【高中完形填空专项训练25篇】

高中完形填空专项训练
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When I come across a good article in reading newspapers，I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so，I find the article on the 1 side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to 2 in good health，or advice about how to 3 and conduct yourself in society．If I cut the front articles，the opposite one is likely to suffer 4 ，leaving one half of it or keeping the text 5 the title．Therefore，the scissors would stay before they start，6 the cutting would be halfway done when I find out the 7 result．Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time，both worth your 8 ．You can only take up one of them；the other has to wait or be 9 up．But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not 10 you to do what is left behind．Thus you are 11 in a difficult position and feel sad．How come nice 12 and clever ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 13 greatly on your preference of your one choice to the other．
In fact that is what 14 is like；we are often 15 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable 16 a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that our attention is drawn to the thing only 17 we get into another．The 18 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind．I 19 remember a philosopher’s remarks：“When one door shuts，another opens in life．”So a casual 20 may not be a bad one．1．A．same B．opposite C．either D．front
2．A．get B．bring C．1ead D．keep
3．A．do B．help C．1ead D．dress
4．A．damage B．destroy C．hurt D．injury
5．A．on B．for C．without D．off
6．A．or B．but C．so D．for
7．A．satisfying B．regrettable C．surprising D．impossible
8．A．courage B．patience C．strength D．attention
9．A．given B．picked C．held D．made
10．A．persuade B．agree C．allow D．tell
11．A．filled B．struck C．caught D．attracted
12．A．chances B．conditions C．wishes D．ways
13．A．progresses B．goes C．changes D．improves
14．A．study B．1ife C．society D．nature
15．A．supplied B．connected C．fixed D．faced
16．A．to B．1ike C．as D．by
17．A．as B．until C．before D．after
18．A．following B．former C．above D．next
19．A．still B．also C．almost D．once
20．A．treatment B．action C．choice D．remark
When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. For this reason, the navy ___1___ has its police in big ports. Whenever sailors cause trouble, the police come and ___2___ them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call ___3___ a bar in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and ___4___ the furniture in the bar. The officer in charge of the police guard that evening said that he would come immediately.
Now, officers who ___5___ and punish the sailors ___6___ drunk usually chose ___7___ policeman they could find to go with them. ___8___ this particular officer did not do this. ___9___, he chose the smallest and ___10___ man he could find to go to the bar with him and ___11___ the sailor.
Another officer who ___12___ there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard chose such a small man. ___13___ he said to him, “Why ___14___ you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who ___15___.”
“Yes, you are ___16___ right,” answered the officer of the guard. “That is exactly ___17___ I am taking this small man. If you see two policemen coming ___18___ you, and one is ___19___ the other, which one ___20___ you attack?”
1. A. always B. seldom C. forever D. sometimes
2. A. meet with B. deal with C. see D. judge
3. A. about B. from C. in D. of
4. A. was breaking B. was ordering C. was moving D. was dusting
5. A. would go B. might beat C. dared to fight D. had to go
6. A. slightly B. not at all C. heavily D. much more
7. A. the biggest B. the youngest C. the bravest D. the experienced
8. A. In fact B. But C. So D. And
9. A. Instead B. Therefore C. Although D. Then
10. A. good-looking B. weakest-looking C. ugly-looking D. strongest-looking
11. A. seize B. kill C. get rid of D. catch up with
12. A. will go B. had come C. would start off D. happened to be
13. A. Yet B. But C. So D. Then
14. A. don’t B. couldn’t C. can’t D. do
15. A. looks strong B. is drunk C. seems rude D. is dangerous
16. A. all B. very C. too D. quite
17. A. how B. what C. why D. that
18. A. up B. at C. before D. towards
19. A. not smaller than B. as big as C. as small as D. much smaller than
20. A. could B. will C. do D. can
Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list ___1___ in our past that we felt ___2___ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very ___3___ process, but there’ s always some ___4___soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then ___5___ that we find ways to ___6___ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever ___7___ my communication.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my ___8___, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff ___9___ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a ___10___ on him.
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.. The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious ___11___. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ___12___ found out.”
“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name ___13___ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was s till ___14___. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few ___15___, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”
“And I w ant you to know that I did it？”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a ___16___ discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ___17___ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it ___18___ all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”
Jimmy inspired me to ___19___ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what
I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ___20___the past wrongdoings.
1. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. anybody
2. A. ashamed B. afraid C. sure D. proud
3. A. private B. secret C. interesting D. funny
4. A. foolish B. polite C. simple D. brave
5. A. expected B. suggested C. ordered D. demanded
6. A. connect with B. depend on C. make apologize to D. get along with
7. A. improve B. continue C. realize D. keep
8. A. notes B. list C. plan D. stories
9. A. any B. most C. none D. all
10. A. part B. game C. trick D. record
11. A. view B. sign C. attention D. remark
12. A. also B. even C. still D. ever
13. A. appears B. considers C. presents D. remembers
14. A. angry B. happy C. doubtful D. alive
15. A. words B. rings C. repeats D. calls
16. A. cold B. plain C. nervous D. lively
17. A. in case B. so long as C. unless D. because
18. A. around B. out C. on D. away
19. A. build up B. make up C. clear up D. give up
20. A. regret B. forgive C. right D. punish
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The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he's been gone for 17 years, his 1 still resonate. He taught me how to run my own 2 in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to 3 .
One incident is 4 in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren’t very fond of a so-called friend of 5 . Dad was a very generous man, and as he'd done with so many people, he'd given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor 6 , the guy didn't deliver.
Dad’s outlook on most things was "Live and let live. " In this case, however, his calmness 7 Terre and me, and we let him know it.
"How can you be nice to that man?" we said to him. "You've been so kind to him, 8 he's not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?" My father shrugged and said to us, "I do not bend my back with 9 .”
I didn't 10 it at first, but over the years I came to understand the 11 . Holding a grudge doesn't
12 the person you're angry with, but it changes you. It makes you 13 and gives you more weight to drag around.
After my father died in 1991, a（n）14 came from a fellow I'd had a quarrel with years before to 15 his sympathy. He wrote: "I thought I'd tell you how sorry I am 16 the loss of your father. I know he 17 the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts. " Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his 18 . And then, because he'd 19 our disagreement, I recalled Dad's 20 words. "I am my father's daughter," I wrote. "And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday.”
1. A. lectures B. suggestions C. lessons D. pictures
2. A. engine B. race C. route D. car
3. A. forgive B. persuade C. forget D. excuse
4. A. vital B. obvious C. visual D. vivid
5. A. sister’s B. mine C. father's D. mother’s
6. A. in return B. in turn C. by return D. by turn
7. A. relaxed B. moved C. interrupted D. bothered
8. A. and B. nevertheless C. still D. so
9. A. anger B. disappointment C. worry D. yesterday
10. A. make B. get C. work D. hear
11. A. reason B. word C. philosophy D. sentence
12. A. change B. hurt C. upset D. disturb
13. A. stronger B. weaker C. rougher D. heavier
14. A. news B. letter C. message D. information
15. A. explain B. express C. produce D. present
16. A. in B. with C. about D. at
17. A. showed B. represented C. equaled D. meant
18. A. kindness B. sympathy C. understanding D. consideration
19. A. referred B. mentioned C. reminded D. retold
20. A. well-known B. instructive C. inspiring D. forgiving
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Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___ of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the ___5___ that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.
___6___, the girls’ world was invaded by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had ___11___ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.
To try a new ___13___ Kristy recruited a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to ___14___ their money with the other group. The club ___15___ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t ___16___ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were ___17___ with the club.
Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to ___20___, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.
1. A. active B. thoughtful C. easy D. hard
2. A. take care of B. run into C. go through D. take advantage of
3. A. children B. members C. circles D. players
4. A. alarm B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor
5. A. fact B. degree C. question D. demand
6. A. Therefore B. Suddenly C. Rergularly D. Unwillingly
7. A. attracting B. finding C. calling D. matching
8. A. younger B. cleverer C. taller D. older
9. A. compete B. fight C. do D. meet
10. A. heard B. knew C. promised D. shot
11. A. damaged B. caught C. expected D. forced
12. A. hoped B. liked C. refused D. seemed
13. A. chance B. possibility C. power D. policy
14. A. share B. give C. provide D. mark
15. A. put down B. paid off C. found out D. come through
16. A. check up B. end up C. look up D. show up
17. A. satisfied B. unhappy C. curious D. helpful
18. A. kids B. adults C. systems D. situations
19. A. that B. when C. where D. how
20. A. blow B. complain C. appreciate D. spread
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In 1985 a France television company sent its reporters to the Paris Metro. They took ___1___ to see what passengers would do if they saw someone ___2___ on the platform or trains. The incidents looked ___3___ but they were all done with the help of actors. however, very ___4___ people tried to help, and most passengers ___5___ not to notice. In one of the ___6___, a foreigner was attacked by three men. The attack was on a ___7___ which was quite full, and although the man tried to get ___8___ passengers to help, they all refused.
This is not only a French ___9___. A British newspaper reported in 1991 that a professor of Social Psychology in New York had ___10___ his students out to rob their own
cars. The students didn’t try to ___11___ what they were doing. About 80 people ___12_250 car thefts, and only twelve of them tried to ___13___ the student robbers. In a typical incident, one man stopped, looked, and then put his hands over his ___14___ and shouted “I didn’t see that!” About forty people ___15___ to help the thieves, and two people ___16___ sat down next to the car and ___17___ to buy a camera and a television set a student was ___18___ from the back seat of his own car. The professor ___19___ whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the ___20___ thing as happens anywhere.
1. A. notes B. cameras C. trains D. newspapers
2. A. wounded B. stolen C. attacked D. struck
3. A. great B. serious C. terrible D. real
4. A. many B. few C. old D. large
5. A. seemed B. pretended C. managed D. asked
6. A. passengers B. actors C. incidents D. accidents
7. A. train B. plane C. truck D. bus
8. A. the other B. all C. more D. another
9. A. situation B. problem C. agreement D. accident
10. A. brought B. took C. sent D. put
11. A. hide B. expose C. tell D. find
12. A. realized B. discovered C. found D. watched
13. A. help B. refuse C. report D. stop
14. A. face B. head C. ears D. eyes
15. A. offered B. expected C. hated D. liked
16. A. bravely B. actually C. surely D. certainly
17. A. wanted B. waited C. needed D. loved
18. A. taking B. sending C. offering D. robbing
19. A. knows B. learns C. wonders D. asks
20. A. same B. different C. former D. small
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I once found out that doing a favor for someone could get you into trouble. I was in the eighth grade at ___1___ time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl next to me ___2___ something, but I didn’t quite catch it. ___3___ I leaned over her way and found out she was asking me if I could ___4___ her a pen. She showed me that hers was ___5___ ink and ___6___ not write. I ___7___ to have an extra one and I handed it to her.
After the test papers had been ___8___, the teacher asked me to stay in the room. As soon as we were ___9___, she began to talk to me about ___10___ it meant to grow up, and how important it was to stand ___11___ your own feet. For a long time, she talked about the importance of ___12___ and the harm of cheating, she made me ___13___ that I would think seriously about what she’d said. I kept ___14___ for quite a while why she had to talk to me about all those things.
Later, I found out that she ___15___ I had done some cheating in the test, and ___16___ answers from the girl’s test paper. I managed to ___17___ about the pen, but she said ___18___ seemed very wrong to her that I didn’t mentioned anything about it ___19__she talked to me right after the test. I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated in the ___20___ of the test.
1. A. any B. a C. the D. one
2. A. whispered B. shouted C. spoke D. talked
3. A. But B. Because C. And D. So
4. A. spare B. change C. share D. borrow
5. A. without B. off C. out of D. lack
6. A. would B. should C. must D. might
7. A. used B. happened C. seemed D. found
8. A. handed over B. handed out C. handed around D. handed in
9. A. lonely B. together C. alone D. both
10. A. that B. which C. what D. how
11. A. on B. against C. with D. towards
12. A. test B. study C. honesty D. trust
13. A. agree B. promise C. insist D. allow
14. A. discovering B. wondering C. finding D. understanding
15. A. thought B. concluded C. recognized D. regarded
16. A. copied B. judged C. found D. corrected
17. A. quarrel B. explain C. argue D. prove
18. A. that B. this C. it D. I
19. A. the moment B. before C. after D. once
20. A. end B. beginning C. course D. way
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The habit of chewing gum has lasted for more than a century. Millions of people all ___1___ the world chew billions of pieces of gum every year.
Chewing gum became popular in the United States mainly ___2___ of the work of one man, William Wrigley, ___3___ for many years was the head of the Wrigley Company. Earlier Thomas Adams first began his experiment in about the ___4___ 1870. It was he who first made the gum soft and pleasant to chew. But it was not until Wrigley joined the business in about 1890 ___5___ people everywhere began to pick up the habit of chewing gum.
Wrigley liked to do ___6___ in a big way. In his first year, he borrowed money and ___7___ more than a million dollars in advertising. For years, there was a large Wrigley’s ___8___ on every streetcar in the United States. ___9___ complained that they c ould not go ___10___ without seeing Wrigley’s name. Wrigley even ___11___, free of charge, pieces of gum to every person ___12___ the telephone book of every city and town in the United States. Finally he began to advertise that it was ___13___ for health to chew gum, that it calmed the nerves, and that it helped keep the teeth ___14___.
He used to give the gum free to ___15___ child in the United States on its second birthday. He ___16___ young women who, in long, orange-striped dresses would go from city to city in groups of four or five, ___17___ at street corners and give free sample of chewing gum to every person who passed by. ___18___ this way each woman gave away about five thousand ___19___ of Wrigley’s gum every day. As a result of this pains-taking advertising, people in the United States began to buy ___20___ chewing gum.
1. A. about B. over C. of D. across
2. A. since B. as C. because D. for
3. A. that B. who C. whom D. which
4. A. year B. time C. age D. period
5. A. that B. in which C. when D. where
6. A. jobs B. work C. things D. tasks
7. A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid
8. A. information B. advertisement C. pictures D. business
9. A. Anybody B. People C. Men D. Passengers
10. A. everywhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. somewhere
11. A. carried B. sent C. brought D. took
12. A. in B. on C. at D. by
13. A. good B. bad C. harm D. wrong
14. A. dirty B. clean C. hard D. strong
15. A. every B. all C. many D. most
16. A. asked B. employed C. wanted D. wished
17. A. watch B. sat C. stand D. wait
18. A. By B. On C. In D. At
19. A. pieces B. packets C. bags D. boxes
20. A. less and less B. more and more C. more or less D. fewer and fewer
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She was born into a rich family in Florence, Italy, in 1820. Most women like her ___1___ an equally wealthy husband and had children. But if she had ___2___ social customs, Florence Nightingale wouldn’t have found a place in ___3___. And the International Council of Nurses would not have ___4___ May 12, her birthday, as International Nurse Day.
When she told her parents she wanted to become a ___5___, they were against the idea. Nursing was seen as a job for a working class woman. But she never gave ___6___ and, by her early 30s, she had become England’s leading authority on ___7___.
___8___ Russia invaded Turkey in 1853, Britain and France went to ___9___ Turkey, starting the Crimean War (1854-56). ___10___ after arriving in Turkey, 8,000 British ___10___ caught cholera and malaria . Nightingale took a group of 38 nurses to the country and ___12___ the army hospital, making it cleaner and so reducing the death ___13___. “Wherever there is disease, that woman is ___14___ to be seen,” ___15___ British newspaper the Times in 1855. “As she walks along each corridor, every fellow’s face softens with thanks at the ___16___ of her.”
Nightingale ___17___ to England in 1856 as a national heroine. She worked tirelessly to ___18___ medical care in England and India. She died on August 13,1910, ___19___ her ideas on nursing and hospital management live ___20___ in the medical world. Nightingale’s most famous book, “Notes on Nursing”, is still read by nurses today.
1. A. found B. married C. took D. carried
2. A. broken B. made C. kept D. done
3. A. town B. home C. earth D. history
4. A. chosen B. considered C. regarded D. taken
5. A. doctor B. nurse C. teacher D. worker
6. A. in B. up C. out D. away
7. A. schools B. women C. hospitals D. trees
8. A. If B. Before C. When D. Since
9. A. help B. fight C. beat D. attack
10. A. Quickly B. Soon C. Fast D. Early
11. A. soldiers B. workers C. teachers D. doctors
12. A. made B. ran C. took D. gave
13. A. rate B. speed C. length D. speed
14 A. right B. eager C. anxious D. sure
15.A. wrote B. said C. reported D. considered
16. A. view B. sight C. sound D. thought
17. A. got B. came C. flew D. returned
18. A. improve B. fight C. find D. work
19. A. so B. but C. and D. or
20. A. for B. out C. on D. in
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“Mum, I want to make you a bet,” I said. “If I go a whole year without TV, will you give me a hundred dollars?”
“Well, if you can ___1___ do it, …”
“Of course I can,” I replied, ___2___ to convince myself.
___3___, all this started from my ___4___ of a picture in the newspaper. I couldn’t bear to look at that boy, ___5___ to have gone one year without TV for a hundred dollars, staring at me with mocking eyes. He seemed to ___6___ at me! “I did it, ___7___ you can’t!” he said. I___8___ at the boy’s face.
That year I did a lot of things. ___9___, my father taught me to ski, which became my favourite sport. Many winter afternoons snowball wars with my neighbours ___10___ daily drama. I went on bike trips with my friends and ___11___ as much as a fish.
It was unbelievable how much ___12___ I had without TV. I learned so many new games. I guess the biggest thing I learnt, ___13___, was self-motivation.
I started to do my ___14___. I went from a D student to an A student within a couple of weeks.
I ___15___ hate reading if there were no ___16___, but now I began to read and enjoy it. I could ___17___ all the pictures just the way I wanted them—my own little ___18___, right inside my head!
I’m ___19___ what I did. I got a lot more from the ___20___ than just the 100 dollars!
1. A. only B. really C. occasionally D. finally
2. A. trying B. advising C. needing D. asking
3. A. however B. What’s more C. As a result D. In fact
4. A. joy B. disbelief C. anger D. curiosity
5. A. managed B. expected C. said D. had
6. A. glare B. laugh C. come D. shoot
7. A. and B. but C. or D. besides
8. A. wondered B. glanced C. glared D. looked
9. A. Worse still B. Such as C. For example D. In place
10. A. replaced B. formed C. offered D. joined
11. A. ran B. swam C. breathed D. jumped
12. A. difficulty B. knowledge C. fun D. trouble
13. A. though B. but C. luckily D. even
14. A. washing B. shopping C. sports D. homework
15. A. came to B. used to C. stopped to D. happened to
16. A. pictures B. explanations C. plots D. praises
17. A. draw up B. arrange off C. make up D. find out
18. A. TV B. books C. work D. drama
19. A. surprised at B. interested in C. proud of D. changed by
20. A. experience B. bet C. incident D. picture
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The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold, ___1___ passengers.
Suddenly a little boy ___2___ his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the ___3___ grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father ___4___ very strange happens suddenly. The ___5___ little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee. ___6___, I think that he wants to ___7___ me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his ___8___ up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the ___9___. Wrong again! What I do receive is a ___10___ kiss on the cheek.
The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am ___11___. What just happened? A child is kissing ___12___ grown-ups on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are certainly ___13___. Nervous and a little surprised, we ___14___ at the father. When he sees our questioning ___15___ as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue.
“He’s so happy to be alive,” the father says. “He has been very sick.”
Father and son ___16___ into the crowd moving toward the exit. The doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still ___17___ the child’s kiss—a kiss that has triggered some soul-search inside me. How many ___18___ kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege of ___19___?
The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful you don’t let yourse lf ___20___ before your heart stops!
1. A. excited B. tired C. pleased D. surprised
2. A. feels B. fights C. pushes D. picks
3. A. unfriendly B. friendly C. angry D. kind
4. A. likes B. promises C. chooses D. agrees
5. A. impolite B. serious C. lucky D. ugly
6. A. In no time B. For a moment C. In a while D. Once in a while
7. A. kick B. strike C. kiss D. pass
8. A. eye B. ear C. head D. lip
9. A. news B. message C. kiss D. fortunate
10. A. loud B. foolish C. strange D. interested
11. A. pleased B. shocked C. satisfied D. familiar
12. A. well-known B. smart C. unknown D. persuaded
13. A. praised B. kissed C. scolded D. whisper
14. A. stare B. smile C. warn D. whisper
15. A. glances B. anger C. mouths D. feeling
16. A. appear B. get C. disappear D. follow
17. A. touch B. trust C. smell D. feel
18. A. go around B. come at C. keep on D. insist on
19. A. a child B. a kiss C. living D. death
20. A. live B. stop C. die D. sleep
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In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___1___.
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___2___ one. The world will be more ___3___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___4___ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___5___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___6___ have 15 million by then.
Food production will ___7___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, ___8___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___9___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___10___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___11___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___12___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___13___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___14___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___15___. They only carried out the situation that ___16___ today. By changing the situation, by ___17___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___18___ time for the nations of the world to work ___19___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___20___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
1. A. learning B. project C. notice D. study
2. A. pleased B. pleasant C. safe D. blue
3. A. dangerous B. beautiful C. crowded D. terrible
4. A. no more than B. as many as C. as much as D. as large as
5. A. developing B. developed C. big D. mountainous。