1、四川省德阳市2014高考英语完形填空训练（11）及答案完形填空 Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 2 : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you 2 money.This is how I 3 with giving-away. If an id
2、ea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 4 to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the 5 . If an accident takes place, the 6 of which I think the local police could use, I 7 him up and tell him about it, though I am not in 8 here. One discovery I made about this world is to gi
3、ve 9 getting something back, though the 10 often comes in an unexpected form.One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important 11 letter to my home, though it was 12 to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 13 . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new bu
4、siness I was 14 . I was told at the window that there were 15 boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long 16 list. As I was about to 17 , the postmaster appeared in the 18 .“Wasnt it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was
5、. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office 19 we make one for you. You dont know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get 20 but complaints（投诉）.”( ) 1AdecisionBresearchCspeechDdiscovery( ) 2AearnBlackCspendDsteal( ) 3AexperiencedBconnectedCcombinedDagreed( ) 4Ahapp
6、ensBflashesCsticksDleads( ) 5ApostmasterBheadmasterCstorekeeperDpoliceman( ) 6AstoryBdamageCchallengeDmaterial( ) 7AcallBholdCbreakDpick( ) 8AneedBtroubleCcommonDcharge( ) 9AwithinBwithoutCforDbefore( ) 10AprocessBgoalCreturnDconcern( ) 11AcuriousBimmediateCspecialDheavy( ) 12ArealizedBaddressedCfor
7、gottenDbrought( ) 13AinvitationBapologyCinstructionDappreciation( ) 14AdealingBprovidingCoperatingDstarting( ) 15AenoughBsomeCnoDmore( ) 16AadmittingBrelatingCexaminingDwaiting( ) 17AleaveBshoutCguessDconduct( ) 18AwindowBdoorwayClibraryDyard( ) 19Ain case Bnow thatCeven ifDas if( ) 20AanythingBever
8、ythingCnothing Dsomething答案解析 1.【答案】D【解析】本句句意为：像很多人一样，我生来就认为生活就是获得，直到三十多岁的时候才发现，放弃或给予也会使得生活如此精彩。再者，后文也提到了这种发现。2.【答案】B【解析】你缺钱也无须担心，因为生活并不只是一味的索取。3.【答案】A【解析】下文列举的事例都是作者生活中经历的事情。4.【答案】B【解析】本句主语为 an idea。主意在某人脑海中闪现用flash 。happen to 发生在某人身上；stick to坚持; lead to导致，其宾语一般不为人。5.【答案】C【解析】根据前文提到的neighborhood st
9、ore可知答案。6.【答案】A【解析】story故事，事情。出现事故，警察应了解事情的经过真相。damage 破坏；challenge 挑战；material物质，材料。7.【答案】A【解析】根据后文tell him about it 可知作者是打电话告诉警察事情的经过。8.【答案】D【解析】作者虽然不负责这里的事情，但他却主动帮助警察了解事故经过。9.【答案】B【解析】上文列举的事例都表明作者想主动帮助别人而不希望得到什么。10.【答案】C【解析】return回报。根据转折连词though和下文所列举的事例表明，帮助别人有时候在不经意时也会得到回报。11.【答案】C【解析】根据下文的post
10、master说的话中可知答案。12.【答案】B【解析】address此处为动词，注明的地址。信上标明收信人的地址是我办公室的地址，但邮递员却把它送到了我的家里。13.【答案】D【解析】appreciation欣赏，赞赏。邮递员把本来该送到办公室的信送到家里，人们通常只会责备他们，而作者却与此相反，非但没有责备，而是写了一封表扬信。他也因此得到了回报。14.【答案】D【解析】本句为定语从句，横线上所缺动词的宾语为new business 。deal 为不及物动词，故排除。作者开办了一项新的业务。15.【答案】C【解析】结合上下文可知，邮局里已没有剩余的邮箱，但作者原来无意的付出却使得邮递员愿意为
11、他做一个。16.【答案】D【解析】邮局里没有剩余的邮箱，要想安装邮箱，只能等到有的时候。17.【答案】A【解析】作者被告知已没有邮箱，只好离开。18.【答案】B【解析】根据故事发生的地点，可排除C，D。另外，根据介词in排除A项。作者正要离开，邮递员在门口拦住了他。19.【答案】C【解析】本句句意为在这个邮局里，你应该得到一个邮箱，即便是我们给你做一个。in case以防; now that既然,因为；as if 好像。20.【答案】C【解析】本题考查not but结构。不是而是。邮递员从顾客那里一般不会得到任何东西，只有抱怨。【词汇练习】21. 2011四川, 16 _ an importa
12、nt role in a new movie, Andy has a chance to become famous.A)OfferB)OfferingC)OfferedD)To offer22. 2012江苏, 21 Can I help you with it?I appreciate your _, but I can manage it myself.A)adviceB)questionC)offerD)idea23. 2012江西, 35John has really got the job because he showed me the official letter _ him
13、 it.A)offeredB)offeringC)to offerD)to be offered24. 2012辽宁,32Not until he retired from teaching three years ago _ having a holiday abroad.A)he had consideredB)had he consideredC)he consideredD)did he consider25. 2012天津, 15We would have called a taxi yesterday if Harold _ us a ride home.A)didnt offer
14、B)wouldnt offerC)hasnt offeredD)hadnt offered26. 2012重庆, 31Before you quit your job, _ how your family would feel about your decision.A)considerB)consideringC)to considerD)considered27. 2013北京32 So what is the procedure? All the applicants _ before a final decision is made by the authority.A)intervi
15、ewB)are interviewingC)are interviewedD)are being interviewed28. 2013湖南,29 You cannot accept an opinion _ to you unless it is based on facts.A)offeringB)to offerC)having offeredD)offered29. 2013辽宁,26 At no time _ the rules of the game. It was unfair to punish them.A)they actually brokeB)do they actua
16、lly breakC)did they actually breakD)they had actually broken30. 2013浙江,12A good listener takes part in the conversation, _ ideas and raising questions to keep the talk flowing.A)realizingB)copyingC)offeringD)misunderstanding31. 2013浙江,14It will be a great help if you go to the store and get what we
17、need for dinner. _, Ill set the table.A)As a resultB)On the wholeC)In the meanwhileD)As a matter of fact32. 2004北京,25 Now that she is out of a job, Lucy _ going back to school, but she hasnt decided yet.A)had consideredB)has been consideringC)consideredD)is going to consider33. 2004湖南,34 Theyve _ us
18、 150,000 for the house. Shall we take it?A)providedB)suppliedC)shownD)offered34. 2004上海,35 The disc, digitally _ in the studio, sounded fantastic at the party that night.A)recordedB)recordingC)to be recordedD)having recorded【参考答案】21.C 22.C 23.B 24.D 25.D 26.A 27.C 28.D 29.C 30.C 31.C 32.B 33.D 34.A
19、完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AI was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I 1 it over. There , in faded ink , was a hand-scrawled（手写的） 2 . Immediately my mind traveled 3 many years.I was nine years old, walki
20、ng down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. On my 4 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any magazines.Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog, I entered Mr Raders office. After
21、a quick glance he 7 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the 8 in the top of my 9 , he said, “Come with me!” pulling me into his pickup 10 . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 12 seen. I 13 about 10 feet tall when I got up 14 them.
22、“ Wed like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said .Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy , I want you to 17 I love you”.I said good-bye, and
23、 for the first time I 18 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 19 . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope , kindness and love , and that would always make a 20 .( ) 1Aread Bthought Cturned Dpassed ( ) 2Aaddress Blist Cmessage Dinformation ( ) 3Aforward Bso Cahead Dback ( )
24、4Areturn Brounds Ctrip Darrival ( ) 5Aif only Bhow Cwhether Dwhy ( ) 6Adust Bsweat CtailDrain ( ) 7Aled Bfollowed Cwatched Dcarried ( ) 8Ahole Bmud Cwater Dcover ( ) 9Amagazine Bshoe Csock Dbag ( ) 10Atruck Bfactory Chome Dstore ( ) 11Adressed Bfitted Cshowed Dcomforted ( ) 12Aever Balready Cnever D
25、hardly ( ) 13Aappeared Bseemed Clooked Dfelt ( ) 14Afor Bwith Con Din ( ) 15Apen Bpaper Ccard Dnotebook ( ) 16Atearful Bunbelievable Ccurious Dpuzzled ( ) 17Aadmit Bknow Cconsider Dexpress ( ) 18Asensed Breceived Clost Dgained ( ) 19Amistaken Bright Call right Dpossible ( ) 20Adeal Bfortune Cchoice
26、Ddifference 答案解析1.【答案】C【解析】turn over把翻过来。作者看到的是一张卡片，卡片的一面注有地址，要想看到内容，得把它翻过来。2.【答案】C【解析】根据后文，Mr Rader在卡片上写的是送给作者的赠言。address地址；list目录；information消息，信息。3.【答案】D【解析】作者见到这张卡片，思绪又回到了从前。forward或ahead如指时间，应往后推。4.【答案】B【解析】根据下文提示可知，作者当时的工作是卖杂志，应来回沿街叫卖。5.【答案】C【解析】作者是卖杂志的，Mr Rader帮作者询问他的工人是否需要杂志。6.【答案】D【解析】根据第二段
27、首句和空格后面的wet dog可推出答案。7.【答案】A【解析】作者是在Mr Rader的办公室，当时又冷又潮，故Mr Rader把他带到炉火旁取暖。8.【答案】A【解析】下文提到Mr Rader给作者买的是一双鞋和袜子，因此可推测作者的鞋子坏了。9.【答案】B【解析】根据下文Mr Rader给作者买的东西可推出答案。10.【答案】A【解析】pick up皮卡；一种小型货车。11.【答案】B【解析】dress给穿衣服；show展示；comfort安慰；fitwith给提供。服务员给我拿出了一双很好的鞋。12.【答案】A【解析】Mr Rader给作者买的鞋子是作者那时曾经见过的最好的鞋子。13.
28、【答案】D【解析】这是作者当时曾经见过的最好的鞋子，又非常适合他，穿上一定感到比穿那双已经坏了的鞋要舒服很多。14.【答案】D【解析】本题考查在特定语境下使用介词的能力。in 穿着。15.【答案】C【解析】根据第一段首句可得知答案。16.【答案】A【解析】Mr Rader给了作者无私的帮助，令作者非常感动。17.【答案】B【解析】admit承认；consider认为，考虑；express表达。如用这三个词与作者所要表达的感情不符。18.【答案】A【解析】作者当时的生活条件很差，九岁就沿街卖杂志，Mr Rader对他无私的帮助让他感到生活又充满了希望。19.【答案】C【解析】此处意思为：一切事情都会好起来的。20.【答案】D【解析】世界上有Mr Rader这样的好心人，就会有希望，生活就会出现转机，有所不同。