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1988年MET -4 历年高考英语完形填空 I was born and brought up in the small town of Pineville, which I left at the age of sixteen. Twenty years ___1___ I found myself back on a visit. I went to see my ___ 2 ___ friend Tom Clark, who, ___ 3 ___ as ever, was chairman of the local 本地的 ___ 4 ___. He was busy preparing to welcome ___ 5 ___ writer, who had ___ 6___ to come to give a talk on modern literature 文学 in the public library ___ 7 ___ evening. Since I happened to have ___8___ a book or two by the famous writer, when Tom invited me to go with him I ___ 9___ accepted. Tom was going to ___10___ the guest speaker to the audience 听众 . Therefore we went to the library a little ___11___ to greet him. As the honoured guest had not yet ___12___, I left Tom and went into the main reading room ___13___ a large crowd had already gathered. I was ___14___ to find that I didnt know a single person there. So I found a seat in the corner and ___15___ patiently waiting. When it was just about time for the ___16___ to begin, I saw Tom standing at the doorway making a sign for___17___to come out. He looked ___18___ about something. So I got up immediately and went out to him. He ___19___ that he had just had a ___20 ___from the writers secretary. Our guest speaker had missed his ___21___ and would not be arriving! While we were thinking about the problem, Tom suddenly asked me ___ 22___ mind filling in as a speaker. I ___23___ had time to think about the matter when all at once I found I was being ___24___ back into the reading room to address the ___25 ___ audience! 　　1. A. ago B. later C. earlier D. before 　　2. A. new B. old C. forgotten D. welcome 　　3. A. active B. lazy C. brave D. shy 　　4. A. market B. restaurant C. club D. school 　　5. A. a well-known?B. an unknown? ?C. the well-known??D. the unknown 　　6. A. been observed? ?B. been invited ?C. announced D. refused 　　7. A. every B. some other?? ?C. one D. that very 　　8. A. interested?? ?B. written C. mentioned D. read 　　9. A. gladly B. sad