1、限时规范训练(十二)完形填空2(限时：40分钟)AMy father always told me: “All work is noble.” He wasnt _1_， but he earned a reasonable living. Thanks to his _2_， I was able to go to an art college. I, however, wanted to do something _3_， something more interestingI was special!After graduation, I moved to New York in sea
2、rch of a graphic designer job. It was winter and, ever the optimist, I only brought enough money to _4_ myself for about a month. I wasnt _5_I was sure Id find a fantastic job immediately.Within a few weeks, though, I found myself wandering around the streets having been _6_ by every design office i
3、n town. My hostel _7_ was almost gone and I hadnt eaten in days. “How had I reached this point？”I wondered as I _8_ in my thin jacket.I was just about to _9_ when my dad called. He suggested that I get a job in a _10_ until something else came along. At first, pride made me _11_. But I was cold, hun
4、gry, and unwilling to go home feeling _12_ and defeated.I entered an expensivelooking cafe near one of the design offices that had turned me away and asked the manager if they were _13_. She said they were _14_， and offered me a job right away._15_， I found that I really enjoyed serving people. I st
5、arted making big _16_ right away. Later, the manager learned that I had a design _17_ and asked me to design the cafe menus. That led to a parttime job at an advertising company.Previously, I had never considered being a _18_， but there I was. I _19_ got my dream design job, but that winter I learne
6、d not to make _20_ about work.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。作者大学毕业后，执着于追求自己梦想的设计工作，但总是处处碰壁。就在他想放弃的时候，父亲建议他先去餐馆找一份工作，直到机会出现。作者听从了父亲的建议，最终得到了在一家广告公司做兼职工作的机会。1A.concernedBwealthyCgenerousDcaring解析：根据空后的“but he earned a reasonable living”可推知，作者的父亲不是很富有，但是过着还算不错的生活。concerned“担心的”；generous“大方的”；caring“关心他人的”。答案：B2A.educat
7、ion Btime Cpower Deffort解析：根据空后的“I was able to go to an art college”可知，幸亏父亲的努力，作者能够去一所艺术学校上学。答案：D3A.different Bsimple Cstrange Dsafe解析：根据空后的“something more interestingI was special”可知，作者想要做一些与众不同的事情。答案：A4A.entertain Bprotect Csupport Didentify解析：根据该句中的“I only.myself for about a month”可知，作者仅仅带了足够养活自己
8、大概一个月的钱。entertain“娱乐”；support“养活”；identify“确认”。答案：C5A.disappointed BworriedChelpless Dalone解析：根据破折号后的“I was sure Id find a fantastic job immediately”可知，作者并不担心，因为他确信自己能马上找到一份极好的工作。答案：B6A.rejected BannoyedCrestricted Dinvited解析：根据下文中的“one of the. turned me away”可知，镇上的每家设计公司都不雇用作者。reject“不雇用，拒绝接受”。答案：A
9、7A.host Broom Ccontract Drent解析：根据空后的“was almost gone and I hadnt eaten in days”可知，作者租旅舍的租金几乎用完了。答案：D8A.waited BtrembledCregretted Dsweated解析：根据上文可知，当时是冬天，且作者的租金几乎用完了，陷入了窘迫的境地；由此可推知，作者在他的薄夹克里颤抖。答案：B9A.show off Bsettle downCgive up Dset out解析：根据上文内容可推知，作者已经到了山穷水尽的地步，于是他打算放弃。show off“炫耀”；settle down“安
10、顿下来”；set out“开始，出发”。答案：C10A.library BgalleryCfactory Drestaurant解析：根据下文中的“I entered an expensivelooking cafe near one of the design offices”可知，父亲建议作者先去餐馆找一份工作。答案：D11A.hesitate BagreeCcontinue Dreply解析：根据空前的“At first，pride made me”可知，一开始作者的自尊心使他犹豫着要不要去餐馆找工作。答案：A12A.relieved Bashamed Csecure Dlonely解析
11、：根据该句中的“unwilling to go home feeling _12_ and defeated”可知，作者不愿意带着羞愧、沮丧的感觉回家。relieved“感到宽慰的”；ashamed“羞愧的”；secure“安心的”；lonely“孤独的”。答案：B13A.hiring BworkingCserving Dchecking解析：根据语境可知，作者最终去餐馆找工作，问经理是否在雇人。答案：A14A.reasonable BpopularCoverstaffed Dshorthanded解析：根据空后的“offered me a job right away”可知，这个小餐馆缺人手
12、，经理立刻给作者提供了一份工作。reasonable“有理由的”；popular“流行的”；overstaffed“人员过多的”；shorthanded“人手不够的”。答案：D15A.Hopefully BUndoubtedlyCSurprisingly DObviously解析：根据上文的内容以及空后的“I found that I really enjoyed serving people”可知，出乎作者意料的是，作者喜欢这份工作。hopefully“有希望地”；undoubtedly“无疑地”；surprisingly“出人意料地”；obviously“明显地”。答案：C16A.desi
13、gns Bcontacts Cmeals Dtips解析：根据语境并结合常识可知，作者乐于服务顾客，开始获得丰厚的小费。答案：D17A.hobby BcompanyCbackground Dtask解析：根据第一段中的“I was able to go to an art college”和第二段第一句“After graduation，I moved to New York in search of a graphic designer job.”可知，作者学过设计，有设计背景。答案：C18A.waiter Bdesigner Cdirector Dmanager解析：根据上文内容可知，作者
14、一开始想做设计方面的工作，由此可推知，作者之前从来没有考虑过成为一名服务员。答案：A19A.simply BnearlyCeventually Dtemporarily解析：根据语境和本句中的“got my dream design job”可知，作者最后得到了自己梦想的设计工作。答案：C20A.preparations BassumptionsCchanges Dsuggestions解析：根据上文讲的作者的经历可知，作者在那个冬天学会了不再对工作做出假设。preparation“准备工作”；assumption“假设”；change“改变”；suggestion“建议”。答案：BBMy f
15、ather was born in a small town in the US. He wasnt sure what he wanted from _1_， but something told him to _2_ and begin a new adventure.He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with
16、him and went wherever the road _3_ him.Its easy to feel _4_ when youre on the road. We made lots of new friends on our tripmost of them are mechanics, since we often _5_ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much _6_ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to _7_ when it was 40
17、 outside.Getting along well sometimes seemed _8_. There were always a lot of _9_， especially among us back seat passengers about who had to _10_ in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about _11_ . When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should
18、 have been an hours drive but was nearly three, thanks to bad roads and _12_ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car？” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her _13_ turn toward my father. “No，” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a sevenhour car tr
19、ip turned into a 16hour one, which was mostly spent in _14_.On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were _15_ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the _16_. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and _17_ one of my sisters out, I kept my
20、 feelings to myself.This is why road trips were like _18_ universities to us. We _19_ our PhDs (博士学位) in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.If we were _20_ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the suitcases in the c
21、ar myself.语篇解读本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。小时候“我”随父亲和母亲以及我的姐妹开车旅行，在此过程中，我们学会了忍让以及和别人相处。这个颠簸的旅程是一所移动的大学，让“我”受益匪浅。1A.move BlifeCexperience Dbelief解析：根据上文可知，“我”的父亲出生在美国的一个小镇上；结合该句中的“He wasnt sure what he wanted”以及下文叙述的他带着全家开车旅行可推知，那时他不确定想从生活中要些什么，故B项正确。答案：B2A.live up Bstruggle onCget out Dwalk around解析：根据该句中的“begin a ne
22、w adventure”可推知，他得到启示，要他走出去，去开启新的冒险经历。C项意为“离开，从出来”，故C项正确。答案：C3A.took BdroveCserved Dcontrolled解析：根据该句中的“wherever the road”并结合语境可知，他带着妈妈和我们这三个女儿，沿路旅行。A项表示“带去，引领”，符合语境，故A项正确。答案：A4A.anxious BupsetChelpless Dlonely解析：根据该句中的“when youre on the road”和下文介绍的沿路交朋友可推知，当在路上时，很容易感到孤独(lonely)。答案：D5A.wastedBworked
23、CspentDchatted解析：根据语境可知，由于我们经常花费几个小时在修理店，所以我们交的朋友大部分是修理工。答案：C6A.better BeasierCsafer Dcleverer解析：由于外面的温度达到40摄氏度，所以去修理店要比坐在马路边等候好得多。答案：A7A.break down Bcool offCclear up Dturn over解析：根据该句中的“when it was 40 outside”可知，外面气温高达40摄氏度；据此可推知，该处指等待发动机冷却下来；B项意为“使冷却下来”，故B项正确。A项意为“出故障”，C项意为“清理”，D项意为“翻转”，都与语境不符。答案
24、：B8A.available BalternativeCnecessary Dimpossible解析：根据下文中的“it was hard”并结合语境可知，友好相处有时似乎是不可能的(impossible)。答案：D9A.arguments BfightsCembarrassments Damusements解析：根据空后的“especially among us.in the middle”可知，我们之间总是有很多争吵，尤其是关于后座的我们谁坐(sit)在中间时。答案：A10A.settleBrestCsitDwatch解析：参见上题解析。答案：C11A.sharing BrespectC
25、communication Dtolerance解析：根据该句中的“But”表达的语境可知，尽管这很难解决，但是我们学会了忍耐(tolerance)。答案：D12A.light BheavyClocal Dfast解析：根据该句中的“It should have been an hours drive but was nearly three”可知，本可以在一小时就完成的路程，我们却花了三个小时；据此可推知，这里路况较差，交通拥堵，故B项正确。答案：B13A.suddenly BsensitivelyCcalmly Dslowly解析：根据语境可知，我们在后座看到母亲慢慢地转过头对父亲说：“没
26、有，我还以为你放了”。答案：D14A.silence BvainCpanic Ddisappointment解析：根据上文可知，母亲忘记将手提箱放进车里；结合该句和下文中的“we had to learn to let go of our anger”可知，我们学会了控制自己的怒气，这个七小时的行程最终变成了十六小时的行程，我们大部分的时间都在沉默。答案：A15A.buried BcrazyCstuck Dimpatient解析：根据语境可知，在像上文提到的情况下，我们必须控制自己的怒气，因为我们和相同的人在接下来的旅程(journey)里一起被困在车里。be stuck in为固定搭配，意为
27、“被困在”，故C项正确。答案：C16A.holiday BjourneyCexploration Dmarch解析：参见上题解析。答案：B17A.dragging BpushingChelping Dsending解析：根据该句中的“I kept my feelings to myself”可知，“我”控制住了自己的情绪；据此可推知，此处表示有时“我”想要打开车门将“我”的一个姐妹推出车外。B项意为“推”，故B项正确。答案：B18A.unusual BcommonCfree Dmobile解析：根据该句中的“road trips”以及下文中的“We _19_ our PhDs”可知，对于我们来
28、说，公路旅行就如可移动的(mobile)大学。答案：D19A.earned BexpectedCmissed Dvalued解析：根据语境可知，就在这辆旧汽车里，我们获得了如何和他人相处的博士学位；A项意为“博得，赢得”，故A项正确。答案：A20A.somewhere BanytimeCsomehow Danyway解析：根据语境可知，如果我们能以某种方式在人生中获得第二次机会的话，我们还是会去旅行。C项意为“以某种方式”，故C项正确。答案：CCA woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on _1_ management. As
29、 she raised a glass of water, everyone in the class _2_ they would be asked the “halfempty or halffull” question. _3_， that was not the case. With a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How much do you think this glass of water weighs？”Answers called out _4_ from eight to twenty ounces (盎司)Sh
30、e quieted the students down and then replied, “The absolute weight doesnt _5_. But it counts how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my _6_. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the _7_ of the glass of water
31、doesnt change, but the _8_ I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why？”Lost in _9_， all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.“Our stresses and _10_ in life are like that glass of water. If we _11_ our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted, even unable
32、to _12_.”_13_ you have to do is put all your burdens down, as _14_ in the evening as possible. Dont carry them through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get _15_ next morning and are _16_ to move forward.More often than not, life gets terrible when we _17_ too much. And the moment yo
33、u _18_ your burdens, youll find yourself feeling much more relaxed.So rather than being upset and feeling _19_ for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to _20_ yourself to anything that is not making you happy.语篇解读本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章通过一杯水的重量的事例告诉读者：只有卸下压力和负担，才能活得更轻松。1A.cl
34、assBemotionCtime Dstress解析：根据下文中的“Our stresses and _10_ in life are like that glass of water.”可知，本文讲的是压力管理。stress management意为“压力管理”。答案：D2A.wondered BexpectedCagreed Dargued解析：当她举起一杯水时，每个人都预计他们会被问到“杯子是半空还是半满”的问题。wonder意为“想知道”；expect意为“预料，预计”；agree意为“同意”；argue意为“争论”。答案：B3A.However BMeanwhileCAnyhow D
35、Therefore解析：根据语境可知，教授微笑着问：“这杯水有多重？”这与学生预计的不同，故选A。however意为“然而”；meanwhile意为“同时”；anyhow意为“无论如何”；therefore意为“因此”。答案：A4A.ranged BrepliedCread Dexchanged解析：根据下文中的“from eight to twenty ounces”可知，喊出的答案从8到20盎司不等。range from.to.意为“范围从到”，符合语境。答案：A5A.exist BchangeCmatter Dincrease解析：根据下文中的“But it counts how lon
36、g you hold it.”可知，此处表示绝对的重量不重要。matter与count同义，意为“要紧”。答案：C6A.head BarmCleg Dstomach解析：根据下文中的“If I hold it for a day，my arm will feel numb.”可知，此处指的是手臂。因此选B。答案：B7A.shape BpositionCweight Dsize解析：根据下文中的“but the _8_ I hold it，the heavier it becomes”可知，此处指的是水的重量。shape意为“形状”；position意为“位置”；weight意为“重量”；siz
37、e意为“大小，尺寸”。故答案为C。答案：C8A.better BdeeperClonger Dfurther解析：在每一种情况下，这杯水的重量都没有改变，但是举的时间越长，它就会变得越重。根据“If I hold it for a minute”，“If I hold it for an hour”及“If I hold it for a day”可知，此处说的是时间。答案：C9A.fantasies BthoughtCdreams Ddiscussion解析：根据下文中的“all the students kept silent and listened to the professor c
38、arefully”可知，此处表示“(学生们)陷入沉思”，(be) lost in thought为固定搭配。答案：B10A.doubts BjoysCsurprises Dworries解析：根据空前的“stresses”和下文中的“burdens”可知，这里表示“我们生活中的压力和烦恼就像那杯水”。答案：D11A.cover BcarryChide Dshow解析：根据下文中的“you have to do is put all your burdens down”可知，此处表示如果我们一直背着(carry)沉重的负担，故选B。答案：B12A.pick up Bwork outCcarry
39、on Dcatch on解析：如果我们一直背着沉重的负担，迟早我们将感到筋疲力尽，甚至难以坚持下去。pick up意为“捡起，恢复健康、体力等”；work out意为“算出”；carry on意为“继续进行，坚持下去”；catch on意为“流行起来”。故选C。答案：C13A.Something BAllCNothing DAnything解析：根据语境可知，此处表示你需要做的一切事情就是卸下负担，故选B。答案：B14A.eagerly BnaturallyCquickly Dearly解析：根据“Dont carry them through the evening into the nig
40、ht”可知，此处表示晚上尽早卸下负担。答案：D15A.refreshed BentertainedCdepressed Damazed解析：通过这样做我们第二天可以重新振作精神，能够奋勇向前。refresh“使恢复精神”；entertain意为“使快乐”；depress“使沮丧”；amaze“使大为惊奇”。故选A。答案：A16A.able BanxiousCpassive Dambitious解析：参见上题解析。able意为“有能力的”，符合语境。anxious意为“焦虑的”；passive意为“被动的”；ambitious意为“有志气的”。答案：A17A.fear BthinkCrest D
41、get解析：通常，当我们想得太多时生活就会变得糟糕。答案：B18A.catch up with Blook down onClet go of Dput up with解析：根据上文中的“_13_ you have to do is put all your burdens down”可知，当你卸下负担的时候，你会发现你自己更加放松。catch up with意为“赶上”；look down on“轻视”；let go of意为“放手，松开”；put up with意为“忍受，忍耐”。故选C。答案：C19A.happy BsorryCdisappointed Dgreedy解析：与其感到不安，自我怜悯，不如做一些改变它的事。feel sorry for oneself意为“自我怜悯”，为固定搭配。故选B。答案：B20A.help BtreatCdrive Dabandon解析：毕竟人生苦短，不要使自己沉浸在让自己不开心的事情中。abandon oneself to“沉湎于，陷入”，符合语境。help oneself to意为“自用，自取，依靠自己”；treat oneself to意为“犒劳自己”；drive oneself to意为“自己开车去”。答案：D