完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下在短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam   36  to begin in a few minutes. On their faces was   37  .This was their last exam—then on to graduation and jobs.

Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they would get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt  38  and able to take   39   of the world.

The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n）  40  task, as the professor had said they could bring either books or notes they wanted, requesting， only  41  that they did not talk to each other during the test.

  42  they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles appeared on the students’ faces as they   43   there were only five questions.

Three hours had passed before the professor began to  44  the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor  45   the class.

He looked at the worried faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?”   46  a hand was raised.

“How many answered four?” Still no hands.

“Three? Two?” The students  47  restlessly(不安地) in their seats.

“One, then? Certainly somebody finished one.” But the class remained   48  .

The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I   49  ,” he said. “I just want you to  50 you that, even although you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the   51  you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively common in everyday  52  .” Then smiling, he   53  , “You will all pass this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education has just  54  .”

The years have  55   the name of the professor, but not the lesson he taught.

1.A．owing              B．due              C．exact            D．up

2.A．fright             B．anxiety          C．puzzle           D．confidence

3.A．ready              B．hopeful          C．discouraged      D．sad

4.A．hold               B．control          C．charge           D．place

5.A．interesting        B．necessary        C．easy             D．unusual

6.A．ordering           B．sharing          C．asking           D．requesting

7.A．Nervously          B．Joyfully         C．Quickly          D．Curiously

8.A．noted              B．knew             C．recognized       D．heard

9.A．check              B．hand in          C．collect          D．give out

10.A．gave              B．faced            C．took             D．finished

11.A．Not               B．Once             C．Only             D．Even

12.A．talked            B．moved            C．felt             D．went

13.A．puzzled           B．calm             C．silent           D．afraid

14.A．wondered          B．enjoyed          C．hated            D．expected

15.A．put on            B．look on          C．depend upon      D．impress upon

16.A．exam              B．subject          C．question         D．college

17.A．life              B．habit            C．practice         D．comunication

18.A．added             B．ordered          C．talked           D．demanded

19.A．begun             B．completed        C．failed           D．succeeded

20.A．forgot            B．remembered       C．strengthened     D．weakened