完形填空训练（七）

 

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of   1   to get home. Sitting at the front makes you   2   out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

    Janie, the driver, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of   3  .

    I try to mind my manners and   4   listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,   5  , her conversation was worth listening to.

    “My father’s sick, ” she said to no one in   6  . 1 could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

    With her eyes wet and her voice tight from   7   the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes   8   as she continued. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can   9   losing him.”

    I couldn’t respond. 1 was   10   My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great   11   my own mother was thrown into when my father died.

    I saw how hard it was,   12   still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go through   13   .

    Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a   14   world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as anything but a driver.

    I suddenly felt very   15  . I realized I had only thought of people as   16   as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and   17   as unimportant.

For all I know, I’m just another person in   18   else’s world, and may not even be important. I should not have been so selfish and self—centred. Everyone   19   a place to go to, people to see and appointments to   20  . Understanding people is an art.

 

1. A. determination        B. decision                   C. attempt                    D. anxiety

2. A. make                    B. think                        C. stand                       D. find

3. A. topic                    B. conversation             C. discussion                 D. message

4. A. devotedly             B. carelessly                 C. sincerely                  D. politely

5. A. therefore                     B. thus                         C. otherwise                 D. however

6. A. common               B. silence                            C. particular                 D. surprise

7. A. avoiding               B. clearing                    C. keeping                    D. fighting

8. A. lowered                B. closed                      C. widened                   D. opened

9. A. mind                   B. regret                       C. bear                         D. miss

10. A. angry                 B. shocked                    C. curious                     D. interested

11. A. pain                    B. pity                         C. disappointment         D. mercy

12. A. yet                            B. and                          C. or                            D. but

13. A. this                    B. them                        C. that                          D. one

14. A. dark                   B. narrow                            C. whole                      D. bright

15. A. confused             B. selfish                      C. worried                    D. sad

16. A. long                   B. much                       C. well                         D. far

17. A. regard her           B. Helped her out          C. Brushed her off         D. take her

18. A. someone             B. anyone                     C. no one                            D. everyone

19. A. has                     B. takes                        C. finds                        D. needs

20. A. stay                    B. remain                            C. keep                        D. put

完形填空训练（八）

 

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling   1  , but I always knew he was   2  . He never criticized us, but used   3   to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I   4   as a child I said something   5   about somebody, and my father said, “   6   time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best   7   people, I would get the best   8  . From then on I’ve always tried to   9    the principle in my life and later in running my company.

       Dad’s also always been very   10  . At 15, I started a magazine. It was   11   a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a   12  ：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

       I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,   13   any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind,  he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad   14   me to go into law. And I’ve   15   regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,   16   I didn’t pursue my   17  . You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”

       As   18   turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national   19   for young people in the U.K.  My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad   20   me.

 

1. A. biologist               B. manager                   C. lawyer                            D. gardener

2. A. strict                    B. honest                      C. special                            D. learned

3. A. praise                   B. courage                    C. power                      D. warmth

4. A. think                    B. imagine                    C. remember                 D. guess

5. A. unnecessary          B. unkind                            C. unimportant              D. unusual

6. A. Another                B. Some                       C. Any                         D. Other

7. A. on                        B. in                                   C. at                                   D. about

8. A. in case                  B. by turns                   C. by chance                 D. in return

9. A. revise                   B. set                           C. review                            D. follow

10. A. understanding      B. experienced                     C. serious                     D. demanding

11. A. taking up            B. making up                C. picking up                D. keeping up

12. A. suggestion           B. decision                   C. notice                      D. choice

13. A. and                    B. as                            C. even if                            D. as if

14. A. helped                B. allowed                    C. persuaded                 D. suggested

15. A. always                B. never                       C. seldom                     D. almost

16. A. rather                 B. but                          C. for                           D. therefore

17. A. promise                     B. task                         C. belief                       D. dream

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

19. A. newspaper           B. magazine                 C. program                   D. project

20. A. controlled           B. comforted                C. reminded                  D. raise

 

完形填空训练（七）

1~5 DCBDD          6~10 CDACB        11~15 ABCCB              16~20 DAAAC

 

完形填空训练（八）

1~5 CCACB          6~10 CBDDA        11~15 ADBCA              16~20 BDCBD