完形填空練習兩則

（一）

I got a job teaching special education at a school in Coachella， California， a desert town about 170 miles from home. It was so 1 a job. Street gangs(匪幫) 2 around the school after dark.

“Be careful，” Dad warned me during one of my frequent weekend 3 home. He was concerned about my living 4 ， but I was 23 and I need to be on my own.

One evening， I stayed after school to rearrange my classroom. 5 ， I turned out the light and closed the door. Then I 6 the gate. It was 7 ! I looked around. Everyone had gone home.

After 9 all the exits， I found just enough 9 to squeeze(鉆) under a gate in the back of the school. Then I walked toward my car，which was parked in a field behind the building. Suddenly I heard voices. I 10 around and saw at least eight boys following me. 11 my pace， I reached into my shoulder bag to get my key. I 12 all over the inside of my handbag. But the key wasn’t 13 ! Dear Lord， please help me， I prayed 14 . Suddenly， my fingers touched a loose key in my purse. I didn’t even know if it was for my car， but I took it out and 15 it. It worked! I opened the door， slid in and locked it just 16 the teenagers surrounded the car. Trembling， I started the engine and 17 away. When I returned to my apartment(公寓)， the phone was ringing. It was my Dad. I didn’t tell him about my experience: I didn’t want to 18 him. “ Oh， I forget to tell you! ” he said. “ I had a(n) 19 car key made and slipped it into your purse—just 20 you ever need it.”

( )1. A. fearful B. difficult C. excitingD. heavy

( )2. A. came B. robbed C. hung D. fought

( )3. A. parties B. holidays C. visits D. driving

( )4. A. happily B. far C. nearby D. alone

( )5. A. Tired B. Finished C. Frightened D. Hungry

( )6.A. headed for B. rushed out of C. looked toward D. wandered at

( )7. A. closed B. locked C. stuck D. opened

( )8. A. checking B. searching C. locking D. looking

( )9.A. time B. ground C. strength D. room

( )10.A. glared B. glanced C. walked D. watched

( )11.A. QuickeningB. Slowing C. Shortening D. Timing

( )12.A. turned B. touched C. felt D. looked

( )13.A. thereB. where C. wherever D. nowhere

( )14.A. loudly B. angrily C. carefully D. silently

( )15.A. pushed B. turned C. triedD. opened

( )16.A. as B. after C. until D. while

( )17.A. ran B. escaped C. drove D. went

( )18.A. displease B. surprise C. cheat D. worry

( )19.A. extra B. useful

C. special D. excellent

( )20.A. even if B. on condition that

C. in case D. in time

（二）

It was autumn. A thin white moon rose over the valley. Peter， 11 years old， did not see it. He did not feel the cool wind 1 his face， for his thoughts were 2 on a red and black blanket on the table， which was a 3 from his father to his grandfather. They said that Grandpa was going away.

Peter had 4 believed Father would send Grandpa away. But now， there was the thing Father had bought that 5 morning. And this was the best 6 he and Grandpa would have with each other. After washing the 7 dishes， the old man took up the blanket. “What a 8 double blanket! And I’ll not feel cold with it，” said the old man， smoothing（使平整） it 9 his knees.

“Oh， yes!” Peter said and tried to 10 back the tears in his eyes.

Just then 11 came two people， Father and the girl he was to 12 . The girl went up to Grandpa and said prettily， “I’ll not be 13 you off in the morning， so I come over to say goodbye. ”

“It’s nice of you，” said Grandpa. “Will you look at this? Isn’t it a fine blanket my 14 has given me to go away with?”

“Yes， really，” she said. She felt it and said 15 ， “A double one! It must have 16 much. He doesn’t need a double one.”

“She is 17 ， Father，” the boy said. “Here， Father.” He held out a pair of scissors(剪刀). “Cut the blanket into 18 . A single one is enough for an old man. We’ll 19 the other half.”

“What do you mean by that?” asked Father.

“I’ll give it to 20 when you are old and I’m sending you away，” said the boy slowly.

( )1. A. beating B. blowing C. brushing D. hitting

( )2. A. put B. brought C. fixedD. taken

( )3. A. debtB. gift C. letter D. will

( )4. A. in fact B. not really C. not simply D. obviously

( )5. A. justB. only C. real D. very

( )6. A. afternoon B. evening C. morning D. noon

( )7. A. breakfast B. clean C. lunch D. supper

( )8. A. bad B. dirty C. fine D. old

( )9. A. in B. of C. over D. with

( )10.A. comeB. get C. keep D. take

( )11.A. in B. out C. out ofD. outside

( )12.A. buy B. help C. knowD. marry

( )13.A. forgetting B. missing C. seeing D. thinking

( )14.A. daughter B. grandson C. son D. wife

( )15.A. anxiously B. coldly C. quietly D. warmly

( )16.A. cost B. pay C. spendD. worth

( )17.A. clever B. lying C. right D. wrong

( )18.A. one B. pieces C. threeD. two

( )19.A. buy B. keep C. sell D. use

( )20.A. Grandpa B. her C. myself D. you

Keys: (一) 1-5 ACCDB 6-10 ABADB

11-15 ACADC 16-20 ACDAC

(二) 1-5 CCBBD 6-10 BDCCC

1１-15 ADCCB 16-20 ACDBD