II．Read a passage with twenty blanks.Select one word from fo

II．Read a passage with twenty blanks.Select one word from four choices and fill in the blank.
One day,a woman from The Daily News called.She said she wanted to do a/an_1_ on me.When she had finished _2_ me for the article,she asked,“What are you planning to do next?”
Well,at the_3_,there was actually nothing I was planning on doing next,and what_4_ out was,“I’m thinking about_5_ the Guinness World Record for Fastest-Talking Female.”
\x05The newspaper article came out the next day,and the writer had included my_6_ about trying to break the World’s Fastest-Talking_7_ record.At about 5:00 p.m.that afternoon,I got a call from Larry King asking me to go on his _8_.They would pick me_9_ at 8:00,because they wanted me to do it that night!
\x05I_10_ the call for a while,and then I called Guinness to find out_11_ to break a fast-talking record.They told me I would have to recite something.I began _12_.I was both _13_ and excited at the same time.
\x05At 8:00,the car picked me up.I practiced the whole way there,and by the time I had reached the _14_,I was tongue-tied.I asked the woman in charge,“What _15_ I don’t break the record?”
“Larry doesn’t_16_ if you break it or not,” she said.“He just cares that you try it on his show.” So I asked myself,“What’s the_17_ that can happen?I’ll look like a fool on television!” Not a very_18_ thing,I told myself,thinking I could_19_ through that.And what if I broke the record?So I decided just to give it my best shot and I did.I broke the record,becoming the World’s Fastest-Talking Female_20_ speaking 585 words in one minute!
1.A) article B) experiment C) research D) study
2.A) studying B) interviewing C) calling D) praising
3.A) station B) university C) time D) century
4.A) thought B) give C) take D) came
5.A) setting B) breaking C) playing D) holding
6.A) gifts B) reports C) speeches D) remarks
7.A) Adult B) Kid C) Female D) Male
8.A) show B) stage C) movie D) book
9.A) out B) up C) down D) in
10.A) thought about B) stared at C) glanced at D) hang off
11.A) what B) whether C) when D) how
12.A) practicing B) singing C) learning D) reading
13.A) horrible B) tired C) nervous D) happy
14.A) studio B) classroom C) lab D) office
15.A) unless B) if C) though D) how
16.A) wonder B) consider C) care D) know
17.A) best B) most C) least D) worst
18.A) minor B) nice C) terrible D) ugly
19.A) read B) spend C) live D) travel
20.A) in B) on C) with D) by

以下是“原文”,你可以自己看答案.第10个空需要考虑一下,因为不能说 I stared at the call (应该是phone),建议选 a )
One day,Dinah Prince from the Daily News called and said she wanted to do an article on me.When she had finished interviewing me for the article,she asked,“What are you planning to do next?’ Next?Well at the time there was nothing I was planning on doing next,so I asked her what she meant,stalling for time.She said she really wanted to follow my career.Here was a woman from The Daily News telling me she was interested in me!So I thought I’d better tell her something.
What came out was,“I’m thinking about breaking the Guinness Book of World Records for the Fastest Talking Female.” The newspaper article came out the next day,and she included my parting remarks about trying to break the world’s Fastest-Talking Female record.At about 5:00 P.M.that afternoon,I got a call from CNN asking me to go on the Larry King Live Show.They wanted me to try to break the record.They told me they would send a limo to pick me up at 8:00.That was only three hours.They insisted because they wanted me to do it that same night!Talk about pressure.
Now,I had never heard of Larry King Live,and when I heard the woman say she was from the Manhattan Channel,I thought,“Hmmm that’s a porn channel,right?” She patiently assured me that it was a respectable national television show and that this was a one-time offer and opportunity - it was either that night or not at all.I stared at the phone.I had a gig that night in New Jersey,but it didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which of the two engagements I should do.
I told her I had to find a replacement for my 7:00 p.m.show.I started calling every comic I knew.By the grace of God,I finally found one who would fill in for me.With five minutes before the deadline,I told the producer of the Larry King Live Show I could make it.Then I sat down to figure out what on earth I was going to do on the show.I called Guinness to find out what the rules were to break a fast-talking record.They told me I would have to recite something from either Shakespeare or the Bible.Since Shakespeare and I never really got along,I figured my best best was the bible.I started reciting the ninety-first Psalm,a prayer for protection that my mom had taught me.I began practicing,over and over again,timing myself with a stopwatch to see how fast I could do it.As my speed increased,a rush of emotions came over me.I think I can do this!I was both nervous and excited at the same time.
At 8:00 p.m.the limousine picked me up.I practiced the whole way there,and by the time I reached the New York studio I felt as if my tongue was going to fall off.Just in case,I asked the producer,“What if I don’t break the record?’ She smiled and said,“Larry doesn’t care if you break it or not.He just cares that you try it on his show first.” So I asked myself,“Okay,Capo.What’s the worst thing that can happen?I’ll look like a fool on national television!I could live through that.Then I asked,“And what if I break the record?” Now that would be great.So I decided to give it my best shot,and I did.
I broke the record,becoming the World’s Fastest Talking Female by speaking 585 words in one minute in front of a national television audience.(I broke it again two years later,with 603 words per minute.) My career took off.
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