2012届高考英语二轮:完形填空四月天天练【12】【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。
(五十八)
Besides electricity, a lion fears water the most, and a rainstorm with thunder and lightning brings both. For that reason I always have a written 1 that frees me from 2 when it's raining.
For two days it was raining without stopping. By the third night, it wasn't raining at all. I 3
the sign to the announcer, and the band began 4 my music.
The animals went through their tricks, but they were far from being 5 about the wetness.
And so we came to the head-in-mouth 6 . When I pulled Leo's mouth open raising his face and nose to the 7 . I noticed that the muscles (肌肉) of his jaws (上、下颚) were tense. Then, as I put my head in, a rain began pouring down. I felt Leo become 8 all over.
My head was in now. I counted to ten and then gave him the tap-on-jaw 9 to let me go. But then nothing happened.
I 10 again on his jaw. Leo's mouth was like a steel trap. I heard gunfire men were trying to get Leo's 11 . But already, with my face 12 in the back of his mouth, I was finding it hard to breathe, I knew what had happened: with the 13 beating on his face, Leo had forgotten me. I heard the gunfire again.
I awoke with an oxygen mask 14 my face, and a doctor was working over me." You're 15 ," said the doctor, "as soon as you went faint (头晕的), the lion 16 you. For nearly three minutes you had no heartbeat!"
By then it had 17 raining. I called Leo back and opened his jaw. "Don't be a fool!" the doctor said, 18 I put my head in and counted to ten. Then I have Leo the tap on the jaw --and he obeyed immediately.
Yet, when I tried to trick again the next time, Leo 19 . I believed he was unwilling to 20 me a second time. I never did the trick again.
1. A. suggestion B. notice C. agreement D. decision
2. A. performing B. trying C. acting D. training
3. A. set B. gave C. put D. made
4. A. making B. playing C. enjoying D. practising
5. A. happy B. sad C. sorry D. anxious
6. A. joke B. trick C. play D. attempt
7. A. sky B. earth C. cage D. ceiling
8. A. angry B. excited C. tense D. frightened
9. A. mark B. sign C. order D. information
10. A. hit B. beat C. pulled D. tapped
11. A. silence B. control C. attention D. death
12. A. buried B. hidden C. put D. sunk
13. A. stick B. gun C. rain D. hand
14. A. in B. above C. below D. over
15. A. foolish B. crazy C. safe D. lucky
16. A. kept B. dropped C. fell D. bit
17. A. begun B. stopped C. continued D. been
18. A. and B. so C. but D. or
19. A. obeyed B. refused C. agreed D. regretted
20. A. hurt B. kill C. damage D. fool
(五十八)
1~5 CABBA 6~10 BACBD 11~15 CACDD 16~20 BBCBA
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(五十九)
I made a promise to myself on the drive down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I
1 try to be a loving husband and father. Totally 2 . No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a commentator 3 my car's tape player. He was 4 a passage about husbands being 5 of their wives. 6 he went on to say, "Love is an act of 7 . A person can choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband 8 our love had been dulled by my own insensitivity (感觉迟钝) . In unimportant ways, really; scolding Evelyn for her tardiness (拖拉); 9 on the TV channel I wanted to watch; throwing 10 day-old newspapers that I knew Evelyn still wanted to read. Well, for two weeks all that would 11 .
And it 12 . Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks 13 on you." "Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised and 14 , maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn 15 a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, "Evelyn's been alone here with the children 16 week and now she wants to be alone with me." We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street investment (投资) firm 17 I am director; a visit to the shell museum, 18 I usually hate museums (and I enjoyed it); 19 my tongue while Evelyn's getting ready for a late dinner for us. Relaxed (轻松) and happy, that's how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on 20 to choose love.
1. A. used to B. would C. should D. could
2. A. loving B. lovely C. lovable D. loved
3. A. at B. with C. on D. for
4. A. thinking B. writing C. believing D. reading
5. A. helpful B. useful C. thoughtful D. hopeful
6. A. Instead B. Then C. Otherwise D. Thus
7. A. play B. will C. promise D. story
8. A. that B. but C. when D. if
9. A. insisting B. hanging C. sticking D. suggesting
10. A. about B. up C. away D. in
11. A. happen B. change C. develop D. forbid
12. A. would B. had C. did D. was
13. A. great B. big C. sorry D. tight
14. A. frightened B. anxious C. disappointed D. pleased
15. A. asked B. suggested C. took D. began
16. A. all of B. all C. all of a D. all a
17. A. which B. what C. where D. that
18. A. if B. but C. as D. though
19. A. stopping B. preventing C. keeping D. holding
20. A. reminding B. requiring C. repaying D. remembering
(五十九)
1~5 BACDC 6~10 BBAAC 11~15 BCADB 16~20 BCDDD
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