III．完形填空（Cloze）（共15小题，计15分）
A）阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
Being tired and hungry，Mr．Turner got home this morning．He was on duty last night．A terrible（可怕的）traffic 51 happened at the second turning at midnight．The policemen took some maimed（受伤的）people to hospital and he and his workmates were 52 all night． They tried to save their lives（生命），but two of them died．
When he went in the sitting room，he 53 his wife crying in the bedroom．He understood what it meant．He said 54 and went in the kitchen（厨房）．He had to cook breakfast．About five minutes his wife came in and said，“You don't love me any more．When you saw me crying just now，you didn't ask 55 ．”
“I'm very sorry，my dear，but those questions cost（花费）me a lot of money！”said the doctor．
51．A．accident B．story C．lesson D．play
52．A．exciting B．afraid C．free D．busy
53．A．guessed B．heard C．thought D．watched
54．A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
55．A．what B．when C．where D．why
B）从所给出的单词或词组中选出最恰当的5个填空。（每个词或词组只可使用一次）
poor，before，the most famous persons，rich，During，after，When，changed
Most people know Bill Clinton．He was one of（56）_________ in America from 1993 to 2000．As we know，he took office（就职）on January 20，1993 and became the 42nd U．S．president（总统）．He was the first U．S．president who was born（57）_________ World War II（二次世界大战）．He was also one of the youngest of all U．S．presidents．
Clinton was born in a（58）_________ family in 1946．Three months before he was born，his father，William Blats，died．When he was small，his mother remarried（再婚）Norger Clinton，so the boy's family name was（59）_________ ．
In the summer of 1963，Clinton was asked to visit the city of Washington．（60）_________ his visit，he met President Kennedy in the White House．At that time，he wanted to become a president，and then he was！
C）根据对话内容，用最恰当的词完成下文。
Mike：How cold it is today！
Anne：You're right．But it was（61）_________ yesterday．
Mike：Our town is the coldest in the world，I think．
Anne：I don't think so．I was in a small town last February．It was much（62）_________ ．
Mike：What did you go there for？
Anne：To see my uncle．They live there and asked me to see them．
Mike：What was the weather like there？
Anne：It often（63）_________ ．Every road and every house are white．It was hard to walk on the snow．
Mike：What did the people do in winter？
Anne：They did only some housework．Most of them stayed at home and they wore warm clothes when they went out．
Mike：And what did the children do？
Anne：They went skating on the river．
Mike：They are good at skating，aren't they？
Anne：Yes．Skating is their（64）_________ sport．They can skate from November to March．
Mike：Can you skate now？
Anne：No，I can't．I was afraid to go out．
Mike：You didn't have a good time there．
Anne：You are（65）_________ ．I had enough time to watch TV and read a lot of nice story-books．
参考答案：
51—55 ADBCD
56．the most famous persons 57．after 58．poor 59．changed 60．During 61．warm 62．colder 63．snows 64．favourite 65．wrong
