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【难点突破】完形填空技巧点拨高 以及一模二模试 2009东城一 2008… 2011石景山一 2010海淀一 2010东城一 2010西城一 2010丰台一

外地高考材料篇 Passage Passage Passage Passage (09·重庆 Passage Passage 、海南、 Passage (09·湖南 Passage (09·江西 Passage (09·辽宁 Passage (09·山东 Passage (09·陕西 Passage (09·福建 Passage (09·浙江 Passage (09 Passage Passage Passage (08·福建 Passage (2007市朝阳二模 Passage 教学程序：高考以及一模二模试2011IusedtohatebeingcalleduponinclassmainlybecauseIdidn’tlikeattentiondrawntomyself．And36otherwiseassigned（指定）aseatbytheteacher,Ialways37tositatthebackoftheclassroom．Allthis38afterIjoinedasportsteam．ItbeganwhenateachersuggestedItryoutforthebasketballteam．AtfirstIthoughtitwasacrazy39becauseIdidn’thaveagoodsenseofbalance,nordidIhavethe40tokeeppacewiththeothersontheteamandtheywouldteaseme．Butfortheteacherwhokeptinsistingonmy“41forit”,Iwouldn’thavedecidedtogiveatry．Gettingupthecouragetogotothetryoutswasonlythe42ofit!WhenIfirststarted43thepracticesessions,Ididn’tevenknowtherulesofthegame,much44whatIwasng．SometimesI’dget45andtakeashotatthewrongdirection—whichmademefeelreallystupid．46,Iwasn’ttheonlyone“new”atthegame,soIdecidedto47onlearningthegame,domybestateachpracticesession,andnotbetoohardonmyselfforthethingsIdidn’t48“justyet”．Ipracticedandpracticed．SoonIknewthe andthe“moves”．Beingpartofateamwasfunandmotivatingerysoonthecompetitive 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37．A．service B．balanceC．knowledgeD．control48．A．delightedB．cheeredC．litD．shut49．A．demandingB．simpleC．interestingD．flexible50．A．fearsB．worriesC．chancesD．situations51．A．climbedB．gotC．managedD．made52．A．laughterB．reactionC．answerD．greeting53．A．kissB．clapC．eD．surprise54．A．playB．doC．takeD．enjoy 2008WhenIenteredBerkeley,Ihopedtoearnascholarship．HavingbeenaStraight-Astudent,IbelievedI36toughsubjectsandreallylearnsomething．OnesuchcoursewasWorldLiteraturegivenbyProfessorJayne．Iwasextremelyinterestedintheideashe37inclass．WhenItookthefirstexam,Iwas38tofinda77,C-plus,onmytestpaper,39Englishwasmybestsubject．IwenttoProfessorJayne,wholistenedtomyargumentsbutremained40．Idecidedtotryharder,althoughIdidn’tknowwhatthat41becauseschoolhadalwaysbeeneasyforme．Ireadthebooksmorecarefully,butgotanother77．Again,I42withProfessorJayne．Again,helistenedpatientlybutwouldn’tchangehis43．Onemoretestbeforethefinalexam．Onemore44toimprovemygrade．SoIredoubledmyeffortsand,forfirsttime．45 Themeaningoftheword“thorough”．Butmy46

didnogoodand Thelasthurdle()wasthefinal．Nomatterwhat Igot,itwouldn’tcancelthreeC-pluses．Imightaswellkissthe Istoppedworkinghead．IfeltIknewthecoursematerialaswellasIeverwould．Thenightbeforethefinal,I myselftoamovie．ThenextdayIdecidedforonceI’dhave withaAweeklater,IwassurprisedtofindIgotanA．IhurriedintoprofessorJayne’soffice．He52 tobeexpectingme．“IfIgaveyoutheAsyou53 ,youwouldn’tcontinuetoworkashard．”Istaredathim．54 Thathis ysisandstrategy(策略)werecorrect．Ihadworkedmyhead ,asIhadneverdonebefore．Iwasspeechlesswhenmycoursegradearrived:A-plus．ItwastheonlyA-plusgiven．ThenextyearIreceivedmyscholarship．I’vealwaysrememberedProfessorJayne’slesson:youalonemustsetyourownstandardofexcellence． B．answerC．lessonD．comment49．A．scholarshipB．courseC．degreeD．subject50．A．helpedB．favoredC．treatedD．relaxed51．A．funB．luckC．problemsD．tricks．52．A．happenedB．provedC．pretendedD．seemed53．A．valuedB．imaginedC．expectedD．ed54．A．rememberingB．guessingC．supposingD．realizing 2007BantheBand(乐队Everyyear,outschoolhasadanceforallthestudents．It’salittlefunnyseeingfriendsincleanshoesandtrousersor ,insteadoftheusualschooluniform．Mostofusthinkthedanceisgreat_37eventheteachersenjoybeingthere．38 ,twoweeksagosomeonesaidthattherewouldbeno bandthisyearonluCDs．“I it!”Amycriedoutduringthelunch“Someonesaidtheschool aband,andtheythinkit’stoonoisyanyway/”added“Well,Idon’tthinkit’s 42enoughwithoutaband!”declaredAngela．”andI’mgoingtoseewhatcanbedone．”Angelawasasgoodas ．Intheafternoonshewenttoseetheschoolheadmasterwhoagreedtogive somemorethought．Andhesuggestedthatone 45forhavingabandwastoincreasethepriceofeachticketfrom$5to$10．Angelahadto outwhetherthestudentswouldliketodothat．“Ineedallofyoutohelp toourgroupbeforeschoolthenextday．”Mr．Berrygavemealistofthenames,andsuggestedweaskeachonetheir48aboutthebandandtheextra49thedayweaskedaroundasAngelasuggested,andwrotedownpeoples’sfeelingsaboutthebandandthecost．Wewereamazedhowmuch50therewasforthebandandeveryoneagreedtopaytheextra$5．“I’msurprised,”sdMr．Berry,whenwegavehimthe51．”Ireallythoughtthatonlyafewpeople52theirbandandthatthecostwouldbetoohigh．OK．Angela,yournext53istofindagoodbandandlinethemupforthedance．”Angelawasallsand54thenewstoAmyandDaniel．”You’re55,”sdDanieltoAngelaashethoughthowclosetheycametohavingalessthanperfectdance． 2006LearningtoIlearnedhowtoacceptlifeasitisfrommyfather．36,hedidnotteachmeacceptancewhenhewasstrongandhealthy,butratherwhenhewas37andill．Myfatherwas38astrongmanwholovedbeingactive,butaterribleillness39allthataway．Nowhecannolongerwalk,andhemustsitquietlyinachairallday．Eventalkingis40．Onenight,Iwenttovisithimwithmysisters．Westarted41aboutlife,andItoldthemaboutoneofmy42．Isaidthatwemustveryoftengivethings wegrowouryouth,ourbeauty,ourfriendsbutitalways44 thatafterwegivesomethingup,wegainsomethingnewinitsplace．Thensuddenlymyfather45 up．Hesaid,“But,Peter,Igaveup46!WhatdidIgain?”Ithoughtandthought,butIcouldn’tthinkofanythingtosay．47,heansweredhisownquestion:“I48theloveofmyfamily,”Ilookedatmysistersandsawtearsintheireyes,alongwithhopeandthankfulness．Iwasalso49byhiswords．Afterthat,whenIbegantofeelirritated(的)atsomeone,I50rememberhiswordsand e51．Ifhecouldreplacehisgreatpainwithafeelingofloveforothers,thenIshouldbe52togiveupmysmallirritations．Inthis53,Ilearnedthepowerofacceptancefrommyfather．SometimesI54whatotherthingsIcouldhavelearnedfromhimifIhadlistenedmorecarefullywhenIwasaboy．Fornow,though,Iamgratefulforthisone55．yItwashergigglingthatdrewmyattention．Notetakingreallywasn'tallthatWalkingovertotheoffender,Iaskedforthe36．Frozen,sherefusedtogiveittome．Iwaited,allattentionintheclassroomonthequiet37betweenteacherandstudent．Whenshefinally38itovershewhispered,"Okay,butIdidn'tdrawit．"Itwasahand-drawn39ofme,teethblackenedandthewords"I'mstupid"comingoutofmymouth．Imanagedtofolditupcalmly．Mymind,40,wasworkingangrilyasIstrugglednotto41．figuredIknewthetwomostlikelycandidatesfordrawingthepicture．Itwoulddothemsome42toteachthemalesson,andmaybeitwashightimethatIdidit!Thankfully,Iwasabletokeepmyself43Whentherewereaboutsixminutesremaining,Ishowedtheclassthepicture．TheywereallsilentasItoldthemhow44thiswasforme．Itoldthemtheremustbeareason45andnowwastheirchancetowritedownanythingtheyneededt（lme．Then1letthemwritesilentlywhileIsniffedinthebackoftheclassroom．AsI46thenoteslater,manyofthemsaidsomethinglike,"I'vegotnothingagainstyou,"or"I'msorryyouwerehurt．"Somekidssaid,"We're47ofyou．"Buttwonotes,fromthegirlswhoI48werebehindthepicture,hadalistofissues．Iwastoo49,toostrict…Readingthosenotes,Irealizedthatoverthecourseofthisyear,insteadof50mystudents,Ihadbeguncommandingthento51．WhereIthoughtIwasdrivingthemtosuccessIwas52_drivingthemaway．Ihadsomeapologizingtodo．Butthenextdayintheclassroom,oneboyandonegirleachhandedmeacard．Theone53byalltheboysexpressedsincereregretfortheuglyjoke．Theonefromthegirlsaskedfor54．Thiswasalessonforboththekidsandme．Forgivenessdoesnotchangethepast,butitdoesenlarge DAssixthgraders,kidswereseparatingintogroups,butIwasn'tsurewhereIOurteachergaveusataskcalled"secretfriends"forthecomingweek．Weweresupposedtodonicethings36ourfriendswithoutlettingthemknowwhowasngit．Wecouldleave37notesorcardseitherontheirdesksorintheirbackpacks．Beforengthetask,withoureyesclosed,fromabasket,we38anameofaclassmatewhoweweretosecretlybefriendoverthenextfivedays．Soon,thetaskwasturnedintoacompetitionofgiving39insteadofnotes．Everyonewasgettingcoolpresentsexceptme．Myfriendfollowedtheteacher's40withoutafault．Ireceivednothingbuthandmadecardswithnicewordsaboutme．Onthelastmorning,Ifinallygotapackage．WhenI41it,thegirlsaroundall42．Itwasperfumedpowder,an"oldlady"gift．Myfacewentred．Itriedtoforgetaboutthe43gift,butwhenthesamegirls44itagainduringthebreakinthebathroom,Ijoinedin,"Howstupid!Mygrandmotherwouldn't45wantit．"Thegirlslaughedatmy46andfiledoutofthebathroom．Washingmyhands,Iletthewaterrunthroughmyfingers47Ithoughtaboutmywords．Itwasn't48likemetosaythingslikethat．"I'myoursecretfriend．"ItwasRoce．"I'msorryaboutthegift,"shewhisperedtome,tears49downherFromapoorfamily,shewasa50atschoolforthosewithrichparents．Yetshejusttookallthe51andthehorribletreatmentsilently．Iwassicktomystomachasmy52wordsranthroughmymind．Shehadheardeverything．HowcouldIhavebeensocruel?LaterIlearnedshehadfeltbadallweekaboutnotbeingabletoleavemeanycoolpresentandhermumhadgivenupheronlyluxury（奢侈品．AndI 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ingshowdown(摊牌）WhatifMr．Laront37hisrequestAndrewhadworkedsohardinthelast18monthsand38winningacontractwhichwasdifficulttogetforBraerandHopkinsAdvertisingAgency．39,heshouldgetasalaryraise．ThethoughtofwalkingintoMr．Laront'sofficeleftAndrewweak40theknees．Lateintheafternoonhewasfinally41enoughtoapproachhissuperior．Tohisdelightand42,theever-frugal(一惯节省的）HarveyLaront43togiveAndrewaraise！Andrewarrivedhomethatevening—despitebreakingallcityandstatespeedlimits—toabeautifultablewiththeirbestchina,andcandleslit．Hiswife,Tina,hadpreparedadelicatemealincludinghisfavoritedishes．Immediayhe45someonefromtheofficehadtoldherthenews．NexttohisplateAndrewfoundabeautiful46．Itwasfromhiswife．Itread：“Congratulations，myloveIknewyou’dgettheraise！Ipreparedthisdinnertoshow 47howmuchIloveyou．Iamso48ofyourplishments！“HereaditandstoppedtoreflectonhowsensitiveandcaringTinawas．Afterdinner,Andrewwasonhiswaytothekitchentogetdessert．whenhenoticedthatasecondcard49outofTina'spocketontothefloor．Hebentforwardtopickitup．Itread：“Don't50aboutnotgettingtheraise！Youdo 51one！YouareawonderfulproviderandIpreparedthisdinnertoshowyouhowmuchIloveyou52youdidnotgettheincrease．’SuddenlytearswelledinAndrew'seyes．Totalsuccessatwork．

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51wasjustlikeamapoftheworld,wherethereshouldneverhavebeensomuchseparationamongnations．Butwhywaseveryoneso52?AndsoIturned53_thisgirl,andwentwiththefirst,andtherewasnooffence,Ibuilta betweentwoworldswhenIsatwiththose fromme．“Youwillneverwalkagain．Youwillhavetouseawheelchair．”Iheardhis36fallheavilyonmyears,numbingmysoul．IfIhadneverfelthopelessbefore,Ifelthopelessthen．Thecaraccidenthasleftmeunconscious．When37,Ifoundbothlegsincasts（石膏）．WhileIhadotherseriousinjuries,my38weremyfirstconcern．Workingasaspecialneedsteacherandbusyandactivebynature,Icouldn’timaginebeing39inawheelchair．Lyinginmybed,IwonderedhowI40givemyten-year-oldsonhopethatmomwould41．He’dbeencheerfuloneveryvisit,butIsaw42inhiseyes．HeneededtherayofhopethatIwouldnotbeinawheelchairJustmaybe,Ithought,Icouldusethisexperiencetoteachhimwhattodowhenmisfortune43Itdidn’ttakemelongto 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