第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
I think
the modern fountain (自来水) or ball-point pen is one of the greatest
contributions ever made to 36 happiness.
Can you
imagine what it was 37 in the past? When 38 wanted to write a letter, you had to go
and find a bird’s 39 , cut it into a point, then keep 40
it into a small jar of
ink. You had to keep 41 sharpening the point too because it 42 got blunt (钝的). Writing a simple
thank-you letter must have been a main operation, 43 most of the morning or afternoon. Even
it, however, was 44 than cutting words on stone with a chisel
(凿子), or 45 them on clay ( 粘土)
with a stick. Of course, some people
46 the typewriter these days, 47 is all right if you know 48 to type quickly. If you don’t, you spend 49 correcting mistakes and your letter 50 a terrible mess. It’s not very
easy to carry a typewriter around with you 51 , and you certainly can’t put 52 in your pocket.
53 we’ll soon all have 54 tape recorders and give up writing
altogether. We’ll just send 55 to each other. But during the moment I
think I’ll keep my ballpoint pens and fountain pens.
36. A.
man’s
B. men’s
C. a man’s
D. the man’s
37. A.
with
B.like
C. in
D. on
38. A.
you
B.one
C. he
D. we
39. A.
hair
B. feather
C. wing
D. tail
40. A.
putting
B. drawing C. dipping
D. staying
41. A.
up
B. with
C. to
D. on
42. A.
ever
B. soon
C. yet
D. never
43. A.
bringing
B. doing
C. spending
D. taking
44. A.
more
B. better
C. harder
D. longer
45. A.
using
B. making
C. cutting
D. marking
46. A.
believe
B. enjoy
C. pick
D. take
47. A. in
which
B. on which
C. which
D. that
48. A.
when
B. how
C. what
D. where
49. A.
times
B. periods
C. lots
D. days
50. A.
gives
B. looks
C. smells
D. reads
51. A.
neither
B. too
C. either
D. also
52. A.
one
B. it
C. this
D. that
53. A.
Certainly
B. Frequently
C. Lately
D. Perhaps
54. A.
pocket
B. coat
C. hand
D. fast
55. A.
boxes
B. recorders
C. materials
D. tapes