第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
After their business trip, John
and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their
home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 36 , and they went off their usual route to
see what it was. They found a 37 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well,
it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”
But John 38 closer and screamed, “That home
belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 39 works yet, maybe there is something we
could do. ” “It has nothing to do with us”, Mary 40 .
But John drove up and stopped and
they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 41 A woman on the lawn was
screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 42 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold
of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 43 ” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”
In spite of Mary’s disagreement
John 44 for the basement
which was full of smoke and 45 hot.
He found the door and two children. 46 he left he could hear some more
sobbing(哭泣). He 47 the two badly frightened children into 48 arms and started back asking how many
more children were down there. They told him 49 more and Mary grasped his arm and
screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 50 ! That house will fall down any
second. ” 51 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and
at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 52 stairs, the thought went through his mind
that there was something strangely 53 about the little bodies next to
him, and at last when they came out into the 54 and fresh air, he found that he had just 55 his own children. The baby-sitter had
left them at this home while she did some shopping.
36．A．direction B．mistake C．danger D．smoke
37．A．home B．plant C．store
D．kitchen
38．A．ran B．walked C．drove D．rode
39．A．at B．off C．to D．on
40．A．whispered B．nodded C．disagreed D．required
41．A．ruins B．pieces C．flames D．silence
42．A．pushed B．seized C．greeted D．stopped
43．A．basement B．department C．house D．hall
44．A．went B．reached C．asked D．rushed
45．A．heavily B．slightly C．partly D．terribly
46．A．If B．As C．Since D．Unless
47．A．comforted B．delivered C．recognized D．protected
48． A．cheering B．freezing C．waiting D．suffering
49．A．many B．several C．three D．two
50．A．dangerous B．foolish C．practical D．painful
51．A．Therefore B．So C．Consequently D．But
52．A．wide B．endless C．final D．dirty
53．A．particular B．interesting
C．familiar D．fortunate
54．A．car
B．sunlight C．crowd D．arms
55．A．rescued B．found C．lost D．missed