完形填空(Cloze test)
A)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后根据空白处所给单词的首字母,写出各单词的完全形式,使短文语义完整。
England is not a big country:from north to south and from east to west i__________ (51) is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising range of climates. People who have n__________ (52) visited England, or who have visited only one part of it,often make the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country. E__________ (53)for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and Midlands. In the south, however, the c__________ (54)is much pleasant. One result is that when people retire from a job in the south they often prefer to m__________ (55) down to the milder(温暖一些的) south.
Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of the countries of Devon and Cornwall. The w__________ (56)Gulf Stream flows across the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and makes the coastal regions of the southwest quite warm. Palm trees, bamboo and many semi-tropical plants grow w__________ (57)in the southwest of England. Flowers and vegetables ripen as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere. Farmers in the area obtain a h__________ (58) price for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier. In winter there may b__________ (59)several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be w__________ (60)the southwest is one of England's most popular holiday areas.
B)阅读下列短文,然后根据上下文填上适当的词使短文完整通顺。
English seems to have become the passport to our modern society.
About half the world's newspapers__________ (61) 75 percent of the world's mail is in English. Many countries have special short-wave__________ (62) broadcasts in English and some have one or more English language newspapers. Most scientific books and magazines are printed first in English.Many jobs require a reading or speaking knowledge of the__________ (63).
English has a large number of__________ (64). Even though there are more__________ (65)speakers of Chinese than English,the use of English is more widespread. It is spoken as a native language at least in six countries and there are more than 35 countries that have English as one of__________ (66)official languages.That means the government publishes laws and information in English, and sometimes classes at schools are__________ (67)in English. In countries__________ (68) have speakers of many languages,English is sometimes the__________ (69) language. In those countries English is widely__________ (70)in busi-ness,education,and government.
参考答案：
A)51.it 52.never 53.Except 54.climate 55.move 56.warm
57.well 58.higher 59.be 60.why
B)61.and 62.radio 63.language 64.speakers 65.native 66.their
67.taught 68.that/which 69.official 70.used
