完形填空练习（三十三）

 

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.

When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t   1   drive to a store and back home. He always looks   2   up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything   3   such as strange cars, loud noises,   4   windows, or people gathering on street corners.

Tim   5   to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group   6   on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s   7   Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community   8  . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police   9   their homes, streets, and families safe.

Tina Stedman, president of   10   neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim. “People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not   11   them. Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the   12   to steal from other people or to make them feel   13   sitting in their own homes.”

Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors   14   out for one another. “We   15   each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a   16   of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the   17  . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for   18  , or someone destroying property (财产), we report to the police.

Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups   19   a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people,” but they can’t do   20  .

 

1. A. yet                       B. still                          C. just                          D. rather

2. A. carefully               B. clearly                            C. nervously                 D. coldly

3. A. familiar                B. unusual                    C. expensive                 D. interesting

4. A. curtained                     B. open                        C. old                          D. broken

5. A. attends                 B. belongs                    C. goes                         D. turns

6. A. meets                   B. quarrels                    C. sings                        D. searches

7. A. where                   B. why                         C. when                       D. how

8. A. politics                 B. wealth                      C. health                      D. safety

9. A. keep                     B. hold                         C. let                           D. protect

10. A. its                      B. his                           C. their                        D. your

11. A. round                 B. on                           C. about                       D. to

12. A. right                   B. chance                            C. courage                    D. mind

13. A. unlucky                     B. unsafe                      C. disappointed             D. discouraged

14. A. set                      B. let                           C. hold                         D. look

15. A. care                    B. enter                        C. watch                       D. manage

16. A. group                 B. set                           C. number                    D. crowd

17. A. judges                B. police                      C. firemen                    D. doctors

18. A. work                  B. burden                            C. service                            D. trouble

19. A. produce                     B. find                         C. get                          D. help

20. A. anything             B. everything                C. harm                        D. wrong

 

完形填空练习（三十四）

I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most   1   and tiring games I’ve ever had. When Ed first phoned and   2   we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an   3   victory. After all, Ed’s idea of   4   has always been nothing more  5   than lifting a fork to his mouth.   6   I can remember, Ed’s been the least physically fit member in the family, and   7   proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often   8   about that, Ed refused to buy a   9   T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed   10   for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly   11  , I was so surprised that I was   12  . My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape.   13  , at the point in our game when I’d have predicted the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was   14   7 to 9—and Ed was   15  . Then sudden realization was painful. We   16   to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious   17   about staying alive until 21 years old, let alone   18   that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to   19  . In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my   20  .

 

1. A. encouraging          B. hopeless                   C. surprising                 D. regular

2. A. declared               B. mentioned                C. persuaded                 D. suggested

3. A. unforgettable        B. unexpected               C. easy                         D. early

4. A. exercise                B. preparation               C. joy                          D. fitness

5. A. time-saving           B. comfortable                     C. suitable                    D. effort-making

6. A. As soon as            B. As long as                C. When                       D. Since

7. A. strangely                     B. personally                C. reasonably                D. eagerly

8. A. cared                    B. forgot                      C. quarreled                  D. joked

9. A. clean                    B. larger                       C. straight                    D. darker

10. A. set out                B. got ready                  C. arrived                            D. returned

11. A. notice                 B. admire                            C. believe                     D. measure

12. A. nervous                     B. curious                     C. careless                    D. speechless

13. A. After all                     B. As a result                C. Above all                 D. At last

14. A. mistakenly          B. then                         C. instead                            D. naturally

15. A. leading               B. coming                    C. waiting                    D. counting

16. A. pretended            B. stopped                    C. continued                 D. decided

17. A. thoughts             B. doubts                      C. situations                  D. problems

18. A. scoring               B. completing               C. receiving                  D. keeping

19. A. play                   B. start                         C. sleep                        D. move

20. A. friendship           B. respect                            C. support                    D. favor

 

完形填空练习（三十三）

1~5 CABDB          6~10 ACDAC        11~15 DABDC             16~20 ABDDB

 

完形填空练习（三十四）

1~5 CDCAD          6~10 BADBC        11~15 ADBCA              16~20 CBADB