完形填空训练
完形填空1
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I often helped at Grandma’s restaurant on weekends. This Saturday morning when I was in the alley behind the restaurant, I noticed something ___21___. Our dustbins had been knocked over! How could those have fallen I wondered as I quickly cleaned up the mess, and then headed into the restaurant to help with the ___22___ rush.
Early the next morning, when I sat up and looked out of my window, I spotted the dustbins — ___23___ over yet again! Soon, it started to rain. That was when I noticed two yellow eyes staring back at me. ___24___ from the dustbin was a little gray cat. I jumped out of bed and ___25___ down to the alley.
“So you’re the one that knocked over the dustbin!” I said, finally ___26___. I watched as the kitty ___27_grab__ at (设法)抓住a container, trying to get the ___28___ shrimp dumplings inside. with the rain ___29___ , the poor kitty was too scared to come out of his new hiding spot. Luckily, I had an idea. I approached the cat with a shrimp dumpling and the cat cheered up. Then, I ___30___ made my way to the garage, where I had placed a blanket on the floor. ___31___ attracted by the scent of food, the kitty followed me inside, ___32___ to be out of the rain.
It wasn’t long before Grandma appeared in the doorway, a bit surprised. “Grandma, meet my new friend. He loves the smell of your ___33___,” I said. Grandma chuckled. “Well, it looks like I’ll need to ___34___ our menu to include some cat-friendly dim-sum options.”
“If you do, I think we know. who will be first waiting in line every morning!” I said. The cat affectionately 亲切地,充满深情地rubbed against my leg, as if agreeing with the ___35_idea__. 描写小猫
21. A. fascinating 迷人的 B. amusing C. strange D. scary adj. (scare v. 使害怕)
22. A. traffic B. breakfast C. shopping D. weekday
23. A. rolled B. tipped C. leaned D. ran
24. A. Emerging B. Hiding C. Recovering D. Escaping
25. A. wandered 漫步 B. jogged C. raced D. marched 大步走
26. A. admitting B. wondering C. reflecting D. understanding
27. A. sneezed 打喷嚏 B. glanced C. grabbed D. pointed
28. A. well-done 完全煮熟的 B. eye-catching 引人注目的 C. under-cooked煮的欠熟的 D. half-eaten
29. A. picking up 加速 B. letting up 停止,减弱 C. easing up 减轻 D. showing up
The pain finally let up. 疼痛终于减轻了。
30. A. eagerly B. slowly C. gradually D. suddenly
31. A. Out of the blue 意外地 B. Strange to say C. Worse still D. Sure enough 果然,不出所料
John arrived out of the blue. 约翰突然来了。
32. A. happy B. unwilling C. hesitant (hesitate v. ) D. proud
33. A. dustbin B. blanket C. cooking D. garage
34. A. expand B. search C. check D. limit
35. A. request B. idea C. suggestion D. invitation
【答案】21. C 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. A 35. B
词汇深挖一
tip v. 及物,不及物
倾斜The boat tipped to one side.船向一边倾斜。
倒出;倾倒;倾覆 She tipped the dirty water down the drain.她把脏水倒入了下水道。
tip over(使)跌倒,倾覆
The cup tipped over, spilling hot coffee everywhere.杯子倒了,热咖啡溅得到处都是。
emerge v. 不及物
Emerging from the dustbin was a little gray cat. 从垃圾箱里出来一纸灰色的小猫。倒装句
(从隐蔽处或暗处)出现,浮现,露出
She finally emerged from her room at noon.中午,她终于从屋里出来了。
We emerged into bright sunlight.我们来到明媚的阳光下。
Under the guidance of the local man, Emily emerged from the forest not only with a remarkable story to tell but also with a deeper understanding of the forest, a lesson far more valuable than any photograph could ever capture.
( of facts, ideas, etc.事实、意见等 ) to become known暴露;露出真相;被知晓
No new evidence emerged during the investigation.调查过程中未发现新证据。
emerging markets / economy 新兴的市场/经济
grab: 抓住;(尤指匆忙地)取,吃,喝;强夺;抓住(机会);引人注意
With his heart in his mouth, Kevin grabbed Mrs. Hill’s home phone and called the police.
Grabbing a branch from a cut-down tree, he jumped in through the window.
I jumped on the wall to grab the attention of the crowd. 我跳上墙头以引起众人的注意。
grip
The little lizard peeped out from behind a book, its little claws gripping the corner tightly.
affection n. 喜爱,关爱;爱慕之情;感情
affectionate adj. 挚爱的,深情的 affectionately adv.
All my former envy of her gave way to my love and affection for her. It felt not bad to have a little sister!
完形填空2
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When the couple had to close their business, they ____21____ almost everything. With no work, home, car or food, and their young son, Henrique, ____22_placed 安顿___ with his grandmother, they ____23____ to survive. They spent nights on the floor at the railway station and ____24____ found beds in a shelter.
A housing program called Vila Reencontro ____25____ them to look through a list of potential homes ____26____ to rent, so they could choose what would be the best fit ____27____ their family. After seeing several ____28____, they decided to go with 接受what they are now in.
And they were provided with other opportunities, including ____29____ medical care and finding jobs. Lee Sousa was offered a(n) ____30____ in the city’s sanitation department (卫生部门) — which he still has today. The housing program will ____31____ their rent for the next two years.
Their son is able to live with them again. And he has been doing exceptionally well at school, never wanting to ____32____ a day. Every morning he takes his time ____33____ his hair, making sure the curls (卷发) are just right, ____34____ his mom walks him to school.
Having their own ____35____, the family is getting their life back on track.
21. A. lost B. desired C. pursued D. discussed
22. A. parked B. teamed C. placed D. connected
23. A. parted B. managed C. struggled D. promised
24. A. occasionally B. unexpectedly C. purposefully D. suddenly
25. A. persuaded B. required C. reminded D. allowed
26. A. available B. expensive C. convenient D. comfortable
27. A. with B. for C. in D. from
28. A. clients B. applicants C. programs D. options
29. A. reforming B. accessing 获得 C. performing D. offering
30. A. gift B. contract v.合同 ; v. 收缩 C. spot 位置,职位 D. bonus 奖金,额外的好处
31. A. keep B. increase C. collect D. pay
32. A. miss B. celebrate C. spend D. save
33. A. observing B. cutting C. coloring D. doing
34. A. once B. while C. before D. since
35. A. privacy B. space C. time D. business
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. D 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. B
完形填空3
Out-of-towners have long flocked 蜂拥而至to St Ives. Artists such as J. M W. Turner and Barbara Hepworth were ____21____ to the town’s clear light. Others come for the seafood and sandy beaches. Even the town’s notoriously臭名昭著地 aggressive seagulls, who dive-bomb 俯冲轰炸unsuspecting毫无戒心的 tourists and steal their Cornish pasties, are not enough to ____22____ outsiders. But St Ives’s popularity has a downside缺点: visitors ____23_dominate_统治,支配__ the local housing market.
Locals worry that the town is becoming a playground for rich Londoners, who in the summer months arrive on the sleeper train from Paddington. At the last count据最新统计, a quarter of the dwellings in St Ives were second homes or ____24____. So in May 2016 locals decided to do something about it, voting in a referendum (公投) to introduce a “principal-residence policy”, which stops newly built houses in the town being used as second homes. The thinking went (故事、歌词等)内容是(The story goes that---) that by stopping holidaymakers from snapping up抢购 new-builds, housing would become more ____25____ to people who live in St Ives all year round.
Building firms and DIY shops, for whom second-homers are prized珍贵的,高度重视的 customers, ____26____ the plan. One property firm房地产公司 even challenged the policy in the High Court. But the legal challenge failed and the second-home ban ____27____. Since then a few other Cornish towns have introduced their own versions of the policy.
Those involved in designing the plan say that, three years on三年过去了, it is too early to ____28____ its impact. But official statistics suggest that excluding second-home buyers from the new-build market has removed a big source of ____29____. The price of new homes in the town is 13% below what it might have been if the previous growth rate had continued.
Locals _____30_____ to afford a property may like the sound of this. But it has had an unwelcome side-effect: house building has _____31_suffered____. Developers who bought land when it was pricier can in some cases no longer sell homes at a profit赚钱. Others may be holding off from breaking ground 推迟破土动工in the hope that the policy is _____32_____. In 2015 Acorn Property Group, a local firm, was about to buy a site for 34 homes,14 of them “affordable” (i.e., sold or let出租 at below-market rates低于市场价). But the policy made the scheme 计划,方案_____33_____ because the open-market dwellings could no longer subsidize (资助) the affordable ones, the company says.
Meanwhile, second-home buyers in St Ives seem to be shifting their attention to _____34_____ buildings, which are not covered 包括,涉及by the policy. Data from Hamptons International, a property firm suggest that in St Ives second-homers form a larger share of transactions交易 than before the policy came into force生效. _____35_____ new-builds, prices have continued to climb. That represents a windfall (意外之财) to locals who already own their homes —and may eventually persuade even more of them to cash in兑现 and move out.
21. A. sent B. drawn C. attached D. committed
22. A. take in B. put off击退,驱逐;推迟
The high divorce figures don't seem to be putting people off marriage. 高离婚率好像并没有使人们对婚姻望而却步。
D. put down放下;镇压;贬低;杀死 (危险或病重的动物)
I know that I do put people down occasionally. 我知道我有时候确实会伤人面子。
23. A. expand B. lose C. create D. dominate
24. A. holiday lets度假出租房B. industrial lands C. hi-tech zones D. waste areas
25. A. comfortable B. convenient C. affordable D. important
26. A. advocated B. revised 修改,温习 C. presented D. opposed反对
27. A. fell through 失败,停止 B. lagged behind 落后
C. went ahead 继续进行 D. came over
28. A. assess B. maximize C. resist D. appreciate
29. A. authority B. income C. conflict D. demand
30. A. refusing B. struggling C. managing D. claiming
31. A. suffered变差;变糟 B. changed C. boomed 繁荣 D. disappeared
32. A. passed B. complimented 恭维,赞扬
C. justified证明…正确(或正当、有理) D. abandoned
33. A. infeasible不可实行的 B. urgent C. distinctive 独特的 D. unpopular
34. A. newly-bulit B. rural C. urban D. existing
35. A. Rather than B. Thanks to C. Except for D. Regardless of
【答案】21. B 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. A 34. D 35. C
词汇深挖二
Three years on, how COVID-19 has changed health care ?三年过去了,新冠如何改变了医疗保健?
The project fell through失败 due to lack of money.
完形填空4
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Our old, artificial Christmas tree was in rough粗糙的 shape by the time we withdrew移开,撤回 it. At least a decade had passed since my wife and I ____21____ the tree from the Christmas retail 零售market in Brooklyn, a medium-sized fir冷杉 with built-in lights, and moved it on the subway to our previous ____22____.
Over the years, we dragged that tree from apartment to apartment, ____23____ it onto a moving truck to Los Angeles and later crammed塞进,挤进 the ____24____ box which was centuries-old, this time to Chicago and our ____25____ home. By the end, layers of tape held the box together, the wear and tear 磨损 of a decade of ____26____ holiday cheer.
Our little tree looked running ___down 逐渐耗尽能量;疲惫不堪的;衰退的;27____, but it was the only tree our family ever knew. It stood ____28_proud___ and glowing发出微弱的光 in the background of photos of me and my ____29____ pregnant wife during our last Christmas in Brooklyn without children. She was eagerly expecting the baby’s coming. Our ____30____ was born a month later during a January snowstorm. The tree ____31____ again in the next year’s photos, this time surrounded by holiday gifts for a boy about to ____32____ one. Then it appeared in photos of our son and his 1-month-old brother.
And in more recent photos, our tree lighted up ____33____ overlooking glistening反射着光的;闪光的 Chicago snow. This year, after much debate, we decided to ____34____ our dear old tree, with its ____35____ branches and the lights that had burned out years ago. Rather than feel terribly blue, we used the moment to launch 发起 a new family tradition: our first real Christmas tree.
21. A. brought B. sought C. bought D. held
22. A. apartment B. yard C. garage D. balcony
23. A. changed B. jammed 塞满 C. pinned D. passed
24. A. painted B. polished C. weathered风化的;饱经风霜的 D. transformed
25. A. current B. instant C. shabby D. spacious
26. A. signalling B. delivering传递 C. adapting D. receiving
27. A. away B. out C. off D. down
28. A. still B. quiet C. proud D. free
29. A. happily B. newly C. motherly D. dearly
30 A. nicer B. braver C. faster D. older 最大的孩子
31. A. took up B. pulled up C. showed up D. put up
32. A. count B. turn到达(某一年龄) C. secure D. grow
33. A. stairs B. bars C. doors D. windows
34. A. revise B. reject C. refresh D. retire
35. A. stuck B. stretched C. bent D. lit
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. C 32. B 33. D 34. D 35. C
词汇深挖三
jam
n. 果酱;堵塞,卡住 We were stuck in a traffic jam .我们遇上了交通阻塞。
v. 塞满,挤满;卡住 Jammed in his living room were all my subscribers! In the center of the room, I saw a new bicycle, a canvas bag packed with colorful envelopes on its handlebar.
cram v. 塞进,挤满;临时死记硬背,填鸭式学习n. (应考)突击准备,死记硬背;极度拥挤
He crammed eight people into his car.他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
I only have two hours to cram for this English test! 我只有两个小时的时间来为英文考试临时抱佛脚。
weather v.(因受风吹、日晒、雨淋等,使)退色,变色,变形
经受住,平安地渡过(困难)
Her face was weathered by the sun.她的脸晒黑了。
The company just managed to weather the recession.这家公司勉强渡过了衰退期。
weathered rock / face 风化的岩石/饱经风霜的脸
run down
The battery has run down.电池没电了。
My watch has run down. 我的表停了。
You look run down. 你看上去筋疲力竭。
glow v. 发出微弱而稳定的光;(脸部或身体)发红,发热;喜形于色,容光焕发;
n. 微弱稳定的光;(脸部或身体发出的)红润光泽;兴高采烈;
His face glowed with embarrassment.他窘得满脸通红
The setting sun cast an orange glow over the mountains.橘红色的夕阳辉映着群山。
glisten v. ( of sth wet湿物 ) to shine闪光;闪亮
Her eyes were glistening with tears.她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
launch
开始从事,发起,发动(尤指有组织的活动)launch an an investigation 开始调查
把(航天器、武器等)发射上天;水中发射 launch a communications satellite发射通信卫星
猛扑向前 Before launching itself into the bushes, Little Friend paused for a second, as if to show its thanks for my son.