0492《大学英语三》完型填空温习题
58. A house in Clarktown caught fire on Christmas Eve, 1982. The woman who lived in the house was already in her eighties. Being in poor health, she had trouble in __1__ even when things were fine. With her house burning down around her, she was not able to go __2__. The smoke made her choke (窒息). The fire was very hot. Without quick help she would have died.
Fire fighters got to the house. They started to put the fire out. They did not know the old woman was still __3__. The people heard her crying for help. The fire was still very hot and there was lots of smoke.
A man dressed like Santa Claus(圣诞老东说念主) was passing by. He was on his way to give gifts to poor families. Hardly had he heard the old woman' cry when he ran into the burning house. After a while he rushed out with the old woman on his back and came to her safety. Then, as __4__ as he had done that, the man left. No one knew the real name of the hero who had saved the old woman's life.
The man went on and took the gifts to the poor children. He did not return home until it was dark. He told his __5__ what had happened. She decided that she did not need to keep the story a secret. She told people that Santa Claus was actually David Rodriguez, her husband. Mr. Rodriguez is a music teacher when he is not playing Santa Claus.
1. A. inside B. walking C. wife D. anywhere E. quickly
谜底：B
2. A. inside B. walking C. wife D. anywhere E. quickly
谜底：D
3. A. inside B. walking C. wife D. anywhere E. quickly
谜底：A
4. A. inside B. walking C. wife D. anywhere E. quickly
谜底：E
5. A. inside B. walking C. wife D. anywhere E. quickly
谜底：C
59. The National Health Service in Britain has grown into such a big organization that it now employs more people than any other organizations in the country. However efficient an organization like this may be, it is bound to __1__ sooner or later but there is little the public can do when they occur. The Patients' Association gives __2__ when they think they have not been properly looked after. Some time ago the Association fought against the government's idea __3__ general health centers for individual doctors. It said it did not want to tell the Health Service __4__ do but added that it should spend more money on doctors' salaries, __5__ would be cheaper than building health centers.
1. A. people advice B. what to C. which D. make mistakes E. of substituting
谜底：D
2. A. people advice B. what to C. which D. make mistakes E. of substituting
谜底：A
3. A. people advice B. what to C. which D. make mistakes E. of substituting
谜底：E
4. A. people advice B. what to C. which D. make mistakes E. of substituting
谜底：B
5. A. people advice B. what to C. which D. make mistakes E. of substituting
谜底：C
60. In the USA, children start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school till they are sixteen. But most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they __1__ secondary schools. There are two kinds of schools in the USA: public schools and private schools. Most children go to public schools. Their parents don't have to __2__ their education because the school get money from the government. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling. Some parents __3__ like private schools though they are much more expensive.
Today about half of the high school students __4__ in universities after they finish secondary schools. A student at a state university doesn't have to pay very much if his parents live in that state.
Many students work while they are studying at universities. In this way they get into __5__ working habits and live by their own hands.
1. A. good B. study C. pay for D. leave E. still
谜底：D
2. A. good B. study C. pay for D. leave E. still
谜底：C
3. A. good B. study C. pay for D. leave E. still
谜底：E
4. A. good B. study C. pay for D. leave E. still
谜底：B
5. A. good B. study C. pay for D. leave E. still
谜底：A
61. A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He kicked it so hard that it broke the window of a house and fell in. A woman came to the window with the ball and shouted __1__ him, so the young boy ran away, but he wanted his ball back. A few minutes later, he came back and knocked at the door of the house. When the woman opened the door, he said, "My father is going to come up and mend your window very soon."
After a few minutes, a man came to the door __2__ tool in his hand, so the woman let the boy take his ball away.
When the man finished mending the __3__, he said to the woman "You have to __4__ me ten pounds." "But aren't you the __5__ of that boy?" the woman asked. She looked surprised. "No," he answered. He was surprised, too. "Aren't you his mother?"
1. A. with B. window C. father D. at E. pay
谜底：D
2. A. with B. window C. father D. at E. pay
谜底：A
3. A. with B. window C. father D. at E. pay
谜底：B
4. A. with B. window C. father D. at E. pay
谜底：E
5. A. with B. window C. father D. at E. pay
谜底：C
62. What do we know about the sea? We know that it looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. We also learn that it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. What __1__ things do we know about it?
The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. Look at the map of the world, there is __2__ sea than land. The sea covers three quarters of the world.
Some parts of the sea __3__ very shallow. But some places are very deep. There is one place near Japan. It is nearly 11 kilometers deep. The __4__ mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If we put the mountain into the sea at that place, there would be 2 kilometers of water above it!
The sea is salty. There is one sea called the Dead Sea. It is very salty. It is __5__ salty that swimmers cannot sink! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea.
1. A. so B. other C. highest D. are E. more
谜底：B
2. A. so B. other C. highest D. are E. more
谜底：E
3. A. so B. other C. highest D. are E. more
谜底：D
4. A. so B. other C. highest D. are E. more
谜底：C
5. A. so B. other C. highest D. are E. more
谜底：A
63. The story happened in Paris in 1860. One evening Mathilde's husband, Pierre Loisel, came home from work with great joy, because he not only had been invited to the palace ball __1__ also was the only person in his office that was invited. He told his wife the wonderful news. Mathilde was so excited that she couldn't believe what she was told. When she realized it was true, she thought she couldn't go because she didn't have an evening dress __2__ jewellery for the ball. She was afraid of being laughed at. At last Pierre decided to spend all the money they had buying a dress for her and advised her to borrow jewellery from Jeanne, her friend who married a man with much money. The next day Mathilde called on her friend, Jeanne, and asked if she could lend some jewellery to her. Jeanne brought out all her jewellery and let Mathilde __3__ the one she liked best. Mathilde noticed a lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the center, wore it and was very satisfied.
On the evening when the ball was held, Mathilde was wearing the dress on which she spent 400 francs and the necklace __4__ from her friend and went to the ball with Pierre. They had a very good time at the party.
But it was on that night __5__ she found the necklace was missing on their way home. They went back to the palace and looked for it everywhere. Unluckily, they couldn't find it.
"What's to be done?" Both of them were in deep thought.
1. A. or B. borrowed C. but D. that E. choose
谜底：C
2. A. or B. borrowed C. but D. that E. choose
谜底：A
3. A. or B. borrowed C. but D. that E. choose
谜底：E
4. A. or B. borrowed C. but D. that E. choose
谜底：B
5. A. or B. borrowed C. but D. that E. choose
谜底：D
64. In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision-making. When the children are old enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (优容) of American parents. Children are often allowed to do pretty much __1__ they wish without strict control by their parents. Children are encouraged to be __2__ at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom too far. Others think that a strong parental image would not suit American values. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to break away from their families by the time they have __3__ their late teens or early twenties. This pattern of independence often raises serious problems for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live __4__ the age of 70. The job-retirement age is usually 65. The children have left home, married, and __5__ their own households. Often the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic, but they feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family ties.
1. A. reached B. what C. set up D. beyond E. independent
谜底：B
2. A. reached B. what C. set up D. beyond E. independent
谜底：E
3. A. reached B. what C. set up D. beyond E. independent
谜底：A
4. A. reached B. what C. set up D. beyond E. independent
谜底：D
5. A. reached B. what C. set up D. beyond E. independent
谜底：C
65. John left the United States in 1969 to work in Africa. Africa was hot, and when John came back to the United States in 1979, he said __1__, "It's much colder here than it was before I left. I'm going to buy an electric heater（电暖气）. Also, everything is much more expensive."
John went to a store the next day to buy an electric heater. The salesman showed him three __2__ four different kinds and then said, "And this is our best electric heater. It costs __3__ money, but it saves half of your electricity, and electricity is very expensive now, isn't it?"
"Yes, it's very expensive," John answered, "and it's becoming worse every year." He looked at the electric heater carefully, __4__ for a few seconds and then said, "Well, I'll take two of these, please, and then I'll save __5__ my electricity."
1. A. or B. all of C. thinking D. a lot of E. to himself
谜底：E
2. A. or B. all of C. thinking D. a lot of E. to himself
谜底：A
3. A. or B. all of C. thinking D. a lot of E. to himself
谜底：D
4. A. or B. all of C. thinking D. a lot of E. to himself
谜底：C
5. A. or B. all of C. thinking D. a lot of E. to himself
谜底：B
66. You may meet Americans who know very little about your country. If this __1__ the case, be patient with them. Unfortunately, little is taught about the cultures or customs of other countries in America schools. The United States has always been separated from older countries by the vast oceans to the East and West of the country. As a __2__ Americans have not become so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things as is often the case in older countries. If Americans try to help you __3__ something that is very familiar to you, if they mistake your country for another of thousands of kilometers away, be patient with them. The United States has developed into a modern nation in a very short time __4__ with many other countries------only about 300 years. Americans have been very busy with growth of the country, with building roads and cities, establishing free education for millions of children, and making inventions, discoveries, and developments to benefit the whole world. The Nation's attention has been on the United States, not on the world, during most of this __5__ period. It is only since World War Two (1939-1945) that Americans have been more interested in other parts of the World.
1. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
谜底：E
2. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
谜底：C
3. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
谜底：A
4. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
谜底：B
5. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
谜底：D
67. An English family is living in Japan for years. It's evening now. An important Japanese officer comes to visit them. They are talking for hours and it gets late. Nothing shows that the officer is ___1___, so the English woman asks him to have dinner with them. The Japanese nodded. She becomes worried because she has very little food in the house. She quickly goes to the ___2___ and tells her Japanese cook to buy vegetables and get dinner ready quickly. The cook thinks for a moment and says, "That's all right. You'll have a very good dinner." When the English family and the Japanese officer all sit down at the table, the wife is very surprised. There are many nice ___3___ on the table.
The English woman is very happy. She runs to the kitchen and asks the cook, "How do you make the delicious meal for us so quickly?"
"I don't make it, madam," he says, "I send one of the Japanese officer's men to his house, and the man ___4___ the Japanese officer's dinner. Now he is getting back ___5___ more food."
1. A. kitchen B. for C. brings back D. dishes E. leaving
谜底：E
2. A. kitchen B. for C. brings back D. dishes E. leaving
谜底：A
3. A. kitchen B. for C. brings back D. dishes E. leaving
谜底：D
4. A. kitchen B. for C. brings back D. dishes E. leaving
谜底：C
5. A. kitchen B. for C. brings back D. dishes E. leaving
谜底：B
68. Nora was sixteen years old. She had a little brother. Her brother's name was Jim. Jim was sometimes naughty（稚子的）, but he made Nora laugh a lot , and she loved him and was always very nice __1__ him.
One afternoon she was walking from her house to the store when she saw a small boy running along the street towards her. He was going very fast. When he came __2__ her, she was surprised to see it was Jim.
"Hi, Jim," Nora shouted to him. "__3__ are you running like that?"
Jim didn't stop, but he waved to his sister and shouted, "I'm trying to stop two boys __4__ fighting."
Nora was surprised again. She laughed and said, "That's an important job for a little boy, isn't it? You don't do things __5__ that very often. Who are the two boys?"
"They're Tom and me," answered Jim as he continued running down the street very quickly.
1. A. Why B. to C. from D. like E. near
谜底：B
2. A. Why B. to C. from D. like E. near
谜底：E
3. A. Why B. to C. from D. like E. near
谜底：A
4. A. Why B. to C. from D. like E. near
谜底：C
5. A. Why B. to C. from D. like E. near
谜底：D
69. Tom was ten years old. One day his friend Jack said to him, "I am going to have a birthday party on Saturday. Tom, can you come to my ___1___?" "I'll be glad to," answered Tom.
Tom told his mother and she said, "You can go. ___2___ don't ask for some food." Tom said, "All right, Mum." He was happy.
On Saturday Tom went to Jack's house ___3___. There were a lot of children at the party. They played and sang "Happy Birthday" to Jack. They had a good time. And then Jack's mother gave them some food, but she forgot to give Tom ___4___. There was only a plate in front of him. He thought to himself, "I'd better wait." He waited politely for some time and then he put his plate on his head and said, "___5__ anyone want a nice and clean plate?"
1. A. But B. party C. Shall D. by car E. some
谜底：B
2. A. But B. party C. Shall D. by car E. some
谜底：A
3. A. But B. party C. Shall D. by car E. some
谜底：D
4. A. But B. party C. Shall D. by car E. some
谜底：E
5. A. But B. party C. Shall D. by car E. some
谜底：C
70. In England nobody under the age of eighteen is allowed ___1___ in a public bar. Mr. Thompson used to go to a bar near his house quite often, but he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young. Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for ___2___ time.
They drank for an hour, and then Mr. Thompson said to his son, "Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson. You must always be careful ___3___ drink too much. And how do you know when you have had enough? Well, I tell you. Do you see those two lights ___4___ the end of the bar? When they seem to have become four, you've had enough and ___5___ go home."
"But Dad," said Tom, "I can see only one light at the end of the bar."
1. A. the first B. at C. should D. not to E. to drink
谜底：E
2. A. the first B. at C. should D. not to E. to drink
谜底：A
3. A. the first B. at C. should D. not to E. to drink
谜底：D
4. A. the first B. at C. should D. not to E. to drink
谜底：B
5. A. the first B. at C. should D. not to E. to drink
谜底：C
71. Sam had a dog. Its name was Tod. It was very helpful, but it ate too much. So he didn't like it. He wanted to kill Tod. He ___1___ Tod and put it in a small boat. He rowed the boat to the ___2___ of a big river. Just as he threw the poor animal into the river, the boat began to go down. ___3___ the man and Tod fell into the river.
Tod was able to swim, but Sam couldn't. The dog bit the rope and broke it. It tried its best to swim to ___4___ Sam. The man was saved, so he was very thankful to the dog, he didn't want to kill the dog any more. From then on, he gave the dog as ___5___ as it wanted.
1. A. middle B. save C. much D. tied E. Both
谜底：D
2. A. middle B. save C. much D. tied E. Both
谜底：A
3. A. middle B. save C. much D. tied E. Both
谜底：E
4. A. middle B. save C. much D. tied E. Both
谜底：B
5. A. middle B. save C. much D. tied E. Both
谜底：C
72. Polly went to school when she was six years old. She liked her first day very much. Her teacher, Miss Yates, was very nice, and the other children in her class were __1__, too. But at the end of the second day, when the other children left the classroom, Polly stayed behind and waited.
Miss Yates had some work to do and did not __2__ Polly at first, but then she looked up and saw her.
"Why didn't you go with the others, Polly?" She asked kindly. "Did you want to ask me __3__?"
"Yes, Miss Yates," Polly said.
"What is it?" Miss Yates asked.
"What did I do in school today?" Polly said.
Miss Yates laughed. "What did you do in school today?" she said. "__4__ did you ask me that, Polly?"
"Because I'm going home now," Polly answered, "and my mother is going to __5__ me."
1. A. a question B. Why C. nice D. ask E. see
谜底：C
2. A. a question B. Why C. nice D. ask E. see
谜底：E
3. A. a question B. Why C. nice D. ask E. see
谜底：A
4. A. a question B. Why C. nice D. ask E. see
谜底：B
5. A. a question B. Why C. nice D. ask E. see
谜底：D
73. Every morning, Steve goes to work by train. As he has a long way to go, he always buys a newspaper __1__ helps to make the time pass more quickly. One Thursday morning, he turned to the sports page. He wanted to read the report __2__ an important football match. The report was so interesting that he forgot to get off. He realized this when he looked out of the window and saw the sea. He got off at the next station and had to wait a long time __3__ a train going back. Of course, he arrived very late __4__ the office. His boss was very angry when he told him __5__ he was late.
"Work is more important than football!" he shouted.
1. A. on B. at C. how D. for E. which
谜底：E
2. A. on B. at C. how D. for E. which
谜底：A
3. A. on B. at C. how D. for E. which
谜底：D
4. A. on B. at C. how D. for E. which
谜底：B
5. A. on B. at C. how D. for E. which
谜底：C
74. What do you do at weekend? Some people like to stay at home, but others like to go for a walk or play football. My friend Jack works hard in a factory on ___1___. At the weekend, he always ___2___ different things. On Saturday he drives his car and on ___3___ he goes with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn't a small one, but there's always much work to do on the farm. The children ___4___ with the animals and give them their food. Jack and his wife help his uncle in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all ___5___ and Jack's aunt gives them a big meal.
1. A. Sunday B. help C. hungry D. weekdays E. does
谜底：D
2. A. Sunday B. help C. hungry D. weekdays E. does
谜底：E
3. A. Sunday B. help C. hungry D. weekdays E. does
谜底：A
4. A. Sunday B. help C. hungry D. weekdays E. does
谜底：B
5. A. Sunday B. help C. hungry D. weekdays E. does
谜底：C
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