高考英语完形填空练习(含答案详解)

1、a strange greeting, a true feeling last week i was invited to a doctors meeting at the ruth hospital for incurables. inoneof the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. i could see that he hadnt long to 1 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close m

2、ine on the floor.“frank！” i cried in astonishment. he couldnt 2 , as i knew, but all the time 3 his foot against mine. my 4 raced back more than thirty years to the 5 days of 1941, when i was a student in london. the 6 was an air-raid shelter, in which i and about hundred other people slept every ni

3、ght. two of the regulars were mrs. west and her son frank. 7 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to 8 each other very well. frank west 9 me because he wasnt 10 , not even at birth. his mother told me he was 37 then, but he had 11 of a mind than a baby has. his “ 12 ” consisted of rough soundss

4、ounds of pleasure or anger and 13 more. mrs. west, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because frank 14 on her entirely. he needed all the 15 of a baby. one night a policeman came and told mrs. west that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. she 16 nearl

5、y everything she owned. when that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the 17 ones. so before we 18 that morning, i stood beside frank and 19 my right foot against his. they were about the same size. that night, then, i took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. but as soon as he saw me

6、 he came running and placed his right foot against mine. after that, his 20 to me was always the same. 1awork bstayclivedexpect2aanswerbspeakcsmiledlaugh3acoveringbmovingcfightingdpressing4amindsbmemoriescthoughtsdbrains5abetterbdarkcyounger dold6acave bplacecsightdscene7adiscussing bsolvingcsharing

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8、d dleft17atroublesomebunluckycangrydunpopular18aseparated bwentcreunited dreturned19apushed btriedcshowed dmeasured20anodding bgreetingcmeeting dacting（二）a newly trained teacher named mary went to teach at a navajo indian reservation. every day, she would ask five of the young navajo students to _1_

9、 the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from 2 homework. they would stand there, silently, 3 to complete the task. mary couldnt figure it out. 4 she had studied in her educational curriculum helped, and she 5 hadnt seen anything like it in her student-teaching days back in phoenix. what a

10、m i doing wrong? could i have chosen five students who cant do the 6 ? mary would wonder. no, 7 couldnt be that. finally she 8 the students what was wrong. and in their answers, she learned a 9 lesson from her young 10 pupils about self-image and a(n) 11 of self-worth. it seemed that the students 12

11、 each others individuality and knew that 13 of them were capable of doing the problems. 14 at their early age, they understood the senselessness of the win-lose approach in the classroom. they believed no one would 15 if any students were shown up or embarrassed at the 16 . so they 17 to compete wit

12、h each other in public. once she understood, mary changed the system 18 she could check each childs math problem individually, but not at any childs expense 19 his classmates. they all wanted to learn, 20 not at someone elses expense.1ago tobcome tocget close todbring2ahisbtheirchis owndher3ahappybw

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15、liday i visited dusseldorf, a city in the former west germany. the nine-day trip left a deep impression 1 me. i arrived at dussedorf airport at 7 pm. it was already 2 outside. the first thing i needed to do was to find a place to 3 . i decided to telephone the youth hotel. but to use the phone i nee

16、ded some 4 , i asked a lady for help. to my 5 she gave me three coins to use. but all the phones in the 6 needed phone cards. and phone cards could only be bought at post offices during the 7 . i was 8 i would not be able to call the hotel. an old gentleman helped me. he couldnt speak english 9 unde

17、rstand that i needed to 10 a phone call. he showed me where the phone was and inserted 11 phone cardi called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night. the 12 of the german people made me feel that i was not 13 my first day in germany wasnt as 14 as i expectedwhenever i went, i asked peop

18、le for 15 . it surprised me that 16 every young german could speak english fluently. older germans couldnt speak english very well, but they would try to help me 17 they couldone middle-aged man i asked for directions even 18 me to the place i was looking for. my 19 in germany totally changed my imp

19、ression of germans. now i think the people couldnt be more 20 . 1aon bfor cto dabout 2alate bdark clight dearly 3avisit beat cstay dkeep 4acards binformation cmoney dcoins 5ajoy bdisappointment cemotion dsurprise 6ahotel bairport ccity dpavement 7anightbdaytime ctrip drush-hour 8aafraid bsure cglad

20、deager 9aor bbut cand dso 10amake bhavecdo danswer 11aanotherba cmy dhis 12ause bsuccess ccare dkindness 13areally bnearly out of cfar from dclose to 14ainteresting bgood cbad dbusy 15adirection bdistance ctravel dserve 16aalmost beven conly dalready 17awhenever bwhatever cwherever dhowever 18adrove

21、breached cmoved dcame 19aexperience bvictory cvisitdmemory 20afriendlybunfriendly ccold-hearted dvaluable (四)my father often works very hardand he has 1 to see a film. here ill tell you 2 about him.one afternoon, when he finished his work and 3 go home, he found a film ticket under the 4 on his desk

22、. he thought he 5 to have not much work to do that day and 6 was quite wonderful to pass the 7 at the cinemaso he came back home and 8 finished his supper. then he said 9 to us and left.but to our 10 , he came back about half an hour later, i 11 him what was the matter. he smiled and told us about 1

23、2 funny thing that had happened at the cinema.when my father was sitting in his seat, a 13 came to my fathers and said that the seat was 14 . y father was surprisedhe took out the ticket 15 looked at it carefully. it was row17, 16 . and then he looked at the seat. it was the same. so he asked her 17

24、 her ticket. she took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was row 17, seat 3. 18 ? whats the matter with all this? while they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “the 19 of the tickets are different.” so they looked at the ticket more carefully. after a while, my father said, “oh, 20

25、 , i made a mistake. my ticket is for the film a month ago. take this seat, please.” with these words, he left the cinema.1alittle money bmuch moneyclittle time dmuch time2aa funny story ba good storycan old story da strange story3awas to bwas about tochad to dought4abox bbookcglass dpaper5ahappened

26、 blikedcpretendeddwanted6aitbthiscthatdwhich7amorning bafternooncdaydevening8aearly bquietlycquicklydsuddenly9ahello bgood-byecgood evening dgood night10adisappointment bjoycsorrowdsurprise11aasked bexplainedctolddwanted12aa bonecsome dthe13aman bwomancdoctor dnurse14ahers bhisctaken dwrong15aand bb

27、utcor dso16aseat1 bseat2cseat3 dseat417ait bring bto getcto see dto show18awhy bhowcwhen dwhere19adesigns bcolorscpricesdowners20aim sadbim sorrycim wrong dim worried(五)i remember vividly the call that changed my life. it was tuesday, february 18when the 1 rang in the kitchen of my los angeles, the

28、2 was marty banderas, a literary agent to whom i had sent a draft( 草稿 )of my novel three weeks earlier. “i have a couple of 3 .” banderas said“first, how old are you?” “im 48,” i replied“are you in good 4 ?” “yes, excellent. whats this about? ” “ive sold your novels 5 one and a half million dollars.

29、” i sat down in 6. i had written fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been 7 by the publishers. i suppose many people would have been 8 , but not me. each time, i just 9 writing another one. my husband advised me to find something else to do, but i refused to 10 up. seeing this book 11

30、was the best thing that has ever happened to me. its a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best-seller 12 two weeks after publication! i got my first lesson in story 13 from my grandmother. she used to read my stories. she was the one who gave me a 14 of words. she sparked (激发) my

31、15 and she has been a 16 influence on me. i always had stories running through my 17 and as soon as i could write, i 18 them down on paper. i married young and i have three children, but i never stopped writing. 19 novels between doing the diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. im writing another novel now. yes

32、, my 20 has changed my life. 1aphone bbell cclock dalarm 2aline bstep coutside ddoorway 3anovels bthings cquestions dproblems 4awealthbhealth cconditiondorder 5ato bfor con din 6aneedbjoy csettlements dshock 7arejected breceived cdecideddlost 8aworried bencouraged cdiscouraged dexcited 9acouldnt hel

33、p bgot down to cgot used to dwent on 10ahold blook cgive dset 11asold bpublished cprinted dpassed12abooks bshopscrecord dlist 13awriting borganizing ctelling dreading 14ause blove cmeaning drespect 15ahope beffortscnovels dimagination 16alasting bnormal ccareful dgeneral 17ahead bmouth cvoice dwork

34、18atook bput cbroke dadded 19awriting breading cdeveloping dtranslating 20afriend bcall csuccess dwork (六)on wednesday afternoon annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. for an hour or so she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there, and 1 a s

35、harp lookout for the bargains that were something to be hadand then, with all the 2 she needs bought she would leave the market for the 3 of the town to spend another hour 4 she liked best, looking in furniture-shop windows.one wednesday she found a 5 shop full of the most delightful things, with a

36、6 inviting anyone to walk in and look round without 7 they had to buy something. annie hesitated a moment 8 stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped 9 before a green armchair. there was a card on the chair which 10 ,“this fine chair is yours for less than a pound a week,” and

37、very small at the bottom, “cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” a pound a week why, she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never 11 it!a voice at her shoulder made her 12 .“can i help you, madam?” she looked 13 at the assistant who had come softly to her 14 “oh, well, no,” she

38、said, “i was just 15 .”“we have chairs of all kinds in the 16 . if youll just come up, you will find something to 17 you.”annie, worried at the thought of being 18 to buy something she didnt 19 , left the shop 20 .1atakingbmakingcfixingdkeeping 2achairsbfurniturecthingsdbargains 3ashopsbstreets cdel

39、ightful things dbus station4ain the waybby the waycin a waydin one way5anewbnoisyclargedstrange6amessagebnoticecnotedflag7aarguingbdeclaringcfrighteningdfeeling8awhenbbeforecafterdwhile 9adoubtedbsurprisedcpuzzledddelighted10awrotebtoldcinformeddsaid 11alosebmisscpassdmake12ajumpbrunclaughdsurprise1

40、3aroundbstraightcbehinddup14aplacebbackcsidedfront15athinkingblookingcwalkingdpassing16adoorwaybstorehousecshowroomdmarket 17asuitbfitcservedmatch18aadvisedbmadecpersuadeddcheated 19alikebaffordcpaydneed20aslowlybthoughtfullychurriedlydcarefully（七）peter fern was crazy about mountains. climbing was t

41、he 1 of his life. church towers，seaside cliffs, rock faces, ice mountains，anything “if it is there” , he used to say, “then i want to climb it.”so the news of his marriage gave me a 2 . id never known him to take much interest in 3 . well，peter fern a married man! i couldnt 4 it. i 5 whether his wif

42、e would try to stop some of his risky 6 .she was french perhaps-from that place 7 he usually spent his holidays. chamonix，wasnt it? from chamonix hed climbed mount blanc on his seventeenth birthday, and another one the day after! that was it, then: she was french，from a mountaineering family. no 8 .

43、 no other explanation.a month later i met them 9 in town. anna surprised mebecause she was english. she was a dancer in the 10 “i have 11 climbed more than sixty steps in my life,” she told me. “peter has his 12 , and ive got mine. no 13 ”. “none at all，”peter said, smiling. “where did you spend you

44、r 14 ?” i askedsomewhere far 15 theatres and mountains，was it? “we had a weeks holiday,” anna said, “i flew to new york to see dirke dancers on broadway. a wonderful 16 !” peter said, “i didnt want to 17 the good weather. so i went to switzerland and climbed the north 18 of the eiger with allen dunl

45、op. great 19 , the eiger. grand place for a honeymoon! ill show you the 20 we took one day.”1apurposeblove canswerdeven2ajoybthoughtclessondshock3amountainsbchurchescfacesdgirls4aacceptbunderstandcbeardtell5abelieved bknewcwondereddrealized6ajobsbwordscadventuresddeeds7awherebwhencwhichdhow8aone bre

46、asoncsignddoubt9aall btwocbothddouble10afamilybmountainctheatredholiday11aeverbevencneverdalmost12ainterestsblifecroomdcar13awonder bwayctimedproblems14adaysbhoneymooncchildhooddrest of life15aawaybascbydfrom16ashowbsightcscenedgame17amissbescapecbreakdforget18apositionbfacecpointdline19aprogrammebp

47、rogresscfundinvention20aphotographsbrolescsportsdpains (八)the world always makes way for the dreamer.when i was twelve years old, my father took me to see zig zigler. i remember sitting in that dark hall listening to mr. zigler 1 everyones spirits up to the ceiling, i 2 there feeling like i could do

48、 anything. when we got to the car, i turned to my father and said, “dad, i want to 3 people feel like that.” my father asked me 4 i meant. “i want to be a motivational （激励人的）speaker just like mr. zigler,” i replieda 5 was born.recently, i began seeking my dream of motivating others. 6 a four-year re

49、lationship with fortune 100 company 7 as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, i left the company at the height of my 8 . many people were 9 that i would leave after earning a six-figure income. and they asked 10 i would risk everything for a dream.i made my 11 to start my own comp

50、any and leave my secure（无忧虑的）position after 12 a regional sales meeting. the vice-president of our company delivered a 13 that changed my life. he asked us, “if a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” after giving us a 14 to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “why do you

51、 need a 15 ?” i would never forget the power i felt at that moment. i realized that 16 i had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. i was ready and didnt need a gods help to become a motivational speaker. a motivational speaker was 17 .having made that decision, i was immediately 18 . one week after i gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no 19 . but i held fast to my dream. the wonder really began to happen. in a short time my husband found a better joband i was able to book several 20 engagements with new customers. i