1、2015届高考英语二轮专题训练：完型填空（12）A(2014东北三省四市第一次联考)For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗帜) across the finish line of a long race.I felt that only when I_1_certain things could I finally be happy in my life.Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and_2_would win the rac
2、e.At other times I would_3_like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous _4_hoping to reach that banner a little faster._5_，I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it，the banner was never any_6_.I finally decided to_7_and take a break.It was then that I saw my_8_sitting bes
3、ide me.It had been with me as I_9_hard to support my family，as I played with my children and heard their_10_and even when I was _11_with my wife at my side looking after me.It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner.I just didnt have the_12_to see it.There is an old Chinese proverb th
4、at says，“Tension is who you think you should be._13_is who you are.”Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the_14_life we think we should have and _15_the life we have now.Happiness will never be found under some banner far away.It will be found_16_your own heart，soul and mind.It will be found
5、when you_17_that others love you just as you do.Dont be a tortoise or a rabbit when it comes to your happiness.Be a playful puppy and carry your stick of_18_with you everywhere you go._19_yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness，you are_20_there.1.A.forgotBmissed
6、 Covercame Daccomplished2A.safe Bsteady Ccalm Dquiet3A.act Brun Cjump Dwalk4A.placeBheight Cspeed Dtime5A.Generally BGradually CFortunately DFirstly6A.clearerBlower Ccloser Dsmaller7A.settle inBstart off Cstop by Dsit down8A.happinessBgoal Csuccess Dfriendship9A.studied Bfought CexercisedDworked10A.
7、laughter Bplaints Cstories Dbreathing11.A.lonelyBtired Csick Dhungry12A.courageBchance CwisdomDstrength13A.StressBRelaxation CFailureDPain14A.real Bperfect C.mon Dordinary15A.enjoy Bchange Cimprove Dcreate16A.from Bon Cover Din17A.realize Bbelieve Chope Dadmit18A.sorrow Bresponsibility Cfortune Djoy
8、19A.Carry BMake CPush DTake20.A.never Bstill Calready Dever语篇解读作者通过自身的经历诠释了这样一个道理：幸福就在每个人的身边。1解析：“我”觉得只有当“我”完成(accomplished)了某些事情后，最终在一生中“我”才是幸福的。答案：D2解析：大多数时候“我”感觉(自己)像一只乌龟，相信只要慢慢的稳稳的(steady)，就会赢得比赛。答案：B3解析：其他时间，“我”又像一只兔子一样，尝试不同的旁道。根据语境可知，act“做事，行动”正确。答案：A4解析：“我”以一种危险的速度(speed)前进，希望能更快一点儿到达那面旗帜。答案：
9、C5解析：渐渐地(Gradually)，“我”开始发现无论 “我”跑多远，那面旗帜从不曾更近一点儿。答案：B6解析：参见上题解析。closer更近一点儿，符合语境。答案：C7解析：最后，“我”决定坐下(sit down)来休息一下。答案：D8解析：就在那时，“我”看到幸福(happiness)就在“我”身边。根据文章第一句中的“happiness”可知，A项正确。答案：A9解析：当“我”努力工作(worked)来养家糊口时，当“我”和孩子们一起玩耍，听到他们的笑声(laughter)时，甚至当“我”生病(sick)妻子在身边照顾“我”时，幸福一直都在“我”身边。答案：D10答案：A 11.答案
10、：C12解析：“我”只是没有看到这些身边的幸福的智慧(wisdom)。答案：C13解析：压力来自你对自己的期待，放松你会发现真实的自己。此处Relaxation“放松”和Tension“压力”对应，所以B项正确。答案：B14解析：也许我们大家都应该停止追求我们自己认为的应该拥有的完美生活的脚步，享受(enjoy)我们现在所拥有的生活。perfect完美的。答案：B15解析：参见上题解析。enjoy“享受”，符合语境。答案：A16解析：你会在你自己的心中，思想里，脑海中找到你想要的幸福。答案：D17解析：当你意识到(realize)其他人爱你就像你爱他们一样时，你就会感到幸福。答案：A18解析：
11、在通往幸福的路上，不要做乌龟，也不要做兔子。要做一个顽皮的小狗，无论去哪里，都把自己的快乐(joy)的骨头带在身边。答案：D19解析：把自己从赛跑中解脱出来。take.out of从中出来，符合语境。答案：D 20.解析：谈及爱和幸福时，你已经(already)处在爱的包围和幸福的海洋里。答案：CBA Leap(跳跃) to HonorLeaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.To perfect her skills
12、, Lola1 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.Thats especially impressive, 2 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动) constantly. She often sees double and cant 3 how far away things
13、 are.When she was little, her mom4 that even though she couldnt see 5, she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the 6 right away and gymnastics became her favorite.Though learning gymnastics has been more7 for her than for some of her teammates, she has
14、 never quit. She doesnt let her 8 stop her from doing anything that she wants to.She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest9 is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes
15、she even closes her eyes. “You have to 10 your mind that itll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most11 for anyone because its four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didnt fall 12 the beam. In fact, she got an 8.
16、1 out of 10her highest score yet.Lola doesnt want to be 13 differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges dont know about her vision 14. She doesnt tell them, because she doesnt think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her 15 attitude.Lola never thinks about16. Sh
17、e is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her 17 is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what shes learned to other kids 18 she grew up.Lola is19 of all her hard work and success. She says its helped her overcome problems in her life
18、 outside gymnastics, too. Her 20 for others is “just believe yourself”.()1. A. runsB. teachesC. trainsD. dances()2. A. sinceB. unlessC. afterD. though()3. A. tellB. guessC. assumeD. predict()4. A. suspectedB. rememberedC. imaginedD. noticed()5. A. deeplyB. wellC. aheadD. closely()6. A. taskB. sportC
19、. eventD. show()7. A. boringB. enjoyableC. difficultD. satisfactory()8. A. talentB. qualityC. natureD. condition()9. A. doubtB. advantageC. challengeD. progress()10. A. examine B. expressC. openD. trust()11. A. fearfulB. harmfulC. unfairD. inconvenient()12. A. toB. onC. off D. against()13. A. greete
20、d B. treatedC. servedD. paid()14. A. painsB. stressesC. injuriesD. problems()15. A. positiveB. friendlyC. flexibleD. cautious()16. A. defendingB. quittingC. winningD. bargaining()17. A. standardB. rangeC. viewD. goal()18. A. untilB. asC. whenD. before()19. A. proudB. tiredC. ashamedD. confident()20.
21、 A. planB. adviceC. rewardD. responsibility本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。通过讲述有关患有视力障碍的13岁体操运动员Lola Walter挑战平衡木的故事，提出了克服困难的建议相信自己。1. C2. A3. A4. D5. B6. B7. C8. D9. C10. D11. A12. C13. B14. D15. A16. B17. D18. C19. A20. BCI grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming. After my dads service in World War II, he was
22、36 again to fight during the Korean War, and when he returned home, he couldnt drink 37 to numb (麻痹) his terrible memories. He struggled to 38 for his growing family.On our occasional trips to town, I 39 out boxfuls of books from the library. When I opened a book, I could 40 myself in unknown places
23、 where children werent hungry and were in 41 of little. When I wasnt daydreaming, my 42 was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters. At night I hid under the covers 43 to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home. Classmates asked 44 we didnt have electricity or a telephone. I suppose m
24、y explanations were 45 more than lies, but the stories I told improved 46 every book I read.Starting at a very young age, my siblings (兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money to put more food on the family table. We 47 newspapers, babysat, and cleaned other peoples houses.Mom grew vegetables, r
25、aised chickens, and baked bread, so we seldom went hungry, even when supper was only a pot of beans. 48 my real hunger wasnt for food it was a hunger for a better life. It was a hunger for knowledge about the world 49 our simple existence. It was a hunger to prove Dad 50 when he told us we would nev
26、er amount to anything.Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much 51 than our parents expected 52 us. We devoured (如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that 53 would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.Now Im 54 of the accomplishments of my siblings:
27、an art professor; a well-known doctor; plus business owners. And me, Im the keeper of the family stores. Ill never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known 55 as children. But this I do know: I believe it can be a good thing. 1. A. draftedB. dismissedC. invited D. invo
28、lved2. A. well B. plentyC. enoughD. heavily3. A. search B. provideC. hopeD. leave4. A. broughtB. checkedC. gaveD. carried5. A. remindB. helpC. devoteD. find6. A. memory B. favorC. possessionD. need7. A. realityB. fantasyC. satisfactionD. affection8. A. refusing B. pretendingC. attemptingD. preparing
29、9. A. whetherB. howC. whenD. why10. A. somethingB. anythingC. nothingD. everything11. A. asB. withC. forD. at12. A. sentB. deliveredC. publishedD. released13. A. ButB. AndC. ThenD. Otherwise14. A. aboveB. around C. withinD. beyond15. A. rightB. meanC. wrongD. nice16. A. moreB. furtherC. greater D. b
30、etter17. A. inB. forC. ofD. on18. A. ambitionB. dreamC. enthusiasmD. education19. A. fondB. proudC. awareD. confident20. A. hungerB. sufferingC. desperationD. poverty36-40 ACBBD 41-45 DACDC 46-50 BBADC 51-55 ACDBADWoz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10
31、years Apple had _36_ from just the two of us in a _37_ into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just _38_ our finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you _39_? Well, as Apple grew we _40_
32、 someone who I thought was very talented to _41_ the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge (分歧) and _42_ we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors _43_with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. _4
33、4_ had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating（毁灭性的）. I really didnt know what to do for a few months. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to _45_ for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley
34、. But something slowly began to _46_ on me - I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been _47_, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over. I didnt see it then, but it _48_ that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have
35、 ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the _49_ of being a _50_ again, less sure about everything. It freed me to _51_ one of the most creative periods of my life. Im pretty sure _ _52_ of this would have happened if I hadnt been fired from Apple. It was _53_ tasting
36、 medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Dont lose _54_. Im convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. If you havent found it yet, keep looking. Dont _55_. As with all matters of the heart, youll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just
37、 gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. By Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer1. A. grownB. begun C. removedD. kept2. A. bedroom B. farmC. garageD. kitchen3. A. announced B. declared C. released D. coped4. A. managed B. started C. installed D. entitled5. A. pro
38、vided B. sorted C. promotedD. hired6. A. run B. involveC. open D. engage7. A. instantly B. constantlyC. eventuallyD. frequently8. A. riskedB. supportedC. pleasedD. sided9. A. WhichB. What C. WhicheverD. Whatever10.A. apologizeB. reveal C. head D. stand11. A. implyB. put C. impressD. dawn12. A. resis
39、tedB. rejectedC. solved D. interrupted 13. A. made outB. come outC. turned outD. tried out14. A. darknessB. lightnessC. carelessnessD. business15. A. waiterB. pioneerC. beginnerD. visitor16. A. enter B. relieveC. previewD. expect17. A. somethingB. noneC. everythingD. anything18. A. carefulB. acceptableC. hopefulD. awful 19. A. courageB. patience C. imaginationD. faith20. A. settle B. recallC. claim D. deny36-40 ACCBD 41-45 ACDBA 46-50 DBCBC 51-55ABDDA