高考英语二轮专题复习突破完形填空33.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，然后从短文后所给的四个选项(a、b、c、d)中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。several years ago, while attending a communication course, i experienced a most unusual process. the instructor asked us to list _36_ in our past that we felt _37_ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.this seemed like a very _38_ process, but there s always some _39_ soul in the crowd who will volunteer. the instructor then _40_ that we find ways to _41_ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. i was seriously wondering how this could ever _42_ my communication.then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “making my _43_, i remembered an incident from high school. i grew up in a small town. there was a sheriff _44_ of us kids liked. one night, my two buddies and i decided to play a _45_ on him.after drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: sheriff brown is a sob.(畜生). the next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious _46_. within two hours, sheriff brown had us in his office. my friends told the truth but i lied. no one _47_ found out.”“nearly 20 years later, sheriff browns name _48_ on my list. i didnt even know if he was still _49_. last weekend, i dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a roger brown still listed. i tried his number. after a few _50_, i heard, “hello?” i said, “sheriff brown?” paused. “yes.” “well, this is jimmy calkins.”“and i want you to know that i did it？”paused. “i knew it!” he yelled back. we had a good laugh and a _51_ discussion. his closing words were: “jimmy, i always felt bad for you _52_ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it _53_ all these years. i want to thank you for calling me.for your sake.”jimmy inspired me to _54_ all 101 items on my list within two years, and i always remember what i learned from the course: its never too late to _55_ the past wrong doings.36. a. something b. anything c. somebody d. anybody37. a. ashamed b. afraid c. sure d. proud38. a. private b. secret c. interesting d. funny39. a. foolish b. polite c. simple d. brave40. a. expected b. suggested c. ordered d. demanded41. a. connect with b. depend on c. make apologise to d. get along with42. a. improve b. continue c. realize d. keep43. a. notes b. list c. plan d. stories44. a. any b. most c. none d. all45. a. part b. game c. trick d. record46. a. view b. sign c. attention d. remark47. a. also b. even c. still d. ever48. a. appears b. considers c. presents d. remembers49. a. angry b. happy c. doubtful d. alive50. a. words b. rings c. repeats d. calls51. a. cold b. plain c. nervous d. lively52. a. in case b. so long as c. unless d. because53. a. around b. out c. on d. away54. a. build up b. make up c. clear up d. give up55. a. regret b. forgive c. right d. punish2.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。“a” for attitudeenglish was always my favorite subject. in my freshman year of high school, i could write a killer composition. in my second year, my 36 _ allowed me to give spelling tests to the class. i had wonderful 37 _ of my junior year. mrs. alexander 38 _ me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. only my senior english class was 39 _ , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. every student received a “c” or “d” grade the first quarter. 40 _ english was still my subject.i graduated from high school, 41 _early and had children. confident about my english, i often helped my kids with their english homework. and i 42 _ long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. fifteen years later, i went to college, and because i had been an a student, i remained an a” student. i 43 _ up to my own expectations.yesterday, i 44 _my high school report cards when i was reading old papers. that bundle of report cards 45 _back the old days. i remembered sitting in my advisors office，explaining that i had always excelled at english, and 46 _ that i did not deserve a “d” from that 47 _ teacher of my senior year. the advisor was sympathetic but unable to change a (an) 48 _reading 49 _my old report cards revealed something else too. i wanted to shred them or hide them. i was not an a” student in high school english ！ somehow, i had 50 _ myself of this，when the grades clearly reflected an 51 student with an occasional “ a ” or b” but mostly “c” s.had i lived up to those grades and 52 _ myself according to those letters，i would have never confidently sought my writing 53 _ . had i believed in my early grades instead of myself ，i would have allowed my fear of 54 _ to defeat my enthusiasm and damage my creativity. 55 _，i viewed my younger self as an “a” english student, except for that undeserved “d”.36.a.monitorb.headmasterc.classmated.teacher37.a.impressionsb.thoughtsc.inspirationsd.memories38.a.approvedb.appointedc.expectedd.urged39.a.flexibleb.creativec.disappointingd.controversial40.a.sob.butc.andd.or41.a.marriedb.workedc.succeededd.progressed42.a.wroteb.editedc.readd.copied43.a.addedb.livedc.grewd.went44.a.countedb.rememberedc.approachedd.discovered45.a.broughtb.turnedc.held d.kept46.a.reportingb.guaranteeingc.complainingd.recommending47.a.impoliteb.impatientc.inexperiencedd.independent48.a.gradeb.figurec.paperd.entry49.a.outb.throughc.fromd.into50.a.warnedb.remindedc.informedd.convinced51.a.averageb.enthusiastic0.outstandingd.awkward52.a.consideredb.definedc.reflectedd.described53.a.goalb.dreamc.careerd.enterprise54.a.changeb.riskc.stressd.failure55.a.otherwiseb.besidesc.insteadd.still3.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。i grew up in liverpool in a family with many business people around me. thus i was always 36 to do business. when i began to 37 business ideas with friends at a younger age, they would shake their head and say, “it wont 38 ” and i would answer, “oh, yes it will.” at twelve i started my first business with a local newsagent. i delivered newspapers door to door. it was all about building 39 . beginning in november, i 40 that everyone in the neighborhood where i dropped papers knew who their paperboy was. the 41 was to receive a significant christmas bonus to pay for a bike. i was a headache to my mother and she found it 42 to deal with a child with all these wild thoughts. at fifteen, i 43 i didnt like school and being a scholar was not the 44 to becoming successful. one particular autumn evening i 45 to my mum that i no longer wished to go to school. 46 i preferred to work on a business idea that i 47 would make me a million within the first year, enabling me to 48 liverpool and move to london. so i dropped out of school. however, i 49 and lost all my money. my business came to an end. i am very 50 that i not only have a strong and supportive family but also an intrinsic(固有的) 51 that always pushes me to overcome any difficulty that im faced with. there have been many 52 when i have lost money, relationships, or whole business, 53 i always had the thirst and hunger to move forward and meet the challenges head on. i suppose that has been my motto throughout my life - always look at why something is 54 rather than thinking about reasons why i cannot achieve something. i 55 any person who wants to be an entrepreneur(企业家) to keep going and fight to achieve your goals.36. a. afraid b. able c. eager d. unsure 37. a. share b. write c. test d. prove38. a. happen b. exist c. hurt d. work39. a. houses b. relations c. changes d. bridges40. a. ignored b. ensured c warned. d. hoped41. a. aim b. interest c. direction d. problem 42. a. useful b. costly c. interesting d. difficult43. a. expected b. decided c. recalled d. regretted44. a. attitude b. limit c. reaction d. way45. a. seemed b. mentioned c. pretended d. afforded 46. a. expectedly b. therefore c. instead d. similarly47. a. believed b. promised c. doubted d. concerned48. a. visit b. remember c. leave d. pass49. a. failed b. turned c. agreed d. existed 50. a. disappointed b. hard c. confused d. fortunate51. a. event b. action c. drive d. conflict 52. a. requirements b. factors c. occasions d. surroundings 53. a. or b. because c. so d. but54. a. discouraging b. possible c. exciting d. suitable 55. a. order b. urge c. allow d. forbid 4.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。the story happened years ago，when my daughter was still little.i was driving across the country with my daughter to 1 my husband. since i intended to get to my destination before supper time, i drove 2 for a long time without a stop. then after driving for many miles, i became tired and needed to stop for a break to get 3 .i found a rest area. it was mostly deserted, in a quiet area of the highway. i parked the car and carried my 4 into the restroom. when i came out i saw a middle-aged 5 wandering around. feeling 6 about that, i asked the lady. what 7 me was: they were waiting for us!the lady told me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our 8 . she explained that sometimes rest areas could be a 9 place for a young lady like me. she told me that she had a daughter almost my age, so they wanted to make sure that i got safely back on my way.i was very touched by their 10 . being young, and probably naive to the potential 11 of rest areas, it had never occurred to me that there was any possibility of something going wrong. i 12 them for their kindness. my daughter and i continued our journey and 13 our destination safely. i never got their names but years have passed and their kindness is still not 14 . sometimes angels come in make-up and just because you cant see their 15 it doesnt mean they arent angels.1. a. desertb. stopc. joind. save2. a. slowlyb. quicklyc. safely d. quietly3. a. excitedb. boredc. interestedd. refreshed4. a. daughter b. luggagec. license d. car5. a. lady b. manc. couple d. angel6. a. angryb. curiousc. jealous d. terrible7. a. surprised b. worriedc. annoyedd. upset8. a. roomb. carc. aread. park9. a. quietb. noisyc. dangerous d. safe10. a. devotionb. honestyc. potential d.consideration11. a. stopsb. dangersc. mistakesd. changes12. a. forgave b. askedc. thankedd. blamed13. a. reached b. leftc. missed d. passed14. a. seenb. forgottenc. desertedd. recognized15. a. kindnessb. safety c. facesd. wings5.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(a、b、c、d)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。here is a letter from an old father to his son:dear son,the day that you see me old and i am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.if i get dirty when eating, if i can not dress, have patience and remember the hours i 36 teaching it to you. if, when i speak to you, i 37 the same things thousand and one times, do not 38 me, listen to me. when you were small, i had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 39 you got to sleep. when i do not want to have a 40 , neither shame me nor scold me. remember when i had to chase you with thousand excuses i 41 , in order that you wanted to bathe. when you see my 42 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. i taught you 43 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life. when at some moment i lose the memory or the 44 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if i cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 45 to me.if ever i do not want to eat, do not force me. i know well 46 i need to and when not. when my 47 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 48 , the same way i did when you gave your first 49 . and when someday i say to you that i do not want to 50 any more - that i want to rest forever, do not get angry. someday you will understand。try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. some day you will discover that, 51 my mistakes, i always wanted the 52 thing for you and that i tried to prepare the way for you. you must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me 53 you. you must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as i did it when you 54 living. help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 55 . i will pay you by a smile and by the immense love i have had always for you.i love you, sonyour father36. a. paid b. spent c. cost d. took37. a. praise b. think c. repeat d. criticize38. a. interrupt b. disturb c. look d. avoid39. a. when b. after c. since d. until40. a. rest b. word c. shower d. sleep4l. a. discovered b. invented c. noticed d. assumed42. a. knowing b. fearing c. enjoying d. consulting43. a. what b. when c. how d. why44. a. news b. attitude c. material d. thread45. a. talking b. listening c. responding d. appealing46. a. where b. how c. that d. when47. a. tired b. short c. long d. strong48. a. leg b. ear c. hand d. mind49. a. step b. pace c. laugh d. cry50. a. talk b. live c. write d. sleep51. a. though b. since c. while d. despite52. a. last b. first c. best d. most53. a. near b. behind c. below d. against54. a. made b. started c. earned d. found55. a. mercy b. care c. excuse d. patience6.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，选出最佳选项。it was like any other mid-september dayi was teaching maths, like i typically did each day at 10:00 amstudents were busy working on the 36 i previously askedall you could 37 was the sound of pencil tips tapping the desksboys and girls, eyes up here please as expected, students focused on me, eager, ready, 38 i need a volunteer to write the answer on the board a silent sea of 39 shot up into the airi quickly looked at the hands raised, and tnen 40 my eyes on one hand in particular, a hand different from the rest,john does handjohn doe was a little boy with cerebral palsy （脑瘫）. his balance was shaky and he could easily be 41 his body was very rigid and his movements were never smoothhis writing was at most times unreadable, and speaking was difficult for himeverything was a（ n） 42 for john doehowever, john loved 43 and would come every day with a smile on his facehis determination to succeed was remarkable for a child so young who was facing so many 44 in his daily lifegetting back to the maths lesson, students were waiting to be calledone of those 45 hands was john doe sjohn, come on up and answer the question i called he got out of his seat 46 and walked to the fronthis moving was 47 and with each shaky step, it looked as if the slightest misstep could lead to him falling overall eyes were on himthe class was 48 he made it up to the board after spending so much energy to get thereas i gave him the chalk i thought to myself “what have i just