完形填空

（一）

Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber[搶劫者] many years ago.

That evening， she went to a birthday party which ___1___ until two o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the ___2___ street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark ___3___ a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good ___4___， lady，” the man said in a low voice. “I don’t think you wish to ___5___ here！” “What do you want？” “Your earrings. Take them off！”

Agatha suddenly had a ___6___ idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar[衣領] of her overcoat while she used ___7___ hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly ___8___ them on the ground.

“Take them and let me go，” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all， only trying to ___9___ the necklace. It would cost ___10___， so he said， “Give me your necklace.”

“Oh， sir. It doesn’t ___11___ much. Please let me wear it.”

“I’m not that ___12___， Quick！”

With shaking ___13___. Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left， she picked up her earrings and ran as ___14___ as she could to one of her friends.

The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost ___15___ six pounds.

1. A. ended B. stayed C. stopped D. lasted

2. A. busy B. quiet C. noisy D. wide

3. A. part B. block C. building D. street

4. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night

5. A. die B. escape C. fight D. stay

6. A. funny B. safe C. brave D. bright

7. A. other B. others C. the other D. another

8. A. handed B. threw C. passed D. put

9. A. own B. keep C. have D. protect

10. A. cheap B. expensive C. more D. less

11. A. weigh B. take C. spend D. cost

12. A. afraid B. angry C. silly D. bad

13. A. hands B. feet C. head D. body

14. A. much B. early C. carefully D. fast

15. A. really B. already C. only D. hardly

（二）

My father died when I was a baby， and my mother had to go out to work. I was the only ___1___ so I had no brothers and sisters to play with at home. I used to play in the street with other children， or ride my bike down to the park， but I remember I ___2___ a lot of time just sitting at home reading. We had a television， I think， but don’t remember ___3___ it very much.

My grandparents lived with us and we used to do a lot of things together—I remember we played card a lot. At the weekends， my mother always ___4___ —we often went down to the sea and swam， and I ___5___ to swim when I was quite young.

We didn’t have a car， so we went everywhere by bus. Occasionally[偶爾]， one of my uncles used to come and take us out in his car， which was a great ___6___. For holidays we always went to the seaside， but never far away—maybe a short train journey.

My mother wasn’t very ___7___， and I don’t remember her ever ___8___ me. In fact， I used to get my own way too much.

I was given small pocket money because we weren’t very ___9___， and I probably spent most of it on sweets， as far as I remember—I don’t think anyone thought they were ___10___ for you then.

1. A. child B. father C. friend D. mother

2. A. used B. kept C. took D. spent

3. A. repairing B. listening to C. watching D. looking at

4. A. let me in B. took me out C. told me storiesD. went shopping

5. A. hated B. learned C. stopped D. forgot

6. A. game B. chance C. pain D. pleasure

7. A. strict B. kind C. interested D. worried

8. A. playing withB. staying with C. beating D. loving

9. A. busy B. happy C. rich D. well

10. A. good B. bad C. important D. delicious

（三）

A Chinese student went to England to study by plane. His name was Sun. It is spelt S-U-N just ___1___ the word “sun”， the sun in the sky， is spelt.

England is a country with ___2___ weather. It is often cloudy and rainy， so the people there don’t get ___3___ sunlight[陽光] in the year. When ___4___ Chinese student arrived at ___5___ Airport， a tall English policeman opened his ___6___ to check the visa[簽證]. The policeman was ___7___ to find the Chinese name “sun” in the passport. He thought it was pronounced just ___8___ the English word “sun”. So he said to the student， “I see your name is Sun. You are ___9___ here.”

The Chinese student felt ___10___. So he asked the policeman， “Is there anything wrong with my passport of visa？ Do I have to ___11___ to my country？” “What？” shouted the policeman. “No， we’ll never let you go away.”

The Chinese student was worried by now. He thought he was going to be arrested[逮捕]. He was sure ___12___ he had been in trouble. ___13___ he wondered whether he had broken the British[英國的] law. So he asked the policeman again. “What happened？ What have I done？”

It was then that the policeman began to ___14___. He said， “You don’t know what you have done， Mr Sun？ You ___15___ sunlight to England！ So we don’t want you to go away.”

1. A. why B. how C. when

2. A. bad B. nice C. dry

3. A. a lot B. many C. much

4. A. an B. the C. a

5. A. London B. Paris C. Tokyo

6. A. book B. passport C. pocket

7. A. scared B. bored C. interested

8. A. like B. by C. with

9. A. trained B. wanted C. refused

10. A. surprised B. satisfied C. pleased

11. A. go over B. go on C. go back

12. A. to B. that C. of

13. A. But B. Till C. Or

14. A. complain B. smile C. discuss

15. A. brought B. would bring C. have brought

完形填空答案

（一）

1.D。until two o’clock in the morning暗示該空表示“持續”，因此應填lasted。

2.B。由常識可知，凌晨兩點街上行人稀少，店鋪也未開門，非常安靜，因此該空應填quiet。

3.C。突然從一幢黑房子的后面一個右手拿著一把鋒利刀子的高個子男子朝她沖了過去。

4.A。由第1空后面的two o’clock in the morning可以推出該空應填morning。

5.A。由語境邏輯可知，搶劫犯手里拿著一把鋒利的刀子是想以被搶者不聽話就將其殺死為威脅進行搶劫，因此該空應填die。

6.D。由下文Agatha的機智行為可以推出她想出的是一個聰明的主意，因此該空應填bright。

7.C。此處指兩只手中的另一只手，因此該空應填the other。

8.B。quickly與on the ground暗示該空表示“扔”，因此應填threw。

9.B。由第6空后面的tried to cover her necklace with the collar of her overcoat可以推出該空表示“保留”，因此應填keep。

10.C。搶劫犯認為Agatha想留下項鏈說明其值錢更多，因此該空應填more。

11.D。由It與much之間的邏輯關系可以推出該空表示“值”，因此應填cost。

12.C。我可沒那么傻。

13.A。Agatha假裝用顫抖的雙手摘下了項鏈。

14.D。搶劫犯一離開，她拾起耳環，盡可能快地跑向一個朋友。

15.C。此處強調項鏈值錢少，因此應填only。

【點評】本文是一篇驚險的記敘文，介紹了一個勇敢聰明的女子智斗搶劫犯的故事，表明面對搶劫犯只要善于用腦是可以減少損失的，第6空的bright、第8空的threw、第13空的hands、第14空的fast、第空的only充分表明了這一點。文章情節曲折，緊張驚險，第2空的quiet、第5空的die就充分體現了這一點。

（二）

1.A。由下文had no brothers and sisters可以推出作者是家中唯一的孩子，因此該空應填child。

2.D。spend…doing sth.，花費時間做某事，與語境邏輯吻合。

3.C。由主語和賓語之間的邏輯關系可以推出該空表示“觀看（電視）”，因此應填watching。……