大学英语2完形填空练习

Practice 1

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could __1__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he presented in class.

When I took the first exam, I was 2 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, for English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained __3 .

I decided to try harder, although I didn?t know what that meant because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I 4 with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patient ly but wouldn?t change his mind .

One more test before the final exam. One more 5 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time learned t he meaning of the word “thorough”. But my6__ did no good and everything went as before.

The last hurdle (障碍) was the final. No matter what 7 I got, it wouldn?t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the scholarship goodbye.

I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even 8 myse lf to a movie. The next day I decided for once I?d have fun with a test.

A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into P rofessor Jayne?s office. He __9__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you expected, you wouldn?t continue to wo rk as hard.”

I stared at him, 10 that his analysis and strategy (策略) were correct. I had worked my head off, as I had never done before.

I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I?ve always remembered Professor Jayne?s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

1. A. take B. discuss C. cover D. get

2. A. shocked B. worried C. scared D. anxious

3. A. unchanged B. unpleasant C. unfriendly D. unmoved

4. A. quarreled B. reasoned C. bargained D. chatted

5. A. choice B. step C. chance D. measure

6. A. ambition B. confidence C. effort D. method

7. A. grade B. answer C. lesson D. comment

8. A. helped B. favored C. treated D. relaxed

9. A. happened B. proved C. pretended D. seemed

10. A. remembering B. guessing C. supposing D. realizing

Practice 2

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies (仙女). Not all of these 1 are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are 2 and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows 3 and pale and has changed so much that it is almost 4 to the parents. It was then 5 that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and 6 the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby?s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father?s clothes were just two of the recommended 7 . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been 8 . In those cases there was often a way to get the 9 baby back. Y ou could __10 the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies? laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.

1. A. babies B. believers C. fairies D. supermen

2. A. powerful B. cruel C. frightened D. extraordinary

3. A. sick B. slim C. short D. small

4. A. uncomfortable B. unbelievable C. unacceptable D. unrecognizable

5. A. feared B. predicted C. heard D. reported

6. A. covered B. changed C. replaced D. terrified

7. A. cases B. tools C. steps D. methods

8. A. missed B. stolen C. found D. lost

9. A.1ittle B. pale C. sad D. real

10. A. seize B. burn C. place D. hold

Practice 3

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从各题所给的选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced 1 for a few days, I was allowed to wait tables on my own. All went 2 that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily given the tables not far from the kitchen. __3 _, I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).

Before I knew it, the restaurant was full of people. I moved slowly, 4 every step. I remember how happy I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was 5 on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it easier to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to 6 I was a natural at this job.

Then, an old man came t o me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved watching you work. It seems your tray stand has been very 7 to you, but we are getting ready to leave now, and my wife needs her 8 back.”

At first his message did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife?s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was 9 .

I wanted to get into a hole and stay.

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just 10 , I have learned to be more careful and not to be too sure of myself.

1. A. manager B. assistant C. cook D. waitress

2. A. well B. quickly C. safely D. wrong

3. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Finally

4. A. minding B. changing C. taking D. saving

5. A. fixed B. trained C. loaded D. waited

6. A. believe B. agree C. regret D. pretend

7. A. useful B. familiar C. unusual D. interesting

8. A. bag B. walker C. tray D. coat

9. A. cold B. full of joy C. pale D. on fire

10. A. repeated B. discovered C. corrected D. described

Practice 4

请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项的标号涂黑。

I was on a bus one March evening. The driver didn?t 1 to start the bus soon because it was not yet full. A middle-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story 2 , not to anyone in particular. On her way to the station, half of her money was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she 3 still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked unhappy.

When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor began to collect fares (车费). When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he 4 that he had spent all his money when he had accidentally got on a wrong bus and now he was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to get off the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he _5_ her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor?s side and repeated the conductor?s command.

The woman was watching the incident. 6 the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered (干预).

“Stop bothering him! Can?t you see he?s only trying to get home?”

“He doesn?t have any money!” the driver7 .

“Well, that?s no reason to throw him off the bus,” she insisted.

Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her 8 money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here?s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a hard time.”

All heads turned to the woman. “It?s only money,” she shrugged.

She rode the rest of the way home 9 a happy smile, with the money she?d lost earlier forgotten.

On the road of life, the help of strangers can 10 our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the journey will be when we make it a little smoother for others!

1. A. try B. care C. decide D. intend

2. A. tearfully B. seriously C. carefully D. calmly

3. A. strangely B. happily C. secretly D. fortunately

4. A. explained B. declared C. admitted D. found

5. A. begged B. scolded C. praised D. thanked

6. A. Unless B. Although C. Until D. When

7. A. warned B. whispered C. shouted D. repeated

8. A. spending B. collected C. remaining D. borrowed

9. A. giving B. wearing C. taking D. forcing

10. A. move B. increase C. lighten D. carry

Practice 5

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to all ow the 1 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began taking piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my __2 . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the cause and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 3 me.”

“My goal was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 4 to …hear? mus ic differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can tell the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations(振动) I feel through my body and through my __5 . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every sense that I have.”

“I was 6 to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had done this before and some teachers 7 my admission. Based on my performance, I was finally admitted and went on to __8 with the academy?s highest honors.”

“After that, I established myself as t he first full-time solo percussionist. I wrote and arranged a lot of musical compositions since 9 had been written specially for solo percussionists.”

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. Although the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn?t10 that my passion couldn?t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be limited by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”

1. A. conditions B. opinions C. actions D. recommendations

2. A. sight B. hearing C. touch D. taste

3. A. left B. excited C. accompanied D. disappointed

4. A. turned B. learned C. used D. ought

5. A. carefulness B. movement C. imagination D. experience

6. A. dissatisfied B. astonished C. determined D. discouraged

7. A. supported B. followed C. required D. opposed

8. A. study B. research C. graduate D. progress

9. A. enough B. some C. many D. few

10. A. mean B. seem C. conclude D. say

Practice 6

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a 1 over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always enough. Not knowing we were poor, my kids (孩子们) just thought I was 2 . I?ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn?t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big 3 for the kids was the fun of Christmas shopping.

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking 4 what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for presents to share by all five of us.

The big 5 arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and reminded them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered (散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would 6 back at the “Santa?s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, except my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually 7 . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies —fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn?t say anything until we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, 8 to be angry again. This is what she told me.

“I was looking around thinking of what to buy, and I 9 to read the little cards on the …Giving Trees.? One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll (玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and 10 the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn?t have anything.”

I never felt so rich as I did that day.

1. A. roof B. hat C. sky D. star

2. A. busy B. serious C. strict D. kind

3. A. improvement B. problem C. surprise D. excitement

4. A. the other B. each other C. one by one D. every other one

5. A. day B. chance C. cheque D. tree

6. A. draw B. stay C. move D. meet

7. A. quiet B. excited C. happy D. ashamed

8. A. waiting B. ready C. hoping D. afraid

9. A. forgot B. stopped C. failed D. hated

10. A. made B. searched C. bought D. fetched

Practice 7

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

On August 26, 1999, New Y ork City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain caused the streets to __1__ and the subway system almost came to a stop.

Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were forced to go home. Some battled to __2__ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the storm bravely, walking miles to get to work.

I __3__ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most service had stopped. After making my way __4__ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was operating. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __5__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the platform. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like a forever, the train __6__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was wet through, exhausted and __7__.

My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer when I received an email from Garth, my Director:

I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __ 8__ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their devotion to their jobs. Thank you.

Garth?s email was short, but I learned more from that __9__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of appreciation can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __10__ had made me tied and upset. But Garth?s words immediately refreshed me and put a smile back on my face.

1. A. break B. flood C. sink D. crash

2. A. order B. pay C. call D. search

3. A. used B. promised C. deserved D. happened

4. A. to B. through C. over D. for

5. A. check B. carry C. find D. board

6. A. paused B. crossed C. reached D. parked

7. A. ashamed B. discouraged C. surprised D. puzzled

8. A. hardly B. casually C. absolutely D. eventually

9. A. accurate B. urgent C. brief D. humorous

10. A. troubles B. signals C. rules D. signs

Practice 8

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call __1__ and love.

I don?t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did love the water. Any kind of __2__ ride seemed to give him pleasure. And he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being __3__ the water, moving through it, having it all around me. I was not a strong __4__, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my fears. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father?s office and __5__ those summer days with my father, who would come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __6__ person not in swimsuit.

After swimming, I would go inside his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __7__ anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk while he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn?t be playing with his _ 8__. But my father always showed up and said easily, “Oh, no, it?s __9__.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get myself an ice cream…

A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is __10__.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but who, in that childhood, look at us.

1．A. desire B. joy C. anger D. worry

2．A. boat B. bus C. train D. bike

3．A. on B. off C. by D. in

4．A. swimmer B. rider C. walker D. runner

5．A. spending B. saving C. wasting D. ruining

6．A. next B. only C. other D. last

7．A. put up B. break down C. play with D. work out

8. A. fishing net B. office things C. wooden chair D. lab equipment

9. A. fine B. strange C. terrible D. funny

10. A. memory B. wealth C. experience D. practice

Practice 9

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new 1 in high school.

However, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheerleaders (拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 2 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the judge read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 3 as the list ended without her name. Feeling awful, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was 4 . She moved on to English and history, and was relieved to find that she didn?t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 5 math for the time being.

The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school newspaper. Mrs. Biden wasn?t as 6 as Jenna. “I?m sorry, but we have enough weiters for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we?ll talk then.” Jenna smiled 7 and left. “Why is high school so different?” she sighed.

Later in 8 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much trouble. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she?d continue to try to 9 at her new school. She wasn?t sure if she?d succeed, but she knew she had to try. High school was just as her mom had said: “Y ou will feel like a small fish in a big pond 10 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.”

1. A. processes B. decision C. challenges D. exercises

2. A. difficult B. easy C. boring D. interesting

3. A. jumped B. sank C. stopped D. raced

4. A. struggling B. improving C. working D. complaining

5. A. put up B. prepare for C. worry about D. give up

6. A. enthusiastic B. artistic C. sympathetic D. realistic

7. A. widely B. weakly C. excitedly D. brightly

8. A. physics B. history C. English D. math

9. A. fit in B. look out C. stay up D. get around

10. A. in return for B. in case of C. in terms of D. instead of

Practice 10

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 1 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she noticed a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 2__ what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”

Neilson refused.

Pulling open her door, the man seized her 3 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, grabbing her purse and the keys.

Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 4 , heard the screams and began running .

When they reached Neilson?s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver?s seat and was __5__ searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker fought back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 6 for the two athletic men.

Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to phone the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes --- used to tie up newspapers.

With his arms 7 tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said coldly, “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves --- you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 8__ him and waited for the police.

Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the professional carjacker (劫车者) and suspected murderer, whose 9 --- but with a full head of hair --- had been recently printed in their own newspaper.

Neilson considers herself lucky though she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 10 ending if those good peo ple had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she said, “many people would never have done what they did, and that? the real truth.”

1. A. bring B. let C. gather D. send

2. A. realize B. understand C. imagine D. conclude

3. A. by B. around C. with D. on

4. A. trip B. visit C. break D. holiday

5. A. carefully B. madly C. disappointedly D. patiently

6. A. match B. target C. equal D. companion

7. A. rolled B. folded C. bent D. tied

8. A. caught B. thanked C. comforted D. ignored

9. A. picture B. background C. character D. story

10. A. ridiculous B. similar C. strange D. different

Keys to Cloze

Practice 1

1. A

2. A

3. D

4. B

5. C

6. C

7. A

8. C

9. D 10. D Practice 2

1. C. fairies

2. B cruel

3. A sick

4. D unrecognizable

5. A feared

6. C replaced

7. D methods

8. B stolen

9. D real 10. C place Practice 3

1. D

2. A

3. B

4. A

5. B

6. A

7. A

8. C

9. B 10. A Practice 4

1. D

2. A

3. D

4. A

5. A

6. D

7. C

8. C

9. B 10. C Practice 5

1. B

2. B

3. A

4. B

5. C

6. C

7. D

8. C

9. D 10. A Practice 6

1. A

2. C

3. D

4. B

5. A

6. D

7. A

8. B

9. B 10. C Practice 7

1. B

2. C

3. D

4. B

5. D

6. C

7. B

8. D

9. C 10. A Practice 8

1. B

2. A

3. D

4. A

5. A

6. B

7. C

8. B

9. A 10. A Practice 9

1. C

2. A

3. B

4. A

5. C

6. A

7. B

8. D

9. A 10. D Practice 10

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. C

5. B

6. A

7. D

8. D

9. A 10. D