1、高考题型抢分练(二)完形填空强化练(限时15分钟/篇)A Meghan Gerrity lost her job at a New Jersey mobile app development start-up in 2016. Then she found that the timing couldnt have been 1. Gerritys 3-year-old daughter had just been taken to hospital with pneumonia (肺炎) and she and her husband were closing on their first h
2、ome together. “At the time, I 2 felt as if I was a huge failure and I would never work again, ” she told Huff Post. “I felt betrayed by my manager and my team who had always 3 my work and contributions to the company. ” It was the kindness and 4 of her family and friends that helped her 5 that diffi
3、cult time. Her loved ones 6 their own stories about losing a job and finding another, which made Gerrity feel 7 and less alone. “Hearing their similar stories, or the stories of people they knew who were in the same situation, 8 me and made me feel like I was going to be OK, ” she told Huff Post. “L
4、earning that all of my 9 who lost their job earlier in their career were all now very 10 made me feel less upset. I realized that losing your 11 is just a minor setback and allows you the opportunity to make it clear what you want out of your life and career. ”If someone close to you has been 12 or
5、laid off, its necessary not to treat the job 13 like an embarrassing subject, Gerrity added. “14 the dialogue and normalizing a very unnatural-feeling situation is the best thing that a friend can do for someone who is going through a similar 15 , ” she told Huff Post. 【文章大意】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。Meghan Gerrity
6、失去工作后, 家人的支持以及朋友们的理解和经验分享使她不再难过。1. A. worse B. riperC. prettier D. earlier 【解析】选A。根据下文可知, 当Meghan Gerrity失业时, 女儿刚因肺炎入院, 所以她失业的时机真是再糟糕(worse)不过了。故选A。2. A. hardly B. fairly C. mainly D. really 【解析】选D。Meghan Gerrity诉说她当时的真实(really)感受。故选D。3. A. doubted B. envied C. helped D. praised 【解析】选D。经理和同事们总是表扬(pr
7、aised)她的工作以及她对公司的贡献, (可是自己被辞退了)她感到这些人背叛了她。故选D。4. A. happiness B. support C. tendency D. member【解析】选B。家人以及朋友的善意和支持(support)帮助她熬过了这段艰难时期。故选B。5. A. come across B. get away C. get through D. get rid of 【解析】选C。此处指“熬过这段时期”, come across (偶遇);get away(离开);get through(熬过);get rid of (去除)。6. A. experienced B.
8、 remembered C. sharedD. believed 【解析】选C。她的亲人们跟她分享(shared)失去工作又找到其他工作的经历。故选 C。7. A. sad B. hopeful C. proud D. surprised 【解析】选B。这些分享使她充满希望(hopeful), 不再感到那么孤单。故选B。8. A. interested B. disturbed C. educated D. comforted 【解析】选D。由下文内容“made me feel like I was going to be OK”可推知, 我得到了安慰(comforted)。故选D。9. A.
9、 workmates B. friends C. team D. folks 【解析】选B。文章一直在讲述她的朋友及家人对她的理解和支持。故选B。10. A. rich B. jobless C. successful D. kind 【解析】选C。她的朋友们曾经失去工作, 现在都很成功(successful)。故选C。11. A. job B. money C. chance D. family 【解析】选A。文章一直谈论失去工作对Meghan Gerrity的影响, 所以此处指, Meghan Gerrity认识到失去工作(job)只是一个小小的挫折。故选A。12. A. hurt B.
10、hired C. trained D. fired 【解析】选D。根据并列连词or 可知, 此空与laid off意思相近, 指失业或下岗。be fired意为“被解雇”。故选D。13. A. pay B. attitude C. loss D. hunt 【解析】选C。根据Gerrity的观点, 不要把失业看成难堪的事。the job loss为名词短语, 意为“失业”。故选C。14. A. Opening B. Making C. Following D. Considering 【解析】选A。根据Gerrity的观点, 不要把失业看成难堪的事, 而要说出来。 open the dialo
11、gue“开启对话”。故选A。15. A. subject B. situation C. dialogue D. question【解析】选B。此处复指本句前面提到的a very unnatural-feeling situation。故选B。【知识拓展】误区警示第3题容易误选A(doubted)或B(envied), 受上下文影响, 考生可能理解为: 我被解雇是因为他们怀疑我的工作, 或他们嫉妒我的工作。但此处空格的意思应该表达本句中I felt betrayed的原因。即: 经理和同事们平时表扬我的工作, 现在我却被解雇, 因此我感到他们背叛了我。BLehrner had always w
12、anted to design roller coasters. Even as a 1 , though, she knew that there had to be more to it than just hopping on board. “I started 2 how I would prepare, ” she says. She looked to science and math and 3 advanced classes in algebra and geometry in middle school and high school. Then she took even
13、 more 4 math and a high-level physics course. She also 5 theme parks as often as she could and researched the makers of those coasters online. When it came time for college, she went to the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, where she 6 a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. Now Lehrner 7 he
14、r days working with amusement parks to design and build new coasters. These new coasters they design are 8 made of wood, except for a metal 9 on which the cars run. The basic design has been around for more than a century. Still, Lehrner notes, each new one is different. “We use a lot of the same 10
15、 and concepts. But they 11 with the terrain(地势) and design. That tells us what the limits will behow tight the curves and how 12 the hills are. ”Some parks want their coasters to be as scary as possible. That means big 13 and quick turns and lots of inversions. Lehrner is expert at making twisted wo
16、od coasters. The coasters she designs make you feel as if youre going 14 than you really are because the tracks are lower to the ground. “We also try to build rides that are fun for the whole 15children as well as their parents, ” she said. 【文章大意】Lehrner 从小就想设计过山车, 于是她努力学习数学、物理等, 现在她为多家游乐场设计、建造木质过山车
17、。1. A. genius B. kid C. designer D. inventor 【解析】选B。根据下文可知, 此处指Lehrner从小就想设计过山车。as a kid意为“小时候”, 故选B。2. A. thinking aboutB. going over C. writing down D. dreaming of【解析】选A。根据下文中的“She looked to science and math. . . ”可知, 为了将来能够设计过山车, 她很关注科学和数学。说明她从小就开始考虑(think about)如何为设计过山车作准备。故选A。3. A. got B. resea
18、rched C. took D. studied 【解析】选C。此处take classes“上课”为习惯搭配。故选C。4. A. classical B. ancient C. practical D. advanced 【解析】选D。承接上句, 再根据even more表达的语气, 此处指更高级的(advanced)数学。故选D。5. A. visited B. created C. sponsored D. managed 【解析】选A。根据常识可判断, 为了研究过山车, 她经常光顾(visit)主题公园。创造(create);资助(sponsor)或管理(manage)主题公园不符合语
19、境。故选A。6. A. made B. bought C. won D. got 【解析】选D。get a degree“获得学位”为习惯搭配。7. A. counts B. stays C. spends D. stops 【解析】选C。此处为spend time doing sth. 固定结构, 表示花费时间做某事。8. A. largely B. completely C. carefully D. possibly 【解析】选A。根据后面的“except for. . . ”可知, 此处指这些新型过山车大部分(largely)是用木头做的, 除了金属轨道。故选A。9. A. road
20、B. frame C. fence D. track【解析】选D。由下文the cars run 可知, 此处指金属制造的轨道(track)。 故选D。10. A. metals B. components C. colors D. plans 【解析】选B。根据后文“But they _with the terrain and design. ”可知, 此处不是指颜色和计划;根据前文可知, Lehrner设计的过山车大部分为木质, 所以排除A。component意为“组件”。故选B。11. A. agree B. compare C. change D. go 【解析】选C。此处意为“我们使
21、用了很多相同的组件和概念。但随着地形和设计的变化而变化(change)。”故选C。12. A. beautiful B. dangerousC. much D. high 【解析】选D。地势的不同让我们知道过山车的弯应有多急, 陡坡应有多高(high)。此处指陡坡的高度。故选D。13. A. drops B. coastersC. places D. carriages 【解析】选A。根据常识可知, 过山车要想刺激, 降幅要大, 转弯要快, 倒悬要多。big drops“大的降幅”, 故选A。14. A. slowerB. crazier C. further D. faster 【解析】选D
22、。根据本段第一句“Some parks want their coasters to be as scary as possible. ”可知, 既然一些公园希望过山车尽量刺激, 那么所设计的过山车应该让乘坐人员感到比实际要快(faster)。故选D。15. A. family B. community C. place D. park【解析】选A。根据“children as well as their parents”可知, 此处应指全家(family)。故选A。【知识拓展】佳词积累1. advanced adj. 先进的;高级的2. mechanical adj. 机械的;力学的3. a
23、musement n. 消遣;娱乐4. concept n. 观念;概念5. scary adj. 可怕的;恐怖的6. component n. 组件;组成部分CCruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldnt agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to 1. So on a chilly January evening last year, the two friends ventured onto the frozen pond
24、near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois, to get a better 2. First, they tossed a rock onto the ice to test it. Convinced the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few 3. Then, he crashed through the seemingly 4 surface. “There was no sound, no crack, ” recalled Anthony, “I just fell through 5.
25、 ”Cruz rushed to help his panicked friend. FOOMPthe pond swallowed him too. Cruz 6 to lift himself out of the cold water and onto a more 7 section. He then cautiously worked his way toward Anthony. But he fell in 8. This time, he couldnt get out. The boys were up to their neck in icy water and quick
26、ly losing feeling in their limbs. Any chance of their 9 themselves was slipping away. Cruz was sure he was going to die. Anthonys elder sister had seen the 10 fall through the ice and started screaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby heard her. He quickly 11 over. Seeing the boys, he
27、 kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water, chopping his way through the 12 with his free fist. Lavin pulled the boys back to 13. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water had 14 their body temperature nearly ten degrees. Fortunately, the b
28、oys have fully 15. “Just to think, ” says Cruz, “if John wasnt there, we could have died. ”【文章大意】本文是记叙文, 两个男孩为求证冰上的鸟是鸭子还是鹅而落水, 幸好被路过的邻居救起。1. A. come across B. find out C. get around D. go through 【解析】选B。只有亲自到近处看看才能弄清楚(find out)池塘里到底是鸭子还是鹅, 所以此句意为, 只有一个方法能弄清楚。故选B。2. A. understanding B. solution C. ch
29、oice D. look【解析】选D。根据上文可知, 两个孩子冒险走上池塘的冰面去看(look)个清楚。故选D。3. A. picturesB. minutes C. stepsD. risks 【解析】选C。大意为: 安东尼确信冰面能够撑住他们的重量, 就在冰上走了几步(steps)。故选C。4. A. smooth B. cold C. frozen D. soft【解析】选C。根据故事内容可知, 池塘的冰面看起来好像冻住了(frozen), 实际上没冻实在。故选C。5. A. slowly B. instantly C. deeply D. constantly 【解析】选B。根据安东尼
30、说的话可知, 他是瞬间(instantly)掉进去的, 没有声音, 没有冰破的声音。故选B。6. A. managed B. failed C. promised D. jumped 【解析】选A。根据后面“But he fell in _. This time, he couldnt get out. ” 可知, 起初, 科鲁兹设法(manage)把自己从水里救了出来, 后来又掉了进去。故选A。7. A. solid B. special C. dangerous D. separated 【解析】选A。从水里出来, 应该是到了一块冰面比较坚固的(solid)地方。故选A。8. A. lat
31、er B. again C. even D. indeed 【解析】选B。根据下文“This time, he couldnt get out”可知, 他又(again)掉了进去, 这次自己出不来了。故选B。9. A. controlling B. expressing C. warming D. freeing【解析】选D。当两个孩子四肢失去知觉后, 他们自救的可能性就失去了。此处free指“解救”。故选D。10. A. ducks B. geese C. boys D. people 【解析】选C。此处指Anthony 和Cruz, 两个男孩。故选C。11. A. took B. got
32、C. turned D. pulled 【解析】选D。pull over“靠边停车”为习惯搭配。故选D。12. A. ice B. water C. pond D. surface 【解析】选A。根据故事场景以及空格前的动词chopping可知, John Lavin赤手空拳破冰(ice)劈出一条路。故选A。13. A. home B. land C. earth D. life 【解析】选B。Lavin把两个男孩拉上岸。land 与water对应, 故选B。14. A. raised B. adjustedC. lost D. lowered【解析】选D。根据常识, 在冰冷的水里待5分钟,
33、体温应该下降(lowered)。故选D。15. A. prepared B. developed C. recovered D. proved 【解析】选C。故事的结局是两个孩子得救了, 所以此处应指他们完全康复(recovered)。故选C。【知识拓展】背景链接Geese and ducks are considered to be waterfowl that enjoy spending time on lakes or ponds. They belong to the family of anatidae(鸭科). They have different behavior and p
34、atterns. Geese are largely sized and usually noted to make a honking noise or call. Those non-domesticated geese are migratory and usually fly to far places to look for suitable habitats, especially during the changes in the season. Ducks are physically smaller than geese and usually have that “quack” sound when they call. Most of the duck species dont migrate and they just stay within a specific area.
