名著黑布林A Christmas Carol《圣诞颂歌》阅读试题（含答案）.docx

A Christmas Carol 一、完形填空 Scrooge lived in Jacob Marley's old apartment.It was very rundown.And it was so gloomy that ____1____else wanted to live there.The rest of the rooms were offices.____2____,the fog and frost hung over the black gateway to the house.And the yard was so dark that Scrooge had to feel his way along with his_____3_____.There was nothing strange about the knocker on the ____4____ of the house.Scrooge saw it every night and every morning.____5____ tonight,when Scrooge put his key in the lock,he saw Marley's face instead of the_____6_______.It was definitely Marley's face._____7______ stared at the face.And it became a knocker again. Scrooge was _____8_____ but he put his hand on the key again.He quickly____9____it.Then he walked inside and lit a candle.After that he closed the door with a bang.The sound echoed through the house like thunder.But Scrooge was not frightened by echoes.He ____10____ the door and walked across the hall and slowly up the stairs.It was very ____11____ because Scrooge only had a candle.But darkness didn't worry Scrooge.Darkness is____12_____,and Scrooge liked cheap things.But before he shut the heavy door of his apartment,he looked in every room.There was nobody in the sitting room or the bedroom.Scrooge closed his door,and then locked it,Then he took off his cravat and put on his dressing-gown and_____13_____. Finally he sat down in front of the fire to eat his gruel.Suddenly he heard a loud clanking ____14_____. It came from downstairs.Somebody was pulling a heavy chain over the barrels in the wine merchant's cellar. The cellar door flew open with a bang.Then the clanking sound became much____ 15____.It came up the stairs.It was coming straight towards his door. 1.A.somebody B.anybody C.everybody D.nobody 2.A.That day B.That evening C.That morning D.This day 3.A.hands B.eyes C.arms D.legs 4.A.door B.window C.gatewa