导读：完型填空可以说是在英语考试中综合性最强的题型，不仅考察学生联系上下文进行理解的能力，同时考察学生对于单词语法的熟练程度，对于高中英语应试学习来说，看错题是提高成绩的最有效方法，题不用做很多，但是做过的一定要完全理解，不是记住答案，而是把一类的题都放在一起总结分析。长沙新东方为正在高考备考的考生们收集了一则完形填空题，分享给学生进行备考中的自我练习。

　　In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) 1 at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop. The fruit shop did 2 business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, 3 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen 4 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 5 me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I 6 they must have stayed faithful to him 7 he had promised to sell good quality 8 . He had a way with them—I had to 9 that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, 10 those who clearly were not, but when he 11 it, it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded 12 in an old-fashioned way. He was a GREat chatter 13 . If he did not know them, he would GREet them with a few 14 about the weather, 15 he did, he would ask about their families or make 16 , always cutting his cloth 17 his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be 18 gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite. He never 19 anything away. He was always looking for 20 for nothing.

　　1. A. operator B. assistant C. waiter D. secretary

　　2. A. good B. poor C. big D. usual

　　3. A. so B. when C. therefore D. but

　　4. A. sold B. knew C. gave D. sent

　　5. A. making B. letting C. getting D. keeping

　　6. A. wish B. insist C. declare D. suppose

　　7. A. when B. if C. because D. though

　　8. A. food B. fruit C. vegetables D. drink

　　9. A. admit B. expect C. announce D. promise

　　10. A. yet B. only C. just D. even

　　11. A. told B. said C. spoke D. talked

　　12. A. serious B. strange C. polite D. familiar

　　13. A. as well B. as usual C. either D. also

　　14. A. sayings B. questions C. words D. speeches

　　15. A. and then B. and so C. even if D. but if

　　16. A. preparations B. jokes C. repairs D. friends

　　17. A. according to B. due to C. instead of D. up to

　　18. A. never B. ever C. seldom D. always

　　19. A. took B. moved C. threw D. turned .

　　20. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. anybody

　　答案：

　　完形填空练习

　　1~5 BADBC 6~10 DCBAD 11~15 BCACD 16~20 BADCA