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完形填空专项训练

2016-04-08宁夏

教学考试(高考英语) 2016年4期
关键词:长女下文小女儿

宁夏 魏 勇

完形填空专项训练

宁夏 魏 勇

Passage 1

Dear daughter,

“You’re my favorite person in the whole world”is not something you’re going to hear me say anymore. Not only is it_1_to daddy,but it really won’t go over well with your baby sister,once she’s_2_and learns to talk.

Your’e the one who burst my_3_wide open. You taught me what uncontrollable,unlimited,_4_love feels like. You turned me into a mom. And_5_you will no longer be my only child,you will always be my first.

You’re the first one to make me forget myself. You’re the first person I ever said “I love you”to more than 10 times in one day. You’re the first human whose_6_I took. With you,I made my first-time mom_7_,like letting you_8_the bed onto the floor.

Our baby’s coming soon,and while you may not be my _9_child anymore. This_10_gives me the guilts,but,your sister will have some advantages. I can’t imagine she will ever be_11_or lonely for long—with you and your songs,dance moves,costumes,and magic tricks. I can’t_12_to watch you watching her.

You were the one who_13_to surprise me every day. You’re the_14_who pulls me by the hand into the future.

So when you’re feeling_15_that I’m nursing your sister __1__6_playing dress-up,or that I might use__17_words with you,but not her,or that I can’t stop talking about how _18_she is,know that there is more than enough_19_for both of you.

You will always be my__20_.

1. A. unfair B. unsteady

C. unhappy D. unsuccessful

2. A. cried B. walked

C. born D. found

3. A. heat B. heart

C. hurt D. house

4. A. international B. traditional

C. conventional D. unconditional

5. A. even if B. even though

C. as if D. only if

6. A. measures B. medicine

C. temperature D. operation

7. A. progress B. promise

C. mistakes D. living

8. A. roll off B. put off

C. pay off D. cut off

9. A. simply B. likely

C. firstly D. only

10. A. realization B. organization

C. modernization D. suggestion

11. A. alone B. puzzled

C. drunk D. bored

12. A. see B. wait

C. stand D. sit

13. A. forgets B. continues

C. costs D. harms

14. A. teacher B. driver

C. explorer D. cooker

15. A. excited B. indifferent

C. crazy D. frustrated

16. A. instead of B. as far as

C. in view of D. out of

17. A. sweet B. still

C. strict D. straight

18. A. cute B. ugly

C. common D. handsome

19. A. relation B. friendship

C. success D. love

20. A. one B. first

C. half D. rest

Passage 2

One evening a young woman walked alone by the ocean. She stopped and_1_so she could see the footsteps left in the _2_. But they had already been washed away by the_3_. When she turned to continue,she was astonished by an old woman who appeared_4_by a fire,slowly reading a book.

She walked up and asked,“Where did you come from? I didn’t see you here a_5_ago.”Her questions went_6_ but came a calm voice.“Sit with me,child. I have_7_to show you.”

As she did so,the_8_stranger handed her the book. She_9_turned the pages and was_10_to discover her whole life from her childhood to the_11_. She then came to the page telling of her meeting with the old woman,but she found it_12_. She turned the rest of the pages,only to find __1__3_they were all empty,too. She was so__14_,and asked.

“Does this mean my life ends this_15_?”

“No. It means tonight your life begins.”

Then the old woman took the book into her own hands and began to_16_each of the pages with words, 17_ them one by one into the fire. She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.

“See,”she said,“just as the waves washed away your footsteps in the sand,your_18_is forever gone. The only moment you truly_19_is now. Each moment is the beginning of the_20_of your life. As for your future,you are free to shape it,for it has not yet been written.”

Then the old woman stood and disappeared.

1. A. returned B. went

C. gave D. turned

2. A. water B. sand

C. book D. woman

3. A. waves B. boats

C. shoes D. teams

4. A. standing B. quarreling

C. sitting D. drawing

5. A. century B. month

C. year D. moment

6. A. unanswered B. untouched

C. understood D. unknown

7. A. something B. everything

C. nothing D. anything

8. A. ugly B. kind

C. friendly D. mysterious

9. A. warmly B. eagerly

C. curiously D. strongly

10. A. interested B. frightened

C. amazed D. embarrassed

11. A. past B. present

C. future D. history

12. A. dirty B. expensive

C. empty D. cheap

13. A. which B. that

C. why D. what

14. A. moved B. confused

C. polluted D. saved

15. A. morning B. afternoon

C. noon D. night

16. A. break out B. tear out

C. put out D. set out

17. A. throwing B. growing

C. eating D. getting

18. A. path B. page

C. past D. puzzle

19. A. possess B. achieve

C. succeed D. judge

20. A. half B. quarter

C. heart D. rest

【参考答案与解析】

Passage 1

【文章大意】小女儿要出生了,妈妈写了一封充满爱意的信给自己的长女,仔细体会信中那份浓浓的爱意和亲情吧。

(文章来源:http://www.popsugar.com/moms/Mom-Love-Firstborn-Child-37019357)

1. A。根据后句“it really won’t go over well with your baby sister(你的小妹妹也会不喜欢的)”可知,应选unfair。

2. C。根据下文可知,这是妈妈写给长女的信,小女儿马上就要出生了。故选C项。

3. B。此处意为:是你让妈妈的心变得宽广。故选B项。

4. D。根据上文中的“uncontrollable,unlimited”可知,此处应为表示褒义的词汇,无私的爱,故选D项。

5. B。此处表示转折关系,even if引导的从句往往是假设性的,而even though引导的从句内容往往是真实的。故选B。

6. C。此处表示妈妈给孩子量体温。take temperature意为“量体温”。故选C项。

7. C。下文中提到,妈妈不小心让孩子从床上滚落下来,当然是妈妈的错了。故选C项。

8. A。小孩子只能从床上滚落下来。故选A项。

9. D。此处表示小女儿要出生了,长女自然不能是独生女了。故选D项。

10. A。此处承接上文中的“妈妈意识到长女随着妹妹的出生,将不再是独生女”。故选A项。

11. D。根据下文“with you and your songs,dance moves,costumes,and magic tricks”可知,小女儿有了姐姐的陪伴,就不会孤独和无聊了。故选D项。

12. B。语境题,句意为:妈妈迫不及待地希望看到长女照顾小女儿的场景。故选B项。

13. B。安慰长女,尽管小女儿出生了,长女依然那么优秀,可以继续带给妈妈惊奇。B项符合题意。

14. C。对于未来,是未知的,长女会拉着妈妈一起探索。C项符合题意。

15. D。下文提到的妈妈对于小女儿的关心,长女肯定会有些沮丧吧。故选D项。

16. A。句意为:妈妈忙着照顾小女儿而没有陪着长女玩。故选A项。

17. C。妈妈会对长女说一些严厉的话。故选C项。

18. A。小小的孩子,用“可爱”来表示。故选A项。

19. D。妈妈对待两个可爱的孩子,是一样的爱。D项符合题意。

20. B。此处承接上文,告诉长女,你始终是我的第一。B项符合题意。

Passage 2

【文章大意】人生就像一本书,已经写好的无法改变,我们所能做的,就是把当前这一页写好。而未来,正是由一页一页的当前写就的。

(文章来源:http://karmaskorner.com/inspiration/s1.html)

1. D。 根据后句中的“so she could see the footsteps”可知,只有转身,才能看到自己的脚印,故选turned。

2. B。根据语境,在海边散步,当然是脚印留在了沙滩上,而且文章倒数第二段也有提示“just as the waves washed away your footsteps in the sand”。故选B项。

3. A。文章倒数第二段有提示“just as the waves washed away your footsteps in the sand”。故选A项。

4. C。根据下文中的“Sit with me,child.”和最后一段中的“Then the old woman stood”可知,老人是坐着的。故答案为C项。

5. D。上文提到年轻的女士只是转了个身,老妇人就出现了,这个时间段,只能是moment。故选D项。

6. A。上文中,年轻的女士问了问题“Where did you come from?”,可是老妇人的回答却是“Sit with me,child.”,答非所问,故答案为A项。

7. A。当表示请求建议时,常用something来表示渴望得到肯定的回答。故选A项。

8. D。上文讲老妇人是突然出现的,年轻的女士也不认识她,当然是神秘的、谜一般的人了。D项符合题意。

9. C。考查常识。年轻的女士对神秘老妇人的出现很惊讶,而神秘老妇人所看的书,她也会好奇的。C项符合题意。

10. C。语境分析题。下文中的“her whole life”在这本书中出现,她当然会吃惊。C项符合题意。

11. B。句意为:神秘老妇人递给她的书里面记载了她的生平,从童年到当前。present是名词,意为“现在,当前”。故选B项。

12. C。结合下文中的“they were all empty,too”可知,当前的那一页是空白的。故选C项。

13. B。根据上文中的动词“find”和下文中的“they were all empty,too”可知,此处应填的是引导宾语从句的连词,而从句中并不缺少成分,故应选择that。

14. B。面对一本记录了自己生平往事的书,居然没有后面的内容,下文中年轻的女士再次提问,据此可知,此处应该是迷惑不解。故选择B项。

15. D。文章的第一句话“One evening a young woman walk alone by the ocean”已经告诉了我们故事发生的时间是夜晚。故D项正确。

16. B。下文中,神秘老妇人把空白的没有文字的书递给了年轻女士(She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.),表明那些有文字的纸张让她给撕掉了。tear out 意为“撕掉”,故选B项。

17. A。此处承接上文,意为:神秘老妇人把撕掉的纸张投入火中。A项符合题意。

18. C。下文中,神秘老妇人给年轻女士阐述了人生哲理,有现在,有将来,根据“The only moment is now”“As for your future”可知,此处所缺的正是过去,故选C项。

19. A。句意为:你所拥有的只有现在。A项符合题意。

20. D。神秘老妇人以书为喻,根据上文中的“She turned the rest of the pages”可知,此处也应该是“the rest of one’s life”。故选D项。

(作者单位:宁夏回族自治区石嘴山市第一中学)

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