2008高考英语完型填空专项练习(及答案).doc

2008高考英语完型填空专项练习（及答案）（一）I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it ?” I wondered . I 1 it over . There , in faded ink , was a hand-scrawled（手写的） 2 . Immediately my mind traveled 3 many years .I was nine years old , walking down the cold , wet streets of Springfield , with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my 4 that day , I came to that Company finally , whose owner , Mr Rader , had always taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any magazines .Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog , I entered Mr. Raders office . After a quick glance he 7 me over to the fire-place . Noticing the 8 in the top of my 9 , he said , “ Come with me !” pulling me into his pickup 10 . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside , a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 12 seen . I 13 about 10 feet tall when I got up 14 them . “ Wed like a pair of new socks too,” Mr. Rader said .Back in his office , Mr. Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it , and handed it to me . With 16 eyes , I read , “ Do to others as you would have them do to you .” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy , I want you to 17 I love you”.I said good-bye , and for the first time I 18 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 19 . With people like Mr. Rader in the world , there was hope , kindness and love , and that would always make a 20 .1 Aread Bthought Cturned Dpassed 2 Aaddress Blist Cmessage Dinformation 3 Aforward Bso Cahead Dback 4 Areturn Brounds Ctrip Darrival 5 Aif only Bhow Cwhether Dwhy 6 Adust Bsweat CtailDrain 7 Aled Bfollowed Cwatched Dcarried 8 Ahole Bmud Cwater Dcover 9 Amagazine Bshoe Csock Dbag 10Atruck Bfactory Chome Dstore 11Adressed Bfitted Cshowed Dcomforted 12Aever Balready Cnever Dhardly 13Aappeared Bseemed Clooked Dfelt 14Afor Bwith Con Din 15Apen Bpaper Ccard Dnotebook 16Atearful Bunbelievable Ccurious Dpuzzled 17Aadmit Bknow Cconsider Dexpress 18Asensed Breceived Clost Dgained 19Amistaken Bright Call right Dpossible 20Adeal Bfortune Cchoice Ddifference 2008高考英语完型填空专项练习（及答案）（二）After graduation from Harvard Medical School, Dr. William Thomas never thought hed work in a nursing home. Then, 1 , he became a medical director of a nursing home in New York, and his ideas began to 2 . “For the first time in my career, I was 3 for the answer to the question : What does it mean to 4 another person?” 5 that the biggest trouble facing nursing-home residents（居住者） are helplessness, _ 6 and boredom, he arranged laughter, usefulness and love as 7 ._8 Thomas calls it, he began the “Edenization” of the nursing home in 1992. At last he founded the Eden Alternative.Lazy moments and loud television programmes were 9 with lovely children, playful pets10 plants and music in the lobby. These living things are 11 into life. Residents are 12 to tend the animals, water the plants, weed outdoor gardens and do crafts with the children.The Eden Alternative changed the 13 of the residents at this 80-bed nursing home. In a three-day study, the nursing home was 14 with a nursing home of equal size. The Eden Alternative had 26 percent less nurse-aide turnover, 15 percent 15 resident deaths and 38 percent lower medication costs.In 1995, Dr. Thomas 16 his full time to the promotion of the Eden Alternative. More than 200 nursing homes throughout the country have 17 the Edenization process. Thomas receives queries（质疑）from as 18 away as Turkey, Japan, Brazil and the Netherlands. He hopes that his idea of filling “ 19 ” into nursing homes and inviting the community in will help to “break conventional practice in long term 20 .”1 AunexpectedlyBsurprisinglyCunhappilyDsuddenly2 AwonderBstruggleCshakeDchange3 AaskingBansweringCcaringDsearching4 AmakeBvisitCtendDcare5 ARecognizingBHopingCRegardingDIncluding6 AlonelinessBpovertyCtimelessnessDexcitement7 AfoodBreferenceCtreatmentDintroduction8 AWhenBAsCUnlessDSince9 AwentBreplacedCbeganDmet10Aman-madeBplasticCaliveDlive11AchangedBmixedCdividedDmade12AgotBhelpedCencouragedDrequired13AlivesBhabitsCcustomsDmethods14AcomparedBcoveredCdealtDequipped15AmoreBlessCworseDfewer16AsentBledCdevotedDused17AbegunBdevelopedCpreventedDinvented18AlongBmuchCfarDsoon19AhomelessBhomelessnessCplantsDpets20ArelationBeducationCmatchDcare2008高考英语完型填空专项练习（及答案）（三）TV and newspaper reporters often go out to find and report news to the rest of the world. Sometimes they have 1 job. Reporters usually take 2 with them if they want to get some film of events and places when they report live on TV. Live reports are those in which reporters talk to the person 3 the news and are 4 right at the moment of speaking on TV.Mark Tailor, an Australian reporter, gave a live report on TV news the other day from Strakkan just after the President had made 5 that the parliament（议会）had been stopped. _6 , shortly before giving his live report, his life had been in danger. The situation had been _7 but he had got caught up in some ugly scenes and the 8 happened just outside the parliament building.Crowds of people rushed out onto the street, and some were 9 the President, and some were against. The crowd outside the parliament was quiet and 10 at first, but then someone threw a fire bomb and 11 broke out. 12 Mark Tailors cameraman started filming people who were protesting against the President, the crowed got 13 . It would have been all right perhaps if he hadnt been among the crowd, but they 14 him and broke his camera. Mark Tailor himself got _15 to the ground when he went to help his cameraman. He lay 16 because he thought the crowd would have killed him if he had tried to get up. 17 for him, a big policeman appeared and the crowd 18 . He and the cameraman were able to get away _19 . If it hadnt been for the policeman just then, Mark Tailor probably wouldnt have given his report and it would have been a very 20 story.1 Aa wonderfulBa dangerousCan excitingDan unforgettable2 AassistantsBcamerasCfilmsDcameramen3 Alistening toBhearingCpresentingDgiving4 AreportedBfilmedCrecordedDwritten5 Aa chat showBa conversationCa live reportDan announcement6 AIn the endBHoweverCAfter allDTherefore7 Areasonably calmBhopelessCrather badDdifficult8 AaccidentBeventCstoryDadventure9 AforBwithCafterDby10ApreventedBstoppedCcontrolledDwatched11Athe quarrelBarguingCa fireDfighting12ASinceBAs long asCWhileDWhen13AangryBfrightenedCcuriousDexcited14AfoundBrobbedCattackedDshot15AknockedBcaughtClaidDkilled16Avery calmBpeacefulCvery stillDwounded17AAstonishinglyBCuriouslyCTerriblyDFortunately18AshoutedBbacked offCgatheredDturned back19AunnoticedBuninjuredCunpreparedDunpunished20AsurprisingBexcitingCdifferentDdisappointing2008高考英语完型填空专项练习（及答案）（四）Customs office at a London airport yesterday found $500, 000 worth of drugs which were being smuggled （走私）into Britain in boxes marked “ Medical Supplies . The 1 might have suspected （怀疑）for some time 2 drugs were being brought into the country in this way . The 3 is believed to be the work of a 4 international group . Four men were arrested （逮捕）at 5 airport and held for questioning , 6 it is unlikely that they are organizers . In 7 , they declared that they didnt 8_ what the boxes contained and 9 acted in good faith in bringing 10 into Britain . This is the third time 11 six months that attempts have been made to smuggle illegal goods 12 customs by declaring them to 13 Medical Supplies .They are frequently 14 in special containers and a 15 is given that they may be _16_ if they are not handled with care . 17 are determined to put a 18 to this practice , said one of the customs officers today . 19 is no way these people are going to get away 20 this any longer . We have the full cooperation of the international police who are anxious as we are to track down the main source of supply. 1 Apolice Bleaders Cdirectors Dcustoms2 Awhat Bthat Calthough Dwhen3 Aoperation Bexperiment Cmovement Ddevelopment 4 Awell-constructed Bwell-chosen C. well-designed Dwell-organized 5 Aan Bsome Cthe Done 6 Abut Bso Cbecause Das 7 Aturn Breturn Ccase Dfact 8 Acare Brealize Cmind Dmatter 9 Awere Bhad Chave Dbeing 10AallBit Csuch Dthem 11Aof Bfor Cby Din 12Athrough Bgo Cpast Dpass 13Aget Bbe Cbecome Dsell 14Aparked Bpicked Cpassed Dpacked 15Awarning Bnote CsymbolDsignature 16Aharmed Bdamaged Cinjured Dhurt 17ASome BWe CThey DThose 18AstopBhold Cstay Dstep 19AItBThis CThere DThat 20Aoff Bin Cfor Dwith 2008高考英语完型填空专项练习（及答案）（五）Every summer, a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the 1 are in seasonal work, mainly connected with tourism and agriculture. The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the 2 of travel. You can 3 fruit in France, amuse children on American summer camps, and, of course, there are always jobs in hotels and restaurants.But it is not easy now to find work.“ _4 you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few chances,”says Anthea Ellis, an adviser on 5 for students.“If you work with a family in Italy, youll have to speak Italian. When washing up in a restaurant in Paris, youll be expected to speak 6 .British students only have a language 7 for jobs in the US and Australia.”Not everyone 8 the experience. Sarah James 9 to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been 10 . One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was 11 home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the 12 they made, and Sarah herself was robbed on her only 13 evening of the entire trip.“I did visit a lot of new places,”she says,“but it wasnt worth it. The pay was 14_ and it really was a round-the-clock job. The children never slept!”“The trouble is, 15 , expect to have an easy time of it, ” Anthea Ellis points out.“After all, they 16 it as a holiday. 17 , though, you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is seasonal work. Youll 18 when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. In other words, youll work if its convenient for the company that employs you. But you have few _19_ rights. As soon as the holiday season 20 , theyll get rid of you.”1 AchancesBservicesCpurposesDadventures2 AcomfortBdifficultyCexcitementDhelp3 ApickBeatCcleanDwater4 AAlthoughBBecauseCIn caseDUnless5 Alanguage studiesBVacation workChealth careDtourist safety6 AItalianBEnglishCFrenchDRussian7 AgiftBabilityCpossibilityDadvantage8 AremembersBsupportsCenjoysDunderstands9 Awas supposedBwas employedCwas requiredDwas ordered10AabroadBaloneCforwardDup11AdeliveredBriddenCdrivenDflown12ApromisesBnoisesCdecisionsDchoices13AfreeBtiringCbusyDhard14AlowBfairCreasonableDequal15AchildrenBstudentsCadvisersDparents16AwantBexpectCuseDconsider17AAs a resultBIn additionCIn timeDIn fact18AWork hardBmake moneyChave a jobDhave a hard time19AhumanBemploymentCcivilDexistence20AstartsBgoesCendsDlasts2008高考英语完型填空专项练习（及答案）（六）You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you cant 1 how quickly time has passed.If you are familiar with this 2 , youll know how time flies when you are having fun-and 3 when you are bored. Now scientists have 4 a reason why this is the case.Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain 5 according to how we focus on a task. When we are 6 , we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains 7 the clock is ticking more slowly.In an experiment 8 by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image 9 researchers monitored their brain activity.The volunteers were told to 10 concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then 11 the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The results showed that 12 was more active when the volunteers paid 13 subjects.It is thought that if the brain is 14 focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to 15_ its resources, and pays less attention to the clock. 16 , time passes without us really 17 it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its 18 energies on monitoring the passing of time. 19 , time seems to drag.Next time you feel bored 20 , perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!1 AguessBlearnCbelieveDdoubt2 AviewBpointCsceneDexperience3 AdragsBstopsCbacksDgains4 Athought overBmade upCsuggestedDcome up with5 AchangeBdevelopCgrowDslow6 Asleepy BboredCexcitedDactive7 AreportBthinkCdecideDsee8 AproducedBcarriedCtriedDperformed9 AsoBwhenCwhileDbut10ApartlyBquicklyChowDfirst11ArememberBfocus onCforgetDtell apart12Athe researchersBthe experimentCthe clockDthe brain13Amuch attention toBmore attention toCattention to manyDattention to more14AbusyBlikelyCreadyDsure15AfocusBgatherCreachDspread16AHoweverBFurthermoreCThereforeDFinally17ArecognizingBwatchingCnoticingDcounting18AenoughBfullCrightDproper19AIn factBAs a resultCFor exampleDInstead20Ain classBwith workCin mindDof lessons2008高考英语完型填空专项练习（及答案）（七）Some time ago, a fellow teacher asked me to be the referee（仲裁人）on the grading of an examination question. He was about to give a student a _1 for his answer to a physics question. while the student said he should receive a perfect _2 . I read the examination question: “Show how it is possible to _3 the height of a tall building with the _4 of a barometer（气压表）.”The student had answered: “Take the barometer to the top of the building, fasten a _5_ rope to it, _6 the barometer to the street, and then bring it up, 7 the length of the rope. Thats the 8 .”I pointed out that the student really had a strong case for full credit（学分）,since he had answered the question 9 and correctly, but the answer did not prove competence（能力）in physics. I 10 that the student have another try. I gave the student six minutes, with the _11_ that his answer should show some 12 of physics. His answer read:“Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean 13 the edge of the roof. Drop the barometer, 14 its fall with a stopwatch. Then, using the formula S=1/2at2, calculate the height of the building.”I gave the student 15 full credit.Before I left, the student said he had 16 answers. “But,” said the student, 17 the best way is to knock at the superintendents（管理者）door. When he 18 , you say: Mr. Superintendent, here I have a(n) 19 barometer. If you will tell me the height of this building, I will 20 you this barometer.”1 AtickBzeroCmarkDcomment2 AscoreBpraiseCrewardDprize3 AchangeBraiseCdetermineDfind4 AcareBaidCeffortDimprovement5 AstrongBbigCbeautifulDlong6 AlowerBdropCcarryDplace7 AcoveringBfoldingCmeasuringDimagining8 AheightBwidthCsizeDweight9 AperfectlyBcompletelyCseriouslyDcarefully10AdemandedBrequiredCinsistedDsuggested11AwarningBadviceCorderDpoint12AwisdomBtechnologyCknowledgeDgift13AonBoverCagainstDbeyond14AstoppingBobservingCtimingDwatching15AalmostBstillCsimplyDhardly16AsomeBotherCtwoDno17AinterestinglyBsurprisinglyCprobablyDstrangely18AopensBshoutsCstaresDanswers19AfineBlargeCinterestingDattractive20AgiveBlendCsellDshow2008高考英语完型填空专项练习（及答案）（八）My 23-year-old son Dan stood in the doorway, ready to say goodbye to his home. In a couple of hours he was going to fly out to France. He was going to be away for at least a year to learn a foreign language and 1 in a foreign country.It was a milestone in Dans life, a change from school days to 2 . When we were to say goodbye , I 3 closely at his face. I would like to provide him with good 4_ that would last longer than here and now.But not a sound came over my lips. I 5 motionless and silent, looking 6_ my sons green eyes.I knew that this wasnt the first time I 7 such an opportunity pass me by. When Daniel was a little boy, I followed him to the bus on hi