第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
What actually happens when we read?Some people think that we read one word 21 ,
understand it and then go on to the next. Other people think that our eyes smoothly 22 over each line from left to right, then back to the beginning of the 23 line, and so on. In fact, the physical action of reading usually doesn’t work in 24 of those ways.
25 you do this experiment with a friend. Get hold of a book with a large page 26 and with lines that go right 27 the page. 28 your friend to 29 the book up and to read it with the top of the book just 30 his eyes level. This 31 that you can watch the movement of his eyes as he read the page. 32 you do this, you will see that your friend’s eyes do not make a continuous forward sweep. 33 they progress(前移) by little “jumps”, moving,then stopping,as they progress along the line.
34 to be this starting and stopping movement 35 the eye can see only when it is not moving. Every time the eye 36 it sees a phrase or even a sentence, then jumps to the next part of the line,and so on.
There is another interesting fact about eye movement. You will notice that, 37 , the reader goes back and looks again at something he 38 before, in other words,he returns to an earlier part of the text probably because he 39 he is not understanding it properly. Then he comes back to 40 he stopped and continues reading.
21. A.at a time B.at one time C.at time D.at times
22. A.turn B.fly C.move D.flee
23. A.above B.next C.same D.second
24. A.either B.neither C.all D.both
25. A.Think B.Guess C.Suppose D.Suggest
26. A.number B.quantity C.space D.size
27. A.off B.across C.up D.down
28. A.Have B.To have C.Get D.To get
29. A.hold B.pick C.put D.set
30. A.below B.in C.beside D.on
31. A.shows B.means C.expresses D.proves
32. A.Unless B.If C.Because D.Although
33. A.Howe’ver B.Altogether C.Therefore D.Instead
34. A.It has B.It is C.There has D.There is
35. A.if B.unless C.although D.because
36. A.jumps B.moves C.pauses D.turns
37. A.from time to time B.at the same time C.on time D.in no time
38. A.read B.had read C.was reading D.had read
39. A.wonders B.knows C.realizes D.fears
40. A.what B.which C.that D.where
—Brad was Jane’s brother!
—______ he reminded me so much of Jane!
A. No doubt B. Above all C. No wonder D. Of course
Linda worked for the Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Company, ______ as 3M.
A. known B. knowing C. being known D. to be known
My advisor encouraged ______ a summer course to improve my writing skills.
A. for me taking B. me to take C. for me to take D. me taking
—What were you doing when Tony phoned you?
—I had just finished my work and ______ to take a shower.
A. had started B. started C. have started D. was starting
Helen was much kinder to her youngest son than to the others, ______ , of course, made the others envy him.
A. who B. that C. which D. what
