完形填空练习（九十九）
 
While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job   1   at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of   2   and wanting to do something   3   I applied (申请),   4   as I did so, that without a degree and with no   5   of teaching my chances of getting the job were   6  .
However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a   7   journey: a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at   
"The school," he said, "is made up of one   11   of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects except art,   12   he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into   13   groups and teach them in turn at three different   14  , and I was   15   at the thought of teaching maths—a subject at which I wasn’t very   16   at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of   17   to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be   18   themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his   19  . "Now" he said, you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really   20   this school.
 
1. A. kept                    B. lost                         C. wanted                    D. found
2. A. money                 B. time                        C. students                   D. clothes
3. A. harmful                      B. useful                      C. funny                      D. secret
4. A. expecting             B. whispering               C. fearing                    D. considering
5. A. material                      B. experience                      C. means                     D. books
6. A. nice                    B. great                       C. slight                             D. helpful
7. A. difficult                      B. pleasant                   C. comfortable             D. short
8. A. most                   B. least                        C. last                         D. first
9. A. teacher                B. door-keeper             C. student                    D. headmaster
10. A. shut                   B. opened                    C. repaired                   D. kicked
11. A. group                B. class                        C. dozen                      D. score
12. A. which                B. that                         C. what                       D. this
13. A. one                   B. two                         C. three                       D. four
14. A. classes                      B. subjects                   C. levels                             D. places
15. A. excited              B. angry                             C. glad                        D. disappointed
16. A. poor                  B. interested                 C. weak                       D. good
17. A. forcing              B. having                     C. forgetting                D. managing
18. A. watching            B. studying                  C. enjoying                  D. helping
19.A. letter                  B. feet                         C. hands                      D. wife
20.A. runs                   B. starts                       C. observes                  D. likes
完形填空练习（一百）
 
The Town of
In Pressure,   2   struggled to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would   3   to have the baby with the loudest cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because   4   was the index (指数) of success, people were   5   busy making money, with   6   for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t bear the intensity and resorted to drink or drugs to escape.
  7  , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without   8   and   9   do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t   10   whether students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office   11   sipping coffee and doing nothing.   12   the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was   13   that mattered. No one had the   14   thought of moving forward, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were   15   models from Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to   16   because of the meaninglessness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is   17   for?” But, just before life in the two towns completely   18  , there came a saint Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be   19   with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They   20   the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns’ people came to realize the truth—there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes.
 
1. A. connect                B. keep                        C. keep out                  D. prevent
2. A. everyone              B. anyone                     C. nobody                    D. somebody
3. A. have                     B. like                          C. compete                   D. try
4. A. health                   B. joy                          C. children                   D. wealth
5. A. seldom                 B. always                     C. hardly                      D. sometimes
6. A. much time            B. no reason                 C. many reasons            D. no time
7. A. Meanwhile           B. At the same time              C. Therefore                 D. Virtually
8. A. pleasure                B. pressure                   C. work                        D. happiness
9. A. must                    B. need                        C. could                             D. dared
10. A. know                  B. find                         C. recognize                 D. care
11. A. in the morning     B. in the evening           C. all day long             D. in the afternoon
12. A. Thanks to           B. Regardless of            C. Owe to                     D. According to
13. A. money                B. time                         C. pleasure                   D. pressure
14. A. strongest             B. slightest                   C. most                        D. smallest
15. A. the old                      B. the new                    C. the best                    D. the same
16. A. books                 B. work                        C. money                            D. drugs
17. A. pressure                     B. life                         C. pleasure                   D. money
18. A. improved            B. failed                             C. succeeded                 D. lived
19. A. content              B. surprised                  C. patient                            D. angry
完形填空练习（九十九）
1~5 CABCB          6~10 CABDB        11~15 BACCD             16~20 DBCBA
 
完形填空练习（一百）
1~5 CDACDB              6~10 DABCD        11~15 CACBA              16~20 DBBAC