英语四级 2023年3月·第1套 Part III Section A 完形填空（选词填空）试卷排版
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真题卷第1套(2023-03) • 四级
Part III Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
It's a fantasy that goes back centuries: a message in a bottle, carried ashore from far-off lands. Authors, artists and children 26 have dreamed of such a gift from the sea.
This time, though, it's not a bottle that washes ashore. It's eggs—thousands of little toy eggs.
That's what happened on the German island of Langeoog this week.
Lying just off the North Sea coast, it found itself 27 by an invasion of colored plastic eggs—much to the 28 of local children, because the eggs contained toys.
Police 29 the eggs came from a freighter that lost part of its cargo during an unusually 30 storm, the worst to hit Germany's northeastern coast since 2006.
At any rate, what was lost has now been found by many of the community's littlest residents.
"The surprise eggs have found their way to freedom," said Mayor Uwe Garrels. However, the joy of the moment 31 off soon.
"At first I thought this was a wonder, because everything was so 32 , but then we realized that this is a huge 33 in the end," said the mayor. He also noted the plastic bags and other materials that have washed ashore on the island can cause serious problems for 34 .
Still, all these little eggs contained an extra treat with their toys. They 35 notes from afar.
There was just one problem for the German children who received them: They were written in Russian.
A)wore
B)wildlife
C)suspect
D)struck
E)similar
F)quantity
G)overthrown
H)mess
I)intense
J)human
K)effective
L)delight
M)colorful
N)bore
O)alike
选文出处：本文节选自《美国国家公共广播电台》2017年1月发表的一篇题为“On This German Island,the Breakers Bring Gifts Ashore: Thousands of Toys”的文章。