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1、完形填空专练（续）（09.9.20） （33）试题原文If you have a watch, dont repair it！I know it for certain. Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch kept perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to wind it up. Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to be set by the exact time. T
2、he watchmaker examined my watch and said:“The regulator（校准器） is to be pushed up as your watch is four minutes slow.”I tried to stop him, tried to make him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.My beautiful watch began to gain time. It went f
3、aster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it had left all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.What did I have to do? I took it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately, but he asked me to come in a weeks time. When at last I
4、took my watch from him it began to slow down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.Now I went to a third watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he took it to pieces and said that he could finish this work in three or four days. I co
5、uld do nothing but agree. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.So I kept taking my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not tell the time by my watch. Things were getting serious. My watch
6、 had cost two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy anotherwatch, which I did.试题If you have a watch, dont repair it！I know it 36 . Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch 37 perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to 38 i
7、t up. Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to 39 by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said:“The regulator（校准器） is to be pushed up 40 your watch is four minutes 41 .”I tried to stop him, tried to 42 him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he
8、did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.My beautiful watch began to gain time. It 43 faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it 44 all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.What did I have to do? I took it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to re
9、gulate the watch immediately, 45 he asked me to come in a weeks time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to 46 down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.Now I went to 47 watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he 48 it t
10、o pieces and said that he could finish this work 49 three or four days. I could do nothing but 50 . That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.So I kept 51 my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world coul
11、d not 52 the time by my watch. Things were getting 53 .My watch had 54 two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy 55 watch, which I did.36. A. for realityB. for truthC. for certainD. for certainty37. A. keptB. toldC. observedD. struck38. A.
12、turnB. windC. pickD. put39. A. be turnedB. be takenC. be putD. be set40. A. asB. as ifC. whenD. if41. A. fastB. slowlyC. fasterD. slow42. A. getB. persuadeC. makeD. explain43. A. gainedB. lostC. wentD. won44. A. had remainedB. had leftC. had stayedD. had fallen45. A. howeverB. andC. butD. therefore4
13、6. A. goB. walkC. slowD. take47. A. a thirdB. a secondC. a firstD. a fourth48. A. brokeB. tookC. toreD. cut49. A. afterB. beforeC. overD. in50. A. to agreeB. agreeC. agreeingD. agreed51. A. takingB. bringingC. carryingD. fetching52. A. recognizeB. tellC. knowD. understand53. A. seriouslyB. pleasantC
14、. badlyD. serious54. A. spentB. tookC. costD. paid55. A. anotherB. the otherC. oneD. one more简析：该文用无奈的笔调反映了作者对修表者的不满，暗示了滥竽充数者之危害。该文行文流畅，寓意深刻，富有启示作用。难度一般。下面具体分析。36. 答案C。根据全文的意思，作者因修表上当而发出的感慨或总结出的经验，故而向读者提出了自己的肺腑之言，那就是千万别轻易修表，用for certain(=without doubt)合理。D若写成for a certainty则同于for certain。其余两项均没有这样的短
15、语。37. 答案A。keep perfect time表示钟表“走时准确”。当和钟表搭配时，tell表示“看懂，说出”，strike表示“敲响，报时”，均不符合文意。38. 答案B。此处表示忘了给表上发条了，因此用wind up。其余如turn up(开大，发现等)，pick up(拾起)，put up(举起，张贴等)均不符文意。39. 答案D。此处指给表设置准确时间，故选set。40. 答案A。引导原因状语从句。意为“因表慢了四分钟，要把校准器往上推”。41. 答案D。请留意，数字+adj表示固定说法，此处做表语。例如two inches thick(厚两英寸)，three feet high(高三英尺)，不可用副词slowly。42. 答案C。此处make him understand意思是“使他明白”。请注意，这里不该使用persuade，这个动词的搭配是“persuade sb. into doing”。若用get，应该是get him to understand。43. 答案C。指手表
