完形填空

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案

　“Where is the bus?”I asked myself．I was going to be late 　1 　the manager wasn't going to be 　2 　．“Thank God,here it is !”The bus 　3 　round the corner and I got on．Ten minures later I was walking into the 　4 　where I work．“Twenty-five past nine．I 　5 　the manager doesn't notice．”But no 　6 　luck!

　“Smith!”shouted the manager．“Late again．What's your 　7 　this time?”“I'm afraid the bus was late, Mr Brown．”“ 　8 　up earlier tomorrow!Anyway, go to your 　9 　at the counter （柜台）．We'll be opening in a few minutes．”

　My first customer （顾客）was a pretty girl wearing a red dress．　　 　10 　her was a young man of about 25．He seemed very 　11 　, and every few seconds he looked 　12 　the main entrance．The girl 　13 　about opening a bank account （帐户）．I gave her the necessary 　14 　and she walked out．　　 　15 　, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something 　16 　with brown paper．Turning to my next customer, I was terrified to see a gun 　17 　out of his coat．The next moment a loud noise 　18 　my ears．Everything went black．I was falling …After 　19 　seened a very long time, I opened my eyes and found myself --in bed! 　20 　shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house．As 　21 　, the bus wasn't on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25．

　“Smith!”the manager cried out in a voice like thunder．“ 　22 　of your excuses! Go start work at once!”To my 　23 　, the first customer was a girl 　24 　a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper．The 　25 　! Wasn't that the surprise of my life!

One day, an expert did an experiment that the students would never forget.
As he  1  in front of the students, he said, “OK, time for a(n)  2 .” He pulled out a wide-mouth  3 and set it on the table. He also took some fist-sized（拳头大小的）rocks and carefully  4 them into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would  5 inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?”  6  in the class shouted, “Yes.” The expert replied, “Really ?” He _7_ under the table and  8  some gravel（砾石）. He dumped（倒）some gravel in and  9  the jar, causing gravel down into the  10  between rocks. He then asked the same question again.   

“Probably not,” one student answered. “Good!” He replied. He then brought out some sand and started dumping the sand into the places  11  between the rocks and the gravel . Once more he asked the same question.
    “ 12 !” the class shouted. Once again he said, “Good!” Then he grabbed （拿） some water and began to  13  it in until the jar was full. Then he asked, “What's the point of this experiment?” One student  14  his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how  15  your schedule is, if you try really hard you can  16 fit some more things in it!”   

“No,” the expert replied, “that's not the point. This experiment 17  us if you don't put the big rocks in  18 , you will never get them in at all. What are the ‘ 19 rocks’ in your life? Time with your loved ones, your education, your dreams and so on. Remember to put these rocks in first 20  you'll never get them in at all.”
1. A. spoke                   B. stood               C. bent                 D. lay
2. A. class                    B. test                  C. exam                D. experiment
3. A. jar                        B. bow                    C. plate                 D. cup
4. A. led                       B. brought       C. placed               D. carried
5. A. fit                        B. put           C. stay                  D. come
6. A. Someone             B. Nobody       C. Everyone          D. One
7. A. reached                B. held                  C. put                   D. looked
8. A. pull off                 B. pulled out          C. pull over            D. pulled on
9. A. moved                 B. shook               C. covered             D. pressed
10. A. spaces                      B. rooms          C. air             D. place
11. A. marked             B. dug            C. taken          D. left
12. A. No                    B. Certainly      C. Yes            D. Of course
13. A. pipe                   B. pour           C. flow           D. take
14. A. rose            B. waved          C. raised          D. shook
15. A. important      B. full             C. much                D. poor
16. A. never                 B. always           C. seldom         D. even
17. A. teaches          B. writes          C. says           D. gives
18. A. first             B. second         C. third           D. last
19. A. beautiful          B. dull            C. important       D. big
20. A. but             B. and             C. or             D. while

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1. 5分, 满30分)

“Where is the bus?” I asked myself. I was going to be late and the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. Thank God, here it is! The bus  31  round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the  32  where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I 33  the manager doesn’t notice.” But no  34  luck! “Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your 35  this time?”. “ I’m afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “Get up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your  36  at the counter, we’ll be opening in a few minutes.”

My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. Behind her was a young man of about 25. He seemed very  37 , and every few seconds he looked  38 the main entrance. The girl  39  about opening a bank account. I gave her the necessary  40  and she walked out. 41 , I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something  42  with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was terrified to see a gun  43  out of his coat. The moment a loud noise  44  my ears. Everything went black. I was falling….

After  45  seemed a very long time, I opened my eyes and found in bed!  46  shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. As usual, the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.

“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “  47  of your excuse! Go start work at once!” To my  48 , the first customer was a girl  49  a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The  50 ! Wasn’t that the surprise of my life?

31. A. ran       B. came           C. rode               D. drove

32. A. hotel      B. shop              C. bank               D. restaurant

33. A. believe    B. expect          C. guess              D. hope

34. A. much       B. such            C. more              D. this

35. A. excuse      B. idea             C. cause               D. answer

36. A. business   B. job             C. place            D. spot

37. A. nervous     B. shy              C. calm         D. angry

38. A. down       B. for                C. towards         D. through

39. A. cared       B. talked            C. asked            D. worried

40. A. information  B. offer            C. instruction       D. support

41. A. Again     B. Then            C. Thus            D. However

42. A. hidden      B. rolled           C. filled           D. covered

43. A. getting     B. aiming          C. appearing        D. sticking

44. A. took      B. shook           C. filled           D. covered

45. A. what      B. when            C. that             D. it

46. A. Even             B. Still             C. Just            D. Ever

47. A. Less        B. Plenty          C. More            D. None

48. A. belief     B. surprise         C. joy             D. regret

49. A. of        B. with            C. on              D. in

50. A. dream     B. story            C. affair            D. accident

31—50  BCDBA    CACCA    BDDCA   BDBDA