高考英语 完形填空基础练习（2）.doc

2014高考英语完形填空基础练习（2）及答案完形填空（议论文）in this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, e-mailing, sending and reading messages. we are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. there is no1for stillness.and when we are2to be still because were in line for something, or waiting at a doctors appointment, or on a bus or train, we often3something to do. some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. being still isnt something were4.this comes at a5: we lose that time for6, for observing and listening. we lose peace.and7yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. you can run around crazily, but get8done.take a moment to think about9you spend your days. are you constantly rushing around? are you constantly reading and answering10, checking on the news and the latest stream of information? are you always11through your schedule?is this how you want to spend your12? if so, peace be with you. if not, take a moment to be 13. dont think about what you have to do, or what youve done already. 14be in the moment.then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how youd15it to be. see your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. see it with more stillness, more consideration, more16.then be that vision. its pretty simple: all you have to do is to sit still for a little bit each day. 17youve gotten used to that, try doing less each day. breathe when you feel yourself moving too18. slow down. be present. find happiness now, in this moment, instead of19for it.20the stillness. its a treasure, and its available to us, always.1. a. placeb. chancec. freedomd. time2. a. forcedb. orderedc. invitedd. told3. a. haveb. findc. buyd. get4. a. familiar withb. curious about c. used tod. interested in5. a. costb. riskc. loss d. danger6. a. playb. food c. sleepd. consideration7. a. furtherb. worsec. fartherd. deeper8. a. everythingb. anythingc. nothingd. something9. a. howb. wherec. whyd. whether10. a. questionsb. problemsc. phonesd. messages11. a. walkingb. rushingc. steppingd. going12. a. schoolb. youthc. workd. life13. a. silentb. patientc. stilld. quiet14. a. nearlyb. everc. just d. already15. a. likeb. decidec. choosed. need16. a. activityb. researchc. studyd. peace 17. a. because b. untilc. onced. unless18. a. frequentlyb. slowlyc. fastd. quickly19. a. askingb. sendingc. callingd. waiting20. a. valueb. missc. owed. hold参考答案dabcadbcadbdccadccda： 第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。(改编自浙江省余杭十四中考试题) when we read books we seem to 21 a new world. this new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very22. some stories are told23 they were true. real people 24 live in a normal world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. other stories, such as the harry potter books, are not25 . they are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be26for us. 27 there is more to books and writing than this. if we think about it, even realistic writing is only imagined. how can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? for example, when we read about harry potter, we28seem to learn something about the real world. and when harry studies magic at hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than29. reading, like writing, is an action. it is a way _30_ living. when we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. we use our31 -which is realand our imaginationwhich is real in a different way - to make the words come to life in our minds.both realism and fantasy(幻想) 32 the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. when we read33realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we34 that we are real and they are 35 . it sounds strange, but it works. when we read, we fill in missing information and36 about the causes and effects of what a character does. we help the writer bypretendingthat _37_we read is like real life. in a way, we are writing the book, too.most of us probably dont think about what is going on in our38 when we are reading. we pick up a book and lose39 in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. knowing how we feel40 we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.21. a. arriveb. enterc. comed. get22. a. possibleb. easy c. new d. different23. a. that b. what c. whetherd. as if24. a. whob. whom c. whered. which25. a. realisticb. reasonablec. moral d. instructive26. a. difficultb. impossiblec. importantd. necessary27. a. otherwiseb. butc. whiled. furthermore28. a. dob. makec. haved. are29. a. lessonsb. dreams c. experienced. magic30. a. withb. toc. ford. of31. a. knowledgeb. skillc. wordsd. grammar32. a. makeb. getc. used. have33. a. a newspaperb. somethingc. everythingd. a story34. a. findb. learnc. knowd. hope35. a. toob. notc. alld. so36. a. talkb. learnc. readd. think37. a. thatb. whatc. whichd. when38. a. mindb. lifec. worldd. society39. a. heartb. timec. moneyd. ourselves40. a. whatb. howc. whend. why第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)21-25. bddaa 26-30.bbadd 31-35.acbcb 36-40. dbadcon easter day 1722,some european explorers found a lonely island in the middle of the pacific ocean. they 1 it easter island. the explorers found that the island had good soil 2 the 200 natives living there survived with little food. even more 3 , these people also lived among the ruins of what might have been a once great civilization. all that is left of it are around 800 giant stone statues 4 human heads. they 5 up to 270 tons and the tallest measures over 11 metres. the stone men face 6 , rather than out to sea, and their eyes are focused upon the sky. they are all carved from 7 volcanic rock (火山岩) and some have hats on their heads and eyes made from white coral. since their 8 , these huge stone men 9 one of the greatest mysteries of all time. who built them? why did they do it? some experts believe the stone men are 10 to inca stonework, and suggest the figures were created by people of peruvian descent (血统). 11 have even gone so far as to say that they came from outer space. the latest suggestion 12 the idea that easter island represents one of the worst cases of resource abuse in human history. it is said that a small group of asians settled on easter island 13 between 400 and 700 ad. they developed a great civilization with huge forests and 14 food. at the peak of their civilization, the people began to build the giant 15 men. why they did this is still 16 but it is possible the figures represent the settlers gods or ancestors. 17 the statues grew larger, the peoples lifestyles became more and more wasteful. the forest began to disappear, which 18 all the animals dying out. 19 couldnt get food and were forced to eat other humans. society began to 20 and the islanders themselves finally destroyed the stone men.1. a. saidb. were calledc. namedd. spoke2. a. andb. butc. howeverd. still3. a. surpriseb. surprisedc. surprisingd. surprisingly4. a. lookingb. resemblingc. likingd. standing for5. a. weighb. liftc. getd. measure6. a. forwardb. outwardc. onwardd. inward7. a. brokenb. softc. hardd. burnt8. a. lookingb. invention c. discoveryd. covering9. a. have happenedb. have led toc. have taken placed. have created10. a. usualb. commonc. familiard. similar11. a. anotherb. otherc. othersd. many 12. a. is focused onb. is based onc. is depended ond. is concentrated on13. a. some dayb. one dayc. sometimed. once14. a. plenty ofb. number ofc. much ofd. amount of15. a. cleverb. stonec. woodend. iron16. a. welcomeb. knownc. unimportantd. unknown17. a. whileb. afterc. withd. as18. a. resulted inb. resulted fromc. createdd. lay in19. a. the islandsb. the peoplec. the animalsd. the europeans20. a. break outb. break inc. break intod. break down15 cbdba610 dbcdd1115 cbcab1620 ddabd完形填空（议论文）columnist dave barry says this about his father: “my dad would try anything carpentry (木匠活) , electrical wiring, roofing and so on. from watching him, i learned a lesson that still1to my life today: no matter how difficult a task may seem, 2youre not afraid to try it, you can do it.”i learned from my parents the value of“going for it”. “3ventured, nothing lost” is the motto of too many of us. many people are so afraid to4that they never venture beyond the familiar. “better to be safe than sorry” has5too many people in the cocoon (保护膜) of their6zones.a delightful7tells that col. robert johnson of salem, new jersey, announced that he would take a8risk. he let the town know that he would9a wolf peach on the steps of the county courthouse at noon on september 26, 1820. “why would he take such a chance?” asked the10people.scientists and doctors had long declared the wolf peach to be11. if the wolf peach was too ripe and warmed by the sun, they told him he would be exposing himself to brain fever. should he somehow12the experience, the skin of the13would stick to the lining of his stomach and14cause cancer.nearly 2, 000 people15the square to see col. johnson eat the “poisonous” peachnow known as the tomato.col. johnson believed his16was small, but it must be taken if the17about the peach were to be18. who has accomplished anything worthwhile19taking a risk?much like the tortoise, it makes20only when it sticks its neck out.1. a. refersb. appliesc. tendsd. leads2. a. ifb. sincec. althoughd. unless3. a. anythingb. somethingc. nothingd. everything4. a. failb. winc. succeedd. leave5. a. turnedb. trappedc. forbiddend. forced 6. a. comfortableb. miserablec. surprisingd. unimportant 7. a. novelb. messagec. joked. story 8. a. privateb. publicc. secretd. national9. a. buyb. sellc. eatd. cut10. a. puzzledb. disappointedc. angryd. happy11. a. deliciousb. smellyc. saltyd. poisonous12. a. enjoyb. survivec. understandd. know13. a. wolfb. seedc. peachd. body14. a. eventuallyb. firstlyc. latelyd. hardly15. a. reachedb. decoratedc. surrounded d. crowded 16. a.