My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it 36 and as he is very 37 it, it still looks as good as new.
“That umbrella must have 38 you a great deal of money, Uncle.” I said to him one day.
“No,” he replied, “ 39 ”
“Was it a present?” I asked again.
“No,” said he.
“Then how did you get it?” I asked.
“Well,” he answered, “it is a strange true story. About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening 40 it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat and no umbrella. No buses ran through that street and there were no 41 in sight. As I was on my way to a party, I didn't want to get 42 . So I stood at a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite 43 .There wasn't a person around, and 44 it rained and rained. 45 a young man came to the place where I was standing, 46 a large umbrella over his head. 47 I hoped he would 48 me to walk to the next corner with him in order that I could get a taxi, I stepped 49 the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said: “ 50 , where are you going with that umbrella?”
51 by my sudden appearance, the young man 52 the umbrella, which, I'm afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and 53 into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be 54 in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I've kept it 55 .”
1. A. for months B. for years C. since childhood D. for a few days
2.A. satisfied with B. afraid of C. proud of D. careful with
3. A. given B. cost C. saved D. made
4. A. very little B. I don't know C. not a penny D. quite a lot
5. A. when B. though C. because D. after
6. A. bicycles B. policemen C. friends D. taxis
7. A. tired B. back C. wet D. away
8.A. dark B. fine C. dirty D. dangerous
9. A. naturally B. suddenly C. always D. still
10.A. At once B. At last C. As usual D. As well
11.A. selling B. carrying C. moving D. showing
12. A. As B. Although C. While D. If
13. A. order B. persuade C. allow D. promise
14. A. into B. out of C. towards D. along
15.A. By the way B. Help C. Excuse me D. Stop
16. A. Punished B. Discouraged C. Warned D. Frightened
17. A. raised B. took C. dropped D. forgot
18. A. disappeared B. lost C. pulled D. turned
19. A. endless B. interesting C. exciting D. hopeless
20. A. ever since B. for a while C. for you D. forever
I have made ______ clear that all of us are strongly against smoking in the office.
A. this B. it C. that D. one
The area ______ the explosion happened was closed off by the police.
A. which B. as C. why D. where
She had a bad cold, but luckily began to _______ soon.
A. recover B. control C. lose D. reduce
Everyone was trying to ________ a better idea to persuade him to stay.
A. put out B. come across C. come up with D. put up with
完形填空（共20小题，满分30分）
阅读下面段文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train. After getting off the train, they walked without an __36__ into the outer office of Harvard’s president. So they were stopped by his secretary and kept __37__. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, __38__ that the couple would finally become disappointed and __39__. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though __40__.
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a __41__ face. The lady told him, “We had a son that __42__ at Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was __43__ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to __44__ a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t moved. Instead, he was __45__. “Madam,” he said, “ we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a __46__.” “Oh, no,” the lady __47__ quickly. We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a __48__ to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and __49__ at the couple and then exclaimed, “ A building! Do you have any __50__ how much a building costs? We have spent
over $ 7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was __51__ , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a __52__? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. __53__ their offer was turned down, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University __54__ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer __55__ about.
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