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完形填空专题
江苏省徐州市2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Jane has been married for many years. She is always hoping for romantic moments, just like a little girl wishing for candies. However, her husband is just the ___21___. He hardly brings romantic moments into their life, ___22___ has made Jane tired of their marriage. Finally, one day, Jane told her husband that she wanted to divorce （和…离婚）him.
“Why?" he asked, in ___23___ .
"I am tired; there is no ___24___ for everything in the world!" Jane answered.
Lost in deep thought, her husband sat there, ___25___, with a lighted cigarette in his hands.
Eventually he asked, "What can I do to change your ___26___?"
Looking deep into his eyes, Jane answered slowly, "Let's say, if I want a flower on a mountain cliff （悬崖）,but picking the flower will cost you your ___27___ , will you do it for me?"
He answered, "you will have my answer tomorrow?"
Waking up the next morning, Jane found a piece of paper lying on the dining table, which ___28___: “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, but please listen to my ___29___
Though it only ____30____ the feeling of her disappointment, Jane continued reading: "The moment you leave the house keys ____31____, I will have to save my legs, rushing home to open the ____32____ for you. You always like to stay indoors and I ____33____ that you will feel too lonely, so I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories. You always ____34____ long at the computer, which will do ____35____ to your eyes, so I have to save my eyes so that when we grow ____36____,1 can help to clip your nails. Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ____37____ I do, I could not pick that flower yet, and die."
Jane's tears fell on the ____38____ and she continued reading: “Now that you have finished reading my answer, if you are ____39____ , please open the front door, for I am standing outside bringing you your favorite bread and fresh milk."
____40____ , not words, wins arguments.
21. A. opposite B. same C. difficult D. innocent
22. A. it B. that C. when D. which
23. A. complaint B. shock C. doubt D. annoyance
24. A. result B. explanation C. cause D. reason
25. A. anxious B. panicked C. silent D. calm
26. A. attitude B. feeling C. situation D. mind
27. A. life B. injury C. happiness D. trouble
28. A. indicated B. wrote C. read D. expressed
29. A. explanation B. version C. distinction D. contribution
30. A. occupied B. ignored C. reduced D. increased
31. A. off B. out C. away D. behind
32. A. court B. door C. box D. window
33. A. worry B. doubt C. believe D. think
34. A. glance B. stare C. glare D. urge
35. A. impression B. hurt C. harm D. ruin
36. A. weak B. ill C. old D. close
37. A. more than B. rather than C. other than D. less than
38. A. photos B. flowers C. floor D. letter
39. A. determined B. hungry C. satisfied D. convenient
40. A. Consideration B. Love C. Attachment D. Concern
【答案】21. A 22. D 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. D 32. B 33. A 34. B 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了简对自己婚姻的不满，由于总觉得丈夫没有浪漫感，所以提出离婚。而通过丈夫的一封信后感受到只有爱才是最重要的，爱，无需言语，已胜千辩。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，她的丈夫恰恰相反。A. opposite反对；B. same同样的；C. difficult困难的；D. innocent无辜的。根据下文可据上文可知简很渴望浪漫，但丈夫相反，故选A。
【22题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：他几乎从来没有把浪漫的时刻带入到生活中。这让简厌倦婚姻生活。分析句子可知，此处用which引导非限制性定语从句，指代上文提到的事情，做主语，用关系代词which，故选D。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：“为什么？”，他震惊问到。A. complaint抱怨；B. shock震惊；C. doubt怀疑；D. annoyance烦恼。简说到离婚，丈夫问为什么，所以应是很震惊，故选B。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：简回答，“我累了，界上并不是所有事情都有原因的。”A. result结果；B. explanation解释；C. cause理由；D. reason原因。cause:指直接导致事情发生的原因，与所发生的事有因果关系。reason:强调指从逻辑推理上得出的结论性原因，不是直接说明起因。上文丈夫问为什么，下文我说世界上并不是所有事情都有原因的，故选D。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：陷入沉思，他的丈夫坐在那里，沉默着，手里拿着一支点燃的香烟。A. anxious焦虑的；B. panicked惊慌的；C. silent沉默的；D. calm镇定的。上文讲到丈夫陷入沉思，故应是保持沉默，故选C。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：最终，他问：“我能做什么改变你的主意吗?”A. attitude态度；B. feeling情感；C. situation情形；D. mind主意。根据上文可知妻子要与丈夫离婚，丈夫询问怎样才能改变妻子的主意。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果我想要一束长在悬崖上的花，但是摘这朵花将会让你失去生命，你将会为我做这件事吗？A. life生命；B. injury受伤；C. happiness幸福；快乐；D. trouble麻烦。根据上文if I want a flower on a mountain cliff 可知，摘那朵花可能会造成死亡。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：第二天早上醒来，简发现一张纸放在餐桌上，上面写着：亲爱的，我不会摘那朵花给你，请你听我解释。A. indicated预示；B. wrote写；C. read写着；D. expressed表示。下文内容是纸上写的内容。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：第二天早上醒来，简发现一张纸放在餐桌上，上面写着：亲爱的，我不会摘那朵花给你，请你听我解释。A. explanation解释；B. version版本；C. distinction区别；D. contribution贡献。上文讲到丈夫在信中说不会为妻子去摘那朵花，但请听解释。由下文信的内容可知，丈夫是在解释。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管它增加了她的失望，简继续读：我将挽救我的腿，你忘带房子钥匙时，跑回家给你开门A. occupied占有；B. ignored忽视；C. reduced减少；D. increased增加。根据上文可知，丈夫不会摘那朵花给妻子，还要听听丈夫的解释，所以应是妻子的失望感加了，故选D。
【31题详解】
考查副词辨析。句意：你一忘记带钥匙，我就要利用我的双腿，跑回家给你开门。A. off离开；B. out在外；C. away离开；D. behind在后面。leave sth. behind“忘带”，根据下文为你开门，所以应是忘记了钥匙。故选D。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. court法庭；B. door门；C. box盒子；D. window窗子。妻子忘带钥匙，所以丈夫
急匆匆地回家为妻子开门，故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：你总是喜欢呆在家里，我担心你将会觉得太孤独，因此我必须留着我的嘴给你讲故事和笑话。A. worry担心；B. doubt怀疑；C. believe相信；D. think认为。根据上文You always like to stay indoors丈夫担心妻子会孤单，故选A。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：你总是长时间盯着电脑，这对你的眼睛没有好处。A. glance一瞥；B. stare盯着；C. glare怒视；D. urge催促。根据You always可知，妻子总是盯着电脑看。stare at固定短语，“盯着”，故选B。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. impression印象；B. hurt疼痛；C. harm危害；D. ruin破坏。根据常识可知，，总盯着电脑看，对眼睛没有一点好处。do harm to“对……有害 ”。故选C。
【36题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：因此我必须留着我的眼睛以便于当我们老了，我可以为你修剪指甲。A.weak虚弱的；B. ill生病的；C.old老的，旧的；D.close靠近的，亲密的。丈夫要保护好眼睛，以至于他们变老后，他能为妻子修剪指甲。故选C。
【37题详解】
考查固定短语辨析。句意：因此，亲爱的，除非我确信有人比我更爱你，否则，我不会冒死去摘花。A. more than多于；B. rather than而不是；C. other than除了；D. less than少于。根据下文I could not pick that flower yet, and die.可知，丈夫说除非妻子找到比自己更爱她的人，否则他不会去冒死去摘花。故选A。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：简的眼泪掉在信上。A. photos照片；B.flowers花；C.floor地板；D.letter信件、字母。根据上文可知，这是丈夫写给妻子的信，所以眼泪掉在了信上。故选D。
【39题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：现在你已经读完了我的答案，如果你是满意的，请打开前门，因为我站在外面给你带来你最喜欢的面包和新鲜牛奶。A. determined意志坚定的；B. hungry饥饿的；C. satisfied满足的；D. convenient方便的。根据下文please open the front door可知，丈夫说，如果我感到满足，心情好了，请为他打开前门。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：爱，无需言语，已胜千辩。A. Consideration考虑；B. Love爱；C. Attachment附件；D. Concern关注。本句是对上文的总结，上文表达了丈夫对妻子的爱，所以文章讲述了真正的爱无需言语，已胜千辩，故选B。
江苏省昆山市2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中教学质量调研测试试题
第三部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The hardworking blacksmith(铁匠）Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks(火花）fly from his hammer.
The son of Mr.Smith,a___21___neighbor,used to come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself ___22___ how the tradesman worked.
＂Young man,why don't you___23___your hand to learn to make shoe tacks(鞋钉），even if it is only to pass the ___24___?"said the blacksmith."Who ___25___,one day,it may be of use to you.”
The lazy boy began to see what he could do.After a little ___26___he found that he was becoming very ___27___and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
Old Mr.Smith died and the son,because of the war, ___28___all his goods.He had to leave home and ___29___in another country.____30____so happened that in this village there were numerous shoemakers who were spending a lot of money on tacks for their shoes and____31____at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to____32____what they wanted,because in that part of the country there was a great____33____ for soldiers' shoes.
Our young Mr.Smith,who was finding it difficult to earn his daily ____34____,remembered that once upon a time he had learned the____35____of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the ____36____.He told them that he would make the tacks if they would ____37____ to get him settled in his workshop.The shoemakers were only too glad of the ____38____.And soon,young Mr.Smith found that he was making the finest tacks in the village.
"How ____39____ it seems," he used to say,"even making tacks can bring a____40____.My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches."
21. A. wealthy B. hardworking C. selfish D. curious
22. A. examining B. determining C. watching D. explaining
23. A. wash B. try C. force D. win
24. A. hammer B. test C. comment D. time
25. A. cares B. complains C. knows D. declares
26. A. practice B. struggle C. analysis D. check
27. A. skilled B. interested C. tired D. worried
28. A. carried B. lost C. sold D. destroyed
29. A. settled down B. rose up C. took over D. got away
30. A. Nothing B. That C. This D. It
31. A. ever B. instead C. altogether D. even
32. A. remember B. get C. make D. protect
33. A. status B. standard C. need D. price
34. A. praise B. break C. newspaper D. bread
35. A. art B. benefit C. importance D. motto
36. A. blacksmiths B. soldiers C. shoemakers D. villagers
37. A. hesitate B. help C. refuse D. return
38. A. aid B. work C. advice D. offer
39 A. challenging B. attractive C. lively D. funny
40. A. fortune B. competition C. trick D. message
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. D 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. A 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. D 40. A
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了小史密斯偶然和邻居铁匠学得了如何做最好的鞋钉，在后来因战争而失去了所有家产的时候又利用这项技能生存下去，并获得财富的故事。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：史密斯先生的儿子是铁匠的邻居，很有钱，以前每天都来看铁匠，一连几个小时，饶有兴致地看这个商人是如何工作的。A. wealthy富有的；B. hardworking勤奋的；C. selfish自私的；D. curious好奇的。根据文章最后一句话My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches.(我的生意对我来说比我以前所有的财富都有用。)可知小史密斯家里是很有钱的。wealthy意为“富有的”，符合语境。故选A项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：史密斯先生的儿子是铁匠的邻居，很有钱，以前每天都来看铁匠，一连几个小时，饶有兴致地看这个商人是如何工作的。A. examining检查；B. determining确定；C. watching观看；D. explaining解释。根据上文中的used to come to see the blacksmith every day(以前每天都来看铁匠)可知此处表示他喜欢看这个商人工作。故选C项。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：年轻人，你为什么不试着学做鞋钉呢，哪怕只是为了打发时间呢？A. wash清洗；B. try尝试；C. force促使；D. win获胜。根据下文soon he was making some of the finest tacks(很快他能做一些最好的鞋钉了)可知此处表示铁匠劝年轻人试着学做鞋钉，try意为“尝试”，符合语境，故选B项。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻人，你为什么不试着学做鞋钉呢，哪怕只是为了打发时间呢？A. hammer锤子；B. test测验；C. comment评论；D. time时间。根据第二段The son of Mr.Smith,a___1___neighbor,used to come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself ___2___how the tradesman worked.可知小史密斯每天都来看铁匠并一连几个小时地看这个商人工作，因此铁匠让年轻人试着学做鞋钉，即使为打发时间也好。pass the time意为“打发时间”，符合语境，故选D项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：谁知道呢，也许将来有一天，它会派上用场呢？A. cares关心；B. complains抱怨；C. knows知道；D. declares声明。根据下文one day, it may be of use to you.(也许将来有一天，它会派上用场)可知此处表示一件不确定的将来的事情，Who knows用于口语中，意为“谁知道啊”，符合语境，故选C项。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：经过一些练习之后，他发现自己越来越熟练了，很快他能做一些最好的鞋钉了。A. practice练习；B. struggle斗争；C. analysis分析；D. check检查。根据上文The lazy boy began to see what he could do.(懒惰的男孩开始了解他能做些什么。)可知他开始练习做鞋钉了，practice意为“练习”，符合语境，故选A项。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：经过一些练习之后，他发现自己越来越熟练了，很快就做出一些最好的鞋钉。A. skilled熟练的；B. interested感兴趣的；C. tired累的；D. worried担心的。空后的and表示承接，根据下文soon he was making some of the finest tacks(很快就做出一些最好的鞋钉)可知空处表示他变得很熟练了，skilled意为“熟练的”，符合语境，故选A项。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：老史密斯先生死了，因为战争，他的儿子失去了所有的财产。A. carried携带；B. lost丢失；C. sold出售；D. destroyed销毁。根据上文Old Mr. Smith died(老史密斯先生死了)及because of the war(因为战争)及下文He had to leave home(他不得不离开家)可以推测出此处表示小史密斯失去了所有的财产，lost all his goods意为“失去了所有的财产”，符合语境，故选B项。
【29题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：他不得不离开家，在另一个国家定居下来。A. settled down安顿下来；B. rose up站起来；C. took over接管；D. got away逃走。根据上文leave home(离开家)及倒数第二段中的get him settled in his workshop(帮助他在作坊安顿下来)可知此处表示他要在另一个国家安顿下来，settled down意为“安顿下来”，符合语境，故选A项。
【30题详解】
考查代词词义辨析。句意：碰巧在这个村子里有许多鞋匠，他们花很多钱买鞋钉。A. Nothing没什么；B. That那个；C. This这个；D. It它。It happened that…是固定句式，其意为“碰巧……”。句首的 it 可视为形式主语。故选D项。
【31题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：甚至有时他们花高价，他们也不一定能得到他们想要的东西。A. ever从来；B. instead相反；C. altogether完全；D. even甚至。空后的and表示承接，上文表示“在这个村子里有许多鞋匠，他们花很多钱买鞋钉”，下文表示“有时他们花高价买鞋钉，他们也不一定能得到他们想要的东西”，可以判断出此处用even(甚至)符合语言逻辑，故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：甚至有时他们花高价，他们也不一定能得到他们想要的东西。A. remember记住；B. get得到；C. make做；D. protect保护。根据下文的解释because in that part of the country there was a great___13___for soldiers' shoes(因为在国家的那个地区，士兵的鞋的需求很大。)可知此处表示即使花高价也不能得到想要的东西。get意为“得到”，符合语境，故选B项。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：因为在国家的那个地区，士兵的鞋的需求量很大。A. status状态；B. standard标准；C. need需要；D. price价格。根据上文at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to___12___what they wanted(有时他们花高价，他们也不一定能得到他们想要的东西)及其后的because(因为)可以推测不容易买到鞋钉的原因是在那个地区，士兵的鞋的需求很大，need意为“需求”，符合语境，故选C项。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻的史密斯先生发现自己很难挣钱养活自己，他想起从前他学会了做鞋钉的技艺，突然想到要和鞋匠讨价还价。A. praise赞美；B. break打破；C. newspaper报纸；D. bread面包。由倒数第三段中的Old Mr. Smith died and the son, because of the war, ___8___all his goods. He had to leave home and ___9___in another country.(老史密斯先生死了，小史密斯因为战争失去了所有的财产。他不得不离开家，在另一个国家定居下来。)可知背井离乡，身无分文的史密斯发现很难糊口，earn his daily bread意为“糊口”，符合语境，选D项。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻的史密斯先生发现自己很难挣钱养活自己，他想起从前他学会了做鞋钉的技艺，突然想到要和鞋匠讨价还价。A. art艺术；B. benefit利益；C. importance重要性；D. motto格言。根据第四段中的The lazy boy began to see what he could do. After a little ___6___he found that he was becoming very ___7___and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.(懒惰的男孩开始了解他能做些什么。经过一些练习之后，他发现自己越来越熟练了，很快他能做一些最好的鞋钉了。)可知他曾学过做鞋钉的技艺，the art of making tacks意为“做鞋钉的技艺”，符合语境，故选A项。
【36题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻的史密斯先生发现自己很难每天挣到面包钱，想起从前他学会了做鞋钉的技艺，突然想到要和鞋匠讨价还价。A. blacksmiths铁匠；B. soldiers士兵；C. shoemakers鞋匠；D. villagers村民。根据下文He told them that he would make the tacks if they would ___17___to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the ___18___.(他告诉他们，如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来，他会做鞋钉的。对于这个提议，鞋匠们感到太高兴了。)可知他在和鞋匠们讨价还价，shoemakers在下文有复现，故选C项。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他告诉他们，如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来，他会做鞋钉的。A. hesitate犹豫；B. help帮助；C. refuse拒绝；D. return返回。根据空前的He told them that he would make the tacks (他告诉他们，他会做鞋钉的。)可以推测此处表示“如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来”， help意为“帮助”，符合语境，故选B项。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：对于这个提议，鞋匠们感到太高兴了。A. aid援助；B. work工作；C. advice建议；D. offer提议。根据上文He told them that he would make the tacks if they would ___17___to get him settled in his workshop.(他告诉他们，如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来，他会做鞋钉的。)可知这是他给鞋匠们的一个提议，offer意为“提议”，符合语境，故选D项。
【39题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：似乎太有趣了。A. challenging挑战性的；B. attractive迷人的；C. lively活泼的；D. funny有趣的。根据下文他所说的even making tacks can bring a___20___.My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches.(即使做鞋钉也能带来财富。我的生意对我来说比我以前所有的财富都有用。)可知他认为这件事似乎十分有意思，funny意为“有趣的”，符合语境，故选D项。
【40题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：即使做鞋钉也能带来财富。A. fortune财富；B. competition 竞争；C. trick戏法；D. message信息。根据下文My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches.(我的生意对我来说比我以前所有的财富都有用。)及上下文可知小史密斯在背井离乡时通过做鞋钉也能挣钱，可知此处要表达“即使做鞋钉也能带来财富。”，fortune意为“财富”，符合语境，故选A项。
【点睛】完形填空会使用一些关键词围绕主线贯穿全文。这些关键词可能会重复出现，也可能会以其他形式出现（例如同义词、近义词、上义词等）。如第16小题根据下文He told them that he would make the tacks if they would ___17___to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the ___18___.(他告诉他们，如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来，他会做鞋钉的。对于这个提议，鞋匠们感到太高兴了。)可知他在和鞋匠们讨价还价，shoemakers在下文有复现，故选C项。
江苏省常熟市2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
In China, square dancing is an exercise routine performed to music in squares or parks. Recent years have ____21____ the growing popularity of square dancing among elderly people in China, ____22____ it provides them with a good platform to ____23____ and make new friends in their ordinary lives. Although the practice has roots in both ancient and modern Chinese history, today the Chinese hold ____24____ views towards it. Some people, the young in particular, argue that it has disturbed their peaceful lives.
As for ____25____ citizens, square dancing is relatively easy to learn compared to traditional ____26____ and thus win their ____27____. Moreover, practicing square dancing doesn’t need special equipment. All it needs are open ground and loudspeakers. ____28____, it can be found across the country.
____29____ many young people have showed their dissatisfaction. They think that square dancing _____30_____ too much space in their neighborhood and disturbs their life. In fact, it is the noise _____31_____ square dancing that young people _____32_____ most.
Therefore, concessions (让步) should be made by both _____33_____ so that they can live in _____34_____ with each other.
People taking part in square dancing are expected to dance in areas far away from residential communities (居民区), while the young are called on to show more _____35_____ of square dancing.
They will also become old and one day may be one of the dancers they dislike now.
In addition, the government should spare more suitable areas where the elderly can do their favorite activities.
21. A. proved B. witnessed C. developed D. advanced
22. A. since B. once C. until D. though
23. A. relax B. retire C. react D. recover
24. A. unique B. general C. different D. wrong
25. A. local B. honest C. responsible D. senior
26. A. customs B. dances C. approaches D. entertainments
27. A. pleasure B. celebration C. encouragement D. love
28. A. As a result B. For example C. In other words D. In particular
29. A. Though B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise
30. A. takes off B. takes up C. makes up D. keeps up
31. A. with B. into C. against D. by
32. A. doubt B. search C. regret D. dislike
33. A. positions B. parties C. situations D. hands
34. A. connection B. hope C. harmony D. independence
35. A. tolerance B. expectation C. spirit D. service
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. A
【解析】
这是一篇议论文。广场舞越来越流行。不同的人对此持不同的观点。老年人喜欢广场舞，年轻人不喜欢。作者最后指出：老年人和年轻人应该互相包容。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：近年来，广场舞在中国的老年人中越来越受欢迎，因为它为老年人提供了一个放松和结交新朋友的良好平台。A. proved证明；B. witnessed见证，目睹；C. developed发展；D. advanced前进。近些年“见证”了广场舞的流行。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意：近年来，广场舞在中国的老年人中越来越受欢迎，因为它为老年人提供了一个放松和结交新朋友的良好平台。A. since因为，自从；B. once一旦；C. until直到；D. though尽管。“因为”广场舞为老年人提供了一个放松和结交新朋友的良好平台，所以广场舞在中国的老年人中越来越受欢迎。逗号后面的是原因状语，故选A。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：近年来，广场舞在中国的老年人中越来越受欢迎，因为它为老年人提供了一个放松和结交新朋友的良好平台。A. relax放松；B. retire退休；C. react反应；D. recover恢复。老人们通过跳广场舞来“放松”。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：虽然这一做法在中国古今历史上都有渊源，但今天中国人对它有不同的看法。A. unique独一无二的；B. general一般的，普通的；C. different不同的；D. wrong错误的。根据上文可知，老年人喜欢广场舞；根据下文可知，年轻人不喜欢广场舞。由此可知，人们对广场舞持有“不同的”看法。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对于老年人来说，广场舞相对于传统舞蹈来说比较容易学，因此赢得了他们的喜爱。A. local当地的；B. honest诚实的；C. responsible负责任的；D. senior高级的，年长的。根据上一段中的“the growing popularity of square dancing among elderly people”可知，广场舞受老年人的欢迎。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：对于老年人来说，广场舞相对于传统舞蹈来说比较容易学，因此赢得了他们的喜爱。A. customs风俗；B. dances舞蹈；C. approaches方法；D. entertainments娱乐。该处是将广场舞和传统“舞蹈”做比较。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：对于老年人来说，广场舞相对于传统舞蹈来说比较容易学，因此赢得了他们的喜爱。A. pleasure快乐，乐趣；B. celebration庆祝；C. encouragement鼓励；D. love爱。广场舞容易学，所以老年人“喜欢”它。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查短语辨析。因此，它在全国各地都能找到。A. As a result因此，结果；B. For example例如；C. In other words换句话说；D. In particular尤其，特别。空前内容介绍的是广场舞受欢迎的原因：好学，需要的设备简单。这些原因导致广场舞在全世界都可以被找到。因此，该句和上文是因果关系。故选A。
【29题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，许多年轻人表达了他们的不满。A. Though但是；B. Therefore因此；C. However但是；D. Otherwise否则。上文提到老年人喜欢广场舞。该句提到：年轻人表达了他们的不满。上下文之间是转折关系。故选C。
【30题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：他们认为广场舞在他们的社区占据了太多的空间，扰乱了他们的生活。A. takes off起飞；B. takes up占据；C. makes up编造，弥补；D. keeps up保持。跳广场舞需要“占据”空间。故选B。
【31题详解】
考查介词词义辨析。句意：事实上，年轻人最不喜欢的正是广场舞的噪音。A. with（行为或情况）与……有关；B. into到……里面；C. against反对；D. by在……旁边。该处指和广场舞有关的噪音为年轻人不喜欢。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：事实上，年轻人最不喜欢的正是广场舞的噪音。A. doubt怀疑；B. search搜寻；C. regret后悔，遗憾；D. dislike不喜欢。广场舞产生的噪音是年轻人最不喜欢的。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，双方都应该做出让步，这样他们才能和睦相处。A. positions位置，职位；B. parties一方，聚会；C. situations情形；D. hands手。老年人和年轻人“双方”都应该做出让步。故选B。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，双方都应该做出让步，这样他们才能和睦相处。A. connection联系；B. hope希望；C. harmony和谐；D. independence独立。双方都做出让步，他们才能“和谐”地生活在一起。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：参加广场舞的人们被要求在远离居民区的地方跳舞，而年轻人被呼吁对广场舞表现出更多的宽容。A. tolerance宽容，容忍；B. expectation期望；C. spirit精神；D. service服务。根据下一句“They will also become old and one day may be one of the dancers they dislike now”可知，年轻人有一天也会变老，他们也有可能会成为跳广场舞的人。由此推知，年轻人应该设身处地地为老年人着想，要更“宽容”。故选A。
江苏省泰州中学2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题
五、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was planning another garage sale (宅前旧物出售). I was ____36____ the basement deciding which objects were to be freed when I had an awful ____37____. The last garage sale I’d taken part in a few years earlier had taken days of sorting and pricing. I’d been ____38____ I was going to earn much money. ____39____, I suffered from heat stroke (中暑), and the money I made wasn’t enough to pay for the medical fees.
It occurred to me it might be ____40____ to try that again. The items I planned on selling this time were usable but inexpensive. I had once ____41____ some of these things and I’d already made good use of them. Maybe they could be ____42____ for someone else now. That’s when it ____43____ me that I could just ____44____ these good but unneeded things.
That Saturday morning, I put _____45_____ stuff on a piece of wood and _____46_____ it and half my unwanted things out to the driveway. Two hours later, people wandered around starting to take things. _____47_____ by this, I started dragging the rest of the stuff out.
That’s when the _____48_____ began. I offered people empty boxes and told them to _____49_____ them up. One elderly woman _____50_____ me with my beloved tablecloths in her hand. She thanked me, saying she always wanted tablecloths like these but could never _____51_____ them. Then it became a display of _____52_____. It was such an atmosphere of fun that soon I entered the house to find more things.
Looking back, I made no money from those things but I felt _____53_____ that day. Instead of _____54_____ part of my history, I got to add new _____55_____ related those former possessions (财产).
36. A. breaking into B. looking around C. fixing up D. laying out
37. A. journey B. childhood C. presentation D. experience
38. A. sure B. afraid C. sorry D. right
39. A. Instead B. Otherwise C. However D. Therefore
40. A. perfect B. crazy C. possible D. natural
41. A. showed B. observed C. ignored D. treasured
42. A. useful B. unnecessary C. strange D. special
43. A. delighted B. convinced C. hit D. surprised
44. A. throw away B. give away C. put away D. take away
45. A. cheap B. simple C. rare D. free
46. A. dragged B. picked C. figured D. left
47. A. Forced B. Impressed C. Moved D. Encouraged
48. A. exploration B. pleasure C. misfortune D. meeting
49. A. fill B. hold C. cut D. mix
50. A. provided B. charged C. approached D. associated
51. A. borrow B. afford C. abandon D. produce
52. A. regrets B. mercies C. doubts D. thanks
53. A. envy B. joy C. anxiety D. admiration
54. A. losing B. rewriting C. destroying D. reviewing
55. A. amusements B. feelings C. memories D. glories
【答案】36. B 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B 41. D 42. A 43. C 44. B 45. D 46. A 47. D 48. B 49. A 50. C 51. B 52. D 53. B 54. A 55. C
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者准备进行宅前旧物出售，想到之前糟糕的宅前旧物出售经历，于是把不需要的东西赠送出去的故事。
36题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：考虑到我有过一次糟糕的经历，我在地下室四下观望，对出售哪些物品做出抉择。A. breaking into打断；B. looking around四下观望；C. fixing up修理；安排；D. laying out涉及；展示。由下一句我在决定出售哪些物品可知，我在地下室四处查看，进行挑选。故选B。
【37题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：考虑到我有过一次糟糕的经历，我在地下室四下观望，对出售哪些物品做出抉择。A. journey旅程；B. childhood童年；C. presentation演出；D. experience经历；经验。下文讲述了一次去年宅前旧物出售的不愉快的经历。故选D。
【38题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我原本确信我会挣很多钱。A. sure确信的；B. afraid害怕的；C. sorry抱歉的；D. right正确的。根据上文“The last garage sale I’d taken part in a few years earlier had taken days of sorting and pricing.”可知，作者花费几天时间给物品分类，定价，预计自己会赚很多钱。故选A。
【39题详解】
考查副词。句意：然而，我中暑了，挣的钱都不足以支付医药费。A. Instead代替；B. Otherwise否则；C. However然而；D. Therefore因此。作者原以为会挣很多钱，但实际上连医药费都不够。前后文成转折关系。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我突然想到再试一次有点疯狂。A. perfect完美的；B. crazy疯狂的；C. possible可能的；D. natural自然的。由上文可知，上一次的宅前旧物出售是一次糟糕的经历，因此再试一次是疯狂的。故选B。
【41题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我曾经很珍惜这些东西，我已经很好地利用了它们。A. showed展示；B. observed观察；C. ignored忽略；D. treasured珍视,珍惜。由下文“I’d already made good use of them.”可知，作者之前很珍惜这些东西。故选D。
【42题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：或许它们现在可能对别人是有用的。A. useful有用的；B. unnecessary不必要的；C. strange奇怪的；D. special特殊的。由下文“I could just ____9____ these good but unneeded things.”可知，作者现在不需要这些东西，但对别人可能是有用处的。故选A。
【43题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这时我突然想到，我可以把这些好的但不需要的东西送给别人。A. delighted使高兴；B. convinced使确信；C. hit打击；D. surprised使惊奇。作者突然想到，可以把这些好的但不需要的东西送给别人，sth hit sb“某人想起某事 ”。故选C。
【44题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：这时我突然想到，我可以把这些好的但不需要的东西送给别人。A. throw away扔掉；B. give away赠送；C. put away收起来；D. take away带走。由下文“I made no money from those things”可知，我决定把这些东西赠送给别人。故选B。
【45题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在那个周六的早上，我把免费的东西放在一块木头上，然后把它和一半我不想要的东西拖到马路上。A. cheap便宜的；B. simple简单的；C. rare罕见的；D. free免费的。由下文“I made no money from those things”可知是免费的。故选D。
【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在那个周六的早上，我把免费的东西放在一块木头上，然后把它和一半我不想要的东西拖到马路上。A. dragged拖拽；B. picked挑选；C. figured认为；D. left离开。由下文“I started dragging the rest of the stuff out.”可知，我把木头和东西都拖到马路上。drag out意为“把…拖出”。故选A。
【47题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我受到鼓舞，开始把剩下的东西拖出来。A. Forced强迫；B. Impressed给…以深刻印象；C. Moved移动；D. Encouraged鼓励。This指代上文“Two hours later, people wandered around starting to take things.”，因此是作者受到鼓舞，才开始拿出剩下的东西。故选D。
【48题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这就是快乐开始的时候。A. exploration探测；B. pleasure愉快；C. misfortune不幸；D. meeting会议。由下文可知，别人拿到自己的需要的东西，向作者表示感谢，这使作者感到快乐。故选B。
【49题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我给人们提供空的盒子，并告诉他们把盒子装满。A. fill填满；B. hold拿住；C. cut切开；D. mix混合。“I offered people empty boxes and told them to ____14____ them up.”此处them指代上文提到的空盒子，可知作者告诉他们把盒子装满。故选A。
【50题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个年长的女人走到我身边，手中拿着我非常喜爱的桌布。A. provided提供；B. charged收费；C. approached接近；D. associated使发生联系。由下文“She thanked me, saying she always wanted tablecloths like these but could never ____16____ them.”可知，这个女人来到作者身旁说话。故选C。
【51题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她向我致谢，说到她总是想要这样的桌布，但是从来买不起。A. borrow借给；B. afford支付得起；C. abandon抛弃；D. produce生产。前一句说她很喜欢这样的桌布，but表转折，可知是负担不起。故选B。
【52题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后它变成了一种感谢。A. regrets遗憾；B. mercies宽容；C. doubts怀疑；D. thanks感谢。由上文 She thanked me可知这个年长的女人是感谢作者的。故选D。
【53题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：回想起来，我没有从这些东西上得到一分钱，但是我感到很快乐。A. envy嫉妒；B. joy高兴；C. anxiety不安；D. admiration钦佩。But表转折关系，上文说没赚到钱，但作者却很快乐。故选B。
【54题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没有失去我的一部分历史，而是加入了与以前的财产有关的新记忆。 A. losing失去；B. rewriting改写；C. destroying摧毁；D. reviewing复习。作者认为把这些东西送出去，并不是一种失去。故选A。
【55题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不但没有失去部分历史，反而增加了与那些旧物有关的新记忆 A. amusements娱乐；B. feelings感觉；C. memories记忆；D. glories光荣。作者认为把之前的东西送出增加了与那些旧物有关的新记忆。故选C。
江苏省无锡市江阴市高级中学2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题
第一节 完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Tom was a middle-aged leather trader (皮货商) whose repeated ___21___ in career made him a depressed man, often complaining that he had been ___22___ by others. One day he told his wife he was so disappointed with the city that he had to ___23___.
So his family ___24___ another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Tom and his wife were busily tidying up their new home, the light suddenly went out. Tom was ___25___ to have forgotten to ___26___ candles and had to ___27___ helplessly in a low mood. Just then he ___28___ light, hesitant knocks on his door that were ___29___ audible (听到) in the quiet night.
"Who's it? " he ______30______, since Tom was a ______31______ to this city. And this was the moment he especially ______32______ to be disturbed, so he went to the door and opened it violently. At the door was a little girl, ______33______ asking, "Sir, do you have candles? I'm your ______34______." "No," answered Tom in anger and shut the door ______35______. "What a nuisance (麻烦事)!" He complained over it with his wife. "No sooner had we ______36______ than the neighbor came to borrow things."
After a while, the door was ______37______ again by someone. He found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, "My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to give you these." Tom was very ______38______ by what he saw. At that moment he ______39______ realized what caused his failure in life. It was his coldness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been ______40______ by his unsympathetic mind.
21. A. failure B. success C. trouble D. difficulty
22. A. annoyed B. cheated C. abandoned D. hurt
23. A. quit B. stop C. leave D. resign
24. A. paid a visit to B. moved to C. came across D. ran into
25. A. careful B. satisfied C. regretful D. mad
26. A. light up B. put out C. sold out D. bring along
27. A. hope B. wait C. listen D. watch
28. A. gathered B. recognized C. counted D. heard
29. A. possibly B. noisily C. rarely D. clearly
30. A. wished B. imagined C. wondered D. commented
31. A. trader B. local C. newcomer D. passer-by
32. A. fancied B. hated C. wanted D. started
33. A. shyly B. proudly C. hopefully D. coldly
34. A. friend B. housekeeper C. messenger D. neighbor
35. A. gently B. kindly C. impatiently D. sadly
36. A. turned up B. stayed up C. came around D. settled down
37 A. opened B. shut C. knocked D. closed
38. A. upset B. amused C. thrilled D. astonished
39. A. suddenly B. gradually C. particularly D. normally
40. A. widened B. removed C. clouded D. narrowed
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. C 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. C 36. D 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. C
【解析】
【分析】
本文是夹叙夹议文。汤姆是一个事业上的失败者，他经常抱怨身边的人欺骗他，这种想法导致了他搬家。搬家后邻居小女孩送来急需的蜡烛，这使汤姆意识到生活中欺骗过他的人不是别人，正是他自己。文章通过这个小故事告诉我们对待周围的人要热情积极，不要冷漠刻薄的看待事物，那样会让自己失败。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：汤姆是一位中年皮货商，他在事业上的重复失败使他成了一个沮丧的人，他经常抱怨被别人欺骗。A. failure失败；B. success成功；C. trouble麻烦；D. difficulty困难。根据下文的made him a depressed man可知，一直以来事业上的失败让他成为一个压抑的人，因此用failure，故选A。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他在事业上的重复失败使他成了一个沮丧的人，他经常抱怨被别人欺骗。A. annoyed使生气；B. cheated欺骗；C. abandoned遗弃，D. hurt受伤。此处指Tom总是抱怨他被别人欺骗，故选B。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天他告诉妻子，他对这个城市非常失望，他不得不离开。A. quit退出，放弃；B. stop停止；C. leave离开；D. resign辞职。根据disappointed with the city可知他对这座城市很失望，想离开。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：于是，他们全家搬到了另一个城市。A. paid a visit to拜访；B. moved to搬去；C. came across遇到；D. ran into偶遇。与上文他想离开城市呼应，此处指Tom一家搬去另一座城市，故选B。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：汤姆后悔忘了带来蜡烛。A. careful小心的；B. satisfied满意的；C. regretful后悔的；D. mad疯狂的。现在停电了，此处指停电了，Tom为忘带蜡烛后悔，故选C。
【26题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：汤姆很后悔忘了带蜡烛，只好沮丧地等着。A. light up照亮，点亮；B. put out熄灭，出版；C. sold out卖完，卖光；D. bring along带来。因为刚搬来，Tom忘了带来蜡烛，故选D。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：汤姆很后悔忘了带蜡烛，只好沮丧地等着。A. hope希望；B. wait等待；C. listen听；D. watch观看。家里突然停电，Tom没有带蜡烛，因此只能情绪低落地等着。故选B。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：就在这时，他听到有人敲门，声音很轻很犹豫，但在寂静的夜晚却听得很清楚。A. gathered聚集；B. recognized辨认；C. counted数；D. heard听到。根据knocks on his door和 audible (听到)可知是听到了敲门声，故选D。
【29题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：就在这时，他听到有人敲门，声音很轻很犹豫，但在寂静的夜晚却听得很清楚。A. possibly可能；B. noisily吵闹地；C. rarely很少；D. clearly 显然地。敲门声在安静的夜晚很明显就能被听到，故选D。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Tom想知道是谁。A. wished希望；B. imagined想象；C. wondered想知道；D. commented评价。在陌生的城市有人敲门，所以Tom想知道是谁。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：Tom想知道是谁，因为他是这座城市的新来者。A. trader商人； B. local 当地人；C. newcomer新来者；D. passer-by过路人。根据语境Tom刚搬来，因此是这座城市的新来者，要用newcomer，故选C。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这时他特别讨厌被人打扰，于是他走到门口，使劲地把门打开。A. fancied想象；B. hated讨厌；C. wanted想要；D. started开始。opened it violently和下文的in anger反映了汤姆当时厌烦的心情，故选B。
【33题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：门口站着一个小女孩，害羞地问：“先生，你有蜡烛吗？”A. shyly害羞地；B. proudly自豪地；C. hopefully满怀希望地；D. coldly冷漠地。面对新来的陌生男邻居，小女孩应该是害羞地问，故选A。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：门口站着一个小女孩，害羞地问：“先生，你有蜡烛吗？我是你的邻居。”A. friend朋友；B. housekeeper管家；C. messenger 送信者；D. neighbor邻居。根据下文的the neighbor came to borrow things和the new neighbor downstairs可知，这个小女孩和Tom是邻居，故选D。
【35题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：“没有”，汤姆生气地回答到，不耐烦地关上了门。A. gently温柔地；B. kindly善良地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. sadly难过地。根据上文opened it violently.和answered Tom in anger，下文"What a nuisance (麻烦事)!" He complained over it with his wife.可知Tom对邻居的打扰很不耐烦，故选C。
【36题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们一来这里就有邻居来借东西。A. turned up出现；B. stayed up熬夜；C. came around来到身边。D. settled down定居。此处指Tom在新城市定居，故选D。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：过了一会儿，又有人再次敲门。A. opened打开；B. shut关闭；C. knocked敲门；D. closed关。根据下文He found the same girl outside.可知是小女孩再次敲门，故选C。
【38题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：汤姆对他所看到的感到吃惊。A. upset难过的；B. amused被逗笑的；C. thrilled非常兴奋的；D. astonished吃惊的。Tom本以为小女孩是来借东西的，结果是给陌生邻居送急需的蜡烛的，所以他对小女孩对陌生人的做法感到吃惊，故选D。
【39题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：在那一刻，他突然意识到是什么导致了他人生的失败。A. suddenly突然；B. gradually逐渐；C. particularly尤其；D. normally通常。根据小女孩的做法对他的感触和At that moment，可知汤姆是突然醒悟，故选A。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在生活中欺骗过他的不是别人，正是他自己，因为他那无情的思想蒙蔽了他的眼睛。A. widened扩大，变宽；B. removed去除；C. clouded以云遮蔽；D. narrowed变窄。汤姆醒悟他以前是被自己没有同情心蒙蔽了，因此使用clouded，故选C。
【点睛】完形填空的解题技巧之一就是要根据上下文来学会“推理”出最佳选项。同学们要遵循“上下求索”的原则来查找信息。例如，小题8根据knocks on his door和 audible (听到)可知是汤姆听到了敲门声，故选heard。小题14根据下文的the neighbor came to borrow things和the new neighbor downstairs可知，这个小女孩和Tom是邻居，故选neighbor。
江苏省徐州市2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Jane has been married for many years. She is always hoping for romantic moments, just like a little girl wishing for candies. However, her husband is just the ___21___. He hardly brings romantic moments into their life, ___22___ has made Jane tired of their marriage. Finally, one day, Jane told her husband that she wanted to divorce （和…离婚）him.
“Why?" he asked, in ___23___ .
"I am tired; there is no ___24___ for everything in the world!" Jane answered.
Lost in deep thought, her husband sat there, ___25___, with a lighted cigarette in his hands.
Eventually he asked, "What can I do to change your ___26___?"
Looking deep into his eyes, Jane answered slowly, "Let's say, if I want a flower on a mountain cliff （悬崖）,but picking the flower will cost you your ___27___ , will you do it for me?"
He answered, "you will have my answer tomorrow?"
Waking up the next morning, Jane found a piece of paper lying on the dining table, which ___28___: “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, but please listen to my ___29___
Though it only ____30____ the feeling of her disappointment, Jane continued reading: "The moment you leave the house keys ____31____, I will have to save my legs, rushing home to open the ____32____ for you. You always like to stay indoors and I ____33____ that you will feel too lonely, so I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories. You always ____34____ long at the computer, which will do ____35____ to your eyes, so I have to save my eyes so that when we grow ____36____,1 can help to clip your nails. Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ____37____ I do, I could not pick that flower yet, and die."
Jane's tears fell on the ____38____ and she continued reading: “Now that you have finished reading my answer, if you are ____39____ , please open the front door, for I am standing outside bringing you your favorite bread and fresh milk."
____40____ , not words, wins arguments.
21. A. opposite B. same C. difficult D. innocent
22. A. it B. that C. when D. which
23. A. complaint B. shock C. doubt D. annoyance
24. A. result B. explanation C. cause D. reason
25. A. anxious B. panicked C. silent D. calm
26. A. attitude B. feeling C. situation D. mind
27. A. life B. injury C. happiness D. trouble
28. A. indicated B. wrote C. read D. expressed
29. A. explanation B. version C. distinction D. contribution
30. A. occupied B. ignored C. reduced D. increased
31. A. off B. out C. away D. behind
32. A. court B. door C. box D. window
33. A. worry B. doubt C. believe D. think
34. A. glance B. stare C. glare D. urge
35. A. impression B. hurt C. harm D. ruin
36. A. weak B. ill C. old D. close
37. A. more than B. rather than C. other than D. less than
38. A. photos B. flowers C. floor D. letter
39. A. determined B. hungry C. satisfied D. convenient
40. A. Consideration B. Love C. Attachment D. Concern
【答案】21. A 22. D 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. D 32. B 33. A 34. B 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了简对自己婚姻的不满，由于总觉得丈夫没有浪漫感，所以提出离婚。而通过丈夫的一封信后感受到只有爱才是最重要的，爱，无需言语，已胜千辩。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，她的丈夫恰恰相反。A. opposite反对；B. same同样的；C. difficult困难的；D. innocent无辜的。根据下文可据上文可知简很渴望浪漫，但丈夫相反，故选A。
【22题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：他几乎从来没有把浪漫的时刻带入到生活中。这让简厌倦婚姻生活。分析句子可知，此处用which引导非限制性定语从句，指代上文提到的事情，做主语，用关系代词which，故选D。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：“为什么？”，他震惊问到。A. complaint抱怨；B. shock震惊；C. doubt怀疑；D. annoyance烦恼。简说到离婚，丈夫问为什么，所以应是很震惊，故选B。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：简回答，“我累了，界上并不是所有事情都有原因的。”A. result结果；B. explanation解释；C. cause理由；D. reason原因。cause:指直接导致事情发生的原因，与所发生的事有因果关系。reason:强调指从逻辑推理上得出的结论性原因，不是直接说明起因。上文丈夫问为什么，下文我说世界上并不是所有事情都有原因的，故选D。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：陷入沉思，他的丈夫坐在那里，沉默着，手里拿着一支点燃的香烟。A. anxious焦虑的；B. panicked惊慌的；C. silent沉默的；D. calm镇定的。上文讲到丈夫陷入沉思，故应是保持沉默，故选C。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：最终，他问：“我能做什么改变你的主意吗?”A. attitude态度；B. feeling情感；C. situation情形；D. mind主意。根据上文可知妻子要与丈夫离婚，丈夫询问怎样才能改变妻子的主意。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果我想要一束长在悬崖上的花，但是摘这朵花将会让你失去生命，你将会为我做这件事吗？A. life生命；B. injury受伤；C. happiness幸福；快乐；D. trouble麻烦。根据上文if I want a flower on a mountain cliff 可知，摘那朵花可能会造成死亡。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：第二天早上醒来，简发现一张纸放在餐桌上，上面写着：亲爱的，我不会摘那朵花给你，请你听我解释。A. indicated预示；B. wrote写；C. read写着；D. expressed表示。下文内容是纸上写的内容。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：第二天早上醒来，简发现一张纸放在餐桌上，上面写着：亲爱的，我不会摘那朵花给你，请你听我解释。A. explanation解释；B. version版本；C. distinction区别；D. contribution贡献。上文讲到丈夫在信中说不会为妻子去摘那朵花，但请听解释。由下文信的内容可知，丈夫是在解释。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管它增加了她的失望，简继续读：我将挽救我的腿，你忘带房子钥匙时，跑回家给你开门A. occupied占有；B. ignored忽视；C. reduced减少；D. increased增加。根据上文可知，丈夫不会摘那朵花给妻子，还要听听丈夫的解释，所以应是妻子的失望感加了，故选D。
【31题详解】
考查副词辨析。句意：你一忘记带钥匙，我就要利用我的双腿，跑回家给你开门。A. off离开；B. out在外；C. away离开；D. behind在后面。leave sth. behind“忘带”，根据下文为你开门，所以应是忘记了钥匙。故选D。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. court法庭；B. door门；C. box盒子；D. window窗子。妻子忘带钥匙，所以丈夫
急匆匆地回家为妻子开门，故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：你总是喜欢呆在家里，我担心你将会觉得太孤独，因此我必须留着我的嘴给你讲故事和笑话。A. worry担心；B. doubt怀疑；C. believe相信；D. think认为。根据上文You always like to stay indoors丈夫担心妻子会孤单，故选A。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：你总是长时间盯着电脑，这对你的眼睛没有好处。A. glance一瞥；B. stare盯着；C. glare怒视；D. urge催促。根据You always可知，妻子总是盯着电脑看。stare at固定短语，“盯着”，故选B。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. impression印象；B. hurt疼痛；C. harm危害；D. ruin破坏。根据常识可知，，总盯着电脑看，对眼睛没有一点好处。do harm to“对……有害 ”。故选C。
【36题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：因此我必须留着我的眼睛以便于当我们老了，我可以为你修剪指甲。A.weak虚弱的；B. ill生病的；C.old老的，旧的；D.close靠近的，亲密的。丈夫要保护好眼睛，以至于他们变老后，他能为妻子修剪指甲。故选C。
【37题详解】
考查固定短语辨析。句意：因此，亲爱的，除非我确信有人比我更爱你，否则，我不会冒死去摘花。A. more than多于；B. rather than而不是；C. other than除了；D. less than少于。根据下文I could not pick that flower yet, and die.可知，丈夫说除非妻子找到比自己更爱她的人，否则他不会去冒死去摘花。故选A。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：简的眼泪掉在信上。A. photos照片；B.flowers花；C.floor地板；D.letter信件、字母。根据上文可知，这是丈夫写给妻子的信，所以眼泪掉在了信上。故选D。
【39题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：现在你已经读完了我的答案，如果你是满意的，请打开前门，因为我站在外面给你带来你最喜欢的面包和新鲜牛奶。A. determined意志坚定的；B. hungry饥饿的；C. satisfied满足的；D. convenient方便的。根据下文please open the front door可知，丈夫说，如果我感到满足，心情好了，请为他打开前门。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：爱，无需言语，已胜千辩。A. Consideration考虑；B. Love爱；C. Attachment附件；D. Concern关注。本句是对上文的总结，上文表达了丈夫对妻子的爱，所以文章讲述了真正的爱无需言语，已胜千辩，故选B。
江苏省昆山市2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中教学质量调研测试试题
第三部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The hardworking blacksmith(铁匠）Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks(火花）fly from his hammer.
The son of Mr.Smith,a___21___neighbor,used to come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself ___22___ how the tradesman worked.
＂Young man,why don't you___23___your hand to learn to make shoe tacks(鞋钉），even if it is only to pass the ___24___?"said the blacksmith."Who ___25___,one day,it may be of use to you.”
The lazy boy began to see what he could do.After a little ___26___he found that he was becoming very ___27___and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
Old Mr.Smith died and the son,because of the war, ___28___all his goods.He had to leave home and ___29___in another country.____30____so happened that in this village there were numerous shoemakers who were spending a lot of money on tacks for their shoes and____31____at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to____32____what they wanted,because in that part of the country there was a great____33____ for soldiers' shoes.
Our young Mr.Smith,who was finding it difficult to earn his daily ____34____,remembered that once upon a time he had learned the____35____of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the ____36____.He told them that he would make the tacks if they would ____37____ to get him settled in his workshop.The shoemakers were only too glad of the ____38____.And soon,young Mr.Smith found that he was making the finest tacks in the village.
"How ____39____ it seems," he used to say,"even making tacks can bring a____40____.My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches."
21. A. wealthy B. hardworking C. selfish D. curious
22. A. examining B. determining C. watching D. explaining
23. A. wash B. try C. force D. win
24. A. hammer B. test C. comment D. time
25. A. cares B. complains C. knows D. declares
26. A. practice B. struggle C. analysis D. check
27. A. skilled B. interested C. tired D. worried
28. A. carried B. lost C. sold D. destroyed
29. A. settled down B. rose up C. took over D. got away
30. A. Nothing B. That C. This D. It
31. A. ever B. instead C. altogether D. even
32. A. remember B. get C. make D. protect
33. A. status B. standard C. need D. price
34. A. praise B. break C. newspaper D. bread
35. A. art B. benefit C. importance D. motto
36. A. blacksmiths B. soldiers C. shoemakers D. villagers
37. A. hesitate B. help C. refuse D. return
38. A. aid B. work C. advice D. offer
39 A. challenging B. attractive C. lively D. funny
40. A. fortune B. competition C. trick D. message
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. D 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. A 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. D 40. A
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了小史密斯偶然和邻居铁匠学得了如何做最好的鞋钉，在后来因战争而失去了所有家产的时候又利用这项技能生存下去，并获得财富的故事。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：史密斯先生的儿子是铁匠的邻居，很有钱，以前每天都来看铁匠，一连几个小时，饶有兴致地看这个商人是如何工作的。A. wealthy富有的；B. hardworking勤奋的；C. selfish自私的；D. curious好奇的。根据文章最后一句话My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches.(我的生意对我来说比我以前所有的财富都有用。)可知小史密斯家里是很有钱的。wealthy意为“富有的”，符合语境。故选A项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：史密斯先生的儿子是铁匠的邻居，很有钱，以前每天都来看铁匠，一连几个小时，饶有兴致地看这个商人是如何工作的。A. examining检查；B. determining确定；C. watching观看；D. explaining解释。根据上文中的used to come to see the blacksmith every day(以前每天都来看铁匠)可知此处表示他喜欢看这个商人工作。故选C项。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：年轻人，你为什么不试着学做鞋钉呢，哪怕只是为了打发时间呢？A. wash清洗；B. try尝试；C. force促使；D. win获胜。根据下文soon he was making some of the finest tacks(很快他能做一些最好的鞋钉了)可知此处表示铁匠劝年轻人试着学做鞋钉，try意为“尝试”，符合语境，故选B项。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻人，你为什么不试着学做鞋钉呢，哪怕只是为了打发时间呢？A. hammer锤子；B. test测验；C. comment评论；D. time时间。根据第二段The son of Mr.Smith,a___1___neighbor,used to come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself ___2___how the tradesman worked.可知小史密斯每天都来看铁匠并一连几个小时地看这个商人工作，因此铁匠让年轻人试着学做鞋钉，即使为打发时间也好。pass the time意为“打发时间”，符合语境，故选D项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：谁知道呢，也许将来有一天，它会派上用场呢？A. cares关心；B. complains抱怨；C. knows知道；D. declares声明。根据下文one day, it may be of use to you.(也许将来有一天，它会派上用场)可知此处表示一件不确定的将来的事情，Who knows用于口语中，意为“谁知道啊”，符合语境，故选C项。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：经过一些练习之后，他发现自己越来越熟练了，很快他能做一些最好的鞋钉了。A. practice练习；B. struggle斗争；C. analysis分析；D. check检查。根据上文The lazy boy began to see what he could do.(懒惰的男孩开始了解他能做些什么。)可知他开始练习做鞋钉了，practice意为“练习”，符合语境，故选A项。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：经过一些练习之后，他发现自己越来越熟练了，很快就做出一些最好的鞋钉。A. skilled熟练的；B. interested感兴趣的；C. tired累的；D. worried担心的。空后的and表示承接，根据下文soon he was making some of the finest tacks(很快就做出一些最好的鞋钉)可知空处表示他变得很熟练了，skilled意为“熟练的”，符合语境，故选A项。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：老史密斯先生死了，因为战争，他的儿子失去了所有的财产。A. carried携带；B. lost丢失；C. sold出售；D. destroyed销毁。根据上文Old Mr. Smith died(老史密斯先生死了)及because of the war(因为战争)及下文He had to leave home(他不得不离开家)可以推测出此处表示小史密斯失去了所有的财产，lost all his goods意为“失去了所有的财产”，符合语境，故选B项。
【29题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：他不得不离开家，在另一个国家定居下来。A. settled down安顿下来；B. rose up站起来；C. took over接管；D. got away逃走。根据上文leave home(离开家)及倒数第二段中的get him settled in his workshop(帮助他在作坊安顿下来)可知此处表示他要在另一个国家安顿下来，settled down意为“安顿下来”，符合语境，故选A项。
【30题详解】
考查代词词义辨析。句意：碰巧在这个村子里有许多鞋匠，他们花很多钱买鞋钉。A. Nothing没什么；B. That那个；C. This这个；D. It它。It happened that…是固定句式，其意为“碰巧……”。句首的 it 可视为形式主语。故选D项。
【31题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：甚至有时他们花高价，他们也不一定能得到他们想要的东西。A. ever从来；B. instead相反；C. altogether完全；D. even甚至。空后的and表示承接，上文表示“在这个村子里有许多鞋匠，他们花很多钱买鞋钉”，下文表示“有时他们花高价买鞋钉，他们也不一定能得到他们想要的东西”，可以判断出此处用even(甚至)符合语言逻辑，故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：甚至有时他们花高价，他们也不一定能得到他们想要的东西。A. remember记住；B. get得到；C. make做；D. protect保护。根据下文的解释because in that part of the country there was a great___13___for soldiers' shoes(因为在国家的那个地区，士兵的鞋的需求很大。)可知此处表示即使花高价也不能得到想要的东西。get意为“得到”，符合语境，故选B项。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：因为在国家的那个地区，士兵的鞋的需求量很大。A. status状态；B. standard标准；C. need需要；D. price价格。根据上文at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to___12___what they wanted(有时他们花高价，他们也不一定能得到他们想要的东西)及其后的because(因为)可以推测不容易买到鞋钉的原因是在那个地区，士兵的鞋的需求很大，need意为“需求”，符合语境，故选C项。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻的史密斯先生发现自己很难挣钱养活自己，他想起从前他学会了做鞋钉的技艺，突然想到要和鞋匠讨价还价。A. praise赞美；B. break打破；C. newspaper报纸；D. bread面包。由倒数第三段中的Old Mr. Smith died and the son, because of the war, ___8___all his goods. He had to leave home and ___9___in another country.(老史密斯先生死了，小史密斯因为战争失去了所有的财产。他不得不离开家，在另一个国家定居下来。)可知背井离乡，身无分文的史密斯发现很难糊口，earn his daily bread意为“糊口”，符合语境，选D项。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻的史密斯先生发现自己很难挣钱养活自己，他想起从前他学会了做鞋钉的技艺，突然想到要和鞋匠讨价还价。A. art艺术；B. benefit利益；C. importance重要性；D. motto格言。根据第四段中的The lazy boy began to see what he could do. After a little ___6___he found that he was becoming very ___7___and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.(懒惰的男孩开始了解他能做些什么。经过一些练习之后，他发现自己越来越熟练了，很快他能做一些最好的鞋钉了。)可知他曾学过做鞋钉的技艺，the art of making tacks意为“做鞋钉的技艺”，符合语境，故选A项。
【36题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻的史密斯先生发现自己很难每天挣到面包钱，想起从前他学会了做鞋钉的技艺，突然想到要和鞋匠讨价还价。A. blacksmiths铁匠；B. soldiers士兵；C. shoemakers鞋匠；D. villagers村民。根据下文He told them that he would make the tacks if they would ___17___to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the ___18___.(他告诉他们，如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来，他会做鞋钉的。对于这个提议，鞋匠们感到太高兴了。)可知他在和鞋匠们讨价还价，shoemakers在下文有复现，故选C项。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他告诉他们，如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来，他会做鞋钉的。A. hesitate犹豫；B. help帮助；C. refuse拒绝；D. return返回。根据空前的He told them that he would make the tacks (他告诉他们，他会做鞋钉的。)可以推测此处表示“如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来”， help意为“帮助”，符合语境，故选B项。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：对于这个提议，鞋匠们感到太高兴了。A. aid援助；B. work工作；C. advice建议；D. offer提议。根据上文He told them that he would make the tacks if they would ___17___to get him settled in his workshop.(他告诉他们，如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来，他会做鞋钉的。)可知这是他给鞋匠们的一个提议，offer意为“提议”，符合语境，故选D项。
【39题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：似乎太有趣了。A. challenging挑战性的；B. attractive迷人的；C. lively活泼的；D. funny有趣的。根据下文他所说的even making tacks can bring a___20___.My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches.(即使做鞋钉也能带来财富。我的生意对我来说比我以前所有的财富都有用。)可知他认为这件事似乎十分有意思，funny意为“有趣的”，符合语境，故选D项。
【40题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：即使做鞋钉也能带来财富。A. fortune财富；B. competition 竞争；C. trick戏法；D. message信息。根据下文My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches.(我的生意对我来说比我以前所有的财富都有用。)及上下文可知小史密斯在背井离乡时通过做鞋钉也能挣钱，可知此处要表达“即使做鞋钉也能带来财富。”，fortune意为“财富”，符合语境，故选A项。
【点睛】完形填空会使用一些关键词围绕主线贯穿全文。这些关键词可能会重复出现，也可能会以其他形式出现（例如同义词、近义词、上义词等）。如第16小题根据下文He told them that he would make the tacks if they would ___17___to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the ___18___.(他告诉他们，如果他们能帮助他在作坊安顿下来，他会做鞋钉的。对于这个提议，鞋匠们感到太高兴了。)可知他在和鞋匠们讨价还价，shoemakers在下文有复现，故选C项。
江苏省常熟市2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
In China, square dancing is an exercise routine performed to music in squares or parks. Recent years have ____21____ the growing popularity of square dancing among elderly people in China, ____22____ it provides them with a good platform to ____23____ and make new friends in their ordinary lives. Although the practice has roots in both ancient and modern Chinese history, today the Chinese hold ____24____ views towards it. Some people, the young in particular, argue that it has disturbed their peaceful lives.
As for ____25____ citizens, square dancing is relatively easy to learn compared to traditional ____26____ and thus win their ____27____. Moreover, practicing square dancing doesn’t need special equipment. All it needs are open ground and loudspeakers. ____28____, it can be found across the country.
____29____ many young people have showed their dissatisfaction. They think that square dancing _____30_____ too much space in their neighborhood and disturbs their life. In fact, it is the noise _____31_____ square dancing that young people _____32_____ most.
Therefore, concessions (让步) should be made by both _____33_____ so that they can live in _____34_____ with each other.
People taking part in square dancing are expected to dance in areas far away from residential communities (居民区), while the young are called on to show more _____35_____ of square dancing.
They will also become old and one day may be one of the dancers they dislike now.
In addition, the government should spare more suitable areas where the elderly can do their favorite activities.
21. A. proved B. witnessed C. developed D. advanced
22. A. since B. once C. until D. though
23. A. relax B. retire C. react D. recover
24. A. unique B. general C. different D. wrong
25. A. local B. honest C. responsible D. senior
26. A. customs B. dances C. approaches D. entertainments
27. A. pleasure B. celebration C. encouragement D. love
28. A. As a result B. For example C. In other words D. In particular
29. A. Though B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise
30. A. takes off B. takes up C. makes up D. keeps up
31. A. with B. into C. against D. by
32. A. doubt B. search C. regret D. dislike
33. A. positions B. parties C. situations D. hands
34. A. connection B. hope C. harmony D. independence
35. A. tolerance B. expectation C. spirit D. service
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. A
【解析】
这是一篇议论文。广场舞越来越流行。不同的人对此持不同的观点。老年人喜欢广场舞，年轻人不喜欢。作者最后指出：老年人和年轻人应该互相包容。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：近年来，广场舞在中国的老年人中越来越受欢迎，因为它为老年人提供了一个放松和结交新朋友的良好平台。A. proved证明；B. witnessed见证，目睹；C. developed发展；D. advanced前进。近些年“见证”了广场舞的流行。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意：近年来，广场舞在中国的老年人中越来越受欢迎，因为它为老年人提供了一个放松和结交新朋友的良好平台。A. since因为，自从；B. once一旦；C. until直到；D. though尽管。“因为”广场舞为老年人提供了一个放松和结交新朋友的良好平台，所以广场舞在中国的老年人中越来越受欢迎。逗号后面的是原因状语，故选A。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：近年来，广场舞在中国的老年人中越来越受欢迎，因为它为老年人提供了一个放松和结交新朋友的良好平台。A. relax放松；B. retire退休；C. react反应；D. recover恢复。老人们通过跳广场舞来“放松”。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：虽然这一做法在中国古今历史上都有渊源，但今天中国人对它有不同的看法。A. unique独一无二的；B. general一般的，普通的；C. different不同的；D. wrong错误的。根据上文可知，老年人喜欢广场舞；根据下文可知，年轻人不喜欢广场舞。由此可知，人们对广场舞持有“不同的”看法。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对于老年人来说，广场舞相对于传统舞蹈来说比较容易学，因此赢得了他们的喜爱。A. local当地的；B. honest诚实的；C. responsible负责任的；D. senior高级的，年长的。根据上一段中的“the growing popularity of square dancing among elderly people”可知，广场舞受老年人的欢迎。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：对于老年人来说，广场舞相对于传统舞蹈来说比较容易学，因此赢得了他们的喜爱。A. customs风俗；B. dances舞蹈；C. approaches方法；D. entertainments娱乐。该处是将广场舞和传统“舞蹈”做比较。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：对于老年人来说，广场舞相对于传统舞蹈来说比较容易学，因此赢得了他们的喜爱。A. pleasure快乐，乐趣；B. celebration庆祝；C. encouragement鼓励；D. love爱。广场舞容易学，所以老年人“喜欢”它。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查短语辨析。因此，它在全国各地都能找到。A. As a result因此，结果；B. For example例如；C. In other words换句话说；D. In particular尤其，特别。空前内容介绍的是广场舞受欢迎的原因：好学，需要的设备简单。这些原因导致广场舞在全世界都可以被找到。因此，该句和上文是因果关系。故选A。
【29题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，许多年轻人表达了他们的不满。A. Though但是；B. Therefore因此；C. However但是；D. Otherwise否则。上文提到老年人喜欢广场舞。该句提到：年轻人表达了他们的不满。上下文之间是转折关系。故选C。
【30题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：他们认为广场舞在他们的社区占据了太多的空间，扰乱了他们的生活。A. takes off起飞；B. takes up占据；C. makes up编造，弥补；D. keeps up保持。跳广场舞需要“占据”空间。故选B。
【31题详解】
考查介词词义辨析。句意：事实上，年轻人最不喜欢的正是广场舞的噪音。A. with（行为或情况）与……有关；B. into到……里面；C. against反对；D. by在……旁边。该处指和广场舞有关的噪音为年轻人不喜欢。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：事实上，年轻人最不喜欢的正是广场舞的噪音。A. doubt怀疑；B. search搜寻；C. regret后悔，遗憾；D. dislike不喜欢。广场舞产生的噪音是年轻人最不喜欢的。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，双方都应该做出让步，这样他们才能和睦相处。A. positions位置，职位；B. parties一方，聚会；C. situations情形；D. hands手。老年人和年轻人“双方”都应该做出让步。故选B。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，双方都应该做出让步，这样他们才能和睦相处。A. connection联系；B. hope希望；C. harmony和谐；D. independence独立。双方都做出让步，他们才能“和谐”地生活在一起。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：参加广场舞的人们被要求在远离居民区的地方跳舞，而年轻人被呼吁对广场舞表现出更多的宽容。A. tolerance宽容，容忍；B. expectation期望；C. spirit精神；D. service服务。根据下一句“They will also become old and one day may be one of the dancers they dislike now”可知，年轻人有一天也会变老，他们也有可能会成为跳广场舞的人。由此推知，年轻人应该设身处地地为老年人着想，要更“宽容”。故选A。
江苏省泰州中学2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题
五、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was planning another garage sale (宅前旧物出售). I was ____36____ the basement deciding which objects were to be freed when I had an awful ____37____. The last garage sale I’d taken part in a few years earlier had taken days of sorting and pricing. I’d been ____38____ I was going to earn much money. ____39____, I suffered from heat stroke (中暑), and the money I made wasn’t enough to pay for the medical fees.
It occurred to me it might be ____40____ to try that again. The items I planned on selling this time were usable but inexpensive. I had once ____41____ some of these things and I’d already made good use of them. Maybe they could be ____42____ for someone else now. That’s when it ____43____ me that I could just ____44____ these good but unneeded things.
That Saturday morning, I put _____45_____ stuff on a piece of wood and _____46_____ it and half my unwanted things out to the driveway. Two hours later, people wandered around starting to take things. _____47_____ by this, I started dragging the rest of the stuff out.
That’s when the _____48_____ began. I offered people empty boxes and told them to _____49_____ them up. One elderly woman _____50_____ me with my beloved tablecloths in her hand. She thanked me, saying she always wanted tablecloths like these but could never _____51_____ them. Then it became a display of _____52_____. It was such an atmosphere of fun that soon I entered the house to find more things.
Looking back, I made no money from those things but I felt _____53_____ that day. Instead of _____54_____ part of my history, I got to add new _____55_____ related those former possessions (财产).
36. A. breaking into B. looking around C. fixing up D. laying out
37. A. journey B. childhood C. presentation D. experience
38. A. sure B. afraid C. sorry D. right
39. A. Instead B. Otherwise C. However D. Therefore
40. A. perfect B. crazy C. possible D. natural
41. A. showed B. observed C. ignored D. treasured
42. A. useful B. unnecessary C. strange D. special
43. A. delighted B. convinced C. hit D. surprised
44. A. throw away B. give away C. put away D. take away
45. A. cheap B. simple C. rare D. free
46. A. dragged B. picked C. figured D. left
47. A. Forced B. Impressed C. Moved D. Encouraged
48. A. exploration B. pleasure C. misfortune D. meeting
49. A. fill B. hold C. cut D. mix
50. A. provided B. charged C. approached D. associated
51. A. borrow B. afford C. abandon D. produce
52. A. regrets B. mercies C. doubts D. thanks
53. A. envy B. joy C. anxiety D. admiration
54. A. losing B. rewriting C. destroying D. reviewing
55. A. amusements B. feelings C. memories D. glories
【答案】36. B 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B 41. D 42. A 43. C 44. B 45. D 46. A 47. D 48. B 49. A 50. C 51. B 52. D 53. B 54. A 55. C
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者准备进行宅前旧物出售，想到之前糟糕的宅前旧物出售经历，于是把不需要的东西赠送出去的故事。
36题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：考虑到我有过一次糟糕的经历，我在地下室四下观望，对出售哪些物品做出抉择。A. breaking into打断；B. looking around四下观望；C. fixing up修理；安排；D. laying out涉及；展示。由下一句我在决定出售哪些物品可知，我在地下室四处查看，进行挑选。故选B。
【37题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：考虑到我有过一次糟糕的经历，我在地下室四下观望，对出售哪些物品做出抉择。A. journey旅程；B. childhood童年；C. presentation演出；D. experience经历；经验。下文讲述了一次去年宅前旧物出售的不愉快的经历。故选D。
【38题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我原本确信我会挣很多钱。A. sure确信的；B. afraid害怕的；C. sorry抱歉的；D. right正确的。根据上文“The last garage sale I’d taken part in a few years earlier had taken days of sorting and pricing.”可知，作者花费几天时间给物品分类，定价，预计自己会赚很多钱。故选A。
【39题详解】
考查副词。句意：然而，我中暑了，挣的钱都不足以支付医药费。A. Instead代替；B. Otherwise否则；C. However然而；D. Therefore因此。作者原以为会挣很多钱，但实际上连医药费都不够。前后文成转折关系。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我突然想到再试一次有点疯狂。A. perfect完美的；B. crazy疯狂的；C. possible可能的；D. natural自然的。由上文可知，上一次的宅前旧物出售是一次糟糕的经历，因此再试一次是疯狂的。故选B。
【41题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我曾经很珍惜这些东西，我已经很好地利用了它们。A. showed展示；B. observed观察；C. ignored忽略；D. treasured珍视,珍惜。由下文“I’d already made good use of them.”可知，作者之前很珍惜这些东西。故选D。
【42题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：或许它们现在可能对别人是有用的。A. useful有用的；B. unnecessary不必要的；C. strange奇怪的；D. special特殊的。由下文“I could just ____9____ these good but unneeded things.”可知，作者现在不需要这些东西，但对别人可能是有用处的。故选A。
【43题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这时我突然想到，我可以把这些好的但不需要的东西送给别人。A. delighted使高兴；B. convinced使确信；C. hit打击；D. surprised使惊奇。作者突然想到，可以把这些好的但不需要的东西送给别人，sth hit sb“某人想起某事 ”。故选C。
【44题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：这时我突然想到，我可以把这些好的但不需要的东西送给别人。A. throw away扔掉；B. give away赠送；C. put away收起来；D. take away带走。由下文“I made no money from those things”可知，我决定把这些东西赠送给别人。故选B。
【45题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在那个周六的早上，我把免费的东西放在一块木头上，然后把它和一半我不想要的东西拖到马路上。A. cheap便宜的；B. simple简单的；C. rare罕见的；D. free免费的。由下文“I made no money from those things”可知是免费的。故选D。
【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在那个周六的早上，我把免费的东西放在一块木头上，然后把它和一半我不想要的东西拖到马路上。A. dragged拖拽；B. picked挑选；C. figured认为；D. left离开。由下文“I started dragging the rest of the stuff out.”可知，我把木头和东西都拖到马路上。drag out意为“把…拖出”。故选A。
【47题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我受到鼓舞，开始把剩下的东西拖出来。A. Forced强迫；B. Impressed给…以深刻印象；C. Moved移动；D. Encouraged鼓励。This指代上文“Two hours later, people wandered around starting to take things.”，因此是作者受到鼓舞，才开始拿出剩下的东西。故选D。
【48题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这就是快乐开始的时候。A. exploration探测；B. pleasure愉快；C. misfortune不幸；D. meeting会议。由下文可知，别人拿到自己的需要的东西，向作者表示感谢，这使作者感到快乐。故选B。
【49题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我给人们提供空的盒子，并告诉他们把盒子装满。A. fill填满；B. hold拿住；C. cut切开；D. mix混合。“I offered people empty boxes and told them to ____14____ them up.”此处them指代上文提到的空盒子，可知作者告诉他们把盒子装满。故选A。
【50题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个年长的女人走到我身边，手中拿着我非常喜爱的桌布。A. provided提供；B. charged收费；C. approached接近；D. associated使发生联系。由下文“She thanked me, saying she always wanted tablecloths like these but could never ____16____ them.”可知，这个女人来到作者身旁说话。故选C。
【51题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她向我致谢，说到她总是想要这样的桌布，但是从来买不起。A. borrow借给；B. afford支付得起；C. abandon抛弃；D. produce生产。前一句说她很喜欢这样的桌布，but表转折，可知是负担不起。故选B。
【52题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后它变成了一种感谢。A. regrets遗憾；B. mercies宽容；C. doubts怀疑；D. thanks感谢。由上文 She thanked me可知这个年长的女人是感谢作者的。故选D。
【53题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：回想起来，我没有从这些东西上得到一分钱，但是我感到很快乐。A. envy嫉妒；B. joy高兴；C. anxiety不安；D. admiration钦佩。But表转折关系，上文说没赚到钱，但作者却很快乐。故选B。
【54题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没有失去我的一部分历史，而是加入了与以前的财产有关的新记忆。 A. losing失去；B. rewriting改写；C. destroying摧毁；D. reviewing复习。作者认为把这些东西送出去，并不是一种失去。故选A。
【55题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不但没有失去部分历史，反而增加了与那些旧物有关的新记忆 A. amusements娱乐；B. feelings感觉；C. memories记忆；D. glories光荣。作者认为把之前的东西送出增加了与那些旧物有关的新记忆。故选C。
江苏省无锡市江阴市高级中学2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题
第一节 完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Tom was a middle-aged leather trader (皮货商) whose repeated ___21___ in career made him a depressed man, often complaining that he had been ___22___ by others. One day he told his wife he was so disappointed with the city that he had to ___23___.
So his family ___24___ another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Tom and his wife were busily tidying up their new home, the light suddenly went out. Tom was ___25___ to have forgotten to ___26___ candles and had to ___27___ helplessly in a low mood. Just then he ___28___ light, hesitant knocks on his door that were ___29___ audible (听到) in the quiet night.
"Who's it? " he ______30______, since Tom was a ______31______ to this city. And this was the moment he especially ______32______ to be disturbed, so he went to the door and opened it violently. At the door was a little girl, ______33______ asking, "Sir, do you have candles? I'm your ______34______." "No," answered Tom in anger and shut the door ______35______. "What a nuisance (麻烦事)!" He complained over it with his wife. "No sooner had we ______36______ than the neighbor came to borrow things."
After a while, the door was ______37______ again by someone. He found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, "My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to give you these." Tom was very ______38______ by what he saw. At that moment he ______39______ realized what caused his failure in life. It was his coldness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been ______40______ by his unsympathetic mind.
21. A. failure B. success C. trouble D. difficulty
22. A. annoyed B. cheated C. abandoned D. hurt
23. A. quit B. stop C. leave D. resign
24. A. paid a visit to B. moved to C. came across D. ran into
25. A. careful B. satisfied C. regretful D. mad
26. A. light up B. put out C. sold out D. bring along
27. A. hope B. wait C. listen D. watch
28. A. gathered B. recognized C. counted D. heard
29. A. possibly B. noisily C. rarely D. clearly
30. A. wished B. imagined C. wondered D. commented
31. A. trader B. local C. newcomer D. passer-by
32. A. fancied B. hated C. wanted D. started
33. A. shyly B. proudly C. hopefully D. coldly
34. A. friend B. housekeeper C. messenger D. neighbor
35. A. gently B. kindly C. impatiently D. sadly
36. A. turned up B. stayed up C. came around D. settled down
37 A. opened B. shut C. knocked D. closed
38. A. upset B. amused C. thrilled D. astonished
39. A. suddenly B. gradually C. particularly D. normally
40. A. widened B. removed C. clouded D. narrowed
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. C 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. C 36. D 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. C
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【分析】
本文是夹叙夹议文。汤姆是一个事业上的失败者，他经常抱怨身边的人欺骗他，这种想法导致了他搬家。搬家后邻居小女孩送来急需的蜡烛，这使汤姆意识到生活中欺骗过他的人不是别人，正是他自己。文章通过这个小故事告诉我们对待周围的人要热情积极，不要冷漠刻薄的看待事物，那样会让自己失败。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：汤姆是一位中年皮货商，他在事业上的重复失败使他成了一个沮丧的人，他经常抱怨被别人欺骗。A. failure失败；B. success成功；C. trouble麻烦；D. difficulty困难。根据下文的made him a depressed man可知，一直以来事业上的失败让他成为一个压抑的人，因此用failure，故选A。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他在事业上的重复失败使他成了一个沮丧的人，他经常抱怨被别人欺骗。A. annoyed使生气；B. cheated欺骗；C. abandoned遗弃，D. hurt受伤。此处指Tom总是抱怨他被别人欺骗，故选B。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天他告诉妻子，他对这个城市非常失望，他不得不离开。A. quit退出，放弃；B. stop停止；C. leave离开；D. resign辞职。根据disappointed with the city可知他对这座城市很失望，想离开。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：于是，他们全家搬到了另一个城市。A. paid a visit to拜访；B. moved to搬去；C. came across遇到；D. ran into偶遇。与上文他想离开城市呼应，此处指Tom一家搬去另一座城市，故选B。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：汤姆后悔忘了带来蜡烛。A. careful小心的；B. satisfied满意的；C. regretful后悔的；D. mad疯狂的。现在停电了，此处指停电了，Tom为忘带蜡烛后悔，故选C。
【26题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：汤姆很后悔忘了带蜡烛，只好沮丧地等着。A. light up照亮，点亮；B. put out熄灭，出版；C. sold out卖完，卖光；D. bring along带来。因为刚搬来，Tom忘了带来蜡烛，故选D。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：汤姆很后悔忘了带蜡烛，只好沮丧地等着。A. hope希望；B. wait等待；C. listen听；D. watch观看。家里突然停电，Tom没有带蜡烛，因此只能情绪低落地等着。故选B。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：就在这时，他听到有人敲门，声音很轻很犹豫，但在寂静的夜晚却听得很清楚。A. gathered聚集；B. recognized辨认；C. counted数；D. heard听到。根据knocks on his door和 audible (听到)可知是听到了敲门声，故选D。
【29题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：就在这时，他听到有人敲门，声音很轻很犹豫，但在寂静的夜晚却听得很清楚。A. possibly可能；B. noisily吵闹地；C. rarely很少；D. clearly 显然地。敲门声在安静的夜晚很明显就能被听到，故选D。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Tom想知道是谁。A. wished希望；B. imagined想象；C. wondered想知道；D. commented评价。在陌生的城市有人敲门，所以Tom想知道是谁。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：Tom想知道是谁，因为他是这座城市的新来者。A. trader商人； B. local 当地人；C. newcomer新来者；D. passer-by过路人。根据语境Tom刚搬来，因此是这座城市的新来者，要用newcomer，故选C。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这时他特别讨厌被人打扰，于是他走到门口，使劲地把门打开。A. fancied想象；B. hated讨厌；C. wanted想要；D. started开始。opened it violently和下文的in anger反映了汤姆当时厌烦的心情，故选B。
【33题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：门口站着一个小女孩，害羞地问：“先生，你有蜡烛吗？”A. shyly害羞地；B. proudly自豪地；C. hopefully满怀希望地；D. coldly冷漠地。面对新来的陌生男邻居，小女孩应该是害羞地问，故选A。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：门口站着一个小女孩，害羞地问：“先生，你有蜡烛吗？我是你的邻居。”A. friend朋友；B. housekeeper管家；C. messenger 送信者；D. neighbor邻居。根据下文的the neighbor came to borrow things和the new neighbor downstairs可知，这个小女孩和Tom是邻居，故选D。
【35题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：“没有”，汤姆生气地回答到，不耐烦地关上了门。A. gently温柔地；B. kindly善良地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. sadly难过地。根据上文opened it violently.和answered Tom in anger，下文"What a nuisance (麻烦事)!" He complained over it with his wife.可知Tom对邻居的打扰很不耐烦，故选C。
【36题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们一来这里就有邻居来借东西。A. turned up出现；B. stayed up熬夜；C. came around来到身边。D. settled down定居。此处指Tom在新城市定居，故选D。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：过了一会儿，又有人再次敲门。A. opened打开；B. shut关闭；C. knocked敲门；D. closed关。根据下文He found the same girl outside.可知是小女孩再次敲门，故选C。
【38题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：汤姆对他所看到的感到吃惊。A. upset难过的；B. amused被逗笑的；C. thrilled非常兴奋的；D. astonished吃惊的。Tom本以为小女孩是来借东西的，结果是给陌生邻居送急需的蜡烛的，所以他对小女孩对陌生人的做法感到吃惊，故选D。
【39题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：在那一刻，他突然意识到是什么导致了他人生的失败。A. suddenly突然；B. gradually逐渐；C. particularly尤其；D. normally通常。根据小女孩的做法对他的感触和At that moment，可知汤姆是突然醒悟，故选A。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在生活中欺骗过他的不是别人，正是他自己，因为他那无情的思想蒙蔽了他的眼睛。A. widened扩大，变宽；B. removed去除；C. clouded以云遮蔽；D. narrowed变窄。汤姆醒悟他以前是被自己没有同情心蒙蔽了，因此使用clouded，故选C。
【点睛】完形填空的解题技巧之一就是要根据上下文来学会“推理”出最佳选项。同学们要遵循“上下求索”的原则来查找信息。例如，小题8根据knocks on his door和 audible (听到)可知是汤姆听到了敲门声，故选heard。小题14根据下文的the neighbor came to borrow things和the new neighbor downstairs可知，这个小女孩和Tom是邻居，故选neighbor。
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