二、完形填空(题型注释)

Johnny lived with his parents in a small town in the mountain. One day there was earthquake near the town. Many houses were damaged(损坏的). Everyone thought that there would be  earthquake soon. They were worried that the second earthquake would be than the first.

“We must send Johnny to a(n)  place.” Johnny’s mother said to her husband, “Many of our friends are sending their children to relatives in other towns.”

“We’ll send him to my brother, Peter,” Johnny’s father said, “he lives a long way . Johnny will be safe with him.”

He telephoned Johnny’s uncle, Peter, and asked him if he would let Johnny  with him.

“He’s a good boy,” he said, “he won’t give you any .”

“All right,” Johnny’s uncle said, “but I hope he is not . I live a very quiet and peaceful life.”

“You won’t know Johnny’s in the house,” his father told him.

So Johnny, who was five,  to live with his uncle.

Two days later, Johnny’s parents  a telegram(电报) from Peter. It said, “I am returning the child. Please send an earthquake.”

11.A. a    B. the    C. an    D. /

12.A. another   B. other    C. the other   D. others

13.A. good   B. bad    C. better    D. worse

14.A. dangerous  B. safe    C. fine    D. interesting

15.A. from   B. in    C. away    D. to

16.A. live    B. lives    C. to live   D. living

17.A. hope   B. fun   C. trouble   D. joy

18.A. polite   B. quiet   C. shy    D. noisy

19.A. went   B. goes   C. returns   D. returned

20.A. provided  B. got   C. took    D. Bought

As a famous American writer, Mark Twain, once said, “Everybody talks about weather, but nobody  anything about it.” It is true that everybody talks about the weather. Many people

their talks by saying, “Isn’t it a nice ?” “Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow.”

A large number of people think they can tell  the weather is going to be like. However, they  ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man  say, “Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We are going to have fine weather tomorrow.”

People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain and he won’t believe  else. When friends have a picnic, they are so  the weather is going to be fine that they sit  their lunch while it is raining.

Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn’t always tell us what we want and sometimes he makes a mistake. Still, he is  most of the time.

21.A. do    B. did    C. does    D. done

22.A. begins   B. begin   C. starts  D. beginning

23.A. day    B. weather   C. thing    D. hour

24.A. how    B. when    C. where    D. what

25.A. never   B. all    C. almost    D. hardly

26.A. will    B. would    C. can    D. may

27.A. something  B. anything   C. everything   D. nothing

28.A. true    B. certainly   C. sure    D. surely

29.A. eat    B. eating    C. eats    D. ate