高考英语二轮专题复习突破完形填空55.doc

2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破：完形填空1.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。just when my twin sons, john and jack, were born, i was concerned about everything. five years later, our little girl, becky, 36 our family. i wanted everybody to be healthy and happy. i worked hard to see that they 37 .as the kids grew older, i worried about headaches, throat infections and many other 38 childhood illnesses. i didnt like it when the boys spent time “warming the bench ” during little league football games. i worried about becky when she 39 the ball while playing softball. before long, the teen years were upon us. i stayed 40 late at night waiting for the boys to return home. many times the 41 crossed my mind that i would call the police if they werent home on time. 42 , they always arrived home safe and sound 43 i had to take such measures.“please dont ever call the police,” one of the boys said when i 44 him after a late arrival.the day the boys moved away to college was a 45 day indeed. i worried about their being able to take care of themselves. would they starve?a few months after the boys left college, our 46 rang in the middle of the night. it startled （惊醒） us when we looked at the clock. it was 3 oclock in the morning.“ 47 must be wrong,” i shouted to my husband, roy, as we both jumped up. we ran to the door, opened it, and there 48 a police officer.“you need to 49 your sons,” he seriously announced. i picked up the telephone, but unfortunately, it was 50 . a line outside had been accidentally cut. roy and i jumped into the car and 51 to the nearest telephone. my stomach ached. my husband was 52 so badly that he could hardly dial the number.on the first 53 , john answered the telephone. “whats wrong?” roy shouted into the receiver （听筒）.“we were worried about you,” john told him. “weve been trying to call you all night, but you didnt 54 . we called the police and asked them to go and check on you.for the first time in their lives, the boys were worried about us. and they were the ones who 55 had to call the police.36acompletedbvisitedctesteddappreciated37adidbhadcweredwould38aseriousbcommoncunusualdincurable39ahitbthrewcgotdmissed40adownbupcoutdin41aplanbadvicecworrydthought42astrangelybprobablycluckilydexactly43aafterbwhencbeforedsince44athreatenedbtoldcsurpriseddreminded45anicebembarrassingchappydsad46aphonebclockcalarmddoorbell47asomethingbanythingceverythingdnothing48agreetedbstoodcturneddcame49acallbemailcseededucate50agonebuselesscdeaddstolen51arushedbheadedcwentdmoved52alookingbshakingcsufferingdseeing53anightbarrivalctrydring54atalkbanswercwakedcare55afrequentlybsuddenlycactuallydrarely2.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 the students at sandys high school were badly shaken by the news that a classmate had _36 himselfthe suicide note read: “its hard to 37 when nobody cares.”glen, a teacher, realized this was a 38 moment about the importance of making people feel _39 he asked his class to imagine they were about to _40 and to write a note telling someone how and why you _ 41 him or her.sandy, who had a 42_ relationship with her mother, decided to write her _43 . her letter read: weve had some 44_ times and i havent always been a very good _ 45 , but i know im lucky to have you in my life youre the _ 46_ person ive ever knownand even when i disagree with you, i never _ 47 _you love me and want whats best for methanks for not 48 up me.”when her mom read the note, she cried and hugged sandy 49 but said littlethe next morning, sandy found a 50 on her mirror: dearest sandy, i want you to know being your mother is, by far, the most important thing in my life 51_ i got your note , i thought i had lost your love and 52 . i felt like such a failurei intended to 53 it all last nightyour note saved my 54 .”be careful not to underestimate(低估) the 55 of expressed appreciation. it wont always save a life, but it will always make someones life better36a sacrificed b defeated c abandoned d killed 37a liveb imaginecstruggledthink38a sadb finalcteachabledgreat39a ashamedb valuedcexciteddscared40a die b failcretire dsurvive41amissb hatecadmiredappreciate42acloseb casualcbaddpersonal43aclassmateb momcfatherdteacher44afreeb delightfulcpleasantdrough45adaughterb studentcfrienddtrainer46abestb wisestcluckiestdbravest47atrustb doubtcconsiderdpredict48atakingb goingcgivingdlooking49acoldlyb hesitantlycshylydtightly50anoteb giftcnoticedreminder51asinceb untilcthoughdwhen52aconfidenceb couragecrespectdheart53aendb makecgetdfall54alifeb timecmoneydhonor55apush b pricecmeaningdpower3.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项。this is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. both of them were romantic at first, 21 on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.one day, she finally decided “i want to break up”. “why?” he asked.“i am 22 .” she answered.he kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep 23 . finally he asked, “what can i do to 24 your mind?”looking into his eyes she said, “answer my question. if you can 25 my heart, i will change my mind. lets say, i want a flower 26 on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your 27 . will you do it for me?”he said, “i will give you my 28 tomorrow.”she woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which 29 “my dear, i would not pick that flower for you, the 30 are ”“when you use the computer you always 31 the software, and you cry in front of the screen. i have to save my fingers so that i can help to restore the 32 . you always leave the house keys behind, thus i have to save my 33 to rush home to open the door for you. you love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) 34 city. i have to save my eyes to show you the way. you always 35 at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. i have to save my eyes 36 when we grow old, i can help to clip your nails and help to remove those 37 white hairs.”“thus, my dear, unless i am sure that there is someone who loves you 38 i do i could not pick that flower yet, and die ”thats life, and 39 . flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the 40 of the relationship. under all this, the pillar of true love stands. 21abutbandcordso22alonelybshamedctireddworried23aspacebthoughtcshadedimpression24aspeakbchangecblowdkeep25arepresentbexpandcadmitdconvince26agrowingbfallingclivingdwaiting27aattentionbsatisfactioncinterestddeath28aagreementbanswercannouncementdjudgment29awritesbinformscprintsdgoes30ameaningsbmessagescreasonsdpurposes31aturn upbput upcuse updmess up32astructuresbprogramscbalancedposition33alegsbpatiencecenergyddollars34aancientbnewcmoderndunderground35ashoutbjumpcknockdstare36aas ifbnow thatcso thatdin case37aannoyingbenjoyablecdustydamusing38aless thanbrather thancmore thandother than39adeterminationblovecprogressdpower40asurfacebwaycprinciplednature4.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。my mother always says that im born to dance balletbut that september when i was in a ballet 16 and went to do a turn，something just happened. i heard it and i surely 17 iti went right to a doctor and got an mri，which 18 a lot of damage to my knee-a(n) 19 injury for a danceri had to have a(n) 20 .everything had been going so well and now i had this huge injurydance was my life，but 21，i wasnt going to be able to do it for a year or possibly never againmy dad was really a big inspiration for me. he was22 a battle against cancer at that timehe showed me how to make it through a 23 situationi thought that if he could do that，i could handle this，too24 my operation，i had great difficulty walking，but i knew that if i really worked hard，my injury would 25 several months later, i definitely wasnt at my strongest，but i could 26 a class. the dancing i did was basic at first-27 that my knee could handleonce we started practicing in the fall，i was beginning to feel like myself againone day，i 28 the schedule and my name was next to eliot feldi thought it must be a(n) 29 because he is very famous in the ballet worldbut it wasnthe 30 me and taught me a lot of thingsat l8，i had a solo performance! it was a big 31i was so excited and felt like a real ballerinaafter the 32 ，eliot said，“you know, you have a giftand you are also made of 33that，coming from him，was the 34 compliment(赞美)i have ever receivedid like to think that 35 my injury made me strong16aclass bschool cteam dplay17atouched baccepted cbroke dfelt18apointed bsaid cread dshowed19anecessary bdeadly cpractical dimportant20aholiday bcry coperation dtest21ain time ball of a sudden cat present donce in a while22aleading bfighting closing dinventing23awonderful bdifficult cpositive dheavy24aafter bduring cat dover25amove bgo cheal ddie26aget through btake up cbreak into dset out27amoves bactivities cdamages dbreathes28astole bborrowed cfaced dchecked29amistake bopportunity cproblem dtask30aheld bobeyed cencouraged dreceived31asurprise bsecret csuccess dposition32aspeech bperformance ccompetition dmatch33amud bwood cgold dsteel34asimplest bdeepest cgreatest dsmartest35adealing with b1etting out csetting up dturning to5.b6.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的abcd四个选项中，选出合适填入对应空白处的最佳选项。whenever my kids have a party at school, i am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. its not because im 26 or that i dont care if my kids have a good party. i am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers. 27 , im happy to try, even though itll 28 me a long time to do it.people say that housewives should have the 29 to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and 30 every minute of their childs life. their words used to 31 me a lot. i felt that i should also be able to do those things as a housewife. so 32 i couldnt make the turkey-shaped cookies, i 33 feeling like a failure as a mom.after many 34 attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, i finally accepted the 35 that my lot(命运) in life is to be the juice box mom. i worked hard to be the 36 one in the elementary school. and after one of my daughters class parties, it 37 . her teacher stopped me as i was leaving and said,thank you so much for always bringing 38 drinks. sometimes parents forget that other children will also 39 class parties, and they end up being left out because we dont have enough 40 for everyone.i just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that i brought extra drinks because i could 41 remember how many kids were in the class. but her 42 taught me an important lesson: im not a failure as a mom.not everyone is cut out to be a(n) 43 mom. i believe its okay to be the juice box mom. i may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but i 4