完形填空It's the seaside birds that deserve at least part of the blame for getting Nick Burchill blacklisted at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, Canada. Burchill was 1 at the hotel on business and planning to2 some friends in the area. They had asked him to 3 some pepperoni (辣香肠)from back east. So he4 a suitcase full of pepperoni. As he was 5 that it would be too warm, he 6 it out on the table near an open window. He thought his pepperoni was 7 and well chilled (冷却)and he 8 . That's when things went 9 . "I remember walking down the long 10 and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls, " Burchill said in a recent letter of 11 to the 4-star hotel. "The seagulls immediately went 12 . They rushed to the window, 30 or 40 birds all trying to 13 at the same time, and pepperoni-everywhere. The curtains were falling down, the lamps were falling down, It was a real 14 . Older and wiser now, Burchill chalked up the incident to youthful indiscretion (莽撞). "I have 15 and I admit responsibility of my 16 , " he said in the letter. "I come to you, 17 , to apologize for the-damage I had 18 caused and to ask you to19 my lifetime ban from the hotel. "His letter20 . Banned from the hotel since 2001. Burchill is now welcome to come back, the Fairmont said.
(1)
A .
studying
B .
staying
C .
looking
D .
packing
(2)
A .
visit
B .
help
C .
follow
D .
make
(3)
A .
sell
B .
have
C .
bring
D .
taste
(4)
A .
filled
B .
locked
C .
abandoned
D .
lost
(5)
A .
surprised
B .
pleased
C .
excited
D .
worried
(6)
A .
dug
B .
cleared
C .
cut
D .
laid
(7)
A .
delicious
B .
safe
C .
soft
D .
ready
(8)
A .
left
B .
nodded
C .
waited
D .
regretted
(9)
A .
far
B .
funny
C .
wrong
D .
blind
(10)
A .
beach
B .
driveway
C .
hall
D .
table
(11)
A .
application
B .
apology
C .
request
D .
invitation
(12)
A .
hungry
B .
dead
C .
missing
D .
wild
(13)
A .
wake up
B .
get out
C .
take off
D .
break in
(14)
A .
mess
B .
puzzle
C .
fight
D .
challenge
(15)
A .
recovered
B .
retired
C .
escaped
D .
matured
(16)
A .
suffering
B .
plans
C .
madness
D .
actions
(17)
A .
hands in pocket
B .
nose in the air
C .
hat in hand
D .
feet on the ground
(18)
A .
indirectly
B .
deliberately
C .
cautiously
D .
secretly
(19)
A .
replace
B .
remember
C .
reconsider
D .
renew
(20)
A .
arrived
B .
worked
C .
ended
D .
disappeared
答案:(1)B;(2)A;(3)C;(4)A;(5)D;(6)D;(7)B;(8)A;(9)C;(10)C;(11)B;(12)D;(13)B;(14)A;(15)D;(16)D;(17)C;(18)A;(19)C;(20)B;