完形填空练习（八十九）
As I drove my blue Buick into the garage. I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was 1 too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the 2 space. That left
3 enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home 4 , and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space－too close to my car, 5 . At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had 6 and I shouted at her, “Can’t you see you’re not 7 me enough space？Park farther over.” Banging (猛推) open her door into 8 , the driver shouted back: “Make me!” 9 this she stepped out of the garage. Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my 10 . Then one day, I thought, “What can I do?” I soon found 11 . The next day the woman
Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,
I’m sorry my mistress(女主人) shouted at yours the other day. She’s been sorry about it. I know it because she doesn’t sing anymore while 13 . It wasn’t like her to scream 14 . Fact is, she’d just got bad news and was taking it out on you two. I 15 you and your mistress will 16 her.
Your neighbor,
Blue Buick
When I went to the 17 the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a note on my windshield:
Dear Blue Buick,
My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so 18 because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I’m glad we can be 19 now.
Your neighbor,
Yellow Oldsmobile
After that, whenever Blue Buick 20 Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled.
1. A. driven B. parked C. stopped D. stayed
2. A. complete B. close C. narrow D. fixed
3. A. quite B. nearly C. seldom D. hardly
4. A. hurriedly B. first C. finally D. timely
5. A. as usual B. as planned C. as well D. as yet
6. A. run into B. run about C. run out D. run off
7. A. keeping B. saving C. offering D. leaving
8. A. mine B. hers C. itself D. ours
9. A. For B. With C. From D. Upon
10. A. room B. area C. front D. side
11. A. an instruction B. a result C. an answer D. a chance
12. A. put B. wrote C. sent D. discovered
13. A. working B. driving C. returning D. cooking
14. A. on end B. so long C. like that D. any more
15. A. hope B. know C. suppose D. suggest
16. A. comfort B. help C. forgive D. please
17. A. office B. flat C. place D. garage
18. A. crazily B. eagerly C. noisily D. early
19. A. neighbors B. friends C. drivers D. writers
20. A. followed B. passed C. found D. greeted
完形填空练习（九十）
Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay (海湾). She stepped into the 1 and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and
2 to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach 3 side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, 4 and uneven; it became 5 difficult to row. If she 6 for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the 7 .
She wasn't even halfway, 8 she was already tired and her hands 9 from pulling on the rough wooden oars (船桨). “I'm never going to 10 it”, she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and 11 her head helplessly, then looked up as she 12 the boat shift (晃动) against the tide.
The east wind , which had swung (旋转) around from the south-west, 13 her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be 14 . Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst 15 .
The lights of the town became 16 . one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she 17 it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just 18 ? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last 19 on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves 20 and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.
1. A. car B. boat C. ship D. mail
2. A. beside B. before C. behind D. beyond
3. A. another B. other C. either D. the other
4. A. deep B. calm C. gentle D. rough
5. A. more B. less C. as D. least
6. A. slept B. continued C. rested D. rowed
7. A. home B. mountains C. south-west D. entrance
8. A. if B. so C. but D. since
9. A. hurt B. ruined C. troubled D. broke
10. A. get B. make C. keep D. take
11. A. mined B. dropped C. cocked D. raised
12. A. saw B. made C. heard D. felt
13. A. got to B. came to C. sent for D. reached for
14. A. difficult B. serious C. all right D. certain enough
15. A. any more B. still more C. no more D. once more
16. A. brighter B. bigger C. closer D. smaller
17. A. destroyed B. threw C. repaired D. seized
18. A. dreaming B. guessing C. inventing D. expecting
19. A. blow B. hit C. pull D. strike
20. A. anxiously B. happily C. sadly D. carefully
