高中英语其他体裁阅读完型填空

How should one invest (投资) a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)?   31   (leave) in a bank it’ll hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man,  32  a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock (股票) Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways   33   (protect) your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects   34   the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks,   35   I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder   36   a being from another planet report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth   37   (rule) by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face   38   twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it   39   (fast) its young around people’s wrists so that everywhere men go   40   are still under control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.”

他因身体差不得不退休.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l-40的相应位置上。
Traditional Chinese culture places much emphasis（重视）on food. Considered to be an important part of each day,  __31 __(eat) is far beyond simply meeting a need. However, people are living in fast-paced society now, so they hardly have time to enjoy their food. They need fast food. That is _32_ China’s fast-food market expands.
A foreign fast-food restaurant __33__（call）KFC arrived in China first, quickly followed by _34_ such as Pizza Hut and McDonald’s. __35__ the development of China, foreign fast-food chains are realizing high-speed __36__ (grow) in China. However, these “junk foods” have long been criticized by health experts because __37__ can’t provide balanced nutrition(营养). The experts also show that some foreign fast food contains a food colouring, Sudan I , __38___can cause cancer.
In fact, China has many of its own traditional fast-food dishes. Among them, dumplings, soybean milk and noodles are __39__ most popular. Compared with foreign fast food, those traditional ones are healthier. __40__ many Chinese still enjoy the special taste and the good environment in the foreign fast-food chains even though there exist some potential（潜在的）risks.

So   1   do people travel those distances that are too far to walk? They use public transportation. If you ride the subway or bus   2  you live, you can appreciate some of the benefits of public transportation. With many people           3       (share) one bus or train, there is less traffic and, more  4   （importance）, less pollution.
Which of the types of mass transit   5   (describe) below are you familiar with? If a regular bus can hold       dozens of people, imagine what a bus   6            (two) the size can hold! In Great Britain, there are many buses that are known as double-deckers (cars with two floors).
Buses in Haiti are often very crowded. It’s not   7   (common) for passengers to actually sit on the rooftops. Buses are sometimes called “tap-taps”, because the    8    (ride) on the roof tap（敲击）when they want to be dropped off.
Many large cities around the world take advantage of the space beneath the streets and run underground trains. People in Paris, Mexico City and Tokyo may use the subway system to get to school, to work, or to visit friends in other    9               (neighbor). Both the Japanese and French have developed       High-speed trains to link various cities. While electric trains in North America average 130 kph, the French TGV (high-speed-train) is the world’s fastest,  10  (average) over 270 kph!