第三节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
Everyone has a wish to
travel. But those who cannot do so themselves might find it 31 to work
in a travel agency, 32 journeys for other people. Tom does this, working
in a small travel agency in an industrial city. Most of his work is concerned
with 33 ,both at home and abroad. Every autumn,
the agency 34 hundreds of booklets (小册子) full
of attractive, colored photographs, 35 the holidays that the customers
will be able to have the next year. Soon, people began to come into the office
to 36 their holiday: perhaps a week's skiing in Austria in January, perhaps a seaside holiday in
Spain in May, or a tour of North Africa. Tom often has to 37 people on what holidays will be 38 for
them. And people always have a lot of 39 .Last year, for example, a lady
of eighty-two wanted to book for a 40 holiday in the Alps, and Tom had
great difficulty in 41 her that it would not be suitable.
In the end, she decided to go for a Mediterranean cruise(地中海巡游)
42 . Arranging journeys for
people who have to travel 43 on
business is often very 44 , but Tom 45 his work. For example,
last spring, Mr Perry, director of a local chemical firm, 46 a business trip, and Tom
arranged it all for him. First Mr Perry traveled to London by train ,and stayed overnight in a
hotel near the airport, because his plane 47 early the next morning. He flew to
Frankfurt, where he 48 the morning
discussing business. Then he went on by train to Zurich,
and spent three days there 49 going on to America. He had business in Seattle, Chicago and New York, and then home
by train. The next day he telephoned the agency to 50 Tom for arranging
everything so well for him.
31. A.boring B.hard C.interesting D.attractive
32. A.arranging B.taking C.making D.creating
33. A.games B.holidays C.meetings D.plays
34. A.receives B.takes out C.gets D.sends out
35. A.describing B.telling C.drawing D.designing
36. A.need B.ask C.book
D.request
37. A.infer B.advise C.tell D.remind
38. A.necessary B.probable C.possible D.suitable
39. A.questions B.things C.situations D.difficulties
40. A.seaside B.swimming C.mountaineering D.skating
41. A.preventing B.persuading C.advising D.promising
42. A.though B.therefore C.however D.instead
43. A.abroad B.at home C.away
D.a long way
venient B.easy plicated D.different
45. A.leaves B.enjoys C.dislikes D.refuses
46. A.carried out B.got through C.picked up D.went on
47. A.left B.arrived C.landed D.returned
48. A.took B.cost C.spent D.wasting
49. A.until B.before C.after D.while
50. A.offer B.request C.demand D.thank