完形填空练习（五十九）
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
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
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
完形填空练习（六十）
"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
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
