1、2016高考英语短二轮：完形填空练习（4）及答案完形填空填空练习阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B. C和D中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I grew up poor living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had 36 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was 37 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was,
2、 they could 38 afford a dream.My dream was to be a 39 . When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety mile per hour fastball. I was also 40 : my high school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who 41 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular 42 with him ch
3、anged my life forever.It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 43 . This meant a chance for my first income cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 44 of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 45 at it.Then I realized I would have to 4
4、6 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldnt be playing. I was 47 about this.When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 48 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your 49 days are limited. You cant afford to waste t
5、hem.”I stood before him with my head 50 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 51 his disappointment in me.“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.“$ 3.25 an hour,” I replied.“Well, is $ 3.25 an hour
6、the price of a 52 ?” he asked.That 53 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to 54 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the
7、 55 of my dreams.36Asome Blittle Cno Dmuch37AhappyBlovelyCAngry Dnoisy38Aonly Bever Cstill Dalmost39AteacherBcoach Cdoctor Dsportsman40Alucky BsatisfiedChopeful Dsurprised41AtaughtBasked Ctold Dtrained42AmatchBStory Cmoment Dincident43Ajob Bcamp Choliday Dcourse44Acause BstartCneed Damount45Astand B
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9、study BsportsChomework Dbusiness55AclothesBbike Chouse Dgoods【参考答案】3655、BACDA ADABD DCABB CACBC完形填空填空练习阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 2 : giving-away m
10、akes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you 2 money.This is how I 3 with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 4 to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the 5 . If an accident takes place, the 6 of which I think the local police could use
11、, I 7 him up and tell him about it, though I am not in 8 here. One discovery I made about this world is to give 9 getting something back, though the 10 often comes in an unexpected form.One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important 11 letter to my home, though it was 12 to me at my
12、 office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 13 . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was 14 . I was told at the window that there were 15 boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long 16 list. As I was about to 17 , the postmaster appeared in the 18 .“Wasnt
13、 it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office 19 we make one for you. You dont know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get 20 but complaints（投诉）.”( ) 1Adecis
14、ionBresearchCspeechDdiscovery( ) 2AearnBlackCspendDsteal( ) 3AexperiencedBconnectedCcombinedDagreed( ) 4AhappensBflashesCsticksDleads( ) 5ApostmasterBheadmasterCstorekeeperDpoliceman( ) 6AstoryBdamageCchallengeDmaterial( ) 7AcallBholdCbreakDpick( ) 8AneedBtroubleCcommonDcharge( ) 9AwithinBwithoutCfo
15、rDbefore( ) 10AprocessBgoalCreturnDconcern( ) 11AcuriousBimmediateCspecialDheavy( ) 12ArealizedBaddressedCforgottenDbrought( ) 13AinvitationBapologyCinstructionDappreciation( ) 14AdealingBprovidingCoperatingDstarting( ) 15AenoughBsomeCnoDmore( ) 16AadmittingBrelatingCexaminingDwaiting( ) 17AleaveBsh
16、outCguessDconduct( ) 18AwindowBdoorwayClibraryDyard( ) 19Ain case Bnow thatCeven ifDas if( ) 20AanythingBeverythingCnothing Dsomething答案解析 1.【答案】D【解析】本句句意为：像很多人一样，我生来就认为生活就是获得，直到三十多岁的时候才发现，放弃或给予也会使得生活如此精彩。再者，后文也提到了这种发现。2.【答案】B【解析】你缺钱也无须担心，因为生活并不只是一味的索取。3.【答案】A【解析】下文列举的事例都是作者生活中经历的事情。4.【答案】B【解析】本句主语为
17、 an idea。主意在某人脑海中闪现用flash 。happen to 发生在某人身上；stick to坚持; lead to导致，其宾语一般不为人。5.【答案】C【解析】根据前文提到的neighborhood store可知答案。6.【答案】A【解析】story故事，事情。出现事故，警察应了解事情的经过真相。damage 破坏；challenge 挑战；material物质，材料。7.【答案】A【解析】根据后文tell him about it 可知作者是打电话告诉警察事情的经过。8.【答案】D【解析】作者虽然不负责这里的事情，但他却主动帮助警察了解事故经过。9.【答案】B【解析】上文列举
18、的事例都表明作者想主动帮助别人而不希望得到什么。10.【答案】C【解析】return回报。根据转折连词though和下文所列举的事例表明，帮助别人有时候在不经意时也会得到回报。11.【答案】C【解析】根据下文的postmaster说的话中可知答案。12.【答案】B【解析】address此处为动词，注明的地址。信上标明收信人的地址是我办公室的地址，但邮递员却把它送到了我的家里。13.【答案】D【解析】appreciation欣赏，赞赏。邮递员把本来该送到办公室的信送到家里，人们通常只会责备他们，而作者却与此相反，非但没有责备，而是写了一封表扬信。他也因此得到了回报。14.【答案】D【解析】本句为
19、定语从句，横线上所缺动词的宾语为new business 。deal 为不及物动词，故排除。作者开办了一项新的业务。15.【答案】C【解析】结合上下文可知，邮局里已没有剩余的邮箱，但作者原来无意的付出却使得邮递员愿意为他做一个。16.【答案】D【解析】邮局里没有剩余的邮箱，要想安装邮箱，只能等到有的时候。17.【答案】A【解析】作者被告知已没有邮箱，只好离开。18.【答案】B【解析】根据故事发生的地点，可排除C，D。另外，根据介词in排除A项。作者正要离开，邮递员在门口拦住了他。19.【答案】C【解析】本句句意为在这个邮局里，你应该得到一个邮箱，即便是我们给你做一个。in case以防; no
20、w that既然,因为；as if 好像。20.【答案】C【解析】本题考查not but结构。不是而是。邮递员从顾客那里一般不会得到任何东西，只有抱怨。完形填空填空练习阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。One of the political issues that is heard a lot about in the States lately is campaign（竞选）finance reform（改革）. The people who are 1 for reform usually want the 2 to pay for campai
21、gns and/or limit the amount of money that candidates（候选人）and their 3 can spend.One reason that reform is called for is that it costs so much to 4 for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effort 5 money. The incumbents (those already in office) have less time to do chie
22、f jobs since they must 6 so many money raising events.Another 7 is the fear that candidates will be owned or 8 by the “special interest groups” that give money to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the 9 .On the 10 side are those who say that it doesnt mean its really 11 just beca
23、use you call something “reform”. They argue that the right to freedom of speech is 12 if the government can limit anyones ability to get his or her message out to the people.If one person or a group of people want to tell the 13 what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to buy14 on TV,
24、radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to put up advertisements along highways and on websites. All this costs a lot of15 .Those against laws that control or limit spending say that you dont really have freedom of 16 or freedom of the press if you cant get your message out. They say
25、 the government should never be able to control 17 discussions. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make 18 .What do you think about this 19 ? Listen to what the candidates for national office have to say. Which candidates 20 the most sense to you?( ) 1AwaitingBcall
26、ingCstandingDpreparing( ) 2AgovernmentBpresidentCcandidatesDcitizens( ) 3AleadersBbossesCsupportersDstates( ) 4ApayBcompeteCwaitDwork( ) 5AraisingBearningCgivingDgetting( ) 6AnoticeBreportCguardDattend( ) 7AeventBcostCreasonDoffice( ) 8AencouragedBforcedCcontrolledDordered( ) 9AjokeBpurposeCcaseDexa
27、mple( ) 10AotherBsameCanotherDdifferent( ) 11AworseBbetterCeasierDharder( ) 12AmeaninglessBunimportantCunnecessaryDimpossible( ) 13AreportersBtruthCstoryDpublic( ) 14AtimeBcopies CrightsDadvertising( ) 15AenergyBeffortCtimeDmoney( ) 16AargumentBopinionCspeechDelection( ) 17AcommonBpoliticalCgeneralD
28、special( ) 18AprofitBtroubleCplansDdecisions( ) 19AquarrelBproblemCissueDaffair( ) 20AfindBmakeCcreateDproduce答案解析 1.【答案】B【解析】根据第二段第一句话可得知答案。call for号召。2.【答案】A【解析】根据下文支持改革和持反对意见的人的观点及其原因可知答案。3.【答案】C【解析】根据常识可知，西方国家每次竞选，候选人及其支持者都会花大量的钱进行宣传。4.【答案】B【解析】候选人及其支持者花费如此多的钱就是为了竞争政府的某个职位。5.【答案】A【解析】raise money
29、募集资金。竞选者要竞选成功，得需要大量的资金用于宣传。因此竞选之前要想方设法募集资金。根据后一句中的money raising events也可得知答案。6.【答案】D【解析】候选人在募集资金的过程中会出现很多问题，出现问题政府工作人员就要进行协调，他们可能因为解决这些问题而无暇顾及自己的主要工作。attend此处为负责，处理。7.【答案】C【解析】上文提到了改革的一个原因，本段是解释另一个原因。8.【答案】C【解析】own与control同义，控制。9.【答案】C【解析】case情况。本段解释的是一些人主张改革的原因，是担心候选人因为钱而受到某个组织的控制。他们之所以担心是因为有时候情况就是
30、这样。10.【答案】A【解析】上文所列举的是一些人主张改革的原因。本句起承上启下的作用，引出站在另一方立场上的人的观点及其原因。11.【答案】B【解析】本句句意为：你称呼某些东西为改革，而改革未必就是好的。12.【答案】A【解析】如果政府能限制人对外界进行宣传，那么人的言论自由权就变的名存实亡，毫无意义了。13.【答案】D【解析】联系上文及常识可知，如果要想竞选成功，候选人或某个组织必须对公众进行宣传，获得群众的支持和选票。14.【答案】D【解析】结合句意及常识可知，要想宣传自己的观点或看法，必须在媒体上大肆宣传，而宣传的主要途径就是广告。15.【答案】D【解析】要想在媒体上宣传，必须做大量的广告，而广告势必需要大量的资金做后盾。16.【答案】C【解析】根据第四段最后一句话可得知答案。17.【答案】B【解析】本篇介绍的是关于候选人所用奖金的改革问题，都是关于政治方面的问题。反对人士认为政府不能限制人的言论自由，不能限制人们在政治方面的谈论自由。18.【答案】D【解析】本句与上一句为递进关系。意为：政府更不能干涉人们决定赞成哪位候选人。19.【答案】C【解析】本句为本段的总结句，与第一段首句相对应。20.【答案】B【解析】make sense有意义，有道理。
