2013高考英语完形填空经典训练题四十四（附答案）(1)

完形填空练习（八十七）

In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n)   1   at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop. The fruit shop did   2   business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood,   3  he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen   4   them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always   5   me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I   6   they must have stayed faithful to him   7   he had promised to sell good quality   8  . He had a way with them—I had to   9   that. He called every woman “madam” for a start,   10   those who clearly were not, but when he   11   it, it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded   12   in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter   13  . If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few   14   about the weather,   15   he did, he would ask about their families or make   16  , always cutting his cloth   17   his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be   18   gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite. He never   19   anything away. He was always looking for   20   for nothing.

1. A. operator                      B. assistant                   C. waiter                     D. secretary

2. A. good                   B. poor                        C. big                          D. usual

3. A. so                      B. when                      C. therefore                 D. but

4. A. sold                            B. knew                       C. gave                        D. sent

5. A. making               B. letting                     C. getting                    D. keeping

6. A. wish                    B. insist                      C. declare                    D. suppose

7. A. when                   B. if                            C. because                   D. though

8. A. food                    B. fruit                        C. vegetables                D. drink

9. A. admit                  B. expect                     C. announce                 D. promise

10. A. yet                    B. only                        C. just                         D. even

11. A. told                   B. said                         C. spoke                      D. talked

12. A. serious               B. strange                    C. polite                             D. familiar

13. A. as well                      B. as usual                   C. either                             D. also

14. A. sayings              B. questions                 C. words                      D. speeches

15. A. and then             B. and so                     C. even if                    D. but if

16. A. preparations       B. jokes                       C. repairs                            D. friends

17. A. according to       B. due to                     C. instead of                D. up to

18. A. never                 B. ever                        C. seldom                    D. always

19. A. took                  B. moved                     C. threw                       D. turned .

20. A. something          B. anything                  C. somebody                D. anybody

完形填空练习（八十八）

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I   1   that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,   2   he knew me . The man had a newspaper   3   in front of him , which he was   4   to read, but I could   5   that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my   6   the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the   7   way in which the waiter and I   8   each other. He seemed even more puzzled as   9   went on and it became   10   that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the   11  . When he came out, he paid his bill and   12   without another glance in my direction.

I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had   13  . “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (侦探). He   14   you here because he thought you were the man he   15  .” “What ?” I said , showing my   16  . The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I   17   say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a   18  .” “Well, it’s really   19   I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said. “  20  , I might have been in trouble.”

1. A. knew                   B. understood               C. noticed                    D. recognized

2. A. since                   B. even if                    C. though                    D. as if

3. A. flat                             B. open                      C. cut                          D. fixed

4. A. hoping                 B. thinking                  C. pretending                D. continuing

5. A. see                             B. find                        C. guess                      D. learn

6. A. menu                   B. bill                         C. paper                             D. food

7. A. direct                  B. familiar                   C. strange                    D. funny

8. A. chatted with        B. looked at                 C. laughed at                D. talked about

9. A. the waiter            B. time                        C. I                             D. the dinner

10. A. true                   B. hopeful                   C. clear                      D. possible

11. A. restaurant           B. washroom               C. office                             D. kitchen

12. A. left                    B. acted                      C. sat down                  D. calmed down

13. A. wanted               B. tried                        C. ordered                   D. wished

14. A. met                   B. caught                     C. followed                  D. discovered

15. A. was to beat        B. was dealing with      C. was to meet             D. was looking for

16. A. care                   B. surprise                   C. worry                      D. regret

17. A. must                  B. can                         C. need                        D. may

18. A. discovery           B. mistake                   C. decision                   D. fortune

19. A. a pity                 B. natural                    C. a chance                  D. lucky

20. A. Thus                  B. However                 C. Otherwise               D. Therefore