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关于成人高考的英语完型填空一(5)

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2006年08月24日

摘要：　　Passage 1 　　If you judge by the number of people who go to see the games and by the number of those who actually play it， basketball is probably the most popular sport in the United States today. It is mainly __1__ indoor game， and the season extend

em told interesting stories about finding pearls and other valuable things inside fish.

　　An old gentleman， __2__ had listened quietly to their conversation， rose and said： “I've heard all your stories， and now I'll tell you __3__. When I was a young man I was working in a large importing company in New York. Before long， I __4__ in love with a pretty young girl. Very soon we were engaged. But just two months before our marriage， I was suddenly sent to Birmingham on very important business. I left my sweetheart， __5__ to write to her.”

　　“I was obliged to staying in Birmingham longer than I had __6__. __7__ last my work was done， and just before I left for home， I bought a beautiful and very expensive diamond ring， intending to give it to my sweetheart.”

　　“On my way to New York， I was looking through the morning newspaper when I saw an announcement of my sweetheart's marriage with another man. This made me so angry __8__ I threw the ring overboard （向船外）。 A few days __9__ when I was ea