完形填空练习（四十三）

 

“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be   1  . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future   2  . Each of you will have to   3   someone in your field, plus give and oral report.”

Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This   4   I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him   5   able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”

I shook my head.

“How about some   6  ?”

I shook my head again.

Finally, I thought he realized I was   7  , and I got my first big tip as a   8  . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from   9   in class. I got an A on the entire project.

Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I   10   Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t   11   me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and   12   all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood.   13   gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   14  .

For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career,   15   stories from murders to airplane crashes and   16   choosing my strongest area.   17   I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been   18    Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

I get   19   all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”

“Well, you see, there was this teacher …” I always start out. I just wish I could   20   her.

 

1. A. good                    B. mad                         C. careless                    D. curious

2. A. university             B. family                      C. professions               D. life

3. A. interview                     B. find out                    C. admire                            D. learn from

4. A. expressed              B. ordered                    C. expected                   D. meant

5. A. hardly                  B. nearly                      C. naturally                  D. eagerly

6. A. drink                    B. newspapers               C. preparations              D. paper

7. A. satisfied                B. comfortable                     C. terrified                   D. sorry

8. A. student                 B. journalist                  C. teacher                     D. writer

9. A. research                B. books                       C. imagination                     D. memory

10. A. called                 B. recognized                C. remembered             D. visited

11. A. answer                B. promise                    C. stop                         D. persuade

12. A. how                   B. whether                    C. why                         D. when

13. A. It                       B. Virginia DeView              C. My parents               D. My oral report

14. A. breaking in         B. getting down            C. falling off                D. going on

15. A. making up          B. listening to               C. covering                   D. writing

16. A. of course            B. finally                      C. doubtfully                D. above all

17. A. When                 B. As long as                C. Once                        D. On condition that

18. A. for                            B. with                         C. of                            D. to

19. A. hurt                    B. excited                     C. disappointed             D. asked

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

完形填空练习（四十四）

 

Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was   1   to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was   2  . So both of them agreed not to   3   after choosing a   4   at every fork (岔路口).

A road sign at the first fork   5   one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the   6   after a   7   discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division (路口) going separately to the panda and peacock. They   8   panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant   9   what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and   10  , for it brooked (容忍) no delay. If they hesitated (犹豫不决) they would miss   11  . Only   12   decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and   13   possible regret.

Life is   14   like this—choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two   15   jobs, two fascinating wooers (追求者). To get one you   16   give up the other—you can get half of it. If you   17   weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely   18   empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it.   19   you have got half of the desirable things in life—something that is   20   to come by.

 

1. A. easy                            B. eager                       C. impossible                D. possible

2. A. enough                 B. limited                     C. tight                        D. plentiful

3. A. retrace                  B. come                       C. go                           D. go back

4. A. main road             B. branch                            C. crossing                   D. highway

5. A. showed                 B. pointed                    C. intended                   D. made

6. A. former                 B. later                         C. last                          D. the third

7. A. brief                    B. long                         C. no                           D. heated

8. A. hoped                   B. wanted                     C. favored                    D. got

9. A. getting                 B. taking                      C. grasping                   D. giving up

10. A. slowly                B. immediately             C. timely                      D. easily

11. A. less                     B. more                        C. most                        D. least

12. A. high                   B. slow                        C. short                        D. rapid

13. A. increase                     B. rid                           C. reduce                      D. raise

14. A. just exactly         B. more or less              C. hardly                      D. most

15. A. unwanted            B. rejected                    C. enjoyable                 D. desirable

16. A. wish                   B. want                        C. must                        D. have to

17. A. spend time          B. kill time                   C. have a hard time              D. hope for

18. A. start with            B. get up                      C. succeed in                D. end up in

19. A. By no means              B. Not in the least         C. At most                    D. At least

20. A. stupid                 B. delighted                  C. hard                         D. supported

 

完形填空练习（四十三）

1~5 BCADA          6~10 DCBDC        11~15 CAADC             16~20 BAADC

 

完形填空练习（四十四）

1~5 CBABA          6~10 AACDB        11~15 BDCBD              16~20 DADDC