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完形填空基础训练 一）词语意义理解和辨析 These floating things are very _____. It is hard to see them with our eyes. A. big B. fast C. bright D. small It is wise to have some money _____ for old age. A. put away B. paid off C. given up D. left behind I’ll look into the matter as soon as possible. Just have a little _____. A. rest B. time C. patience D. courage You are _____ your time trying to persuade him; he’ll never join us. A. spending B. wasting C. losing D. missing 5. All the leading newspapers _____ the trade talks between China and the United States. A. reported B. printed C. announced D. published 6. He has been dismissed and will have to _____ over charge of his office today. A. take B. hand C. get D. go 7. If by any chance someone comes to see me, ask them to leave a _____. A. message B. letter C. notice D. talk 8. Soon I heard a _____ like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. A. sound B. cry C. voice D. shout 9. The boy couldn’t keep _____ in the dentist’s chair during the operation. A. quiet B. calm C. silent D. still 10. The weatherman has forecast that it will _____ hot for another 5 days. A. become B. stay C. look D. feel 11. She is good at maths and physics. I think she has more _____ than any of us. A. heads B. minds C. brains D. hearts 12. They started off at once in _____ of the missing child. A. need B. search C. charge D. hope 13. At first I didn’t _____ John’s voice on the phone. It changed so much. A. know B. recognize C. realize D. hear 14. I asked him to _____ a few more minutes to help me so that I could get though the work before dark. A. spend B. take C. save D. spare 15. It was a pleasant way of passing time for an old woman who lived _____. A. lonely B. alone C. away D. busily 16. I’m quite _____ for your brother to join us. He’s always welcome here. A. sure B. sorry C. willing D. worried 17. She looked to her family for _____ when she suffe