完形填空练习（三十九）
Two kinds of people exist in this world: clean people and people who have found millions of ways to avoid cleaning their rooms.
I belong to 1 because I am a teenager. Like all teenagers I am 2 busy pretending to be receiving an education to 3 that scientists attribute 52 percent of global warming to the 4 that escapes from my bedroom window. 5 all you 6 get too angry, I want you to know that I closed my window last week.
Don’t think the messy state of my room doesn’t 7 me, it does. Every night I go to sleep, haunted (受折磨) by the thought that a(n) 8 I lost three years ago is somewhere in my room still plugged in (插着电源) and waiting to start a fire. 9 thing that worries me is my fish. I haven’t gotten around to cleaning their tank this year. I can’t 10 if they’re alive or not.
A few weeks ago my mother ordered me to clean my room. She said: “Tracie, you 11 not eat, sleep, or breathe until you clean up your room.”
I responded, “Mum, did I tell you I got an A on my physics test yesterday?”
“You don’t even take physics, Tracie, so how can you get an A?”
My Mum was 12 than I thought, so I decided to ignore (不理会) the question and change the 13 .
“Did you know that most kids today watch ten and a half hours of TV? And high school students score an average of 500 points 14 on the SATs than the kids in your generation.”
“No! Really? Well, Tracie, that’s just one more example of how the weak 15 of today affect the minds and education of the kids your age. Oh! I forgot to take the bread out of the oven !”
I smiled to myself for once again 16 my mother with perfectly useless and untrue 17 . Thereby I avoided the 18 task of cleaning my room.
Then I turned and observed the smoke and the big pile of smelly 19 . But, I am just too 20 to disturb the natural flow of things.
1. A. the former B. the latter C. the clean D. the messy
2. A. all B. so C. too D. very
3. A. know B. mind C. consider D. worry
4. A. smoke B. smell C. heat D. gas
5. A. Before B. In case C. While D. If
6. A. readers B. scientists C. cleaners D. environmentalists
7. A. bother B. affect C. puzzle D. speak to
8. A. radio B. iron C. recorder D. lamp
9. A. The B. One C. Another D. Next
10. A. see B. tell C. say D. decide
11. A. should B. can C. will D. must
12. A. slower B. cleverer C. quicker D. better
13. A. topic B. method C. point D. words
14. A. more B. less C. higher D. lower
15. A. school rules B. family values C. self-management D. parents’ controls
16. A. interrupting B. tricking C. persuading D. distracting
17. A. “facts” B. “questions” C. “figures” D. “information”
18. A. difficult B. dangerous C. boring D. senseless
19. A. waste B. clothes C. seaweeds D. shoes
20. A. busy B. lazy C. tired D. happy
完形填空练习（四十）
“Oops.” I fell flat on my face and my books scattered (散落) on the ground. I muttered (咕哝) through closed teeth,” I forgot about that stupid bump (不平的路面). I’ve got to remember it tomorrow.”
Today there was a reason I was 1 . This was the day we had to
Memorizing the poem had taken me hours, but I still wasn’t 3 if I would remember it when I stood up in front of class.
This 4 walk to school was always full of 5 . Every day I 6 pass a dog that lived by a church. The huge black animal with long teeth and a loud bark was my 7 . He had once taken me so completely by 8 that I had jumped in front of a car and was nearly 9 .
But today I had remembered to collect some stones to 10 . He would 11 for all the times he had given me a shock...but the beast wasn’t around today! 12 one time I was 13 to fight him and he was gone.
My mind 14 back to the poem. This was the first poem I’d tried to memorize.
When I got to school there were still a good five minutes before class. Then time came for the poem recitals.
“Would anyone like to 15 ?” asked Madame Thimonier.
I remembered my dad’s advice: “Just go first, and 16 everyone. Even if you forget part of the poem, you’ll have made a good impression!”
So I raised my hand. Madame Thimonier looked surprised.
I walked to the front of the room. I began and soon stumbled (结巴) on the first line but managed to 17 from my mistake and continue. 18 was all coming back to me. Those hours spent memorizing the poem had 19 .
I kept reciting at a rapid pace. I looked over at Madame Thimonier and saw a look of astonishment on her face.
I walked back to my desk full of 20 after I had said the whole poem perfectly.
1. A. forgetful B. strange C. upset D. distracted (分神)
2. A. recite B. explain C. remember D. analyze
3. A. clear B. sure C. doubtful D. aware
4. A. regular B. daily C. long D. short
5. A. danger B. astonishment C. excitement D. fright
6. A. needed to B. had to C. hated to D. loved to
7. A. friend B. enemy C. guide D. fellow
8. A. surprise B. delight C. trick D. fear
9. A. run down B. run over C. knocked off D. broken down
10. A. have fun B. train it C. fight back D. teach it a lesson
11. A. learn B. see C. regret D. pay
12. A. The B. This C. Only D. Just
13. A. about B. ready C. thought D. determined
14. A. flew B. came C. got D. wandered
15. A. start B. try C. volunteer D. recite
16. A. impress B. encourage C. surprise D. show
17. A. recover B. rise C. free D. break
18. A. Then B. Thus C. It D. Memory
19. A. paid back B. paid off C. worked out D. made it
20. A. confidence B. respect C. pride D. belief
