第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 one day, a train was approaching the small town of cheekyville. on the train was a 1 man with a big suitcase. he was called william warbler and he looked very 2 indeed. but what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to 3 , he did so by singing opera. even if someone said “good day” to him, he would clear his throat and 4 : “goood dayyy to youuuuuu..... toooooo!” almost everyone considered william unusual, since no one could get a normal 5 word out of him. as no one knew how he made his living — he lived quite 6 , always wearing the same old second-hand suit — they often had no respect for him and sometimes even 7 him. william had been in cheekyville for some years, when one day a rumor (谣言) spread that william had received a role in a very important 8 in the nation’s capital, that there had been posters everywhere advertising the event, and that it had been a great 9 . and to everyone’s surprise, when william was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking with good 10 , and with a clear and pleasant voice. from that day on, william gave up 11 at all hours. now he sang only during his stage appearances. people wouldn’t have thought him 12 if they had seen what william kept in his big suitcase. it was a large 13 , with a hand-carved message on it. the message said, “practice every second, for you never know when your 14 will come.” little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the 15 had heard william singing while out buying a newspaper. 1. a. tall b. sensitive c. handsome d. strange 2. a. common b. concerned c. wealthy d. confident 3. a. appear b. practice c. communicate d. debate 4. a. whisper b. respond c. repeat d. tease 5. a. advised b. printed c. written d. spoken 6. a. simply b. naturally c. calmly d. fortunately 7. a. had mercy on b. made fun of c. ran after d. were angry with 8. a. concert b. documentary c. opera d. film 9. a. experience b. benefit c. discovery d. success 10. a. movements b. manners c. efforts d. signs 11. a. pretending b. recording c. singing d. wandering 12. a. mad b. skillful c. artificial d. desperate 13. a. knife b. stone c. medal d. diamond 14. a. solution b. inspiration c. performance d. chance 15. a. neighbor b. visitor c. director d. teacher
