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。
One day a stranger came to the nearest village and asked where he could find wild pigs.
Someone told him and he went off.The village people noticed that he had no guns with him.So they wanted to know what he was going to do with the p__________ (51).
When he r__________ (52) a few months later and said that he had caught all the pigs,the villagers were surprised,but some of them aGREed to go with him when he a__________ (53) for help in bringing the pigs back.They wanted to see whether he was telling the truth.
They soon discovered that he was.All the pigs were inside the enclosure(围栏) which had a strange fence round it and a g__________ (54) in one of its sides.
“How did you do it?" they asked the stranger.
“Well,it was quite e__________ (55) really," he answered.“I began by putting out some Indian corn.At first,they would not touch it,but after a few weeks,some of the younger pigs began to run out of the bushes,t__________ (56) some of the corn quickly and then run back.Soon all the pigs were eating the corn I had laid out there.Then I began to build a fence round the corn.At the beginning it was very low,but little by little I built it higher and higher w__________ (57) frightening the pigs away.When I saw that they were waiting for me to bring the corn each day i__________ (58) of going and looking for their own food as they had done in the past,I built a gate in my fence and shut it one day while they were all eating i__________ (59)the enclosure.I can catch any animal in the same w__________ (60) if I can get them into the habit of depending on me for their food.
B)阅读下列短文,然后根据上下文填上适当的单词,使短文完整通顺。
It's always interesting to visit another country,especially(尤其是) for those__________ (61) have never travelled a lot. Foreign travel can be very educational(教育的) for anyone if he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand(预先). Learning the language of the new
country would be__________ (62)for the traveller. But the benefits(好处) of such an effort(努力) would become clear at once after his arrival.__________ (63) may not seem important to him when he comfortably(舒服地) stays at home,but knowing__________ (64)to order a meal or rent(租) a room is necessary for the new comer in a strange country. Without knowing the language,it is very difficult__________ (65)the stranger to understand the people of the new__________ (66)and their customs(风俗).
Of course,in our small world,it is often possible to find some who understand our__________ (67)language,but this is only second-best for the traveller. To be sure,he can see places and things without the use of a language. But places and__________ (68)are not the heart of any country. __________ (69) get the GREatest benefit from a trip to another country,it is indeed important for the visitor to have an understanding __________ (70)the language.
参考答案：
A)51.pigs 52.returned 53.asked 54.gate 55.easy 56.take 57.without 58.instead 59.inside/in 60.way
B)61.who 62.difficult/hard 63.It 64.how 65.for 66.country 67.own 68.things 69.To 70.of
