十月在職聯考英語考生想要做好英語完形填空，首先要詞匯過關，考生們可通過零散時間記憶詞匯，此種記憶方法更加牢固。如下是中國在職研究生招生信息網的老師提供的十月在職聯考英語完形填空經典練習題。

　　1.[ A]: Oh … um … do you mind if I smoke?

　　[B]: _________

　　[A]: Oh, I didn’t notice.

　　[B]: Mmm. There’s a sign on the door.

　　A. How long for?

　　B. Well, yes, actually — this is a no smoking compartment.

　　C. I don’t think I agree with you.

　　D. When exactly?

　　2. [A]: Susan, this is my boyfriend Sam.

　　[B]: __________

　　[C]: Nice to meet you, too.

　　A. You may only have one.

　　B. Yours is lovely, too.

　　C. Very well, thank you.

　　D. Oh, really? Nice to meet you.

　　3. [A]: Fine day, isn’t it?

　　[B]: Well, yeah, it’s beautiful.

　　[A]: You’re looking so nice.

　　[B]: ___________

　　A. Yes, I’m extremely well, thanks.

　　B. It’s very nice of you, and you are so beautiful.

　　C. Sorry to hear that.

　　D. Pretty good.

　　4. [A]: I’ve been on business trip abroad last month.

　　[B]: __________

　　[A]: Oh, pretty good, thanks. What about you?

　　[B]: Just can’t complain.

　　A. How’s everything going?

　　B. It’s very nice of you.

　　C. You’re kind to say so.

　　D. I’d love to.

　　5.[ A]: I have two tickets for tonight’s concert. Could you go with me?

　　[B]: I’d like to, but I’m busy tonight.

　　[A]: __________

　　A. All my work goes for nothing. B. What a pity. I’m sorry.

　　C. How could I do such a silly thing? D. Is it just as what you said?

　　Section B Dialogue Comprehension

　　Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the four choices given and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　6. Man: Mr. Brown asked me to tell you that he’s sorry, he can’t come to meet you in person. He’s really too busy to make the trip.

　　Woman: That’s OK. I’m glad you’ve come in his place.

　　Question: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　A. The man is late for the trip because he is busy.

　　B. The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person.

　　C. The man is meeting the woman on behalf of Mr. Brown.

　　D. The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.

　　7. Woman: So you finally listen to your wife’s advice and give up smoking.

　　Man: It was my doctor’s advice. I’m suffering from high blood pressure.

　　Question: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　A. The man no longer smokes.

　　B. The man is under pressure from his wife.

　　C. The man usually follows his wife’s advice.

　　D. The man refuses to listen to his doctor’s advice.

　　8. Man: Can I borrow your maths textbook? I lost mine on the bus.

　　Woman: You’ve asked the right person. I happen to have an extra copy.

　　Question: What does the woman mean?

　　A. She can find the right person to help the man.

　　B. She can help the man out.

　　C She’s also in need of a textbook.

　　D. She picked up the book from the bus floor.

　　9. Woman: You seem to pride yourself on having a lot of friends.

　　Man: That’s for sure. Everyone would be proud of having many friends.

　　Woman: But it’s a pity that most of them are fair-weather friends.

　　Man: What does that matter.? Isn’t that we need all kinds of friends?

　　Question: What do we know about the man’s friends?

　　A. They may not turn up in bad weather.

　　B. They may not be there when you need them.

　　C. They will come in good weather.

　　D. The man is on good terms with his fair-weather friends.

　　10. Man: The front tire is flat, and the seat needs to be raised.

　　Woman: Why not take it to Mr. Smith?

　　Question: What kind of work does Mr. Smith probably do?

　　A. He fixes bicycles. B. He raises sheep.

　　C. He sells chairs. D. He’s a gardener.

　　11. In the course of a day, students do far more than just _________ classes.

　　A. attend B. attended C. to attend D. attending

　　12. He resented ____________ to wait. He expected the minister_____ him at once.

　　A. to be asked, to see B. being asked, to see

　　C. to be asked, seeing D. being asked, seeing

　　13. If the building project ____________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.

　　A. being completed B. is completed

　　C. to be completed D. completed

　　14. This is one of the questions ___________ at the meeting next week.

　　A. discussed B. discussing

　　C. to be discussed D. being discussed

　　15. ___________, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.

　　A. Other things being equal B. Were other things equal

　　C. To be equal to other things D. Other things to be equal

　　16. They are going to have the serviceman ___________ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.

　　A. install B. to install

　　C. to be installed D. installed

　　17. Since both he and I work in the same hospital, I can hardly avoid _________ him.

　　A. being met B. meeting C. to be met D. to meet

　　18. The indoor swimming pool seems to be a great deal more luxurious than _____________.

　　A. is necessary B. being necessary

　　C. to be necessary D. it is necessary

　　19. What a lovely party! It’s worth ___________ all my life.

　　A. remembering B. to remember

　　C. to be remembered D. being remembered

　　20. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ___________ alone.

　　A. seen B. is seen

　　C. to be seen D. having been seen

　　21. He ____________ his old car for a new one as soon as he had won the prize.

　　A. replaced B. converted C. exchanged D. interchanged

　　22. He is a very _______________ character; he is never relaxed with strangers.

　　A. serf-confident B. self-conscious C. self-evident D. self-serving

　　23. You’ll find that the community has _____________ great changes since you were here last time.

　　A. submitted B. sustained C. perceived D. undergone

　　24. You don’t have to ___________ yourself. I think you did the right thing putting your mother in a nursing home.

　　A. justify B. hinder C. indulge D. appoint

　　25. If prisoners behave well they are allowed the ___________ of visiting their families at the weekend.

　　A. equality B. security C. privilege D. prestige

　　26. Despite his ____________ as a trouble-maker, he was promoted to department manger.

　　A. repetition B. repression C. reputation D. representation

　　27. It was obvious that she and her husband were ____________ and she wished she’d never married him.

　　A. insolvable B. insensible C. inseparable D. incompatible

　　28. The new law allows you to _____________ payment if you think a bill is incorrect.

　　A. withhold B. withdraw C. wither D. withstand

　　29. It was a real ___________ when Susan came back from her vacation and told us she had married a local waiter.

　　A. comfort B. shock C. attack D. impact

　　30. To celebrate the National Day, there was a ___________ fireworks display.

　　A. specific B. spectacular C. speculative D. specialistic

　　He is a rare celebrity scientist. He’s even had a TV cameo role (小角色) in Star Trek in which he plays poker with scientific icons (偶像) Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Yet when asked about comparisons between himself and the two scientists, he calls it all “media hype (炒作)” Once asked how he felt about being labeled the world’s smartest person, he responded: “It is very embarrassing. It is rubbish, just media hype. They just want a hero, and I fill the role model of a disabled genius. At least I am disabled, but I am no genius.”

　　Hawking has ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neuromuscular disease that progressively weakens muscle control. He gets around in a wheelchair, and after completely losing the use of his vocal chords in an operation to assist his breathing in 1985, he communicates through a computer. A speech synthesizer “speaks” for him after he punches in what he wants to say, selecting words in the computer software by pressing a switch with his hand. Unfortunately, it makes him sound like he has an American accent, he says.

　　Despite his humorous, self-effacing manner, Hawking is one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists. Many consider him to be the most brilliant since Einstein. Since 1979, he’s held the post of Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University — which was once held by Isaac Newton no less — and has twelve honorary degrees. He’s also a best-selling author. His book, A Brief History of Time, has been translated into 33 languages and has sold nine million copies.

　　For much of his academic life, Hawking has been among a group of theoretical physicists searching for a “theory of everything” — one unified scientific theory that explains the big cosmological questions like How did the universe begin? Why is the universe the way it is? and How will it end?

　　You are probably familiar with the existing theories, such as the Big Bang theory. However, these theories are inconsistent with each other. So Hawking — among a group of theoretical physicists—has been on a quest to come up with a theory of quantum (量子) gravity that would incorporate these theories—the theory of everything (TOE) — which would solve the problem of what caused the universe to start expanding.

　　How successful have the world’s leading cosmologists been? Hawking predicts we’ll have the TOE in the next 20 years.

　　31. From the first paragraph we can see that Hawking ______________.

　　A. is a very famous scientist

　　B. can be compared with Newton and Einstein

　　C. is a very good actor

　　D. has surpassed any scientists known in the world

　　32. In this passage, Hawking appears to be ____________.

　　A. silent and hard working B. humorous, modest and industrious

　　C. confident and proud D. diffident and shy

　　33. Why does Hawking communicate with others through a computer?

　　A. He is too weak to speak.

　　B. He is a computer addict.

　　C. An operation to help his breathing made him unable to pronounce.

　　D. His illness makes him unable to speak.

　　34. The leading theoretical physicists are searching for a “theory of everything” because ____________.

　　A. the existing theories are out of date

　　B. the theories are not enough

　　C. some of the theories are wrong

　　D. the existing theories are somewhat contradictory to each other

　　35. Hawking and his colleagues are working hard to try to find ____________.

　　A. a new theory to replace the Big Bang theory

　　B. a new theory to replace Einstein’s general theory of relativity

　　C. a theory that can incorporate the existing theories

　　D. an all-powerful theory that can explain everything in the world