1、2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破：完形填空1.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。Do you often allow other peoples nonsense words to influence your feeling? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter, rude boss, or an insensitive employee _36_ your day?Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson in the back of a New Y
2、ork City taxi cabOne day I was in a taxi and we headed 37 the airportWe were driving in the 38 lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of usMy taxi driver slammed on（猛踩）his 39 , slid sideways, and at the very last moment our car stopped and 40 the other car by just
3、 inches ! The driver of the other car , the guy who almost caused a big accident, looked around and started 41 at usMy taxi driver just 42 and waved at the guyAnd I mean, he was 43 , so I said, Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital! This is when my tax
4、i driver taught me what I now call The Law of the Garbage Truck He said, “ Many people are like garbage trucksThey run around full of 44 , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointmentAs their garbage 45 up, they need a place to dump（丢弃,倾倒） it and sometimes theyll dump it on _ 46 Do
5、nt take it personally; Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move onBelieve meYoull be _47 So I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and 48 it to other people at work, at home, or on the street? It was then that I said, I dont w
6、ant their garbage and Im not going to spread it any more”Lifes too short to wake up in the morning with 49 . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on whats_50_in your life. Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University, found in his extensive research that y
7、ou 5l bad things more often than good things in your lifeYou store the bad memories more easily, and you 52 them more frequentlySo love the people who treat you rightIgnore the ones who dontLife is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you 53 it ! The odds（情势，胜算）are against you when a
8、Garbage Truck comes your way, but when you follow The Law of the Garbage Truck, you take back control of your lifeYou make room for the good by 54 go of the badHave a Garbage-Free Day ! Have a marvelous, garbage-free day ! The seeds you plant today 55 the harvest36Aruin Benrich C spare D obtain37A t
9、hrough Bfor C in Dto38Alatter Bfree C opposite Dright 39Awindow B doorCbrakesD seat40A knocked B overtook ClostDmissed 41Alaughing Bthrowing Cyelling Dglancing42Asmiled Bwondered C ignoredD guessed43Aangry Bfriendly C tired D. disappointed44Aexpectation Bgarbage CpassengersD goods45Apiles Bpushes C
10、holdsDturns46Aroads Bchildren CdustbinDyou47Aupset Bpitiful ChappierD frightened48Aexplain BshareCspreadD contribute49Asurprise Bregrets C doubtDpleasure50Afunny Bembarrassing C. strange D. important 51Avalue BforgetCrememberD appreciate52Arecall B exchange CenjoyD imagine 53Atake BinspireC mendD no
11、tice54Aconsisting Bletting C makingD dreaming55Adistinguish Bdeserve C deliverD determine2.I remember my first Christmas party with GrandmaI remember the day when my big sister dropped the bomb: “There is no SantaClaus,” she laughed“Even dummies know that!”I fled to Grandma because I knew she always
12、 told me 21 After I told her everything, she said “No Santa Claus? Dont believe it. Now, 22 your coat, and lets go.”“Go? Go where?” I asked“Where” 23 to be the General StoreAs we walked through its doors, Grandma 24 me ten dollarsThat was a lot in those days“Take this money and buy something for 25
13、needs itIll wait for you in the car” The store seemed big and 26 , full of people hurrying to finish their Christmas shoppingFor a few moments I just stood there, 27 , holding that bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it forSuddenly I thought of Bobbie who sat right behind meI rememb
14、ered he didnt have a coatI fingered the bill with growing 28 I would buy Bobbie a coat“Is this a Christmas present for someone?” the lady behind the 29 asked me kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down“Yes,” I replied shyly“Itsfor Bobbie.”The nice lady smiled at meI didnt get any 30 , but she put the c
15、oat in a bag and wished me a Merry ChristmasThat evening, Grandma helped me 31 the coat and wrote, “To Bobby, From Santa Claus” on itThen she 32 me over to Bobbies houseGrandma parked down the street from Bobbies house, and she and I crept 33 and hid in the 34 Then Grandma gave me a sign“All right,
16、Santa Claus, get going”I took a deep 35 , dashed for his front door, threw the present down, pounded his doorbell and flew back to the safetyTogether we 36 breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to openFinally it 37 , and there stood BobbieForty years havent dimmed the thrill of those 38 sp
17、ent shivering, beside my grandma, in Bobbies bushes 39 , I realized: Santa was alive and well, and we were 40 his team21.Athe reasonBmany thingsCstories Dthe truth22.Aput on Bput away Cput up Dput down23.Aused Bturned out Cfound out Dturned up24.Alent Btook Cpaid Dhanded25.Aanyone Bwhomever Csomeone
18、 who Dthose who26.Acrowded Bvaried Cnoisy Dconvenient 27.AsatisfiedBconfused Ccurious Damazed28.Aworry Bdisappointment Chappiness Dexcitement29.Acounter Bdesk Cshelf Dgoods30.Amoney Bgifts Cchange Dencouragement 31.Amake Bwrap Cundo Ddesign32.Adrove Btook Cled Dasked33.Aquickly Bpainfully Cnervously
19、 Dnoiselessly34.Abushes Bdarkness Cdoorway Dcar35.AcourageBlook Cstep Dbreath36.Awaited Bwhispered Ccrept Dstood37.Acame Bsounded Cdid Dappeared38.Amoments Bdays Ctime Dpeople39.AToday BThat year CThat night DSince then40.Aon Bfor Cat Dof3.阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Years ago a fa
20、rmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for 36._ hands. Most people were reluctant（不情愿） to work on 37._ along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful 38._that raged across the Atlantic， wreaking havoc（浩劫，灾难） on the buildings and crops. As the farmer 39._ applicants for the
21、 job，he 40._ a steady stream of refusals.41._， a short， thin man， well past middle age， approached the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand？” the farmer asked him.“Well， I can 42._ when the wind blows，” answered the 43._ man.Although 44._ by this answer， the farmer， desperate（不顾一切的） for 45._， hired him.
22、 The man worked well around the farm， 46._ from dawn to dusk， and the farmer felt satisfied with the mans work.Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. 47._ out of bed， the farmer grabbed（抓起） a lantern and 48._ next door to the hired hands sleeping quarters. He 49._ the little man and
23、 yelled， “Get up！ A storm is coming！ Tie things down before they blow away！”The little man 50_ in bed and said 51._， “No sir. I told you， I can sleep when the wind blows.”Enraged by the response， the farmer was tempted to 52._ him on the spot. Instead， he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To
24、 his 53._， he discovered that all of the haystacks（干草垛） had been covered with tarpaulins（油布）. The cows were in the barn， the chickens were in the coops（鸡笼）， and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away.The farmer then understood what
25、 his hired hand 54._， so he returned to his bed to also sleep 55._ the wind blew.36.A.hired B.applied C.took D.got37.A.field B.garden C.farm D.park38.A.winds B.storms C.huricane D.flood39.A.interviewed B.trained C.saw D.visited 40.A.accepted B.received C.refused D.offered41.A.Surprisingly B.Luckily
26、C.Obviously D.Finally42.A.work B.do C.sleep D.help 43.A.strong B.young C.little D.kind44.A.pleased B.satisfied C.surprised D.puzzled45.A.help B.pleasure C.man D.work46.A.happy B.sad C.tired D.busy47.A.Coming B.Leaving C.Jumping D.Going48.A.ran B.rushed C.went D.moved49.A.beat B.shook C.shouted D.str
27、oke50.A.put on B.rolled over C.got up D.sat51.A.firmly B.happily C.delightly D.angrily52.A.kill B.instruct C.fire D.inform53.A.surprise B.joy C.regret D.sadness54.A.expected B.prepared C.offered D.meant55.A.when B.as C.after D.while4.阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。Every night, my mother w
28、ould come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my foreheadI dont remember when it first started 36 me - her hands pushing my hair that way But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and 37 against my young skin Finally, one night, I shouted at her: “Don t
29、do that anymore -your 38 are too rough！ She didn t say anything in 39 But never again did my mother close out my day with that _40 expression of her loveTime after time, with the 41 years, my thoughts returned to that night Im not a little girl any more Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands
30、 I 42 thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my 43 .Now, my own children are 44 Mom no longer has Dad It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand 45 before stealing across my face to brush the 46 from my forehead Then a kiss,
31、 ever so _47 touched my brow In my 48 , thousands of times, I 49the night my young voice complained50 .Moms hand in hand, I said how 51 I was for that night I thought shed remember, as I did,_52 Mom didnt know what I was talking about She had forgottenand 53 long agoThat night, I fell asleep with a
32、new 54 for my gentle mother and her caring hands And the 55 I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found36A surprising B hurting C annoying D amazing37A rough B gentle C smooth D strong38A noises B words C feelings D hands39A anger B silence C reply D fear40A healthy B familiar C popular
33、 D perfect41A coming B remaining C following D passing42A often B even C never D once43A family B neighbor C husband D child44A developed B grown C moved D forgotten45A imagined B hesitated C regretted D trembled46A hair B tears C dirt D kisses47A quickly B roughly C gently D slowly48A memory B opin
34、ion C history D diary49A chanced B missed C hated D recalled50A Beating B Picking C Catching D Stopping51A happy B sorry C annoyed D amused52A and B faded C because D but53A remembered B while Cforgiven D apologized54A hope B appreciation C thought D approval55A guilt B pride C sorrow D failure5.I w
35、as feeling a little blue. My mother had been laid off from her job, but she said she was OK since her boss wasnt the nicest person 36 .I got off the college bus and started walking. Thats 37 I heard piano music and singing rising above the 38 of the people and the traffic. I walked a little slower 3
36、9 I could find out where it was coming from. 40 the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a 41 next to her, singing songs about love. The way she was singing 42 me a bit. I stood there watching her 43 for about fifteen minutes, thinking that it must take 44 to perform on her own in public
37、.Feeling my presence, she looked in my 45 . I walked over and put some money in her carriage. “I have been going through a 46 time lately, but youve made me hopeful again.”Im happy that I could 47 . Why are you so sad?Well, my mum had got 48 from her job, but Im not sure what to do.”You see, the way
38、 you were 49 , she explained. “Dont look defeated, 50 come in different ways. If your head is down you might never see it. Smile more . 51 your head up.I smiled slightly, amazed by how she was 52 me.“Why are you playing here?” I asked.“I am not making music. I study psychology. I often see many 53 p
39、eople and hope to relieve their 54 and make them think positively by sharing music.”I smiled a little wider. She was doing a good thing. My heart was touched by a 55 soul.36. A. insteadB. somehowC. anywayD. either37. A. sinceB. whenC. beforeD. after38. A. noiseB. viewC. sceneD. hurry39. A. butB. yet
40、C. orD. so40. A. AcrossB. AlongC. BesideD. Through41. A. plateB. carriageC. basketD. bowl42. A. discouraged B. disturbed C. shockedD. comforted43. A. playingB. beggingC. dancingD. refreshing44. A. imageB. beliefC. courageD. time45. A. instructionB. directionC. operationD. intention46. A. peacefulB.
41、niceC. roughD. pleasure47. A. workB. improveC. standD. help48. A. lostB. firedC. stuckD. tired49. A. sighingB. listeningC. walkingD. talking50. A. Opportunities B. PossibilitiesC. Performances D. Experiences51. A. dropB. liftC. pickD. knock52. A. depressingB. encouragingC. frighteningD. surprising53
42、. A. activeB. thoughtfulC. negativeD. surprising54. A. painB. sightC. respectD. attention55. A. classicalB. seriousC. curiousD. musical试卷答案1.36-40 ABDCD 41-45 CABBA 46-50 DCCBD 51-55 CAABD2.21-25 DABDC 26-30 ABDAC 31-35 BADAD 36-40 ACACA3.36-40 ACBAB 41-45 DCCDA 46-50 DCBBB 51-55 ACADD4.36-40 CADCB 41-45 DDABB 46-50 ACADC 51-55 BDCBA5.3640 CBADD 4145 BDACB 4650 CDBCA 5155 BBCAD6.36-40 BCADC 41-45 ADBDC 46-50 ADBAC 51-55 BABCD版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()