第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
One day, a train was approaching the small
town of Cheekyville.
On the train was a 36 man with a big suitcase. He
was 37 William Warblerand he looked very
uncommon indeed.But what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he
needed to 38 he did so by singing opera. Even if
someone said 'good day',He would clear his throat and 39 ,
"Gooood dayyy to youuuuuuuu.....
tooOOOO!"
Almost everyone considered William Warbler
unusual,since no one could get a normal
40 word out of him. And,
as no one knew how he made his living - and he lived quite 41 , always wearing his same old
second-hand suit - they often had no 42 for him.
William had been in Cheekyville for some
years, when, one day, a rumor(谣言) 43 that William had 44 a role in a very important
opera in the nation's capital, that there had been posters everywhere 45
the event.,and that it
had been a great 46 . And to everyone's surprise ,
when William was being
47 by reporters,
he answered their questions by speaking 48 singing. And he did it
with good 49 , and with a clear and
pleasant voice.
From that day, William 50 singing at all hours. Now he
sang only during his stage appearances .Some people hand an idea 51 he had changed, but others
still had none, and continued believing him to be somewhat mad. They wouldn't
have thought so 52 they had seen what William
kept in his big suitcase. It was a large stone, with a hand-carved message on
it.
The message said: "Practice, my boy.
Practice every second, for you never know when your will 53 come."
Little did people 54 that he only got the role in
the opera because the 55 had heard William singing
while out buying a newspaper.
36. A.handsome B.strange
C.funny D.sensitive
37. A.told B.made C.called D.asked
38. A.debate B.practice C.apper unicate
39. A.shout
B.reply C.repeat
D.laugh
40. A.advised B.spoken C.written
D.printed
41. A.naturally B.quietlly C.simply D.calmly
42. A.patience
B.sense cern
D.respect
43. A.developed B.exploded C.spread D.gathered
44. A.refused B.created
C.performed D.received
45. A.suggesting B.advertising C.supporting D.celebrating
46. A.benefit B.discovery C.success D.experience
47. A.questioned B.blamed C.interviewed D.welcomed
48. A.other than B.rather than
C.apart from D.except for
49. A.movement B.efforts C.signs D.pronunciation
50. A.gave up B.turned down
C.asked for D.went over
51. A.how B.why
C.that D.where
52. A.while B.because C.if D.since
ce B.fortune C.courage D.wisdom
54. A.appreciate
B.understand C.expect D.realize
55. A.actor B.teacher C.neighbor D.director