2014届高考英语一轮完形填空专项提高训练15.docVIP

A Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go into their offices, factories or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up ____1___ in the morning and reach ___2___ later in the evening. One benefit of living outside London is ___3___ houses are ___4___. Even a small flat in London ___5___ a garden costs quite a lot ___6___. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of ___7___own. Then, in the country one can be ___8___ from the noise and hurry of the town. Although one has to ___9___ earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep ___10___ at night, and, during weekends and ___11___ summer evenings, one can enjoy the ___12___, clean air of the country. If one ___13___ gardens, one can spend one’s ___14___ time digging, planting, watering and doing a hundred and one other jobs which ___15___ in the garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables ___16___, one has the reward of a person ___17___ has the secrets of ___18___. Some people, however, take___19___ in country things; for them, ___20___ lies in the town, with its cinema and theatres, because of shops and busy streets, dance—halls and restaurants. Such people would ___21___ that their life was not worth ___22___ if they had to live ___23___ outside London. A walk in one of the parks and a visit ___24___ the sea every summer is all the country ___25___. (C)1. A. at 8 o’clock B. early C. earlier D. earliest (A)2. A. home B. family C. flat D. house (B)3. A. because B. that C. the D. all (D)4. A .cleaner B. nicer C. bigger D. cheaper (B)5. A. with B. without C. near D. opposite (D)6. A. money B. to lend C. to borrow D. to rent (C)7. A. it’s B. its C. one’s D. their (A)8. A. free B. far C. out D. absent (B)