1、2015届高考英语二轮专题训练精华：完型填空（3）AWhat is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right?Perhaps you dont even try any more because you think what you do is not 1enough.Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time;2however hard we work,it seems that there is 3 someone else wh
2、o can do it much better.I have always enjoyed music and it is 4 to me that every musician has a 5 of their own.My father 6 several instruments and when he played with others,it was not difficult to 7 his sound in a group.Whether it was a guitar or another instrument,he had his own 8 sound.I 9 heard
3、of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student,“10 else can make the sound that you make.”The sound that you make may not be the same as anyone elses,but who is to say which is 11.It is said that 12 is in the eye of the beholder.Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the e
4、ar of the 13.Every person has a different tone of voice that 14 only to them,15 we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of 16 that is unique to them.It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all.It 17 be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.Each person ha
5、s a(n)18 on the world in some way.Someone else can do what you do,but they cannot do it 19 in the same way that you do it.The next time you feel 20,remember nobody else can make the sound that you make.1.A.easyB.goodC.simpleD.hard答案:B解析:或许你甚至不再尝试因为你认为自己做得不够好(good)。文章首句中的“never feel that you get it q
6、uite right”是线索提示。2.A.becauseB.althoughC.whenD.if答案:A解析:灰心似乎在很多时候都跟着我们,因为(because)无论我们怎么努力工作,似乎总有人做得更好。3.A.seldomB.alwaysC.neverD.sometimes答案:B解析:参见上题解析。always“总是”。4.A.satisfyingB.convincingC.inspiringD.interesting答案:D解析:在“我”看来,每个音乐家都有自己的声音(sound),这非常有趣(interesting)。5.A.giftB.soundC.lifeD.song答案:B解析:
7、参见上题解析。下文多次出现的“sound”是线索提示。6.A.playedB.designedC.createdD.checked答案:A解析:“我”的父亲会弹奏(played)几种乐器。7.A.turn downB.call upC.pick outD.give off答案:C解析:从一群人中辨别出(pick out)他所弹奏的声音是不难的。8.A.loudB.powerfulC.perfectD.special答案:D解析:无论是吉他还是其他乐器,他都有自己特别的(special)声音。9.A.onceB.yetC.evenD.still答案:A解析:“我”曾经(once)听说过一位音乐老
8、师向一个气馁的学生发表意见说,“没有人(Nobody)能发出你所发出的声音。”10.A.AnybodyB.SomebodyC.NobodyD.Everybody答案:C解析:参见上题解析。另外,第20空后的“nobody else”是线索提示。11.A.biggerB.betterC.deeperD.lower答案:B解析:你发出的声音可能和别人的都不一样,但是谁又能说哪个声音更好(better)呢。12.A.beautyB.interestC.patienceD.honesty答案:A解析:俗话说,情人眼里出西施。beauty“美”,符合语境。13.A.speakerB.receiverC.
9、listenerD.looker答案:C解析:根据第12空后的“in the eye of the beholder”和第13空前的“in the ear of”可知此处应用listener。14.A.devotesB.addsC.adaptsD.belongs答案:D解析:每个人都有只属于(belongs to)自己的音调。15.A.butB.yetC.andD.for答案:C解析:根据上下文内容可知,第15空前后的两个句子是并列关系,故选and。16.A.runningB.walkingC.jumpingD.speaking答案:D解析:我们都认识那些有着令人难忘的笑声或独特的说话(spe
10、aking)方式的人。17.A.mustB.mightC.wouldD.could答案:B解析:第17空前的“It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all.”中出现的“might”与本句对应。18.A.choiceB.opinionC.dutyD.effect答案:D解析:每个人都以某种方式影响着这个世界。have an effect on“对有影响”,是固定搭配。19.A.exactlyB.carefullyC.cautiouslyD.seriously答案:A解析:别人可以做你能做的事,但他们不能用和你完全相同的方
11、法去做。exactly“准确地,确切地”,符合语境。20.A.annoyedB.puzzledC.discouragedD.bothered答案:C解析:下次你感到泄气的(discouraged)时候,要记住没有人能发出你所发出的声音。此处与第2空前的“Discouragement”和第9空后的“a discouraged student”相呼应。BMonte was 100 years old.He was a(n)1 old man.One day as Monte drove away from church he had a(n) 2.The policeman revoked(吊销)
12、 his drivers license,explaining that at his age he needed to retest.Not being able to 3 can be a discouragement for most of us.Driving is often a symbol of 4 especially for Monte who loved to go and do things for himself.5 he didnt sit inside and feel sorry for himself.He asked someone to drive him
13、to take the test.His neighbor 6.Monte passed the 7 test with a score of 100 and the driving test with 8 results.He received his new drivers license and 9 helping others.I asked him about his 10 of long life.He said,“Drink lots of water,dont overeat,and learn new things.The main thing is I dont 11.”M
14、onte was volunteering in the church and in the neighborhood.He was interested in helping others and stayed 12.On my last visit to his house,he answered my question about his 13.“Well,Im feeling quite well,14 this one knee is giving me a little pain,”he said.Monte passed away last year.But he 15 me a
15、 lot.Im ready to help others and learn something new.Helping others keeps me 16.I try to swim every day if possible.I have 17 to play a new instrument,and with a group of friends,18 nursing homes every week.19others has helped me.I 20 Montes mottokeep going and keep learninghas kept me from sitting
16、myself into bad health and slow thinking.1.A.richB.cleverC.humorousD.optimistic答案:D解析:根据下文对Monte的介绍:助人、求知、热爱生活可知,他是一位“乐观的(optimistic)”老人。2.A.accidentB.diseaseC.quarrelD.idea答案:A解析:由下文的“The policeman revoked his drivers license”可知,Monte开车出了“事故(accident)”。3.A.driveB.walkC.leaveD.test答案:A解析:由上文可知,对于大多数
17、人而言,不能“开车(drive)”是一件使人泄气的事情。4.A.strengthB.importanceC.independenceD.wealth答案:C解析:能够开车是“独立(independence)”的象征。5.A.ThenB.AlsoC.HoweverD.Instead答案:C解析:由上文可知,虽然警察吊销了他的驾照,“但是(However)”Monte并没有为自己不能开车而感到遗憾。6.A.attemptedB.volunteeredC.agreedD.complained答案:B解析:Monte想让别人开车送他去参加考试,他的邻居“自愿(volunteered)”去帮助他。7.A
18、.readingB.roadC.writtenD.listening答案:C解析:由下文的.driving test.可知,前面对应的应该是“笔试(written test)”。8.A.surprisingB.clearC.badD.excellent答案:D解析:由下文的“He received his new drivers license”可知,Monte顺利拿到了驾照,因此路考也取得了“极好的(excellent)”成绩。9.A.continuedB.avoidedC.admittedD.started答案:A解析:由下文的“He was interested in helping o
19、thers”可知,Monte一直乐于助人,重新取得驾照后“继续(continued)”帮助别人。10.A.problemB.secretC.chanceD.story答案:B解析:由下文Monte回答的内容可知,作者向他询问长寿的“秘诀(secret)”。11.A.failB.waitC.sleepD.stop答案:D解析:由末段的keep going and keep learning可知,最主要的秘诀是他从不“停止(stop)”帮助别人和学习新事物。12.A.calmB.tiredC.busyD.worried答案:C解析:由上文的“Monte was volunteering in th
20、e church and in the neighborhood”可知,Monte一直在从事志愿者工作,时刻“忙个不停(busy)”。13.A.healthB.futureC.safetyD.career答案:A解析:由下文的“this one knee is giving me a little pain”可知,Monte回答有关“健康(health)”方面的问题。14.A.consideringB.exceptC.forD.if答案:B解析:由上文的“Im feeling quite well”可知,Monte“除了(except)”一只膝盖有点疼,其他方面感觉良好。15.A.intere
21、stedB.satisfiedC.encouragedD.excited答案:C解析:由下文作者的改变可知,Monte“鼓舞(encouraged)”了他。16.A.specialB.gratefulC.proudD.young答案:D解析:由Monte助人因而长寿的故事可知,助人使得作者保持“年轻(young)”。17.A.forgottenB.failedC.learnedD.offered答案:C解析:由上文的learn new things和下文的a new instrument可知,作者从Monte的话语中很受启发,“学习(learned)”如何演奏一种新的乐器。18.A.build
22、B.enterC.passD.visit答案:D解析:作者从Monte身上学到很多东西,每周定期“去(visit)”养老院帮助别人。19.A.FollowingB.HelpingC.WatchingD.Changing答案:B解析:由本段开头的Helping others可知。20.A.believeB.rememberC.doubtD.suggest答案:A解析:作者“认为(believe)”是Monte的座右铭“不断前进,不断学习”在不断激励自己。CAs a young child I never really thought about my parents lives in Irvin
23、e.Their world was really very 1,never beyond the Dragon Caf.Every day my parents did the same jobs in the restaurant and for them one day was 2 the next.They did give me their 3 and care though they settled into an uneasy and distant relationship with each other.As I 4,I began to learn about my adop
24、ted country.I spoke English like a 5.I played,thought and dreamed in the 6 of our Irvine neighbors.But as my parents could not speak much English,I had to 7 conversations they had with the customers,switching between English and Chinese.Whenever I stepped outside the 8,it seemed I was entering a wor
25、ld 9 to my family.But I found it hard to imagine a home other than Irvine.For my mother,home would always be China,10 she lived in Irvine.She often talked about 11 times in that 12 land during her childhood.I still remembered a 13 would soften her face whenever she 14 me the silk cloth embroidered(刺
26、绣) by her mother and told me her happy childhood with her sister in Hong Kong.She 15 her old life so vividly that I knew all those 16 lived on inside her.There was so little in this new country that gave her 17.The good things she found were 18 in some way to China,for example,a letter from a relati
27、ve back home,written in Chinese.There were times when I felt 19 about my own happiness in Irvine.We had come to Canada because of me,but I was the only one who had 20 a home.1.A.wildB.modernC.smallD.splendid答案:C解析:根据第1空后面的“never beyond the Dragon Caf”可知,父母的活动范围只是这个咖啡馆,因此很小(small)。2.A.againstB.betwee
28、nC.afterD.like答案:D解析:父母日复一日地做着同样的工作,故选like。3.A.moneyB.loveC.faithD.mercy答案:B解析:根据第3空后面的“care though they settled into an uneasy.”可知,虽然父母的生活不易,但是父母给“我”爱(love)和关怀。4.A.grew upB.took overC.broke downD.turned out答案:A解析:第4空后面的“I began to learn about.”表明这里表示“随着自己的长大”,故选grew up。5.A.customerB.bossC.youthD.na
29、tive答案:D解析:下文的“switching between English and Chinese”说明作者的英语说得很地道,故选native。6.A.nameB.languageC.courseD.place答案:B解析:上文的“I spoke English like a 5.”表明作者能用英语交谈,故选language。7.A.endB.controlC.inspireD.translate答案:D解析:根据第7空前面的“as my parents could not speak much English”可知,作者要替父母翻译(translate)对话。8.A.schoolB.r
30、estaurantC.communityD.agency答案:B解析:上文的“my parents did the same jobs in the restaurant”给出了提示,故选B项。9.A.newB.familiarC.similarD.valuable答案:A解析:上下文表明,父母很难融入当地的生活,故外面的世界对作者的家人来说是陌生的(new)。10.A.beforeB.becauseC.thoughD.unless答案:C解析:对母亲而言,尽管(though)她住在Irvine,但她的家永远是在中国。11.A.spareB.ancientC.happyD.lonely答案:C
31、解析:母亲常常谈论起她在那片遥远的(distant)土地上度过的快乐的(happy)童年。第14空后的“happy childhood”是线索提示。12.A.desertedB.reservedC.distantD.strange答案:C解析:参见上题解析。13.A.smileB.tearC.sighD.nod答案:A解析:下文的“told me her happy childhood”表明,母亲回忆过去快乐的日子时脸上带着微笑(smile)。14.A.mailedB.showedC.gaveD.appointed答案:B解析:母亲在给作者展示(showed)姥姥的刺绣。15.A.choseB
32、.spentC.experiencedD.described答案:D解析:母亲在讲述她的童年生活,因此选described,根据后面的“vividly”也可得知答案。16.A.treasuresB.neighborsC.memoriesD.collections答案:C解析:上文的“11 times”和“her happy childhood”说明这是对过去时光的美好记忆,故选memories。17.A.pleasureB.professionC.strengthD.luck答案:A解析:由下文的“The good things she found were 18 in some way to
33、 China”可知,应选pleasure。18.A.usedB.relatedC.ledD.referred答案:B解析:下文的“a letter from a relative back home,written in Chinese”说明,母亲的美好记忆与中国有关。be related to表示“与有关系”。19.A.guiltyB.cautiousC.excitedD.fortunate答案:A解析:父母为了作者来到加拿大,但是生活得并不幸福,因此他感到愧疚(guilty)。20.A.abandonedB.builtC.sharedD.found答案:D解析:上文的“I played,thought and dreamed”和“my own happiness”表明,仅有作者融入了这里的生活。find a home表示“找到家的感觉”。w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m