题目内容
33. --- How can you be late for such an important conference?
--- Sorry! But my flight was ______ by fog.
A.taken over | B.held up | C.turned down | D.handed out |
B
解析
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas-time I went to a post office to send a letter. To my (36)______ I found people queuing some paces away from the person at the savings deposit window.
(37)_____so? Each did his business (38)_____ but the line never moved a step (39)_____. I was very (40)____, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your (41)_____for other's privacy”—a polite (42)_____to keep people away from nosing into other's (43)_____ (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the (44)____ and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so (45)____ at a distance that they seemed quite (46) _____to the practice. The (47)____ thing happened at a public telephone box. (48)_____ waiting for their turns always kept their distance—enough to be out of (49)____ . It's another typical example!?
From then on I (50)____ to watch their ways of doing things, manners, treatment (51)____ towards others. And I found the Germans always mindful of other's privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing(窘迫)situation. For instance, they never (52)____ about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, (53)_____would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws (54)_____ reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows (55) ____matters are not allowed to be disturbed.
A. sorrow | B. anger | C. delight | D.surprise | |
A. Why | B. How | C. What | D. Where | |
A. in secret | B. with care | C. in turn | D. by turns | |
A. slower | B. nearer | C. farther | D. longer | |
A. curious | B. angry | C. interested | D. impatient | |
A. care | B. respect | C. help | D. search | |
A. voice | B. phrase | C. warning | D. sentence | |
A. pockets | B. savings | C. needs | D. affaris | |
A. word | B. sight | C. people | D. matters | |
A. honestly | B. anxiously | C. nervously | D. calmly | |
A. used | B. familiar | C. uncomforable | D. polite | |
A.interesting | B. strange | C.same | D. different | |
A. They | B. These | C. Those | D. That | |
A. sight | B. hearing | C. touch | D. question | |
A. went on | B. took care | C. paid attention | D.took charge | |
A. moving | B. shown | C. facing | D. offered | |
A. asked | B. heard | C. worried | D. learned | |
A. so | B. nor | C. not only | D. if | |
A. appreciate | B. stop | C. hate | D. forbid | |
A. public | B. personal | C. small | D. important |