高中英语完型填空专项练习及答案

1 完型填空专项练习 A For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner 旗帜 across the finish line of a long race I felt that only when I 1 certain things could I finally be happy in my life Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and 2 would win the race At other times I would 3 like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous 4 hoping to reach that banner a little faster 5 I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it the banner was never any 6 I finally decided to 7 and take a break It was then that I saw my 8 sitting beside me It had been with me as I 9 hard to support my family as I played with my children and heard their 10 and even when I was 11 with my wife at my side looking after me It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner I just didn t have the 12 to see it There is an old Chinese proverb that says Tension is who you think you should be 13 is who you are Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the 14 life we think we should have and 15 the life we have now Happiness will never be found under some banner far away It will be found 16 your own heart soul and mind It will be found when you 17 that others love you just as you do Don t be a tortoise or a rabbit when it comes to your happiness Be a playful puppy and carry your stick of 18 with you everywhere you go 19 yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness you are 20 there 1 A forgot B missed C overcame D accomplished 2 A safe B steady C calm D quiet 3 A act B run C jump D walk 4 A place B height C speed D time 5 A Generally B Gradually C Fortunately D Firstly 6 A clearer B lower C closer D smaller 7 A settle in B start off C stop by D sit down 8 A happiness B goal C success D friendship 9 A studied B fought C exercised D worked 10 A laughter Bplaints C stories D breathing 11 A lonely B tired C sick D hungry 12 A courage B chance C wisdom D strength 13 A Stress B Relaxation C Failure D Pain 14 A real B perfect C mon D ordinary 15 A enjoy B change C improve D create 16 A from B on C over D in 17 A realize B believe C hope D admit 18 A sorrow B responsibility C fortune D joy 19 A Carry B Make C Push D Take 20 A never B still C already D ever B A Leap 跳跃 to Honor Leaping on a narrow balance beam 平衡木 is not easy But Lola Walter a 13 year old gymnast is an expert at it To perfect her skills Lola 1 for four hours a day five days a week At the state championships in March she finished seventh out of 16 girls 2 That s especially impressive 2 she is legally blind born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift 移 动 constantly She often sees double and can t 3 how far away things are When she was little her mom 4 that even though she couldn t see 5 she was fearless So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three She loved the 6 right away and gymnastics became her favorite Though learning gymnastics has been more 7 for her than for some of her teammates she has never quit She doesn t let her 8 stop her from doing anything that she wants to She likes the determination it takes to do the sport Her biggest 9 is the balance beam Because she has double vision she often sees two beams She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine Sometimes she even closes her eyes You have to 10 your mind that it ll take you where you want to go says Lola To be a top level gymnast one must be brave The beam is probably the most 11 for anyone because it s four inches wide At the state competition Lola didn t fall 12 the beam In fact she got an 8 1 out of 10 her highest score yet Lola doesn t want to be 13 differently from the other girls on her team At the competitions the judges don t know about her vision 14 She doesn t tell them because she doesn t think they need to know Her mom is amazed by her 15 attitude Lola never thinks about 16 She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics Her 17 is to reach level 9 She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she s learned to other kids 18 she grew up Lola is 19 of all her hard work and success She says it s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too Her 20 for others is just believe yourself 1 A runsB teachesC trains D dances 2 A sinceB unless C afterD though 3 A tellB guess C assumeD predict 4 A suspected B rememberedC imaginedD noticed 5 A deeply B well C aheadD closely 6 A taskB sportC event D show 7 A boring B enjoyableC difficultD satisfactory 8 A talentB qualityC nature D condition 9 A doubtB advantage C challengeD progress 10 A examine B express C openD trust 11 A fearful B harmfulC unfair D inconvenient 12 A to B on C off D against 13 A greeted B treatedC served D paid 14 A pains B stressesC injuriesD problems 15 A positive B friendlyC flexibleD cautious 16 A defending B quittingC winningD bargaining 17 A standardB range C viewD goal 18 A until B as C when D before 19 A proud B tired C ashamed D confident 20 A plan B advice C reward D responsibility C I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming After my dad s service in World War II he was 36 again to fight during the Korean War and when he returned home he couldn t drink 37 to numb 麻痹 his terrible 3 memories He struggled to 38 for his growing family On our occasional trips to town I 39 out boxfuls of books from the library When I opened a book I could 40 myself in unknown places where children weren t hungry and were in 41 of little When I wasn t daydreaming my 42 was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters At night I hid under the covers 43 to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home Classmates asked 44 we didn t have electricity or a telephone I suppose my explanations were 45 more than lies but the stories I told improved 46 every book I read Starting at a very young age my siblings 兄弟姐妹 and I sometimes got jobs to earn money to put more food on the family table We 47 newspapers babysat and cleaned other people s houses Mom grew vegetables raised chickens and baked bread so we seldom went hungry even when supper was only a pot of beans 48 my real hunger wasn t for food it was a hunger for a better life It was a hunger for knowledge about the world 49 our simple existence It was a hunger to prove Dad 50 when he told us we would never amount to anything Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much 51 than our parents expected 52 us We devoured 如饥似渴地吸取 the offerings of the public schools because we realized that 53 would be our steppingstone into a brighter future Now I m 54 of the accomplishments of my siblings an art professor a well known doctor plus business owners And me I m the keeper of the family stores I ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known 55 as children But this I do know I believe it can be a good thing 1 A draftedB dismissedC invited D involved 2 A well B plentyC enoughD heavily 3 A search B provideC hopeD leave 4 A broughtB checkedC gaveD carried 5 A remindB helpC devoteD find 6 A memory B favorC possessionD need 7 A realityB fantasyC satisfactionD affection 8 A refusing B pretendingC attemptingD preparing 9 A whetherB howC whenD why 10 A somethingB anythingC nothingD everything 11 A asB withC forD at 12 A sentB deliveredC publishedD released 13 A ButB AndC ThenD Otherwise 14 A aboveB around C withinD beyond 15 A rightB meanC wrongD nice 16 A moreB furtherC greater D better 17 A inB forC ofD on 18 A ambitionB dreamC enthusiasmD education 19 A fondB proudC awareD confident 20 A hungerB sufferingC desperationD poverty 4 D Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20 We worked hard and in 10 years Apple had 36 from just the two of us in a 37 into a 2 billion company with over 4000 employees We had just 38 our finest creation the Macintosh a year earlier and I had just turned 30 And then I got fired How can you get fired from a company you 39 Well as Apple grew we 40 someone who I thought was very talented to 41 the company with me and for the first year or so things went well But then our visions of the future began to diverge 分歧 and 42 we had a falling out When we did our Board of Directors 43 with him So at 30 I was out And very publicly out 44 had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone and it was devastating 毁灭性的 I really didn t know what to do for a few months I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to 45 for screwing up so badly I was a very public failure and I even thought about running away from the valley But something slowly began to 46 on me I still loved what I did The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit I had been 47 but I was still in love And so I decided to start over I didn t see it then but it 48 that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the 49 of being a 50 again less sure about everything It freed me to 51 one of the most creative periods of my life I m pretty sure 52 of this would have happened if I hadn t been fired from Apple It was 53 tasting medicine but I guess the patient needed it Don t lose 54 I m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did If you haven t found it yet keep looking Don t 55 As with all matters of the heart you ll know when you find it And like any great relationship it just gets better and better as the years roll on So keep looking until you find it By Steve Jobs CEO of Apple Computer 1 A grownB begun C removedD kept 2 A bedroom B farmC garageD kitchen 3 A announced B declared C released D coped 4 A managed B started C installed D entitled 5 A provided B sorted C promotedD hired 6 A run B involveC open D engage 7 A instantly B constantlyC eventuallyD frequently 8 A riskedB supportedC pleasedD sided 9 A WhichB What C WhicheverD Whatever 10 A apologizeB reveal C head D stand 11 A implyB put C impressD dawn 12 A resistedB rejectedC solved D interrupted 13 A made outB come outC turned outD tried out 14 A darknessB lightnessC carelessnessD business 15 A waiterB pioneerC beginnerD visitor 16 A enter B relieveC previewD expect 17 A somethingB noneC everythingD anything 18 A carefulB acceptableC hopefulD awful 19 A courageB patience C imaginationD faith 20 A settle B recallC claim D deny 5 I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America It is said The best house is in the U S A the best wife is in Japan and the bestfood is in China So I took 26 and pleasure to 27 the best food for my American family Eachday regardless of my poor skill of cooking I performed 表演 my play in 28 way changing thedishes colour the meat s type or the soup s style 风味 Thus my American friends could discover the 29 of eating Chinese food Because of my 30 job I was often rewarded 奖励 by their 31 of appreciation 感激 such as very tasty excellent etc But the joke was here yesterday I cooked Sichuan style 32 for dinner I was 33 at my achievement 成就 When all the family members arrived at the table they first looked 34 atthe fish then looked at me Why do all the fish have their 35 they asked It s horrible Horrible or beautiful I don t know But I 36 know that fish heads are delicious The 37 is the best part of fish in 38 only the respectable 受敬重 的 guest can have the special 39 of enjoying it Another 40 thing is the American friends often said to me 41 as they 42 fruits or otherthings According to Chinese tradition 传统 I would simply smile in answer to theirkindness 43 actually helping myself to any of the food 44 I said help yourself to themwhenever I brought home fruits Dear me no matter how much or how often I brought home food as long as it was nice to their taste they 45 hesitated 犹豫 to use their hands to helpthemselves until all was finished 26 A worry B attention C delight D pride 自豪 27 A buy B fetch C cook D leave 28 A their B a new C the same D a simple 29 A way B joy C trouble D importance 30 A hard B daily C good D new 31 A expressions B sentence C doing D smile 32 A meat B fish C soup D egg 33 A praised B pleased C bad D surprise 34 A pleasedly B excitedly C surprisedly D worriedly 35 A bones B flesh 肉 C tails D heads 36 A do B will C want to D should 37 A tail B head C soup D flesh 38 A fact B China C USA D the West 39 A honour B seat C table D plate 40 A real B exciting C interesting D easy 41 A please help us B excuse me C help yourself D eat them please 42 A brought home B wanted C were buying D were eating 43 A not B but not C without D nor 44 A At last B Above all C After all D In return 45 A usual B often C never D had 6 Some people have sailed the world in quite small boats It is not an easy thing 26 Sometimes the weather 27 bad That can be the 28 of everyone in it Accidents can happen 29 One family once had an accident 30 some big fish The fish swam 31 their boat and 32 holes in it Sea water 33 of course and the boat soon 34 However these people had 35 small boat a life boat and they all got into that They lived and 36 many days They ate and slept and they always hoped At last a ship 37 them 38 can people live in a very small lifeboat Perhaps for weeks or months They must be strong 39 every way They must have hope they must want to live But you cannot eat and drink 40 You cannot drink sea water If you drink a lot of 41 you will quickly die Sailors can drink rain water They must 42 rain water in their boat They must also catch fish and birds 43 Lifeboats do not often carry a cooker so the sailors cannot cook their food Raw fish and bird meat is not very nice but there is 44 choice in a lifeboat The sailors must eat raw food or they will die 45 people think about in a lifeboat They think about land a warm bed dry clothes fresh water and food food food 26 A for doing B that do C to do D to be done 27 A become B gets C does D are 28 A end B begin C beginning D finish 29 A easy and quick B easily and quick C easy and quickly D easily and quickly 30 A and B or C by D with 31 A over B on C under D in 32 A bite B bit C biten D bited 33 A came in B came C came into D came down 34 A rose B lifted C went down D went up 35 A other B the other C else D another 36 A hoped B hoped on C hoped for D hoped in 37 A found B looked for C searched D searched for 38 A What B How long C Where D When 39 A on B with C for D in 40 A fresh water B milk C hope D rain water 41 A sea water B fres