10篇完型填空及附加答案

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完形填空练习题

1.

One winter Nasreddin had very  1  money．His crops  2  very bad that year，and he  3  live very cheaply．He gave his donkey less food，and when after two days the donkey  4  just the same，he  5   to himself，“The donkey was used to  6  a lot．Now he is quickly getting used to eating less； and soon he will get used to living  7   almost nothing.”

      Each day Nasreddin gave the donkey a little  8   food, until it was hardly  eating anything.

    Then one day，when the donkey was going to market with a load of wood on its back, it suddenly   9 . “How unlucky I am，”said Nasreddin，“Just when my donkey had got used to eating hardly anything，it came  1 0  the end of its days in this world.

1．A．few          B. little        C. lot          D. much

2．A．had been      B. has been    C. was being     D. is being

3．A．has to         B. have to     C. had to        D. must have to

4．A．1ooks         B. is seen     C.  looked       D. was seen

5．A．says          B. say        C. saying         D. said

6．A．eat          B. eating       C. have eaten     D. being eaten

7．A．on          B. by          C. up            D. to

8．A．more        B. less         C. few           D. small

9．A．dead        B. dying        C. died          D. was dying

1 0．A．on        B. up           C.  in          D.to

Answer:

1. B  2 .A   3 .C   4.C   5D   6 B   7.A    8.B   9.C   10.D

2.

Ali , who was working a long way from home，wanted to send a letter  1   his wife, but he could neither read    2    write， and he had to work all day，so he  3   only  look for somebody to write his letter late  4   night．At last he found the house of  a  letter—writer

6   name was Nasreddin．

Nasreddin was already  7  bed． “It is late，"he said．“What do you want?” “1 want you to write a letter to my wife，”said Ali．Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought  8   a few seconds and then said，“Has the letter got to go far?”

“What does that matter?" answered Ali．

“well，my writing is so strange   9   only I can read it，and if I have to travela long way to read your letter to your wife，it will cost  10   a lot of money.”

    Ali went away quickly．

1.        A. fron    B. to    C.at    D.of

2.        A. and     B.but   C.nor   D.as well as

3.        A. could    B.can   C.must  D.should

4.        A.in       B.on    C.by    D.at

5.        A. For     B.On    C.At    D.To

6.        A. whose    B.what     C.which     D.who

7.        A. on       B.in       C.at         D.0ff

8.        A.after      B.for      C.in         D. of

9.        A. because   B.for      C.then       D.that

10.        A. you       B.from you  C.of you    D.your

ANSWER:

1.B   2.C  3.A  4.D  5.C  6.A  7.B  8.B  9.D   10.A.

3.

MrJones and Mr Brown worked in  1  the same office.  2  Mr Jones said to Mr Brown.

“We are going to have a small party   3  our house next Wednesday evening. Will you and

your wife come?”

Mr Brown said，“Thank you very much．That is very kind   4   you. we are free that evening ,I think,but I will  5  my wife and ask her. Perhaps she wants to go 6  that evening. So Mr Brown went to  7  other room and telephoned. When he came back，he looked very surprised．

What is the matter?”said Mr Jones．“Did you speak to your wife?’’       

No，”answered Mr Brown．“She wasn’t there．My small son  8   the telephone．” I said to him，  ‘‘Is your mother there，David?’’and he answered，“No，she is not  9  the house.”‘‘Where is she then.?’’I asked．‘‘She is  10  outside．”‘‘What is she doing?’’‘‘She is looking for me．’’

1.        A.a            B.the           C.certain       D.some

2.        A.One day      B.Some day      C. Certain day   D.A day

3.        A.from         B.to            C.at            D.of

4.        A.of           B.from          C.with          D.in

5.   A. Call        B. telephoned     C. be calling     D. be telephoning

6.        A. anywhere     B. somewhere     C. any where    D. some where

7.        A.a             B. some          C.the          D.any

8.  A.took          B.got             C.held         D. answered

9.        A.living         B.staying          C.living at      D.in

10.        A.somewhere     B.anywhere        C.cooking      D.washing

ANSWER:

1.B  2.A  3.C  4.A  5.A  6.B  7.C  8.D  9.D  10A.

4.

When you have a post—offi ce box the postman does not__1__ letters to you，but you go to the post-office and get your letters and parcels from your box．The box is __2___，and you have the key，so __3___ letters are very safe..One day，the headmaster of a school __4__ the post-office and _5__ a post office box for his school. He soon __6__ an answer. It said, ‘we’ll give you a post-box __7_ one month.’

Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post-office again and said, ‘why haven’t we got a post-office box __8__?’

This was the answer from the post-office:

“Dear Sir,

We __9_ you a post-office box two months ago and wrote to you then to tell you. Here is the key __10__ your box. You will find our letter to you in it.’

1．A．take  B．fetch   C．bring   D．carry

2．A．open  B. locked   C．empty   D．free

3．A．the box  B．the   C.they     D. it  

4．A．writes to   B. is writing   C. wrote to  D. was writing

5. A. asked for    B. offered   C. asked to   D. offered to  

6．A. gets   B. has got   C. got    D. is getting

7. A．for   B. with   C. passing    D. in

8.  A. yet   B. already  C. either   D. also

9.A. give   B. have given   C. gave  D. had given

10. A. of   B. to   C. with   D. in

ANSWER:

1.C  2.B  3.B  4.C  5.A  6.C  7.D  8.A  9.C  10B.

5.

It was a few days __1__ Christmas, so when the office closed at half past five, most of the young men and typists ___2__ and had a party. They ate and drank, __3__ and sang songs, and nobody __4__ to go home. But Joe had a wife at home, and __5__ quite a long way ___6__ the city. __7__ few minutes he looked at his watch. And at last, when it was very late, he began to leave.

“Joe.!” Shouted his friends, “are you leaving? Why don’t you stay and enjoy the party?”

    “ I am not leaving,” said Joe. “ I am only going down to the station to ___8__ the last train  ____9__ home, I will be back here ___10__ a few minutes.”

1. A. after     B. before   C. on     D.in

2. A. stay        B. left      C. stayed  D.leave

3. A.danced      B. dancing   C. dance  D. was dancing

4. A. wants     B. wanted     C. is wanting  D.was wanting

5. A. lives     B. living      C. was lived    D.lived

6. A. from     B. at       C. in       D. away

7. A. After     B. In        C. A       D.Every

8. A. catch     B. miss      C. have caught    D.have missed

9. A. back     B. back to    C. get     D.go

10. A. for      B. in       C.  after    D. of

ANSWER:

1．B  2.C  3. A  4．B  5．D  6．A  7．D  8．B  9．A  10.B

6．

Television broadcasts are limited to an area that is within the    1    of the sending station or its relay．   2    television relays are often placed on hills and mountains so that they can    3    a wider region, they still can not cover as much as people expect.

However, the rays also go out into the atmosphere．  4   there is a relay station on a satellite that revolves around the earth, it can send the pictures to any point on the earth from which the satellite can be    5   ．Three satellites periodically turning around over the equator will send    6    television program to any part of the earth．This makes it possible for world    7    of newspapers to give the news in all countries at the same time．Someday it may be possible for a subscriber to a televised newspaper to press a button and see a newspaper page    8     his television screen．He could also decide when he wants the page    9   ．Moreover, by dialing different numbers such as    10   on a telephone dial, he could choose the language or the edition of the paper he wants to read.

1．A．range                 B．view                        C．miles                  D．distance  

2．A．Even                 B．Although                C．Unless                  D．Whenever  

3．A．cover                 B．spread                C．help                  D．pass

4．A．Then                 B．Therefore                C．So                          D．If

5．A．watched                 B．seen                        C．spotted                  D．protected

6．A．one                           B．all                        C．some                           D．any

7．A．population         B．editions                C．articles              D．reports

8．A．at                    B．in                        C．on                   D．by

9．A．turn                    B．to turn                C．turning             D．to be turned

10．A．what              B．these                        C．those                D．ones

Answer:

1．A  2．B  3．A  4．D  5．B  6．D  7．D  8．C  9．D  10．C

7．

Although international travel is usually an (21) __________ and pleasant experience, travellers should take steps to ensure that their health does not suffer either (22) ______ their time _____ the air or ______ their time

abroad.

Before you go, check with your doctor or local travel clinic (23) ______ injections are necessary for the areas you are travelling (24) _____. Allow sufficient time to have these injections before you (25) _______ because they may take time to become effective. Be sure that the information on health is up-to-date. Check on the Internet if you are not sure.

Don’t go to bed late the day (26) _______ you fly.

Your body has a natural daily sleep pattern. It takes time to adjust  to a new time zone. There are many different (27) __________ of jet lag: you may not be able to sleep, you may not want to eat or you may feel sick and tired. You may not be able to concentrate for some days after you arrive.

There are several things you can do to (28) ________ the effects of jet lag:

－ Do your (29) ______ to relax during the flight;

－ Sleep as much as you can on the flight. Use a mild sleeping pill if necessary;

－ Drink as much water as you can;

－ Don’t drink alcohol and caffeine;

－ Take mild sleeping pills (30) ______ the first few days in the new time zone if you need them.

21. A) excited       B) exciting         C) excitted           D) excitting

22. A) of…on…of                    B) of…in…of            

C) from…on…from               D) from…in…from

23. A) where        B) - （不填）          C) which                D) that

24. A) - （不填）      B) in          C) to              D) at

25. A) will leave       B) is leaving        C) leave             D) have left

26. A) after           B) in            C) on                    D) before

27. A) effects       B) effect             C) affect               D) affects

28. A) short          B) shorten           C) less               D) lessen

29) A) good            B) better          C) best           D) most

30. A) at          B) for         C) of           D) on                  

(Key: 21. B    22. D    23. C    24. C    25. C     26. D    27. A

28. D    29. C    30. B

8．

A study (21) _____________ that fitness is the key (22) ______ long life,

irrespective of body shape or even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people (23) _________ exercise live longer than those who do not, (24) __________ they are overweight and smoke.

The study found that the least fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times (25) _____________ to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true whether or not the men had heart problems, smoked or (26) ______ overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better to be fat and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken Cooper, a fitness expert, said, "You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and (27) __________ regularly than being a non-smoker and sedentary." Although he adds, " But don't misunderstand me. I am not endorsing smoking. I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary."

(28) ________, the study appears to fly in the face of research last year which concluded that more than 30,000 people die prematurely every year in Britain from illnesses caused by being overweight.

The British Government is putting pressure on manufacturers (29) ____________ high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nation's health. But the new study suggests the Government (30) __________ more people to exercise.

21. A) showing     B) show      C) has shown      D) had shown

22. A) to      B) for      C) of        D) in

23. A) –(不填)     B) which       C) whom       D) who

24. A) if        B) unless      C) even if       D) because

25. A) like     B) likely     D) less likely    D) more likely

26. A) was     B) were      C) is         D) are

27. A) to exercise         B) exercising        

   C) exercise           D) exercised

28. A) However     B) So       C) Although     D) Furthermore

29. A) reduce      B) reducing       C) to reduce      D) reduced

30. A) encouraged              B) encouraging

   C) to encourage             D) encourage

(Key: 21. C   22. A    23. D    24. C   25. D   26. B    27. B    28. A

29. C    30. D)

9．

More and more people (21) ____ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (22) ____ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (23) ____ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (24) ____ are struggling to make (25) ____ ends meet. The alarms, (26) ____ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (27) _____ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (28) _____ but have not installed them (29) _____. The insurance companies told people (30) _____ the alarms on all doors and windows.

21.  A. must          B. have           C. had           D. has

22.  A. have been asked  B. asked   C. will ask        D. have been asking

23.  A. due           B. caused          C. because       D. because of

24.  A. which         B. what           C. who          D. –

25.  A. the           B. all              C. -            D. those

26.  A. that           B. which           C. who          D. it

27.  A. estimate        B. estimating     C. estimates        D. estimated

28.  A. to have them installed               B. to have them installing

     C. to have been installing them          D. to install them

29.  A. still          B. already            C. yet           D. too

30.  A. install       B. installed          C. installing        D. to install

(Key: 21. B    22. D    23. A    24. C    25. C    26. B    27. D    28. A

29. C    30. D)

10．

There are advantages and disadvantages to  1    Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage  2  the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science  3  American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans  4   . The study is difficult, but it  5  students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools,  6  many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.

The advantage to the education in North America,  7  the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values  8  ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized  9  many basic rules and facts as students in other countries  10   .

1. A. only         B. both              C. all                  

2. A. for        B. as                   C. to

3. A. to                B. for          C. than            

4. A. do                B. have               C. does            

5. A. provides          B. gets                   C. prepares     

6. A. and                   B. yet                       C. just

7. A. at                      B. on         C. under

8. A. old          B. poor                C. new     

9. A. more             B. less                  C. as

10. A. have            B. does            C. haven’t         

10答案： 1. B     2. C    3. C     4. A     5. C

6. B     7. B    8. C     9. C     10 A