1、强化练(十二)完形填空记叙文专练(二)ALast July, I booked a twoweek adventure volunteering at a Thai elephant sanctuary (禁猎区)In preparation for my trip, I _1_ weight training.I even visited an elephant keeper in a zoo and he told me the elephants for tourism were the ones to _2_they could be unpredictable and sometim
2、es dangerous after years of _3_ they suffered at the hands of the tourism industry.Hardly surprising, I thought.I flew to Bangkok and then headed to the _4_.The first day was exciting.I was _5_ to my designated elephant by the mahout (驯象人)，Boonsri and my tasks were _6_.I tried to gain the elephants
3、_7_， feeding her bananas and riding on her back.The mahout _8_ me, showing me how to use my feet to _9_ her and teaching me the words to make her stop or _10_.Everything went quite well._11_， I noticed the sharp bullhooks were still used by mahouts.Day two followed the same _12_.But as we walked to
4、the river at dusk, Boonsri wouldnt move.So the mahout hit her with the bullhook.And Boonsri began to shake her head _13_.On the third stroke (一击) she hit me on the shoulder, knocking me over.Before I could _14_ the danger, her enormous foot was crushing my _15_.It felt like a truck was driving over
5、me and I couldnt breathe at all.I could only hear the _16_ of the mahout.He helped to pull her foot off me and _17_ my life.As Boonsri lifted her leg, I _18_ free and was dragged to safety.I burst into tears with _19_.What a lucky escape!In the following days, I stayed in hospital, thinking about a
6、question: Why can these mild animals be so _20_？If we humans treat them more gently and kindly, maybe things will be different.语篇解读文章讲述了作者在泰国的大象庇护所做志愿者的时候被一只发怒的大象踩在脚下死里逃生的经历。作者意识到如果人类能够善待动物，它们可能就不会这么具有攻击性。1A.carried onBtook up Cabandoned Ddelayed解析：根据该句中的weight training可知，为了准备这次旅行，作者开始进行举重训练。B项意为“开始
7、从事”，符合语境，故B项正确。A项意为“继续做”；C项意为“抛弃，放弃”；D项意为“延迟”。答案：B2A.watch Bshoot Cprotect Dbuy解析：根据该句中的“the elephants for tourism were the ones to”，并结合破折号后的内容可知，此处表示要小心旅游区的大象，因为它们遭受了多年虐待，变得性情无常，有时很危险。A项意为“小心，当心”，故A项正确。答案：A3A.defeat Bloss Cfailure Dabuse解析：参见上题解析。D项意为“虐待”，故D项正确。答案：D4A.zoo Bhotel Csanctuary Dhospita
8、l解析：根据第一段第一句中的“volunteering at a Thai elephant sanctuary”可知，作者飞往曼谷之后，便前往大象保护区，故C项正确。答案：C5A.used Bintroduced Cattached Ddragged解析：根据空后的to my designated elephant可知，作者由驯象人引见给指定的大象，B项意为“介绍，引见”，故B项正确。答案：B 6.A.designed Breported Cexplained Daccomplished解析：根据下文陈述的驯象人教作者如何用脚控制大象并发出让大象停止、行走的指令并结合空前的“my tasks
9、 were”可推知，驯象人向作者说明了作者的任务，此处使用了被动语态，C项意为“解释，说明”，故C项正确。答案：C7.A.sympathy Bforgiveness Crespect Dtrust解析：根据该句中的feeding her bananas可知，作者给大象喂食香蕉；据此可推知，作者试图赢得大象的信任；D项意为“信任”，故D项正确。答案：D 8.A.accompanied Bgreeted Ccomforted Dblamed解析：根据下文showing me how to use my feet.to make her stop可知，此处表示驯象人陪伴着作者；A项意为“陪伴”，故A
10、项正确。答案：A9A.touch Bcontrol Ckick Dentertain解析：根据空前的showing me how to use my feet可知，驯象人教作者如何用脚控制大象；B项意为“控制”，故B项正确。答案：B10A.move on Bsing along Cturn up Dgive in解析：根据空前的to make her stop or可知，空处与stop相对应，表示驯象人教作者使大象停止或者前进的指令。答案：A11A.Finally BNaturally CUnfortunately DNormally解析：根据该句中的“the sharp bullhooks
11、were still used”，并结合下文介绍的由于使用象钩，大象开始富于攻击性可知，不幸的是，作者发现驯象人仍然在使用象钩。C项意为“不幸地”，符合语境，故C项正确。答案：C12A.challenge Bpattern Cinterest Didea解析：根据空前的followed the same可知，第二天也是相同的模式，B项意为“模式”，故B项正确。答案：B13.A.happily Bslowly Cgently Dviolently解析：根据上文可知，驯象人用象钩击打大象；结合空前的shake her head和常识可知，大象开始猛烈地摇头；D项意为“猛烈地”，故D项正确。答案：D
12、14A.recall Bignore Crealize Dforget解析：根据空后的the danger以及下文中的“I couldnt breathe at all”可知，作者还没有意识到危险，它的巨大的脚便向作者的胸部碾压过来(呼吸和胸部联系紧密)；C项意为“意识到”，故C项正确。答案：C15.A.chest Bhead Cleg Dhand解析：参见上题解析。答案：A16A.whispers Bapplause Claughs Dyells解析：结合该句“I could only hear the _16_ of the mahout.”可知，此时作者处在危险中，只能听到驯象人的叫喊声
13、；D项意为“叫喊”，故D项正确。答案：D17A.changed Bruined Csaved Dimproved解析：根据该句“He helped to pull her foot off me and _17_ my life.”可知，他帮助把大象的脚拖走，挽救了作者的生命；C项意为“挽救”，故C项正确。答案：C18.A.slipped Brolled Cdived Dclimbed解析：根据该句中的was dragged to safety可知，当大象抬起腿时，作者得以滚动，被拉到了安全的地方。B项意为“翻滚，滚动”，故B项正确。答案：B19.A.relief Bregret Cpride
14、 Dpity解析：根据上文可知，作者脱离了危险；结合该句内容可知，作者欣慰得痛哭流涕；故A项正确。答案：A20.A.sensitive Bdisgusting Cfragile Daggressive解析：根据上文表述的大象攻击作者并结合语境可知，接下来的几天，作者躺在医院里，思考这样的问题：为什么这些温顺的动物如此好斗？D项意为“好斗的”，故D项正确。答案：DBWilliam Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin in 1865.His childhood _1_ the harmony that was _
15、2_ of a happy family.Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in _3_ from his familyboth his father and his brother were painters.But he finally _4_ literature, _5_ drama and poetry.Yeats had strong _6_
16、in the coming of new artistic movements.He set himself the _7_ task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s.His early theatrical experiments, _8_， were not received _9_ at the beginning.He didnt lose heart, and finally enjoyed _10_ in his poetical drama. _11_ with his dramatic works,
17、 Yeatss poems attract much _12_ notice.The subject matter includes love, nature, history，time and aging.Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them.As his literary life _13_， his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him into worldwide _14_. He ha
18、d not _15_ a major public life _16_ winning the Nobel Prize in 1923.Yet, he _17_ writing almost to the end of his life.Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be _18_ as a minor poet, for there is no other example in the literary history of a poet who _19_ his greatest works betwe
19、en the ages of 50 and 75.After Yeatss death in 1939, WH.Auden wrote, among others, the following lines：Earth, receive an _20_ guest：William Yeats is laid to rest.Let the Irish vessel (船) lieEmptied of its poetry.语篇解读William Butler Yeats是爱尔兰最著名的作家之一，他坚信新的艺术运动的到来，于19世纪90年代末，创建了爱尔兰国家剧院；与他的戏剧作品相比，Yeats的
20、诗歌更引人注目；晚年他在诗歌创作方面取得了卓越的成就。1A.held Blacked Cexpected Ddesired解析：根据下文中的“he remembered little of childhood but its pain”可知，他的童年缺乏一个典型的幸福家庭所特有的融洽。故选B。答案：B2.A.typical Bspecial Ckind Dcapable解析：参见上题解析。答案：A3A.art Bpoetry Cdrama Dliterature解析：根据该句中的“both his father and his brother were painters”可推知，他从他的家人那
21、里继承了在艺术方面卓越的鉴赏力。故选A。答案：A4A.carried on Bdecided on Cput on Dbased on解析：根据该句中的but以及下文中的as his literary life可知，他最终选择了文学。decide on意为“决定，选定”，符合语境，故选B。A项意为“继续做，坚持干”；C项意为“穿上，上演”。答案：B5.A.regularly Binstantly Cparticularly Dfinally解析：根据下文表述的Yeats在戏剧和诗歌方面的成就可知，他最终选择了文学，尤其是戏剧和诗歌。故选C。答案：C6.A.desire Benergy Cacc
22、ess Dfaith解析：根据下文中的founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s并结合语境可知，Yeats坚信新的艺术运动的到来。have faith in sth.意为“对有信心”，故选D。答案：D7.A.fresh Bstupid Csmall Dsimple解析：根据后一句中的his early theatrical experiments并结合上文中的“new”可推知，在19世纪90年代末，他把设立爱尔兰国家剧院作为新的(fresh)任务。答案：A8.A.therefore Bhowever Cbesides Dotherw
23、ise解析：根据该句中的“were not received _9_ at the beginning”以及后一句中的“He didnt lose heart”可知，此处表示转折，表示“然而，他早期的戏剧实验在一开始并未受到好评”，故选B。答案：B9A.possibly Bhonorably Cfavorably Ddoubtfully解析：参见上题解析。be received favorably表示受到好评，故选C。答案：C10A.failure Bfame Cpleasure Dsuccess解析：根据空前的“He didnt lose heart，and finally enjoyed”
24、可知，他的诗剧最终获得了成功。故选D。答案：D11A.Connected BOccupied CCompared DTired解析：根据该句中的“Yeatss poems attract much _12_ notice”可知，与他的戏剧作品相比，Yeats的诗歌引人注目，得到很多赞赏。答案：C12A.admiring Bamusing Camazing Denvying解析：参见上题解析。admiring意为“赞美的，钦佩的”。答案：A13A.finished Bproduced Ccreated Dprogressed解析：根据本句中的“his poetry grew finer and
25、richer”可知，此处表示随着他的文学生活的进展，故选D。答案：D14A.reward Bspread Crecognition Dassessment解析：根据语境可知，随着他的文学生活的进展，他的诗歌变得更完善、更丰富，这使他得到了全世界的认可(recognition)。答案：C 15.A.enjoyed Baccepted Cpurchased Dtaken解析：根据后一句“Yet，he _17_ writing almost to the end of his life.”和语境可知，自从他1923年获得诺贝尔奖，就再也没有享受过重要的公共生活，故选A。答案：A16.A.before
26、 Bsince Cuntil Dafter解析：参见上题解析。答案：B17.A.abandoned Bcontinued Cappreciated Drecommended解析：根据该句中的“almost to the end of his life”并结合下文表述的Yeats最伟大的作品产生于其晚年时期可知，此处指他几乎一直写作到生命的尽头，故选B。答案：B18.A.respected Badmired Cregarded Dfavored解析：根据语境可知，如果Yeats在40岁时停止写作，他现在可能会被视为一个小诗人。be regarded as表示“被视为”，故选C。答案：C19.A.
27、prohibits Battempts Crecommends Dproduces解析：根据语境并结合常识可知，在文学史上没有其他例子表明，一个诗人在50岁到75岁之间创作出了他最伟大的作品。故选D。答案：D20.A.appealed Badvocated Cadvanced Dhonored解析：根据语境并结合上文的内容可知，此处为W.H.Auden写的悼念诗，称Yeats为尊贵的客人，故选D。答案：DCWhen our girls are brave, they are free to explore in their learning and in life.That explorati
28、on leads to the _1_ of their talents and passions.On Saturday night we saw one of our students act so bravely that it took my _2_ away.One of the lead characters of our show, Blue Stockings, was played by a science teacher, Ben Walker._3_， Ben broke his nose very badly when playing football on Satur
29、day and consequently couldnt _4_.Ella Jones, a Year 11 student and part of the cast, who _5_ to rest on Saturday, was _6_ to play Bens role.Think about that.She had three hours _7_， playing a role of a _8_ she had never played before, in front of the audience who paid for it.And if she couldnt _9_，
30、the impact of the whole play would be diminished (减弱)It was not the end of the world, but it would be _10_ for all concerned.I would have _11_.But Ella rose to the _12_.She said, “I was astonished; _13_， I figured the show must go on and I wanted to _14_.I wasnt scared _15_ I arrived at the theatre
31、and realized how much there was to _16_.It wasnt just about lines, but it was about the stagecraft (舞台表演技巧)I was_17_ about the other actors because I know how _18_ it is to perform a role with someone who isnt as invested, especially if it is an emotional scene.”Asked how the show _19_， Ella said, “
32、It was amazing, and the audience seemed to love the male character I played for the first time.” She added, “Just because youre scared doesnt mean you cant be _20_.Anyway, I made it.”语篇解读作者参加了一个名为Blue Stockings的演出，有一位叫Ben Walker的科学老师在其中扮演一个主要的角色。不幸的是，这位科学老师在踢足球时弄伤了鼻子，而碰巧休息的Ella Jones被拉来替演。面对时间紧、任务重、
33、台词记忆和舞台表演技巧不足以及女扮男装等困难，Ella Jones勇于接受挑战，并成功地完成了演出。1A.discovery Bchange Cgrowth Dcontrol解析：根据下文讲述的Ella勇敢接受挑战，并最终成功地完成了演出可知，当女孩勇敢时，她们会在学习和生活中自由地探索，这种探索可以发现她们的才华和热情。答案：A2A.pain Bbreath Cfaith Dconcern解析：根据该句中的act so bravely以及下文表述的Ella勇于接受挑战可知，Ella的勇敢表现令作者惊叹不已。take sb.s breath away “令某人惊叹”。答案：B3A.Secret
34、ly BHopefully CUnsurprisingly DUnfortunately解析：根据空后的“Ben broke his nose very badly”可知，这是一件非常不幸的事情。D项意为“不幸地”，符合语境。答案：D4A.coach Bperform Csurvive Dretire解析：根据语境可知，Ben伤到了鼻子，因此他无法演出了。答案：B5A.refused Bdecided Chappened Dpromised解析：根据下文表述的Ella接受挑战并成功地完成了表演可推知，碰巧休息的Ella被要求去饰演Ben的角色。happen to do sth.“碰巧做某事”。
35、答案：C6A.asked Bforced Ctrained Dreminded解析：参见上题解析。答案：A7A.wait Binterval Cnotice Djudgment解析：根据上文中的on Saturday night以及playing football on Saturday可知，Ben周六踢球时伤了鼻子，而演出是在周六晚上，并结合语境可推知，Ella提前三个小时接到了替演通知。three hours notice表示“提前三个小时的通知”。答案：C8A.director Bwoman Cman Dteacher解析：根据最后一段第一句中的“the audience seemed
36、to love the male character I played”可知，Ella扮演的是一个男性角色。答案：C9A.take it away Blook it up Cmake it out Dcarry it off解析：根据空后的“the impact of the whole play would be diminished”可推知，如果她不能成功地完成演出，整部剧的影响将减弱。carry sth.off “成功地完成”符合语境。答案：D10A.encouraging Bdisappointing Crewarding Damusing解析：根据语境可知，不能成功地完成演出并不是世
37、界末日，但是对有关各方来说，这将是令人失望的。答案：B11A.run Bagreed Cshared Dfailed解析：根据上文讲到的那么多困难并结合语境可知，这里作者想表达的是如果替演的人是自己，自己会逃跑。答案：A12A.power Bchallenge Cdanger Dthreat解析：根据该句中的but的转折并结合下文的内容可知，Ella接受了这个挑战。rise to the challenge表示“迎接挑战”。答案：B13A.besides Btherefore Chowever Dinstead解析：根据语境可知，尽管Ella感到很吃惊，但她还是接受了安排；空处前后形成了转折关
38、系，故选C。答案：C14A.win Bquit Cresist Dhelp解析：根据该句中的“I figured the show must go on”可知，Ella想要帮忙。答案：D15A.until Bunless Cafter Dwhen解析：结合该句中的“I wasnt scared”“realized how much there was”以及语境可推知，Ella到达剧场后才开始感到害怕。not.until“直到才”。答案：A16A.put away Bhand in Cwork out Dtake over解析：空后一句表述它不仅仅是关于台词，还和舞台表演技巧有关，结合语境可知，
39、Ella意识到需要应付很多事情。work out“应付，解决”符合语境。A项意为“将收起”；B项意为“提交，上交”；D项意为“接替，接任”。 答案：C17A.doubtful Bconfident Ccurious Dworried解析：根据该句中的“to perform a role with someone who isnt as invested，especially if it is an emotional scene”可知，Ella担心其他演员，因为她知道和一个临时替演的人在一起演出有多难。答案：D18A.easy Btough Cembarrassing Dinteresting解析：参见上题解析。tough“艰难的”，符合语境。答案：B19A.sounded Bimproved Cstarted Dwent解析：根据该段Ella所说的话可知，此处应是演出后Ella被问到演出的进展情况。go“进展，进行”，符合语境。答案：D20A.brave Bproud Ccalm Dshy解析：此处与第一段中的“When our girls are brave”呼应，升华文章主题，故选A。答案：A