完形填空

　　In the year 1666 there was a terrible disease in London. Thousands of people died every week. The disease was 1 by fleas(跳蚤), which lived in clothes. When people started to feel 2 , they sneezed(打喷嚏). Then they had a high temperature－and in less than a week they died.

　　The village of Eyam is in the north of England. People there heard of the terrible 3 in London. They were very happy that London was 4 .

　　One day a man arrived from 5 . He brought with him lots of different things 6 . Among these things there was some cloth. On it were the 7 “Made in London”.

　　Two days later, a boy sneezed. He said he had a 8 . Nobody worried much, but soon he was 9 with a high temperature. The next day, the boy 10 died, and another two people 11 to sneeze.

　　At once the village people held a meeting to 12 what to do. An old man said,“If people run away from this village, they 13 carry the disease with them. Then the disease will be carried to other 14 . and thousands of people will die. We must 15 other people outside our village don’t 16 this terrible disease.”

　　The people of Eyam 17 the old man. In this way they 18 the population of the other villages from the terrible disease. 19 , 40% of the population of Eyam died from the disease, The disease itself 20 . The people who were still living were able to visit people outside the village again.

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]

11．

[　　]

12．

[　　]

13．

[　　]

14．

[　　]

15．

[　　]

16．

[　　]

17．

[　　]

18．

[　　]

19．

[　　]

20．

[　　]

Many years ago there lived a young couple in a small town. The husband was out of job for a long time and the wife   36 make a living by sewing for others. They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a jar under a  37 table, in  38 was a little rice  39 from their neighbor for the coming New Year. 40 New Year’s Eve, the wife had already fallen asleep, but the husband was  41  in bed, worrying about the life. Suddenly he heard something. In the darkness he saw a man breaking into the room.

“It  42   be a thief.” He thought, “but it  43   matter, there is nothing that can be 44 .” So he  45  to be asleep and kept watching over the thief.

The thief began to 46 the room. At last he found the rice in the jar.

“But  47 can I take it away?” the thief thought hard. Then he had an idea. He 48 his coat and spread it on the ground between the bed and the table. After that he turned round to take the jar.

Now the husband realized what the thief 49 . He picked up the coat quickly and 50 himself with it while the thief was turning around.

The thief 51 the jar, poured the rice out on the place where he had just spread his coat and squatted (蹲) down to feel it. But to his surprise, his coat had  52  .

“Hey”, he couldn’t help 53  out. The   54  woke up the wife. She asked her husband, “Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room.”

“ Nonsense(胡说)!” replied her husband. “Go back to sleep. There is no thief in the room.”

“No, that’s   55  ,” the thief shouted loudly. “If there isn’t a thief, then, where’s my coat?”

1.                A．was able to      B．wanted to       C．had to    D．would

 

2.                A．good           B．old            C．nice D．broken

 

3.                A．it              B．which          C．where    D．that

 

4.                A．borrowed       B．asked          C．lent  D．taken

 

5.                A．During         B．At             C．In   D．On

 

6.                A．working        B．sewing         C．lying D．thinking

 

7.                A．will            B．must           C．can  D．may

 

8.                A．isn’t          B．wasn’t        C．doesn’t D．didn’t

 

9.                A．lost            B．carried         C．destroyed D．stolen

 

10.               A．pretended      B．tried           C．decided   D．started

 

11.               A．look into        B．search         C．discover   D．examine

 

12.               A．what           B．when          C．why  D．how

 

13.               A．used           B．took off        C．put on D．brought

 

14.               A．had done       B．did            C．would do  D．could do

 

15.               A．hung          B．covered        C．studied    D．dressed

 

16.               A．shook          B．laid            C．lifted D．touched

 

17.               A．lost            B．missed         C．left   D．disappeared

 

18.               A．to cry          B．crying          C．to jump   D．jumping

 

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

 

20.               A．right           B．all right         C．nothing   D．impossible