, try another.
Now I understood why I was there. __________ that day I had begged my mother to do __________ about the terrible lunches that were served at school. But she __________ because she could not believe the lunches were as __________ as I said.
When I __________ to my father for help, he would not interfere, __________, he brought me to this high tower to __________ me a lesson—the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a __________.
At school the next day, I __________ poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked the cook into __________ it to Mother at dinner. The plan __________ perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and said, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would __________ the matter of lunches at school the next day.
1. A. took B. sent C. brought D. left
2. A. that B. why C. what D. how
3. A. down B. up C. out D. around
4. A. strength B. courage C. spirit D. bravery
5. A. tower B. church C. square D. village
6. A. School B. Society C. Family D. Life
7. A. get to B. give up C. make for D. leave for
8. A. in B. on C. by D. at
9. A. Earlier B. Later C. After D. During
10. A. her best B. a favor C. something D. everything
11. A. rejected B. refused C. excused D. agreed
12. A. well B. good C. bad D. usual
13. A. explained B. turned C. tried D. stuck
14. A. Therefore B. So C. Instead D. Anyway
15. A. show B. make C. prepare D. give
16. A. plan B. question C. problem D. suggestion
17. A. angrily B. secretly C. kindly D politely
18. A. cooking B. boiling C. making D. serving
19. A. made B. failed C. worked D. took
20. A. look after B. give up C. make out D. take up
完形填空训练（七十五）
I ran across a dim photo of him the other day, going through some old things. He’s been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex.
__________ was his favorite recreation . He had so much __________ in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to __________ him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you __________ throw one in.
That __________ me of the night, __________ he brought back a small chest that he found somewhere how __________ nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it __________ easily have been half a mile. The chest wasn’t a good one. It was just a __________ old piece that somebody __________. Still, it was something he wanted, probably __________ it presented a nice problem in transportation. It tested his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we __________ him trying to get the cheat up onto the porch . It sounded __________ two or three people were trying to tear the house __________. We came downstairs and turned on the __________ light. Rex was on the TOP step trying to pull the thing up, but it had __________ somehow and he was just holding his own. I suppose he would have held his own __________ dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carted the chest miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a __________ place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token of his strength in such matters. __________, he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was __________ of his skill.
1. A. Fighting B. Swimming C. Barking D. Running
2. A. fun B. trouble C. danger D. difficulty
3. A. sTOP B. make C. get D. have
4. A. will B. do C. did D. would
5. A. reminds B. warns C. tells D. suggests
6. A. which B. while C. as D. when
7. A. far B. long C. old D. heavy
8. A. could B. can C. should D. would
9. A. priceless B. worthless C. valuable D. important
10. A. kept B. forgot C. deserted D. remained
11. A. because B. only if C. even if D. in case
12. A. saw B. heard C. watched D. caught
13. A. like B. that C. as if D. at least
14. A. up B. in C. away D. down
15. A. hall B. kitchen C. bedroom D. porch
16. A. rolled B. sTOPped C. caught D. broken
17. A. at B. before C. till D. during
18. A. distant B. nearby C. silent D. busy
19. A. In all B. As a result C. At last D. After all
20. A. proud B. tired C. ashamed D. doubtful
完形填空训练（七十六）
When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion for writing poetry. I __________ all my other hobbies, such as collecting stamps, and spent all my __________ time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible occasion soon got me __________ trouble at school. If a lesson __________ me, I would take out my notebook and start writing poems __________. Of course I did this very cautiously , but it was not __________ I got caught. One day while I was busy __________ a poem during a __________ lesson, I looked up __________ the teacher standing over me, getting cross because I was not __________ attention. He tore the poem up, with a warning not to __________ time any more in his lesson. __________ I felt certain that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again from __________. Not long after, I read __________ a poetry __________ and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, __________ I had given up __________, I got a letter informing me I had won first prize. Everyone at school was very impressed, __________ the geography teacher, who __________ me more carefully than ever. He insisted that I __________ poetry in his class!
1. A. devoted B. gave up C. enjoyed D. disliked
2. A. important B. spare C. part D. other
3. A. with B. to C. into D. on
4. A. doesn’t interest B. isn’t interested C. didn’t interest D. wasn’t interested
5. A. after class B. out of class C. in class D. in a class
6. A. long ago B. long before C. soon after D. soon before
7. A. to write B. writing C. being writing D. with writing
8. A. history B. geography C. Chinese D. chemistry
9. A. only to find B. but to find C. finding D. finding out
10. A. calling B. fixing C. paying D. giving
11. A. spare B. save C. waste D. spend
12. A. At the same B. All the same C. At same D. The same
13. A. brain B. memory C. mind D. reciting
14. A. through B. in C. about D. from
15. A. meet B. watch C. game D. contest
16. A. before long B. long after C. long before D. shortly after
17. A. courage B. hope C. wish D. success
18. A. except B. besides C. as well as D. expect
19. A. guarded B. watched C. observed D. stared at
20. A. wouldn’t write B. not write C. should write D. would write
完形填空训练（七十七）
I teach biology at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my __________ how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so __________. He had his wisdom teeth removed. Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so __________.
His question __________ me of something I'd read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a __________ about how you want to deal with life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”
“Let me give you an example,” I continued, __________ all sixty students in the class. “In __________ to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at a __________ in Henderson, 17 miles down the __________ from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I exited the highway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car __________. I tried to start it again, but the __________ wouldn't work. __________ I turned my flashers on, took my books, and __________ down the road to the college.
“As soon as I got there, I called and __________ for a tow truck to meet me at my car after __________. The secretary there asked me what had happened. “This is my __________ day,” I replied, smiling.
She was __________. “What do you mean?”
“My car could have broken down anywhere along the highway. It didn't.” I replied. “__________, it broke down in the perfect place: off the highway, __________ walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient __________.”
I ended my story. In spite of the early hour, no one in my class seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. …
1. A. schoolmates B. children C. teachers D. students
2. A. bad B. good C. sad D. free
3. A. cheerful B. grateful C. hopeful D. thankful
4. A. informed B. told C. reminded D. warned
5. A. decision B. choice C. preference D. judgment
6. A. showing B. demanding C. addressing D. commanding
7. A. contribution B. devotion C. application D. addition
8. A. school B. college C. university D. institute
9. A. highway B. railway C. road D. path
10. A. broke B. died C. ended D. finished
11. A. instrument B. wheel C. light D. engine
12. A. But B. And C. So D. Or
13. A. marched B. drove C. rode D. followed
14. A. prepared B. looked C. waited D. arranged
15. A. class B. work C. study D. lunch
16. A. usual B. unusual C. unlucky D. lucky
17. A. astonished B. excited C. puzzled D. pleased
18. A. Anyway B. Instead C. Also D. Still
19. A. within B. beyond C. without D. along
20. A. order B. need C. way D. situation
完形填空训练（七十八）
All the World Asks
On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat, __________ enough to be a father to most of the students in the room, __________ unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow to elbow, listening to a __________ who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully __________ what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but __________ of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in __________, just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared __________ myself? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious __________ about my ability to make it __________ college. Not until late that night did my thinking __________. It was a long-distance __________ from my daughter, my fellow college freshman , that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was __________. She was certain that she’d never __________ at college. How __________ her worries sounded. In my most confident parental __________, I said, “Doing your best is all the world __________.” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a __________ for the class, nobody, including me, __________ to answer. When I looked around at the __________ and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew __________ what I had to do: my best. That’s all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.
1. A. big B. tall C. old D. strong
2. A. and B. so C. or D. yet
3. A. professor B. teacher C. lecturer D. instructor
4. A. showed B. explained C. designed D. offered
5. A. think B. speak C. talk D. hear
6. A. school B. office C. classroom D. college
7. A. father B. parent C. child D. son
8. A. fears B. doubts C. opinions D. ideas
9. A. over B. on C. with D. through
10. A. sTOP B. turn C. change D. continue
11. A. call B. talk C. report D. discussion
12. A. acquiring B. gaining C. experiencing D. feeling
13. A. fail B. succeed C. win D. pass
14. A. common B. ordinary C. regular D. familiar
15. A. sound B. whisper C. word D. voice
16. A. hopes B. asks C. wants D. expects
17. A. request B. problem C. question D. demand
18. A. dared B. preferred C. tried D. prepared
19. A. sorrow B. joy C. fear D. anger
20. A. exactly B. roughly C. gradually D. certainly
完形填空训练（七十九）
The story happened in Vietnam during the war. A bomb __________ in an orphanage（孤儿院）and several children were wounded, __________ an 8-year-old girl.
People from the village __________ medical help from the nearby American forces. Soon, an American doctor and a nurse arrived in a jeep. They found out the girl was the most seriously injured. __________ quick transfusion , she would die of shock and __________ of blood. A quick test showed that __________ American had the correct __________, but several of the uninjured orphans __________. Speaking poor Vietnamese, the doctor tried to explain to their __________ audience that unless they could __________ some of the girl’s lost blood, she would certainly die. Then they asked if anyone would be willing to give blood to help. The request was met with __________. After several moments, a small hand slowly went up, __________ back down, and then went up again. He was Heng.
Heng was quickly __________ on a bed, a needle inserted in his arm. After a moment, he let out a sob , quickly covering his face with his __________ hand. When the doctor asked him if the needle hurt, he __________ his head. But soon his occasional sobs gave __________ to a steady, silent crying. Something seemed __________. At this point, a Vietnamese nurse arrived to help. She spoke to the boy rapidly in Vietnamese and after a moment, the patient sTOPped crying and a __________ of happiness spread over his face.
Glancing up, the nurse said to the Americans, “He thought he was dying. He misunderstood you. He thought you had asked him to give all his blood __________ the little girl could live.”
“But why would he be willing to do that?”
The Vietnamese nurse __________ the question to the boy, who answered simply, “She’s my friend.”
1. A. attacked B. landed C. blew D. knocked
2. A. including B. concerning C. containing D. regarding
3. A. provided B. asked C. offered D. requested
4. A. Without B. For C. Besides D. Except
5. A. delay B. decrease C. leak D. loss
6. A. both B. neither C. either D. each
7. A. kind B. type C. sort D. variety
8. A. didn’t B. hadn’t C. did D. had
9. A. frightened B. injured C. surprised D. expected
10. A. remain B. repair C. replace D. return
11. A. peace B. calm C. absence D. silence
12. A. fallen B. dropped C. taken D. drawn
13. A. lain B. laid C. lied D. lay
14. A. free B. spare C. extra D. second
15. A. raised B. lowered C. shook D. nodded
16. A. way B. time C. room D. chance
17. A. mistaken B. right C. normal D. wrong
18. A. appearance B. sight C. sense D. look
19. A. because B. when C. so D. although
20. A. gave B. replied C. repeated D. told
完形填空训练（八十）
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was __________ and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be __________ but a failure.”
After five years of __________ jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beat __________ that could have happened to me. I __________! wanted-to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to __________ that what people said about me was __________. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s __________ it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my __________ and went to college. My first novel __________ while I was at college.
After college I taught during the __________ in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a __________ in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of __________ that job to write full time __________ I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself—__________ was a working-.class boy who’d __________ school early, now teaching at the university
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and __________, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. __________ what does it mean? I __________ wish all the people that have put me down had __________: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
1. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful
2. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
3. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful
4. A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing
5. A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told
6. A. me B. them C. her D. it
7. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty
8. A. see B. know C. understand D. face
9. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition
10. A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back
11. A. day B. night C. month D. year
12. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success
13. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up
14. A. while B. if C. when D. or
15. A. there B. here C. it D. that
16. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated
17. A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous
18. A. And B. But C. However D. Well
19. A. just B. exactly C. so D. very
20. A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised
完形填空训练（八十一）
Dear Laura,
I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you __________.
I wanted to do something very __________ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been child. He __________ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it __________ it looked almost new. I was so __________ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.
I could __________ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to __________ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a __________: “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”
I was so __________. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I want a piano so that I could __________ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s __________.
I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could __________ this expensive gift.
Of course, the __________ awoke, and my son was thrilled with y reaction. Many kisses were __________, and I immediately wanted him to __________ my gift.
As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his fact was not __________ what I was expecting. Then I __________ that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.
Of course I was the proudest mother __________ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.
So I wanted you to know, that kind of lover still __________ and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!
I thought you’d love to __________ this story.
Yours,
Hilary
P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.
1. A. hope B. advice C. support D. courage
2. A. police B. similar C. special D. private
3. A. played B. studied C. traveled D. worked
4. A. after B. before C. unless D. until
5. A. sure B. fond C. proud D. confident
6. perhaps B. really C. almost D. hardly
7. A. start B. cook C. set D. serve
8. A. note B. notice C. word D. sign
9. A. disturbed B. confused C. astonished D. inspired
10. A. give B. take C. draw D. teach
11. A. reason B. request C. comment D. response
12. A. present B. afford C. find D. order
13. A. neighbor B. building C. home D. house
14. A. exchanged B. experienced C. expected D. exhibited
15. A. tear B. open C. check D. receive
16. A. purely B. basically C. obviously D. exactly
17. A. realized B. remembered C. imagined D. supposed
18. A. only B. still C. ever D. even
19. A. works B. exists C. matters D. counts
20. A. send B. publish C. share D. write
完形填空训练（八十二）
A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment into the outer ______________________________ of Harvard’s president. But they were ______________________________ by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, __________________________________________________ that the couple would finally become ______________________________ and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though ______________________________.
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a ______________________________ face. The lady told him, “We had a son that ______________________________ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was ______________________________ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to ______________________________ a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t ______________________________ . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this ______________________________ would look like a cemetery ,” “Oh, no,” the lady ______________________________ quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a ______________________________ to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and __________________________________________________ at the couple and then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any __________________________________________________ how much a building cosplayts? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was __________________________________________________, because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it cosplayts to start a ______________________________? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. ______________________________ their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ______________________________, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer ______________________________ about.
1. A. lab B. library C. hall D. office
2. A. watched B. sTOPped C. followed D. interviewed
3. A. ping B. finding C. realizing D. imagining
4. A. surprised B. disappointed C. worried D. troubled
5. A. hopelessly B. carefully C. unexpectedly D. unwillingly
6. A. pleasant B. funny C. cold D. sad
7. A. attended B. visited C. studied D. served
8. A. clever B. brave C. proud D. happy
9. A. set about B. set up C. take down D. take over
10. A. satisfied B. excited C. moved D. ashamed
11. A. house B. part C. garden D. place
12. A. explained B. expressed C. refused D. admitted
13. A. building B. yard C. playground D. square
14. A. laughed B. shouted C. glanced D. called
15. A. suggestion B. idea C. thought D. opinion
16. A. bored B. astonished C. interested D. pleased
17. A. department B. university C. business D. club
18. A. once B. While C. Since D. Though
19. A. name B. character C. picture D. sign
20. A. talked B. knew C. heard D. cared
完形填空训练（八十三）
Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of ______________________________ is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the ______________________________ of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his __________________________________________________. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he ______________________________ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without ______________________________. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter ______________________________ what happened to Persephone, she became so ______________________________ that she caused all plants to ______________________________ People were in ______________________________ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow ______________________________ her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. ______________________________, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone's ______________________________. She could go back to her mother if she had not ______________________________ anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter __________________________________________________ it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate seeds in the underworld. When Zeus __________________________________________________ this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her __________________________________________________, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it ______________________________ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore ______________________________ not let the crops grow. That is ______________________________ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is ______________________________, it is spring, and plants begin to grow again.
1. A. periods B. seasons C. time D. age
2. A. winner B. ruler C. advisor D. fighter
3. A. wife B. lover C. partner D. daughter
4. A. forbid B. forgive C. admit D. accept
5. A. arrangement B. warning C. reason D. permission
6. A. let out B. worked out C. thought out D. found out
7. A. excited B. tired C. angry D. serious
8. A. grow fast B. start growing C. sTOP growing D. grow slowly
9. A. danger B. hope C. turn D. case
10. A. since B. until C. after D. when
11. A. Persephone B. Zeus C. Demeter D. Hades
12. A. return B. change C. marriage D. journey
13. A. stolen B. found C. eaten D. heard
14. A. understood B. refused C. doubted D. accepted
15. A. discovered B. studied C. forgot D. prepared
16. A. daughter B. mother C. god D. ruler
17. A. works B. remains C. happens D. starts
18. A. should B. can C. dare D. will
19. A. where B. because C. why D. how
20. A. nice B. friendly C. fresh D. happy
完形填空训练（八十四）
You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t ________________________________________carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a ______________________________ and you’re telling the TV __________________________________________________ what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very ______________________________. In the first two years of the ____________________ in former Yugoslavia , 28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were ______________________________.What kind of people put themselves in danger to ______________________________ pictures to our TV screens and ______________________________ to our newspapers? Why do they do it?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s ______________________________ to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s ______________________________ you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it ______________________________ it is a war.”
But there are moments of ______________________________. Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets （子弹）are flying ______________________________ your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling __________________________________________________ after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be ________________________________________.”
“None of us believes that we’re going to __________________________________________________,” adds Michael .But he always ______________________________ a lucky charm with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, ______________________________, and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I ______________________________ I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God ______________________________, because you know he doesn’t believe you.”
1. A. simply B. really C. merely D. even
2. A. crowd B. house C. battlefield D. camera
3. A. producers B. viewers C. directors D. actors
4. A. dangerous B. exciting C. normal D. disappointing
5. A. stay B. fight C. war D. life
6. A. injured B. buried C. defeated D. saved
7. A. bring B. show C. take D. make
8. A. scenes B. passages C. stories D. contents
9. A. belief B. dream C. duty D. faith
10. A. why B. what C. how D. where
11. A. even so B. ever since C. as if D. even if
12. A. fear B. surprise C. shame D. sadness
13. A. into B. around C. past D. through
14. A. returns B. goes C. continues D. occurs
15. A. there B. away C. out D. home
16. A. leave B. escape C. die D. remain
7. A. hangs B. wears C. holds D. carries
18. A. never B. many times C. some time D. seldom
19. A. consider B. accept C. promise D. guess
20. A. whispering B. laughing C. screaming D. crying
完形填空训练（八十五）
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. ______________________________ the move, my father ______________________________ us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not __________________________________________________ that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we're ______________________________ to Arizona."
The words, so small, didn't seem ______________________________ enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a train moving across the country. I watched the _____________________ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that ____________________ mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived and ______________________________ into own new home.
______________________________ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I ______________________________ explored our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring ______________________________ and saw a new kind of cactus . I crouched down for a closer look. "You'd better not ______________________________ that."
I turned around to see an old woman
"Are you new to this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, __________, new to the entire state.
"My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the __________________________________________________? It must be quite a __________________________________________________after living in Boston."
How could I explain how I __________________________________________________ the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.
"It's vastness," she offered. “That vastness ______________________________ you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert—you can ______________________________ how little you are in comparison with the world. __________, you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”
That was it. That was the feeling I'd had ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my ______________________________ would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't touch."
1. A. During B. Until C. Upon D. Before
2. A. gathered B. warned C. organized D. comforted
3. A. hoping B. admitting C. realizing D. believing
4. A. going B. moving C. driving D. flying
5. A. good B. simple C. big D. proper
6. A. picture B. ground C. sense D. area
7. A. suggested B. solved C. discovered D. explained
8. A. settled B. walked C. hurried D. stepped
9. A. If B. After C. once D. While
10. A. bitterly B. easily C. proudly D. eagerly
11. A. as well B. as usual C. fight away D. on time
12. A. move B. dig C. pull D. touch
13. A. of course B. in fact C. after all D. at least
14. A. desert B. city C. state D. country
15. A. luck B. doubt C. shock D. danger
16. A. found B. examined C. watched D. reached
17. A. why B. when C. how D. where
18. A. prove B. guess C. sense D. expect
19. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile
20. A. idea B. life C. home D. family
完形填空训练（八十六）
On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three, ______________________________ my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it ______________________________ over a fence. Chris was paralyzed from the chest down, __________________________________________________ to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of ______________________________ with lots of unexpected challenges . We went from the "haves" to the “have-nots". Or so we thought.
______________________________ what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of ______________________________ difficulties. We came to learn that something ______________________________ could happen in a disaster . All over the world people ______________________________Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a ______________________________ center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of ______________________________ had been received and sorted.
As ______________________________, we opened letter after letter. They gave us ______________________________ and became a source of strength for us. We used them to ______________________________ ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a __________________________________________________, or to the "Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or ________________________________________ in bed living happily and ________________________________________.
These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so ______________________________ we offer one of them to you.
Dear Chris,
My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your ______________________________ accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this ______________________________ challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you ____________________.
Yours Sincerely,
Nancy Reagan
__________
1. A. since B. before C. when D. while
2. A. walked B. climbed C. pulled D. jumped
3. A. able B. unable C. suitable D. unsuitable
4. A. disability B. possession C. convenience D. experience
5. A. So B. For C. Or D. Yet
6. A. sharing B. separating C. fearing D. exploiting
7. A. terrible B. similar C. wonderful D. practical
8. A. wrote for B. cared for C. hoped for D. sent for
9. A. medical B. postal C. experimental D. mental
10.A. news B. paper C. equipment D. mail
11. A. patients B. a family C. nurses D. a group
12. A. effect B. effort C. comfort D. explanation
13. A. encourage B. express C. control D. treat
14. A. cry B. laugh C. chat D. sigh
15. A. much B. never C. even D. seldom
16. A. bitterly B. fairly C. weakly D. successfully
17. A. here B. there C. therefore D. forward
18. A. driving B. flying C. running D. riding
19. A. technical B. different C. difficult D. valuable
20. A. nearby B. close C. busy D. alive
完形填空训练（八十七）
In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a ______________________________ at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop. The fruit shop did ______________________________ business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, ______________________________ he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen ______________________________ them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always ______________________________ me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I ______________________________ they must have stayed faithful to him ______________________________ he had promised to sell good quality ____________________. He had a way with them—I had to ______________________________ that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, ______________________________ those who clearly were not, but when he ______________________________ it, it did not sound like flattery . It just sounded ______________________________ in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter ______________________________. If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few __________________________________________________ about the weather, __________________________________________________ he did, he would ask about their families or make __________________________________________________, always cutting his cloth ______________________________ his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be ______________________________ gave them back the few odd pence , and I am sure they thought he was very generous . But I thought he was the opposite. He never ______________________________ anything away. He was always looking for ______________________________ for nothing.
1. A. operator B. assistant C. waiter D. secretary
2. A. good B. poor C. big D. usual
3. A. so B. when C. therefore D. but
4. A. sold B. knew C. gave D. sent
5. A. making B. letting C. getting D. keeping
6. A. wish B. insist C. declare D. suppose
7. A. when B. if C. because D. though
8. A. food B. fruit C. vegetables D. drink
9. A. admit B. expect C. announce D. promise
10. A. yet B. only C. just D. even
11. A. told B. said C. spoke D. talked
12. A. serious B. strange C. polite D. familiar
13. A. as well B. as usual C. either D. also
14. A. sayings B. questions C. words D. speeches
15. A. and then B. and so C. even if D. but if
16. A. preparations B. jokes C. repairs D. friends
17. A. according to B. due to C. instead of D. up to
18. A. never B. ever C. seldom D. always
19. A. took B. moved C. threw D. turned .
20. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. anybody
完形填空训练（八十八）
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I ______________________________ that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, ______________________________ he knew me . The man had a newspaper __________________________________________________ in front of him , which he was ____________________ to read, but I could ______________________________ that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my ______________________________ the man was clearly puzzled by the ______________________________ way in which the waiter and I ______________________________ each other. He seemed even more puzzled as ______________________________ went on and it became ______________________________ that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the ______________________________. When he came out, he paid his bill and ______________________________ without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had ______________________________. “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective . He __________________________________________________ you here because he thought you were the man he __________________________________________________.” “What ?” I said , showing my __________________________________________________. The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I ______________________________ say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a ______________________________.” “Well, it’s really ______________________________ I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said. “______________________________, I might have been in trouble.”
1. A. knew B. understood C. noticed D. recognized
2. A. since B. even if C. though D. as if
3. A. flat B. open C. cut D. fixed
4. A. hoping B. thinking C. pretending D. continuing
5. A. see B. find C. guess D. learn
6. A. menu B. bill C. paper D. food
7. A. direct B. familiar C. strange D. funny
8. A. chatted with B. looked at C. laughed at D. talked about
9. A. the waiter B. time C. I D. the dinner
10. A. true B. hopeful C. clear D. possible
11. A. restaurant B. washroom C. office D. kitchen
12. A. left B. acted C. sat down D. calmed down
13. A. wanted B. tried C. ordered D. wished
14. A. met B. caught C. followed D. discovered
15. A. was to beat B. was dealing with C. was to meet D. was looking for
16. A. care B. surprise C. worry D. regret
17. A. must B. can C. need D. may
18. A. discovery B. mistake C. decision D. fortune
19. A. a pity B. natural C. a chance D. lucky
20. A. Thus B. However C. Otherwise D. Therefore
完形填空训练（八十九）
As I drove my blue Buick into the garage. I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was __________ too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the __________ space. That left
__________ enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home __________, and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space－too close to my car, __________. At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had __________ and I shouted at her, “Can’t you see you’re not __________ me enough space？Park farther over.” Banging open her door into __________________________________________________, the driver shouted back: “Make me!” __________ this she stepped out of the garage. Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my ______________________________. Then one day, I thought, “What can I do?” I soon found ______________________________. The next day the woman ______________________________ a note on her windshield :
Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,
I’m sorry my mistress shouted at yours the other day. She’s been sorry about it. I know it because she doesn’t sing anymore while ________________________________________. It wasn’t like her to scream ________________________________________. Fact is, she’d just got bad news and was taking it out on you two. I ________________________________________ you and your mistress will ________________________________________ her.
Your neighbor,
Blue Buick
When I went to the ______________________________ the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a note on my windshield:
Dear Blue Buick,
My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so __________________________________________________ because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I’m glad we can be ________________________________________ now.
Your neighbor,
Yellow Oldsmobile
After that, whenever Blue Buick ______________________________ Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled.
1. A. driven B. parked C. sTOPped D. stayed
2. A. complete B. close C. narrow D. fixed
3. A. quite B. nearly C. seldom D. hardly
4. A. hurriedly B. first C. finally D. timely
5. A. as usual B. as planned C. as well D. as yet
6. A. run into B. run about C. run out D. run off
7. A. keeping B. saving C. offering D. leaving
8. A. mine B. hers C. itself D. ours
9. A. For B. With C. From D. Upon
10. A. room B. area C. front D. side
11. A. an instruction B. a result C. an answer D. a chance
12. A. put B. wrote C. sent D. discovered
13. A. working B. driving C. returning D. cooking
14. A. on end B. so long C. like that D. any more
15. A. hope B. know C. suppose D. suggest
16. A. comfort B. help C. forgive D. please
17. A. office B. flat C. place D. garage
18. A. crazily B. eagerly C. noisily D. early
19. A. neighbors B. friends C. drivers D. writers
20. A. followed B. passed C. found D. greeted
完形填空训练（九十）
Having left the town, the girl sTOPped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay . She stepped into the __________________________________________________ and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and
____________________ to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach ____________________ side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, ______________________________ and uneven; it became ______________________________ difficult to row. If she ____________________ for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the __________.
She wasn't even halfway, ______________________________ she was already tired and her hands ______________________________ from pulling on the rough wooden oars . “I'm never going to ______________________________ it”, she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and ____________________ her head helplessly, then looked up as she __________________________________________________ the boat shift against the tide.
The east wind , which had swung around from the south-west, ______________________________ her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be __________. Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst __________.
The lights of the town became __________. one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she __________ it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just __________? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last __________ on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves __________ and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.
1. A. car B. boat C. ship D. mail
2. A. beside B. before C. behind D. beyond
3. A. another B. other C. either D. the other
4. A. deep B. calm C. gentle D. rough
5. A. more B. less C. as D. least
6. A. slept B. continued C. rested D. rowed
7. A. home B. mountains C. south-west D. entrance
8. A. if B. so C. but D. since
9. A. hurt B. ruined C. troubled D. broke
10. A. get B. make C. keep D. take
11. A. mined B. dropped C. cocked D. raised
12. A. saw B. made C. heard D. felt
13. A. got to B. came to C. sent for D. reached for
14. A. difficult B. serious C. all right D. certain enough
15. A. any more B. still more C. no more D. once more
16. A. brighter B. bigger C. closer D. smaller
17. A. destroyed B. threw C. repaired D. seized
18. A. dreaming B. guessing C. inventing D. expecting
19. A. blow B. hit C. pull D. strike
20. A. anxiously B. happily C. sadly D. carefully
完形填空训练（九十一）
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ______________________________ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed ______________________________. I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls ______________________________ their souls belonged to the ______________________________.
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man ______________________________ in front of it. "I'm Steve", he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. "I can't talk with you. I'm ______________________________", he said. He was chatting online and, ______________________________, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was ______________________________.
Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried ______________________________ to speak to that computer geek , ______________________________ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction . I was ______________________________. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, "______________________________!"
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I ____________________, and saw nobody showed any interest.
______________________________, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more ______________________________ having a relationship with the ______________________________, particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to ______________________________ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines ______________________________ with people.
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even ______________________________ that the coffee was bad, ______________________________Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him.
1. A. Before B. Since C. Although D. While
2. A. pain B. loneliness C. sadness D. fear
3. A. because B. when C. until D. unless
4. A. home B. world C. net D. cafe
5. A. sleeping B. laughing C. sitting D. learning
6. A. busy B. thirsty C. tired D. sick
7. A. first of all B. just then C. at the same time D. by that time
8. A. surprised B. delighted C. moved D. frightened
9. A. once B. again C. first D. even
10. A. but B. so C. if D. or
11. A. excited B. respected C. afraid D. unhappy
12. A. Shut up B. Enjoy yourself C. Leave me alone D. Help me out
.13. A. walked about B. walked out C. raised my hand D. raised my head
14. A. From then on B. At that moment C. In all D. Above all
15. A. interested in B. tired of C. careful about D. troubled by
16. A. computer B. soul C. shop D. geek
17. A. tell B. plan C. imagine D. design
18. A. other than B. instead of C. except for D. as well as
19. A. pretend B. understand C. insist D. realize
20. A. as if B. just as C. just after D. even though
完形填空训练（九十二）
Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble — especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great __________ between human beings; and insects. The former __________ every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly __________ attention to themselves.
We can only show mercy to the __________ man who had to slop his car soon after __________ from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the __________ of the car, he naturally got out to __________ the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he __________ his way. Again the noise began, __________ and became even louder. Quickly __________ his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great __________ cloud following the car. When he sTOPped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees __________.
On learning this, the man drove away .as quickly as possible. After an hour's __________ driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a __________ and went in- It was not long __________ a customer who had seen him arrive __________ in to inform him that his car was __________ with bees. The poor driver was __________ that the best way should be to call a __________. In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back. of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this __________ gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousand of followers home in a large box.
1. A. connection B. difference C. communication D. similarity
2. A. do B. take C. make D. try
3. A. give B. keep C. pay D. draw
4. A. unfortunate B. careless C. unpleasant D. hopeless
5. A. passing by B. leaving out C. setting out D. getting up
6. A. front B. back C. left D. right
7. A. clean B. change C. test D. examine
8. A. drove B. continued C. pushed D. forced
9. A. normally B. gently C. actually D. immediately
10. A. hiding B. turning C. shaking D. raising
11. A. black B. beautiful C. white D. colorful
12. A. below B. ahead C. nearby D. behind
13. A. boring B. careful C. exciting D. hard
14. A. hotel B. museum C. hospital D. school
15. A. when B. after C. until D. before
16. A. broke B. moved C. hurried D. dropped
17. A. crowded B. covered C. filled D. equipped
18. A. advised B. required C. ordered D. requested
19. A. bee-keeper B. policeman C. waiter D. repairman
20. A. unfamiliar B. unknown C. unexpected D. uncertain
完形填空训练（九十三）
Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you __________ do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks have become a __________ for many people to shop without __________ having to leave their homes.
Some shoppers are __________ of department stores and supermarkets—__________ the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes __________ of finding anything they want to buy. They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and __________ a friendly announcer describe a product __________ a model shows it. And they can __________ around the clock, buying something __________ by making a phone call.
Department stores and even mail-under companies are __________ to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy __________ their own TV channelsto encourage TV shopping in the future. __________ can ask questions about products and place __________, all through their TV sets.
Will shopping by television __________ take the place of shopping in stores? Some industry managers think so. __________ many people find shopping at a __________ store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to __________ or try on dresses they want to buy. That’s __________ specialists say that in the future, home shopping will __________ together with store shopping but will never entirely replace it.
1. A. must B. should C. shall D. can
2. A. programme B. way C. reason D. purpose
3. A. ever B. never C. still D. once
4. A. proud B. fond C. tired D. careful
5. A. fighting B. striking C. treating D. sTOPping
6. A. sense B. doubt C. hope D. feeling
7. A. see B. watch C. let D. notice
8. A. until B. since C. if D. while
9. A. shop B. wait C. turn D. deliver
10. A. suitably B. cheaply C. simply D. hardly
11. A. nervous B. lucky C. equal D. eager
12. A. putting up B. making up C. setting up D. looking up
13. A. Guests B. Assistants C. Managers D. Customers
14. A. orders B. goods C. books D. answers
15. A. lastly B. finally C. especially D. fortunately
16. A. Then B. Yet C. However D. Therefore
17. A. general B. popular C. real D. true
18. A. design B. make C. wear D. touch
19. A. how B. why C. what D. when
20. A. exist B. practice D. follow D. appear
完形填空训练（九十四）
Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. ______________________________, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was ______________________________ and ill.
My father was __________________________________________________ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness ______________________________ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is ______________________________. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started ______________________________ about life, and I told them about one of my ______________________________. I said that we must very often give things up ______________________________ we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always ______________________________ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father ______________________________ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up ______________________________! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. ______________________________, he answered his own question: “I ______________________________ the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also __________________________________________________ by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated at someone, I __________________________________________________ remember his words and become __________________________________________________. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be ______________________________ to give up my small irritations. In this ______________________________, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I ______________________________ what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one ______________________________.
1. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile
2. A. tired B. weak C. poor D. slow
3. A. already B. still C. only D. once
4. A. took B. threw C. sent D. put
5. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. Hopeless
6. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking
7. A. decisions B. experiences C. ambitions D. beliefs
8. A. as B. since C. before D. till
9. A. suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires
10. A. spoke B. turned C. summed D. opened
11. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
12. A. Surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly
13. A. had B. accepted C. gained D. enjoyed
14. A. touched B. astonished C. attracted D. warned
15. A. should B. could C. would D. might
16. A. quiet B. calm C. Relaxed D. happy
17. A. ready B. likely C. free D. able
18. A. case B. form C. method D. way
19. A. doubt B. wonder C. know D. guess
20. A. award B. gift C. lesson D. word
完形填空训练（九十五）
The battle was followed by a terrible storm. Therefore, it wasn’t until October 26 that Vice Admiral Collingwood was ______________________________ to send off his report to Britain ______________________________ the victory and Nelson’s death.
He chose __________ the task one of the smallest ships in his fleet. Pickle, ______________________________ by Captain Lapenotiere. In spite of ______________________________ winds and rough seas. Pickle made the ______________________________ of more than 1,000 miles in just over eight days, ______________________________ Falmouth on the morning of November 4.
From there. Captain Lapenotiere ______________________________ a fast post chaise to London, traveling __________ for 37 hours. He reached the Admiralty in Whitehall at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6—less than 11 days after he had ______________________________ Collingwood.
Most of the officials had gone to bed ______________________________, but the secretary was still ______________________________ in the famous Board Room. Lapenotiere hurried in and ______________________________ the report with the simple words; “Sir, we have gained a great victory. But we have ______________________________ Lord Nelson.”
Copies of the report were quickly made and ______________________________ to the prime Minister and King George III. A special edition of a ______________________________ was rushed out and delivered all over the country.
The atmosphere of public ______________________________ for the victory was weakened by widespread sorrow the______________________________ of Nelson. As one poet later wrote; “The victory of Trafalgar was ______________________________, indeed, with the usual forms of rejoicing , ______________________________ they were without joy.”
1. A. eager B. anxious C. able D. sure
2. A. announcing B. telling C. mentioning D. warning
3. A. with B. from C. for D. among
4. A. seated B. brought C. owned D. led
5. A. strong B. weak C. warm D. light
6. A. leaving for B. arriving at C. staying in D. sailing for
7. A. leaving for B. arriving at C. staying in D. sailing for
8. A. made B. took C. kept D. sat
9. A. freely B. aimlessly C. slowly D. continuously
10. A. seen B. found C. told D. left
11. A. long before B. long ago C. before long D. long after
12. A. on leave B. on business C. at work D. at sea
13. A. took over B. handed over C. gave out D. turned out
14. A. defeated B. beaten C. missed D. lost
15. A. sent B. carried C. suggested D. written
16. A. book B. newspaper C. weekly D. magazine
17. A. hope B. search C. desire D. happiness
18. A. return B. failure C. beats D. injury
19. A. congratulated B. celebrated C. gained D. reported
20. A. and B. so C. for D. but
完形填空训练（九十六）
In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki When she was a teenager, she __________ of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American __________ was from the textbooks she had read. "I had a __________ in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room,
Mummy __________ cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend."
Atsuko __________ to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her __________ world. "People were struggling with problems and often seemed __________," she said. "I felt very alone."
One of her hardest __________ was physical education. "We played volleyball." she said.
"The other students were __________ it, but I wasn't."
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to __________ the ball to her teammates so they could knock it __________ the net—No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face __________ she failed.
A young man on her team __________ what she was going through. "He walked up to me and __________, 'Come on. You can do that'"
"You will never understand how those words of __________ made me feel.. Four words: You can do that I felt like crying with happiness."
She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not __________.
Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. "I have __________ forgotten the words." she said. "When things are not going so well, I think of them."
She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness __________ to her. "He probably doesn't even remember it," she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will __________. She's all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four __________ words: You can do that.
1. A. learned B. spoke C. dreamed D. heard
2. A. way B. life C. education D. spirit
3. A. photo B. painting C. picture D. drawing
4. A. baking B. frying C. steaming D. boiling
5. A. hoped B. arranged C. liked D. attempted
6. A. described B. imagined C. created D. discovered
7. A. tense B. cheerful C. relaxed D. deserted
8. A. times B. question C. classes D. projects.
9. A. curious about B. good at C. slow at D. nervous about
10. A. kick B. pass C. carry D. hit
11. A. through B. into C. over D. past
12. A. after B. if C. because D. until
13. A. believed B. considered C. wondered D. sensed
14. A. warned B. sighed C. ordered D. whispered
15. A. excitement B. encouragement C. persuasion D. suggestion
16. A. interested B. doubtful C. puzzled D. sure
17. A. never B. already C. seldom D. almost
18. A. happened B. applied C. seemed D. meant
19. A. continue B. stay C. exist D. live
20. A. merciful B. bitter C. simple D. easy
完形填空训练（九十七）
I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real ______________________________.
He had gone out of the study for some ______________________________, leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see __________________________________________________ was on his desk. In the ______________________________ was a small piece of paper on which were written the ______________________________ “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious of Biographies ”.
A ______________________________ boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the ______________________________. I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a ______________________________ until the start of the exam so I could not ______________________________ reading it.
When the headmaster ______________________________, I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had ______________________________ then. It would have been so ______________________________ to say: “I’m sorry, but I ______________________________ the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to __________________________________________________ it.”
The chance passed and I did not __________________________________________________ it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t ______________________________ to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years ______________________________ when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, ______________________________ have I tried to explain to myself why not.
The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title ______________________________ admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk. ______________________________ there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap you in a more serious moral corner .
1. A. plan B. fault C. grade D. luck
2. A. reason B. course C. example D. vacation
3. A. this B. which C. that D. what
4. A. drawer B. corner C. middle D. box
5. A. names B. words C. ideas D. messages
6. A. honest B. handsome C. friendly D. active
7. A. desk B. paper C. book D. drawer
8. A. question B. key C. note D. secret
9. A. help B. consider C. practise D. forget
10. A. disappeared B. stayed C. returned D. went
11. A. existed B. remained C. happened D. continued
12. A. tiring B. easy C. important D. difficult
13. A. saw B. gave C. set D. made
14. A. repeat B. defend C. correct D. change
15. A. take B. have C. lose D. find
16. A. remember B. learn C. mean D. pretend
17. A. past B. ago C. then D. before
18. A. either B. never C. nor D. so
19. A. by B. besides C. through D. without
20. A. But B. Though C. Otherwise D. Therefore
完形填空训练（九十八）
Many visitors find the pace at which American people move very troubling. One’s first __________ is likely to be that everyone is in a rush. City people always __________ to be hurrying to get where they are going and are very impatient if they are delayed even for a brief moment.
__________, this may seem unfriendly to you. But drivers will __________ you; storekeepers will be in a hurry as they __________ you; people will push you __________ they walk along the street. You will __________ smiles, brief conversations with people as you shop or dine away from home. Do not __________ that because Americans are in such a hurry they are __________. Often, life is much slower outside the big cities, as is true in other countries__________.
Americans who live in cities such as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles, often think that everyone is __________ in a hurry to get things done; they __________ others to “push back”, just as city people do in Tokyo, Singapore or Paris, for example. __________ when they discover that you are a stranger, most Americans become quite kind and will take great __________ to help you. Mary of them first came to the city as __________ and they remember how frightening a new city can be. If you need help or want to ask a question, __________ a friendly-looking person and say, “I am a stranger here. Can you help me?”
Most people will sTOP, smile at you, and help you find your __________ or answer your questions. But you must let them know that you need help. Otherwise they are __________ to pass you by, not noticing that you are new to the city and in __________ of help. Occasionally, you may find someone too busy or perhaps too rushed to give you aid. If this happens, don’t be __________; just ask someone else. Most Americans enjoy helping a stranger.
1. A. mistake B. discovery C. experience D. impression
2. A. chance B. appear C. pause D. come
3. A. At times B. In the end C. At first D. Now and then
4. A. rush B. load C. remind D. send
5. A. drive B. persuade C. employ D. serve
6. A. because B. as C. although D. before
7. A. wear B. enjoy C. miss D. trust
8. A. think B. shock C. watch D. attract
9. A. unhappy B. unexpected C. uncertain D. unfriendly
10. A. as usual B. as well C. in need D. in reply
11. A. equally B. generally C. endlessly D. frequently
12. A. forbid B. limit C. expect D. choose
13. A. Even if B. So C. And D. But
14. A. temper B. care C. step D. energy
15. A. rebellers B. experts C. strangers D. patients
16. A. choose B. reject C. disturb D. avoid
17. A. hotel B. way C. necessity D. duty
18. A. likely B. unable C. nervous D. terrible
19. A. face B. charge C. front D. need
20. A. gentle B. tired C. discouraged D. surprised
完形填空训练（九十九）
While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job __________ at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of __________ and wanting to do something __________ I applied , __________ as I did so, that without a degree and with no __________ of teaching my chances of getting the job were __________.
However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a __________ journey: a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at __________ a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. It was clearly the __________ himself that __________ the door. He was short and round.
"The school," he said, "is made up of one __________ of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects except art, __________ he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into __________ groups and teach them in turn at three different __________, and I was __________ at the thought of teaching maths—a subject at which I wasn’t very __________ at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of __________ to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be __________ themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his __________. "Now" he said, you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really __________ this school.
1. A. kept B. lost C. wanted D. found
2. A. money B. time C. students D. clothes
3. A. harmful B. useful C. funny D. secret
4. A. expecting B. whispering C. fearing D. considering
5. A. material B. experience C. means D. books
6. A. nice B. great C. slight D. helpful
7. A. difficult B. pleasant C. comfortable D. short
8. A. most B. least C. last D. first
9. A. teacher B. door-keeper C. student D. headmaster
10. A. shut B. opened C. repaired D. kicked
11. A. group B. class C. dozen D. score
12. A. which B. that C. what D. this
13. A. one B. two C. three D. four
14. A. classes B. subjects C. levels D. places
15. A. excited B. angry C. glad D. disappointed
16. A. poor B. interested C. weak D. good
17. A. forcing B. having C. forgetting D. managing
18. A. watching B. studying C. enjoying D. helping
19.A. letter B. feet C. hands D. wife
20.A. runs B. starts C. observes D. likes
完形填空训练（一百）
The Town of Pressure and the Town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common. Residents built walls to __________ influence from the other town.
In Pressure, __________ struggled to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would __________ to have the baby with the loudest cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because __________ was the index of success, people were __________ busy making money, with __________ for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t bear the intensity and resorted to drink or drugs to escape.
__________, over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without __________ and __________ do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t __________ whether students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office __________ sipping coffee and doing nothing. __________ the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was __________ that mattered. No one had the __________ thought of moving forward, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were __________models from Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to __________ because of the meaninglessness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is __________ for?” But, just before life in the two towns completely __________, there came a saint – Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be __________ with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They __________ the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns’ people came to realize the truth—there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes.
1. A. connect B. keep C. keep out D. prevent
2. A. everyone B. anyone C. nobody D. somebody
3. A. have B. like C. compete D. try
4. A. health B. joy C. children D. wealth
5. A. seldom B. always C. hardly D. sometimes
6. A. much time B. no reason C. many reasons D. no time
7. A. Meanwhile B. At the same time C. Therefore D. Virtually
8. A. pleasure B. pressure C. work D. happiness
9. A. must B. need C. could D. dared
10. A. know B. find C. recognize D. care
11. A. in the morning B. in the evening C. all day long D. in the afternoon
12. A. Thanks to B. Regardless of C. Owe to D. According to
13. A. money B. time C. pleasure D. pressure
14. A. strongest B. slightest C. most D. smallest
15. A. the old B. the new C. the best D. the same
16. A. books B. work C. money D. drugs
17. A. pressure B. life C. pleasure D. money
18. A. improved B. failed C. succeeded D. lived
19. A. content B. surprised C. patient D. angry
20A. built B. put down C. pulled down D. set up
参考答案
完形填空训练（五十一）
1~5 BADCC 6~10 ADAAD 11~15 BCCAB 16~20 DADDB
完形填空训练（五十二）
1~5 BADAC 6~10 CBADA 11~15 BADAB 16~20 DCACD
完形填空训练（五十三）
1~5 DBACB 6~10 DCABB 11~15 DDBAC 16~20 CACBA
完形填空训练（五十四）
1~5 DBBCC 6~10 BAADC 11~15 ACBDC 16~20 BABAD
完形填空训练（五十五）
1~5 BADCD 6~10 ABCAD 11~15 CDBCD 16~20 ADACA
完形填空训练（五十六）
1~5 CADCB 6~10 CDACB 11~15 DCCBC 16~20 CDDBC
完形填空训练（五十七）
1~5 CDABD 6~10 DBDC 11~15 DBCDA 16~20 BDCDB
完形填空训练（五十八）
1~5 CABBA 6~10 BACBD 11~15 CACDD 16~20 BBCBA
完形填空训练（五十九）
1~5 BACDC 6~10 BBAAC 11~15 BCADB 16~20 BCDDD
完形填空训练（六十）
1~5 BCADA 6~10 BCDBA 11~15 BBCDA 16~20 ACCDD
完形填空训练（六十一）
1~5 BABDD 6~10 BCCDB 11~15 AACCB 16~20 DBCAC
完形填空训练（六十二）
1~5 CBDBA 6~10 CDDBC 11~15 AACDB 16~20 ACDDA
完形填空训练（六十三）
1~5 CDBAC 6~10 BBDAB 11~15 ACDDB 16~20 CAABC
完形填空训练（六十四）
1~5 CAACB 6~10 DDABC 11~15 BDACD 16~20 ADCBA
完形填空训练（六十五）
1~5 ABCAC 6~10 DCABD 11~15 BABAD 16~20 CACDD
完形填空训练（六十六）
1~5 BACDA 6~10 BDABC 11~15 CABDC 16~20 AACCD
完形填空训练（六十七）
1~5 DACBA 6~10 DBCCB 11~15 ADDAC 16~20 BBCDA
完形填空训练（六十八）
1~5 ACBDC 6~10 ACAAB 11~15 AABAD 16~20 BCDBC
完形填空训练（六十九）
1~5 DBACB 6~10 DDCCA 11~15 ABDBD 16~20 CABBD
完形填空训练（七十）
1~5 CADBD 6~10 BACDC 11~15 BCBDA 16~20 DBCAA
完形填空训练（七十一）
1~5 ABCBD 6~10 DDACA 11~15 BACAB 16~20 BBDAB
完形填空训练（七十二）
1~5 CDBCB 6~10 CBACA 11~15 CBDDB 16~20 CAACD
完形填空训练（七十三）
1~5 DBABB 6~10 DACBD 11~15 CAADB 16~20 CCBAD
完形填空训练（七十四）
1~5 CBABC 6~10 DACAC 11~15 BCBCD 16~20 ABDCD
完形填空训练（七十五）
1~5 BACCA 6~10 DAABC 11~15 ABCDD 16~20 CCBDA
完形填空训练（七十六）
1~5 BBCCC 6~10 BBBAC 11~15 CBBCD 16~20 BBABB
完形填空训练（七十七）
1~5 DBACB 6~10 CDBAB 11~15 DCADA 16~20 DCBAC
完形填空训练（七十八）
1~5 CDABA 6~10 DCBDC 11~15 ACBDD 16~20 BCACA
完形填空训练（七十九）
1~5 BADAD 6~10 BBCAC 11~15 DBBAC 16~20 ADDCC
完形填空训练（八十）
1~5 BABDB 6~10 CADCC 11~15 ACDCB 16~20 ADBAB
完形填空训练（八十一）
1~5 ACDDC 6~10 DAACB 11~15 DBDAB 16~20 DACBC
完形填空训练（八十二）
1~5 CDBCA 6~10 DBABC 11~15 DAACD 16~20 BABDC
完形填空训练（八十三）
1~5 BBAAD 6~10 DCCAB 11~15 BACDA 16~20 BCDCD
完形填空训练（八十四）
1~5 DDBAC 6~10 AACBD 11~15 DACBA 16~20 CDBCB
完形填空训练（八十五）
1~5 DACBC 6~10 CAADD 11~15 BDBAC 16~20 ABCDB
完形填空训练（八十六）
1~5 CDBCD 6~10 ACBAD 11~15 BCABC 16~20 DADCD
完形填空训练（八十七）
1~5 BADBC 6~10 DCBAD 11~15 BCACD 16~20 BADCA
完形填空训练（八十八）
1~5 CDBCA 6~10 DBABC 11~15 DAACD 16~20 BABDC
完形填空训练（八十九）
1~5 BCDBA 6~10 CDABD 11~15 CDBCA 16~20 CDABB
完形填空训练（九十）
1~5 BDDDA 6~10 CDCAB 11~15 BDBCA 16~20 DDACB
完形填空训练（九十一）
1~5 DBACC 6~10 ACABA 11~15 DCDBA 16~20 ACBDB
完形填空训练（九十二）
1~5 BCDAC 6~10 BDBDB 11~15 ACDAD 16~20 CBAAC
完形填空训练（九十三）
1~5 DBACA 6~10 CBDAC 11~15 DCDAB 16~20 BCDBA
完形填空训练（九十四）
1~5 CBDAB 6~10 CDACA 11~15 DACAC 16~20 BDDBB
完形填空训练（九十五）
1~5 CACDA 6~10 CBBDD 11~15 ACBDA 16~20 BDCBD
完形填空训练（九十六）
1~5 CBCAB 6~10 BACBD 11~15 CBDDB 16~20 DADBC
完形填空训练（九十七）
1~5 BADCB 6~10 ABDAC 11~15 CBADA 16~20 CBCDA
完形填空训练（九十八）
1~5 DBCAD 6~10 BCADB 11~15 ACDBC 16~20 ABADC
完形填空训练（九十九）
1~5 CABCB 6~10 CABDB 11~15 BACCD 16~20 DBCBA
完形填空训练（一百）
1~5 CDACDB 6~10 DABCD 11~15 CACBA 16~20 DBBAC
