完形填空(共20小題；每小題I. 5分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空内处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home from the village, where he had 21 to buy what he needed 22 his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to 23 ,when he would bring out his gold. Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was 24 for him. And it would 25 him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it 26 over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all 27 about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door 28 . He could not imagine that a thief would 29 his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry (釆石场). When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice 30 anything was different. He 31 his wet coat, and pushed the meat 32 the fire. 33 he was warm again, he began to think about his gold. It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at. 34 he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking. But when he 35 the floorboards near the loom (织布机)，and saw the 36 hole ,he did not understand 37 . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was 38 ！ He put his hands to his head and tried to think. Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He 39 every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth 一 his gold had been 40 ！ 小题1: A．arrived B．been C．left D．gone 小题2: A．to B．in C．for D．with 小题3: A．holiday B．home C．supper-time D．meat 小题4: A．ordinary B．unusuall C．normal D．common 小题5:A. pay       B.spend    C take       D. cost 小题6: A．boiling B．cooking C．smoking D．making 小题7: A．interesting B．worried C．interested D．worrying 小题8: A．unlocked B．uncovered C．discovered D．locked 小题9: A．go B．lead C．find D．lose 小题10: A．whether B．that C．because D．as 小题11: A．turned off B．threw into C．threw off D．got off 小题12: A．away from B．farther on C．on to D．closer to 小题13: A．As soon as B．As well as C．As far as D．As long as 小题14: A．But B．As C．So D．For 小题15: A．took down B．took off C．took over D．took up 小题16: A．dark B．empty C．small D．deep 小题17: A．at last B．at once C．at most D．at least 小题18: A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything 小题19: A．searched B．gathered C．researched D．found 小题20: A．Gone B．missing C．lost D．stolen