1、2014届高考英语一轮复习自选训练 完形填空42One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked 36 better than driving our truck, 37 this time I was not happy. My father had told me Id have to ask for credit(赊账) at the store.Sixteen is a 38 age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was
2、1976, and the ugly 39 of racial discrimination was 40 a fact of life. Id seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner 41 whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were 42 like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery
3、.My family was 43 . We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner 44 us ?At Daviss store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded 45 I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my 46 to the caskh desk, I said 47 , “I need
4、 to put this on credit.”The farmer gave me and amused, distrustful 48 . But Bucks face didnt change. “Sure,” he said 49 . “Your daddy is 50 good for it.” He 51 to the other man. “This here is one of James Williamss sons.”The farmer nodded in a neighborly 52 . I was filled with pride. James Williams
5、son. Those three words had opened a door to an adults respect and trust.That day I discovered that the good name my parents had 53 brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to 54 from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself 55 much to do wr
6、ong.36. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything37. A. and B. so C. but D. for38. A. prideful B. wonderful C. respectful D. colorful39. A. intention B. shadow C. habit D. faith40. A. thus B. just C. still D. ever41. A. guessed B. suspected C. questioned D. figured42. A. watched B. caught C.
7、 dismissed D. accused43. A. generous B. honest C. friendly D. modest44. A. blame B. excuse C. charge D. trust45. A. until B. as C. once D. since46. A. purchases B. sales C. orders D. favorites47. A. casually B. confidently C. cheerfully D. carefully48. A. look B. stare C. response D. comment49. A. p
8、atiently B. eagerly C. easily D. proudly50. A generally B. never C. sometimes D. always51. A. pointed B. replied C. turned D. introduced52. A. sense B. way C. degree D. mood53. A. earned B. deserved C. given D. used54. A. receive B. expect C. collect D. require55. A. very B. so C. how D. too答案 36.B
9、37.C 38.A 39.B 40.C 41.C 42.A 43.B 44.D 45.B 46.A 47.D 48.A 49.C 50.D 51.C 52.B 53.A 54.B 55.DI know I should have told the headmaster at the time .That was my real 36 .He had gone out of the study for some 37 , leaving me alone . In his absence I looked to see 38 was on his desk . In the 39 was a s
10、mall piece of paper on which were written the 40 “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies (人物传记).”A(n) 41 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 42 . I did not . The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a 43 until the start of the exam so I
11、could not 44 reading it .When the headmaster 45 , I was looking out of the window .I should have told him what had 46 then . It would have been so 47 to say : “Im sorry but I 48 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk . Youll have to 49 it.”The chance passed and I did not 50 it . I sat
12、the exam the next day and I won. I didnt 51 to cheat , but it was still cheating anyhow .That was thirty-eight years 52 when I was fifteen . I have never told anyone about it before , 53 have I tried to explain to myself why not .The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen me title
13、54 admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk . 55 there must have been more behind it . Whatever it was , it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入)you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).36AplanBfaultCgradeDluck 37AreasonBcourse CexampleDvacation38AthisB
14、whichCthatDwhat39Adrawer Bcorner CmiddleDbox40Anames Bwords Cideas Dmessages41AhonestBhandsomeCfriendlyDactive 42AdeskBpaper CbookDanswer43AquestionBkeyCnoteDsecret44AhelpBconsiderCpractiseDforget45AdisappearedBstayedCreturnedDwent46AexistedBremainedChappenedDcontinued47AtiringBeasyCimportantDdiffic
15、ult48AsawBgaveCsetDmade49ArepeatBdefendCcorrectDchange50AtakeBhaveCloseDfind51ArememberBlearnCmeanDpretend52ApastBagoCthenDbefore53AeitherBneverCnorDso54AbyBbesidesCthroughDwithout55ABut BThough COtherwise DTherefore答案 36.B 37.A 38.D 39.C 40.B 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.A 45.C 46.C 47.B 48.A 49.D 50.A 51.C 52.B 53.C 54.D 55.A
