【高中完形填空专项训练25篇】

高中完形填空专项训练

1

When I come across a good article in reading newspapers，I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so，I find the article on the 1 side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to 2 in good health，or advice about how to 3 and conduct yourself in society．If I cut the front articles，the opposite one is likely to suffer 4 ，leaving one half of it or keeping the text 5 the title．Therefore，the scissors would stay before they start，6 the cutting would be halfway done when I find out the 7 result．Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time，both worth your 8 ．You can only take up one of them；the other has to wait or be 9 up．But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not 10 you to do what is left behind．Thus you are 11 in a difficult position and feel sad．How come nice 12 and clever ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 13 greatly on your preference of your one choice to the other．

In fact that is what 14 is like；we are often 15 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable 16 a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that our attention is drawn to the thing only 17 we get into another．The 18 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind．I 19 remember a philosopher’s remarks：“When one door shuts，another opens in life．”So a casual 20 may not be a bad one．1．A．same B．opposite C．either D．front

2．A．get B．bring C．1ead D．keep

3．A．do B．help C．1ead D．dress

4．A．damage B．destroy C．hurt D．injury

5．A．on B．for C．without D．off

6．A．or B．but C．so D．for

7．A．satisfying B．regrettable C．surprising D．impossible

8．A．courage B．patience C．strength D．attention

9．A．given B．picked C．held D．made

10．A．persuade B．agree C．allow D．tell

11．A．filled B．struck C．caught D．attracted

12．A．chances B．conditions C．wishes D．ways

13．A．progresses B．goes C．changes D．improves

14．A．study B．1ife C．society D．nature

15．A．supplied B．connected C．fixed D．faced

16．A．to B．1ike C．as D．by

17．A．as B．until C．before D．after

18．A．following B．former C．above D．next

19．A．still B．also C．almost D．once

20．A．treatment B．action C．choice D．remark

When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. For this reason, the navy ___1___ has its police in big ports. Whenever sailors cause trouble, the police come and ___2___ them.

One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call ___3___ a bar in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and ___4___ the furniture in the bar. The officer in charge of the police guard that evening said that he would come immediately.

Now, officers who ___5___ and punish the sailors ___6___ drunk usually chose ___7___ policeman they could find to go with them. ___8___ this particular officer did not do this. ___9___, he chose the smallest and ___10___ man he could find to go to the bar with him and ___11___ the sailor.

Another officer who ___12___ there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard chose such a small man. ___13___ he said to him, “Why ___14___ you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who ___15___.”

“Yes, you are ___16___ right,” answered the officer of the guard. “That is exactly ___17___ I am taking this small man. If you see two policemen coming ___18___ you, and one is ___19___ the other, which one ___20___ you attack?”

1. A. always B. seldom C. forever D. sometimes

2. A. meet with B. deal with C. see D. judge

3. A. about B. from C. in D. of

4. A. was breaking B. was ordering C. was moving D. was dusting

5. A. would go B. might beat C. dared to fight D. had to go

6. A. slightly B. not at all C. heavily D. much more

7. A. the biggest B. the youngest C. the bravest D. the experienced

8. A. In fact B. But C. So D. And

9. A. Instead B. Therefore C. Although D. Then

10. A. good-looking B. weakest-looking C. ugly-looking D. strongest-looking

11. A. seize B. kill C. get rid of D. catch up with

12. A. will go B. had come C. would start off D. happened to be

13. A. Yet B. But C. So D. Then

14. A. don’t B. couldn’t C. can’t D. do

15. A. looks strong B. is drunk C. seems rude D. is dangerous

16. A. all B. very C. too D. quite

17. A. how B. what C. why D. that

18. A. up B. at C. before D. towards

19. A. not smaller than B. as big as C. as small as D. much smaller than

20. A. could B. will C. do D. can

Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list ___1___ in our past that we felt ___2___ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.

This seemed like a very ___3___ process, but there’ s always some ___4___soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then ___5___ that we find ways to ___6___ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever ___7___ my communication.

Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my ___8___, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff ___9___ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a ___10___ on him.

After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.. The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious ___11___. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ___12___ found out.”

“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name ___13___ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was s till ___14___. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few ___15___, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”

“And I w ant you to know that I did it？”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a ___16___ discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ___17___ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it ___18___ all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”

Jimmy inspired me to ___19___ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what

I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ___20___the past wrongdoings.

1. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. anybody

2. A. ashamed B. afraid C. sure D. proud

3. A. private B. secret C. interesting D. funny

4. A. foolish B. polite C. simple D. brave

5. A. expected B. suggested C. ordered D. demanded

6. A. connect with B. depend on C. make apologize to D. get along with

7. A. improve B. continue C. realize D. keep

8. A. notes B. list C. plan D. stories

9. A. any B. most C. none D. all

10. A. part B. game C. trick D. record

11. A. view B. sign C. attention D. remark

12. A. also B. even C. still D. ever

13. A. appears B. considers C. presents D. remembers

14. A. angry B. happy C. doubtful D. alive

15. A. words B. rings C. repeats D. calls

16. A. cold B. plain C. nervous D. lively

17. A. in case B. so long as C. unless D. because

18. A. around B. out C. on D. away

19. A. build up B. make up C. clear up D. give up

20. A. regret B. forgive C. right D. punish

4

The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he's been gone for 17 years, his 1 still resonate. He taught me how to run my own 2 in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to 3 .

One incident is 4 in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren’t very fond of a so-called friend of 5 . Dad was a very generous man, and as he'd done with so many people, he'd given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor 6 , the guy didn't deliver.

Dad’s outlook on most things was "Live and let live. " In this case, however, his calmness 7 Terre and me, and we let him know it.

"How can you be nice to that man?" we said to him. "You've been so kind to him, 8 he's not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?" My father shrugged and said to us, "I do not bend my back with 9 .”

I didn't 10 it at first, but over the years I came to understand the 11 . Holding a grudge doesn't

12 the person you're angry with, but it changes you. It makes you 13 and gives you more weight to drag around.

After my father died in 1991, a（n）14 came from a fellow I'd had a quarrel with years before to 15 his sympathy. He wrote: "I thought I'd tell you how sorry I am 16 the loss of your father. I know he 17 the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts. " Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his 18 . And then, because he'd 19 our disagreement, I recalled Dad's 20 words. "I am my father's daughter," I wrote. "And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday.”

1. A. lectures B. suggestions C. lessons D. pictures

2. A. engine B. race C. route D. car

3. A. forgive B. persuade C. forget D. excuse

4. A. vital B. obvious C. visual D. vivid

5. A. sister’s B. mine C. father's D. mother’s

6. A. in return B. in turn C. by return D. by turn

7. A. relaxed B. moved C. interrupted D. bothered

8. A. and B. nevertheless C. still D. so

9. A. anger B. disappointment C. worry D. yesterday

10. A. make B. get C. work D. hear

11. A. reason B. word C. philosophy D. sentence

12. A. change B. hurt C. upset D. disturb

13. A. stronger B. weaker C. rougher D. heavier

14. A. news B. letter C. message D. information

15. A. explain B. express C. produce D. present

16. A. in B. with C. about D. at

17. A. showed B. represented C. equaled D. meant

18. A. kindness B. sympathy C. understanding D. consideration

19. A. referred B. mentioned C. reminded D. retold

20. A. well-known B. instructive C. inspiring D. forgiving

5

Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___ of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the ___5___ that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.

___6___, the girls’ world was invaded by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had ___11___ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.

To try a new ___13___ Kristy recruited a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to ___14___ their money with the other group. The club ___15___ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t ___16___ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were ___17___ with the club.

Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to ___20___, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.

1. A. active B. thoughtful C. easy D. hard

2. A. take care of B. run into C. go through D. take advantage of

3. A. children B. members C. circles D. players

4. A. alarm B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor

5. A. fact B. degree C. question D. demand

6. A. Therefore B. Suddenly C. Rergularly D. Unwillingly

7. A. attracting B. finding C. calling D. matching

8. A. younger B. cleverer C. taller D. older

9. A. compete B. fight C. do D. meet

10. A. heard B. knew C. promised D. shot

11. A. damaged B. caught C. expected D. forced

12. A. hoped B. liked C. refused D. seemed

13. A. chance B. possibility C. power D. policy

14. A. share B. give C. provide D. mark

15. A. put down B. paid off C. found out D. come through

16. A. check up B. end up C. look up D. show up

17. A. satisfied B. unhappy C. curious D. helpful

18. A. kids B. adults C. systems D. situations

19. A. that B. when C. where D. how

20. A. blow B. complain C. appreciate D. spread

6

In 1985 a France television company sent its reporters to the Paris Metro. They took ___1___ to see what passengers would do if they saw someone ___2___ on the platform or trains. The incidents looked ___3___ but they were all done with the help of actors. however, very ___4___ people tried to help, and most passengers ___5___ not to notice. In one of the ___6___, a foreigner was attacked by three men. The attack was on a ___7___ which was quite full, and although the man tried to get ___8___ passengers to help, they all refused.

This is not only a French ___9___. A British newspaper reported in 1991 that a professor of Social Psychology in New York had ___10___ his students out to rob their own

cars. The students didn’t try to ___11___ what they were doing. About 80 people ___12_250 car thefts, and only twelve of them tried to ___13___ the student robbers. In a typical incident, one man stopped, looked, and then put his hands over his ___14___ and shouted “I didn’t see that!” About forty people ___15___ to help the thieves, and two people ___16___ sat down next to the car and ___17___ to buy a camera and a television set a student was ___18___ from the back seat of his own car. The professor ___19___ whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the ___20___ thing as happens anywhere.

1. A. notes B. cameras C. trains D. newspapers

2. A. wounded B. stolen C. attacked D. struck

3. A. great B. serious C. terrible D. real

4. A. many B. few C. old D. large

5. A. seemed B. pretended C. managed D. asked

6. A. passengers B. actors C. incidents D. accidents

7. A. train B. plane C. truck D. bus

8. A. the other B. all C. more D. another

9. A. situation B. problem C. agreement D. accident

10. A. brought B. took C. sent D. put

11. A. hide B. expose C. tell D. find

12. A. realized B. discovered C. found D. watched

13. A. help B. refuse C. report D. stop

14. A. face B. head C. ears D. eyes

15. A. offered B. expected C. hated D. liked

16. A. bravely B. actually C. surely D. certainly

17. A. wanted B. waited C. needed D. loved

18. A. taking B. sending C. offering D. robbing

19. A. knows B. learns C. wonders D. asks

20. A. same B. different C. former D. small

7

I once found out that doing a favor for someone could get you into trouble. I was in the eighth grade at ___1___ time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl next to me ___2___ something, but I didn’t quite catch it. ___3___ I leaned over her way and found out she was asking me if I could ___4___ her a pen. She showed me that hers was ___5___ ink and ___6___ not write. I ___7___ to have an extra one and I handed it to her.

After the test papers had been ___8___, the teacher asked me to stay in the room. As soon as we were ___9___, she began to talk to me about ___10___ it meant to grow up, and how important it was to stand ___11___ your own feet. For a long time, she talked about the importance of ___12___ and the harm of cheating, she made me ___13___ that I would think seriously about what she’d said. I kept ___14___ for quite a while why she had to talk to me about all those things.

Later, I found out that she ___15___ I had done some cheating in the test, and ___16___ answers from the girl’s test paper. I managed to ___17___ about the pen, but she said ___18___ seemed very wrong to her that I didn’t mentioned anything about it ___19__she talked to me right after the test. I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated in the ___20___ of the test.

1. A. any B. a C. the D. one

2. A. whispered B. shouted C. spoke D. talked

3. A. But B. Because C. And D. So

4. A. spare B. change C. share D. borrow

5. A. without B. off C. out of D. lack

6. A. would B. should C. must D. might

7. A. used B. happened C. seemed D. found

8. A. handed over B. handed out C. handed around D. handed in

9. A. lonely B. together C. alone D. both

10. A. that B. which C. what D. how

11. A. on B. against C. with D. towards

12. A. test B. study C. honesty D. trust

13. A. agree B. promise C. insist D. allow

14. A. discovering B. wondering C. finding D. understanding

15. A. thought B. concluded C. recognized D. regarded

16. A. copied B. judged C. found D. corrected

17. A. quarrel B. explain C. argue D. prove

18. A. that B. this C. it D. I

19. A. the moment B. before C. after D. once

20. A. end B. beginning C. course D. way

8

The habit of chewing gum has lasted for more than a century. Millions of people all ___1___ the world chew billions of pieces of gum every year.

Chewing gum became popular in the United States mainly ___2___ of the work of one man, William Wrigley, ___3___ for many years was the head of the Wrigley Company. Earlier Thomas Adams first began his experiment in about the ___4___ 1870. It was he who first made the gum soft and pleasant to chew. But it was not until Wrigley joined the business in about 1890 ___5___ people everywhere began to pick up the habit of chewing gum.

Wrigley liked to do ___6___ in a big way. In his first year, he borrowed money and ___7___ more than a million dollars in advertising. For years, there was a large Wrigley’s ___8___ on every streetcar in the United States. ___9___ complained that they c ould not go ___10___ without seeing Wrigley’s name. Wrigley even ___11___, free of charge, pieces of gum to every person ___12___ the telephone book of every city and town in the United States. Finally he began to advertise that it was ___13___ for health to chew gum, that it calmed the nerves, and that it helped keep the teeth ___14___.

He used to give the gum free to ___15___ child in the United States on its second birthday. He ___16___ young women who, in long, orange-striped dresses would go from city to city in groups of four or five, ___17___ at street corners and give free sample of chewing gum to every person who passed by. ___18___ this way each woman gave away about five thousand ___19___ of Wrigley’s gum every day. As a result of this pains-taking advertising, people in the United States began to buy ___20___ chewing gum.

1. A. about B. over C. of D. across

2. A. since B. as C. because D. for

3. A. that B. who C. whom D. which

4. A. year B. time C. age D. period

5. A. that B. in which C. when D. where

6. A. jobs B. work C. things D. tasks

7. A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid

8. A. information B. advertisement C. pictures D. business

9. A. Anybody B. People C. Men D. Passengers

10. A. everywhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. somewhere

11. A. carried B. sent C. brought D. took

12. A. in B. on C. at D. by

13. A. good B. bad C. harm D. wrong

14. A. dirty B. clean C. hard D. strong

15. A. every B. all C. many D. most

16. A. asked B. employed C. wanted D. wished

17. A. watch B. sat C. stand D. wait

18. A. By B. On C. In D. At

19. A. pieces B. packets C. bags D. boxes

20. A. less and less B. more and more C. more or less D. fewer and fewer

9

She was born into a rich family in Florence, Italy, in 1820. Most women like her ___1___ an equally wealthy husband and had children. But if she had ___2___ social customs, Florence Nightingale wouldn’t have found a place in ___3___. And the International Council of Nurses would not have ___4___ May 12, her birthday, as International Nurse Day.

When she told her parents she wanted to become a ___5___, they were against the idea. Nursing was seen as a job for a working class woman. But she never gave ___6___ and, by her early 30s, she had become England’s leading authority on ___7___.

___8___ Russia invaded Turkey in 1853, Britain and France went to ___9___ Turkey, starting the Crimean War (1854-56). ___10___ after arriving in Turkey, 8,000 British ___10___ caught cholera and malaria . Nightingale took a group of 38 nurses to the country and ___12___ the army hospital, making it cleaner and so reducing the death ___13___. “Wherever there is disease, that woman is ___14___ to be seen,” ___15___ British newspaper the Times in 1855. “As she walks along each corridor, every fellow’s face softens with thanks at the ___16___ of her.”

Nightingale ___17___ to England in 1856 as a national heroine. She worked tirelessly to ___18___ medical care in England and India. She died on August 13,1910, ___19___ her ideas on nursing and hospital management live ___20___ in the medical world. Nightingale’s most famous book, “Notes on Nursing”, is still read by nurses today.

1. A. found B. married C. took D. carried

2. A. broken B. made C. kept D. done

3. A. town B. home C. earth D. history

4. A. chosen B. considered C. regarded D. taken

5. A. doctor B. nurse C. teacher D. worker

6. A. in B. up C. out D. away

7. A. schools B. women C. hospitals D. trees

8. A. If B. Before C. When D. Since

9. A. help B. fight C. beat D. attack

10. A. Quickly B. Soon C. Fast D. Early

11. A. soldiers B. workers C. teachers D. doctors

12. A. made B. ran C. took D. gave

13. A. rate B. speed C. length D. speed

14 A. right B. eager C. anxious D. sure

15.A. wrote B. said C. reported D. considered

16. A. view B. sight C. sound D. thought

17. A. got B. came C. flew D. returned

18. A. improve B. fight C. find D. work

19. A. so B. but C. and D. or

20. A. for B. out C. on D. in

10

“Mum, I want to make you a bet,” I said. “If I go a whole year without TV, will you give me a hundred dollars?”

“Well, if you can ___1___ do it, …”

“Of course I can,” I replied, ___2___ to convince myself.

___3___, all this started from my ___4___ of a picture in the newspaper. I couldn’t bear to look at that boy, ___5___ to have gone one year without TV for a hundred dollars, staring at me with mocking eyes. He seemed to ___6___ at me! “I did it, ___7___ you can’t!” he said. I___8___ at the boy’s face.

That year I did a lot of things. ___9___, my father taught me to ski, which became my favourite sport. Many winter afternoons snowball wars with my neighbours ___10___ daily drama. I went on bike trips with my friends and ___11___ as much as a fish.

It was unbelievable how much ___12___ I had without TV. I learned so many new games. I guess the biggest thing I learnt, ___13___, was self-motivation.

I started to do my ___14___. I went from a D student to an A student within a couple of weeks.

I ___15___ hate reading if there were no ___16___, but now I began to read and enjoy it. I could ___17___ all the pictures just the way I wanted them—my own little ___18___, right inside my head!

I’m ___19___ what I did. I got a lot more from the ___20___ than just the 100 dollars!

1. A. only B. really C. occasionally D. finally

2. A. trying B. advising C. needing D. asking

3. A. however B. What’s more C. As a result D. In fact

4. A. joy B. disbelief C. anger D. curiosity

5. A. managed B. expected C. said D. had

6. A. glare B. laugh C. come D. shoot

7. A. and B. but C. or D. besides

8. A. wondered B. glanced C. glared D. looked

9. A. Worse still B. Such as C. For example D. In place

10. A. replaced B. formed C. offered D. joined

11. A. ran B. swam C. breathed D. jumped

12. A. difficulty B. knowledge C. fun D. trouble

13. A. though B. but C. luckily D. even

14. A. washing B. shopping C. sports D. homework

15. A. came to B. used to C. stopped to D. happened to

16. A. pictures B. explanations C. plots D. praises

17. A. draw up B. arrange off C. make up D. find out

18. A. TV B. books C. work D. drama

19. A. surprised at B. interested in C. proud of D. changed by

20. A. experience B. bet C. incident D. picture

11

The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold, ___1___ passengers.

Suddenly a little boy ___2___ his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the ___3___ grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father ___4___ very strange happens suddenly. The ___5___ little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee. ___6___, I think that he wants to ___7___ me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his ___8___ up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the ___9___. Wrong again! What I do receive is a ___10___ kiss on the cheek.

The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am ___11___. What just happened? A child is kissing ___12___ grown-ups on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are certainly ___13___. Nervous and a little surprised, we ___14___ at the father. When he sees our questioning ___15___ as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue.

“He’s so happy to be alive,” the father says. “He has been very sick.”

Father and son ___16___ into the crowd moving toward the exit. The doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still ___17___ the child’s kiss—a kiss that has triggered some soul-search inside me. How many ___18___ kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege of ___19___?

The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful you don’t let yourse lf ___20___ before your heart stops!

1. A. excited B. tired C. pleased D. surprised

2. A. feels B. fights C. pushes D. picks

3. A. unfriendly B. friendly C. angry D. kind

4. A. likes B. promises C. chooses D. agrees

5. A. impolite B. serious C. lucky D. ugly

6. A. In no time B. For a moment C. In a while D. Once in a while

7. A. kick B. strike C. kiss D. pass

8. A. eye B. ear C. head D. lip

9. A. news B. message C. kiss D. fortunate

10. A. loud B. foolish C. strange D. interested

11. A. pleased B. shocked C. satisfied D. familiar

12. A. well-known B. smart C. unknown D. persuaded

13. A. praised B. kissed C. scolded D. whisper

14. A. stare B. smile C. warn D. whisper

15. A. glances B. anger C. mouths D. feeling

16. A. appear B. get C. disappear D. follow

17. A. touch B. trust C. smell D. feel

18. A. go around B. come at C. keep on D. insist on

19. A. a child B. a kiss C. living D. death

20. A. live B. stop C. die D. sleep

12

In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___1___.

According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___2___ one. The world will be more ___3___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___4___ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___5___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___6___ have 15 million by then.

Food production will ___7___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, ___8___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___9___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___10___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___11___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___12___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___13___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___14___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___15___. They only carried out the situation that ___16___ today. By changing the situation, by ___17___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___18___ time for the nations of the world to work ___19___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___20___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.

1. A. learning B. project C. notice D. study

2. A. pleased B. pleasant C. safe D. blue

3. A. dangerous B. beautiful C. crowded D. terrible

4. A. no more than B. as many as C. as much as D. as large as

5. A. developing B. developed C. big D. mountainous

6. A. none B. each C. all D. neither

7. A. insist B. reduce C. increase D. continue

8. A. so B. but C. or D. however

9. A. already B. hardly C. partly D. never

10. A. wanted B. lacked C. found D. expected

11. A. destroying B. protecting C. disturbing D. interrupting

12. A. saved B. lost C. discovered D. used

13. A. Air pollution B. Water pollution C. Some diseases D. All farmland

14. A. animals B. plants C. forests D. people

15. A. must be true B. will come true C. can’t be true D. may be wrong

16. A. happens B. develops C. exists D. appears

17. A. settling B. working out C. answering D. dealing

18. A. no B. still C. less D. plenty of

19. A. about B. in C. out D. for

20. A. working B. suggesting C. spending D. waiting

13

It’s not polite to arrive at a dinner more than 15 to 20 minutes late. The host or hostess usually waits for all the ___1___ to arrive before serving the meal. If someone is late, the food may be spoiled, and ___2___ may the host or hostess’ spirits. If you have to be ___3___ call and tell them to start ___4___ you.

It’s even worse to be early! The host or hostess will probably not be ___5___. If you are early, drive or walk around the block a few times, or just sit in your car until the right time.

Though it’s ofte n ___6___ to arrive at a party on time, on the other hand, the host or hostess ___7___ guests to arrive and leave between certain times, so you can ___8___ at any time between the times he or she gives you.

It’s nice to bring an empty stomach, but it’s eve n nicer to bring ___9___ present. The present should not cost a lot, or you might make the host or hostess ___10___. Flowers, wine, or a box of candy will be fine. ___11___ bring money as a present. In an introduction, the ___12___ of a name is: (1) the given name; (2) the family name. In other ___13___, the given name comes ___14___. It’s important not only to learn and remember ___15___, but to repeat them often in conversation. After the introduction, we usually call friends by their ___16___ names. Older people may want you to call them by their titles and family names, such as “Mrs Smith”, “Mr Johnson”, “Dr. Brown”.

A maiden name is a ___17___ family name at birth. In the United States and Canada, after a woman ___18___, she takes the family name of her ___19___ in place of her maiden name. It is now becoming common, however, for women to ___20___ their maiden names after they get married.

1. A. guests B. visitors C. customs D. passengers

2. A. or B. so C. but D. yet

3. A. tired B. hungry C. late D. early

4. A. without B. for C. with D. after

5. A. awake B. ready C. up D. friendly

6. A. useless B. impossible C. unable D. important

7. A. forces B. invites C. begs D. orders

8. A. play B. fly C. arrive D. start

9. A. a big B. a small C. a good D. an expensive

10. A. pleased B. satisfied C. interested D. uneasy

11. A. Never B. Always C. Do D. Be sure to

12. A. spelling B. calling C. order D. pronunciation

13. A. words B. letters C. idioms D. sentences

14. A. last B. first C. finally D. in the middle

15. A. expressions B. appearances C. names D. addresses

16. A. given B. family C. middle D. pen

17. A. gentleman’s B. boy’s C. woman’s D. man’s

18. A. works B. marries C. bears D. dies

19. A. husband B. mother C. father D. sister

20. A. stop B. give up C. keep D. find

14

I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at ___1___ on the shelves, the man behind the co unter, ___2___, asked if I’d like ___3___. I needed to start ___4___ for college, so I said yes. I ___5___ after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most ___6___. One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost ___7___ we had at that time ___8___ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___9___. I’ve always remembered the ___10___ I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a ___11___ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not ___12___ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___13___, hiding his hand in his pocket.

I ___14___ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___15___ for free.

I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___16___ hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___17___.

In the past, while I was ___18___, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, ___19___ I feel as if I work for the ___20___, helping them make sense of the world.

1. A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports

2. A. the reader B. the college studentC. the shop owner D. the customer

3. A. a book B. a job C. some tea D. any help

4. A. planning B. saving C. preparing D. studying

5. A. read B. studied C. cooked D. worked

6. A. boring B. surprising C. satisfying D. disappointing

7. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

8. A. in need B. in all C. in order D. in store

9. A. worried B. satisfied C. excited D. puzzled

10. A. pride B. failure C. regret D. surprise

11. A. doctor B. store owner C. bookseller D. TV reporter

12. A. pay B. cost C. afford D. spend

13. A. shame B. honour C. horror D. danger

14. A. advised B. forced C. persuaded D. permitted

15. A. action B. program C. treatment D. operation

16. A. repaired B. connected C. injured D. improved

17. A. pleasure B. sadness C. interest D. disappointment

18. A. at the TV station B. in the Students Union

C. at the U. S. Forest Service

D. at McCarley’s Bookstore

19. A. so B. and C. but D. because

20. A. readers B. viewers C. customers D. passengers

15

Christmas is over. And I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the ___1___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.

For over a month I stared at ___2___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___3___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I ___4___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.

My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操纵杆) on my old car didn’t ___5___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___6___.

My next plan would have to be more ___7___. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t ___8___ to miss out on this bargain!”

His ___9___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___10___ and for US$250 you could buy ___11___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___12___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”

I went to my room, ___13___ at how mean my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t ___14___ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.

When I ___15___ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been ___16___. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___17___. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___18___ the

packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___19___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___20___ get an A+ in English class.

1. A. pain B. attempt C. joy D. shyness

2. A. housing B. fishing C. car D. fashion

3. A. mind B. idea C. opinion D. head

4. A. get B. set C. searched D. went

5. A. operate B. run C. start D. work

6. A. riding B. driving C. thinking D. keeping

7. A. strong B. practical C. ideal D. obvious

8. A. afford B. pay C. allow D. stand

9. A. talk B. expression C. face D. response

10. A. truck B. telescope C. chance D. bargain

11. A. one B. something C. everything D. nothing

12. A. heating B. loving C. nursing D. finding

13. A. pleased B. good C. expert D. angry

14. A. say B. believe C. care D. learn

15. A. went off B. woke up C. rang up D. found out

16. A. worried B. instructed C. warned D. defeated

17. A. opened B. wrapped C. left D. faded

18. A. recovered B. refused C. reopened D. removed

19. A. won B. done C. beaten D. failed

20. A. ever B. already C. still D. even

16

On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clake locked the door and went to the women’s club as usual. I t was a pleasant way of ___1___ time for an old woman who lived ___2___.

When she came home she ___3___ something unusual. Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was no ___4___ of forced entry. Had anything been taken? She went from room to room, ___5___, and found her camera and spare watch missing.

The following Thursday she went out at her ___6___ time, but didn’t go to the club. Instead, she took a short walk in a park ___7___ and came home, letting herself in through the ___8___ door. She settled down to wait and see what would happen.

It was 4 o’clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs Clarke was ___9___ tea at the time. The bell rang again, and the next moment she ___10___ her letter-box being pushed open. Picking up the kettle of boiling water, she moved ___11___ towards the letter-box. A piece of ___12___ appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door-lock. Mrs Clarke ___13___ the kettle and poured the water over the hand. A ___14___ cry was heard outside as the wire ___15___ to the floor and the hand was pulled ___16___, which was followed by the sound of ___17___ feet.

It wasn’t long ___18___the police caught the thief. And Mrs Clarke was greatly ___19___ a t the club for her successful ___20___.

1. A. saving B. passing C. stealing D. finding

2. A. lonely B. alone C. sadly D. easily

3. A. learned B. found C. sensed D. hoped

4. A. sight B. exhibition C. note D. sign

5. A. watching B. searching C. looking D. checking

6. A. late B. dinner C. usual D. own

7. A. faraway B. club C. nearby D. hurriedly

8. A. open B. back C. front D. broken

9. A. drinking B. making C. pouring D. planting

10. A. saw B. watched C. heard D. smelled

11. A. quietly B. loudly C. fast D. angrily

12. A. wood B. equipment C. chalk D. wire

13. A. discovered B. brought C. raised D. supported

14. A. soft B. gentle C. sharp D. loud

15. A. pushed B. put C. stuck D. fell

16. A. up B. forward C. back D. down

17. A. walking B. jumping C. running D. steady

18. A. after B. when C. before D. until

19. A. admired B. encouraged C. instructed D. supported

20. A. self-satisfaction B. self-protection C. self-respect D. self-service

17

The purpose of a letter of application is to help you to “sell” yourself. I t should state ___1___ the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have ___2___. It should be simple, human, personal and brief without ___3___ out any necessary facts.

In writing a letter of application, keep in ___4___ that the things a possible employer is most ___5___ to want to know about are your qualifications, your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. ___6___ the first few sentences fail to ___7___ the reader’s attention, th e rest of the letter may not be ___8___ at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not ___9___ your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your ___10___ in today’s newspaper,” you might say“I have made a careful ___11___ of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives ___12___ your product and why they like it.”

Try to ___13___ generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now ___14___. College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I ___15___ in a letter? Employers want

experience—which, naturally, no ___16___ has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is ___17___.

It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. ___18___ a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent ___19___ is to enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it ___20___ for a possible employer to get in touch with you.

1. A. clearly B. carefully C. obviously D. easily

2. A. found B. done C. known D. heard

3. A. sending B. taking C. leaving D. picking

4. A. brain B. sight C. order D. mind

5. A. probable B. possible C. likely D. able

6. A. While B. Although C. As D. If

7. A. pay B. win C. show D. fix

8. A. kept B. continued C. written D. read

9. A. to B. for C. into D. from

10. A. advertisement B. report C. article D. introduction

11. A. watch B. search C. study D. discussion

12. A. change B. make C. sell D. use

13. A. avoid B. remember C. protect D. gain

14. A. losing B. applying C. preparing D. fitting

15. A. offer B. supply C. mean D. provide

16. A. worker B. beginner C. owner D. manager

17. A. success B. development C. practice D. experience

18. A. Make B. Ask C. State D. Get

19. A. result B. decision C. promise D. idea

20. A. happier B. easier C. cheaper D. safer

18

My name is Jane Eyre and my parents died when I was a baby. For ten years I lived a ___1___ life with my aunt and cousins who treated me unfairly. My cousins teased me and my aunt never showed me any ___2___. The only person who cared about me was the maid, Bessie. One day my cousin John 3 me: “You should go a nd beg, not live with rich folks like us!” After fighting with him I was locked in a room, where I ___4___ for hours crying.

Things ___5___ the same until a tall gentleman called Mr Brockehurst came to visit. My aunt told me that I was going to a school ___6___ by the gentleman. “Train her to be useful and humble,” said Aunt. Two days later I ___7___ my home.

At first my ___8___ at Lowood School was easy. The food was bad and I was often cold but I made ___9___ and enjoyed studying. But after an illness killed several students, new owners ___10___ the school

and life improved. Six years later I ___11___ a teacher and was very happy. But eventually I felt that I should explore more of the world and found a job as a private teacher in a ___12___.

Before I left Lowood, I was ___13___ by Bessie, who told me that seven years ago my father’s brother had come ___14___ me but left again to go abroad. “He looked like quite a gentleman,” said Bessie. I wondered if he would ever look for me again.

My new life ___15___ at Thornfield Hall, a large country house, ___16___ a little girl called Adele. She was the adopted daughter of the owner of the house, Mr Rochester. He ___17___ stayed at Thornfield and ___18___ my time was mainly spent with Adele and the servants. My life was quite happy now although there was something ___19___ about my new home. Often I heard odd sounds ___20___ from the top floor of the house.

1. A. happy B. long C. sad D. comfortable

2. A. food B. love C. method D. schooling

3. A. shouted at B. cried over C. found out D. talked with

4. A. lived B. stayed C. studied D. beat

5. A. appeared B. worked C. seemed D. remained

6. A. built B. designed C. owned D. opened

7. A. built B. reached C. left D. sold

8. A. food B. life C. book D. study

9. A. noise B. friends C. mistakes D. faces

10. A. took over B. took up C. took off D. took away

11. A. turned B. met C. became D. found

12. A. school B. home C. library D. country

13. A. taught B. visited C. brought D. required

14. A. looking for B. looking after C. looking into D. looking at

15. A. stopped B. continued C. started D. remained

16. A. showing B. teaching C. searching D. wanting

17. A. often B. hardly C. happily D. quietly

18. A. yet B. so C. still D. though

19. A. interesting B. good C. instructive D. strange

20. A. come B. drop C. fall D. go

19

Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been waiting for this ___2___ for years and years. “Now it is her e at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___3___ is.”

The song made her ___4___ to the days when she was Lauren’s ___5___. As a young ___6___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___7___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You

can become a fine ___8___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___9___ to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___10___ time for anything but music in your life.”

Dorothy was ___11___ at that time and she was ___12___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___13___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy ___14___ of nothing else. Then she ___15___ David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in ___16___. David asked her to be his ___17___. Dorothy also wanted to mar ry David. But she loved ___18___, too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t ___19___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never retur n.

Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___20___.

1. A. sorry B. successful C. first D. wonderful

2. A. dance B. moment C. show D. party

3. A. voice B. face C. dress D. life

4. A. think of B. bring back C. go back D. come back

5. A. age B. friend C. mother D. teacher

6. A. musician B. pop star C. lady D. girl

7. A. French B. music C. piano D. dance

8. A. actress B. student C. singer D. dancer

9. A. prepared B. learning C. driven D. waiting

10. A. some B. any C. no D. enough

11. A. eight B. eighteen C. eighty D. eighty-eight

12. A. lucky B. sure C. afraid D. fond

13. A. fill B. live C. lead D. take

14. A. heard B. knew C. talked D. thought

15. A. saw off B. learned from C. heard of D. met with

16. A. love B. feeling C. music D. touch

17. A. assistant B. teacher C. wife D. student

18. A. him B. engineering C. herself D. music

19. A. certainly B. possibly C. only D. mainly

20. A. thought B. hope C. purpose D. will

20

It was 11:30 in the evening. A ___1___ American lady of about seventy was standing on the side of an Alabama ___2___ trying to bear a pouring rainstorm. Her car had ___3___ and at the moment she ___4___ needed a ride. Wet to the skin, she decided to flag down the next ___5___. A young white man stopped to help her—generally unheard ___6___ in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man ___7___ her to safety in his car, and ___8___ a taxicab(a kind of car)for her. She seemed to be in a great ___9___. She wrote down his ___10___, t hanked him and drove away. Several days went by and a ___11___ came on the man’s door. To his ___12___, a very big color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was ___13___ to it. It read: