Question

　　Martin is a writer and makes a lot of money by writing stories. Sometimes he writes true stories and has to (1) many facts (事实). This takes much time, and time is money.

　　Mr Martin likes making up(捏造)stories better than true ones. He doesn't have to (2) time to (3) out names and dates. Many people (4) his stories.

　　Mr Martin also likes to travel, especially(尤其是)when he runs out of(用完)story ideas. He always gets new ones easily because something always happens. On his last holiday something happened, but he didn't write a story about it.

　　He was (5) in a hotel, and there was a fire. Everyone ran out of the hotel quickly. Mr Martin stood outside (6) a man, and they (7) the fire.“When everyone ran out,”Mr Martin told the man,“they didn't close their doors. I saw some money on the desk in the room next to mine. The money was going to (8) . So I took it.”“You don't know me,”said the other man,“and you don't know the kind of job that I do. I'm a policeman.”Mr Martin thought quickly,“And do you know what kind of work I do?”“No,”said the policeman.“I'm a writer,”said Mr Martin.“I'm always making up stories about things that never happened.”

1．

[　　]

A．look up

B．look at

C．look after

D．look out

2．

[　　]

A．spend

B．take

C．cost

D．have

3．

[　　]

A．take

B．put

C．find

D．get

4．

[　　]

A．enjoy reading

B．liked

C．like to read

D．enjoy to read

5．

[　　]

A．living

B．spending

C．staying

D．thinking

6．

[　　]

A．nearby

B．next to

C．over

D．of

7．

[　　]

A．saw

B．found

C．noticed

D．watched

8．

[　　]

A．be lost

B．be missing

C．be burned

D．be stolen

Answer 1

答案：A;B;C;A;C;B;D;C
解析：

解析：1．look up在此意为查阅资料。;2．take tine to do sth. spend后接on sth或in doing sth；而cost只能用物作主语。故选B．;3．find out找出，查找出。;4．enjoy doing喜爱做某事；like to do表示偶然性。 　　方法提炼：要想做好完形填空题，平时就要大量积累同义词的辨析以及常用词的固定搭配。只有在平时不断地积累、总结、归纳学到的东西，并注意温故知新，才能打下坚实的基础。