英语六级过关专项训练―完形填空

　　Test One

　　We all know that it is possible for ordinary people to make their homes on the equator(赤道), although often they may feel 1 hot there. Millions do it. But 2 the North Pole ―we know that it is not only a dangerously cold place, but that people like you and me would find it quite 3 to live there. At the present time only the scientists and explorers can do 4, and they use special equipment. Men 5 across and around the equator on wheels. 6 their feet or in ships for thousands of years; but only 7 men, with great difficulty and in very recent time, have ever crossed the ice to the North Pole. So it may 8 you to learn that, when traveling 9, it is really safer to fly over the North Pole 10 over the equator. Of course, this is not true 11 landings in the polar region (which passenger aeroplanes do not make), but the weather, if we are flying at a 12 of 5,000 metres above the Pole, is a delight. At 4,000 metres and more 13 the earth you can always be sure that you will not see a cloud in the sky as 14 the eye can reach. In the tropics(热带), on the other hand, you are not certain to keep15 bad weather even at such heights as 18,000 metres.

　　Aeroplanes cant climb as 16 as or as quickly in cold air as in warm.17 can clouds. In practice, this is an advantage 18 the aeroplane, which is already at a good height 19 it reaches the polar region and so does not need to climb,20 at the same time cold air keeps the clouds down low.

　　1.A) comfortably B) uncomfortably C) discomfort D) comfort

　　2.A) to B) for C) as for D) of

　　3.A) impossible B) possible C) capable D) able

　　4.A) it B) so C) this D) all

　　5.A) traveled B) had traveled C) was traveling D)have been traveling

　　6.A) On B) By C) With D) Under

　　7.A) many B) much C) a few D) few

　　8.A) be pleased B) surprise C) please D) be surprised

　　9.A) in space B) under the sea C) by ship D) by air

　　10.A) than B) that C) to D) from

　　11.A) of B) for C) about D) from

　　12.A) distance B) length C) place D) height

　　13.A) over B) above C) under D) below

　　14.A) far as B) long as C) soon as D) good as

　　15.A) in touch with B) record of C) clear of D) up with

　　16.A) height B) high C) far D) soon

　　17.A) Nor B) So C) Either D) Neither

　　18.A) for B) over C) from D) to

　　19.A) which B) where C) while D) when

　　20.A) where B) while C) which D) when

　　Key to Test One

　　1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.A

　　11.C 12.D 13.B 14.A 15.C 16.B 17.A 18.D 19.D 20.B

　　Test Two

　　Nobody likes insects. They are 1 and sometimes dangerous. Some of them bite us and give us 2;others bite us and give us big red 3.Some do not bite,4 they just fly round our heads or crawl round our houses and gardens.And we do not like any of them ― 5 those lovely butterflies.

　　But insects are interesting. First, they are very 6 animals.Three hundred and twenty million years ago there were no men or other 7 in the world but there were insects.Today,8 every square mile of land there are millions of them flying and crawling 9.Second, insects are very 10 to their habitat, to their food and to the weather.Now there are about a million different 11 in the world.Then12do people use insecticides?

　　Not many insects 13 us.In many cases we do not see the insects and we do not think much about them.The 14 is that insects eat so much of mans food,15 there are so many billions of them.So we must use insecticides to 16 them.

　　An insecticide is simply a special chemical 17 with some poisonous elements.Farmers 18 their crops very often and the insects die quickly.Of course some poisonous chemicals 19 on the crops or in the20, and that is also dangerous to our health.

　　1.A) wicked B) shocked C) troubling D) annoying

　　2.A) wounds B) diseases C) hurts D) cuts

　　3.A) places B) points C) spots D) scraps

　　4.A) and B) but C) or D) because

　　5.A) besides B) let alone C) except for D)except

　　6.A) old B) young C) small D) weak

　　7.A) mammals B) cats C) reptiles D) birds

　　8.A) on B) with C) throughout D) in

　　9.A) over B) above C) about D) up

　　10.A) suitable B) adaptable C) agreeable D) changeable

　　11.A) species B) samples C) models D) examples

　　12.A) when B) how C) where D) why

　　13.A) stab B) wound C) hurt D) pin

　　14.A) difference B) condition C) method D) reason

　　15.A) so that B) due to C) and D) owing to

　　16.A) put an end to B) get rid of C) take care of D) get hold of

　　17.A) medicine B) sections C) compound D) material

　　18.A) spray B) cover C) clean D) splash

　　19.A) drop B) stay C) disappear D) leave

　　20.A) soil B) dirt C) earth D) mud

　　Key to Test Two

　　1.D 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.D 6.A 7.A 8.D 9.C 10.B

　　11.A 12.D 13.C 14.D 15.C 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.B 20.A

　　Test Three

　　A good deal of research is being 1 out nowadays 2 the causes of juvenile crime.It is obvious3 one of these is an unsatisfactory home background.The father or even 4 both parents may be involved 5 some of form of criminal activity and the growing child 6 conflict with the authorities for granted.The parents may be 7 hard terms with each other or even separated and the child is subjected 8 constant emotional strain which may make him readily seek some kind of outlet in violence and serious crime.

　　9 cause of teenage crime may be boredom of discontent.10 the boy of low intelligence who scarcely knows 11 to read there is the better educated but spoilt middle-class youth who 12 his parents as outdated humbugs(欺骗). 　　　　　The police 13 considered to be domineering(压制)bullies 14 purpose and delight is to suppress ruthlessly all who challenge the meaningless beliefs of 15 society. Some of these youngsters pride themselves 16 being rebels or revolutionaries, 17 others find a certain fulfillment in 18 banks and shops, taking 19 in gang warfare or even beating up harmless individuals whom, for some reason or 20, they happen to take a dislike to.

　　1.A) run B)gone C) set D) carried

　　2.A) in B)for C) into D) on

　　3.A) with B)that C) why D) how

　　4.A) possibly B)so C) though D) improbably

　　5.A) by B)in C) into D) with

　　6.A) makes B)takes C) thinks D) recognizes

　　7.A) in B)with C) on D) got in

　　8.A) toward B)about C) to D) by

　　9.A) Other B)Some C) Another D) One another

　　10.A) Beside B)In addition C) But for D) Besides

　　11.A) when B)how C) where D) whether

　　12.A) considers B)regards C) takes D) holds

　　13.A) would be B)might be C) are D) is

　　14.A) whose B)their C) of which D) with which

　　15.A) contemporary B)ancient C) historic D) historical

　　16.A) on B)in C) at D) about

　　17.A) when B)consequently C) therefore D) while

　　18.A) dropping B)breaking C) robbing D) fighting

　　19.A) interest B)pride C) place D) part

　　20.A) else B)another C) other D) others

　　Key to Test Three

　　1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.C 10.D

　　11.B 12.B 13.C 14.A 15.A 16.A 17.D 18.C 19.D 20.C

　　Test Four

　　Niagara is an Indian word which means roaring water.Indeed, the roar of falling water of Niagara can be heard 1 a distance of 25 kilometers.Imagine 2of water flowing over a cliff 90 feet high and you will get an idea of that terrible noise.

　　And 3 tremendous power the Niagara River has! It moves big rocks about and throws them into the boiling water below.

　　4 ago an old ship without a single person on board was put in mid-stream.It sailed down the river 5 a toy boat with great speed.Having reached the fall, the ship dropped into the boiling water, never 6 again.

　　There were some people who wanted to become famous 7 swimming across the most dangerous part of the Niagara River.One of them was Captain Webb.8 that he would try to swim across the Niagara drew crowds of people.On the evening of July 21st, 1893, Captain Webb came up to the river and 9 a plunge.His having jumped into the water 10 many people with horror. Soon, he appeared in the middle of the river. A loud shout went up from the crowd, but a moment later there was 11 silence.The man had disappeared under the water.Thousands of eyes 12 on the river, but the man was drowned.

　　In 1902, a certain Miss Taylor decided to go over the falls in a barrel.There were different kinds of pillows inside the barrel to prevent her 13.Having examined the barrel carefully, Miss Taylor got in. The barrel was closed and then 14 into the water.Having reached the falls, it overturned and was shot down by the terrible 15 of the water.When the barrel was finally caught and opened, Miss Taylor came out alive 16with a frightened look in her eyes.

　　Once a crowd of visitors saw a rope 17 over them from one bank of the river to the other.Then they saw a man 18the rope.The man was an actor, Blondin 19.He managed to cross Niagara Falls on a tight rope.The people on the bank were surprised at his 20 it so well.

　　1.A) within B) inside C) at D) on

　　2.A) Much B) a great number C) mass D) a mass

　　3.A) how much B) what C) so D) how

　　4.A) Sometimes B) Many times C) Much time D) Some time

　　5.A) as B) as if C) like D) likely

　　6.A) to appear B) appearing C) appeared D) appear

　　7.A) for B) by C) through D) from

　　8.A) He said B) His having said C) He says D) He had said

　　9.A) gave B) made C) did D) took

　　10.A) filling B) full C) filled D) was filled

　　11.A) dead B) dying C) died D) death

　　12.A) being stopped B) were fixing C) were fixed D) fixed

　　13.A) being hurt B) having hurt C) hurting D) hurt

　　14.A) being thrown B) throwing C) thrown D) threw

　　15.A) power B) strength C) force D) capacity

　　16.A) therefore B) however C) so D) but

　　17.A) being put B) put C) having put D) putting

　　18.A) step across B) step out onto C) step along D) step on

　　19.A) under the name of B) with the name of

　　C) by name D) to the name of

　　20.A) done B) having done C) having been done D) being done

　　Key to Test Four

　　1.A 2.D 3.B 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.B 9.D 10.C

　　11.A 12.C 13.A 14.C 15.C 16.D 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.B

　　Test Five

　　Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity.It may be walking, bicycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing.It may be a game of some 1 -football, hockey, golf or tennis.It may be mountaineering.

　　Those who have a passion for 2 high and difficult mountains are often 3 with astonishment.Why are men and women willing to 4 cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused,5, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to6 men give their leisure.

　　Mountaineering is a sport and 7a game.There are no man-made rules 8 there are for such games as golf and football.There are,9, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to 10but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering 11 to many people.Those who climb mountains are 12 to use their own methods.

　　If we compare mountaineering and other more 13 sports, we might think that one big difference is that14 is not a team game.We should be mistaken 15 this.There are, it is true, no matches between team of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face 16 by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is 17 teamwork.

　　The mountain climber knows that he may 18 fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man.He has to fight the forces of 19.His sport requires high mental and physical 20.

　　1.A) part B) sorts C) sport D) kind

　　2.A) climbing B) rising C) going D) enjoying

　　3.A) dealt B) looked upon C) coped D) disgusted

　　4.A) catch B) diverse C) suffer D) overcome

　　5.A) probably B) precisely C) logically D) strongly

　　6.A) that B) how C) which D) why

　　7.A) but B) not C) also D) is

　　8.A) as B) such as C) i.e. D) possibly

　　9.A) for example B) perhaps C) then D) of course

　　10.A) behave B) imply C) ignore D) list

　　11.A) luxurious B) painful C) attractive D) noticeable

　　12.A) occasional B) free C) accustomed D) popular

　　13.A) familiar B) similar C) regular D) thirty

　　14.A) sport B) astonishment C) rule D) mountaineering

　　15.A) by B) in C) from D) against

　　16.A) admitted B) tracked C) vanished D) linked

　　17.A) obviously B) basically C) already D) conversely

　　18.A) would B) have to C) due to D) be to

　　19.A) mountain B) wind C) nature D) snow

　　20.A) limitation B) division C) goodness D) qualities

　　Key to Test Five

　　1.D 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.C

　　11.C 12.B 13.A 14.D 15.B 16.D 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.D

　　Test Six

　　If you stand a short distance away from a high wall and shout, your voice sometimes comes back to you as an echo. This happens because the 1 waves are reflected 2 the wall. This is the principle of radar, 3 instead of sound it is radio waves which are reflected. This 4 was made a few years before the last war,5 radio waves from a transmitting station 6 reflected back from a distant aeroplane.

　　It was realized 7 an apparatus could be devised to send out radio waves 8 and record the 9 from any approaching aeroplanes, it would be a wonderful method of defense 10 war.

　　Scientists 11 solving the problem and radar was 12. An apparatus was made which sent out waves in pulses, and the presence of a distant aeroplane was shown on the screen of a cathode(阴极) ray tube, (this is 13 we have in a television set). 14 this way radar stations could detect the approach of enemy aircraft.

　　After the war radar was put to peaceful uses. It is now installed at airports to 15 aeroplanes down safely in fog. It is fitted to ships so that they are warned 16 obstructions ahead,17 icebergs. It guides ships into port. It provides aeroplanes and ships 18 a magic eye, with 19 they can see 20 into the distance, in the dark or in fog.

　　1. A) voice B) sound C) shout D) echo

　　2. A) off B) on C) in D) against

　　3. A) so B) on C) but D) as

　　4. A) found B) discover C) knowledge D) discovery

　　5. A) when B) as C) until D) before

　　6. A) was B) were C) is D) are

　　7. A) if that B) if when C) that if D) when if

　　8. A) all time B) every time C) any time D) all the time

　　9. A) echoes B) voices C) sounds D) waves

　　10. A) on B) in C) at D) off

　　11. A) set off B) set aside C) set up D) set about

　　12. A) found B) seen C) made D) invented

　　13. A) what B) that C) which D) that

　　14. A) On B) Upon C) In D) Along

　　15. A) tell B) guide C) make D) warn

　　16. A) from B) of C) to D) in

　　17. A) so on B) so that C) such as D) as if

　　18. A) with B) of C) for D) in

　　19. A) which B) that C) this D) what

　　20. A) away B) along C) off D) far

　　Key to Test Six

　　1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.B

　　11.D 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.B 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.A 20.D

　　Test Seven

　　Nature has a perfect system for recycling water.Water is used again and again.It falls as rain.1 it goes to one of three places. It might seep slowly through the soil 2 it soaks through into the natural reservoirs3. It might disappear into the air by 4 quickly. It might 5 into streams to rivers and to the oceans.

　　There is a problem 6 this recycling system.It is a balance that can be easily 7 by people. Natures recycling system can work well 8 people work with the system-not 9 it.Some ways that people 10 with nature are easy 11.Dirty sewage water from homes and factories must not 12 with drinking water. People would get sick from drinking dirty water.

　　13 other ways that people hinder nature.Some of these ways are not so easy to understand.14, a marshy bog(沼泽)may not be good for everything, but it 15 an important purpose. The soft, wet soil of a bog 16 water to reach the underground reservoirs.What happens to the balance of nature if the bog is filled in? Many housing development projects have been built 17 marshes once were. The 18of the houses are likely to have problems.They are likely to 19 water, to flood in 20 seasons. Huge storm sewers are built to carry away with the water from wet areas. These huge pipes prevent wet basements in the houses of the community.

　　1. A) Therefore B) Then C) Consequently D) Nevertheless

　　2. A) because B) if C) after D) as

　　3. A) in underground B) below underground

　　C) underground D) undergroundly

　　4. A) evaporating B) being evaporating

　　C) having been evaporated D)being evaporated

　　5. A) run down B) run away C) run off D) run through

　　6. A) of B) with C) through D) from

　　7. A) upset B) created C) discovered D) invented

　　8. A) only before B) unless C) although D) only if

　　9. A) by B) for C) over D) against

　　10.A) accord B) concern C) interfere D) interrupt

　　11.A) to be understood B) understanding C) to understand D)being understood

　　12.A) separate B) clean C) mix D) filter

　　13.A) There are B) They are C) These are D) Those are

　　14.A) To start with B) To name just a few

　　C) For example D) In contrast

　　15.A) produces B) serves C) maintains D) keeps

　　16.A) forbids B) discourages C) prevents D) allows

　　17.A) there B) where C) which D) what

　　18.A) basis B) base C) basic D) basements

　　19.A) come up with B) fill up with C) disagree with D) finish with

　　20.A) dry B) snowy C) rainy D) misty

　　Key to Test Seven

　　1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.D 10.C

　　11.C 12.C 13.A 14.C 15.B 16.D 17.B 18.D 19.B 20.C

　　Test Eight

　　When you read to lead to learn English composition, you 1regard the language as the main thing.

　　When you read a 2in English, do you read it for the story or for the English? This is a question that is not so foolish3it may seem, 4 I find that many students of English5far more attention to the story6to the English .They read and enjoy and 7a long time afterwards remember the story ,but do not 8to study the use of words and9in it .For instance ,they know the plot of the story10,but do not remember a 11sentence in the story and cannot tell 12 preposition is used before or13 a certain word in the speech of a certain character.

　　Of course, it is all right to read and 14 and remember a story, and so long as one 15 to know the story only, one need not 16 about the language. But the case is quite different 17 a student of English. I mean a student of English as distinguished from a reader of stories or 18 is called the general reader. As you may have 19 from the above, a student of English should read very 20 and regard the language as the main thing.

　　1.A)ought B)need C)would D)ought to

　　2.A)writing B)essay C)story D)report

　　3.A)that B)as C)than D)as if

　　4.A)for B)when C)since D)therefore

　　5.A)take B)gain C)put D) pay

　　6.A)due B)than C)thanks D)rather

　　7.A)during B)in C)for D)on

　　8.A)care B)dream C)stop D)expect

　　9.A)paragraphs B)letters C)terms D)phrases

　　10.A)in heart B)from mind C)by heart D)to mind

　　11.A)single B)simple C)long D)compound

　　12.A)any B)what C)whether D)certain

　　13.A)under B)after C)over D)behind

　　14.A)enjoy B)ignore C)write D)realize

　　15.A)does B)wants C)satisfies D)fails

　　16.A)concern B)bring C)study D)bother

　　17.A)of B)from C)with D)against

　　18.A)which B)what C)that D)it

　　19.A)arrived B)secured C)thought D)gathered

　　20.A)carefully B)carelessly C)well D)hard

　　Key to Test Eight

　　1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.D 10.C

　　11.A 12.B 13.B 14.A 15.B 16.D 17.C 18.B 19.D 20.A

　　Test Nine

　　Recent studies of the human brain have resulted in some interesting discoveries. Scientists believe that a way to improve the 1of the brain may soon be possible.

　　Scientists have discovered2the brain can make its own drugs. The brain3 a protein substance which can act directly 4 the brain to change 5of mental activity. Some may change or improve, 6,creativity, intelligence, imagination, and good7.

　　Chemicals found in the brain 8 messages. In recent years scientists have found chemicals that 9 mood, memory and other 10 of the mind. About 25 have been found11

　　Today the role of chemicals and 12 protein substance in human behavior13 much interest.Research seems to show that they may help 14 insomnia, pain, and mental illness. They have a great 15 to stimulate the brain to 16 deficiencies. They also improve the 17 of memory and learning already in the brain. They hold the secret 18mood and emotion. Some day 19 may be a chemical way to create a better and more 20 brain.

　　1.A) case B)fashion C)power D)impact

　　2.A) that B)what C)whether D)when

　　3.A) entertains B)restrains C)sustains D)contains

　　4.A) against B)on C)for D)to

　　5.A) places B)aspects C)speeds D)behaviors

　　6.A) as a result B)in the end C)for example D)for this reason

　　7.A) character B)temper C)spirit D)memory

　　8.A) obtain B)accept C)carry D)receive

　　9.A) approach B)a