Passage 8?（福建省師大二附中2010屆高三上學(xué)期期中考試） 完形填空

The British usually expect one or two snowfalls each year, but the amount of snow rarely affects everyday life. ?__36__, this week Britain has had the worst snow it has __37__ in around 18 years. Some places had more than 30cm in a day.

The bad weather __38__ severe trouble. More than 3000 schools __39__ to close as teachers and pupils were unable to get to school.?School __40__ weren’t too unhappy about it, though, as they headed __41__ to play in the snow, building snowmen, having snowball fights, sledging and some even snowboarding and skiing.

In London, bus __42__ were stopped for a day and the underground and trains were cancelled. ?__43__ motorways in the country had to close.

Many people were unable to get to work and __44__ is thought that the cost of this lost labour is around &1 billion to businesses and the economy.?__45__ ?wanting to leave the country had problems too. Runways were ?__46__ at all the UK’s major airports __47__ the amount of snow. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, __48__ some passengers trapped at airports.

So __49__ is the UK so ill-prepared for snow? The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, ?__50__ that there aren’t enough snow –ploughs and gritters(撒沙機(jī)) and it doesn’t make sense to buy __51__ equipment when it snows so infrequently.

The southeast of England was the hardest __52__ at the beginning of the week but the snow is now __53__ northwards where the chaos continues.?More ice and snow is forecast __54__ the week and the advice from travel and weather organizations is to stay indoors __55__ you really need to venture out!

36、A、Therefore B、But ? ?C、However ? D、Actually

37、A、spotted ? B、seen ? ?C、noticed ? ?D、watched

38、A、had ? ? ? ?B、caused C、did ? ? ? ?D、met

39、A、had ? ? ? ?B、used ? C、ought ? ?D、dared

40、A、teachers ? ? B、children C、workers ? D、boys

41、A、up ? ? ? ?B、down C、away ? ? ? ?D、out

42、A、services ? ?B、stations C、stops ? ? ? ?D、drivers

43、A、Important B、Wide ? ?C、Big ? ? ? ?D、Major

44、A、this ? ? ? ?B、that ? ?C、it ? ? ? ?D、what

45、A、Someone ? B、Anyone C、Everyone ? D、Nobody

46、A、stopped ? ?B、trapped C、closed ? ?D、cancelled

47、A、despite ? B、of ? ?C、in spite of D、because of

48、A、leaving ? ?B、making C、getting ? ?D、sending

49、A、how ? ? ? ?B、why ? ?C、when ? ? ? ?D、where

50、A、announced B、explained C、suggested D、predicted

51、A、such ? ? ? ?B、so ? ?C、this ? ? ? ?D、that

52、A、hit ? ? ? ?B、knocked C、beaten ? ?D、attacked

53、A、falling ? ?B、making C、moving ? ?D、forming

54、A、within ? ?B、before C、until ? ? ? ?D、throughout

55、A、as ? ? ? ?B、if ? ?C、unless ? ?D、when

答案 ?36-55 ?CBBAB ? DADCB ? CDABB ? AACDC