第三节完形填空(共20小题,计分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21 ̄40各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself.The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning was that her 21 window was open. In fact,it was so wide open that she had 22 closing it.Then she realized that things were not in their proper 23 .Finally,when she found her empty 24 on the kitchen table,she realized the awful 25 .At first, she didn’t know what to do.Then she decided to 26 her son,Derek.
Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone,“It's your mother,”she 27 him coldly.Louise told Derek about the open window,about things being in the wrong places and about the 28 missing from her purse.
“All right,”said Derek,“Don’t 29 anything.I'll be 30 in half an hour.”
Louise 31 and made herself a pot of tea and some toast.Then she went from room to room wondering 32 anything else was missing.
When Derek arrived,he was content to 33 her looking so calm.“Have you rung the 34 ?”he asked.“No? Then I’ll do that straight away.”So he rang the police.
As it was Sunday, 35 the only detectives were out.However,the police were polite,but vague(含糊的).“We’ll send 36 round as soon as possible,”they said.
Derek telephoned his wife.“I'm not sure when I'll be home,love.”he told her,“I’ve got to 37 for the police.”While Derek and his mother waited,Derek 38 the catches(挂钩) on the windows and locks on the doors.All of them were old and some of the catches hardly 39 at all.Derek felt 40 .His mother was an old woman,after all.“I'll have to change all these,”he told her.
21.A.kitchen B.bedroom C.washroom D.bathroom
22.A.strength B.trouble C.reason D.puzzle
23.A.positions B.situations C.directions D.Places
24.A.purse B.vase C.pot D.envelope
25.A.mistake B.message C.news D.truth
26.A.visit B.ask C.ring D.punish
27.A.invited B.informed C.stated D.scolded
28.A.money B.coin C.note D.bill
29.A.say B.move C.touch D.prepare
30.A.round B.here C.off D.away
31.A.sighed B.relaxed C.whispered D.hurried
32.A.how B.why C.if D.where
33.A.realize B.find C.know D.sense
34.A.hospital B.neighbour C.police D.friend
35.A.generally B.luckily C.considerably D.unfortunately
36.A.someone B.anyone C.everyone D.none
37.A.hope B.ask C.wait D.call
38.A.tested B.repaired C.fixed D.examined
39.A.locked B.worked C.helped D.opened
40.A.excited B.silly C.worried D.guilty