2012届高考英语二轮复习 完形填空五月天天练11

1、2012届高考英语二轮：完形填空五月天天练【11】【答案】该套资源选择的完形填空短文既有经典的，也有新颖的，排版工整，每两天的组合在一起，除去答案，刚好4页，印制成1张练习卷，是训练完形填空的极好材料。（十一）Take a taxi from Sydney Airport and chances are that the driver will not say “Gday” with the broad accent you might expect. Probe a little further and you will probably 1 that he was not born in

2、Australia. 2 the United States, Australia is a society of 3 , and Sydney has been a preferred destination for many of these new 4 . Over the past half century the Anglo-Irish immigrants who 5 the citys original population have been joined by successive waves of Italians, Greeks, Turks, Lebanese, and

3、 , more 6 , Asians. This mixture has 7 a cultural activeness and energy that were missing only a generation 8 . Sydney is a city 9 .Compared with the traffic in the 10 of Australia, Sydney is fast and impatient. The more than 4 million people in this 11 work hard and play harder, moderation is somet

4、hing practiced by the citizens of Melbourne. Sydney 12 the tallest buildings, the most expensive real estate, the finest beaches, and the seediest nightlife of any Australian city. Most Australians 13 its loud brash ways with a mixture of fear and fascination, 14 Sydneysiders prefer to think of home

5、 as energetic rather than ordinary. Visiting this city is a(n) 15 part of an Australian experience. But remember, as you do so, that Sydney is no more representative of Australia 16 New York is of the United States. It has joined the 17 of the great global cities whose characters are essentially 18

6、, offering great looks, style, and sophistication. In 2000, the year that the Olympic Games 19 to the city, Sydney became one of the 20 destinations of the new millennium.1. A. observeB. discoverC. expectD. catch2. A. LikeB. AsC. WithD. For3. A. settlersB. immigrantsC. citizensD. the rich4. A. peopl

7、eB. raceC. strangersD. arrivals5. A. took upB. kept up C. made upD. brought6. A. luckilyB. surprisinglyC. recentlyD. possibly7. A. createdB. supportedC. givenD. expressed8. A. beforeB. afterC. laterD. ago9. A. in a panicB. in a hurryC. in a wayD. in a sense10. A. restB. otherC. elseD. most11. A. cou

8、ntryB. townC. cityD. state12. A. standsB. liesC. existsD. has13. A. compareB. thinkC. matchD. regard14. A. ifB. unlessC. althoughD. so15. A. essentialB. finalC. proudD. reasonable16. A. thanB. whatC. thatD. and17. A. routesB. ranksC. circlesD. ways18. A. nationalB. racialC. personalD. international1

9、9. A. addedB. occurredC. cameD. appeared20. A. preciousB. fashionableC. widespreadD. complex参考答案（十一）15 BABDC610 CADBA1115 CDDCA1620 ABDCB*（十二）On 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 isl

10、and 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

11、 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.

12、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 represent

13、s 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. W

14、hy 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

15、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. measure

16、6. 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. unimportant