III Cloze (30 points)

　　Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.

　　I went there in 1948, no local planes in those days, so I made the trip by bus. It was a thousand kilometers long and it took twenty hours. I sat by a fellow about my own age, 24. He said his name was Karl Packer, but he told me 21 anything else. He disappointed me because he had so little to say. No opinions, no memories, no tales to 22 . Had his home, his life, the war and so on 23 no mark at all on him? It was very puzzling. I was glad when the pillows were ___24 , and I could politely try to sleep. I 25 _ I would never meet him again. The next time I went to Fairbum was in 1974. By air, of course. The president was going to “open” the new town, 26 had taken twenty-six years to be built. I sat next to a man of about fifty, whose face was a book. I guessed he had something 27 to tell me.

　　The face was rough, brown and lined. There were 28 of worry and of fear perhaps, two old scars. But 29 them, and stronger, I saw success and power. I guessed he was the boss of 30 .Perhaps he hadn’t expected it big or hadn’t wanted it.

　　He had done it well, no doubt. The thing had clearly 31 him the power of decision, 32 . We started to talk…The next two hours were for me the most interesting and exciting that I remembered. I did not give a quarter as good as I got. He kept me 33 , open mouthed with wonder. Our plane landed at Fairbum. I 34 his hand and thanked him for making the journey so pleasant. I told him my name. “The 35 was mine,” he said, “I was Chief Engineer here at Fairbum until last year. I built the new town. Karl Packer is the name. Haven’t we met before somewhere?”

　　21. A. hardly B. almost C. nearly D. mostly

　　22. A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk

　　23. A. kept B. stayed C. remained D. left

　　24. A. set out B. given up C. given out D. sent off

　　25. A. hoped B. considered C. imagined D. dreamed

　　26. A. it B. that C. which D. this

　　27. A. good B. bad C. wrong D. old

　　28. A. lots B. stories C. lines D. places

　　29. A. on B. above C. over D. in

　　30. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

　　31. A. taught B. offered C. gave D. showed

　　32. A. command B. obey C. conclusion D. invention

　　33. A. still B. busy C. quiet D. calm

　　34. A. snatched B. shook C. seized D. caught

　　35. A thank B. happiness C. excitement D. pleasure