大学英语本科完型填空及答案

Part III Cloze (15’) (Choose the best answer to fill in each blank)

Cloze A (5’)

Environmental awareness hardly exists since most countries are more concerned 46 economic development 47 with global ecology. Increasing environmental damage 48 has caused some countries to 49 new environmental initiatives. Canada has protected its 50 supply by closing areas to fishing 51 setting strict limits on catches of certain 52 . As a result, some fish like herring eventually 53 , but some like cod may never recover, and 54 40,000 fishermen are unemployed because of these fishing bans and the reduced 55 of fish.

46. A. on B. in C. with

47. A. then B. than C. there

48. A. basically B. however C. moreover

49. A. make B. take C. undertake

50. A. fishes B. fish C. fishing

51. A. and B. then C. but

52. A. specie B. species C. special

53. A. recover B. recovered C. recovering

54. A. almost B. over C. about

55. A. amount B. number C. total

Cloze B(10’)

When my wife, who is Spanish, spent her first winter in London a few years ago, she used to ask me time and again: “Where’s the fog?” Almost all foreigners 56 to find the city wreathed(萦绕) in yellow-grey mist(薄雾) for most of the year. Dickens, who was 57 responsible for painting this 58 in people’s minds, certainly wasn’t exaggerating in those days. People 59 in the 19th century that when someone 60 suicide by jumping into the Thames he was choked(窒息) by the fog and poisoned by the terrible 61 of the river before he had time to drown himself. In fact, the situation 62 in recent years. When I was a boy in London thirty years ago I was often unable to see 63 of the road when I left home on winter mornings.

The decisive steps that have turned London into one of the 64 cities in the world 65 taken at the end of the 1950s. But Londoners still 66 that fog 67 returns. The change took place as a result of two main improvements. Factories were compelled(被迫) to install clean air equipment 68 close down, and private householders were not allowed to 69 coal unless it was smoke-free. But the 70 ecological miracle in London occurred 71 1964 onwards when the Thames Water Authority began to pump vast 72 of dissolved oxygen into the river, 73 , all the species of fish that had gradually disappeared from the Thames 74 1800 have returned. Some are even caught by fishermen 75 the House of Parliament(议会大厦).

56. A. look forward B. manage C. wish D. expect

57. A. first of all B. above all C. after all D. all the more

58. A. picture B. image C. photo D. portrait

59. A. were used to saying B. used to saying C. were used to say D. used to say

60. A. made B. committed C. did D. was committed