新概念英语第二册课文原文(完形填空)

Lesson 1 A private conversation

私人谈话

Last

week

I

went

to

the

theatre.

I

had

a

very

good

_____. The

play

was

very

________. But

I did

not

______

it. A

young man and a

young woman

were sitting

_______ me. They were talking ______. I got very angry. Because I could not hear

the _____. I turned ______. I looked at the man and the woman ______. They did not

pay any _______. In the end, I could not _____ it. I turned round _____. 'I can't hear a

____!'

I

said

a______. '

It's

none

of

your

business,'

the

young

man

said

_______.

'This is a ______ conversation!'.

Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?

早餐还是午餐？

It was Sunday.

I

_____

get up

early

on

________.

I sometimes

____ in

bed

_____

lunch time.

Last Sunday I got up very_____. I looked ____of the window. It was ____ outside.

'What a day!' I ______. 'It's raining again.' Just ____, the telephone______. It was my

aunt Lucy.' I've ____arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to ___you.' 'But I'm ____

having breakfast,' I said.

'What are you doing ?' she asked. ' I'm having breakfast,' I ______.

'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you ______ get up so late ? It's ____ o'clock!

Lesson 3 Please send me a card

请给我寄一张明信片

Postcards

______

spoil

my

holidays.

Last

summer,

I

went

to

_____.

I

visited

museums

and

____

in

public

gardens.

A

_______

waiter

taught

me

a

few

words

of ______. 'Then he ____ me a book. I read a few ______, but I did not understand a

word. Every day

I thought about

______. My holidays _____ quickly, but

I did not

send ____ cards to my friends. On the ____ day I made a ____ decision. I got up ____

and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the _____ day in my room, but I did not write a

______ card !

Lesson 4 An exciting trip

激动人心的旅行

I have just received a letter _____ my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been

_____ for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big

____ and he has

already visited a great number of different ______ in Australia. He has _____ bought

an

Australian

car

and

has

____

to

Alice

Springs,

a

small

town

in

the

_____

of

Australia. He will ____ visit Darwin. From there, he will ____ to Perth.

My brother has____been abroad before, ___he is finding this trip ____exciting.

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Lesson 5 No wrong numbers

无错号之虞

Mr James Scott has a ______ in Silbury and now he has just bought _____ garage in

Pinhurst.

Pinhurst

is

_____five

miles

from

Silbury,

but

Mr

Scott

cannot

get

a

_______for

his

new

garage,

so

he

has

____bought

twelve

pigeons.

Yesterday,

a

pigeon

_______

the

first

______

from

Pinhurst

to

Silbury.

The

bird

______

the

distance in three_______. Up to _____, Mr Scott has sent a great many

______ for

____ parts and other ______ messages from one garage to the other. ___ this way, he

has_____his own private telephone _____.

Lesson 6 Percy Buttons

珀西

·

巴顿斯

I have just ______ to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar ______at my door.

He asked me for a ____and a glass of beer. In ____ for this, the beggar stood ___ his

head and sang songs. I gave him a______. He ate the food and _____ the beer. _____

he put a piece of cheese in his _____ and went ______. Later a neighbour _____ me

about

him.

Everybody

_____

him.

His

name

is

Percy

Buttons.

He

calls____every

house in the street ______ a month and always _____for a meal and a glass of ____.

Lesson 7 Too late

为时太晚

The plane was late and _______ were waiting at the ______all morning. They were

_______

a

valuable

____

of

diamond

from

South

Africa.

A

few

hours

______,

someone had told the police that ______ would try to ____the diamonds. When the

plane

arrived,

some

of

the

detectives

were

waiting

_____

the

main

building

while

others

were

waiting

on

the

_____.

Two

men

took

the

parcel

____

the

plane

and

carried it ____ the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping

_____at the

door,

two

others

_____ the

parcel.

To

____

surprise,

the_____

parcel

was

full

of

stones and _____!

Lesson 8 The best and the worst

最好的和最差的

Joe Sanders has the most beautiful ______ in our ____. _____ everybody enters for

'The

Nicest

Garden

__________'

each

year,

but

Joe

_____

every

time.

Bill

Frith's

garden is _____ than Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and ______ more flowers and

________, but Joe's garden is more ________. He has made neat_____and has built a

______ bridge over a _____. I like gardens too, but I do not ______ hard work. Every

year I _____________ the garden competition too, and I always _____ a little prize

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for the______garden in the town!

Lesson 9 A cold welcome

冷遇

____ Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the ____day of the year

and

a

large

______

of

people

had

_______

under

the

Town

Hall

clock.

It

would

______

twelve

in

twenty

minutes'

time.

Fifteen

minutes

_______

and

then,

at

five

_____ twelve, the clock ______. The big minute _____ did not move. We ____ and

waited,

but

nothing

_______.

Suddenly

someone

_______,

'It's

two

minutes

_____

twelve!

The

clock

has

stopped!'

I

looked

at

my

_____.

It

was

true.

The

big

clock

_______

to

______

the

New

Year.

At

that

moment

everybody

began

to

______and

sing.

Lesson 10 Not for jazz

不适于演奏爵士乐

We have an old _______ instrument. It is _____ a clavichord(

翼琴

). It was made in

_________ in 1681. Our clavichord is ______in the living-room. It has _____ to our

family for a _____ time. The __________ was bought by my grandfather many years

ago. Recently it was ________ by a visitor. She tried to play _____on it! She _____

the keys too hard and two of the _______ were ______. My father was _______. Now

we are not ________ to touch it. It is being ______ by a friend of my father's.

Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another

礼尚往来

I was _______ dinner at a restaurant ______ Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a

______office years ago, but he is now _______ at a bank. He gets a ______ salary,

but he always ________ money from his friends and never pays it ______. Harry saw

me

and

came

and

_____

at

the

same

table.

He

has

never

borrowed

money

________me. While he was_______, I asked him to lend me &2. To my _______, he

gave

me

the

money

__________.

'I

have

never

borrowed______

money

from

you,'

Harry said, 'so now you can pay _____ my dinner!'

Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck

再见，一路顺风

Our ncighbour, Captain Charles

Alison, will

_____

from

Portsmouth tomorrow. We

shall

_________

him

at

the

harbour

early

in

the

morning.

He

will

be

in

his

small

______, l is a famous _______ boat. It has sailed _______ the Atlantic

many times. Captain Alison will ________at eight o'clock so we shall have plenty of

time.

We

_____

see

his

boat

and

then

we

shall

say

_________

to

him.

He

will

be

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away for two months. We are very ______of him. He will take part in an important

_____ ________ the Atlantic.

Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys

绿林少年

The Greenwood Boys are a group of _______ singers. At _______, they are visiting

all

______

of

the

country.

They

will_____

arriving

here

tomorrow.

They

will

be

_______ by train and most of the young people in the town will be _______ them at

the

station.

Tomorrow

evening

they

will

be

singing

at

the

Workers'

______.

The

Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. During this time, they will give five

performances. As ______, the police will have a ________ time. They will be______

to keep ______. It is always the same on these ________.

Lesson 14 Do you speak English?

你会讲英语吗？

I

had

an

_________

experience

last

year. After

I

had

_____a

small

village

in

the

south of France, I drove ____to the next town. On the way, a young man ______ to

me. I stopped and he _____ me for a _____. As soon as he had got _____ the car, I

said good _______ to him in French and he ________ in the same language. Apart

_______ a few words, I do not know _______ French at all. _____ of us spoke during

the journey. I had ______ reached the town, when the young man _______ said, very

______, 'Do you speak _________?' As I soon ______, he was English _______!

Lesson 15 Good news

佳音

The ________ told me that Mr. Harmsworth

________ see me. I felt very

_______

when. I went into his office. He did not look _____from his desk when I ________.

After I had sat down, he said that ______ was very bad. He told me that the _______

could not________ to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already _______. I

knew that my _______ had come. 'Mr. Harmsworth,' I said in a _______ voice. 'Don't

interrupt,' he Said. Then he _______ and told me I would receive an ________ &100

a year!

Lesson 16 A polite request

彬彬有礼的要求

If you______ your car in the _______ place, a traffic policeman will _______ find it.

You will be very_______ if he lets you go ________ a ticket. However, this does not

always________.

Traffic

police

are

_________

very

polite.

During

a

holiday

in

Sweden, I found this ______ on my car:' Sir, we________ you to our city. This is a

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