2005年高考英语完形填空精练详解.doc

2005年高考英语完形填空精练详解Passage 1:Miss Lovely began to work in our office last year. She thought she was_1_and hardly talked with us. Her house was a little far from our company and she had to go to work _2_ every day. Of course, she had to spend a lot of _3_on this. She decided to have her own car, and began to _4_how to drive two months ago. Now she was able to drive, but had to_5_a licence before she could buy a car. It took her a week to_6_the traffic regulations. She was sure she would_7_the examinations. It was finally time for her to take the examinations yesterday. Miss Lovely didnt come to work. We_8_she would drive her new car to our company this morning. But to our_9_she came here by taxi and didnt tell anybody about it. None of us asked her the_10_but her face clearly showed she had_11_in the exams. This afternoon one of our workmates told us _12_had happened to the girl when she was_13_. Yesterday the chief examiner had asked her some questions, but she could answer only a _14_. For example, Would you run over a man or a dog if you see them both in the middle of the_15_? Of course Id run over the dog, sir, Miss Lovely answered without _16_. Im sorry to tell you, Miss Lovely, the examiner shook his_17_and said, you have to take the examination again! I dont think my answers were_18_, sir, the girl said in a hurry. I_19_ run over a man, you know! I agree with your_20_, Miss Lovely, the chief examiner said with a smile. but why not brake (刹车)? 1. A. old B. foolish C. clever D. kind 2. A. by taxi B. by train C. on foot D. by plane 3. A. time B. money C. energy D. room 4. A. teach B. plan C. operate D. learn 5. A. find B. apply for C. look for D. make 6. A. learn B. forget C. teach D. break 7. A. take B. prepare C. explain D. pass 8. A. suggested B. described C. thought D. replied 9. A. surprise B. joy C. anger D. pleasure 10. A. name B. reason C. rule D. notice 11. A. believed B. heard C. found D. failed 12. A. why B. how C. what D. when 13. A. ill B. alone C. in D. out 14. A. few B. several C. all D. lot 15. A. room B. playground C. hospital D. road 16. A. asking B. thinking C. discussing D. advising 17. A. foot B. nose C. ears D. head 18. A. wrong B. correct C. right D. true 19. A. can B. need C. cant D. neednt 20. A. car B. opinion C. fact D. purpose Passage 2:To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your students, you must be _1_-speaking, with a good, strong,_2_voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to _3_what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear. _4_a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class; he _5_the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his_6_, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express his_7_. Listen to him, and you will_8_the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always _9_according to what he is talking about. The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesnt _10_that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important_11_between the teachers work and the actors. The_12_has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the_13_words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually_14_beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem _15_on the stage. A good teacher_16_in quite a different way. His students take an active part in his _17_: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they dont _18_something, they will say no. The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his students, which is in his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must _19_it as he goes along. I have known many teachers who were fine_20_in class but unable to take part in a stage play because their brains wouldnt keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written. 1. A. clear B. slow C. small D. low 2. A. frightening B. fearing C. exciting D. pleasing 3. A. act out B. talk C. say D. repeat 4. A. Listen B. Look C. Watch D. Learn 5. A. stands B. sits C. lies D. talks 6. A. tongue B. words C. legs D. arms 7. A. attention B. thanks C. feelings D. sentences 8. A. hear B. see C. think D. guess 9. A. making B. changing C. expressing D. giving 10. A. tell B. express C. show D. mean 11. A. things B. differences C. points D. jobs 12. A. actor B. teacher C. boy D. student 13. A. different B. same C. above D. following 14. A. read B. known C. fixed D. written 15. A. natural B. bad C. false D. clear 16. A. is B. works C. has D. teaches 17. A. group B. party C. class D. play 18. A. give B. place C. obey D. hear 19. A. invent B. discover C. teach D. continue 20. A. learners B. watchers C. actors D. listeners Passage 3Some time ago, two navy officers made a journey to the deepest point on the earth. The two men went down seven miles to the_1_of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball to find out if there are any_2_of life. They set out early so that the ball would come to the surface in the_3_and so be easily found by the mother ship. The divers began_4_at dawn and soon afterwards the ball_5_under the surface of the water. _6_, the temperature dropped to freezing point and the men trembled inside the ball. They kept in touch with the mother ship by telephone_7_how they felt. At a depth of 3,000 feet, the telephone stopped working and they were quite cut_8_from the outside world. At 30,000 feet, the men were shocked by a sudden loud_9_- even the smallest hole in the ball would have_10_instant death. Luckily, it was only one of the outer windows_11_had broken. Soon afterwards, the ball_12_the soft ocean floor, raising a big cloud of dust made_13_different kinds of small, dead sea animals. Here, powerful lights lit up the _14_water. The men were surprised to see fish swimming just above them, quite_15_ by the very large water pressure. But they did not_16_to leave lights on for long, as the great_17_from them made the water boil. Quite_18_, the telephone began working again and the weak_19_ clear voices of the officers were heard on the mother ship. After a_20_of thirty minutes the men began their journey up, arriving three hours later. 1. A. foot B. base C. bottom D. tip 2. A. marks B. signs C. signals D. messages 3. A. evening B. night C. secret D. daytime 4. A. diving B. rising C. traveling D. preparations 5. A. disappeared B. floated C. threw D. flew 6. A. In time B. On time C. At times D. At one time 7. A. guiding B. realizing C. describing D. imagining 8. A. down B. over C. off D. out 9. A. voice B. noise C. explosion D. shout 10. resulted B. suggested C. meant D. saved 11. A. where B. that C. which D. whose 12. A. touched B. visited C. attacked D. landed 13. A. of B. from C. up of D. into 14. A. green B. blue C. dark D. hot 15. A. unbelieved B. unchanged C. uncovered D. untroubled 16. A. use B. need C. dare D. think 17. A. light B. heat C. pressure D. sound 18. A. unexpected B. uncovered C. unknown D. uncontrolled 19. A. or B. and C. but D. either 20. A. living B. stay C. rest D. break Passage 4Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 1 she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 2 a driving offence (犯规，犯法).Then one day she nearly 3 her record. A police car 4 her, and the policemen in it saw her 5 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 6 that she would be punished.7 Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 8 old to drive a car, and that the 9 why she had not stopped at the red 10 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 11 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.When the judge had finished what he was 12, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 13 and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 14 a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.When she had 15 done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed 16 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 17. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”The judge took the 18 and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was 19, and her record 20 unbroken.1. A. whichB. whenC. thatD. this2. A. aboutB. on C. toD. for3. A. kept B. wonC. missedD. lost4. A. watchedB. after C. followedD. ran after5. A. pass B. go C. runD. rush6. A. sure B. indeedC. certainD. perhaps7. A. BeforeB. WhileC. UntilD. When8. A. so B. very C. tooD. quite9. A. causeB. reasonC. matterD. trouble10. A. lightB. lamp C. sign D. one11. A. withB. becauseC. for D. of12. A. speakingB. saying C. talkingD. telling13. A. holdingB. getting C. carryingD. bringing14. A. took B. brought C. pickedD. chose15. A. almostB. hardly C. successfullyD. successful16. A. both B. all C. neitherD. either17. A. time B. turn C. chanceD. job18. A. thread B. glasses C. needlesD. needle19. A. dismissedB. passedC. settled D. studied20. A. was B. kept C. seemedD. remainedPassage 5When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more_1_ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him _2_much in repairs that he decided that he had better _3_it. He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_ 4_ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so_5_ of them had any desire to buy it. Daves friend Sam saw that he was _6_ when they met one evening, and said, “Whats _7_, Dave?”Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may _8_more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sams_9_was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, _10_ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no _11_.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to_12_ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten oclock the next morning would be_13_or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and Ill _14_my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to _15_ it.”The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, _16_ to wait there for the people who had_17_ his advertisement. Even Dave had to _18_that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean_19_ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Daves car and then said, “Have you reported this _20_ to us yet, sir?”1. A. directly B. safely C. properly D. easily2. A. so B. such C. very D. too3. A. keep B. repair C. sell D. throw4. A. anxious B. lucky C. ashamed D. generous5. A. some B. neither C. none D. most6. A. delighted B. upset C. calm D. astonished7. A. on B. up C. it D. that8. A. learn B. miss C. get D. find9. A. message B. advice C. request D. description10. A. uses B. loses C. has D. spends11. A. doubt B. help C. trouble D. answer12. A. tell B. see C. agree D. call13. A. exact B. suitable C. early D. late14. A. follow B. meet C. bring D. introduce15. A. recognize B. gain C. admire D. test16. A. happening B. meaning C. turning D. failing17. A. read B. inserted C. answered D. placed18. A. forget B. show C. disagree D. admit19. A. as B. that C. so D. such20. A. bargain B. sale C. accident D. resultPassage 6The word “plastic” comes from the Greek word “Platicos” and is used to describe_1_which can be easily shaped.The history of plastics is longer than you might_2_.In fact _3_ manmade plastics ever to appear on the market was made over a hundred years ago. It was called “celluloid(赛璐璐)”.It was discovered by both an Englishman and an American in the same year._4_it was the Americans who first produced it on a large scale during the year 1860.Everybody was _5_by this new material which could be moulded (用模子做) into shapes and _6_so cheap to buy.Poor young men _7_in cities with lots of smoke and dirt were_8_ to buy white celluloid collars(领子).The collars were hard and uncomfortable. But they did not have to be sent to wash. The poor young men _9_ rub them clean every evening with soap and water! Poor mothers,_10_ had not been able to afford playthings _11_their children, were now able to buy them playthings _12_ of celluloid. But celluloid had one very serious fault. It caught fire very easily. In fact it burned even more quickly than wood or cloth. There were many terrible accidents, particularly _13_ children. For years scientists worked hard to find a better plastic material than celluloid. They had _14_ success. Then in 1932 an American scientist called Baekeland produced a hard plastic material which did not burn. _15_ became known _16_ bakelite(酚醛塑料).Other plastic materials like bakelite were _17_ produced. They _18_ to make electrical fittings and plates and cups. Poor people liked them because they were both cheap and safe, but rich people _19_ them because they were cheap, and because they could only be made _20_dark colours. 1. A. something B. everything C. thing D. anything2. A. wish B. think C. want D. hope3. A. first B. at first C. for the first D. the first4. A. So B. But C. And D. As5. A. surprised B. excited C. told D. frightened6. A. be B. were C. was D. is7. A. waiting B. running C. walking D. working8. A. going B. sure C. about D. able9. A. could B. ought to C. must D. should10. A. which B. who C. whom D. that11. A. for B. like C. in D. of12. A. done B. produced C. worked D. made13. A. between B. on C. among D. about14. A. much B. great. C. never D. little15. A. The man B. He C. It D. The scientist16. A. as B. with C. by D. to17. A. already B. still C. also D. yet18. A. used B. hoped C. were used D. had19. A. took B. loved C. enjoyed D. disliked20. A. in B. by C. from D. ofPassage 7In order to be a success in the American business world, you must “get along” with people. You must learn to conduct yourself in such a way _1_ you earn the affection and respect of others._2_ we have already pointed out, Americans_3_ business and pleasure. Therefore, learning how to _4_ informally can be a help with your American business _5_.Americans like to talk about a _6_of different topicssports, politics, cars, popular movies and television shows and personal interests. Many la