Cloze Test

Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　I was poor and always said yes to my boss. But the 1 was reached one Tuesday my half holiday. On my way 2 on Tuesdays I used to carry a large basket of things to the house of my boss' sister. 3 her house was on my way home, I 4 refused this.

　　On this particular Tuesday, 5 , just as we were about to 6 , a load of smoked hams was delivered at the 7 . “Wait a minute, Little Stark,” said the boss and he opened the load and 8 out a ham, which he started to bone and string up.

　　I 9 in growing impatience to get on my way, not for one minute but for quite a 10 time.

　　It was nearly 2:30. Thank God! The boss finished. He then came to me with the 11 ham, put it in the 12 beside me, and told me to take it to a customer who had placed an 13 for it days before.

　　This meant my going a 14 way out of my road home, so I looked up, saying, “I have my 15 at two on Tuesday, you know.” “What do you 16 ?” he shouted. I told him that I meant that I would deliver things as 17 , but not at this moment.

　　The boss stared at me as if I were some 18 kind of insect and shouted even harder. But I 9 firm. At last, seeing it was impossible, he gave up and 20 me go home for my holiday.

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Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall?

Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists?

In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?

In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand?

　　 Let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

　　 We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.

　　 And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?

　　 How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?

　　 English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

1. According to the passage ______.

A. sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things

B. there should be egg in an eggplant

C. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree

D. boxing rings should be round

2. Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?

A. A wise man and a wise guy.　

B. Overlook and oversee.　

C. Quite a lot and quite a few.　

D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.

3. The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “______”.

A. blow　　 B. roll up　　 C. get hurt　　 D. finish

4. Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are ______.

A. clever　　 B. crazy　　　 C. lazy　　　 D. dull

对话填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

对话填空（共10小题，每小题1分 ，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。