2012届高考英语二轮:完形填空三月天天练【05】【答案】
该套资源选择的完形填空短文既有经典的,也有新颖的,排版工整,每两天的组合在一起,除去答案,刚好4页,印制成1张练习卷,是训练完形填空的极好材料。
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The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good 1 in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I 2 to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be 3 ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 4 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to 5 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 6 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very 7 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he 8 to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main 9 in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he 10 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 11 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 12 like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He 13 that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he 14 but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 15 my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 16 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 17 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 18 the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood ” I asked finally. He 19 and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter ” It was my 20 to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
1. A. brother B. teacher C. neighbour D. friend
2. A. managed B. happened C. tried D. wanted
3. A. expecting B. lying C. joking D. talking
4. A. funny B. serious C. careful D. disappointed
5. A. think B. find C. realize D. see
6. A. indeed B. actually C. instead D. exactly
7. A. famous B. interesting C. noisy D. big
8. A. began B. stopped C. refused D. failed
9. A. problem B. interest C. choice D. work
10. A. just B. ever C. even D. surely
11. A. suit B. habit C. pools D. river
12. A. people B. players C. strangers D. friends
13. A. advised B. argued C. admitted D. announced
14. A. recognized B. realized C. visited D. found
15. A. how B. whether C. when D. where
16. A. because B. if C. then D. though
17. A. doctor B. friend C. neighbour D. player
18. A. hired B. visited C. designed D. sold
19. A. smiled B. laughed C. cried D. nodded
20. A. chance B. pleasure C. time D. turn
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1~5 DBCBA 6~10 CDABC 11~15 CACBD 16~20 AAABD
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It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due to begin in a few 1 . On their faces was confidence (自信). This was their last exam — then on to 2 and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they 3 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take 4 of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) 5 task. The professor had said they could bring 6 books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not 7 each other, during the test.
8 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 9 on the students’ faces as they noted there were only five essay-type questions.
Three hours had passed 10 the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 11 faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions ” 12 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four ” Still no hands.
“Three Two ” The students moved restlessly in their seats.
“One, then Certainly somebody finished 13 .”But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 14 ,” he said. “I just want to impress upon you that, 15 you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the 61 you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively 17 in everyday practice. ” Then smiling, he added, “You will all 18 this course, but remember — even though you are now college graduates, your education has just 19 .”
The years have 20 the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.
1. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days
2. A. interview B. discussion C. education D. graduation
3. A. would B. must C. have to D. used to
4. A. hold B. control C. charge D. place
5. A. interesting B. necessary C. easy D. unusual
6. A. no B. either C. any D. all
7. A. listen to B. look at C. refer to D. talk to
8. A. Nervously B. Joyfully C. Quickly D. Curiously
9. A. appeared B. changed C. froze D. stopped
10. A. then B. as C. before D. after
11. A. pleased B. worried C. surprised D. moved
12. A. Not B. Once C. Only D. Even
13. A. all B. none C. one D. it
14. A. wondered B. enjoyed C. hated D. expected
15. A. right now B. as though C. now that D. even though
16. A. exam B. subject C. question D. college
17. A. valuable B. difficult C. common D. strange
18. A. pass B. fail C. take D. start
19. A. begun B. completed C. failed D. succeeded
20. A. forgot B. remembered C. strengthened D. weakened
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1~5 BDABC 6~10 BDBAC 11~15 BACDD 16~20 BCAAD
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