高考英语 完形填空精英训练题(14)

完形填空练习

You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t 1 carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a 2 and you’re telling the TV 3 what is happening.

It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very 4 . In the first two years of the 5 in former Yugoslavia (前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were 6 .What kind of people put themselves in danger to 7 pictures to our TV screens and 8 to our newspapers? Why do they do it?

“I think it’s every young journalist’s 9 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s 10 you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it 11 it is a war.”

But there are moments of 12 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets （子弹）are flying 13 your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling 14 after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be 15 .”

“None of us believes that we’re going to 16 ,” adds Michael .But he always 17 a lucky charm (护身符) with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 18 , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I 19 I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God 20 , because you know he doesn’t believe you.”

1. A. simply 2. A. crowd

B. really

C. merely

D. even

B. house C. battlefield

D. camera

3. A. producers 4. A. dangerous

B. viewers B. exciting

C. directors C. normal

D. actors D. disappointing

5. A. stay

B. fight

C. war

D. life D. saved

6. A. injured 7. A. bring 8. A. scenes 9. A. belief 10. A. why

B. buried

C. defeated

B. show

C. take

D. make

D. contents D. faith

B. passages B. dream

C. stories

C. duty

B. what

C. how

D. where

D. even

11. A. even so if

12. A. fear 13. A. into

B. ever since C. as if

B. surprise B. around

B. goes B. away

C. shame

D. sadness D. through

D. occurs

C. past

14. A. returns 15. A. there 16. A. leave 7. A. hangs 18. A. never

C. continues C. out

D. home

D. remain D. carries

D. seldom

B. escape

C. die

B. wears

C. holds

B. many times

C. some time

19. A. consider B. accept C. promise C. screaming

D. guess

D. crying

20. A. whispering B. laughing

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When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer (制酒人). He’d 1 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 2 had his father and grandfather before him. He didn’t want me 3 near a vat (酿酒用的桶) of beer.

So I did as he asked. I got good 4 , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that 5 me to study law and business at the same time. In my second year of grade school, I began to realize that I’d 6 done anything

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but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out. 7 , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t 8 till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.

I packed my stuff into a bus and headed to Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to 9 . I finished Harvard and got a highly paid job at the Boston Consulting Group. Still, after working there for five years, I 10 : Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50? At that time, Americans paid 11 money for beer in low quality. Why not make good beer for 12 ? I thought. I decided to give up my job to become a (n) 13 . When I told Dad, he was 14 , but in the end he 15 me. I called my beer Samuel Adams, 16 the brewer and patriot (爱国者) who helped to start the Boston Tea party. 17 I sold the beer direct to beer drinker to get 18 out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Samuel Adams Boston Lager (淡啤酒) won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined (注定) to be a brewer. My 19 to the young is simple: life is very 20 , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan. 1. A. costB. spentC. takeD. paid 2. A. likeB. as ifC. soD. nor

3. A. anywhereB. nowhere C. whereD. somewhere 4. A. resultB. teachers C. gradesD. work 5. A. promisedB. made C. advisedD. allowed 6. A. neverB. ever C. alwaysD. hardly

7. A. FortunatelyB. Obviously C. PossiblyD. Properly 8. A. expectB. thinkC. stopD. wait

9. A. schoolB. Colorado C. my homeD. my decision 10. A. realizedB. askedC. wonderedD. knew 11. A. lessB. littleC. goodD. lot

12. A. EnglishmenB. Europeans C. the worldD. Americans 13. A. lawyerB. brewer C. instructorD. engineer 14. A. surprisedB. satisfied C. interestedD. anxious 15. A. hatedB. supported C. raisedD. left

16. A. forB. atC. inD. after

17. A. ThereforeB. OtherwiseC. AlsoD. Yet 18. A. themB. the word C. teaD. the party 19. A. adviceB. life C. jobD. experience 20. A. hardB. busyC. shortD. long

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. 完形填空（记叙文）In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet (小鹦鹉) on my finger, I wanted to show Perky 1 the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird 2 out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my 3 , Perky flew off. The enormous (巨大的) , blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue 4 and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.

Kathy managed to 5 me. With fake optimism (乐观) , she even tried to reassure (安慰) me that Perky would find a new 6 . But I was far too clever to 7 that such a thing was possible.

Decades later, I watched my own 8 growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the 9 of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the 10 of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed (宣称) to 11 the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. 12 Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and 13 that the greatest pet of all time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

“The best thing 14 Sweetie Pie,” he said, “was the 15 we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just 16 down and landed on my finger.”

When I was finally able to 17 , we examined the amazing evidence (证据). The dates

and the locations and the pictures of the bird all 18 . It seems our two families had been 19 long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, “You were 20 ! Perky lived! ” 1. A. whatB. howC. whichD. where 2. A. foodB. nestC. friendD. family

3. A. joyB. horror C. disappointmentD. satisfaction 4. A. pleasureB. sadness C. treasureD. sense 5. A. forgiveB. comfort C. helpD. delight 6. A. parentB. home C. masterD. life 7. A. imagineB. suppose C. doubtD. believe 8. A. birdsB. happinessC. worriesD. children 9. A. parentsB. birdsC. interestsD. games 10. A. firstB. bestC. lastD. happiest 11. A. catchB. findC. buyD. have

12. A. SuddenlyB. Fortunately C. ThenD. However 13. A. announcedB. said C. toldD. hoped 14. A. inB. aboutC. ofD. on 15. A. dayB. placeC. wayD. story 16. A. floatedB. divedC. settledD. went 17. A. thinkB. speakC. interruptD. explain

18. A. came upB. turned up C. turned outD. matched up 19. A. knownB. fastened C. connectedD. introduced 20. A. rightB. wrongC. sillyD. mad

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处

的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Not long ago, I had a hard week at work 36 just kept popping up (出现) everywhere and I was struggling to keep from 37 my cool from all the stress. I felt like I was at the 38 point.

I made the trip across town to the store. After I 39, I realized I had left my purse with credit cards at home. 40, I had a small amount of cash in my pocket, so I 41 it, my coupon book (优惠券) and went inside. The store was really 42, but I just found what I needed and got in one of the lanes open, waiting for the cashier to 43 my goods. I waited and I waited, meanwhile my anger grew. I had a stressful day and all I wanted to do was go home, but I was 44 in the line.

Finally, I got to the front, only for them to not 45 my coupons. I was upset because I had used 46 coupons there before. No big 47, I would just pay in cash. Then the cashier rang it up and ― SHOCK! ― I was a little 48. Now I was mad at myself for forgetting my purse and only taking a small amount of cash. Without a credit card or anything else, I 49 my things and started to go back out to my car, wondering to myself why everything had 50 for me.

Just as I was headed out, an employee 51 me and said a lady in the 52 had paid the difference for me and left. Although the amount she paid was small, the act was 53. A stranger, whom I had never met, completely changed my attitude with her . Maybe next time I see someone having a 55 day, I’ll do the same as her. After all, you never know whose day you might change. 36. A. Problems 37. A. enjoying 38. A. freezing 39. A. adjusted 40. A. Finally 41. A. opened 42. A. quiet

B. Chances B. gaining B. boiling B. practiced B. Thankfully B. closed B. big

C. Stories C. losing C. turning C. returned C. Generally C. grabbed C. clean

D. Suggestions D. continuing D. beginning D. parked D. Gradually D. found D. busy

43. A. hand out 44. A. stuck 45. A. pay 46. A. extra 47. A. deal 48. A. afraid 49. A. made 52. A. room 50. A. ended 51. A. stopped 53. A. brave . A. intelligence 55. A. rough

B. check out B. served B. use B. different B. change B. short B. did B. corner B. failed B. recognized B. creative B. humor B. lonely

C. deliver C. followed C. accept C. ordinary C. difference C. confused C. collected C. line C. passed C. saw C. huge C. smile C. lucky

D. carry D. defeated D. fill D. similar D. surprise D. curious D. left D. company D. disappeared D. helped D. wise D. generosity D. simple

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has 36 for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online. 37 you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are 38 of a virtual community (虚拟社区).

\"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, 39 I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ,\" said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname (网名) used by a Senior 2 girl in China. \"Eighty per cent of my classmates use QQ 40 school.\"

QQ is the biggest messaging 41 in China. A record 4 million people used it

one Saturday night in October, 42 to Tencent, the company which developed QQ.

And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them. \"I log in (登陆) on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel 43 . I usually 44 about 10 hours chatting online every week,\" she said. \"But I rarely talk with 45 , especially boys or men.\"

Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making 46 with strangers online. \"You don't know 47 you're talking to. You should 48 be careful about who you trust online.\"

Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to 49 someone very well. Fox's Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a comic fan like 50 and they went to a comic show together.

However, not all teenagers have been so 51 . At the beginning of this year, a 17-year-old girl in Liaoning Province was raped after meeting a friend she had found on QQ. The criminals weren't 52 until last month.

A 16-year-old Beijing boy, known online as Bart Simon, dislikes QQ users. \"I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking 53 ,\" he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. But he spends little time chatting as he sees it as a of time and money. \"If you are really 55 to it, sometimes you just can't concentrate in class,\" he said. 36.A. improved 37.A. Whether 38.A. member 39.A. but 40.A. before 41.A. service 42.A. granting 43.A. sleepy 44.A. take 45.A. friends 46.A. relation

B. become B. If B. part B. while B. at B. product B. depending B. tired B. cost B. adults B. touch

C. changed C. When C. partner C. when C. after C. structure C. considering C. bored C. pay C. males C. contact

D. increased D. Unless D. number D still. D. since D. organization D. according D. busy D. spend D. strangers D. friends

47.A. who 48.A. often 49.A. know 50.A. herself 51.A. good 52.A. kept 53.A. uselessness .A. short 55.A. kept

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B. what B. usually B. recognize B. her B. fortunate B. held B. noise B. lack B. held

C. whose C. sometimes C. tell C. anybody else C. safely C. caught C. nonsense C. waste C. addicted

D. which D. always D. judge D. everyone D. healthy D. killed D. rubbish D. little D. stuck

36.C 37.A 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.C 44.D 45.D 46.D 47.A 48.D 49.A 50.A 51.B 52.C 53.C .C 55.C

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(2012·山东潍坊模拟)It’s a small gas station that has snacks，drinks，cigarettes，and candies.The young man behind the counter knows his __1__ by name and what they normally want to buy.He treats children and adults with equal __2__.He reads science fiction behind the counter when business is __3__.

One day，three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could，__4__ not intending to pay for it.He hit the “panic button” and then went over the counter and __5__ the front door.It was obvious they were homeless，and equally obvious that they weren’t going __6

7__ the food and

simply crowded together in panic—knowing the police were __8__ the way.

Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn’t have to steal if they were that __9__.“We have food in the back，expired(到期) but still __10__ to eat.If you need food，you __11__ have some.”

They were told to __12__ what they had dropped and put it back，then asked to straighten out the mess.They were doing just that __13__ the police arrived.The officers were

told the situation was under control and the police were no longer __14__. This wasn’t what they had __15__.They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong they’d done.Shocked，they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to clean up.

Soon three __16__ people walked out with all the __17__ their arms could hold.They were __18__ that，if they needed to come back again，they were to ask and not just grab.

And then the young man went back to reading until the next customer came in.He would be the __19__ person in the world to claim he was a hero.But he gave three people something they were in desperate need of—a __20bit of hope.

1．A.friends C．customers

B．neighbors D．passengers

解析：选C。根据语境“The young man behind the counter...”可知为customers。 2．A.respect C．wisdom

B．pride D．privilege

解析：选A。respect尊敬，敬意，pride骄傲，wisdom智慧，privilege特权。根据语境，respect更符合题意。 3．A.slow C．heavy

B．busy D．swift

解析：选A。根据语境“He reads science fiction behind the counter”可知应是生意不很忙的时候看一些科幻小说。故slow更符合题意。 4．A.bravely C．hardly

B．reasonably D．obviously

解析：选D。根据语境“...grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could”可知为obviously，显然地。 5．A.opened C．closed

B．locked D．broke

解析：选B。根据行文逻辑可以看出，有人来抢劫，肯定要报警并锁好前门阻止抢劫犯逃脱。故选locked。 6．A.nowhere C．anywhere

B．somewhere D．everywhere

解析：选C。根据下文“...simply crowded together in panic...”可知他们不能逃走。故选anywhere，任何地方。

7．A.hid C．swallowed

B．lifted D．dropped

解析：选D。根据下文“...what they had dropped”提示可以得知为dropped，扔掉。 8．A.in C．off

B．on D．by

解析：选B。on the way，在路上，即将到来。 9．A.anxious C．courageous

B．cautious D．hungry

解析：选D。根据上文他们抢食物的语境可知他们无家可归，是因为饥饿才抢食物。 10．A.safe

C．sweet

B．easy D．unique

解析：选A。根据本句语境“...expired(到期)but...”可知虽然到期，但吃起来还是安全的。 11．A.must C．should

B．can D．need

解析：选B。must必须，can可以，should应该，need需要。根据语境“如果他们需要，可以吃”，故选can。 12．A.hold up

C．pick up

B．hand out D．hand in

解析：选C。hold up举起，hand out分发，pick up拾起，捡起，hand in上交。 13．A.when

C．before

B．after D．since

解析：选A。根据本句语境可知为when，当来到的时候。 14．A.popular

C．reliable

B．necessary D．important

解析：选B。根据本句语境“the situation was under control”可知，情况得到控制，就不必要再做其他的事情了，故选necessary，必要的。 15．A.wanted

C．expected

B．desired D．admired

解析：选C。wanted需要，desired渴望，expected预料，admired敬佩，羡慕。 16．A.dirtier

C．cleverer

B．cleaner D．quicker

解析：选B。根据上一段“...and use the restroom to clean up”可知他们已经清洗干净。故选cleaner，更干净的。 17．A.money

B．cigarettes

C．drinks D．food

解析：选D。根据全文内容他们来的目的就是偷食物，因此带走也应是食物。 18．A.reminded

C．ordered

B．warned D．persuaded

解析：选A。remind提醒，warn警告，order命令，persuade劝说。 19．A.first

C．best

B．last D．worst

解析：选B。根据下一句中but一词可以得出他自己不会说自己是个英雄。 20．A.large

C．small

B．fair D．full

解析：选C。根据下文语境“...a little bit of hope”可知为a small amount of，少量的。