专四英语专题辅导资料之完形填空篇14

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 11:20:45

　　PART  Ⅰ ［15 MIN.］

　　Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your ANSWER SHEET.

　　We all know that a magician does not really depend on “magic” to perform his tricks, but on his ability to act at great speed. ___ 1___, this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician ___ 2___ rabbits from a hat. ___ 3___ the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of ___ 4___. He could free himself from the tightest knots or the most complicated locks in seconds. ___ 5___ no one really knows how he did this, there is no doubt ___ 6___ he had made a close study of every type of lock ever invented. He liked to carry a small steel needlelike tool strapped to his leg and he used this in place of a key. Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They ___ 7 ___ him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himself___  8  ____ an instant. The police ___ 9___ him of having used a tool and locked him up again. This time he wore no clothes and there were chains round his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his “needle” in a wax like ___  10  ____ and dropped it on the floor in the passage. ___ 11___ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was ___ 12___ astonishing. He was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of ___  13  ____ was nailed down. The ___ 14___ was dropped into the sea in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was___ 15___, it was opened and the chains were found inside.

1. A. Generally  B. However C. Possibly D. Likewise

2. A. to produce B. who producesC. produce D. how to produce

3.  A. Out of the question B. ThoughC. Probably D. Undoubted 

4. A. escaping B. locking  C. opening  D. dropping

5. A. Surprisingly B. Obviously C. Perhaps  D. Although

6. A. if B. whether  C. as to  D. that

7. A. involved B. closed  C. connected  D. bound

8. A. at B. by  C. in  D. for

9. A. rid  B. charged  C. accused  D. deprived

10. A. candle B. mud C. something D. substance

11. A. As B. Usually  C. Maybe D. Then

12. A. overall B. all but  C. no longer  D. altogether

13. A. it  B. which C. that  D. him

14. A. chest B. body  C. lid D. chain

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