1、2013届高考英语二轮复习热点专题限时训练:完形填空系列31阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从3655各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。When I was about five years old, I used to watch a bird in the skies of southern Alberta from the Blackfoot Blood Reserve in northern Montana where I was bornI loved this bird; I would 36 him for hoursHe would 37 e
2、ffortlessly in that gigantic sky, or he would come down and light on the 38 and float there beautifullySometimes when I watched him, he would not make a sound and liked to move 39 into the grassesWe called him meksikatsi, which in the Blackfoot language 40 “pink-colored feet”; meksikatsi and I becam
3、e very good friendsThe bird had a very particular significance to me 41 I desperately wanted to be able to fly tooI felt very much as if I was the kind of person who had been born into a world where 42 was impossibleAnd most of the things that I 43 about would not be possible for me but would be pos
4、sible only for other peopleWhen I was ten years old, something unexpected 44 my life suddenlyI found myself become an 45 child in a family I was not born into; I found myself in a 46 position that many native Americans find themselves in, living in a city that they do not understand at all, not in a
5、nother culture but 47 two culturesA teacher of the English language told me that meksikatsi was not called meksikatsi, even though that is what 48 people have called that bird for thousands of yearsMeksikatsi, he said, was really “duck”I was very 49 with EnglishI could not understand itFirst of all,
6、 the bird did not look like “duck”, and when it made a 50 , it did not sound like “duck”, I was even more 51 when I found out that the meaning of the verb “to duck” came from the birdAs I 52 to understand English better, I understand that it made a great deal of 53 , but I never forgot that meksikat
7、si made a different kind of meaningI 54 that languages are not just different words for the same things but totally different 55 , totally different ways of experiencing and looking at the world1AkeepBwatchCfollowDsearch2AjumpBdiveCcircleDwander3AnestBhillCwaterDroad4AquicklyBnaturallyCfreelyDquietl
8、y5AmeansBreadsCshowsDstates6AthoughBbecauseCwhileDuntil7AcommunicationBimaginationCbeliefDflight8AdreamedBworriedCknewDargued9AimprovedBenrichedCchangedDruined10AeducatedBadoptedCoutgoingDindependent11AweakBcomfortableCterribleDcentral12AbetweenBagainstCwithoutDbeyond13AmostBfewCtheirDmy14Adesperate
9、BboredCuncomfortableDdisappointed15AnoiseBcallCdecisionDchoice16AashamedBconfusedCembarrassedDfrightened17AtriedBcameCdeterminedDexpected18AevidenceBdistinctionCprofitDsense19AidentifiedBconfirmedCrealizedDpredicted20AconceptsBregulationsCmessagesDevaluations【答案】1B2C3C4D5A 6B7D8A9C10B 11C12A13D14D15
10、A 16B17B18D19C20A完型填空(共20小题;每小题1。5分,满分30分)Every human being, 36 what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is 37 dispose of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the 38 problem how to collect body heat. They have designed a collect
11、ion system which utilizes 39 body heat, but the heat given off by such objects 40 light bulbs and refrigerators as well. The system works so well 41 no conventional fuel is needed 42 the campus six buildings comfortable.Some parts of most modern buildings theatres and offices 43 classrooms are more
12、than amply heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned 44 in winter. The technique of 45 heat and redistributing it is 46 “heat recover”. A few modern buildings recover 47 , but the universitys system is the first to recover heat 48 some buildings and re-use it in 49 . Along th
13、e way, Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its heat producers. The 50 a student studies, the more heat his body 51 . Male students emit more heat than 52 students, and the larger a student, the more heat he 53 . It is tempting to 54 that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be
14、 a 55 , over-weight male genius.21A. though B. no matter C. however D. in spite of22A. how to B. how C. what D. what to23A. similar B. wrong C. opposing D. opposit24A. both B. not only C. as well as D. neither25A. for example B. like C. of D. as26A. which B. then C. that D. therefore27A. make B. to
15、be made C. to make D. making28A. including B. as well as C. with D. as well29A. even B. so C. ever D. much30A. saving B. being saved C. disposing D. being disposed31A. talked B. thought C. suggested D. called32A. loss B. cold C. temperature D. heat33A. to B. from C. with D. for34A. the other B. othe
16、r C. others D. the others35A. hard B. hardest C. harder D. more hard36A. takes in B. gives off C. gives in D. takes out37A. other B. female C. girl D. boy38A. produces B. manufactures C. designs D. assembles39A. start B. conclude C. end D. begin40A. easy-going . fun-making C.hard-working D. good-for
17、-nothing【答案】21B22A23D24B25D 26C27C28B29A30A 31D32D33B34C35C 36B37B38A39B40C【解析】略完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。Night after night, as was often the case, shed lean down and push my long hair out of the 36 ,then kiss my forehead.I dont remember when it first
18、started 37 me. But it did. Finally one night, I shouted out as her, “Dont do that any more your hands are too 38 !” She didnt say anything in reply. But never again did my mother 39 my day with that familiar 40 of her love.With the years passing, my thoughts 41 to that night, when I missed my mother
19、s hands, missed her goodnight 42 on my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very 43 , while sometimes far away. But always it was hidden in the back of my 44 . Now Mom is in her seventies, and those hands that I 45 thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my 46 . And now my own ch
20、ildren are grown and gone. One Thanksgiving Eve, 47 I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a 48 hand hesitantly run across my face to 49 the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so 50 , touched my brow.In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night and my young voice 51 . “Dont do that
21、 any more your hands are too rough!” 52 , I caught Moms hand in hand, saying how 53 I was for that night. I thought shed remember, as I did. But Mom didnt know 54 I was talking about. She had forgotten, and forgiven long ago.That night, I fell asleep with a new 55 for my gentle mother and her caring
22、 hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.41AplaceBwayCorderDshape42ApleasingBfrighteningCsatisfyingDannoying43AsweetBtoughCuglyDrough44Atake upBgive upCend upDbreak up45AexpressionBsymbolCpromiseDexperience46AremainedBreturnedCoccurredDmissed47AstoryBgreeti
23、ngCkissDsong48AcloseBseriousCdifferentDunusual49AbrainBmindCspiritDheart50AonceBevenCstillDalways51AhusbandBchildrenCfamilyDfather52AasBbeforeCalthoughDsince53AroughBreliableCthinDfamiliar54AtidyBtouchCbrushDwiped55AgentlyBfriendlyCcloselyDweakly56AweptBwhisperedCcomplainedDstruggled57AOn timeBAll a
24、t onceCOnce againDAs usual58AgratefulBanxiousCsorryDexcited59AwhereBwhyCwhatDwhom60AmemoryBsenseCpleasureDappreciation【答案】41B42D43D44C45A 46B47C48A49B50A 51C52A53D54C55A 56C57B58C59C60D【解析】41B主要测试名词。根据语境可知句子译文:她弯下腰,拨开(out of the way)我的头发,然后亲吻我的前额。42D主要测试形容词。四个选项的意思分别如下:高兴;害怕;满意;讨厌、厌倦。再结合下文内容可知句子译文:我
25、不记得这种动作什么时候开始让我讨厌(annoying)。但是他确实令我讨厌。43D主要测试形容词。结合下文的句子:“Dont do that any more your hands are too rough!,再结合所给选项可以选出最佳答案为:rough。句子译文如下:最后一天晚上,我对母亲大嚷,“不要再那样做了你的手太粗糙了!”44C主要测试短语动词。所给选项的意思分别如下:开始从事(某职业)、占有;放弃;结束、死亡;崩溃、分离、解散。由具体语境可知句子译文如下:母亲再也没有用那种熟悉的表达方式(expression)表达她的爱,使我结束(end up)自己的一天。故此选择:end up最
26、佳。45A 主要测试名词。四个选项意思分别如下:表达;象征、标志、符号;诺言;经历、经验。再结合上面第39题的解释可以选出最佳答案为:A。 46B主要测试动词。句子译文如下:随着岁月的推移,我的思绪又回到(returned)那天晚上,我想念目前的手,想念母亲在我前额晚安的吻(kiss)。47C主要测试名词。结合文章第一段中:shed lean down and push my long hair out of the 36 , then kiss my forehead.可以选出自己答案为:kiss。48A主要测试形容词。根据文章中:Sometimes the incident seemed
27、very 43 , while sometimes far away.可以看出关键词:while“然而”,进而可知此处需要选择和句子中关键词:far away相反的词来表达,故此选择:close。49B主要测试名词。根据文章可知句子译文:但是它总是隐藏在我的脑海(mind)后。此处:mind泛指的思想。50A 主要测试副词。根据语境可知句子译文如下:现在目前七十多岁了,那双手,我曾经(once)认为如此粗糙的手任然为我和我的家人(family)做着什么。并且我自己的孩子长大了,离家啦。51C主要测试名词。参考上面第45题的解释可以选出最佳答案:family。52A主要测试连词。由所给的选项可知
28、意思分别如下:当什么时候;在、之前;虽然;既然。再结合语境可知句子译文如下:感恩节前夕,当(as)我睡在年轻时候的卧室,一个熟悉的(familiar)手犹豫地掠过我的脸,拨开(brush)我前额的头发。然后,一个吻,如此轻柔地(gently)印在我的额头。53D主要测试形容词。结合所给选项的意思:粗糙的;可靠的;瘦弱的;熟悉的,及上面第47题的解释,可以选出最佳答案:familiar。54C主要测试动词。结合所给选项的意思及上面第47题的解释,可以选出最佳答案:brush。同时表示作者对儿时母亲哪种做法的美好记忆。55A 主要测试副词。结合所给选项的意思:温柔的、轻柔的;友好的;亲近的、近的;
29、虚弱的,及上面第47题的解释可以选出最佳答案:gently,主要是形容母亲的动作温柔。 56C主要测试动词。此题可以参照上文第二段中:Finally one night, I shouted out at her, “Dont do that any more your hands are too 38 !”尤其是此处的:shout out at her,说明小时候对母亲的这种行为感觉不满意,抱怨(complain)。根据语境可知句子译文如下:记忆中,无数次,我想起那个晚上,并且我小时候抱怨道:“不要在那样做了!-你的手太粗糙了!”57B主要测试副词短语。根据所给选项的意思:准时、按时;突然、
30、一下子;再次;像通常一样。再结合语境可知:作者应该是突然(all at once)抓住母亲的手,说我为那晚感到多么残酷(sorry)。此处:all at once 相当于:suddenly。58C主要测试形容词。参考上面第52题的解释可以选出最佳答案:sorry。59C主要测试连词。根据语境可知句子译文如下:我本来以为母亲记得那件事。但是母亲不知道我在谈论什么(what)。他已经忘记了,并且很早就原谅我了。分析句子:Mom didnt know 54 I was talking about的结构可知,此处需要选择引导句子: I was talking about同时还要能够充当介词:about
31、的宾语的引导词,只能选择:what。60D主要测试名词。根据语境可知句子译文如下:那晚,带着对温柔的母亲和她关爱的手的新的赏析(appreciation)我睡着了。而多年来萦绕我心头的负罪感再也无处可寻了。完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。I was 9 years old when I found out my father was 36 It was 1994, but I can remember my mothers words as if it 37 yeste
32、rday: “Kerrel, I dont want you to take food 38 your father, because he has AIDSBe very careful when you are around him”AIDS wasnt 39 we talked about in my country when I was growing upFrom then on, I knew that this would be a family 40 My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived aloneFor
33、a while, he could take care of himselfBut when I was 12, his condition worsenedMy fathers 41 children lived far away, so it 42 to me to look after himWe couldnt afford all the necessary medication for him, and 43 Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldnt 44 buy foo
34、d for dinnerI would sit 45 feeling completely 46 , the teachers words muffled(压低)as I tried to figure out 47 I was going to manageI didnt share my burden with anyoneI had seen how people reacted to AIDSKids _48_ classmates who had parents with the diseaseAnd even adults could be cruelWhen my father
35、was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was _49_ weak to feed himselfI had known that he was going to die, _50_ after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final daysSad and _51_, I _52_
36、 a woman at the non-profit National AIDS SupportThat day, she _53_ me on the phone for hoursI was so lucky to find someone who caredShe saved my lifeI was 15 when my father diedHe took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even meHe didnt want to call attention to _54_I
37、 _55_61Abad Bill Cgood Dwell62Awere Bwas Chad been Dhas been63Ato Bfrom Cin Don64Aanything Beverything Csomething Dall65Asecret Bproblem Ctrouble Dmatter66Aanother Bother Cthe other Dothers67Acame Bfell Cfelt Dturned68Abefore Bafter Cbecause Dso69AstillBeven Cyet Dalready70Aat homeBin the hospital C
38、on the chair Din class71AlostBsad Cpuzzled Dcurious72Awhat Bwhere Chow Dwhen73Alaughed at Bsmiled atCplayed a joke about Dmade fun of74Atoo Bso Cenough Dvery75Aand Bbut Chowever Dyet76Ahopeful Bexcited Cdisappointed Dhopeless77Avisited Bcalled Casked Dadvised78Akept Btold Cspoke Dtalked79Ahim Bme Cd
39、isease DAIDS80Ado Bdid Cam Dwill【答案】61B62A63B64C65A66B67B68C69B70D71A72C73A74A75B76D77B78A79D80A【解析】略完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D),选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Several months ago I was involved in a car accident. That moment 36 my views on life.All my life 1 had been waiting 37 I could ge
40、t my drivers 38 and my first car. When I 39 got my license and my dad brought the car to the house, I felt very 40 . From that day on, the most 41 thing in my life was that car. Every day I would get home and 42 what else I could do to make it better. My car was my 43 and joy and when 1 had fixed it
41、 up into perfect condition, I finally began to 44 it. Every time I got into my car I felt the greatest, _ 45 nothing could stop me, but one day I was 46 that just like every other person, I could be broken.One night, though it was too 47 outside to see clearly, I was in the 48 with my friends. I fel
42、t unstoppable while driving, 49 soon enough I was shown that I wasnt. While driving down a main street I felt 1 was 50 the car. It was flying. When I 51 what was happening, the only thing I could do was protect my friends from being hurt badly. After the accident I dont remember much, but I do remem
43、ber the 52 I was in, not only physical but also the thought that the lives of others were 53 for a few seconds and I may have dropped them. The memory of that day will never 54 me. I learned that material things should 55 be the most important things in your life. I also learned that I need to appre
44、ciate the things and people around me.81A. formedB. changedC. replacedD. moved82A. untilB. afterC. whenD. since83A. testB. guideC. adviceD. license84A. finallyB. happilyC. actuallyD. immediately85A. interestedB. surprisedC. excitedD. embarrassed86A. difficultB. comfortableC. successfulD. important87
45、A. noticeB. watchC. seeD. find88A. prideB. memoryC. taskD. inspiration89A. repairB. checkC. driveD. clean90A. thoughB. as ifC. even thoughD. despite91A. shownB. decidedC. thoughtD. appeared92A. coldB. wetC. darkD. fine93 A. officeB. houseC. schoolD. car94A. soB. becauseC. butD. before95A. taking adv
46、antage ofB. losing control ofC. making use ofD. putting an end to96A. expectedB. realizedC. acceptedD. wondered97A. situationB. surpriseC. hospitalD. pain98A. in my handsB. within my reachC. beyond my imagination D. at my mercy99A. impressB. leaveC. troubleD. interrupt100A. alwaysB. sometimesC. neve
47、rD. mainly【答案】81B82A83D84A85C 86D87C88A89C90B 91A92C93D94C95B 96B97D98A99B100C【解析】略完型填空(共20题,每小题15分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从3655各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got The Help Wanted Unskilled sectionA small advertisement he
48、ld my 36 It read:Easy jobGood wagesNo experience 37 it sounded like the job I was 38 Easy jobGood WagesThose four words 39 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the 40 Easy jobGood wagesEasy jobGood WagesEasyWhen I got to the place I saw a series of large 41 half fi
49、lled with water, out of which I noticed 42 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes 43 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benchesAll had their 44 in the water of the basinthe left hand holding a 45 and the thumb(拇指)nail of the right hand 46 the labels(标签
50、)on itI Sat down On a 47 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottleAs the minutes went by I noticed that the 48 0f the water started to 49 from my hand to my bodyBut 50 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 51 by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored fingerA numb(麻木)pa
51、in began to be felt 52 from my right thumbThen I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my bodyAfter three hours of this I told the manager Id 53 He figured I had 54 69 cents at 23 cents an hourWith the money, I left the working placeEasy jobGood wagescame to my brain
52、againLooking at my hands, I 55 myself, Can easy job get good wages?101Aeyes Battention Cdecision Dbreath102Anecessary Brelevant CpracticalDprimitive103Arunning after Blooking for Cheading for Dlooking after104Acircled Bmoved Cflashed Dattacked105Aletter Bsign Cadvertisement Dpost106Abaskets Bbowls C
53、pots Dbasins107Ahiding Bsticking Crising Dbreaking108AIn BAbove CUnder DAround109Aarms Bhands Clegs Dfeet110Aknife Bsnail Cbottle Dbrush111Apainting Bdecorating Crefreshing Dscratching112Achair Bbench Cbottle Dsofa113Asmell Bcoldness Ccolor Dsteam114Aspread Btravel Crecycle Daccelerate115Aworse Bbet
54、ter Cmore Drather116Agoing Bfinding Cgrowing Dbecoming117Anow and then Bhere and there Cone by one Dlittle by little118Aadapt Bnegotiate CbargainDquit119Ataken Boffered Cearned Dcreated120Athought Basked Cfound Dhated【答案】101B102A103B104C105C 106D107A108D109B110C 111D112B113B114A115A 116C117D118D119C120A