2007年成考英语（完型填空）答题技巧（一）
涉及到上下文的有4道，涉及到语法的有4道
Passage 4
Once a group of tourists who were staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the restaurant. Fish was brought and while they __1__ it some of them told interesting stories about finding pearls and other valuable things inside fish.
An old gentleman， __2__ had listened quietly to their conversation， rose and said： “I've heard all your stories， and now I'll tell you __3__. When I was a young man I was working in a large importing company in New York. Before long， I __4__ in love with a pretty young girl. Very soon we were engaged. But just two months before our marriage， I was suddenly sent to Birmingham on very important business. I left my sweetheart， __5__ to write to her.”
“I was obliged to staying in Birmingham longer than I had __6__. __7__ last my work was done， and just before I left for home， I bought a beautiful and very expensive diamond ring， intending to give it to my sweetheart.”
“On my way to New York， I was looking through the morning newspaper when I saw an announcement of my sweetheart's marriage with another man. This made me so angry __8__ I threw the ring overboard （向船外）。 A few days __9__ when I was eating a fish， I bit something hard. What do you think __10__？”
1. A. eat B. ate C. had eaten D. were eating
1. 选
2. A. who B. whom C. that D. which
2. 选
3. A. a story B. one story C. the story D. one
3. 选
4. A. fall B. fell C. feel D. felt
4. 选
be engaged to sb. 和某人订婚
5. A. agreeing B. agree C. promising D. promise
5. 选
6. A. seen B. replied C. promised D. expected
6.
7. A. From B. At C. In D. On
7. 选
8. A. than B. that C. as D. to
8.
9. A. late B. later C. latter D. latest
9.
10. A. is it B. was it C. it is D. it was
10. 涉及到语法的有6道
Passage 5
Two or three times a week， she had a customer in whom she began to take an interest. He was a __1__ man with glasses and a brown beard. He spoke English with a strong German __2__. His clothes were worn and wrinkled， but he looked neat and had very good manners. He always bought two loaves of stale bread. He never asked for anything __3__ stale bread； it cost a lot less than fresh bread.
Once Miss Albert __4__ a red and brown stain （污点）on his finger. She was sure __5__ he was an artist and very poor. No doubt he lived in an attic （阁楼），__6__ he painted pictures and ate stale bread and thought of good things to eat in the bakery.
Often when Miss Albert sat down to her evening meal， she would sigh and wish the artist might share her food __7__ eating his dry bread. One day the customer came in __8__ usual and asked for his stale bread. As the sudden noise of the fire engine made him __9__ to the door， Miss Albert seized her opportunity. She cut each of the loaves with a knife， inserted （塞进）some butter and， when the customer turned round， she __10__ them into a paper bag.
1. A. middle age B. middle-age C. middle-aged
D. middle age's
2. A. wound B. voice C. tone D. accent
3. A. but B. although C. while D. however
4. A. discovered B. found C. inspected D. noticed
5. A. about B. of C. that D. if
6. A. which B. where C. when D. whom
7. A. not B. never C. in spite of D. instead of
8. A. as B. such C. so D. much
9. A. hurry B. to hurry C. hurrying D. hurried
10. A. has put B. had been put C. put D. was putting
涉及到语法的有4道，其他的为习惯用语
