高中完形填空精练

先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

（一）

Back in my country， when I was a child， I used to go to “market day” with my mother. One day each week， farmers used to ___1___ their fruit and vegetables into the city. They ___2___ one street to all cars， and the farmers set up tables for their ___3___. This outdoor market was a great place to ___4___. Everything was fresher than produce in grocery stores because the farmers brought it in ___5___ after the harvest. My mother and I always got there early in the morning to get the ___6___ produce.

The outdoor market was a wonderful adventure for a small child， ___7___ was like a festival — full of colors and ___8___. There are red tomatoes， yellow lemons， green lettuce， peppers， grapes， onions. The farmers did their own ___9___. They all shouted loudly for ___10___ to buy their produce. “Come and buy my beautiful oranges！ Theyre juicy and delicious and full of vitamins to ___11___ your children healthy and strong！”

Everyone used to ___12___ with the farmers over the ___13___ of their produce. It was like a wonderful drama in a theatre; the buyers and sellers were the “___14___” in this drama. My mother was an ___15___ at this. First， she picked the freshest， most attractive tomatoes， for example. Then she asked the price. The seller told her.

“What？” she said. She looked very surprised. “ So ___16___？”

The seller looked terribly ___17___. “My dear lady！” he replied. “Im a poor， ___18___ farmer. These are the cheapest tomatoes on the market！”

They always argued for several minutes before agreeing ___19___ a price. My mother took her tomatoes and left. Both buyer and seller were ___20___. The drama was over.

（ ）1. A. carry B. take C. bring D. fetch

（ ）2. A. opened B. closed C. started D. stopped

（ ）3. A. produce B. goods C. food D. product

（ ）4. A. buy B. sell C. bargain D. shop

（ ）5. A. hurriedly B. immediately C. directly D. straightly

（ ）6. A. best B. finest C. freshest D. cheapest

（ ）7. A. who B. that C. which D. what

（ ）8. A. voices B. noises C. sounds D. accent

（ ）9. A. shopping B. business C. shouting D. advertising

（ ）10. A. customers B. producers C. themselves D. sellers

（ ）11. A. keep B. let C. except D. make

（ ）12. A. argue B. talk C. discuss D. speak

（ ）13. A. order B. price C. quality D. form

（ ）14. A. viewers B. listeners C. actors D. directors

（ ）15. A. actress B. inventor C. advancer D. expert

（ ）16. A. wonderful B. exciting C. cheap D. expensive

（ ）17. A. injured B. hurt C. damaged D. wounded

（ ）18. A. excellent B. fair C. honest D. easy

（ ）19. A. with B. to C. in D. on

（ ）20. A. disappointed B. encouraged C. satisfied D. tired

（二）

Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the USA today. Thousands of books __1__this begin with __2__ that start with the words "how to". Many of "how to " books __3__ advice on careers. They tell you how to __4__ a career and how to __5__ it. If you fail， __6__， you can buy a book called How to Turn Failure into Success. If you never make any money __7__， you need a book called How to Live on Nothing.

One of the most popular types of books is one that __8__ you with personal problems. If you are unhappy with your __9__， you can read How to Love Every Minute of Your Life. If you are tired of books on __10__， you may prefer a book called How to Make Yourself Sad.

Many of these books help people use their __11__ time better. Some people __12__ books which will give them __13__ information about sports， hobbies and travel. __14__ people use their free time to make __15__ and improvements on their homes. They like books which given __16__ instructions on how to repair things.

__17__ have "how to" books become so __18__？ Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more problems to __19__. "How to" books help people __20__ modern life.

（ ）1.A. as B. like C. of D. about

（ ）2.A. books B. sentences C. words D. titles

（ ）3.A. give B. take C. follow D. suggest

（ ）4.A. pick B. search C. find D. choose

（ ）5.A. get into B. take part into C. succeed in D. fail in

（ ）6.A. however B. but C. besides D. otherwise

（ ）7.A. for all B. in all C. at all D. all too

（ ）8.A. gets B. helps C. does D. deals

（ ）9.A. book B. study C. work D. life

（ ）10.A. sadness B. happiness C. anger D. violence

（ ）11.A. free B. busy C. working D. meaningful

（ ）12.A. lose B. sell C. use D. want

（ ）13.A. little B. much C. useful D. useless

（ ）14.A. Other B. Others C. The other D. The others

（ ）15.A. money B. fun C. cleaning D. repairs

（ ）16.A. one-by one B. step-by-step

C. little-by-little            D. day-by-day

（ ）17.A. Why B. How C. When D. Where

（ ）18.A. good B. little C. popular D. bad

（ ）19.A. answer B. do C. work out D. solve

（ ）20.A. go away with          B. deal with

C. take with                D. fight with

（三）

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

But ___1___ a few of them are very ___2___. English is one of these. Many， many people use it， not only in England and the U. S. A， but in other parts of the world. About 200， 000， 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___3___ language. Many millions are ___4___ to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English？ Different people may have different ___5___. Have you ever ___6___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines？

“Learn English in six month， or your ___7___ back…” “Easy and funny？ Our records and tapes ___8___ you master your English in a month. ___9___ the first day your ___10___ will be excellent. Just send…” Of course， it never ___11___ quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___12___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___13___. If we could learn English in the same way， it would not seem so difficult. ___14___ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language， talking in it， and ___15___ in it all the time， just imagine how much ___16___ that gets！

So it is ___17___ to say that learning English is easy， because a good command of English ___18___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___19___ much time. Good teachers， records， tapes， books， and dictionaries will ___20___. But they cannot do the students work for him.

（ ）1. A. not B. quite C. only D. very

（ ）2. A. difficult B. important C. necessary D. easy

（ ）3. A. native B. foreign C. useful D. mother

（ ）4. A. learning B. enjoying C. trying D. liking

（ ）5. A. questions B. problems C. ideas D. answers

（ ）6. A. found B. watched C. noticed D. known

（ ）7. A. knowledge B. time C. money D. English

（ ）8. A. make B. help C. let D. allow

（ ）9. A. From B. On C. Since D. After

（ ）10. A. spelling B. grammar C. English D. pronunciation

（ ）11. A. happened B. know C. seemed D. felt

（ ）12. A. know B. remember C. understand D. think

（ ）13. A. students B. children C. babies D. grown-ups

（ ）14. A. Imagine B. Mind C. Do D. Think of

（ ）15. A. using B. thinking C. trying D. practicing

（ ）16. A. time B. money C. language D. practice

（ ）17. A. hard B. easy C. funny D. silly

（ ）18. A. depends B. tries C. has D. takes

（ ）19. A. uses B. takes C. gets D. costs

（ ）20. A. do B. work C. help D. master

（四）

As Christmas is coming， there are presents to be bought， cards to be sent， and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ___1___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large， this is sometimes a real ___2___. On Christmas Eve， young children find the excitement almost unbearable. They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___3___ up late so that they will not ___4___ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early， they often lie ___5___ for a long time， hoping to get a short ___6___ at Father Christmas.

Last Christmas， my wife and I ___7___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___8___ the moment when my son， Jimmy， would ___9___ me where that new bike had come from， but ___10___ he did not see it.

On Christmas Eve， ___11___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly ___12___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___13___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___14___ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night， for the children were ___15___ to get up early. At about five oclock the next morning， we were ___16___ by loud sounds coming from the childrens room — they were shouting excitedly！ ___17___ I had time to get out of bed， young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike， and his sister， Mary， followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage. ___18___ the baby arrived. He moved ___19___ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___20___. The day had really begun with a band[巨響]！

（ ）1. A. faced B. met C. filled D. pleased

（ ）2. A. question B. matter C. problem D. business

（ ）3. A. get B. stay C. stand D. wake

（ ）4. A. lose B. break C. miss D. leave

（ ）5. A. awake B. wake C. asleep D. sleep

（ ）6. A. look B. stare C. glare D. watch

（ ）7. A. hopefully B. busily C. gladly D. successfully

（ ）8. A. liked B. feared C. surprised D. hated

（ ）9. A. answer B. tell C. ask D. search

（ ）10. A. sadly B. unluckily C. possibly D. fortunately

（ ）11. A. it B. they C. I D. we

（ ）12. A. morning B. midnight C. evening D. daybreak

（ ）13. A. filling B. sewing C. mending D. preparing

（ ）14. A. present B. stocking C. bike D. tree

（ ）15. A. going B. sure C. glad D. excited

（ ）16. A. troubled B. frightened C. woken D. shocked

（ ）17. A. Before B. After C. Until D. Since

（ ）18. A. Even B. And C. Soon D. Then

（ ）19. A. with B. on C. over D. by

（ ）20. A. all B. nearly C. happily D. completely

参考答案与解析：

（一）

【答案与解析】

1. C。take 意为“拿走、带去”;carry 意为“携带、搬运”。fetch 意为“去取来”。前面三词与句意不符。而bring“带来、带来”，表示农民把他们生产的水果和蔬菜带到城市里来。

2. B。close 意为“关、封闭”。此句表示：这些农民封闭一条街，不许车辆通行，作为交易市场。

3. A。produce 意为“农产品（尤指水果、蔬菜等）”。

4. D。shop 意为“买东西” 。

5. B。immediately意為“立即、直接地”。此句表示：农民收获后立即就把农产品拿到市场去卖，因此他们的东西比杂货店的要新鲜。

6. C。freshest 意为“最新鲜的”。与上句中的fresher对应，一大早的水果、蔬菜是最新鲜的。

7. C。which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰前面的名词the outdoor market，说明露天市场像节日一样。

8. C。sound可指任何可以听到的“声音”。与下文的叫卖声、讨价还价声相一致。

9. D。advertising 意为“广告（总称）”。由上句可知：这些农民高声叫喊是为他们的产品做广告。

10. A。customer意为“顾客”。农民高声叫卖是为了招来顾客买他们的产品。

11. D。make 意为“使”。句意为：这些橘子果汁丰富、味道好、富含维生素，能使你们的孩子健康强壮。

12. A。argue意为“争吵”。买东西的常常为了降低价格而与农民讨价还价，发生争吵是常有的事。

13. B。price 意为“价格”，后面也提到价格问题。

14. C。actor 意为“演员”。作者把市场交易比作一场戏，那么所有的买东西的人和卖东西的人都是演员。因为他们都充当这曲戏中的一个角色。

15. D。expert意为“专家、能手”。指作者的母亲是买东西的能手，会挑选东西，会讨价还价。

16. D。expensive意为“价高的、昂贵的”。在讨价还价中，买东西的人总是会说“价格太高、太贵”之的类话。

17. B。hurt意为“使痛心”。hurt可指肉体或精神上的伤害。这里指买东西的出价太低而痛心，不指肉体的伤害或损伤，因而其他动词不宜用。

18. C。honest意为“诚实的、老实的”。意即：老实人要的老实价，与后面的these are the cheapest tomatoes on the market 相一致。

19. D。agree on sth表示经过讨论或协商后达成一致。这里表示经过一番讨价还价之后，最终把价格确定下来。

20. C。satisfied意为“满意的”。只有当价格在买卖双方都认为合理时，交易才能实现，这时买卖双方才感到满意。

（二）

【答案与解析】

1. B。“像……一样”应该是like。

2. D。从定语从句的意思可以看出，此空应填入titles（标题）。

3. A。书应该是“给出”建议。

4. D。从前面句子的意思来看，这种“how to ” books能告诉我们“选择”职业。

5. C。这种书能告诉我们怎样择业和怎样成为一名成功者。

6. A。从前后两句的意思来看，应该是表示转折，而且又有逗号隔开。

7. C。此句是否定句，所以用at all来加强语气。

8. B。从其后面的 with personal problems可以看出，应该是help somebody with something。

9. D。从空缺处后面的you can read How to Love Every Minute of Your Life可以看出，这里应该是如果对“生活”不愉快的话。就去读How to Love Every Minute of Your Life。

10. B。从you may prefer a book called How to Make Yourself Sad可以看出，此空应该是表示“快乐”的意思。

11. A。从下一句中的sports， hobbies and travel可以判断出，有许多书帮助人们更好的利用他们的“业余”时间。

12. D。“买”有关体育、嗜好、旅游等方面的书。

13. C。提供“有用的”信息。

14. B。前一句是some，后面当然要用other，因为这里的 people是表示泛指的。

15. D。从and后的improvements可以判断出，此空应该是指房屋的“维修”。

16. B。从句意来看，人们喜欢就怎样维修给出“一步一步”说明的书。

17. A。从下一句中的because应该受到启发。

18. C。从文章前面的意思可以看出，这种 “how to” books是“流行的”。

19. D。problem只能是solve。

20. B。这种“how to” books能帮助人们“应付”现代生活。

（三）

【答案与解析】

1. C。only 意为“仅仅、只有”。句意为：世界上约有五百种语言，但只有记种是重要的。

2. B。important 意为“重要的”，根据下文提到的像英语被广泛使用，说明了这几种语言是重要的。故不宜选其他形容词。

3. B。as a foreign language（外语）与前句中的as their own language相对应。

4. C。are trying to do so = are trying to learn English 意为“在尽力学习英语”。

5. D。answer 意为“答案”，指回答前面的答案。句意为：学习英语容易还是困难，不同的人有不同的答案。

6. C。notice 意为“注意到”，根据不同的动词意义，只有notice切合句意。指注意到这些广告。

7. C。这些广告的目的是为了收钱，故选money。or your money back意为：否则退钱。

8. B。help sb do sth 意为“帮助某人做某事”。而make / let sb do sth意为“使/让某人做某事”。allow不合该句句型。

9. A。from first day 意為“从第一天起”。

10. D。由于是指学习英语语言，应该是先学习发音，故选pronunciation（发音）。

11. A。happen 意为“发生”，这里指上面广告中提到的“快速学好英语这样事情是决不会发生的”。

12. B。remember 意为“记得”。

13. B。children与后面的a small child相对应，指小孩学说母语好。

14. D。think of 意为“想象、想一想”。

15. B。think 意为“思考”，此句意为：谈话用母语，思考用母语。

16. D。practice 意为“练习”。这里说明了孩子学说母语好是因为进行上述大量的练习的结果。

17. A。句意为：说学习英语容易就难说了。

18. A。demand“需要”，句意为：掌握好英语需要大量练习。

19. B。take 意为“花费（时间）”。此句意为：而练习需要付出极大的努力和花费大量的时间。

20. C。这里是说：好教师、录音磁带、书和词典将对学习英语有帮助。但这些都不能代替学生的学习。

（四）

【答案与解析】

1. A。从空格后difficult jobs of… 推测意思为“be faced with面临”， 此处搭配应用被动语态。

2. C。想把大型的礼物藏起来不是一件容易的事情。question=疑问，matter=麻烦或毛病，business =商业或买卖，均不符句意。

3. B。stay up late 意为“熬夜”。

4. C。平安夜孩子们通常呆着不睡，等待享受圣诞老人送礼物的喜悦。

5. A。尽管孩子们早早上床，因为想看到圣诞老人，会长时间睡不着。

6. A。stare at=瞪着眼睛看，glare at=怒目而视，watch是及物动词，后面不能接at。

7. D。预阅文章得知去年成功地给了孩子们一个大惊喜。

8. B。上文已说大的礼物难藏，作者在把自行车放在储藏室，最担心的是被孩子们发现，而不是喜欢。C、D不符句意。

9. C。如果孩子看到礼物，肯定会问礼物从哪儿来。

10. D。从空格后he didnt see it 及这次给孩子的惊喜可推知答案。

11. A。it做形式主语为固定句型。

12. B。首先排除不符句意的A、D，再从we knew we wouldnt get much sleep…，及 at about five oclock the next morning， we were… 提示。

13. A。根据圣诞老人总是把礼物塞在孩子的袜子里面传说，应选fill。

14. C。从下文Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike可知，推进来的是为Jimmy买的自行车。

15. B。根据父母的了解，孩子盼望礼物心切， 肯定会起得很早，其他三个选项不够准确。

16. C。孩子发现礼物的吵闹声不会使人害怕或麻烦，只会把人吵醒。

17. A。before引导的时间状语从句为“还未来得及…， 就…”。

18. A。even 用来加强语气。

19. B。on the hands and knees 意为“用手和膝盖爬行”，其中on表示方式。

20. D。作者和妻子刚睡不久就被孩子吵醒，这时气球被玩爆了，一声巨响让他们彻底醒来，这爆炸声也预示喜庆的一天开始了。