II. 完形填空

I’m a newspaper reporter. I don’t have    1    money, but I meet a lot of interesting people. Some are rich,    2    are poor. One or two are dishonest, but the others tell the truth most of the time. On the whole, I like my job and I am good at it. I type fast. I have a good   3   . I don’t talk, but I’m a good    4   . I’m probably the best listener in the entire city and I    5    stupid. I have a very stupid face. People look at me, and then they explain things to me very slowly. Other reporters ask people a lot of questions and    6    them angry, but I just look stupid and soon I am getting a lot of    7    : many uninteresting ideas, many irrelevant(不相关的) facts, but always    8    interesting news for my newspaper.

    I have a method for    9    news from the ordinary men in the street. Let me give you    10   . Yesterday afternoon I needed information about recreation for elderly    11    people in the city. I went to the park, sat on a bench    12    the sun, and waited. Soon, an old lady came and sat next to me. She carried two large paper bags and an old handbag. I sat quietly beside her for about ten minutes, and then I   13   a chocolate bar slowly. I made a lot of    14     with the paper wrapping. Next, I offered her a piece of my chocolate. After that, she told me about    15   . She doesn’t have real home.  She and two friends sleep in the bus station; on warm days she comes to the park with her few belongings in two paper bags. Later, we went to a restaurant for a cup of coffee and a sandwich. I    16   , of course, I didn’t    17    any notes. I asked her a few questions about recreation, but she wasn’t interested in    18   . She needed money and a place to live in, she said. She told me a lot about the bus station. I gave her a dollar and some    19   . Finally, I    20    her in the park, went back to the office, and typed up some notes for my newspaper.

1. A. many             B. much                C. little                  D. any

2. A. others           B. the others        C. the other      D. another

3. A. brain          B. thinking          C. mind         D. memory

4. A. listener       B. speaker            C. reporter              D. lecturer

5. A. seemed     B. look              C. am                  D. must be

6. A. get            B. let                 C. cause                D. make

7. A. reasons        B. ideas               C. information       D. experience

8. A. little            B. a little               C. a few          D. few

9. A. getting         B. having           C. receiving       D. accepting

10. A. a model     B. an example        C. an idea            D. a story

11. A. rich         B. bad             C. poor          D. wealthy

12. A. under        B. below            C. at             D. in

13. A. took          B. unwrapped       C. made             D. ate

14. A. sound       B. voice           C. noise         D. voices

15. A. her          B. hers              C. herself               D. of her  

16. A. bought      B. cost            C. spent         D. paid

17. A. take        B. write           C. put             D. get

18. A. which       B. what            C. them           D. that

19. A. money         B. bill                    C. change                     D. cheque

20. A. left         B. kept              C. took           D. stopped