完形填空练习（七十七）
I teach biology at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my 1 how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so 2 . He had his wisdom teeth removed. Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so 3 .
His question 4 me of something I'd read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a 5 about how you want to deal with life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”
“Let me give you an example,” I continued, 6 all sixty students in the class. “In 7 to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at a
“As soon as I got there, I called and 14 for a tow truck to meet me at my car after 15 . The secretary there asked me what had happened. “This is my 16 day,” I replied, smiling.
She was 17 . “What do you mean?”
“My car could have broken down anywhere along the highway. It didn't.” I replied. “ 18 , it broke down in the perfect place: off the highway, 19 walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient 20 .”
I ended my story. In spite of the early hour, no one in my class seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. …
1. A. schoolmates B. children C. teachers D. students
2. A. bad B. good C. sad D. free
3. A. cheerful B. grateful C. hopeful D. thankful
4. A. informed B. told C. reminded D. warned
5. A. decision B. choice C. preference D. judgment
6. A. showing B. demanding C. addressing D. commanding
7. A. contribution B. devotion C. application D. addition
8. A. school B. college C. university D. institute
9. A. highway B. railway C. road D. path
10. A. broke B. died C. ended D. finished
11. A. instrument B. wheel C. light D. engine
12. A. But B. And C. So D. Or
13. A. marched B. drove C. rode D. followed
14. A. prepared B. looked C. waited D. arranged
15. A. class B. work C. study D. lunch
16. A. usual B. unusual C. unlucky D. lucky
17. A. astonished B. excited C. puzzled D. pleased
18. A. Anyway B. Instead C. Also D. Still
19. A. within B. beyond C. without D. along
20. A. order B. need C. way D. situation
完形填空练习（七十八）
All the World Asks
On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization (文明世界) after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat, 1 enough to be a father to most of the students in the room, 2 unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow, listening to a 3 who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully 4 what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but 5 of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in 6 , just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared 7 myself? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious 8 about my ability to make it 9 college. Not until late that night did my thinking 10 . It was a long-distance 11 from my daughter, my fellow college freshman (新生), that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was 12 . She was certain that she’d never 13 at college. How 14 her worries sounded. In my most confident parental 15 , I said, “Doing your best is all the world 16 .” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a 17 for the class, nobody, including me, 18 to answer. When I looked around at the 19 and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew 20 what I had to do: my best. That’s all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.
1. A. big B. tall C. old D. strong
2. A. and B. so C. or D. yet
3. A. professor B. teacher C. lecturer D. instructor
4. A. showed B. explained C. designed D. offered
5. A. think B. speak C. talk D. hear
6. A. school B. office C. classroom D. college
7. A. father B. parent C. child D. son
8. A. fears B. doubts C. opinions D. ideas
9. A. over B. on C. with D. through
10. A. stop B. turn C. change D. continue
11. A. call B. talk C. report D. discussion
12. A. acquiring B. gaining C. experiencing D. feeling
13. A. fail B. succeed C. win D. pass
14. A. common B. ordinary C. regular D. familiar
15. A. sound B. whisper C. word D. voice
16. A. hopes B. asks C. wants D. expects
17. A. request B. problem C. question D. demand
18. A. dared B. preferred C. tried D. prepared
19. A. sorrow B. joy C. fear D. anger
20. A. exactly B. roughly C. gradually D. certainly
