IV．完形填空（共15小题，计15分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time 26 did not like their students to 27 with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak （漏） and it is 28 to spill （溢出） the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.

Ladislao Biro 29 for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day 30 his desk. Day in and day out， he corrected 31 of thin， cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to 32 his pen and it did not write 33 on the thin paper. He and his brother George 34 some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak， with ink that did not spill. Why not 35 a little ball at the end？

Two Englishmen， Henry Martin and Frederick Miles， liked the 36 。 It was the 37 of the Second World War. The Air Force （空军） 38 a non-leak， non-spill pen for the men to write with in 39 。 Martin and Miles made and 40 many thousands of Biro “writing-sticks” to the Air Force.

26. A. factories B. schools C. chops D. restaurants

27. A. play B. write C. come D. meet

28. A. easy B. hard C. free D. popular

29. A. left B. waited C. looked D. worked

30. A. on B. near C. at D. in

31. A. mistakes B. books C. pages D. diaries

32. A. mend B. fill C. brush D. change

33. A. well B. down C. out D. up

34. A. kept B. finished C. began D. studied

35. A. find B. wear C. grow D. use

36. A. matter B. result C. meaning D. idea

37. A. day B. time C. break D. year

38. A. bought B. took C. needed D. preferred

39. A. planes B. ships C. trains D. buses

40. A. sold B. lent C. moved D. passed

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