职称英语综合类B级完型填空(经典缩印版).doc

第一篇 A Life with Birds For nearly 17 years David Cope has worked as one of the Tower of Londons yeoman warders 伦敦塔看守, _ better（更…） known to tourists as beefeaters. David, 64, lives in a three-bedroomed flat right at the top（顶部） of the Byward Tower, one of the gatehouses. From（从） our bedroom we have a marvelous a.奇妙的，不可思议的 view of Tower Bridge and the Thames, says David. The Tower of London is famous for（以..而著名） its ravens n.乌鸦，黑色的鸟 , the large black birds which have lived there for over three centuries. David was immediately fascinated 着迷，吸引 by the birds and when he was _ offered 提供 __ the post of Raven Master eight years ago he had no _ hesitation（犹豫）_ in accepting it. The birds have now become my life and Im always _ aware（意识到） of the fact that I am _ maintaining （保持）_ a tradition. The legend 传奇，传说 says that if the ravens leave the Tower, England will fall to enemies, and its my job to _ make（确保） sure this doesnt happen! David devotes（献身于） about four hours a day to the care of the ravens. He has grown to love them and the _ fact（事实） that he lives right next to them is ideal. I can keep（关注） a close eye on them all the time, and not just when Im working. At first（起初）, Davids wife Mo was not _keen（对..感兴趣） on the idea of life in the Tower, but she too will be sad to leave when he retires next year. When we look out of our windows, we see history all（所有） around us, and we are taking it in and storing it up for our future memories. 第二篇 A Lucky Break Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones, and it always seems to happen when hes doing 做 sport. In the film Play It to the Bone he plays（扮演一个…） the part of a middleweight n.中量级拳击手 boxer alongside Woody Harrelson. During（过程中） the making of the film Harrelson kept（连续） complaining that the fight scenes（场面） werent very convincing a.有说服力的，令人信服的 , so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real. The Spanish actor wasnt keen（对…热衷） on the idea at first, but he was eventually（最终） persuaded b