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第二节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the 36 , the couple went to the front desk hoping to 37 for the night.
“Could you 38 give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The clerk, a 39 man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and 40 that there were three conventions(大会) in town.
“All of our 41 are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a 42 couple like you 43 into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be 44 to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite(套房), but it will be good enough to make you 45 for the night.”
The couple said no politely.
“Don’t 46 me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build 47 for you.” The three of them had a good 48 .
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it 49 he received a letter from the old man. It recalled that stormy night and put in a round-trip 50 to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and 51 him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
He then pointed to a great new 52 there, a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the older man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to 53 .”
“You must be 54 ,” the young man said.
“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of 55 was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Boldt became its first manager.
36. A. rain B. anger C. snow D. hunger
37. A. put out B. put off C. put up D. put down
38. A. surely B. possibly C. really D. freely
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40. A. shouted B. explained C. believed D. agreed
41. A. hotels B. desks C. streets D. rooms
42. A. nice B. famous C. rich D. common
43. A. beyond B. off C. out D. under
44. A. kind B. willing C. good D. generous
45. A. enjoyable B. helpful C. grateful D. comfortable
46. A. worry about B. take care of C. make use of D. come up with
47. A. one B. it C. them D. those
48. A. sleep B. meal C. laugh D. talk
49. A. after B. before C. while D. when
50. A. ticket B. bill C. check D. questionnaire
51. A. invited B. told C. treated D. led
52. A. building B. car C. bedroom D. place
53. A. live B. sell C. manage D. rent
54. A. lying B. joking C. dreaming D. cheating
55. A. whose B. which C. whom D. who
35.-Could you turn the TV down a little bit?
-________. Is it disturbing you?
A. Take it easy. B. I’m sorry. C. Not a bit D. It depends
34. Many of them will try their best to finish the project as soon as possible, _______ they know it to be difficult.
A. as though B. now that C. even though D. so that
33.-I will come to see you play football at four tomorrow afternoon.
-I am sorry, but by then the match will be over and I ________an English song.
A. will learn B. will be learning
C. would learn D. would be learning
32. Mary has had her article printed in a famous magazine, ________ she is very proud.
A. for which B. in which C. of which D. from which
31. She’ll never forget her stay there ________ she found her son had the talent of drawing.
A. that B. which C. where D. when
30.-I hear that your son is in charge of your company.
-Yes, he is. Two years of business school has really ________.
A. paid off B. paid for C. paid back D. paid out
29.-I’m sure your brother Andrew will win the first prize in the English contest.
-I think so. He ________ for it for two months.
A. is preparing B. was preparing
C. had been preparing D. has been preparing
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