北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》完型填空复习题（9）
43.
Therewas a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them,especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boysin his class made jokes about him because he seemed so ___1___.
The mother decided that she would herselfhave to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the DetroitPublic Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben's ___2___, the teacher heldup a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher lethim ___3___. “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered. “He neversaid anything. What could he possibly want to say?”
Well, Ben not only ___4___ the rock, but alsosaid a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where theteacher had found it. The teacher and the students were surprised. Ben hadlearned all this from doing one of his book reports.
Ben later went on to the ___5___ of hisclass. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at lastbecame one of the best doctors in the United States．
1. A. top B. slow C. class D. answer E. knew
答案：B
2. A. top B. slow C. class D. answer E. knew
答案：C
3. A. top B. slow C. class D. answer E. knew
答案：D
4. A. top B. slow C. class D. answer E. knew
答案：E
5. A. top B. slow C. class D. answer E. knew
答案：A
44.
Of allthe things we eat and drink, water is the most important. Not ___1___ peoplerealize this, but it is quite true. The human body can go without food for along time, but two ___2___ three days without water usually leads to death.
Many people do not understand how much waterthe human body needs at work and many people do not drink ___3___ especially inhot weather. Most people drink when they are thirsty but we often need morewater, especially ___4___ we have been doing exercises.
A man's body is 65-75% water. Water is veryimportant in several different ___5___.
1. A. when B. ways C. enough D. or E. many
答案：E
2. A. when B. ways C. enough D. or E. many
答案：D
3. A. when B. ways C. enough D. or E. many
答案：C
4. A. when B. ways C. enough D. or E. many
答案：A
5. A. when B. ways C. enough D. or E. many
答案：B
45.
Krylov,a great Russian writer, was very poor when he was young. One day in the middleof winter he __1__ by a window in his house, when he heard some women outsidecrying. He put his head out of the window, and saw a lot of people __2__towards his house. They were carrying a dead man, and the women were crying,"Oh, why are you leaving us to go to a place without light and without afire and without __3__? It will be dark there, and you will be cold and hungry.Nobody will look __4__ you, nobody will be kind to you, and nobody will loveyou there!"
"Ah!" said Krylov to his wife."They are __5__ about our house. They are bringing the dead man here!quick, lock the door! Don't let them in!"
1. A. coming B. food C. talking D. was sitting E. after
答案：D
2. A. coming B. food C. talking D. was sitting E. after
答案：A
3. A. coming B. food C. talking D. was sitting E. after
答案：B
4. A. coming B. food C. talking D. was sitting E. after
答案：E
5. A. coming B. food C. talking D. was sitting E. after
答案：C
46.
Tedworked in a factory in a big town. He liked __1__ very much, and was very goodat it. When he was free, he went down to the small river behind the factory andtried to catch some fish, but there were very few __2__, because the water wasvery dirty. Then one summer he went to the sea during his holidays and stayedat a small cheap hotel.
"I'venever fished in the sea __3__," he thought. "It will be differentfrom fishing in our river."
On the first day he caught a lot of fish andwas very happy. He gave them to the hotel, and they cooked them for all theguests, and they enjoyed __4__ very much. After that, he did __5__ every day.But when Ted got his bill（帐单）at the end of the week, he saw on it:
"Foroil to cook the fish ( 7 days ): ￡ 3.50."
1. A. there B. fishing C. them D. that E. before
答案：B
2. A. there B. fishing C. them D. that E. before
答案：A
3. A. there B. fishing C. them D. that E. before
答案：E
4. A. there B. fishing C. them D. that E. before
答案：C
5. A. there B. fishing C. them D. that E. before
答案：D
47.
Oneday, some workers were mending the road. They had dug a big hole in the road.As they could not finish their work, they had put up notice boards on bothsides of the hole before they __1__. On the boards they wrote the word DANGERin order to warn people not to drop into the hole.
Some time __2__, a blind man was walkingalong the road. He was just walking in the direction of the hole. As he couldnot see the notice, he was walking nearer and nearer to the hole. He was veryclose to it now. Just at that moment, a boy saw the man and __3__ up to him."Stop!" the boy shouted, "Don't go any farther, or you'll fall__4__ the hole." After he heard this, the blind man stopped __5__. Thenthe boy took the man by the arm and led him safely around the hole."Thanks a lot," said the man, "You're really a nice boy."
1. A. later B. ran C. at once D.left E. into
答案：D
2. A. later B. ran C. at once D. left E. into
答案：A
3. A. later B. ran C. at once D. left E. into
答案：B
4. A. later B. ran C. at once D. left E. into
答案：E
5. A. later B. ran C. at once D. left E. into
答案：C
48.
Oneof the latest imports is acupuncture(针刺疗法), the use of needles for __1__ disease.Although acupuncture has been practiced in China for 2000 years, its __2__ inthe Western world is still very __3__. Several hospitals in the United Statesare now experimenting with acupuncture as a way of treating pains.
An American journalist described the process__4__ its effects. To keep the patient __5__ feeling pain during the operation,four needles were used, each about an inch and a half long. The tops of the
