湖南省高考英语考前最后押题 完形填空专练Ⅰ（含答案）(1).doc

完形填空专练（一）（1）a rich man once opened a theater. he gave a(n) 1 that he would reward whoever invented a new amusement. various public performers went for the 2 . among them came a clown well known for his jokes. he said he had a kind of entertainment that had never been brought out on any stage before. his words 3 people around, and the theater was soon crowded. the clown appeared alone upon the stage, without any instrument or partner, and there was a complete 4 . he suddenly bent his head and imitated (模仿) the sound of a little pig so 5 that the audience declared he had a little pig under his coat, and demanded it should be shaken out. when that was done and nothing was 6 , they cheered the actor. a countryman, observing all this, said, “he cannot 7 me at that trick!” he announced he would do the same thing the next day, in a much more 8 way. the next day, an even larger crowd gathered in the theater, but most of them came rather to 9 the countryman than to see his performance. the clown performed first, and obtained, as the day before, the 10 . now it was the countrymans turn. he hid a little pig under his clothes, which was not found by the audience, and pulled its ear to cause it to scream. the crowd, 11 , agreed that the clown had given a far more exact imitation, and asked the countryman to be kicked out. on this, the countryman brought out the little pig from his coat and showed that all of them were 12 .“look here,” he said. “this shows what sort of judges you are.” 1. a. cause b. answer c. notice d. plan 2. a. surprise b. power c. knowledge d. prize 3. a. puzzled b. excited c. amused d. satisfied 4. a. silence b. anger c. danger d. worry 5. a. strangely b. anxiously c. seriously d. vividly 6. a. filled b. felt c. found d. delivered 7. a. beat b. move c. direct d. cheat 8. a. reasonable b. natural c. familiar d. acceptable 9. a. talk about b. attend to c. laugh at d. search for 10. a. gifts b. cheers c. medals d. smiles11. a. therefore b. otherwise c. besides d. however 12. a. rude b. poor c. wrong d. impatient （2）i remember reading a story once about a man who was exploring some caves by the seashore. in one of the caves he found a bag with many hardened clay balls. it seemed that someone had rolled up those clay balls and 1 them out in the sun to bake. they didnt look nice and 2 , but they attracted the man so he took the bag out of the cave with him.as he walked along the beach, to 3 the time, he threw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. he thought little about it until he 4 one of the balls and it cracked open on a rock. inside was a beautiful, precious stone. 5 , the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. each contained a similar 6 . he found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in about 20 clay balls he had left, then a(n) 7 came into his mind.he had been on the 8 for a long time. he had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden jewels into the ocean. instead of thousands of dollars, he could have had tens of thousands, but he just threw them all away. 9 , sometimes we also treat people in this way. we look at a person, maybe even ourselves, and we pay attention to his external (外部的) “clay container”. his appearance isnt always beautiful or sparkling, so we 10 him; we consider that person as less 11 than someone more beautiful or stylish or well-known or wealthy. but we have not taken the 12 to find the treasure hidden inside that person. 1. a. sent b. picked c. leftd. worked 2. a. tasty b. valuable c. healthy d. famous 3. a. enjoy b. setc. check d. pass 4. a. examined b. tasted c. appreciated d. dropped 5. a. puzzled b. excitedc. amused d. scared 6. a. price b. ballc. secret d. jewel 7. a. thoughtb. dream c. image d. challenge 8. a. mountain b. rock c. boat d. beach 9. a. actually b. suddenly c. finally d. especially10. a. ignore b. remove c. hurt d. select 11. a. attractive b. importantc. expensive d. active 12. a. responsibilityb. advantage c. timed. duty （3）i grew up with an alcoholic stepfather. there were lots of moments when he would 1 us boys and my mother. many times we ran away from home out of 2 and slept over outside. it all started when i was about 2 years old, right through to my early twenties. im the eldest among four boys. im 3 that though each of us is scarred, we are still strong. none of us abuse alcohol. at some point in my late twenties i forgave my stepfather in my heart, not directly. none of my brothers forgave him. they 4 him, yet still talked to him. i felt the most sorry for my mother because after all these years, they were still together. a month ago, i came to visit my parents. they were having financial difficulties and i 5 he was going to start again. normally my dad is home in time for supper after closing his business. he came home late at 11 pm that night, completely 6 . i was the only one still awake and for some reason didnt go to bed. i felt i had to 7 and for once in my life, be protective towards my 8 . talking to me, he was swearing (咒骂) at my mother and my brothers, saying tonight he would beat everybody up. i just listened and watched him expressing his 9 . then it happened. a moment i thought would 10 happen. he started crying , admitting his fault. i felt happy that night that i managed not only to calm him down, but to get him to open his heart and 11 forgiveness. it does not change the past, which we went through. the 12 has not happened yet and we only have today to make the best of our lives. 1. a. blame b. cheat c. beat d. teach 2. a. pity b. curiosity c. shame d. fear 3. a. sorry b. thankful c. doubtful d. anxious 4. a. hated b. missed c. scolded d. persuaded 5. a. agreed b. knew c. reported d. declared 6. a. confused b. excited c. asleep d. drunk 7. a. disappear b. wait c. escape d. stop 8. a. friend b. sister c. mother d. stepfather 9. a. doubt b. disappointmentc. sympathy d. anger 10. a. ever b. never c. often d. sometimes 11. a. build up b. carry out c. look over d. ask for12. a. accident b. fight c. future d. present （4）one day, a man was walking in his garden and he found a cocoon (茧). as he watched the cocoon, he 1 a small opening appear. he sat and watched the cocoon for several hours as it 2 to force its body through the little hole. after some time, it seemed to stop making any 3 . it appeared as if it had got as far as it could and could go no further. the man was so 4 to see the butterfly that he decided to help it. using his hands he opened the cocoon large enough for the butterfly to 5 . he thought to himself, “what a great thing ive done for this butterfly. it would surely 6 if i were not here to help.”he watched the butterfly 7 get out from the cocoon. but the butterfly had a swollen body and small, shriveled (皱缩的) wings. the man continued to watch. he expected that, at any moment, the wings would expand to be able to 8 its body. in time, he thought the butterfly would be as beautiful as other butterflies in the garden. to his 9 , neither happened! in fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its 10 crawling (爬行) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. it never was able to fly. what the man did not understand was that the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny 11 was natures way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its 12 from the cocoon. the butterfly needed the struggle to free itself from the cocoon. 1. a. made b. noticed c. had d. let 2. a. asked b. offered c. promised d. struggled 3. a. effort b. sense c. progress d. difference 4. a. anxious b. happy c. sorry d. lucky 5. a. turn over b. slide out c. stand up d. stay on 6. a. die b. fall c. escape d. return 7. a. hardly b. carelessly c. easily d. nearly 8. a. warm b. support c. reduce d. protect 9. a. relief b. shame c. joy d. surprise 10. a. year b. life c. weekend d. season 11. a. body b. window c. opening d. pool 12. a. harmony b. power c. balance d. freedom （5）i work at a financial institution. and i know that there are few experiences more 1 and difficult than not being able to withdraw the money you need from an account, especially in terrible circumstances. one day, a 2 of our credit union came in needing to withdraw 15 dollars. 3 , a transaction had just cleared that prevented access to her account and she didnt have the money necessary to make a withdrawal. the tellers (出纳员) who were assisting her signed her in to 4 with me. she explained to me that the money she needed was just to purchase some 5 for someone in her family. she had a lovely little boy with her. wanting to do what i could, i told her to 6 in my office while i went out and looked into the matter. outside, i went to the nearest teller and gave her a withdrawal slip (取款单) from my own 7 for 15 dollars. she looked at me in great surprise and asked me, “are you 8 ?” “yes maam,” i said.back in the office, i looked at the woman and told her that i wanted to 9 , and presented her with the 15 dollars. “please take this,” i said. the woman began to 10 , and told me between her tears that the medicine was for a baby boy she had adopted from a drug addicted family member. the baby 11 a serious disease and had been without his medicine for two days. touched by her openness, i told her that all i could ask was for her to pass it on. you 12 know when good things will come. 1. a. interesting b. frustrating c. wonderful d. valuable 2. a. colleague b. worker c. member d. leader 3. a. suddenly b. finally c. naturally d. unfortunately 4. a. work b. speak c. play d. deal 5. a. medicine b. food c. clothes d. toys 6. a. live b. appear c. sleep d. stay 7. a. wallet b. bag c. account d. drawer 8. a. sure b. fine c. nervous d. sick 9. a. try b. leave c. help d. show10. a. laugh b. shout c. cry d. sing11. a. found out b. suffered fromc. cared about d. looked over12. a. almost b. still c. always d. never（6）every year, under our familys christmas tree is a small box wrapped in silver foil (箔). and we are all more 1 to open that gift than to open any other present. the first time the box appeared was when jack was seven and katie was fifteen. i love giving at christmastime, 2 to my family. but as a parent, wasnt it also my 3 to teach my kids why we give on christmas? inspiration struck me when tim, my husband, and i 4 an organization that helped those in need. we used to choose a goat to give to a family in a poor country. that night, we passed around a list from the organization and made a deal with the kids. each one of us would give something to the family. “every time we make a donation, well write it down, put it into an old jewelry box and 5 it in foil. then well put it under the tree,” i said. over the next few weeks, the kids got 6 . i opened the pieces of paper inside the box on christmas morning. jack and katie sat quietly beside the tree and beamed (眉开眼笑) with each gift i 7 the perfect birthday present on christmas.filling that foil box has been our christmas 8 ever since. last year, jack, who was 9 his money for an ipod touch, donated half of his savings to buy mosquito nets to help prevent the deadly 10 of malaria (疟疾) in developing countries. katie 11 him by giving money to a water-filter project in africa.that small foil box has changed our christmas. it always 12 us to remember the greatest gift of all on christmas. 1. a. eagerb. unwilling c. upset d. afraid 2. a. especiallyb. speciallyc. plainlyd. previously 3. a. faultb. responsibilityc. dreamd. failure 4. a. set up b. put forwardc. joined ind. left out 5. a. clean b. throw c. opend. wrap 6. a. quietb. busyc. worried d. serious 7. a. gaveb. receivedc. readd. wrote 8. a. success b. goal c. honord. tradition 9. a. hiding b. spendingc. earningd. saving10. a. disappearance b. treatmentc. spreadd. resistance11. a. beatb. matchedc. hated d. doubted 12. a. remindsb. forcesc. forbids d. warns （7）a monkey named red face lived in a tree by the side of a river. the tree was an apple tree and the apples it 1 were very sweet.once a crocodile named ugly mug swam onto land and red face threw apples to him, asking him to 2 them. ugly mug started coming every day and soon they became good friends. ugly mug sometimes took some 3 to his wife. his wife asked him where he got the apples. ugly mug told about his friend. the wife was 4 and pleaded (恳求) with ugly mug for the monkeys heart to eat, thinking the monkey who gave them such tasty fruit must have a heart filled with nectar (甘露). ugly mug was 5 and did not agree. but she then insisted on not eating anything until he brought her the heart. out of desperation, ugly mug started making plans for killing his friend.he came back on land and invited red face to dinner, saying that his wife would be very excited to 6 him at their home. red face believed the 7 and asked how he could go across the river to reach ugly mugs house on the other side. ugly mug then offered to carry him on his back and the monkey 8 .in the center of the river, ugly mug dived deep into the river to 9 the monkey. red face was frightened and asked the crocodile why he was doing that. ugly mug told him that his wife wanted to eat his heart filled with nectar. the monkey 10 told the crocodile that he had left his another heart full of nectar in the tree. the foolish crocodile then swam back but the terrified monkey jumped up the tree and never 11 . then the monkey told ugly mug that he had only one heart and that he had been fooled and scolded him for misusing their 12 . 1. a. measured b. decreased c. lost d. produced 2. a. divide b. recycle c. taste d. store 3. a. fruit b. meat c. fishes d. shells 4. a. polite b. greedy c. particular d. rude 5. a. annoyed b. tired c. discouraged d. amused 6. a. carry b. eat c. arrest d. have 7. a. theory b. story c. evidence d. result 8. a. refused b. hesitated c. agreed d. admitted 9. a. punish b. kill c. scold d. hurt 10. a. probably b. frequently c. immediately d. lately 11. a. returned b. listened c. promised d. struggled12. a. skill b. wealth c. power d. friendship（8）no matter what happens, attitude decides everything. a good attitude can open doors of opportunity you 1 consider possible. a positive and optimistic attitude can bring you a job offer. it can attract the mate youve been waiting for. it can bring 2 into your life that will be there for a lifetime. people will be drawn to or repelled (驱逐) by you because of your 3 more than anything else. i received this story from a friend and i feel it 4 the importance of attitude. there once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the 5 , and noticed she had only th