第三节：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　 21　 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a　 22 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”

But John　 23　 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be　 24 work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” It has nothing to do with us, Mary　 25　 .

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in　 26　 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John　 27　 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the　 28　 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left.”

In spite of Mary’s disagreement John　 29　 for the basement which was full of smoke and　 30　 hot. He found the door and two children.　 31　 he left he could hear some more sobbing. He　 32　 the two badly frightened children into　 33　 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him　 34 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s　 35　 ! That house will fall down any second.”

　 36　 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the　 37　 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely　 38 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the　 39　 and fresh air, he found that he had just　 40　 his own children.

The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

21．A．direction　　　 B．mistake　　 C．danger　 D．smoke

22．A．home　　 B．plant　　　 C．store 　 D．kitchen

23．A．ran　 　　 B．walked　 　 C．drove　　　 　 D．rode

24．A．at　　 　　 B．off　　 　 C．to　　　　　 　 D．on

25．A．whispered B．nodded C．disagreed 　 D．required

26．A．ruins　 　 B．pieces　 C．flames　　 　　 　　D．silence

27．A．pushed　 B．seized　　 C．greeted　　 D．stopped

28．A．basement　　 B．department　 C．house　 D．hall

29．A．went　　　 　　 B．reached　　 C．asked　 　 D．rushed

30．A．heavily　 B．slightly　　 C．partly　　 D．terribly

31．A．If　　　 　　 B．As　　 　　　 C．Since　 　 D．Unless

32．A．comforted B．delivered C．recognized D．protected

33．A．cheering　　　 B．freezing　 C．waiting　　　 　 D．suffering

34．A．many　　 B．several　　 C．three　 　　 D．two

35．A．dangerous　 B．foolish　　 C．practical　　　 D．painful

36．A．Therefore　　　 B．So　　 C．Instead　 　　 D．But

37．A．wide　　　 B．endless　 C．final　　 　　 　　　　D．dirty

38．A．particular　 B．interesting C．familiar D．fortunate

39．A．car　 　　 B．sunlight 　 C．crowd　　 D．arms

40．A．rescued B．found　　 　 C．lost　　　 D．missed

20．一How do you find the new book by JK Rowling?

- 　　　　　. I guess she is out of her talent．

　 　　 A．With the help of my mother　　 　 B．By accident

　　　 C．Very boring 　　　　　　　　　　D．In the library

19．一My cousin would like to risk 　　　the weight-loss pills rather than　　　 　in a gym．

　　 -Really? She must be mad．

　 　　 A．to take；work out　　　　　　　　 　　 B．to take；working out

　 　　 C．taking；working out 　　　 　　　　　　　　D．taking；work out

18．A study shows that students living in non-smoking dorms are less likely to 　　　　the habit of smoking.

A. make up　　　 　　　 B. pick up　　　　 C. draw up　　　　 　　 D. turn up

17.　 Much to his surprise，he invited only twenty friends to the dinner，but　　　 came．

　　 A．twice as many as　 B．as many as twice　 C．twice as many　　 D．twice more than

16．Faced with trouble or difficulty，a person takes　　　　 　help that is available．

　 　　 A．whatever　　　 　 B．whenever　　 　　 C．wherever 　　 　D．however

15．Once education is made free，many children who have dropped out of school 　　　　　.

　 　　 A．will come back　 B．came back　　 C．have come back　 D．had come back

14．_____ for more than three months, but he did his best to catch up with his classmates.

　 A. Being ill　　 B. Having been ill　　 C. Though he was ill　 D. He was ill