2015年成人学位英语练习：完型填空真题解析（8）
2005年4月完型填空真题
About a month ago I was present at a serious occasion I the reading of a will. I can remember one passage that particularly struck me. It ran something 56 this. "And I direct that $10,000 be 57 . to old William B, whom I have wished to help for many years, 58always put off doing so. " It 59 the last words of a dying man. But the story does not 60 there. When the lawyers came to 61 out the bequest (遗赠), they discovered that old William B had 62 , too, and so the
63deed was lost.
I felt rather 64 about that. It seemed to me a most regrettable 65 that William should not have had his $10,000 just 66 somebody kept putting 67 giving it to him. And from68accounts, William could have done with the 69 . But I am sure 70 there are thousands of kindly little deeds waiting to be 71 today, which are being put off" 72 later. " George Herbert, in praise of good intentions, 73 that "One of these days is better than 74 of these days. "
But I say that 75is better than all.
56. A. aboutB. forC. likeD. of
57. A. consumedB. paid C. cost D. devoted
58. A. but B. orC. still D. and
59. A. has been B. were C. is D. was
60. A. remain B. endC. finish D. appear
61. A. find B. point C. putD. carry
62. A. died B. disappearedC. escapedD. hidden
6a. A. invaluable B. identical C. good D. historic
64. A. exciting B. sorry C. faithfulD. happy
65. A. matters B. dream C. taskD. thing
66. A. because B. forC. as though D. till
67. A. off B. intoC. in D. on
68. A. every B. some C. any D. all
69. A. payment B. money C. regrets D. expense
70. A. whether B. ofC. that D. often
71. A. protected B. done C. made D. rewarded
72. A. untilB. still C. tooD. toward
73. A. implies B. marked C. regrets D. says
74. A. someB. any C. all D. none
75. A. Morning B. SpringC. Today D. Time