1、四川省北师大附中广安分校2016高考英语完形填空选练(11)【由上海市徐汇区2014诊断卷改编】完形填空 Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. “What are you going to be when you grow up?” is a question that you m
2、ay have been asked. You may not even know there are a variety of geography-related jobs. The Association of American Geographers lists nearly 150 different geography jobs. So, if you are interested in people, places, and environments, consider a job in geography. Your work will not be limited to map
3、sit might range from 1 data to planning projects, or making decisions about the environment.Processing Geographic Data A geographers main activity is analyzing geographic information to answer geographic questions. Jobs processing geographic data begin, of course, with collecting the information. On
4、e on-the-ground job in data collection is that of a surveyor. Surveyors 2 and measure the land directly. They may mark boundaries, study the shape of the land, or even help find sewer(下水道) and water systems beneath the Earth. High-tech information-gathering jobs include working with Geographic Infor
5、mation Systems (GIS) data. Some examples of these jobs include remote sensing specialists and GIS analysts. Data analysis jobs require the ability to think 3 , high-level computer skills, and a college education.Once data have been processed, a geographer may study the information to use in planning
6、 projects such as a new urban area, a(n) 4 evacuation(撤退) plan, or the placement of a new highway. Planners can also help determine how to make a neighborhood a better place to live. These jobs, too, require good critical thinking, writing, and computer skills, as well as a college education. Planne
7、rs are 5 to the success of a community.Advising Businesses and Government About half of jobs using geography are in business and government. All kinds of businesses use geographic information to help build and 6 their operations. A location analyst studies an area to find the best location for a cli
8、ent. The client might be a large retail store chain that wants to know which location would be best for opening a new store. The location analyst can study GIS reports on such elements as transportation networks or population in an area and give the business owners the positive and 7 points about a
9、location being considered.In 1967, the Mexican government was looking for a location to create a new international tourist resort. They used location analysts to find an area that had good beaches and was easy to reach from the United States. The 8 was Cancn, today one of the worlds most desirable v
10、acation sites. Businesses connected with natural 9 such as forests also rely on geographers. Geographers help them understand the relationship between their business and the environment where their business is located. In 1967, Cancn was a small island on Mexicos Caribbean coast. It had white sand b
11、eaches, many birds and mangrove(红树) trees, but few people. After it was selected as a resort site, it was quickly 10 . Today, Cancn has more than 100 hotels and 500,000 permanent residents. Many work in the tourist industry that serves the millions of visitors who come each year from all over the wo
12、rld. Physical and Human GeographyPhysical geographers are sometimes called earth scientists. Some study such topics as geomorphology (地形学), that is, the study of how the shape of the Earth 11 . Others study weather and climate. Still others study water, the oceans, soils, or ecology. Jobs in these f
13、ields require 12 scientific training.Some geographers study economic, political, and 13 issues as they relate to place or region. Human geographers are usually hired by government agencies to analyze a specific problem. These geographers work 14 with political scientists, economists, and sociologist
14、s. Together, they provide possible solutions to problems from many different aspects of life in an area. And, of course, geographers teach the subject at all levels of 15 , from elementary schools to universities. But no matter what geography jobs people might hold, they are always trying to answer
15、the basic geographic questions: “Where are things located?” and “Why are they there?” 1.A. performing B. analyzingC. appreciatingD. downloading2.A. map B. mineC. shape D. honour3.A. creativelyB. critically C. wildlyD. moderately 4.A. disasterB. radioactivityC. excursionD. vacation5.A. qualifiedB. de
16、terminedC. valuableD. feasible 6.A. surviveB. expandC. manageD. boom 7.A. negative B. effectiveC. depressiveD. profitable 8.A. sceneryB. destinationC. resultD. foundation 9.A. potentialsB. histories C. resourcesD. sciences 10.A. specializedB. pollutedC. governedD. transformed 11.A. proceedsB. stretc
17、hes C. extendsD. changes 12.A. peculiarB. specialC. reasonableD. enthusiastic 13.A. psychologicalB. contemporaryC. religiousD. social 14.A. closely B. peacefullyC. loyally D. sensitively 15.A. demonstrationB. revolutionC. examinationD. education 【参考答案】Section A1-5 BABAC 6-10 BACCD 11-15 DBDAD 【由2013
18、界广东省广雅中学高三上第一次月考改编】 完型填空。阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。I used to walk my dog every morning. Later when we got back home, I would give it some food. This usually caught the 1 of a mynah bird. The most 2 feature of this bird was its brightly-coloured 3 mouth, so I found it a bit strange.Later I
19、read a book and found that the colour yellow 4 “communication, optimism and inspiration”. I took the “c” from 5 , “o” from optimism, and “in” from inspiration to form the word “Coin”. This became the birds 6 .Every time when my dog finished his 7 , Coin would look at me and sing , “Raack! Raack!” Af
20、ter singing, she would start picking up the food left by the dog. When winter came, Coin 8 . It was the longest winter that we had ever had. When spring 9 came, it was the time for the birds to fly back and I often 10 what had happened to Coin. One day after I had given my 11 its food , a mynah bird
21、 flew down. It was then that I heard the 12 “Raack! Raack!” Coin was back! Sometimes, I wondered how Coin knew to come back to the same 13 she had left.Each morning Coin would come with her sweet 14 . Both I and my dog accepted her as a member of our family. Now, I understand that if we have optimis
22、m and inspiration in our life, and if we communicate often with others, we are sure to be 15 by everyone.1. A. realizationB. viewC. sight D. attention2. A. specialB. commonC. centralD. possible3. A. black B. white C. yellow D. sad4. A. stands forB. achievesC. organizes D. changes5.A.communicationB.
23、festival C.celebrationD.custom6. A. foodB. cage C. nameD. story7. A. song B. communicationC. meal D. walk 8. A. died B. hidC. disappeared D. escaped9. A. suddenly B. finally C. happily D. luckily10. A. complained B. recordedC. wonderedD. wished11. A. doorB. bird C. daughter D. dog12. A. strange B. f
24、amiliar C. crazy D. terrible13. A. placeB. cat C. person D. sky14. A.songB. face C. appearanceD. voice15. A.confirmed B. acceptedC. agreed D. impressed1.【答案】D【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A. realization实现; B. view观点; C. sight视力; D. attention注意力。根据After singing, she would start picking up the food left by the dog.可
25、知这引起八哥的注意,故选D。 2.【答案】A【解析】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. special特别的; B. common共同的; C. central 中心的;D. possible可能的。因为它的喙的颜色令人注意。根据这种鸟最特别的(special)特征非常亮的黄色的喙,故选A。3.【答案】C【解析】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. black黑色的; B. white 白色的;C. yellow 黄色的;D. sad伤心的。根据下文found that the colour yellow可知,这种鸟最特别的(special)特征非常亮的黄色(yellow)的喙,故选C。4.【答案】A【解析
26、】考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. stands for 代表;B. achieves获得; C. organizes组织; D. changes改变。根据句意黄色是这几个单词中的字母。后来我读过一本书发现黄色代表“交流、乐观、灵感”,故选A。5.【答案】A【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A.communication 交流;B. festival 节日;C.celebration 祝贺;D.custom习惯。因为只有communication的首字母是C。我从communication取一个字母C,故选A。6.【答案】C【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A. food食物; B. cage笼子; C
27、. name名字; D. story故事。根据Coin would look at me and sing , “Raack! Raack!” 可以推测这是它的名字,这就形成了鸟的名字,故选C。7.【答案】C【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A. song歌曲; B. communication交流;C. meal 一餐;D. walk步行。根据she would start picking up the food left by the dog.每一次等狗完成了它的大餐(meal)以后,故选C。8.【答案】C【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A. died死; B. hid躲藏; C. disapp
28、eared消失; D. escaped逃离。根据常识咱们知道鸟有迁徙的习惯。冬天来了八哥就消失(disappeared)了,故选C。9.【答案】B【解析】考查副词及语境的理解。A. suddenly突然; B. finally终于, 最后;C. happily 高兴地;D. luckily幸运地。这里用最后表示作者盼着鸟的归来。当最后春天来时,鸟又都回来了,故选B。10.【答案】C【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A. complained 抱怨;B. recorded 记录;C. wondered纳闷; D. wished希望。根据what had happened to Coin可知我常常纳闷
29、我的小八哥怎么样了,故选C。11.【答案】D【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A. door门; B. bird 鸟;C. daughter 女儿;D. dog狗。根据上文可知作者常常喂狗。有一天当我喂狗的时候,小八哥飞了下来,故选D。12.【答案】B【解析】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. strange 奇怪的;B. Familiar熟悉的; C. Crazy疯狂的; D. Terrible可怕的。根据上文可知作者非常了解八哥的叫声。就在那时我又听到了熟悉的声音,故选B。13.【答案】A【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.place地方; B. cat 猫;C. person人; D. sky天空。
30、有时我纳闷鸟怎么会又回到它以前离开的同一个地方,故选A。14.【答案】A【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.song 歌曲;B. face 脸C. appearance外貌; D. voice声音。根据上文可知八哥爱唱歌。每天早晨八哥就带着甜甜的歌曲来了,故选A。15.【答案】B【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.confirmed 确认;B. accepted 接受;C. agreed同意; D. impressed给人印象。根据Both I and my dog accepted her as a member of our family.可知如果我们经常能和其他的人交流,我们肯定能被接受其他
31、的每一个人,故选B。【参考答案】完型填空 115、DACAA CCCBC DBAAB Almost everyone around us uses a phone.Phones provide a simple and efficient means to conduct work or _1_ social arrangements from day to day.Several times in course of a working day,you may be _2_ by phone with colleagues,students,lab assistants,secretarie
32、s or others on private matters.If you want an appointment with your department head,you would _3_ call him and arrange a time with him.If you were unable to _4_ your appointment,or if you found you had to be late for it,you would phone and change the plan.In this way,no one _5_ time waiting for some
33、one who is not coming.If you want to buy something,you would “let your _6_ do the walking”That is,you call ahead to make sure the store has what you need.If it is an expensive item,you might call several stores to _7_ prices.If you want to take a train or plane,after finding out schedule and prices,
34、you can call to make a _8_;if you want to shop for clothes after work,you might call to ask how late the store is open before you travel all way there.Phones are easily _9_In streets,you can see public phones in which you feed coins to make a call.Phones have automatic answering services; if you are
35、 not at home or in the office,or dont wish to be _10_ ,you switch on a machine,which will answer the call for you.A prerecorded _11_ will say to the caller,“Im sorry,Im not in at the moment.Please leave your name and number and I will call you back as _12_as possible.” Its more efficient to leave on
36、es name and number than to waste their time calling again and again.1. Ahandle BattendCoffer Dmatch2. Aconveyed BconsultedCinterrupted Dadvised3. Acarefully BfinallyCnormally Dsecretly4. Amake BkeepCbreak Dremember5. Aarranges BtakesCkills Dwastes6. Afingers BfeetChead Dlegs7. Abargain BcompareCpay
37、D cut8. Areservation BchoiceCdecision Dstudy9. Aaccessible BacceptableCportable Dsuitable10. Aworried BupsetCdisturbed Dwoken11. Aspeech BmessageCnotice Ddialogue12. Asoon BquicklyCmuch Dlong(一)【要点综述】 你想和你的上司预约见面的时间吗?你想预订机票、火车票吗?拿起你的电话吧,它会让你方便快捷地完成这些任务。如果你不在家或办公室,如果你不想接电话,它还可以帮你自动接听。这都是电话带给我们的方便。1Ah
38、andle处理;attend出席,参加;offer提供;match匹配。2B在日常工作中经常会有同事、学生等通过电话向你咨询与工作相关的事情。convey表达;consult请教,咨询;interrupt打扰,打断;advise建议。3C正常情况下,如果你要和你的部门领导预约,你会打电话与他协商一个时间。carefully认真地;finally最后;normally正常地;secretly秘密地。4B由下文可知,如果你不能赴约或者迟到的话,你可以电话告知那个人并改变计划。5D用这种方式别人就不会浪费时间等待一个不来的人。waste time (in) doing sth浪费时间做某事。6Afi
39、nger手指;foot脚;head头;leg腿。由下文可知,此处表示用电话购物,因此让你的手指替你跑腿。7Bbargain交易;compare比较;pay付款;cut削减。给几家商店打电话以比较一下价格。8Areservation 预订;choice选择;decision决定;study研究。打电话预订机票或车票。9A由下文可知,电话到处都有。accessible易接近的,可利用的;acceptable可接受的;portable轻便的;suitable适合的。10C如果你不想被打扰,那你就把机器打开替你自动回电话。worried担忧的;upset心烦的;disturbed被打扰的;woken醒
40、着的。11B机器将用事先录制好的留言自动回复电话。12A【陕西省咸阳市2014高考英语模拟试题】完形填空。阅读下面短文。从短文后各题的A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。 Once again the old couple walked into the lawyers office. The lawyer was still very 26 after having a chat with them. He had a 27 time getting to know their affairs. This couple had been 28 for 40 ye
41、ars. Nothing ever seemed to go right. They didnt get divorced 29 they were afraid that it might_30_ their childrens 31 . Now all their children had already graduated and left. There was nothing to 32 .All they wanted was to lead their own life free from all these years of 33 from their marriage, so
42、they 34 on a divorce. Having 35 the papers, they had a 36 together. When dishes were served, immediately the old man took 37 for the old lady.“Take this, its your favorite.” But the wife 38 , “This is always the problem. You always think so highly of yourself, 39 thinking about how I feel. Dont you
43、know that I hate chicken?” Little did she know that, 40 forty years, her husband had been trying all ways to 41 her.Little did she know that chicken was her husbands favorite. Deep into the night they couldnt sleep, knowing they still 42 each other. The old man dialed her number. However, she refuse
44、d to answer it, thinking “I have asked for divorce,and now I have to keep it this way, 43 I will lose face.” Later she remembered he had a 41 problem. The old man suddenly felt painful. He was about to phone the doctor when the doorbell rang. He opened the door. There stood the old lady, his former wife, holding the 45 . 【参考答案】完形填空2630 DABCB 3135 CBADA 3640 DBCBC 4145 DADAC