III. 完形填空 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从后面各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳一项。(每题2分，共40分。)

　　Mr.Hall was a rich businessman and lived in a big house beside a beautiful river.

　　Now，the river usually 31D over in a winter，and one year it 32 A this very early，so that by Christmas time it was covered with really 33 C ice.People could walk cross it easily.

　　The sight of this ice gave Mr.Hall an idea.He decided to 34 C a big Christmas party on the ice.He would have all the furniture (家具) in his living-room __35 B out on to the ice，he would have coloured lights A 36 all around，and they would have a wonderful party.So he B 37 all his important friends，and on Christmas Day they all began to A38 his house and then go down to the ice.They were all in very good D 39 and thought that it had been a wonderful idea of Mr.Hall to have a party on the ice.

　　The party 40 D until late at night，and as the last friends said their goodbyes.Mr. Hall congratulated himself on a very 41 D party.

　　He had drunk rather a lot during the day， 42C he did not wake up very early ___43 D morning. In fact, it was nearly midday when he 44A up and look out of the window at the scene (景象) of the _ 45B__ the day before. What he saw there made him 46 D whether he was still asleep. He closed his eyes, C _47 them again but there was no mistake! The ice had _ 48 A_ up during the night or in the early hours of this C 49 and had carried all his living-room furniture out to D 50 with it.

　　31. A. crossed B. dried C. filled D. froze

　　32. A. did B. made C. took D. was

　　33. A. beautiful B. deep C. thick D. thin

　　34. A. get B. go to C. have D. join

　　35. A. brought B. carried C. sold D. thrown

　　36. A. hang B. made C. put out D. show

　　37. A. hoped B. invited C. made D. sent

　　38. A. come to B. leave C. look for D. see

　　39. A. clothes B. health C. places D. spirits

　　40. A. finished B. got ready C. happened D. went on

　　41. A. big B. interesting C. new D. successful

　　42. A. and B. but C. so D. though

　　43. A. every B. in the C. last D. the next

　　44. A. got B. grew C. put D. went

　　45. A. park B. party C. street D. winter

　　46. A. believe B. consider C. know D. wonder

　　47. A. closed B. covered C. opened D. shut

　　48. A. broken B. come C. frozen D. grown

　　49. A. afternoon B. evening C. morning D. week

　　50. A. his house B. land C. the river D. the sea

　　参考答案

　　1、D 2、D 3、A 4、C 5、B

　　6、C 7、B 8、C 9、D 10、C

　　11、A 12、B 13、D 14、D 15、B

　　16、C 17、B 18、A 19、D 20、C

　　21、B 22、C 23、A 24、C 25、B

　　26、A 27、C 28、D 29、C 30、D

　　31、D 32、A 33、C 34、C 35、B

　　36、A 37、B 38、A 39、D 40、D

　　41、D 42、C 43、D 44、A 45、B

　　46、D 47、C 48、A 49、C 50、D