XX成考高起点《英语》完形填空练习题及答案 For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. When Pat Jones finished college, she decided she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could 51 she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job 52 an English teacher in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, 53 she was able to municate with her students even when they didn't know much English. A sentence she had read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream 54 a foreign language, you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English. One day, one of her worst students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had 55 early, and had slept badly. "What does this have to do with 56?" Pat demanded. "I dreamed all night, Miss, Jones, and my dream was in English!" "In English" Pat was very surprised, since he was such a bad students. She was 57 secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish. But she encouraged her young student, "Well, tell me about your dream." "All the people in my dream 58 English," the student said, "And all the signs were in English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English." "But that's wonderful," said Pat, "What did all the people say to you?" "I'm 59, Miss Jones. that's 60 I slept so badly. I didn't understand a word they said. It was a nightmare!" 1.A. as B. while C. if D. since 2.A. for B. of C. as D. like 3.A. and B. but C. so D. yet 4.A. in B. about C. of D. for 5.A. got up B. gone to bed C. fallen asleep D. woken up 6.A. you B. me C. your dream D. your homework 7.A. usually B. seldom C. also D. still 8.A. read B. liked C. spoke D. learned 9.A. shy B. silly C. sorry D. sad 10.A. how B. why C. when D. where Mr. Jones woke early one morning， before the sun had risen. It was a beautiful morning， 1 he went to the window and looked out. He was 2 to see a neatly-dressed and mid-aged professor， who 3 in the university just up the road from Mr. Jones‘ house， ing the direction of the town. He had grey hair thick glasses， and was 4 an umbrella， a morning newspaper and a bag. Mr. Jones thought that he must have 5 by the night train 6 taking a taxi. Mr. Jones had a big tree in his garden， and the children had tied a long 7 to one of the branches， so that they could swing on it. Mr. Jones saw the professor 8 when he saw the rope and looked carefully up and down the road. When he saw that there was 9 in sight， he stepped into the garden (there was no fence)， put his umbrella， newspaper， bag and hat nearly on the grass and 10 the rope. He pulled it 11 to see whether it was strong enough to take his weight， then ran as fast as he could and swung into the 12 on the end of the rope， his grey hair blowing all around 13. 14 he swung， sometimes taking a few more 15 steps on the grass when the rope began to swing 16 slowly for him. 17 the professor stopped， straightened his tie， bed his hair carefully， put on his hat， 18 his umbrella， newspaper and bag， and continued 19 his way to the university， looking as 20 and correct and respectable as one would expect a professor to be. ( )1.A. because B. as C. so D. for ( )2.A. surprised B. glad C. worried D. excited ( )3.A. studied B. worked C. stayed D. lived ( )4.A. passing B. doing C. carrying D. sending ( )5.A. left B. gone C. taken D. arrived ( )6.A. because of B. instead of C. by D. with ( )7.A. rope B. line C. stick D. ruler ( )8.A. run B. walk C. jump D. stop ( )9.A. nothing B. nobody C. no room D. no house ( )10.A. carried B. grasped C. took D. threw ( )11.A. hard B. high C. heavily D. greatly ( )12.A. garden B. tree C. land D. air ( )13.A. hands B. his shoulders C. his face D. his neck ( )14.A. Backwards and forwards B. Up and down C. Left and right D. Around and around ( )15.A. running B. stopping C. rising D. falling ( )16.A. enough B. more C. too D. less ( )17.A. At first B. At last C. At once D. At least ( )18.A. set up B. gave up C. send up D. picked up ( )19.A. on B. for C. by D. with ( )20.A. clean B. slow C. funny D. quiet 。