高考英语 完形填空十月抓分练习（17）.doc

2014高考英语完形填空十月抓分练习（17）及答案完形填空（记叙文）happiness is something to do with simplicity and it is the ability to get pleasure from the simplest thingssuch as a peach stone, for instance. it is1that it is nothing to do with2. but sir henry stewart was3successful. it was twenty years ago since he came down to our village from london, and bought a4of old cottages, which he had5.i remember6ten years ago when he was made a kings counsel, amos and i, seeing him get off the london train, went to7him. we grinned with pleasure;he merely looked as8as though hed received a penal9. he took his success as a child does his10. and not one of his11brought even a ghost of a smile to his tired eyes. he often said the only12in achieving ones ambition was that you then13that they were not worth achieving.i recall this14, for yesterday, i was passing his house, and had drawn up my cart just outside his garden wall. i suddenly heard a shout of sheer joy come from the other side of the wall.“come and see, jan. look! i have done it at last! ”there he was, 15a small box of earth in his hand. i observed three16shoots out of it. “and there were only three! ” he said, his eyes17to heaven.“three what? ” i asked. “peach stones, ”he replied. “ivealways wanted to make peach stones grow, even since i was a child. but now at last i have done it, and, 18, i had only three stones, and there you are, one, two, three shoots, ” he19.and sir henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievementhis achievement of20.1. a. likely b. doubtful c. obvious d. certain2. a. pleasure b. success c. simplicity d. fame3. a. reportedly b. perhaps c. certainly d. extremely 4. a. series b. couple c. plenty d. range5. a. knocked into b. moved into c. broken into d. turned into6. a. certain b. some c. appropriate d. exact7. a. celebrate b. greet c. meet d. congratulate8. a. happy b. miserable c. calm d. scared9. a. sentence b. judgment c. punishment d. reward10. a. assignment b. play c. medicine d. game11. a. awards b. goals c. ambitions d. achievements12. a. purpose b. valuec. pain d. passion13. a. realized b. understood c. thought d. concluded14. a. accident b. incident c. instance d. experience15. a. lifting b. raising c. enjoying d. holding16. a. large b. strong c. tiny d. thick17. a. opening b. widening c. looking d. laughing18. a. on the other hand b. whats more c. worse still d. as a result19. a. explained b. counted c. screamed d. added20. a. simplicity b. ambition c. gardening d. peach stones参考答案81.cbcbabdbacdbabdcdbba： when i was thirteen, my family moved from boston to tucson, arizona. 1 the move, my father 2 us in the living-room on a freezing january night. my sisters and i sat around the fire, not 3 that the universe would suddenly change its course. in may, were 4 to arizona. the words, so small, didnt seem 5 enough to hold my new life. but the world changed and i awoke on a train moving across the country. i watched the 6 _ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as i saw strange new plants that 7 mysteries (奥秘) yet to come. finally, we arrived and 8 into own new home. 9 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, i 10 explored (探索) our new surroundings. one afternoon, i was out exploring 11 and saw a new kind of cactus (仙人掌). i crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. youd better not 12 that. i turned around to see an old woman are you new to this neighborhood? i explained that i was, 13 , new to the entire state. my name is ina thorne. have you got used to life in the 14 ? it must be quite a 15 after living in boston. how could i explain how i 16 the desert? i couldnt seem to find the right words. its vastness, she offered. “that vastness 17 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desertyou can 18 how little you are in comparison with the world. 19 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless.” that was it. that was the feeling id had ever since id first seen the mountains of my new home. again, my 20 would change with just a few simple words.would you like to come to my home tomorrow? someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldnt touch.1. a. duringb. untilc. upond. before2. a. gatheredb. warnedc. organizedd. comforted3. a. hopingb. admittingc. realizingd. believing4. a. goingb. movingc. drivingd. flying5. a. goodb. simplec. bigd. proper6. a. pictureb. groundc. sensed. area7. a. suggestedb. solvedc. discoveredd. explained8. a. settledb. walkedc. hurriedd. stepped9. a. ifb. afterc. onced. while10. a. bitterlyb. easilyc. proudlyd. eagerly11. a. as wellb. as usualc. fight awayd. on time12. a. moveb. digc. pulld. touch13. a. of courseb. in factc. after alld. at least14. a. desertb. cityc. stated. country15. a. luckb. doubtc. shockd. danger16. a. foundb. examinedc. watchedd. reached17. a. whyb. whenc. howd. where18. a. proveb. guessc. sensed. expect19. a. howeverb. otherwisec. therefored. meanwhile20. a. ideab. lifec. homed. family15 dacbc610 caadd1115 bdbac1620 abcdb sare niccoli, the 17-year-old daughter of a rich textile owner was freed by her kidnappers (绑匪) after 118 days. she said she 1 most of the time in a tent in the woods 2 one foot tied to a tree. 3 was freed late on friday 4 her family paid a 5 of $1.8 million, the largest ransom (赎金) 6 paid in italy.“i was 7 well,” the girl told the 8 during the interview, “biscuits, cakes, often hot food and 9 stewed beef.” she said her nearly four months in 10 was spent in a tent pitched (set up) in a 11 area.“i never 12 their faces and when they 13 , they changed their voices in nasal tones (speaking through nose passage) on 14 ,” she said. “they kept 15 that the only thing they wanted was the money and that they didnt want to have 16 to do with me or my family.”the high 17 student, who was seized by three face-covered and 18 men on july 2, 1983 from her familys 19 villa (别墅) in tuscany, said she still had no idea 20 on earth she had been held.1. a. gotb. hadc. tookd. spent2. a. andb. includingc. withd. although3. a. sheb. her friendc. her fatherd. her mother4. a. sob. afterc. unlessd. if5. a. lotb. amountc. totald. figure6. a. moneyb. everc. possiblyd. being7. a. treatedb. understoodc. consideredd. tested8. a. familyb. reportersc. policed. friends9. a. a bitb. at timesc. somewhatd. containing10. a. prisonb. trapc. troubled. dark11. a. dangerousb. woodedc. kidnappingd. farm12. a. watchedb. rememberedc. sawd. looked at13. a. criedb. sangc. spoked. laughed14. a. purposeb. averagec. holidayd. time15. a. repeatingb. doingc. talkingd. asking for16. a. nothingb. somethingc. everythingd. anything17. a. society b. familyc. classd. school18. a. armedb. handedc. kidnappedd. terrified19. a. countryb. cityc. textiled. downtown20. a. whichb. whatc. whyd. where参考答案15 dcabc610 babbc1115 bccaa1620 ddaad. 完形填空（记叙文）when i first started as a district sales manager with dhl, the biggest mistake i made was that i thought all sales guys were built like me. i was very, very1, and realized that most people were not at all like me. i was2to say the least, but after thinking about it i realized that it wasnt so bad that they werent like me. this is where i got my first3in patience and perseverance.my director and i started talking about it when we did my second district4. as i was presenting the numbers that did not5expectations, he stopped me. he asked why a6sales guy like me, with a team that had four strong salesmen out of the total seven was falling short. my7was, “these guys are nothing like me, they arent8and they arent making it happen no matter how9i am, or how much i10and try to support them. ” he was11for a short moment. he then looked at me, and asked the question ill never forget, “ryan, did you12them to be just like you? ” then i felt a bit13. i wanted to be honest and answered, “yes, they are salesmen, dont we all want to get out there, 14business and make cash? ”but i knew that wasnt the right answer. when i thought about it15, i knew he was right.he gave me some16that really changed how i looked at the world. i still remember his words, “ryan, you have to realize that17is going to be just like you. your persistence and wanting to persevere is why youre in the leadership18and they are not, but you have to be19and work with these people to find their motivations and20to get them to want to persevere. ” 1. a. enthusiastic b. positive c. wrong d. accurat