最新高考英语完形填空精选练习100篇[下]

I guess I should look upon it as a sweet proof of my tastes. My 17-year-old son, who had for so long 1 my choice of clothing, now 2 searches through my closet. Wasn’t it only yesterday that he had turned up his 3 at my clothes? When Scott was in middle school and 4 beginning to look at his 5 as a creature from outer space, I had once 6 to suggest buying a pair of chions (斜纹棉布裤) while we were 7 . He said nothing but selected a pair of Jeans. He tried it on. “Too 8 ,” I9 “just right,” was his reply, 10 he admired himself in the mirror, completely 11 with the image. I think that set the tone for the next four years. When it 12 to clothing, the divide seemed 13 .I was chinos, he was outsized jeans; I was neatly pressed shirts, he was loose T’s.

14 began to change about a year ago. I remember the 15 day. I had gone to my 16 in search of a favorite T-shirt. I cou ldn’t find it, but it appeared later when Scott returned home from school. “That’s my shirt,”I said. “Yeah,I know,”said Scott as he 17 for the fridge. Since that time, he often—and 18 warning—searched for the new and different in my closet. I asked Scott why he wore my clothes. “I like some of them,” he smiled. 19 by this words, I 20 my tongue as he slipped into a pair of my trousers.

1. A. thought highly of B. looked down on C. set on D. based on

2. A. interestedly B. hurriedly C. disappointedly D. unwillingly

3. A. head B. eyes C. hand D. nose

4. A. also B. soon C. just D. almost

5. A. classmates B. teachers C. father D. mother

6. A. attempted B. managed C. longed D. persuaded

7. A. reading B. walking C. wandering D. shopping

8. A. big B. tight C. cheap D. expensive

9. A. pronounced B. announced C. declared D. added

10. A. because B. though C. until D. as

11. A. worried B. satisfied C. proud D. nervous

12. A. belonged B. talked C. came D. happened

13. A. opposite B. slight C. unbridgeable D. unthinkable

14. A. Things B. Times C. Manners D. Tastes

15. A. first B. exact C. only D. single

16. A. house B. store C. office D. closet

17. A. headed B. looked C. searched D. walked

18. A. about B. with C. on D. without

19. A. Encouraged B. Disappointed C. Annoyed D. Warmed

20. A. took B. held C. got D. moved

“How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years?” It took me almost 20 years to have the 1 to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 2 drinking , the whole family was on 3 and needles every time he got into a 4 that, in the past, would have 5 him drinking again. For a few years we were 6 to bring it up 7 that the drinking would begin again.

“I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day,” was Dad’s 8 to my 18-year-old unasked question. “The words were a constant 9 to me that things were 10 so hard that I could not deal with them,” Dad said. And then he 11 the poem with me. The poem’s 12 , yet profound words immediately became 13 of my daily routine as well.

About a month after this talk with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one 14 for each day of the year.

It has been my experience that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 15 .

I 16 opened the book to November 10 to see 17 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. The moment I glanced at the page, tears of 18 and appreciation 19 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 20 my father for all these years ! It is called the Serenity Prayer:

God, grant me

the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;

the courage to change the things I can, and

the wisdom to know the difference.

1. A. chance B. courage C. ability D. right

2. A. gave up B. took up C. started D. continued

3. A. thread B. duty C. fire D. pins

4. A. situation B. habit C. condition D. house

5. A. stopped B. made C. started D. asked

6. A. sure B. uncertain C. afraid D. eager

7. A. on condition B. for rear C. in case D. providing

8. A. reply B. words C. excuse D. explanation

9. A. fear B. imagination C. thought D. reminded

10. A. never B. seldom C. always D. ever

11. A. discussed B. shared C. offered D. talked

12. A. simple B. long C. wonderfully D. boring

13. A. all B. that C. any D. part

14. A. listed B. included C. read D. said

15. A. character B. birthday C. qualities D. favorites

16. A. doubtfully B. carefully C. happily D. hurriedly

17. A. where B. whether C. what D. how

18. A. disbelief B. anger C. sorrow D. regret

19. A. hung B. pulled C. rolled D. pushed

20. A. troubled B. disturbed C. pleased D. helped

完形填空练习（五十三）

It was a cold winter’s day that Sunday. The parking lot to the 1 was filling up quickly. I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were 2 among themselves as they walked in the church.

As I got 3 I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down 4 he was asleep. His hat was 5 down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too 6 for his feet, with holes all over them, his toes

42 out.

I guessed this man was 43 , and asleep, so I walked on 44 through the doors of the church.

We all talked for a few minutes, and someone 45 the man lying outside. People whispered but no one took the 46 to ask him to come in, 47 me.

A few moments later church began. We all waited for the Preacher (牧师) to take his 48 and to give us the Word, 49 the doors to the church opened.

In 50 the homeless man walking down the church with his head down.

People gasped and whispered and made 51 .

He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit (讲坛) where he took off his hat and coat. My heart 52 .

There stood our preacher … he was the “homeless man”.

The preacher took his Bible (圣经) and 53 it on his stand.

“ 54 , I don’t think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you 55 people by their appearance, you have no time to love them.”

36. A. school B. lecture C. park D. church

37. A. arguing B. whispering C. staring D. speaking

38. A. closer B. clearer C. lower D. farther

39. A. even though B. so that C. as if D. even if

40. A. dragged B. pulled C. dropped D. pushed

41. A. big B. bad C. ugly D. small

42. A. reached B. went C. stuck D. run

43. A. homeless B. helpless C. hopeless D. careless

44. A. out B. by C. off D. from

45. A. invited B. mentioned C. took D. called

46. A. pleasure B. measure C. courage D. trouble

47. A. except B. besides C. without D. including

48. A. turn B. place C. time D. seat

49. A. when B. before C. as D. after

50. A. rushed B. ran C. came D. went

51. A. decision B. choices C. faces D. jokes

52. A. sank B. fell C. broke D. failed

53. A. threw B. set C. laid D. closed

54. A. Brothers B. Folks C. Supporters D. Members

55. A. judge B. hate C. dislike D. test

完形填空练习（五十四）

During recent years we have heard much about “race”: how this race does certain things and that race believes certain things and soon. Yet, the 1 phenomenon of race consists of a few surface indications.

We judge race usually 2 the colouring of the skin: a white race, a brown race, a yellow race and a black race. But 3 you were to remove the skin you could not 4 anything about the race to which the individual belonged. There is 5 in physical structure. The brain or the internal organs to 6 a difference.

There are four types of blood. 7 types are found in every race, and no type is distinct to any race. Human brains are the 8 . No scientists could examine a brain and tell you the race to which the individual belonged. Brains will 9 in size, but this occurs within every race.

10 does size have anything to do with intelligence. The largest brain 11 examined belonged to a person of weak 12 . On the other hand, some of our most distinguished people have had 13 brains.

Mental tests which are reasonably 14 show no differences in intelligence between races. High and low test results both can be recorded by different members of any race. 15 equal educational advantages, there will be no difference in average standings, either on account of race or geographical location.

Individuals of every race 16 civilization to go backward or forward. Training and education can change the response of a group of people, 17 enable them to behave in a 18 way.

The behavior and ideals of people change according to circumstances, but they can always go back or go on to something new 19 is better and higher than anything 20 the past.

1. A. complete B. full C. total D. whole

2. A. in B. from C. at D. on

3. A. since B. if C. as D. while

4. A. speak B. talk C. tell D. mention

5. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything

6. A. display B. indicate C. demonstrate D. appear

7. A. All B. Most C. No D. Some

8. A. same B. identical C. similar D. alike

9. A. remain B. increase C. decrease D. vary

10. A. Only B. Or C. Nor D. So

11. A. ever B. then C. never D. once

12. A. health B. body C. mind D. thought

13. A. big B. small C. minor D. major

14. A. true B. exact C. certain D. accurate

15. A. Provided B. Concerning C. Given D. Following

16. A. make B. cause C. move D. turn

17. A. and B. but C. though D. so

18. A. ordinary B. peculiar C. usual D. common

19. A. that B. what C. whichever D. whatever

20. A. for B. to C. within D. in

完形填空练习（五十五）

Like many sisters, Abby and Eliza Davis couldn't be more different. Twelve-year-old Eliza is full of 1 , and always has something to say. Nine-year-old Abby is 2 . She’s happiest when she has a good book to read. Eliza 3 to be a lawyer or a clothes designer one day. She just can’t 4 to grow up and to away to college. Abby wants to be a doctor when she grows up. She works hard at math and science, her 5 subjects.

Eliza is in the seventh grade. She gets up every day at 5:30, to 6 and blow-dry her hair. She’s ready to leave the house at 6:50, to 7 her friends by the store for breakfast. The children have a mile and a half to 8 to school, and the bell rings at 7:30.

At 11:20, the children have their 9 . Some eat the hot dog, chicken pot pie, 10 other food that the school prepares for them, but Eliza would like to bring her own lunch in a lunchbox. At 2:15, classes are 11 and it’s time for sports. Eliza usually has tennis practice 12 4:30. She’s tired by the time her mother comes to get her in the car, but she still has two or three hours of 13 to do before she goes to bed.

Abby is in the fourth grade at Broken Ground School. Sh e’s lucky. Her school has big modern 14 , first-class teacher, and an excellent library. The playground is surrounded by beautiful 15 , where Indians once camped.

Like many American school children, Abby starts the day by saluting the American 16 hanging in her classroom. Then work begins. Today, She's writing a composition about her summer holidays. Her pencil 17 busily across the paper.

Abby will finish her story at home this evening, 18 Eliza does her homework. Will they work together 19 , or will they fight?

“Well,” says Abby, “We have arguments, but we get along pretty well. About fifty-fifty,”I’d say. “That’s not 20 for two such different sisters, is it?”

1. A. power B. energy C. strength D. courage

2. A. quieter B. younger C. noisier D. harder

3. A. needs B. has C. agrees D. wants

4. A. refuse B. accept C. wait D. wish

5. A. best B. lovely C. fortunate D. favourite

6. A. wash B. clean C. brush D. comb

7. A. welcome B. meet C. see D. receive

8. A. drive B. move C. walk D. travel

9. A. lunch B. cooking C. game D. supper

10. A. besides B. except C. without D. or

11. A. given B. prepared C. finished D. started

12. A. at B. by C. after D. until

13. A. housework B. homework C. cleaning D. washing

14. A. offices B. blackboards C. classrooms D. windows

15. A. buildings B. pools C. forest D. woods

16. A. flag B. map C. history D. people

17. A. jumps B. leans C. lies D. moves

18. A. while B. and C. if D. then

19. A. happily B. constantly C. peacefully D. carefully

20. A. bad B. fair C. equal D. usual

完形填空练习（五十六）

About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work. One day I went into a hotel there to have something to 1 . The waiter 2 my coat and put it in a small room.

About an hour later I was 3 to go. The waiter 4 me my coat. 5 something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. Then I took a good look at the 6 . “Oh, you've brought someone 7 coat,” I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine, 8 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box .either.”

“Oh, then I 9 someone has taken your coat and left this,” said the waiter. “This kind of thing 10 sometimes.”

I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold ring in it. So I went 11 to the police station.

“12 lost a ring?” I asked.

“Yes,” said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring, he lost it in London.”

He 13 the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived.

“Yes, this is my ring,” he said. “How can I 14 you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 15 I lost it on the train!”

After I told him the 16 of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel. So how did my ring 17 in the coat?”

“Did 18 sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.

“Yes,” said the young man. “But I don’t remember his face.”

“You may remember this coat,” said the policeman. “Was it like this one?”

“Yes, it was,” said the young man. “But my friend here 19 the thief.”

The policeman laughed. “20 .” he said. “The thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didn’t take the right coat away with him.”

1. A. do B. buy C. eat D. deal with

2. A. took B. found C. liked D. watched

3. A. anxious B. glad C. invited D. ready

4. A. showed B. returned C. brought D. dressed

5. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Obviously D. At once

6. A. ring B. box C. coat D. pocket

7. A. lost B. missed C. new D. else’s

8. A. but B. and C. instead D. for

9. A. know B. wonder C. suppose D. find

10. A. appears B. happens C. meets D. changes

11. A. around B. about C. ahead D. along

12. A. Who B. Has she C. Has anyone D. Have you

13. A. wrote to B. remembered C. telephoned D. knew

14. A. return B. thank C. find D. help

15. A. then B. so C. yet D. however

16. A. model B. price C. story D. size

17. A. come B. put C. set D. get

18. A. he B. the thief C. the waiter D. anyone

19. A. discovered B. isn’t C. has caught D. does n’t know

20. A. I'm afraid not B. Yes C. No D. Surely

完形填空练习（五十七）

Miss Wenter was watching TV when the program suddenly stopped. “Sorry to 1 the program. Now we are requested to 2 an important notice from the police station. At about nine this evening, a lady named Mrs Humney was 3 and killed. Anyone who can supply any clue (线索) is requested to report to the 4 . Thank you.” The terrible news made the lonely girl 5 with fear. She couldn’t help looking around, but she didn’t notice that a man was already 6 behind the door to the veranda (阳台).

All of a 7 the man appeared before Miss Wenter. The girl really didn’t know what to do. “Don’t ask for 8 , just put your jewellery on the table; then think over whether I shall be safe to stay up here for the night,” said the robber. That made Miss Wenter even more 9 , but she tried to 10 herself.

Just then came the whistle of a police car, In a little while, someone rang the 11 . The robber said with a gun 12 the girl’s back, “Go to the door and say that you’ve gone to bed. Never let him in.”

In a flash, the girl had an idea. “O h, who are you?” she said.

“I’m Sergeant Bull, Miss Wenter. Is there something 13 here?”

“No, there isn’t.” Immediately she added loudly, 14 , my elder brother extends his 15 greetings (问候) to you.”

“Thank you. Good night,” Bull replied in the same 16 .

A few minutes later, the sound of the police car going 17 could be heard. “It’s well

18 ,” the robber said with a smile. Then he 19 to the girl. Almost at the same time the glass on the window was broken. The policemen hurried into the room from the veranda. They quickly put handcuffs (手铐) on the robber.

“Miss Wenter, your greetings were so good that it made us take 20 right away,” said Sergeant Bull, because we’ve already known that your elder brother was killed in a robbery half a year ago.”

1. A. stop B. share C. interrupt D. control

2. A. obey B. make C. introduce D. broadcast

3. A. robbed B. hurt C. wounded D. stolen

4. A. public B. police C. hospital D. family

5. A. cry B. shake C. fall D. tremble

6. A. hidden B. sitting C. away D. staying

7. A. while B. time C. period D. sudden

8. A. anything B. trouble C. another D. police

9. A. careful B. anxious C. strange D. terrified

10. A. protect B. help C. calm D. express

11. A. call B. phone C. window D. doorbell

12. A. at B. against C. behind D. beyond

13. A. new B. important C. unusual D. upset

14. A. Instead B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides

15. A. hearty B. deeply C. own D. real

16. A. sound B. manner C. speech D. voice

17. A. out B. on C. along D. away

18. A. enough B. now C. done D. said

19. A. referred B. listened C. talked D. rushed

20. A. him B. action C. photos D. something

完形填空练习（五十八）

Besides electricity, a lion fears water the most, and a rainstorm with thunder and lightning brings both. For that reason I always have a written 1 that frees me from 2 when it's raining.

For two days it was raining without stopping. By the third night, it wasn't raining at all. I 3 the sign to the announcer, and the band began 4 my music.

The animals went through their tricks, but they were far from being 5 about the wetness.

And so we came to the head-in-mouth 6 . When I pulled Leo's mouth open raising his face and nose to the 7 . I noticed that the muscles (肌肉) of his jaws (上、下颚) were tense. Then, as I put my head in, a rain began pouring down. I felt Leo become 8 all over.

My head was in now. I counted to ten and then gave him the tap-on-jaw 9 to let me go. But then nothing happened.

I 10 again on his jaw. Leo's mouth was like a steel trap. I heard gunfire men were trying to get Leo's 11 . But already, with my face 12 in the back of his mouth, I was finding it hard to breathe, I knew what had happened: with the 13 beating on his face, Leo had forgotten me. I heard the gunfire again.

I awoke with an oxygen mask 14 my face, and a doctor was working over me." You're

15 ," said the doctor, "as soon as you went faint (头晕的), the lion 16 you. For nearly three minutes you had no heartbeat!"

By then it had 17 raining. I called Leo back and opened his jaw. "Don't be a fool!" the doctor said, 18 I put my head in and counted to ten. Then I have Leo the tap on the jaw --and he obeyed immediately.

Yet, when I tried to trick again the next time, Leo 19 . I believed he was unwilling to 20 me a second time. I never did the trick again.

1. A. suggestion B. notice C. agreement D. decision

2. A. performing B. trying C. acting D. training

3. A. set B. gave C. put D. made

4. A. making B. playing C. enjoying D. practising

5. A. happy B. sad C. sorry D. anxious

6. A. joke B. trick C. play D. attempt

7. A. sky B. earth C. cage D. ceiling

8. A. angry B. excited C. tense D. frightened

9. A. mark B. sign C. order D. information

10. A. hit B. beat C. pulled D. tapped

11. A. silence B. control C. attention D. death

12. A. buried B. hidden C. put D. sunk

13. A. stick B. gun C. rain D. hand

14. A. in B. above C. below D. over

15. A. foolish B. crazy C. safe D. lucky

16. A. kept B. dropped C. fell D. bit

17. A. begun B. stopped C. continued D. been

18. A. and B. so C. but D. or

19. A. obeyed B. refused C. agreed D. regretted

20. A. hurt B. kill C. damage D. fool

I made a promise to myself on the drive down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I

1 try to be a loving husband and father. Totally

2 . No ifs, ands or buts.

The idea had come to me as I listened to a commentator 3 my car's tape player. He was 4 a passage about husbands being 5 of their wives. 6 he went on to say, "Love is an act of 7 . A person can choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband 8 our love had been dulled by my own insensitivity (感觉迟钝) . In unimportant ways, really; scolding Evelyn for her tardiness (拖拉); 9 on the TV channel I wanted to watch; throwing 10 day-old newspapers that I knew Evelyn still wanted to read. Well, for two weeks all that would 11 .

And it 12 . Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks 13 on you." "Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised and 14 , maybe a little puzzled.

After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn 15 a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, "Evelyn's been alone here with the children 16 week and now she wants to be alone with me." We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street investment (投资) firm 17 I am director; a visit to the shell museum, 18 I usually hate museums (and I enjoyed it); 19 my tongue while Evelyn's getting ready for a late dinner for us. Relaxed (轻松) and happy, that's how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on 20 to choose love.

1. A. used to B. would C. should D. could

2. A. loving B. lovely C. lovable D. loved

3. A. at B. with C. on D. for

4. A. thinking B. writing C. believing D. reading

5. A. helpful B. useful C. thoughtful D. hopeful

6. A. Instead B. Then C. Otherwise D. Thus

7. A. play B. will C. promise D. story

8. A. that B. but C. when D. if

9. A. insisting B. hanging C. sticking D. suggesting

10. A. about B. up C. away D. in

11. A. happen B. change C. develop D. forbid

12. A. would B. had C. did D. was

13. A. great B. big C. sorry D. tight

14. A. frightened B. anxious C. disappointed D. pleased

15. A. asked B. suggested C. took D. began

16. A. all of B. all C. all of a D. all a

17. A. which B. what C. where D. that

18. A. if B. but C. as D. though

19. A. stopping B. preventing C. keeping D. holding

20. A. reminding B. requiring C. repaying D. remembering

"You will meet a man in the theatre foyer," K. explained. "He will have left before the play ends and will be 1 for you. He'll be wearing a dark suit and carrying a theatre 2 upside down, although I doubt if you could miss him. There shouldn't be many people waiting in the foyer at that time of night. 3 he asks you to do, whatever instructions you’re given, co-operate. Understood?" I nodded. I knew of course that we were planning to have discussions with "the other side" and that we intended to 4 back one of our own men, but all this seemed a bit ridiculous. I had been told at the training school that I would be likely to get some simple but rather strange 5 to begin with. They had been 6 .

The curtain had 7 come down on the last act of the play when I was out of my 8 and walking from the dark of the theatre into the bright lights of the foyer. He was there. But the moment I saw him, I had the 9 that something unpleasant was about to happen. He seemed to be 10 at a spot on the floor, and looked as if he was just about to pick something up when 11 was a single gun shot and he was thrown 12 the wall. The warning signs had obviously got to me 13 I realized consciously what was going to happen, because I had 14 in a cold sweat on seeing the expression on his 15 . The moment the shot rang out, I automatically fell back on my training and threw myself to the 16 .

When no more shots followed, I looked 17 and was just in time to see two masked men 18 my "contact" out of the front door of the theatre. I didn't know 19 he was dead or badly injured, but I intended to find out. I got up slowly and carefully and 20 for the door.

1. A. looking B. waiting C. asking D. sending

2. A. post B. advertisement C. programme D. newspaper

3. A. Whatever B. Whoever C. However D. Whichever

4. A. give B. pay C. keep D. buy

5. A. assignments B. arrangements C. movements D. developments

6. A. wrong B. right C. foolish D. clever

7. A. just B. almost C. hardly D. nearly

8. A. room B. door C. box D. seat

9. A. idea B. feeling C. opinion D. thought

10. A. staring B. glaring C. knocking D. kicking

11. A. it B. there C. here D. this

12. A. around B. against C. on D. into

13. A. when B. until C. before D. after

14. A. given out B. burst out C. set out D. broken out

15. A. face B. eyes C. mind D. head

16. A. ground B. wall C. air D. corner

17. A. in B. round C. up D. down

18. A. bringing B. throwing C. dragging D. pushing

19. A. where B. if C. either D. whether

20. A. ran B. set C. walked D. made

I do not know the city at all and 1 , I could not speak a word of the language. After having

spent my first day seeing 2 in the town centre, I decided to lose my 3 deliberately (故意地) on my second day, since I 4 that this was the best way to get to know my way 5 .

I got on the first bus that passed, and some thirty minutes later came to 6 must have been a suburb (郊区). The first two hours passed 7 enough. I discovered mysterious little bookshops in back streets and 8 arrived at a market-place where I stopped and had a coffee in an open-air cafe. Then I decided to 9 back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about 10 for some time, I made up my mind to ask 11 . The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the 12 of the street in which I lived and 13 that I pronounced badly. The policeman 14 me, smiled and gently 15 me by the arm. There was a 16 look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking 17 the direction he told me. About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting 18 and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the country. The only thing 19 for me to do was to find the 20 railway station.

1. A. more or less B. what's more C. on the whole D. above all

2. A. sights B. boob C. everything D. anything

3. A. wallet B. way C. hotel D. meals

4. A. knew B. found out C. came to see D. believed

5. A. here B. there C. over D. around

6. A. that B. what C. with D. it

7. A. unhappily B. stupidly C. pleasantly D. difficultly

8. A. at once B. carefully C. finally D. sadly

9. A. return B. come C. run D. get

10. A. happily B. aimlessly C. correctly D. carelessly

11. A. the way B. a meal C. the name D. people

12. A. name B. place C. shop D. people

13. A. even B. still C. yet D. so

14. A. stared at B. came to C. listened to D. nodded to

15. A. caught B. took C. seized D. touched

16. A. mysterious B. good C. foolish D. distant

17. A. to B. in C. for D. at

18. A. larger B. better C. fewer D. more

19. A. left B. given C. that D. right

20. A. best B. smallest C. nearest D. biggest

It was just getting dark; there was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. But I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I 1 to Salisbury.

I was going along 2 at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream,

a woman’s scream---" 3 !" I looked round, but the only 4 of life was a large, black, rather suspicious-looking car just 5 a bend in the road about a hundred yards 6 . That was 7 the cry had come from. I 8 speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, 9 he did the same and began to draw away from me. As I drew near, the girl's voice came again, a lovely voice but 10 with fear.

"Let me go, 11 fool; you're hurting me. Oh! Oh!"

I felt my blood 12 . The fog was coming down thicker now, the countryside was lonelier. The man in the car had no 13 noticed this. Again came a cry.

"Drop the knife, fool. Oh!" Then a cry and a groan.

If I was to save her, it was now or 14 . Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn't save the girl, I would 15 try to bring the murderer to the police station. The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its 16 , and its brakes screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and crashed into the ditch on the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out, mad with anger.

"Fool!" he shouted 17 he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was quicker than he. I put all I knew into 18 that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It caught him right on the ground without a 19 . I rushed to the car, 20 open the door and peered inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.

“You have been listening to a radio play. Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately.”

1. A. reached B. arrived C. got D. led

2. A. strangely B. quietly C. quite D. quickly

3. A. Save B. Come C. Aid D. Help

4. A. person B. sign C. figure D. form

5. A. turning B. coming C. hurrying D. dropping

6. A. off B. apart C. away D. far

7. A. how B. when C. what D. where

8. A. put aside B. put up C. put down D. put on

9. A. and B. for C. when D. as

10. A. filling B. nodding C. trembling D. covering

11. A. you B. your C. yours D. you’re

12. A. boil B. run C .come D. freeze

13. A. sign B. effort C. doubt D. troubles

14. A. late B. then C. ever D. never

15. A. at most B. at least C. at last D. at first

16. A. path B. direction C. behind D. trail

17. A. before B. after C. as D. while

18. A. an anger B. a beat C. a fist D. a blow

19. A. word B. voice C. noise D. sound

20. A. pulled B. pushed C. hit D. broke