III. Cloze   (20 points)

I’d meant to go to Miros that day. I’d packed my bag and was ready. The motor-boat__36__ in on time. The sky was cloudy, but the wind wasn’t too strong for the two-hour __37__. I stood at my window, staring at the boat. Then I lost __38__ of her, an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbour. A dozen passengers were __39__ their way there. I was about to join them---when a man’s face __40__ at the light-house window.

This was strange, because the light-house had been empty, unused and __41__ for thirty years. It was stranger still---because I’d seen that __42__ before. I couldn’t place it but it was, or had once been, familiar to me. I opened my window and __43__ across.

“I know we’ve met before, but I can’t remember where.”

I __44__ him to open his if he could and answer me. He did neither. The face behind the glass __45__ motionless. Seeing him more clearly now, I knew he was not looking at me. He seemed to be looking upwards, __46__ the clouds. How well I’d known that face, sometime, somewhere!

I __47__ again. “We met years ago. Was it in Athens in the 1950s? I used to live in Plaka.”

He didn’t reply nor give any __48__ that he’d heard. I went back further, to __49__ I was in the navy.” Perhaps we met at sea during the war,” and that thought at once __50__ him to mind. Commander Leftis! He was Commander Leftis of course! How could I have forgotten? I’d saved his life once. But surely he…

The motor-boat __51__ her bell. I turned my eyes. The wind had risen, but she was pulling. __52__. Laughing, I called, “Now I’ve missed her, and it’s your __53__, Commander!’

As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. __54__ minute it was there, looking up. I could see the whites of the eyes. The __55__ it was gone.

Well, I didn’t rush to the light-house. I knew that Leftis was dead. He died at sea in 1963 or ’64. But there’s one other thing I ought to tell you: the motor-boat never reached Miros. It was lost in a storm, with all the passengers.

36．A．reached    B．arrived     C．went  D．came

37．A．voyage     B．crossing    C．travel       D．boating

38．A．sight B．way   C．patience    D．chances

39．A．searching  B．finding     C．making     D．hurrying

40．A．placed      B．existed      C．occurred   D．appeared

41．A．locked      B．opened     C．rebuilt      D．chained

42．A．man  B．face   C．window    D．light-house

43．A．jumped     B．ran    C．shouted     D．screamed

44．A．expected B．hoped       C．believed    D．asked

45．A．became     B．remained  C．seemed     D．grew

46．A．through    B．after  C．for    D．at

47．A．persuaded B．repeated    C．tried  D．continued

48．A．suggestion       B．answer      C．sign   D．action

49．A．when B．which       C．where       D．how

50．A．kept  B．brought    C．caused      D．changed

51．A．beat  B．rang  C．turned on  D．put on

52．A．up    B．down C．in      D．out

53．A．problem   B．question    C．duty  D．fault

54．A．Each B．Every       C．One   D．Some

55．A．next  B．rest   C．other D．last

III. Cloze   (20 points)

I’d meant to go to Miros that day. I’d packed my bag and was ready. The motor-boat__36__ in on time. The sky was cloudy, but the wind wasn’t too strong for the two-hour __37__. I stood at my window, staring at the boat. Then I lost __38__ of her, an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbour. A dozen passengers were __39__ their way there. I was about to join them---when a man’s face __40__ at the light-house window.

This was strange, because the light-house had been empty, unused and __41__ for thirty years. It was stranger still---because I’d seen that __42__ before. I couldn’t place it but it was, or had once been, familiar to me. I opened my window and __43__ across.

“I know we’ve met before, but I can’t remember where.”

I __44__ him to open his if he could and answer me. He did neither. The face behind the glass __45__ motionless. Seeing him more clearly now, I knew he was not looking at me. He seemed to be looking upwards, __46__ the clouds. How well I’d known that face, sometime, somewhere!

I __47__ again. “We met years ago. Was it in Athens in the 1950s? I used to live in Plaka.”

He didn’t reply nor give any __48__ that he’d heard. I went back further, to __49__ I was in the navy.” Perhaps we met at sea during the war,” and that thought at once __50__ him to mind. Commander Leftis! He was Commander Leftis of course! How could I have forgotten? I’d saved his life once. But surely he…

The motor-boat __51__ her bell. I turned my eyes. The wind had risen, but she was pulling. __52__. Laughing, I called, “Now I’ve missed her, and it’s your __53__, Commander!’

As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. __54__ minute it was there, looking up. I could see the whites of the eyes. The __55__ it was gone.

Well, I didn’t rush to the light-house. I knew that Leftis was dead. He died at sea in 1963 or ’64. But there’s one other thing I ought to tell you: the motor-boat never reached Miros. It was lost in a storm, with all the passengers.

36．A．reached    B．arrived     C．went  D．came

37．A．voyage     B．crossing    C．travel       D．boating

38．A．sight B．way   C．patience    D．chances

39．A．searching  B．finding     C．making     D．hurrying

40．A．placed      B．existed      C．occurred   D．appeared

41．A．locked      B．opened     C．rebuilt      D．chained

42．A．man  B．face   C．window    D．light-house

43．A．jumped     B．ran    C．shouted     D．screamed

44．A．expected B．hoped       C．believed    D．asked

45．A．became     B．remained  C．seemed     D．grew

46．A．through    B．after  C．for    D．at

47．A．persuaded B．repeated    C．tried  D．continued

48．A．suggestion       B．answer      C．sign   D．action

49．A．when B．which       C．where       D．how

50．A．kept  B．brought    C．caused      D．changed

51．A．beat  B．rang  C．turned on  D．put on

52．A．up    B．down C．in      D．out

53．A．problem   B．question    C．duty  D．fault

54．A．Each B．Every       C．One   D．Some

55．A．next  B．rest   C．other D．last

Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling’s life is like a fairy tale. Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling 　1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 　2 a table in a café during her daughter’s naps – and it was Harry Potter 　3 rescued her.

Rowling 　4 that she always wanted to write and that the first 　5 she actually wrote down, when she was five or six, was a story about a rabbit 　6 Rabbit. Many of her favorite 　7 center around reading – hearing The Wind in the Willows 　8 aloud by her father when she had the measles（麻疹）, enjoying the fantastic adventure stories of E. Nesbit, and her favorite story of all, The little White Horse.

At Exeter University Rowling took her degree in French and 　9 one year studying in Paris. After college she moved to London to 　10 as a researcher and bilingual secretary. The best thing about working in an office, she has said, was　 11 up stories on the computer when no one was 　12 . During this time, on a particularly long train ride from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea 　13 her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn’t know it. He 　14 a school for wizardry – she could see him very plainly in her mind. By the time the train 　15 into Kings Cross station four hours later, many of the characters and the early stages of the plot were fully 　16 in her head. The story took further shape as she continued working on it in 　17 and cafes over her lunch hours.

After her marriage to a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce, Rowling returned to Britain with her infant daughter and a suitcase full of Harry Potter notes and 　18 . She settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister and 　19 to finish the book before looking for a teaching job. Wheeling her daughter’s carriage around the city to escape their 　20 , cold apartment, she would duck into coffee shops to write when the baby fell asleep. In this way she finished the book and started sending it to publishers.

1.　　 A. read　　　　　　　　　　 B. recited　　　　　　　　 C. wrote　　　　　　　　　 D. copied

2.　　 A. on　　　　　　　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. around　　　　　　　　 D. at

3.　　 A. what　　　　　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　　　　　 C. which　　　　　　　　　 D. who

4.　　 A. remembers　　　　　 B. thinks　　　　　　　　　 C. reminds　　　　　　　 D. supposes

5.　　 A. book　　　　　　　　　 B. story　　　　　　　　　 C. novel　　　　　　　　　 D. fiction

6.　　 A. naming　　　　　　　　 B. published　　　　　　 C. called　　　　　　　　　 D. replaced

7.　　 A. songs　　　　　　　　　 B. sports　　　　　　　　　 C. things　　　　　　　　　 D. memories

8.　　 A. spoken　　　　　　　　 B. said　　　　　　　　　　 C. told　　　　　　　　　　 D. read

9.　　 A. cost　　　　　　　　　　 B. spared　　　　　　　　 C. took　　　　　　　　　　 D. spent

10.　 A. regard　　　　　　　　 B. consider　　　　　　　 C. work　　　　　　　　　 D. treat

11.　 A. searching　　　　　　 B. reading　　　　　　　　 C. listening　　　　　　　 D. typing

12.　 A. noticing　　　　　　　 B. watching　　　　　　 C. observing　　　　　　 D. seeing

13.　 A. came to　　　　　　　 B. struck to　　　　　　　 C. stuck to　　　　　　　 D. hit on

14.　 A. studies　　　　　　　　 B. attends　　　　　　　　 C. builds　　　　　　　　　 D. goes

15.　 A. entered　　　　　　　　 B. pulled　　　　　　　　　 C. reached　　　　　　　　 D. arrived

16.　 A. organized　　　　　　 B. taken　　　　　　　　　 C. formed　　　　　　　　 D. appeared

17.　 A. theatres　　　　　　　 B. pubs　　　　　　　　　　 C. cinemas　　　　　　　 D. concerts

18.　 A. chapters　　　　　　　 B. books　　　　　　　　　 C. magazines　　　　　　 D. newspapers

19.　 A. set about　　　　　　　 B. set off　　　　　　　　 C. set up　　　　　　　　　 D. set out

20.　 A. splendid　　　　　　　 B. large　　　　　　　　　　 C. comfortable　　　　　 D. tiny

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　　The clock had just struck eleven when I first heard a noise coming from the lift. I opened the door of our room and listened; someone was 1 against the door of the 2 and calling out at the same time. “What's wrong?” I 3 “The door has been 4 and I can't get out,” the answer came back. The 5 , which sounded like that of a girl, came from several 6 below.

　　My wife had now joined me and she went 7 directly in search of the night porter. After calling to the girl that 8 was on its way , I went back into the 9 to get some tools. Then I too hurried 10 the stairs 11 I reached the place where the lift was stuck.

　　I tried my hand at 12 to open the lift door, talking all the while to the girl trapped inside, but my tools were of no use for this 13 . Very 14 , however, my wife returned. 15 to find the porter, she had called the police, who agreed to send an engineer. 16 , she has also got in touch with the fire service.

　　In a short time the engineer appeared , followed by two 17 . Almost immediately 18 the firemen arrived, too. With his special tool it 19 the engineer only a short while to get the door open. In spite of her experience , the girl was in good 20 “I'm hungry ,” was her only remark as she stepped out of her cage.

1．

[　　]

A．standing	B．beating
C．hitting	D．shouting

2．

[　　]

A．flat	B．room
C．house	D．lift

3．

[　　]

A．answered	B．shouted
C．asked	D．said

4．

[　　]

A．opened	B．broken
C．stuck	D．stopped

5．

[　　]

A．noise	B．voice
C．sound	D．answer

6．

[　　]

A．stairs	B．floors
C．roofs	D．flights

7．

[　　]

A．off	B．back
C．down	D．hurriedly

8．

[　　]

A．policeman	B．nothing
C．lift	D．help

9．

[　　]

A．lift	B．door
C．flat	D．garage

10．

[　　]

A．down	B．up
C．on	D．from

11．

[　　]

A．before	B．until
C．after	D．when

12．

[　　]

A．wanting	B．forcing
C．managing	D．wishing

13．

[　　]

A．purpose	B．idea
C．way	D．hope

14．

[　　]

A．quickly	B．fast
C．well	D．soon

15．

[　　]

A．Impossible	B．Unable
C．Glad	D．Sorry

16．

[　　]

A．Besides	B．Instead
C．Still	D．But

17．

[　　]

A．porters	B．men
C．policemen	D．firemen

18．

[　　]

A．forwards	B．afterwards
C．the meanwhile	D．in advance

19．

[　　]

A．spent	B．took
C．paid	D．spared

20．

[　　]

A．spirits	B．health
C．conditions	D．manner