大学英语三级完形填空部分共10篇

College English Test Paper Band3 (Cloze)

Passage One BADBC DACCA DCBAB ACDAC

The usual recommendation for a bad back was to put a board under the mattress or buy a bed

that?ˉs as hard as a board, and just as uncomfortable. However, sleep researchers recognize that 1 support comes from a surface that contours to your natural 2 with the right degree of 3 for correct skeletal support. Many so-called ?°orthopaedic?± beds have just ordinary coil springs made heavier and hard. The 4 and support is flat and 5 and unnatural. The spine is forced up but this 6 pressure points on the soft parts of the body which tend to 7 blood flow. So you toss and turn to 8 pressures and seek comfort. Sleep is 9 . Slumberland experts have developed a spring form that is now 10 world wide. Instead of 11 coils it is an 12 system of support 13 from supple steel wire. The whole system works together to 14 your weight 15 . You get firm healthy support for your back, particularly the 16 of the back. Slumberland ORTHOFIRM will help you feel relaxed and comfortable while at the same time you?ˉll 17 the secure support of your back. University research and hospital X?aray tests have shown the 18 of the Slumberland system. And its support and resilience has been well proven with 19 on TV. If you are seeking a true ?°back-care?± bed, 20 the Slumberland

?°ORTHOFIRM?± at better Dept. Stores and Furniture Retailers.

A. unhealthy

B. healthful

C. harmless

D. natural

A. shape

B. form

C. body

D. weight

A. heaviness

B. width

C. length

D. firmness

A. contact

B. feel

C. touch

D. comfort

A. rigorous

B. flexible

C. rigid

D. dull

A. destroys

B. recreates

C. invents

D. creates

A. cut off

B. cut in

C. cut open

D. cut down

A. strengthen

B. heighten

C. relieve

D. release

A. dispersed

B. distributed

C. disturbed

D. distressed

A. patented

B. designed

C. imitated

D. patronized

A. fashionable

B. formal

C. convenient

D. conventional

A. organized

B. incomplete

C. integrated

D. intensive

A. made

B. woven

C. kitted

D. torn

B. measure

C. balance

D. reduce

B. evenly

C. smoothly

D. constantly

A. small

B. part

C. end

D. middle

A. feel

B. forget

C. appreciate

D. find out

A. effects

B. efforts

C. value

D. effectiveness

A. demonstrations

B. pictures

C. explanations

D. evidence

A. send for

B. beg for

C. ask for

D. call for

Passage Two(ZHUANSHENGBEN(1))ACAAB BBDAC BDCAB CABCA

Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn?ˉt get a chance to go to school. 1 a child, she had to work very hard in the fields 2 day. In this 3 her master could 4 a lot of money when he 5 his crops. Harriet 6 think that she was being treated fairly. After Harriet grew up, she ran away from

the farm to the northern states. There, and in Canada, black people were free. Harriet liked to be free, she felt 7 all of the black people who were 8 slaves. Harriet returned to the south to help other slaves to run away. She made Harriet was in great 10 11 a law that had just been 12 . The law 13 it was not permitted to 14 slaves run away. She also found out 15 slave owners said they would 16 ??40,000 to anyone who could catch H. Tubman. There were many stories about Harriet helping slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen 17 back to the south and led about 300 slaves to freedom. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states 18 against the southern states. Harriet 19 the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied 20 enemy lines untilthe northern states won the war.

A. As

B. Like

C. Since

D. Because of

A. by

B. most

C. all

D. during

A. way

B. place

C. town

D. means

A. make

B. do

C. give

D. pay

A sell B. sold C. buy D. bought

A. did

B. didn?ˉt

C. certainly

D. of course

A. sure

B. sorry

C. happy

D. wrong

A. yet

B. only

C. again

D. still

A. the north

B. the west

C. the east

D. the south

A. anger

B. hurry

C. danger

D. difficulty

A. because

B. because of

C. as

D. for

A. broken

B. given

C. got

D. passed

A. told

B. wrote

C. said

D. spoke

A. help

B. ask

C. set

D. take

A. about

B. that

C. what

D. when

A. spend

B. cost

C. pay

D. take

A. trips

B. letters

C. walks

D. telegraphs

A. united

B. fought

C. quarreled

D. agreed

A. waited for

B. searched for

C. stood for

D. looked for

A. behind

B. in

C. on

D. before

Passage Three(ZHUANSHENGBEN(2))DBAAB DCAAB CCDBB BAADD Bill Fuller, the mailman, whistled cheerfully as he walked up the hill towards Mrs. Carter?ˉs house. His work for the day 1 , his bag, usually quite heavy when he started out on his rounds, was empty now 2 the letter that he had to deliver to Mrs. Carter. She lived 3 blocks away, so when Bill had

mail for her, he always finished his day?ˉs work 4 later. He did not 5 this though, because she never failed to ask him in 6 coffee and a piece of her special cake. When Bill 7 Mrs. Carter?ˉs house, he was surprised not to find her working in the yard. She usually 8 her afternoon when the weather was good. Bill went around to the back of the house, thinking that she 9 in the kitchen. The door was locked and the curtains were drawn. Puzzled, he returned to the front of the house and knocked loudly on the front door. There 10 . Bill thought that this was very strange because he knew that Mrs. Carter 11 left the house. Just then he noticed that her bottle of milk. Which is always delivered early in the morning, was still on the porch. This 12 him. If Mrs. Carter had not 13 her milk, maybe she 14 . Bill walked around the house 15 he found an open window. It was a small window, but he 16 to get through .

He went into the hall. There he was almost stumbled over Mrs. Carter, who unconscious at the foot of the stairs. Realizing that he 18 get help, he rushed 19 the house, stopped a 250 car and told the driver to go to the nearest telephone and call an ambulance.

A. was almost finishing

B. was almost being finished

C. was almost finish

D. was almost finished

A. except

B. except for

C. besides

D. except that

A. quite a few

B. only few

C. quite a few of

D. quite few

A. much

B. a lot of

C. many

D. more

A. care

B. mind

C. realize

D. bear

A. to

B. with

C. of

D. for

A. arrived

B. got

C. got to

D. reached to

A spent B. past C. took D. had

A. might be

B. must be

C. must have been

D. couldn?ˉt have

A. did not answer

B. was no answer

C. was not answer

D. was no any answer

A. often

B. sometimes

C. rarely

D. always

A. was worried

B. did worried

C. worried

D. worrying

A. was worried

B. did worried

C. worried

D. worrying

A. fallen ill

B. was sick

C. ill

D. sick

A. unless

B. until

C. once

D. if

A. tried

B. managed

C. was forced

D. liked

A. was lying

B. was lain

C. was laying

D. was laid

A. needed to

B. need to

C. needs to

D. was needed to

A. into

B. to

C. up

D. out of

A. past

B. passed

C. pass

D. passing

Passage Four (42)DABCA DCBAB DABBA ADCCC

In my neighborhood there were two 1 stores. They were 2 next door to each other, and the owners were 3 enemies. They were having price wars constantly. In one window would appear the 4 sign: ?°For sale. Irish linen sheets, with such minor flaws that 5 hawkeye could find them. The ridiculous low price of $ .?± Everyone would then traditionally 6 the reply from the other bargain house, and in about two hours it would appear in the window: ?°My sheets are 7 Romeo is to Juliet and only $ .?± 8 the sign war, the two owners would often appear outside their stores,

screaming and 9 at each other, and often times coming close to actual blows. Finally one of the owners would stop 10 the price war, claiming the other one was crazy and 11 was anyone who bought from him. That was the starter?ˉs gun 12 . Everyone in the neighborhood would rush into the

13 bargain store and 14 the entire stock of sheets and pillowcases. One day one of the owners 15 .

A few days later, the other owner moved out of the neighborhood, 16 again. When the new occupants of the stores 17 their properties more closely, they discovered a secret passageway between the two apartments above the stores where the 18 owners had lived. Further research revealed that these two arch-enemies were brothers. All the price wars were 19 . Whoever outlasted the other would just take all the other?ˉs stock and sell 20 .

A. rubbish

B. garbage

C. leftover

D. reject

A. right

B. very

C. merely

D. closely

A. hostile

B. bitter

C. offensive

D. opposite

A. handwriting

B. handwoven

C. handwritten

D. hand-reared

A. not even the

B. even the

C. any

D. none of the

A. wait

B. long

C. look forward to get

A. like first as

B. similar to first as

C. as close to first as

D. the same with first as

A. Except for

B. In addition to

C. In place of

D. In the light of

A. cursing

B. blaming

C. calling names

D. abusing

A. competing

B. competing in

C. competing against

D. competing with

A. eager

B. anxious

C. earnest

D. so

A. going off

B. going out

C. going through

D. going by

A. conquering

B. winning

C. triumphant

D. won

A. buy off

B. buy out

C. buy over

D. buy into

A. passed away

B. passed out

C. passed off

D. passed over

A. never to be seen

B. ever to be seen

C. never to have been seeing

D. ever to have been seeing

A. looked out

B. checked in

C. looked in

D. checked out

A. late

B. past

C. previous

D. foreknown

A. forged

B. pretended

C. fake

D. presumed

A. his with it

B. his but it

C. it with his

D. it but his

Passage Five (43)BADCA BDDAB CDABC ADDBA

Just who is doing the 1 for whom in the sales Are the shops really giving 2 shoppers a chance to buy bargain 3 are we just helping them to clear their shelves twice a year to 4 way for new-buying up the rubbish they would 5 throw away In most sales there is a bit of 6 . Some bargains are more genuine than other. Some price claims are true, 7 others are misleading or plain false. If the sale notice says ?°Coats?areduced from ?ê30 to ?ê10?±it should 8 law, be true. The rules are that, unless a shop says otherwise, the coats 9 have been on sale at the higher price for at least 28 10 days in the previous six months. They can, however, 11 around it by saying ?°Last week ?ê30. Now ?ê10?±. Be a bit 12 about a ticket which just says ?°Sale price ?ê5?±. It may mean

the goods are specially bought 13 for the sale and does not necessarily ndicate any 14 . And there is nothing to prevent the shopkeeper 15 : ?°Worth ?ê50, only ?ê20?± or even ?°Normally ?ê300, only

?ê150?±. Another practice which is 16 upon, though not illegal, is an imprecise offer, like ?°Up to

?ê10 off latest 17 ?°. It gives no clear idea of how much you have to spend or exactly what you

have to buy to 18 . If you see a price claim you do not believe or feel to be misleading, you

can complain 19 the local Trading Standards Office ¨C the town hall will put you in 20 .

A. concern

B. favour

C. honour

D. gratuity

A. us

B. ourselves

C. them

D. themselves

A. And

B. Then

C. But

D. Or

A. choose

B. somehow

C. make

D. show

A. otherwise

B. somehow

C. therefore

D. rather

A. all

B. both

C. either

D. neither

A. as

B. when

C. though

D. while

A. over

B. with

C. on

D. by

A. must

B. will

C. can

D. need

A. constant

B. consecutive

C. coming

D. running

A. go

B. come

C. get

D. look

A. unconscious

B. mistrustful

C. dissatisfactory

D. suspicious

A. in

B. about

C. over

D. on

A. deduction

B. reduction

C. induction

D. production

A. booking

B. boosting

C. boasting

D. booming

A. frowned

B. frowning

C. fucked

D. fucking

A. medals

B. modals

C. modes

D. models

A. regain

B. order

C. obtain

D. benefit

A. at

B. to

C. of

D. about

A. touch

B. use

C. deed

D. trouble

Passage Six (6) BCACD ADBCB ADCBD DABCA

All over the earth?ˉs surface is a layer of air which extends upwards for many miles. This air 1 the oxygen without which neither plants nor animals 2 live. Its movements, temperature and pressure

3 the weather, and it is a vehicle

4 the clouds of water vapour

5 condense and fall as rain. It forms

a blanket which 6 us from the extreme heat of the sun during the day and 7 the extreme cold when the sun has 8 . It is chiefly 9 air that sound travels, so that if there were no air we should 10 practically nothing. The atmosphere is held 11 the earth?ˉs surface by the gravitational pull of the earth?athat is, it has weight. High up it is thin, 12 near the surface it is compressed by the 13 of air above, and is more dense. The weight of air ressing 14 each square inch of surface at sea?alevel is nearly 15 15 , which means that the total force 16 the skin of an average man is about 30,000 pounds. He is not 17 this because the pressure is equal in all directions and the pressure inside him is equal 18 that without, but should he go up in a balloon to a height at which the outside pressure is 19 he would suffer acutely. It is 20 this reason that the cabins of aeroplans are ?°pressurized?±.

A. forms

B. contains

C. consists

D. fills

A. would

B. should

C. could

D. needed

A. determine

B. choose

C. make

D. create

A. into

B. near

C. for

D. above

A. what

B. and

C. but

D. which

A. protects

B. proves

C. controls

D. helps

A. about

B. out

C. off

D. from

A. sit

B. set

C. sat

D. settled

A. into

B. up

C. through

D. along

A. know

B. hear

C. get

D. observe

A. to

B. before

C. near

D. across

A. for

B. since

C. because

D. but

A. pressure

B. space

C. weight

D. movement

A. in

B. on

C. for

D. around

A. kilometer

B. ponds

C. miles

D. pounds

A. inside

B. into

C. of

D. on

A. aware of

B. sure of

C. afraid of

D. delighted about

A. at

B. to

C. against

D. after

more or less B. much like C. much less D. more than

for B. to C. from D. by

Passage Seven(1?12ó￠ó?2???￡?aê?ìa1)CABBD CBCCD DDBDA

BCBDA

?°Cool?± is a word with many meanings. It s traditional meaning is used to 1 a temperature that is fairly cold. As the world has 2 , however, the word has expanded to 3 many different meanings. ?°Cool?± can be used to express feelings of 4 in almost anything. When you see a brand-name car in the street, maybe you can?ˉt help 5 , ?°It?ˉs cool.?± You might think, ?°He?ˉs so cool,?± when you see your 6 footballer. We all enlarge the meaning of ?°cool?±. You can use it 7 many words such as ?°new?± or ?°amazing.?± Here?ˉs an interesting story we can see 8 illustrate the usage of the word: A teacher asked her students to 9 the waterfall they had visited. On one student?ˉs paper was just the one 10 , ?°It?ˉs so cool.?± 11 he thought it was 12 to describe 13 he saw and felt. 14 the story also proves the shortage of words and expressions. 15 ?°cool,?± some people have no words to express the same meaning. So it is 16 to improve our word strength to maintain some 17 . As a popular

word, ?°cool?± stands for a kind of special 18 that people can accept easily. Excepting ?°cool,?± can you think of many words that 19 your life as colorful I can. And I think they are also very 20 .

A. find

B. take

C. show

D. make sure

A. changed

B. been developed

C. been cleaned

D. informed

A. turn out

B. take on

C. take in

D. come into

A. satisfaction

B. interest

C. sense

D. interesting

A. to say

B. telling

C. shout

D. saying

A. famous

B. out of date

C. favourite

D. modern

A. in stead of

B. in place of

C. to take place of

D. exchange

A. is used to

B. showing

C. used to

D. explaining

A. write for

B. copy down

C. describe

D. say something

A. phrase

B. word

C. story

D. sentence

A. However

B. May be

C. As far as

D. Perhaps

A. The just thing

B. the very mean

C. some methods

D. the best way

A. the means

B. what

C. how

D. wherever

A. And

B. If

C. So

D. But

A. Without

B. Using

C. Not being used

D. With

A. important

B. necessary

C. impossible

D. natural

A. true

B. belief

C. richness

D. interest

A. habit

B. culture

C. language

D. enjoyment

A. put

B. change

C. better

D. make

A. cool

B. easy

C. difficult

D. important

Passage Eight

￡¨1?12ó￠ó?2???￡?aê?ìa2￡?

CBBCD ACDCB ACADA BDCAB Si1as Minton's funeral was a quiet 1

. lt was 2 by the only 3 he had in the

world, his niece and nephew, and by a few friends. The priest who 4 5 a hundred miles into this wild part of the county was now getting 6 for the simple ceremony. Minton, 7 'Minty' as his friends 8 call him, 9 a hard life 10 for gold in a lonely part of Western Australia. He had always refused to work in a gold mine 11 he believed that he could do better 12 his own. Although he was not a

boastful person, he had often declared that one day he 13 find a lump of gold as big as his head and 14 he would retire and live in 15 for the rest of his life. But his dreams of great wealth 16 came true. For many years he had hardly earnedenough money to keep himself 17 . Two men now gently lifted the rough wooden box that18 Minty's body, but they almost dropped it when they heard a loud cry from the grave-digger.

His spade had struck something hard in the rocky soil and he was shouting excitedly. Then he held up a large stone. 19 it was covered 20 dirt, the stone shone curious1yin the fierce sun1ight: it was unmistakably a heavy piece of solid gold!

A. accident

B. event

C. affair

D. incident

A. taken

B. attended

C. joined

D. brought

A. relation

B. relations

C. relationship

D. relationships

A. travelled

B. was travelling

C. had travelIed

D. used to travel

A. to

B. of

C. in

D. over

A. ready

B. better

C. preparation

D. worse

A. and

B. but

C. or

D. except

A. liked

B. past

C. used

D. used to

A. leaded

B. had leaded

C. had led

D. led

A. look

B. looking

C. looked

D. had looked

A. because

B. so

C. even

D. only

A. to

B. in

C. on

D. for

A. would

B. must

C. ought to

D. for

A. since

B. which

C. when

D. with that

A. comfort

B. comforts

C. comfortable

D. comfortably

A. ever

B. never

C. always

D. once

A. live

B. life

C. lived

D. alive

A. contains

B. containing

C. contained

D. having contained

A. Though

B. For

C. Then

D. Because

A. in

B. with

C. within

D. below

Passage Nine￡¨1?12ó￠ó?2???￡?aê?ìa3￡?

BCACA CDBDC DCCDB BADDD

Most people agree that fencing is one sport in which a person must be at least 30 years old before he learns all he needs to know about the sport. 1 Clark Summers of the University of Detroit 2 that this doesn't always have to be 3 . Clark is a different kind of fencer in a lot of 4 . He is American, while most fencers are from the 5 of Europe. He is black while most fencers in the past have been 6 . And he is 7 22 years old. Many people 8 that Clark is the most promising fencer in this country today. Although he is young, he has been able to 9 the necessary skills. Already he has won a number of fencing contest 10 older fencers. He is almost 11 to become a member of the U. S. Olympic fencing team! "There is no 12 danger in fencing, today, Clark says. "But I never 13 that fencing was not always a sport. In the old days, People fenced to 14 a

quarrel. Each match was a matter of 15 If that 16 true in the matches I 17 in today, every touch against me would mean that I 18 wounded or killed. So I try to play 19 l were fencing for my life. I don't like, the idea of being 20 ! "

A. And

B. But

C. Then

D. So

A. heard

B. has thought

C. has shown

D. suggested

A. true

B. wrong B. clear D. clever

A. sense

B. sports

C. ways

D. times

B. east

C. west

D. schools

A. brave

B. strong

C. white

D. young

A. at least

B. not

C. already

D. only

A. expect

B. think

C. hope

D. find

A. study

B. know

C. improve

D. master

A. with

B. over

C. against B. instead of

A. ready

B. able

C. going

D. certain

A. large

B. such

C. real

D. little

A. think

B. agree

C. forget

D. remember

A. make

B. pick

C. start

D. settle

A. joy and sorrow

B. life and death

C. success and failure D .brightness and darkness

A. should be

B. came

C. were

D. is

A. play

B. go

C. work

D. stay

A. would get

B. were

C. was

D. had been

A. even if

B. as

C. if

D. as if

A. a fencer

B. a winner

C. missed

D. killed

Passage Ten (23) ABCBA BCBCD ABDBC BCACC

The 1920s in Britain 1 a time of rapid social change. The revolution 2 dress, manners, and 3 was so great and its space so hectic, 4 this period is often called the ?°Roaring Twenties?±. Most of these 5 took place in cities. In 1921, 79 percent of the population lived in 6 areas, most of them in towns of 50,000 or more. During the inter-war years the population of England, Wales, and Scotland increased 7 million in 1921 to about million in 1939, but the 8 of the increase was lowest 9 1801. In fact, until 1931 the population was actually 10 , mainly because of 11 to Common wealth countries like Australia. With this lower growth, the 12 of the population altered so that there were more older people than before. In all 13 groups, too, there were more females than males largely because of the 14 of men in two world wars. However, if the population as a whole grew only slowly, 15 of the town s did not. London and other large cities 16 steadily into the countryside 17 them. On their edges 18 commuter suburbs from 19 people traveled long distances each day to work. Sometimes these suburbs contained subsidized council housing for lower income 20 .

A. were

B. be

C. is

D. are

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. to

A. moral

B. morale

C. morals

D. morally

A. but

B. that

C. or

D. so

A. changes

B. differences

C. sufferings

D. disorder

A. rural

B. urban

C. suburban

D. remote

A. by

B. over

C. from

D. up

A. speed

B. rate

C. rapidity

D. scale

A. in

B. up

C. since

D. to

A. minute

B. lowering

C. minimizing

D. decreasing

A. emigration

B. immigration

C. invasion

D. intervention

A. consisting

B. composition

C. foundation

D. making

A. aged

B. ageing

C. ages

D. age

A. loose

B. loss

C. lost

D. loosing

A. which

B. this

C. that

D. those

16A. spread B. expanded C. enlarged D. restricted

17. A. in B. among C. around D. with

18. A. appeared B. stood C. happened D. marked

19. A. where B. there C. which D. that

20. A. owners B. holders C. earners D. winners