题目内容：

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go into their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up      in the morning and reach     late in the evening.

One advantage of living outside London is       houses are      . Even a small flat in London  35  a garden      quite a lot of money to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of     own.

Then, in the country one can really get      from the noise and hurry of busy working life. Even though one has to     earlier and spends more time in trains or buses, one can sleep      at night and during weekends and     summer evenings, one can enjoy the     , clean air of the country. If one     gardens, one can spend one’s      time digging, planting, watering and doing a hundred jobs which          in the garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables     , one has the reward of a person       has the secrets of      .

Some people, however, take         in country things: for them,       lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live outside London.

1.A. at 8 o’clockB. early      C. earlier     D. earliest

2.A. home          B. family     C. flat       D. house

3.A. because       B. that       C. the       D. all

4.A. cleaner        B. nicer      C. bigger    D. cheaper

5.A. with           B. without   C. near    D. opposite

6.A. spends         B. costs      C. took    D. asks

7.A. it’s         B. it        C. one’s   D. their

8.A. out          B. far       C. away       D. absent

9.A. return home    B. get up    C. go to bed D. go to sleep

10.A. little        B. less       C. longer   D. better

11.A. on          B. for      C. at         D. by

12.A. cold        B. warm      C. fresh       D. pleasant

13.A. pleases      B. likes        C. wants  D. interests

14.A. day         B. rest         C. spare     D. whole

15.A. need        B. needed     C. are needing  D. are needed

16.A. come on     B. come to     C. come up     D. come over

17.A. who        B. whom      C. whose        D. which

18.A. mankind     B. society     C. science     D. nature

19.A. no interest  B. an interest C. much interest D. great interest

20.A. health       B. happiness     C. wealth      D. future