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

30. This question is easy　 　　　　.

　　 A. to answer 　B. to be answered 　C. answering　 D. answer

29. All their attempts to rescue the child from the burning building were　　　 .He died soon afterwards.

　　 A. in place　　 B. in return　　 C. in vain　　 D. in ruins

28. The famous actor keeps fit by 　　__for half an hour every morning.

　　 A. working out　　　　　　　 B. bringing out

　　 C. giving out　　　　　　　　 D. setting out

27. 　　　with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem at all.

　　 A. Compare　　　　　　　　 B. When compared　

C. Comparing　　　　　　　 D. When comparing

26. Don’t stay there alone. Please come to 　　　　our discussion.

　 　　A. join in　　 B. join　　　 C. attend　　 D. attend to