必修五Unit 5 First aid Using language课时作业

第一节、完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分, 满分30分)

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

　　Everyone has a wish to travel. But those who cannot do so themselves might find it 　1　 to work in a travel agency(旅行社), 　2　 journeys for other people. Brian Lawley does this, working in a small travel agency in an industrial city. Most of his work is concerned with 　3　, both at home and abroad. Every autumn the agency 　4　 hundreds of booklets(小册子)full of attractive, colored photographs, 　5　 the holidays that the customers will be able to have the next year. Soon, people begin to come into the office to 　6　 their holidays: perhaps a week's skiing in Australia in January, perhaps a seaside holiday in Spain in May, or a tour of North Africa. Brian often has to 　7　 people on what holidays will be 　8　 for them. And people always have a lot of 　9　. Last year, for example, a lady of eighty-two wanted to book for a 　10　 holiday in the Alps, and Brian had great difficulty in 　11　 her that it would not be suitable. In the end, she decided to go for a Mediterranean cruise(巡游)　12　.

　　Arranging journeys for people who have to travel 　13　 on business is often very 　14　, but Brian 　15　 his work. For example, last spring, Mr Perry, director of a local chemical firm, 　16　 a business trip, and Brian arranged it all for him. First, Mr Perry traveled to London by train, and stayed overnight in a hotel near the airport, because his plane 　17　 early the next morning. He flew to Frankfurt, where he 　18　 the morning discussing business. Then he went on by train to Zurich, and spent three days there 　19　 going on to America. He had business in Seattle, Chicago and New York, and then went home by train. The next day he telephoned the agency to 　20　 Brian for arranging everything so well for him.

1. A. boring　　B. hard　　C. interesting　D. burden

答案:C

解析:自身无法旅游的人会把在旅行社工作看作是一种乐趣。

2. A. arranging B. taking C. making D. creating