2013年5月中考英语模拟试卷及答案江苏省泰州市

二、完形填空。(每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mr Bean, who is silly, awkward (笨拙的)    16    always funny and enjoyable, is a world-famous comedy character on TV and in movies. He makes people    17  

through a series of simple and funny acts   18   body languages. Rowan Atkinson is the   19  who plays Mr Bean. Mr Atkinson is quite    20   for playing Mr Bean. 

Rowan was born on January 6, 1955, and   21  his early years on the family farm with his mother, three older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe

 22   the value of television. For a time, he attended the same school as Tony Blair, who was two years older than him. At the age of 13, he    23   硕士学位) in electrical engineering. He was particularly   24  fast cars, of which he has a large collection. at Newcastle University where he had the highest marks in his year. At Oxford he got his Master’s degree (

Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly    25  some speaking problems he had in his childhood.

While he was still at primary school, Rowan had already shown great talent in

   26   . Although his teachers predicted (预言) a career in acting, Rowan was not confident    27    he met a group of talented people at university, and he realized this could be a career for him. Another important event    28   . One day in 1976, he was playing around and making faces   29   . He realized something. “I discovered my face,” he said later. John Lloyd, who worked for the BBC, says, “When I watched Mr

 

Atkinson act for the first time, I was    30   that he would be more famous than Chaplin.”

16. A. and                  B. or          C. but                  D. while

17. A. laugh                B. sing              C. cry                  D. dance

18. A. use            B. using            C. to use              D. to using

19. A. doctor              B. writer             C. actor          D. farmer

20. A. honest       B. friendly `     C. helpful            D. famous

21. A. cost                 B. took              C. paid          D. spent

22. A. in             B. on         C. at                    D. /

23. A. worked              B. studied            C. played        D. helped

24. A. good at              B. amazed at C. interested in       D. worried about