1、语言朋友(12)完形填空When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”At the _1_ of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I _2_ a job advertisement hiring park hosts.The position offered a _3_， permanent campsite in the park, and _4_， the hosts serve
2、d as a link between the parks guests and the rangers (护林人)It was the perfect solution: a rentfree place to reorganize our lives.We entered the park and I made an _5_ for the following day.The park was _6_， so it took us some time to find an available site.That evening, as we finished our dinner, my
3、wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table.We _7_ climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to_8_ our camp.Having survived that night, we were _9_ that everything else would be all right.The next day we met with the people who ran the park.They explained our _
4、10_and gave us a beautiful campsite.That evening，_11_， we learned about the canyon _12_.They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay _13_ in the dark until the winds died away._14_ the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and_15_the little mone
5、y my wife _16_by substitute teaching.Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful_17_.For a time after our business_18_ I thought I might lose my family as well.Living in the tiny_19_ with no television, we sat close together reading and talki
6、ng.One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself _20_ for all the hardships.We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls.We had become a family! 解题导语：作者经营餐厅失败以后，全家坐着一辆货车去德克萨斯州重新开始生活。在一个野生公园里，他得到了一份工作和免费的宿营地。在经历了这一系列的苦难之后，他意识到正是这些苦难让他们团结成一家人。1A.back BedgeCcentre Dentrance解析：根据常识可
7、知，通常广告都要贴在人流量较大的地方。entrance“入口处”符合语境。答案：D2A.sponsored BpublishedCnoticed Danswered解析：sponsor“赞助，倡议”；publish “出版，发行”；notice “注意到”；answer “回答”；选C表示“我”注意到了这则广告。答案：C3A.safe BfreeCconvenient Dbeautiful解析：根据下文“a rentfree place”可知选B。句意：这个职位给我们在公园里提供了一个免费的永久的居住营地。答案：B4A.in return Bin timeCin short Din turn解
8、析：根据上下文可知，对方给我们提供了免费的营地，作为回报，“我”要充当游客和护林人之间联系的纽带。答案：A5A.attempt BagreementCappeal Dappointment解析：根据下文“The next day we met with the people who ran the park”可知“我”和对方约好第二天见面。make an appointment“约定”。答案：D6A.crowded BdangerousCideal Dquiet解析：根据下文的“it took us some time to find an available site”可知很多人都在这里宿营
9、，说明这个野生公园很拥挤。答案：A7A.repeatedly BimmediatelyCeventually Dcalmly解析：根据常识，应选immediately“立刻”。句意：那天晚上当我们吃饭的时候，两只很大的臭鼬朝我们的桌子走了过来，我们立刻爬到桌子上去了。答案：B8A.attack BleaveCpass Dsearch解析：根据常识可知，此处应指我们等着这两只臭鼬离开。其他选项不符合语境。答案：B9A.satisfied BdeterminedCconfident Daware解析：根据后半句“everything else would be all right”可知，我们有信心
10、这之后其他的事情都会很顺利的。故选C。答案：C10A.responsibilities BrequirementsCcircumstances Dconditions解析：responsibilities“责任”；requirements“要求”；circumstances “情况”；conditions“条件”。根据第二段内容可知，此处应是公园经营者说明了“我”的工作职责。答案：A11A.moreover BthereforeCmeanwhile Dhowever解析：根据下文“They were strong and cold”可知峡谷里的风又大又冷，这和美丽的峡谷相反，是我们没有预料到的
11、事情，所以选however表示转折。答案：D12A.winds BsnowsCwoods Dtrails解析：根据下文“until the winds died away”可知本段叙述的是峡谷的风。答案：A13A.shaking BquarrellingCmourning Daching解析：根据上文“They were strong and cold”风很大很冷可知，我们躺在黑暗里因为寒冷而浑身发抖。故选A。答案：A14A.After BBetweenCDuring DBeyond解析：句意：在接下来的几个星期里，我们学会了如何在货车里生活。答案：C15A.give away Bhand o
12、utClive on Dput aside 解析：give away“赠送，泄露，出卖”；hand out “分发”；live on “靠生活”；put aside “整理，放在一边”。根据上文可知，此处指在接下来的几个星期里我们靠妻子做代课教师挣得的一点钱生活。答案：C16A.borrowed BearnedCposted Draised解析：参见第15题解析。答案：B17A.business BcareerCfamily Dimage解析：根据下文“I thought I might lose my family as well”可知经营餐厅失败让“我”没有时间来经营家庭。故选C。答案：C
13、18A.started BfailedCexpanded Ddeclined解析：根据文章第一段“When our restaurant business failed.”可知选B。本句指这次失败让“我”感觉也许会失去自己的家庭。答案：B19A.truck BparkChouse Dcamp解析：根据文章第一句“we headed north in a camping truck to Texas”和第五段“rocking our little camping truck violently”可知，我们是生活在一辆货车里。答案：A20A.desperate BreadyCsuitable Dt
14、hankful解析：句意：一天晚上站在满天的星星下面，“我”认为自己应该感谢经历的这些苦难，因为我们在困难中成为真正的一家人。答案：D语法填空A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of their marriage.21._ the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open.He was late for work, so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep 22._
15、in the cupboard.His wife, busy in the kitchen，23._ (total) forgot about the open medicine bottle.The boy saw the bottle and drank it all.It happened to be a poisonous medicine 24._ (mean) for adults in a low dosage (剂量)When the child collapsed (晕倒), the mother hurriedly sent him to the hospital, whe
16、re he died.The mother was shocked and didnt know 25._ to face her husband.When the father came to the hospital, he said to his wife，“I am with you, darling.” The child could never be brought back 26._ life.There was no point in finding fault with the mother.Besides, if only he 27._ (take) time to ke
17、ep the bottle away, this would not have happened.No one was to blame.She had lost her only child too.What she needed at that moment was sympathy from the husband.That was exactly 28._ he gave her.If everyone can look at life like this, there would be much 29._ (few) problems in the world.“A journey
18、of a thousand miles begins 30._ a single step.” Take off all your selfishness and fears, and you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think.解题导语：亲人之间出现问题时，如果非要弄清该谁对此负责，人们就会错失了温情。21解析：根据语境可知，此处填连词when，引导时间状语从句。答案：When22解析：此处填代词it，指代上文提到的“a medicine bottle”。答案：it23解析：此处应填副词修饰动词forgot。
19、答案：totally24解析：分析句子结构可知，此处应填非谓语动词作后置定语，修饰medicine。be meant for sb.为常用表达法，意思是“为某人准备的”。答案：meant25解析：根据语境可知，此处应填how，构成“疑问词不定式”结构，作动词know的宾语。答案：how26解析：bring sb.back to life为固定搭配，意为“使某人复活”。答案：to27解析：分析句子结构可知，此处用虚拟语气表示与过去的事实相反，故用过去完成时。答案：had taken28解析：分析句子结构可知，此处应填what，引导表语从句，并在从句中作宾语。答案：what29解析：根据语境可知，此处填形容词的比较级形式。另外，空格前的much也是修饰比较级的。答案：fewer30解析：此处填介词with，构成短语begin with，意思是“以开始”。答案：with
