Question

完形填空

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I was in a strange city and I didn’t know the city at all. ___, I could not speak a ____ of the language there. After I spent my first day in the town center, I decided to lose my way on my second day, for I ____ that this was the way of getting to know the strange city.

I ___on a bus, rode on it for several stops, then ____ and walked on. The first two hours ____ pleasantly enough. Then I decided to turn ____my hotel for lunch. After I walked for ____, I decided I had better __the way. But the trouble was that I knew only the word of the name to the street.

I ___to ask a newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a ____. I shook my head and ___ the name of the street again and he put the paper into my hands. I ___ give him some money and went on my way. The next person was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, smiled and took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right, and left again. I nodded politely and walked on.

About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting ____and I saw green fields on ___ side of me. I had come all the way into the country. Now I had to look for the nearest railway station!

1.A. Besides B. ExceptC. Beside D. But

2.A. sentence B. meaning C. soundD. word

3.A. believed B. understoodC. said D. realized

4.A. rode B. tookC. got D. climbed

5.A. it off B. it downC. down it D. off it

6.A. spent B. pastC. passedD. through

7.A. toB. on toC. back D. back to

8.A. some time B. sometimeC. sometimes D. some times

9.A. to ask B. to ask for C. ask for D. ask

10.A. stood B. stop C. stopped D. standing

11.A. book B. paper C. magazineD. note

12.A. toldB. saidC. talkedD. spoke

13.A. mustB. wantedC. couldD. had to

14.A. more and more B. many and many C. less and less D. fewer and fewer

15.A. either B. both C. all D. neither

Answer 1