完形填空练习（二十三）

 

When he was a little over twenty years old, Carver thought he was ready to   1   forward into the future. There was a college in the Minnesota town   2   his wandering life had taken him to. He was sure that   3   washing clothes he could   4   enough money to attend school. He was full of excitement   5   the thought of learning new subjects.   6   he went to the office   7   “Entrance Application (报名处)” and said he   8   like to be a student there. The man in the office looked at him   9   his glasses and told him that the college did not   10   colored people.

How was Carver   11   as he walked out of the office? We can   12   that at first he felt breathless. But we   13   know that some time later he tried again in the   14   state of Iowa. He asked   15   to enter Simpson College. This   16   a white woman behind the desk asked him some questions about high school subjects. She thought   17   and   18   to show her   19  . And then she said, “All right, my boy, I’ll give you a   20  .”

 

1. A. speed                   B. look                         C. step                         D. throw

2. A. where                   B. which                      C. when                       D. in which

3. A. when                    B. through                    C. by                           D. while

4. A. collect                  B. spare                        C. find                         D. make

5. A. upon                    B. at                                   C. for                           D. by     

6. A. But                      B. However                  C. So                           D. Yet

7. A. listened                B. signing                     C. naming                    D. marked

8. A. might                   B. would                      C. could                       D. had

9. A. under                   B. above                       C. over                         D. from

10. A. receive               B. take                         C. allow                       D. enter

11. A. thinking                     B. looking                    C. feeling                            D. finding

12. A. be sure                                                  B. come to the conclusion

   C. judge                                                     D. imagine

13. A. should                B. must                        C. do                           D. have to

14. A. other                  B. neighbouring            C. another                    D. promising

15. A. allowing             B. being allowed           C. to permit                  D. to be permitted

16. A. while                  B. moment                   C. time                         D. instant

17. A. a number            B. a while                     C. a little                      D. a few

18. A. laughed                     B. let out a cry                     C. nodded                     D. burst into tears

19. A. anger                  B. satisfaction               C. sorrow                            D. celebration

20. A. position                     B. change                            C. chance                            D. luck

 

完形填空练习（二十四）

 

Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is   1   for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same   2   night after night. One would   3   them to know their parts by heart and   4   have cause to falter (结巴). Yet   5   is not always the case.

A famous actor in a   6   successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat   7   had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act, a gaoler (监狱长，看守) would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.   8   the noble was expected to read the letter at each   9  , he always insisted that it should be written out in full.

One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke   10   his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the   11   of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed (使暴露) the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler   12   with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the   13   and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in   14   as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly,   15   to see if his fellow actor had at last learn t his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting (眯着眼看) his eyes, he said, “The light is   16  . Read the letter to me.” And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.   17   that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied, “The light is indeed dim, sir. I must get my   18  .” With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat’s   19  , the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the   20   copy of the letter which he proceeded (继续进行) to read to the prisoner.

 

1. A. fortunate                     B. unfortunate               C. happy                      D. unhappy

2. A. lines                     B. words                      C. plays                        D. roles

3. A. want                    B. ask                          C. expect                      D. wish

4. A. always                  B. never                       C. sometimes                D. often

5. A. such                     B. the thing                  C. one                          D. this

6. A. highly                  B. high                         C. poorly                      D. poor

7. A. where                   B. what                        C. which                      D. who

8. A. Because                B. Even though             C. When                       D. Though

9. A. play                            B. performance             C. role                         D. case

10. A. with                   B. in                                   C. on                           D. to

11. A. pages                  B. joke                         C. lines                        D. contents

12. A. appeared             B. disappeared                     C. came out                  D. came in

13. A. room                  B. cell                          C. stage                        D. office

14. A. English               B. French                            C. order                       D. full

15. A. worried                     B. surprised                  C. anxious                    D. afraid

16. A. bright                 B. dim                         C. dark                         D. out

17. A. To see                 B. To find                     C. Seeing                            D. Finding

18. A. glasses                B. lines                        C. light                        D. letters

19. A. surprise                     B. satisfaction               C. anger                       D. amusement

20. A. usual                  B. old                          C. unusual                    D. new

 

完形填空练习（二十三）

1~5 CBCDB          6~10 CDBCB        11~15 CDCBD              16~20 CBCBC

 

完形填空练习（二十四）

1~5 BACBD          6~10 ADBBC        11~15 DABDC             16~20 BDADA