第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）Mr. and Mrs. Jones’ house

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Mr. and Mrs. Jones’ house was full of suitcases, packages and packed-up boxes. The two of them were ___36___with pencils and paper, ____37____their luggage, when there was a ____38____ at the door. Mr. Jones went to ____39____ it and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The lady said that she lived in the house ____40____ theirs, and that she had come to ____41____ them to their new home.
The Jones invited her in, after ___42___ for the state of the house.
“Oh, ___43___,” she answered. “Do you know in some parts of this ____44___ neighbors are not all ___45___? There are some streets where people do not ___46___ their neighbors, ____ 47____ their next-door ones. ___ 48___ in this street everybody is friends with ____49___ else. We are one big, happy family. I’m ___50____ that you will be ___51___ here.”
The well-dressed lady got a ___52___ when she came to visit the house the ____53___ time, because she found a quite ____54____ man and woman in it. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had not had the ____55___ to tell her that they were not the new owners of the house, who were to move in the next day, but the old ones, who have lived beside her for two years without ever having visited her or even noticing her existence.
36. A. free         B. busy        C. satisfied    D. familiar
37. A. checking     B. examining    C. testing     D. enjoying
38. A. sound       B. ring         C. friend      D. message
A. answer      B. serve        C. see        D. guess
A. above       B. of          C. under       D. beside
A. welcome    B. lead         C. take        D. invite
A. explaining   B. apologizing   C. showing    D. asking
A. excuse me   B. here you are  C. never mind   D. thank you
A. house       B. street       C. town        D. time
A. busy        B. lonely      C. safe         D. friendly
A. know       B. understand   C. welcome     D. respect
A. merely      B. even        C. mostly      D. neither
A. And        B. But         C. Otherwise    D. While
A. anybody    B. nobody       C. somebody    D. none
A. uncertain   B. glad          C. sure         D. afraid
A. happy      B. lonely        C. popular     D. friendly
A. surprise    B. fright         C. pleasure      D. worry
A. first       B. exact         C. next        D. same
A. famous     B. different      C. young       D. old
A. time       B. chance        C. courage     D. interest