完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers". You may think that this is rather 36 , and it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be as 37 as people of any other occupation, though we must 38 that their job is not a 39 one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are 40 .We are likely to forget their 41 .Our dustbins are 42 regularly, but we 43 stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to 44 the rubbish, the general 45 soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages.
During the first few days it was regarded as a 46 .But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so 47 any more. 48 the strike continued, people could not 49 the hills of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to 50 it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was 51 high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a(n) 52 attraction that the people of London were not at all 53 to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people appreciate the work of 54 dustmen rather
more 55 and won't take them for granted any more.
A.clever B.silly C.interesting D.reasonable
A.sensitive B.careless D.shy
A.realize B.believe C.know D.admit
A.necessary B.difficult C.romantic D.heavy
A.away B.up C.down D.in
A.existence B.presence C.absence D.performance
A.cleaned B.filled C.emptied D.burned
A.generally B.frequently C.sometimes D.seldom
A.take away B.take off C.take up D.take on
A.society B.citizen C.public D.community
A.trick B.joke C.trouble D.show
A.pleasing B.excited C.stupid D.funny
A.When B.While C.As D.Because
A.bear B.contain C.manage D.control
A.keep off B.give up C.take care of D.get rid of
A.crowded B.piled C.fixed D.put
A.business B.industrial C.tourist D.agricultural
A.disappointed B.serious C.nervous D.happy
A.its B.her C.his D.their
A.highly B.eagerly C.lowly D.entirely