完形填空

　　Many people 1 by spiders. They are 2 afraid of large, hairy (多毛的) ones. The largest and most 3 of all spiders is the bird-eating spider, 4 lives in the hot, thick rain forests of northern South America.

　　Bird-eating spiders are a 5 of tarantula (毒蜘蛛). They are very hairy. Some of these giant spiders can spread eighteen centimeters with their 6 . Tarantulas are not, 7 most people think, poisonous spiders. They can 8 , and the bite is painful, but it will not kill a 9 . The poisonous bite of a black widow (丧偶的) spider is 10 dangerous.

　　Bird-eating spiders often hide in holes and under rocks 11 the day, 12 at night they 13 out and 14 insect. 15 you might guess 16 their name, they also catch 17 and eat them.

　　They have 18 unusual ability. They can 19 windowpanes (窗玻璃 ), 20 sticky, silky hairs on their feet that cling to glass.

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完形填空

　　Many people 1 by spiders. They are 2 afraid of large, hairy (多毛的) ones. The largest and most 3 of all spiders is the bird-eating spider, 4 lives in the hot, thick rain forests of northern South America.

　　Bird-eating spiders are a 5 of tarantula (毒蜘蛛). They are very hairy. Some of these giant spiders can spread eighteen centimeters with their 6 . Tarantulas are not, 7 most people think, poisonous spiders. They can 8 , and the bite is painful, but it will not kill a 9 . The poisonous bite of a black widow (丧偶的) spider is 10 dangerous.

　　Bird-eating spiders often hide in holes and under rocks 11 the day, 12 at night they 13 out and 14 insect. 15 you might guess 16 their name, they also catch 17 and eat them.

　　They have 18 unusual ability. They can 19 windowpanes (窗玻璃 ), 20 sticky, silky hairs on their feet that cling to glass.

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10-year–old John ran barefoot out of the door on a windy, cold day in February and he   1   straight for the 125-foot electric tower behind their home. The tower carried 230,000 volts through its silver wires but John wasn′t    2   of the danger. He had suffered from a mental illness, a condition that separates him from reality,   3  him to live within his own   4   . That day his thoughts were set on climbing to the top of that tower, touching the sky and feeling what it was like to   5   .

       His seventeen-year-old brother, James, who had always been close by, watching him and making sure that no   6   came to him,   7  to realize that he was missing this time.

       John had already   8   the handrails（栏杆）and was making his   9   to the sky by the time James   10   him. James understood the    11   of the electrical tower but he chose to follow his younger brother up each gray rail, trying not to look   12   , all the way to the top. James finally   13   his brother and held him tightly with his right hand. With his left hand, he held on to a metal bar to help stabilize（固定）them   14   .

       The minutes lengthened into hours   15   they balanced on a three-inch rail. James sang songs to   16   his own beating heart and to draw his brother′s attention away from the rescue action taking place   17  .

       Hundreds of people gathered at the base of the tower and they looked like ants to James. Helicopters（直升飞机）began to circle overhead and emergency trucks rushed to the   18   . When secured with a safety line, the brothers and their rescuers were carefully lowered to the ground, the crowd below burst out  19   . They witnessed the   20  of a 17-year-old boy named James.

1．A．looked                  B．headed                C．cared                  D．sent

3．A．teaching                B．allowing              C．coaching             D．forcing

4．A．words                   B．opinions              C．thoughts              D．ideas

5．A．run                       B．fly                      C．rush                    D．walk

6．A．harm                    B．wound                C．fear                    D．damage

7．A．refused                 B．happened             C．pretended            D．failed

8．A．removed               B．cleared                C．overcome            D．occupied

9．A．way                      B．trip                     C．tour                    D．journey

10．A．caught                B．saved                  C．found                  D．recognized

11．A．usage                  B．danger                 C．effect                  D．height

12．A．left                     B．right                    C．up                      D．down

13．A．reached               B．touched               C．fetched               D．found

14．A．either                  B．both                    C．all                       D．each

15．A．before                 B．till                       C．where                 D．as

16．A．stop                    B．rest                     C．calm                   D．resist

17．A．below                 B．nearby                 C．ahead                  D．around

18．A．land                    B．space                  C．center                 D．scene

19．A．cries                   B．cheers                 C．laughter               D．shouts

20．A．carefulness          B．friendliness          C．braveness            D．unselfishness