Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mrs. Hammond was old and blind, but she was determined to do everything for herself. She even used to go for walks by herself once a day for _________, and found her way by _________ things with her white stick. She learned where everything was, so she never lost her way.

One day, some men came and cut down some of the familiar trees at the side of one of the paths which she _________ . When she reached that place that evening, she did not_________the trees with her stick, so she was in_________ .

She _________ for a while and listened, but did not _________ any other people, so she went for a kilometer or two, and then she heard _________ beneath her. “Am I _________ ? I suppose so,” she said, “I must be on a _________, and there must be a river under me. I've been told that there's a river in this part of the country, but I don't know its exact _________. How am I going to get _________ to my house from here?”

All at once she heard a man's friendly_________ near her. “Excuse me, can I help you?” “How kind of you!” Mrs. Hammond answered. “Yes, please. Some of the trees which I follow have been _________today, and if I hadn't been _________ enough to meet you, I don't know _________ I'd have done. Can you please_________ me to get home?”

“Certainly,” the man answered. “Where do you live?”

Mrs. Hammond told him, and the man took her to her house. She told the man how pleased she was that she had met him. But the man said. “I want to_________ you.”

Mrs. Hammond asked, “Whatever for?”

“Well,” the man said quietly, “I was balanced (悬在) on the edge of that bridge for ages in the _________, because I was trying to make up my mind to _________ myself into the river and drown myself. But I'm not going to do it now.”

1.A. health B. exercise C. sport D. training

2.A. seeing B. looking at C. hearing D. touching

3.A. followed B. led C. walked D. headed

4.A. know B. feel C. smell D. climb

5.A. need B. danger C. dark D. difficulty

6.A. waited B. rested C. stopped D. walked

7.A. see B. find C. meet D. hear

8.A. noise B. water C. boat D. train

9.A. lost B. all right C. wrong D. alone

10.A. boat B. plane C. bridge D. highway

11.A. size B. length C. position D. name

12.A. far B. near C. away D. back

13.A. touch B. voice C. sound D. noise

14.A. lost B. destroyed C. removed D. planted

15.A. lucky B. kind C. good D. foolish

16.A. how B. what C. why D. which

17.A. tell B. direct C. help D. lead

18.A help B. know C. thank D. meet

19.A. worry B. sorry C. hurry D. dark

20.A. put B. throw C. jump D. take

Answer 1