完形填空精练
2008-04-29张贞红
张贞红
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Maybe it is true that we dont know what we have got until we lose it. But its also true that we dont know what we have been missing__1__it arrives. Giving someone all your__2__is never an assurance(确信) that they will love you back. Dont expect love in__3__, but if it does not, be__4__that it grows in yours.
It takes an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone,__5__it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Dont__6__ones appearance, it can deceive(欺骗). Dont depend on wealth,__7__that disappears slowly. Depend on someone who makes you__8__, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem__9__. There are moments in life when you__10__someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them. Dream__11__you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have__12__one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.__13__you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough tests to make you strong, enough hope to make you happy.
Always put yourself in others__14__. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts others,__15__. The happiest of people dont necessarily have the best of everything; they just make__16__of everything that comes along their way. Happiness__17__for those who cry, those who have been hurt, and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of people who have__18__their lives.
The brightest future will always be__19__a forgotten past. You cant go on well in__20__until you let your past failures and heartaches go off.
1. A. whenB. afterC. sinceD. until
2. A. loveB. money
C. pleasureD. secrets
3. A. commonB. return
C. orderD. anger
4. A. doubtfulB. polite
C. pleasedD. uncertain
5. A. butB. andC. soD. although
6. A. leave outB. depend on
C. break downD. hold up
7. A. yetB. stillC. evenD. ever
8. A. cryB. partC. smileD. move
9. A. brightB. cloudyC. warmD. mild
10. A. hateB. missC. beatD. respect
11. A. whyB. howC. thatD. what
12. A. ratherB. notC. onlyD. just
13. A. MayB. WishC. MustD. Dare
14. A. suitsB. shoesC. bedsD. rooms
15. A. thoughB. alsoC. tooD. either
16. A. senseB. recordC. limitD. use
17. A. leavesB. standsC. huntsD. waits
18. A. touchesB. balances
C. twistsD. wastes
19. A. interested inB. based on
C. regarded asD. covered with
20. A. storeB. publicC. lifeD. advance
【答案与解析】
1. D。构成短语not ... until。
2. A。根据句子that they will love you back可知。
3. B。 in return“作为回报”。句意是“不要希望爱有回报”。
4. C。但是如果真的没有回报，要满意自己心中有爱。
5. A。前面说的与爱有关，这里说的与恨有关，所以用but表示转折。
6. B。根据后面的两个并列句的Dont depend on可知答案。
7. D。 even“甚至”。甚至财富也会慢慢消失。
8. C。让昏暗的日子明亮，应该是“微笑”才能做到的。
9. A。dark与bright对应。
10. B。从梦中找到并与之拥抱，说明“想念”。
11. D。what引导宾语从句，在句子中充当dream的宾语。
12. C。强调生命的重要，机会的难得。即只有一次生命，一次机会。
13. A。May在此表示愿望或希望；wish表示愿望时后面从句中通常用虚拟语气。
14. B。 in others shoes意为“处于某人的地位或处境”，为固定短语。
15. C。句子意思是“如果你感到对你有伤害，它对别人也有伤害。”
16. D。虽然没有最好的，但是能利用遇到的一切。
17. D。wait for“等待”。进一步解释哪些人会更幸福。
18. A。
19. B。根据后面的句子You cant go on well in20until you let your past failures and heartaches go off.可知“光明的未来总是建立在忘记过去的基础上的”。
20. C。直到让过去的失败与悲痛过去，生活才能变得美好。
B
Ill always be there for you!
In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing 30,000 people in four minutes. A father left his wife safely at home and rushed to his sons school__1__to find it flat .
He was__2__. Suddenly, he remembered his__3__to his son: “No matter what happens, Ill always be there for you!”
__4__his sons classroom would be in the back right corner of the building, he rushed there and__5__digging through the ruins. Some other parents__6__to pull him off, saying: “Its__7__late! Theyre all dead! You cant help! Face__8__and go home!”
He answered with only one sentence: “Are you going to help me now?” And then he__9__on. The fire chief appeared and tried to__10__him , but was also refused . A policeman came and asked him to go home but was__11__refused.
He dug for 12 hours ... 24 hours ...36 hours ... then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his__12__voice. He cried , “Armand!”
“Dad! Its me, Dad! I told the other kids not to__13__. I told them if you were__14__, youd save me__15__when you saved me, theyd be saved. You promised no matter what happens, youll always be there for me! You did it, Dad!” “Whats__16__there? How is it?” the father asked.
“There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. Were scared, hungry, thirsty and__17__youre here. When the building __18__, it made a triangle (三角形), and it__19__us.”
“Come out, boy!”
“No, Dad! Let the other__20__out first, because I know youll get me! No matter what happens, I know youll always be there for me!”
1. A. justB. onlyC. everD. still
2. A. excitedB. disappointed
C. shockedD. angry
3. A. adviceB. promise
C. answerD. comfort
4. A. ImaginingB. Doubting
C. GuessingD. Thinking
5. A. startedB. continued
C. stoppedD. finished
6. A. failedB. managed
C. triedD. wanted
7. A. soB. veryC. tooD. really
8. A. historyB. society
C. realityD. presence
9. A. movedB. dug
C. pickedD. pushed
10. A. stopB. educate
C. guideD. comfort
11. A. stillB. even
C. alreadyD. nearly
12. A. daughtersB. sons
C. brothersD. wifes
13. A. dieB. failC. goD. worry
14. A. rightB. aliveC. kindD. clever
15. A. butB. instead
C. andD. or
16. A. going downB. going off
C. going onD. going out
17. A. unexpectedB. thankful
C. surprisedD. excited
18. A. fellB. dropped
C. rolledD. moved
19. A. reachedB. saved
C. touchedD. covered
20. A. girlsB. boysC. adultsD. kids
【答案与解析】
1. B。此处强调出人意料的结果且和不定式连用，因此应填only。
2. C。看见儿子的学校被地震夷为平地，父亲当然感到很震惊。
3. B。下文的直接引语为父亲向儿子做出的承诺，因此该空应填promise。
4. D。下文为父亲心中想的内容，因此该空应填Thinking。
5. A。他冲向那里，开始挖废墟。
6. C。别的家长尽量把他拉开。
7. C。由下文Theyre all dead.可以推出该空表示“太”，因此应填too。
8. C。别的家长劝父亲面对儿子已死的现实回家。
9. B。on表示继续，因此该空应填dug。
10. A。由下文but was also refused可以推出该空表示“阻止”，因此应填stop。
11. A。由上文语境可知，这是第3个劝父亲停止挖废墟而被拒绝的人，因此该空表示“仍然”，应填still。
12. B。由下文多次出现的Dad可以推出该空表示“儿子的”，因此应填sons。
13. D。由常识可知，被埋在楼下的人当然会担心自己的生命安全，因此该空应填worry。
14. B。地震发生后，只有活着的人才能救别人，因此该空应填alive。
15. C。该空表示递进式并列关系，因此应填and。
16. C。由Whats 与there之间的语境逻辑可以推出该空表示“发生”，因此应填going on。
17. B。有人来救自己，落难儿童当然会很感激，因此该空应填thankful。
18. A。
19. B。楼房倒下去时形成一个三角形，这样它救了我们。
20. D。由第13空前面的kids可以推出该空应填kids。
