32. D would like 之后应接不定式，年轻人就了海龟的命，海龟应是“邀请年轻人到宫殿去。”
33. C 到达某个地方应用arrived at。
34. A 按照逻辑，海龟国王要感谢他，必然设盛宴招待他。所以应选a big dinner。 35. A 海龟国王盛情招待他，所以他对一切都满意。pleased with everything表示的就是这个意思。
36. C 海龟国王给了他两个盒子，但只准他打开一个。这里有一个转折关系，所以应选but。
37. B 年轻人在海里见到了海龟国王，得到了两个盒子以后，应该回家，而不是回到海里。而回家应是went back home。
38. D 使他感到惊讶的是，用英语表示就是To his surprise。 39. B 他得到了金子，当然应该是a rich man。
40.C 由于贪心，他的头发变白了，脸“看起来”像八十多岁的老头。
从2004年的完形填空题来看，难度不大，全部题目都属于句子层次。只要看懂了短文的意思，掌握了一些短语的固定搭配，再多做一些精选的练习，做好完形填空题是不难的。
【满分演练】 (1)
A very new, young officer was at a railway station. He was on his way to visit his mother in 1 town. He wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of his train, 2 she could meet him at the 3 in her car. He looked at all his pockets, but 4 that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went on and looked 5 for someone to help him. At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, “Can you change the money 6 me?”
“Wait a moment,” the soldier 7 , and he began to put his hand in his 8 “I’ll see whether I can help you.”
“Don’t you know how to speak to an officer?” the young officer said angrily “Now let’s 9 again, Can you change the money for me?” “No, sir,” the old soldier answered 10 . 1.A.other B.the other C.another D.one 2.A.so B.so that C.because D.when 3.A.place B.station C.street D.stop 4.A.knew B.thought C.found D.found out 5.A.up B.down C.around D.into 6.A.to B.with C.for D.and
7.A.answered B.spoke C.told D.smiled 8.A.coat B.handbag C.wallet D.pocket 9.A.start B.to begin C.doing D.ask 10.A.easily B.fast C.happily D.quickly (2)
One of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous films was “The Gold Rush” The film was set in California in the middle of the 1 century. At that time, gold was discovered in California and thousands of people 2 there to look for gold, so it became 3 as “the gold rush” People said gold could 4 be picked up by washing sand from the river in a pan of water. This was known as “panning for gold”
In the film, Chaplin and his friend are in California. So far, they have been 5 in their search for gold and have no money at all. They 6 in a snow storm in a small wooden house. They have 7 They are so hungry that they 8 a pair of shoes, by boiling them in a pan of water. Chaplin sits down 9 the table and eats the shoe. He makes it seem as if this is one of the 10 meals that he has ever enjoyed. 1.A.nineteen B.ninetieth C.nineteenth D.ninth
2.A.went B.left C.climb D.found 3.A.famous B.known C.wonderful D.great 4.A.hard B.easily C.difficulty D.slowly
5.A.unhappy B.unsuccessfully C.unlucky D.unluckily 6.A.have got B.meet C.are caught D.live
7.A.a little food B.some water C.nothing D.nothingto eat 8.A.wear B.cook C.make D.mend 9.A.at B.by C.near D.beside
10.A.biggest B.dearest C.cheapest D.most delicious (3)
Once there was a boy in Toronto. His name was Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very ___1___ at it. He drew many beautiful interesting pictures, and many people ___2___ his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be ___3___ when he was a little older, and then they were going to ___4___ these pictures for a lot of money.
Jimmy's pictures were quite different from other ___5___ because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on ___6___ of it, and the other half was always ___7___. \very clever,\everybody said. \other people have ever done that before.\
One day somebody asked him, \tell me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, ___9___ not on the top half?\
\毛笔) can't ___10___ very high.\
1. A.poor B.sad C.glad D.good 2. A.bought B.brought C.sold D.took
3. A.different B.clever C.famous D.rich 4. A.buy B.show C.leave D.sell
5. A.men's B.people's C.boy's D.child's 6. A.half B.part C.side D.end 7. A.full B.empty C.wrong D.ready 8. A.No B.SomeC.Any D.Many 9. A.then B.and C.but D.or
10. A.change B.turn C.pull D.reach (4)
\please let me borrow a dollar,\Jenny asked as they stood in the school lunch. \ \
Jane waited all day for Jenny to ___2___ back the dollar she borrowed, but Jenny seemed to be ___3___. \just forgotten,\thought Jane. \don't want to ___4___ her angry.\Still, her money didn't go far. Some classmates, like Jenny, were getting five dollars a week.
Weeks went by. At last Jane got up enough courage to tell her about the ___5___. \ The next day Jenny seemed to have forgotten again. During the noon hour Jane saw her ___7___ sweets for Mary and Ann. Jenny saw Jane looking at her. ___8___ she said something in a low voice to the other two girls. Jane felt ___9___ and asked her teacher if she could go back to the classroom. In the classroom, Jane saw two new pencils in Jenny's desk. An ___10___ came to her.
\not kind lately, and anyway, she really owes me. A dollar doesn't mean anything to her, but it means a lot to me.\
1. A.stay B.wait C.leave D.take 2. A.return B.lend C.show D.pay 3. A.busy B.happy C.free D.sad 4. A.let B.make C.keep D.find
5. A.money B.lunch C.place D.classmate 6. A.remember B.bring C.give D.pass 7. A.borrowing B.making C.selling D.buying 8. A.Even B.Again C.Then D.Instead 9. A.alone B.sad C.hungry D.lucky 10. A.end B.answer C.idea D.excuse (5)
Monday is the beginning of the week; it is the day most Americans like worst. The day they ___1___ most is Saturday. Saturday is the ___2___ of the workweek; it is the beginning of the weekend.
Life is ___3___ on the weekend; most Americans ___4___ care of their houses, cars and gardens. They sleep ___5___ in the morning. They enjoy the feeling that the time ___6___ to move more slowly.
The workweek is for things you ___7___ to do; the weekend is for things you ___8___ to do. Some people may get in a car for a ___9___ in the country. They like to take part in a sports activity out of doors. And on Saturday night they might go to public eating ___10___ or a film. 1. A.like B.dislike C.spend D.leave 2. A.middle B.beginning C.end D.day
3. A.worse B.difficult C.better D.different