1、2015届高考英语二轮专题训练:完型填空6AI recently got some pictures of my Aunts 86th birthday party.She looked as_1_and beautiful as ever,although I havent been able to_2_her for many years.Her eyes_3_with the same youth that I_4_from our summer visits to her home some 35 years ago._5_her picture took me back to tho
2、se wonderful times once again.Her home was an eighthour_6_from ours.Every time our car needed to run over mountainous roads so we could only visit during the_7_.When we arrived,we were_8_greeted with hugs,laughter and love.The most_9_part of our visits was always the early Thanksgiving dinner.The di
3、ning room table would“complain”under the platters(盘)of turkey,mashed potatoes,bread rolls,apple pies,and ice cream.After saying grace we would all feast until we couldnt eat anymore.My Uncle Rich would always smile after dinner and_10_that we had to visit more often,_11_this was the only time that A
4、unt Charlotte ever fed him well.2A.call BvisitCrecognize Dunderstand解析:根据下文.our summer visits to her home some 35 years ago可知,这里指很多年没去看望姑母了。答案:B3A. locked BburnedCshared Dshone解析:姑母的眼中闪烁着年轻活力。答案:D4A.remembered BdevelopedCrequired Dsensed解析:根据下文.some 35 years ago可知,作者在回想往事。答案:A5A.Keeping BCollectingC
5、Watching DClassifying解析:根据上文I recently got some pictures of my Aunts 86th birthday party可推知,作者看着姑母的照片,回想往事。答案:C6A.drive BflightCwalk Dship解析:根据下文Every time our car needed to run over mountainous roads.可知,去姑母家需要走山路,离作者家有八个小时的车程,交通很不便利。答案:A7A.spring BsummerCautumn Dwinter解析:根据上文.our summer visits.可知,只
6、有在夏天作者和家人才会去拜访姑父母。答案:B8A.still BbothCseldom Dalways解析:根据下文My Uncle Rich would always smile after dinner可推知,每次作者和家人的到来,总是能得到热烈的欢迎。答案:D9A.confusing BsurprisingCinteresting Dshocking解析:根据下文The dining room table would“complain”under the platters of turkey,mashed potatoes,bread rolls,apple pies,and ice c
7、ream.After saying grace we would all feast until we couldnt eat anymore可知,饭桌上放着一盘盘的食物有火鸡、土豆泥、面包圈、苹果派和冰淇淋,这么多的食物使得餐桌发出一阵阵的“抱怨声”,“我们”开始享用美食直到再也吃不下了。根据作者对吃饭的表述可推知,作者认为拜访姑母最有趣的地方是吃感恩节大餐。答案:C10A.joke BcomplainCclaim Ddemand解析:根据下文this was the only time that Aunt Charlotte ever fed him well可知,这时Aunt Charl
8、otte才会让他美美地吃上一顿。及前文My Uncle Rich would always smile.可推知,Uncle Rich在开玩笑。答案:A11A.although BbecauseCand Dunless解析:前后句为因果关系。因为只有作者一家来拜访时,Aunt Charlotte才会让Uncle Rich美美地吃上一顿。答案:B12A.painful BfreshCcomfortable Dfull解析:根据上文.we couldnt eat anymore可知,作者吃得很饱。答案:D13A.go away Bgo onCfloat up Dcome down解析:根据上下文Sw
9、eet laughter would_from the front porch and into my open bedroom window.可知,笑声从前门廊飘过来,从敞开的窗户飘进我的卧室。下文.as the sounds of joy floated up.也给予了提示。答案:C14A.talked BdebatedCplayed Dworked解析:亲友好久不见,愉快地聊到深夜。答案:A15A.successful BpeacefulCexciting Dproud解析:晚上,作者躺在床上,听着父母和姑父母在一起愉快地聊天,体现了一种快乐祥和的氛围。答案:B16A.stories B
10、photosCdreams Dmemories解析:根据前文.her picture took me back to those wonderful times once again.可推知,上文描述的情景是作者儿时的回忆。答案:D17A.strangest Bmost expensiveCgreatest Dcommonest解析:作者认为儿时的美好回忆是姑母给他/她的最好礼物。答案:C18A.balance BshapeCcontrol Dreach解析:根据下文.open my heart to the love that was all around me可知,姑父母帮助作者明白要对周
11、围的一切敞开心扉,即塑造了作者的灵魂。答案:B19A.friendly BattachedCcommitted Dgrateful解析:根据下文.living with laughter and love可知,姑母的慷慨爱心让作者懂得了一个重要的人生道理:要带着快乐和爱心去生活。作者因从姑母那里学会这一道理而心怀感激。答案:D20A.lessons BsuggestionsChopes Dremarks解析:姑母给我的儿时记忆是很好的人生哲理课。答案:ABTeens that drop out can be from both rich and poor families,but poor c
12、hildren with_8_economic standards are at a higher risk of dropping out of high school.Teen dropout rates are_9_by various factors.For example,teen boys are more likely to drop out of school than girls.Also African American teens are more likely to_10_school than more hardworking Asian American stude
13、nts.Students in large cities are also more likely to drop out than students from the_11_and small towns.The reasons are_12_and it seems hard to concentrate on_13_.However,we really have to do something to stop students leaving school.We should talk to students,and_14_to connect with them.Many studen
14、ts who consider dropping out do so_15_they feel that school doesnt provide them with anything useful and that no one_16_about them.As a teacher,you have the opportunity to_17_an atrisk students mind.Warn students about the low_18_rate that high school dropouts have.Over a 40year span of time,someone
15、 with a high school_19_may make about $700,000 more than a highschool dropout.Ask students if leaving school a year or two_20_is really worth losing a wealth of opportunities.每年都有不少学生退学,其中的原因是什么?有没有什么办法防止类似的事情发生呢?1A.obvious BstupidCattractive Dhumorous解析:从后面的other teens seem like a mystery可知此处应表示有些学
16、生退学的原因很明显。答案:A2A.trying out Bpicking outCputting out Dfiguring out解析:有些学生像个谜团,所以我们不能理解他们退学的原因。答案:D3A.certainly BsimplyCfinally Dtotally解析:从前面的Not all students are equal及后面所描述的有些学生学习不好是有情可原的可知此处应使用表示“仅仅、纯粹”等含义的副词。答案:B4A.show BincludeCfind Ddoubt解析:前面所提到的“有特殊需要”的学生正是下面列举的这些学生。答案:B5A.benefit BrespectCa
17、bility Dproblem解析:这些学生的种种问题妨碍了他们的学习能力。答案:C9A.affected BgatheredCproved Dexamined解析:后面所举的例子For example,teen boys are more likely to drop out of school than girls.等体现的正是各种因素影响退学率的情况。答案:A10A.attend BquitCappreciate Dblame解析:more hardworking Asian American students退学的概率应该比较低。答案:B11A.homelands BislandsCs
18、tates Dsuburbs解析:与large cities对应的应该是郊区、小城镇。答案:D12A.serious BcleverCplenty Durgent解析:前面数段所描述的都是导致学生退学的原因,这些原因是多种多样的。答案:C13A.prevention BcelebrationCdiscussion Dimpression解析:从后面的However,we really have to do something to stop students leaving school可知此处提到的应该是预防学生退学一事。答案:A14A.refuse BsupposeCwait Dattem
19、pt解析:本段提出建议,帮助老师预防学生退学,此处应是建议老师努力做到一些事情。答案:D15A.unless BbeforeCalthough Dbecause解析:感觉上学没有用是一些学生选择退学的原因。答案:D16A.talks BhearsCcares Ddreams解析:认为没人关心自己可能是学生退学的原因。答案:C17A.check BchangeCdiscover Ddescribe解析:老师听从了这些建议后是有可能改变学生的想法的。答案:B18A.success BcompletionCaccident Ddevelopment解析:根据后面所举的关于工资的例子可知作者想说的是辍
20、学者的成功率低。答案:A19A.diploma BpermissionCidentity Dattitude解析:与辍学者相对比的应该是拥有高中文凭的人。答案:A20A.briefly BslightlyCearly Dparticularly解析:辍学者比别人早离开学校。答案:CCI had a bad experience that happened last year.My wife and I_1_a landscape design company to plant grass and flowers and put in a stone walkway in our backyar
21、d.After they did the work,my wife looked over the_2_and realized they had charged us a lot of money for plants that were_3_planted.When we brought the_4_up to the owners of the company,the first thing they did was refuse to_5_it.They said they were innocent. When we asked them,they said they werent_
22、6_since my wife and I could have removed the plants.In fact,they were trying to put the_7_on their customer.When we_8_them through the backyard and it was clear there was no way we could have moved away the plants(it would have been a lot of plants and clearly noticeable),they then_9_to pay us back
23、only 75% of what they owed us.We thought it was_10_but decided to accept it.But wait.Theres more.A few months later,the stone walkway they put in_11_.When I asked the company to_12_it,they said they would do so,_13_a month later they still hadnt done it.More cracks(裂缝)showed up and things got worse.
24、_14_,I will never do business with this company again.They provided us with the worst customer_15_Ive ever had.It made me shake my head,get frustrated and_16_how someone could do business like this and survive.One person who feels cheated by a company can_17_millions of people through Facebook,Twitt
25、er and online review sites,which will have a negative_18_on its brand.A company can no longer_19_its customers.They cant treat them_20_and expect to thrive(兴旺)作者遭遇了一次糟糕的客户服务经历。1A.ordered BpermittedCbegged Dhired解析:根据后文提到的纠纷可知,作者和妻子雇用了一家公司。答案:D2A.plan BbillCcndition Dmaterial解析:根据句中charged us a lot o
26、f money可知,这里指账单。答案:B3A.ever BsometimesCnever Doften解析:根据第二段中my wife and I could have removed the plants可知,作者的妻子发现,有些植物没有种植,却被收了钱。答案:C4A.matter BhistoryCreply Dresult解析:作者和妻子向公司经营者提出这个问题。答案:A5A.explain BacknowledgeCshare Dbalance解析:根据后句They said they were innocent可知,他们拒绝承认问题。答案:B6A.confused Bdisappoi
27、ntedCresponsible Dcurious解析:根据句中my wife and I could have removed the plants可知,他们认为自己没有责任。答案:C7A.blame BcreditCcost Dattitude解析:根据下文there was no way we could have moved away the plants可知,他们就是尽力把责任推给客户。答案:A8A.picked BwalkedCemployed Dpulled解析:根据句中through the backyard可知,作者和妻子带着他们查看情况。答案:B9A.accepted Ba
28、ffordedCoffered Drequired解析:根据句中pay us back可知,他们提出赔偿。答案:C10A.ordinary BunfairCessential Dreasonable解析:根据前句中only 75% of what they owed us和本句中but可知,作者和妻子认为不公平。答案:B11A.turned up Bcaught fireCmade progress Dbroke down解析:根据后文More cracks showed up可推断,走道坏了。答案:D12A.repair BplaceCproduce Dadd解析:根据后文内容可知,作者让他
29、们来修理一下。答案:A13A.although BsoCbut Dbecause解析:根据句中they still hadnt done it可知,这里表示转折。答案:C14A.Probably BFortunatelyCSimilarly DObviously解析:通过作者遇到的问题可知,显而易见,他再也不会和这家公司有往来了。答案:D15A.service BattitudeCprice Dmethod解析:根据前文内容可知,这个公司为他们提供了最差的服务。答案:A16A.imagine BpredictCwonder Dstudy解析:根据句中It made me shake my he
30、ad,get frustrated可推断,作者想知道这样的公司怎么会发展。答案:C17A.fool BreachCfollow Dcount解析:根据句中through Facebook,Twitter and online review sites可得到答案。答案:B18A.future BreasonCexperience Dimpact解析:根据句中negative和语境可知,这里指影响。答案:D19A.visit BignoreCappreciate Dleave解析:根据前句内容可知,公司不能忽略客户。答案:B20A.wrong BequallyChard Dspecially解析:根据句中expect to thrive可推断,公司不能错误地对待客户。答案:Aw.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m