三、完形填空(共20小题;每题1.5分，共30分。)
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。
I went there in 1948, no local planes in those days, so I made the trip by bus. It was a thousand kilometers long and it took twenty hours. I sat by a fellow about my own age, 24. He said his name was Karl Packer, but he told me _31__ anything else. He _32__ me because he had so little to say. No opinions, no memories, no tales to _33__. Had his home, his life, the war and so on _34__ no mark at all on him? It was very puzzling. I was glad when the pillows were _35__, and I could politely try to sleep. I _36__ I would never meet him again. The next time I went to Fairbum was in 1974. By _37__, of course. The president was going to “open” the new town, _38__ had taken twenty-six years to be _39_. I sat next to a man of about fifty, whose face was a book. I guessed he had something _40_ to tell me.
The face was rough, brown and lined. There were _41__ of worry and of fear perhaps, two old scars. But _42__ them, and stronger, I saw success and power. I guessed he was the boss of _43__. Perhaps he hadn’t _44__ it big or hadn’t wanted it.
He had done it well, no doubt. The thing had clearly _45__ him the power of decision, _46__. We started to talk … The next two hours were for me the most interesting and exciting that I remembered. I did not give a quarter as good as I got. He kept me _47__, open mouthed with wonder. Our plane _48__ at Fairbum. I _49__ his hand and thanked him for making the journey so pleasant. I told him my name. “The _50__ was mine,” he said, “I was Chief Engineer here at Fairbum until last year. I built the new town. Karl Packer is the name. Haven’t we met before somewhere?”
( )31.A. hardly B. almost C. nearly D. mostly
( )32.A. moved B. excited C. disappointed D. encouraged
( )33.A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk
( )34.A. kept B. stayed C. remained D. left
( )35.A. set out B. given up C. given out D. sent off
( )36.A. hoped B. considered C. imagined D. dreamed
( )37.A. bus B. land C. air D. chance
( )38.A. it B. that C. which D. this
( )39.A. built B. made C. set D. founded
( )40.A. good B. bad C. wrong D. old
( )41.A. lots B. stories C. lines D. places
( )42.A. on B. above C. over D. in
( )43.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
( )44.A. expected B. wanted C. thought D. regarded
( )45.A. taught B. offered C. gave D. showed
( )46.A. command B. obey C. conclusion D. invention
( )47.A. still B. busy C. quiet D. calm
( )48.A. landed B. flew C. stopped D. fell
( )49.A. snatched B. shook C. seized D. caught
( )50.A. thank B. happiness C. excitement D. pleasure