第二节完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并将选项的字母标号填入题前的答题表内。
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university．On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few   21 . On their faces was confidence. This was their   22   exam—then on to graduation and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they   23   get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt   24   and able to take control of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n） 25  task, as the professor had said they could bring   26  books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not   27  each other during the test.
28   they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles   29 on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed   30   the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the   31   faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?”   32   a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hand.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished   33  .”  But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I   34   ,” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are   35   many things about the   36   you don't know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common in    37     practice.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all   38  this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education had just   39   .”
The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the  40   he taught.
21. A. seconds           B. minutes          C. hours        D. days
22. A. only              B. first             C. very         D. last
23. A. would            B. must             C. had to       D. used to
24. A. glad             B. ready             C. sorry        D. nice
25. A. interesting        B. necessary          C. easy        D. unusual
26. A. no              B. either              C. any         D. some
27. A. listen to          B. look at             C. care for     D. talk to
28. A. Hardly           B. Happily            C. Quickly     D. Carefully
29. A. appeared         B. changed            C. failed       D. stopped
30. A. then             B. as                  C. before       D. after
31. A. pleased           B. worried           C. surprised         D. moved
32. A. Not             B. Once              C. Only            D. Even
33. A. all              B. none              C. one             D. it
34. A. wondered        B. enjoyed            C. hated           D. expected
35. A. even           B. already             C. so              D. still
36. A. exam          B. subject             C. question          D. college
37. A. every day      B.everyday’s           C. everyday         D. every a day
38. A. pass          B. fail                 C. take              D. start
39. A. begun         B. completed           C. failed            D. succeeded
40. A. subject         B. things              C. words           D. lessons

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