2013高考英语专题练习题：完形填空（3）（答案或解析）

2013高考英语专题练习题：完形填空（3）（答案或解析）
Passage ***
The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in their nets．About thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading
36 to the sea．
“Hey, look!” exclaimed Rahim．“Those two men are 37 heavy rocks．I thought we no longer do muscle labour in this technological 38 ”．
“You don’t 39 a crane（起重机）to unload less than a dozen rocks, do you?” smiled Joshua.
“But those men don’t 40 to have muscles at all.” said Michael, rather surprised. Joshua smiled.
“They are 41 labourers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they
42 ．See how the man positions the rock just at the slope of his 43 ．Some of the rock’s weight is set 44 his head, some on the right hand and some on the left hand．His body isn’t bent．His legs are well 45 .”
“You’re right, Josh．He may have a small build． 46 he certainly well knows his job．Dear me! And to think we have been studying 47 ! ” Rahim thought about all that was happening．Suddenly, he said, “Technology won’t 48 the human being completely, it appears．”
“I don’t think it will．” 49 Joshua．“You can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but you 50 use that equipment to harvest tea leaves and tomatoes, will you?”
“You can get a computer to 51 multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce or assess essays, can you?” asked Michael．
“Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as 52 as ever — that’s domestic technology for you! ” said Rahim．
“One day, perhaps, there won’t be anybody 53 who can carry a large rock the way those men do．It’s not going to be a very 54 world, I’m afraid.” sighed Michael．
“You’re too much of a pessimist (悲观主义者），Mike.” said Joshua．“ 55 will always be other things that will make the world exciting．”
36．A．through B．across C．down D．up
37．A．loading B．unloading C．covering D．uncovering
38．A．way B．revolution C．process D．era
39．A．ask B．expect C．attempt D．hope
40．A．happen B．fail C．have D．seem
41．A．ambitious B．experienced C．potential D．energetic
42．A．take B．fetch C．carry D．bring
43．A．shoulder B．back C．chest D．arms
44．A．on B．against C．toward D．under
45．A．supported B．grasped C．placed D．strengthened
46．A．but B．however C．so D．therefore
47．A．chemistry B．physics C．biology D．psychology
48．A．control B．affect C．remove D．replace
49．A．agreed B．proposed C．refused D．denied
50．A．can’t B．mustn’t C．won’t D．needn’t
51．A．point out B．take out C．hand out D．print out
52．A．dirty B．clean C．old D．new
53．A．caught B．arranged C．left D．convinced
54．A．exciting B．mysterious C．technological D．modern
55．A．That B．This C．They D．There
参考答案
36．C 37．B 38．D 39．B 40．D 41．B 42．C 43．A 44．B 45．C
46．A 47．B 48．D 49．A 50．C 51．D 52．A 53．C 54．A 55．D
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A woman in her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drove her 21 by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears, 22 “Aunty Misery” at her.
One evening, a passer-by asked to 23 for the night. Seeing that he had an 24 face, she let him in and gave him a nice 25 . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫师), thanked her by granting (允准) her 26 that anyone who climbed up her tree 27 not be able to come back down until she 28 it.
When the children came back to steal her 29 , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her long 30 she gave the tree permission to let 31 go. Aunty Misery was free from the
32 at last.
One day another man 33 her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her, 34 she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you 35 me,” said he.
Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to 36 some pears from my dear tree to remember the 37 it brought to me in this life. But I am too 38 to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so 39 as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree 40 and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.
21. A. hopeless B. painful C. dull D. crazy
22. A. calling B. shouting C. announcing D. whispering
23. A. stay B. live C. hide D. lie
24. A. interesting B. honest C. anxious D. angry
25. A. gift B. kiss C. treat D. smile
26. A. suggestion B. demand C. permission D. wish
27. A. could B. should C. might D. must
28. A. permitted B. promised C. answered D. declared
29. A. branch B. food C. tree D. fruit
30. A. after B. while C. since D. before
31. A. it B. them C. him D. her
32. A. trick B. question C. trouble D. difficulty
33. A. stepped into B. left for C. stopped at D. walked around
34. A. so B. but C. although D. because
35. A. with B. off C. upon D. for
36. A. choose B. pick C. shake D. hit
37. A. honor B. pleasure C. hope D. excitement
38. A. light B. short C. old D. thin
39. A. proud B. kind C. fine D. smart
40. A. disappointedly B. cheerfully C. unwillingly D. eagerly
参考答案
21.D 22.B 23.A 24.B 25.C 26.D 27.B 28.A 29.D 30.D
31.B 32.C 33.C 34.A 35.A 36.B 37.B 38.C 39.B 40.C
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I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 36 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would 37 his taxi on the road. I 38 why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home from 39 , leave his taxi and go out for his 40 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 41 .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 42 to be outside one evening two weeks 43 , when the garage door was 44 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce （劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely 45 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 46 inside, he saw himself as something else: A Rolls-Royce owner and a （an） 47 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 48 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove or a （an） 49 .
We go to bed every night and wake up every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 50 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 51 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 52 the social ladder—how much bigger and better a 53 we have. And we 54 our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 55 we are than what we do!
36. A. window B. garage C. door D. yard
37. A. park B. stop C. check D. repair
38. A. knew B. understood C. asked D. wondered
39. A. park B. factory C. road D. work
40. A. business B. national C. personal D. public
41. A. wasteful B. meaningful C. wonderful D. plentiful
42. A. appeared B. intended C. expected D. happened
43. A. later B. more C. ago D. before
44. A. broken B. fine C. shut D. open
45. A. once B. before C. when D. until
46. A. far B. deep C. long D. little
47. A. driver B. engineer C. father D. son
48. A. called B. made C. elected D. turned
49. A. experience B. earning C. life D. position
50. A. competition B. performance C. debate D. party
51. A. family B. company C. team D. whole
52. A. build B. climb C. stand D. lay
53. A. house B. garage C. car D. taxi
54. A. reject B. boycott C. ignore D. value
55. A. who B. what C. which D. where
参考答案
36.B 37.A 38.D 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.A 44.D 45.C
46.B 47.C 48.A 49.C 50.D 51.A 52.B 53.D 54.C 55.A
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The school was across the street from our home and I would watch the kids as they 36 during the break. She seemed so small as she, 37 her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She stood out from them all. ’
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing 38 . She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark. One day I asked her 39 she practiced so much. She looked 40 in my eyes and without a moment of 41 she said, ‘‘I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a（an） 42 . I am going to play college basketball. I want to be college. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t 43 . ”
Well, I had to give it in to her—she was 44 . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 45 in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter. ‘‘Oh, nothing, "came a soft reply. ‘‘I am just too 46 . ”The coach told her that at her height she would probably 47 get to play for a top ranked team much 48 offered a scholarship. So she should stop dreaming about college.
She was heartbroken and I 49 her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 50 .
They just did not understand the 51 of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 52 could stop her except one thing—her own 53 .
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach. She was indeed 54 a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked 55 it for all those years.
36. A. studied B. relaxed C. played D. enjoyed
37. A. pushed B. cleared C. lost D. gave
38. A. well B. freely C. together D. alone
39. A. how B. why C. where D. whether
40. A. brightly B. bitterly C. directly D. casually
41. A. argument B. glance C. panic D. hesitation
42. A. scholarship B. reputation C. occupation D. graduation
43. A. disappear B. occur C. exist D. count
44. A. admired B. determined C. ashamed D. ignored
45. A. showed B. nodded C. turned D. buried
46. A. unique B. flexible C. short D. nervous
47. A. never B. always C. ever D. still
48. A. more B. less C. too D. as
49. A. removed B. sensed C. reduced D. imagined
50. A. wrong B. strict C. cautious D. important
51. A. nature B. complex C. power D. result
52. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
53. A. skill B. attitude C. champion D. award
54. A. offered B. required C. promoted D. gained
55. A. out B. with C. toward D. at
参考答案
36.C 37.A 38.D 39.B 40.C 41.D 42.A 43.D 44.B 45.D
46.C 47.A 48.B 49.B 50.A 51.C 52.D 53.B 54.A 55.C
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Once I spoke at a high school．After the speech，the principal asked me to see a special student．An illness had kept the boy home，but he had expressed an 36 in meeting me，and it would mean a great deal to him．I 37 ．
He was Matthew．When he was born，the doctor told his parents that he would not live to
see five，then they were told he would not 38 it to ten．Now he was thirteen．He wanted tomeet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter, and I 39 about overcoming obstacles(障碍)and 40 for my dreams．
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew．Never did he 41 ．He spoke about winning andsucceeding and seeking his dreams．42 ，he knew what he was talking about．He just talked about his 43 for the future，and how one day he wanted to 44 weight with me．
When we finished talking，I went to my briefcase and 45 out the first gold medal I won and put it around his 46 ．I told him he was more of a 47 and knew more about success and overcoming 48 than I ever would．He looked at it for a while．then took it off 49 handed it back to me．He said，“You are a 50 ．You earned that medal. 51 when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal，I will show it to you．”
Last summer I got the news that Matthew had passed 52 and a letter Matthew had written me a few days before：
Dear Rick，
My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me．The doctors are 53 to tell me that I don't have long to live any more．But I still 54 as much as I can．
I told you that in the future I Was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal．But I know now I'll 55．But I know I'm a champion，and god knows that too．When I get to Heaven，
God will give me my medal and when you get there，I will show it to you．
Thank you for loving me．
Your friend，
Matthew
36.A．idea B．interest C．opinion D．agreement
37.A．neglected B．refused C．agreed D．ignored
38.A．make B．expect C．enjoy D．continue
39.A．knew B．read C．thought D．asked
40.A．looking B．longing C．going D．waiting
41.A．laugh B．cry C．complain D．call
42A．Nearly B．Probably C．Mainly D．Obviously
43.A．hopes B．worries C．needs D．hobbies
44.A．lose B．lift C．reduce D．gain
45.A．pushed B．pulled C．carried D．got
46.A．neck B．head C．hand D．waist
47.A．loser B．winner C．patient D．buy
48.A．pains B．diseases C．obstacles D．shortcomings
49.A．or B．so C．but D．and
50.A．doctor B．teacher C．champion D．trainer
51A．Somewhere B．Somehow C．Nowadays D．Someday
52.A．out B．away C．on D．by
53.A．eager B．surprised C．worried D．sorry
54.A．laugh B．eat C．smile D．talk
55.A．seldom B．already C．never D．ever
参考答案
36.B 37.C 38.A 39.A 40.C 41.C 42.D 43.A 44.B 45.B
46.A 47.B 48.C 49.D 50.C 51.D 52.B 53.D 54.C 55.C
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It was a cold evening and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box. But Nora did. She wasn’t even four, but she 36 at my coat and said, “That man’s cold. Daddy, 37 we take him home?”
I don’t remember my reply. But I do remember a sudden 38 feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her 39 , whether it was 40 in flight or children playing. But now she was noticing 41 and beggary.
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and 42 it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy. I 43 us up. Nora was 44 about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how 45 our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to 46 myself to leave the house. On the way to the school, I fought an urge to turn 47 . The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting at home. Why do this? 48 , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed. She 49 us right over.
The building was in a sad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed. 50 inside, I saw that the department belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears.
Professionals call such a(n) 51 “a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities, I’ve come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have opportunity to do something 52 that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve to needy people and 53 clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve 54 her grow over these past four years, I still wonder—which of us has 55 more?
A. pulled B. glanced C. waved D. aimed
A. would B. can C. need D. must
A. general B. true C. heavy D. curious
A. area B. part C. eyesight D. world
A. insects B. dogs C. animals D. birds
A. coldness B. illness C. suffering D. ignorance
A. delivered B. returned C. devoted D. posted
A. held B. hurried C. signed D. lined
A. casual B. sorry C. astonished D. excited
A. creative B. valuable C. shocking D. simple
A. warn B. stop C. allow D. push
A. back B. away C. up D. out
A. Therefore B. Obviously C. Still D. Also
A. called B. promised C. invited D. helped
A. As B. Once C. Because D. Though
A. stay B. visit C. adventure D. challenge
A. fair B. famous C. difficult D. enjoyable
A. collect B. make C. order D. wear
A. let B. made C. watched D. noticed
A. improved B. benefited C. tried D. seized
参考答案
36.A 37.B 38.C 39.D 40.D 41.C 42.A 43.C 44.D 45.B
46.D 47.A 48.C 49.C 50.B 51.B 52.D 53.A 54.C 55.B
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