完形填空（共20小題;每小題1. 5分，滿分30分）

A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train．After getting off the train, they walked without an 36____ into the outer office of Harvard’s president．So they were stopped by his secretary and kept 37____．For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 38____ that the couple would finally become disappointed and 39____．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 40____．

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 41____ face．The lady told him, “We had a son that 42____ Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was 43____ here．But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to 44____ a memorial（紀(jì)念物）to him, somewhere on campus．”

The president wasn’t moved．Instead, he was 45____．“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this place would look like a 46____ ,” “Oh, no,” the lady 47____ quickly．“We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a 48____ to Harvard．” The president rolled his eyes and 49____ at the couple and then exclaimed,” A building! Do you have any 50____ how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was 51____, because he could get rid of them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 52____? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded．53____ their offer was turned down．Mr.and Mrs.Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University 54____ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55____ about．

1.                A．choice         B．decision        C．a(chǎn)cquaintance  D．a(chǎn)ppointment

 

2.                A．waiting         B．standing        C．sitting    D．talking

 

3.                A．hoping         B．finding         C．realizing  D．imagining

 

4.                A．go down        B．go out          C．go away  D．go around

 

5.                A．hopelessly      B．carefully        C．unexpectedly  D．unwillingly

 

6.                A．pleasant        B．funny          C．cold D．sad

 

7.                A．a(chǎn)ttended       B．visited          C．studied   D．served

 

8.                A．clever          B．brave          C．proud    D．happy

 

9.                A．set about       B．set up          C．set down  D．set off

 

10.               A．satisfied        B．excited         C．shocked   D．a(chǎn)shamed

 

11.               A．park           B．cemetery       C．garden    D．museum

 

12.               A．explained       B．expressed      C．refused   D．a(chǎn)dmitted

 

13.               A．building        B．yard           C．playground D．square

 

14.               A．laughed        B．shouted        C．glanced   D．called

 

15.               A．suggestion      B．idea           C．thought   D．opinion

 

16.               A．bored          B．a(chǎn)stonished      C．interested D．pleased

 

17.               A．department     B．university       C．business   D．club

 

18.               A．Once          B．While          C．Since D．Though

 

19.               A．named         B．looked         C．taken D．followed

 

20.               A．talked          B．knew          C．heard     D．cared

 

 

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹一對失去兒子傷心的父母為了紀(jì)念在哈佛大學(xué)上學(xué)的兒子請求校長在校園為兒子建一個紀(jì)念物，在校長拒絕后，他們建立了一自己名字命名的斯坦福大學(xué)。

1.考查名詞：A．choice選擇B．decision決定C．a(chǎn)cquaintance 熟人D．a(chǎn)ppointment約定，Stanford夫婦沒有預(yù)約(without an appointment)就來找Harvard校長，選D

2.考查動詞：A．waiting等B．standing站 C．sitting 坐 D．talking談?wù)�，秘書把他們攔下，讓他們一直等。選A

3.考查動詞：A．hoping希望B．finding發(fā)現(xiàn)C．realizing意識D．imagining想象，秘書幾個小時不注意他們希望他們失望離開。選A

4.考查詞組：A．go down 沿著…走，下來B．go out出去C．go away走開 D．go around四處走動，解析同上題。選C

5.考查副詞：A．hopelessly 無望地B．carefully仔細地 C．unexpectedly 預(yù)料不到的D．unwillingly不愿意的，根據(jù)上文，Stanford夫婦沒有預(yù)約(without an appointment)就來找Harvard是，他們的堅持最后使得秘書不得不去找校長，秘書顯然不樂意(unwillingly)。選D

6.考查形容詞：A．pleasant 令人愉快的 B．funny滑稽的C．cold 冷的D．sad難過的，校長帶著冷談的表情朝這對夫婦走來。選C

7.考查動詞：A．a(chǎn)ttended參加，上學(xué)B．visited 參觀C．studied學(xué)習(xí) D．served服務(wù)，我們有個兒子上哈佛一年了。選A

8.考查形容詞：A．clever聰明 B．brave勇敢 C．proud自豪D．happy快樂，他在這兒很快樂，選D

9.考查詞組：A．set about開始B．set up建立C．set down記下D．set off出發(fā)，引發(fā)，我們希望為他在這兒校園建個紀(jì)念物。選B

10.考查形容詞：A．satisfied滿意 B．excited 興奮 C．shocked震驚 D．a(chǎn)shamed羞愧，根據(jù)上文“The president wasn’t moved.”可知，校長并沒有被夫婦二人的話所感動。相反，他感到很震驚，并拒絕了他們的請求。shocked意為“震驚的”，符合上下文語境。選C

11.考查名詞：A．park公園 B．cemetery墓地C．garden 花園D．museum博物館，如果我們?yōu)槊總�在哈佛上學(xué)的人建一個雕像，這兒就變成墓地了，選B

12.考查動詞：A．explained解釋 B．expressed 表達 C．refused拒絕 D．a(chǎn)dmitted承認，這個女士很快解釋到…，選A

13.考查名詞：A．building建筑 B．yard院子C．playground 操場 D．square廣場，根據(jù)下文提到的“?how much a building costs?”可以推斷出此處填building。選A

14.考查動詞：A．laughed大笑B．shouted叫喊C．glanced瞥見 D．called打電話，校長翻翻眼睛，瞥了一下這對夫婦。選C

15.考查名詞：A．suggestion建議B．idea主意C．thought 想法D．opinion觀點，have an idea“知道”，你知道建個樓要多少錢嗎？選B

16.考查形容詞：A．bored厭煩 B．a(chǎn)stonished驚訝C．interested感興趣D．pleased高興，從后面的because he could get rid of them now．可知校長高興，選D

17.考查名詞：A．department部門B．university 大學(xué)C．business商業(yè) D．club俱樂部，從前面的We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard．”可知女士問：建個大學(xué)就要這么多錢嗎？選B

18.考查連詞：A．Once 一旦B．While然而，當(dāng)…時候C．Since 自從，既然D．Though雖然，因上下文為因果關(guān)系，故用since由于，因為，既然。句意：既然請求被拒絕了?何不建一所屬于我們自己的大學(xué)呢？選C

19.考查動詞：A．named命名B．looked看C．taken 帶走 D．followed跟隨，詞組：name after以…命名，他們建成了以他們名字命名的斯坦福大學(xué)，選A

20.考查動詞：A．talked談?wù)揃．knew 知道 C．heard 聽說 D．cared關(guān)心，care about關(guān)心，在乎，他們建斯坦福大學(xué)是為了紀(jì)念哈佛大學(xué)不在乎的兒子。選D

考點：考查故事類短文

點評：本文要求考生具有扎實的英語詞組、短語、習(xí)慣用法等英語搭配的知識，這對于理解文章的邏輯關(guān)系特別有利。文章的邏輯關(guān)系不外乎列舉、原因、結(jié)果、讓步、對照、補充、目的、條件等關(guān)系。解題時應(yīng)聯(lián)系上下文尋找相關(guān)線索，如某一個詞的原詞、指代詞、同義詞、近義詞、上義詞、下義詞和概括詞等。但由于我們在做題時不可能總是重復(fù)地閱讀文章，因此，在做完形填空時要培養(yǎng)一種捕捉并記憶相關(guān)信息的能力。

 

練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源：河南省鄭州市畢業(yè)年級第三次質(zhì)量預(yù)測英語試題 題型：完型填空

第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

I really hated having to ask questions, for math is very difficult for me, so I don’t know why I thought I could take classes in pre-calculus in my junior year.

I like Mr Trout, his values and what he believed in   36   a teacher. He wanted us to really   __37   what we were doing. I respected that, but all the numbers were still so   38   to me. I studied endless hours, and it   39   at first, until the algebra（代數(shù)）was over. That was   40   I learned how to ask for help on something as silly as   41   problems. I realized that the only 42_   I would survive pre-calculus would be to   43   a tutor.

Oh, how I   44   having to tell my parents that I needed a tutor. I felt so   45  .

Mr Hicks came to my house the next week. I   46   how I was going to bring myself to ask this man questions. But he   47   took his pen and paper out, asked me what chapter we were  __48  , and began to teach.

It was amazing. I began to understand math. I did example   49   with him, worked them out several times until I understood the process. I didn’t feel   50  asking questions because it was helping.

Asking for help was not what I thought it would be.    51   , it was a very good thing. I actually felt smarter for it, and it was a really satisfying   52  . In fact, I plan on asking for help as   53   as possible. But I have found that I can still be   54  and ask for help when I need it. The only stupid question is the one you didn’t   55  .

36. A. as        B. with         C. for       D. like

37. A. count       B. repeat       C. practice   D. understand

38. A. puzzling      B. increasing    C. limited    D. unknown

39. A. stopped     B. remained     C. worked    D. succeeded

40. A. what        B. when       C. where      D. whether

41. A. practical      B. difficult      C. math       D. science

42. A. period     B. result       C. key       D. way

43. A. become     B. make       C. get       D. help

44. A. hated       B. enjoyed       C. admitted   D. considered

45. A. hopeful     B. weak        C. patient     D. lonely

46. A. decided     B. feared       C. imagined        D. wondered

47. A. almost     B. just          C. even        D. finally

48. A. on        B. from       C. about       D. below

49. A. experiments B. explanations  C. problems        D. figures

50. A. afraid      B. certain            C. mad            D. stupid

51. A. Anyway       B. Instead        C. Otherwise  D. Besides

52. A. subject     B. duty         C. form       D. feeling

53. A. long        B. early        C. often       D. soon

54. A. independent B. comfortable        C. gifted      D. delighted

55. A. think       B. want        C. feel       D. ask

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：河北省2010屆高三下學(xué)期第四次模擬考試試題（英語） 題型：完形填空

 

第三節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）

         閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

         “I’m going to make you attractive,” said Mika Hill, looking at the  21  of the woman sitting before her．The women once had long,  22 , dark hair．But alopecia（禿頭癥） had  23  her just a little of it．Hill, a wig（假發(fā)） maker, was about to change that．

         At 30, Hill knows from experience how a woman feels when she  24  her hair．Her own hair fell out several years ago  25 a lack of iron after giving birth．“I cried when I washed it, when I combed it, and when I looked in the  26   ,” she says．Then she bought a wig．“It was too small,” she says, “but my   27   went up greatly．”

         Hill enrolled（注冊） in a wig-making  28   in New York．Back home with what she learned, she started making wigs that she planned to   29   for $300 each．

         But many of her customers with alopecia and cancer couldn’t  30  that much, and their health insurance often didn’t  31  the cost．So Hill started giving the wigs away, eventually spending $10,000 of her own money．Last year, she and her friend Lita Warren  32  Pink Barrette, a non-profit organization that has  33   about 60 wigs to poor women．

         Hill pays  34   the donations with profits from her other products．  35   , she and her husband have also spent much of their savings keeping the organization running．

         Hill’s customers can’t thank her enough．Elyssa Montoya was too   36  to be seen in public with her  37   thinning hair．“I didn’t feel I could show my bald head outside．Thanks to Mika, I now have beautiful hair, and feel 38   about myself again．”

         “Seeing their self-confidence   39   after they try on their wigs,” says Hill, “brings   40   to my eyes．This is a job for me, and a most rewarding one．”

21．A．head             B．face         C．nose         D．mouth

22．A．light              B．thick              C．little           D．ugly

23．A．showed          B．destroyed      C．left          D．offered

24．A．washes          B．changes        C．loses          D．dyes

25．A．thanks to     B．except for          C．a(chǎn)s for       D．because of

26．A．picture         B．room            C．sky  D．mirror

27．A．confidence       B．belief            C．power     D．image

28．A．speech                 B．company     C．course    D．club

29．A．sell            B．produce        C．rent     D．order

30．A．supply           B．a(chǎn)ppreciate       C．a(chǎn)llow        D．a(chǎn)fford

31．A．recover       B．cover           C．a(chǎn)dmit      D．contain

32．A．set up            B．put up             C．set down D．put down

33．A．donated        B．imported          C．picked       D．valued

34．A．up            B．off             C．back        D．for

35．A．Besides         B．Therefore         C．Somehow D．Otherwise

36．A．embarrassed            B．excited          C．happy       D．a(chǎn)ngry

37．A．hardly            B．badly         C．heavily      D．largely

38．A．frightened        B．strange          C．grateful    D．good

39．A．limit              B．exchange         C．improve    D．cut

40．A．doubt           B．tears           C．fear         D．joys

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：河北省2009-2010學(xué)年度高一下學(xué)期期中考試英語試題 題型：完型填空

第三節(jié)完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21--40個選項（A,B,C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該選項的標(biāo)號涂黑。

I left my friend’s house nearly after seven. It was still too early for me to have my evening meal,  _21_  I walked along the sea front for about an hour  _22__  I began to feel hungry. By that time I was not far from a favorite restaurant of mine,  _23__  I often went to eat. I went into the restaurant and  _24_  my meal. While I was waiting for the soup  _25_  I looked around to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. It was then  _26_  I noticed that a man seated at a corner table kept glancing  _27_  my direction, as if he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was  _28_  to read. When the waiter  _29_  my soup, the man was clearly puzzled by the  _30__  way in which the waiter and I addressed (稱呼) each other. He became more  _31_  as time went on and it was  _32_  that I was well known in the restaurant. Eventually, he stood up and went into the  _33__ . After a few minutes he came out again,  _34_  the bill and left. Then I called the owner of the restaurant and asked him  _35_  the man had wanted. At first the owner did not want to tell me, but I  _36__ . “Well,” he said. “That man was from the police.” “Really?” I said, considerably surprised. “He was very  _37_  you.” “But why?” I asked. “He  _38_  you here because he thought you were the man he was  _39__ ,” the owner said. “When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a photograph of the  _40__ . Of course, it was you.”

21. A. and            B. but                 C. so                   D. yet

22. A. until             B. when                C. because               D. after

23. A. where            B. what                C. which             D. that

24. A. sent              B. ordered              C. carried            D. got

25. A. making         B. to arrive           C. carrying          D. prepared

26. A. that             B. when             C. who                D. which

27. A. back             B. in                  C. off               D. at

28. A. trying           B. pretending               C. holding            D. going

29. A. brought          B. fetched               C. sent               D. took

30. A. familiar             B. strange               C. interesting          D. easy

31. A. puzzled          B. interested          C. funny             D. impatient

32. A. obvious          B. known               C. difficult            D. impossible

33. A. office            B. restaurant        C. kitchen           D. WC

34. A. gave             B. sent                 C. paid                    D. ordered

35. A. how             B. that                 C. which             D. what

36. A. thought          B. said                 C. explained          D. insisted

37. A. excited at     B. worried about       C. satisfied with        D. interested in

38. A. searched          B. followed            C. persuaded         D. advised

39. A. finding          B. looking for        C. talking to           D. listening to

40. A. wanted man      B. owner               C. policeman         D. waiter

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：江西省于都縣2010屆高三下學(xué)期4月模擬考試英語試題 題型：完型填空

第二節(jié)完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36～55各題所給A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool．It is a division that___36___ in school．The cool kids are good at _37____ ．They are ______38 with the opposite sex ．They are good-looking and people want to  __39___ their style．They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort．That would __40______ be cool．

The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground．They are very bright ,but they don’t have great___41___skills and they are ____42____ at sports ．When they are not programming computers or doing calculus（微積分）in their heads ,they are reading comic books and watching shows like the “X Files” ．They are __43____ as the geeks（古怪的人）．

Here’s the news．The geeks are _44_____．Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and__45_____ your maths homework to ruin．Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations, and they might not be too popular at university, but  ______46____ good degrees．

The most important___47____ of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks ．Geek heroes like Bill Gates___48_____ others to follow their example ．Being a geek is a way of earning good money ．And the creation of the Internet gave them a___49_____ of their own to work and play in, making them a global___50_____．Besides ,the effect of the geeks ___51_______ popular culture has started a new trend．It is now cool to be ___52____ ．Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you know is more important than___53______ you look like．

But there are also_54_____ ．Geeks were often bullied or laughed at in school．Now a geek may be your boss ．Perhaps it is time for __55___ ．

36．A．continues                B．makes       C．remains                 D．starts

37．A．computers             B．study     C．sports                 D．maths

38．A．pleasant               B．popular   C．crazy               D．a(chǎn)verage

39．A．copy                         B．a(chǎn)dvance    C．take                      D．a(chǎn)ct

40．A．not                       B．indeed    C．perhaps                 D．a(chǎn)ctually

41．A．speaking               B．operating        C．social                    D．experimental

42．A．speechless             B．sharp     C．a(chǎn)ctive                   D．hopeless

43．A．known             B．referred    C．thought                 D．a(chǎn)dmired

44．A． taking on            B．taking up  C．taking over         D．taking in

45．A．put                       B．cause   C．bring                    D．serve

46．A．win              B．take      C．wish                D．finish

47．A．industry           B．discovery  C．progress           D．development

48．A．promise                B．discourage       C．demand                 D．excite

49．A．chance             B．space     C．world              D．career

50．A．force                    B．company       C．organization        D．department

51．A．of                         B．on         C．in                       D．for 

52．A．rich                      B．a(chǎn)ttractive       C．handsome           D．uncool

53．A．how                     B．that          C．what                D．how much

54．A．opportunities           B．dangers     C．possibility           D．question

55．A．punishment           B．a(chǎn)rgument C．competition         D．employment

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：江蘇省2009-2010學(xué)年高三下學(xué)期高考模擬英語試題（5） 題型：完型填空

完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

When she was seven, we found out that Jenny had a few problems. Several ___36___ and many speech classes later, we found out that besides hearing, she also had Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis（幼兒類風(fēng)濕性關(guān)節(jié)炎）.

She could not put ___37___ on the heels of her feet, so she walked on tiptoe and when the pain became unbearable, I carried her.

All ___38___ grade school, and on into high school, Jenny suffered, yet never complained. She ___39___ a smile on her face, a song on her lips, and a(n) ___40___ and acceptance of others. I don’t remember her ever

___41___ self-pity. She ran when she could run. She played when she could play, and she danced when she could dance. And, when she could do ___42___ of these things, she took her medicine, and she waited until she ___43___.

Jenny never competed in a sport. She could not even take part in a gym class. Jenny continued to have one operation after another on her ___44___. Finally, her hearing improved to 60%, and she taught herself to ___45___ lips.

She was ___46___ popular and funny, attending every football game, and cheering the team on. She carried her pillow everywhere she went, so that she could ___47___ the pain, when she sat down. Then came her senior year. She would be considered for scholarships; however, school activities, especially ___48___, could often mean the ___49___ between receiving an award and losing out.

So Jenny came to a decision. She ___50___ the high school football coach to let her participate. She got her best friend to sign up with her. Finally the coach ___51___, saying, “If you miss one game, you are out!” So, Jenny became a member o the Garrett High School Football Team.

She carried bottles of water to her teammates. She did much preparation work for the team. She worked so actively that it ___52___ to be one of the best year for the Garrett High School Football Team, in its 25-year history.

When asked why he thought the team was winning all their games, even in the ___53___ of injury, one team member explained, “Well, when you’ve been knocked down, and you can’t seem to move, you ___54___ and see Jenny Lewis. It makes anything the rest of us may suffer seem pretty ___55___.”

36. A. trials                  B. examinations                   C. experiments              D. treatments

37. A. control        B. power                             C. strength                    D. pressure

38. A. through              B. across                      C. over                         D. above

39. A. expressed            B. wore                               C. took                         D. made

40. A. love                   B. admiration                C. envy                        D. desire

41. A. speaking             B. talking                            C. sharing                     D. voicing

42. A. nothing        B. all                                  C. none                        D. some

43. A. would                 B. could                              C. should               D. might

44. A. ears                    B. legs                                C. arms                        D. mouth

45. A. see                     B. learn                               C. read                         D. hear

46. A. never                  B. totally                      C. occasionally              D. seldom

47. A. struggle              B. lose                                C. stop                         D. ease

48. A. grades         B. relationships                    C. sports                D. communication

49. A. importance   B. difference                 C. chance                     D. choice

50. A. begged        B. demanded                        C. required                   D. managed

51. A. gave out             B. gave in                            C. held up                    D. held on

52. A. turned over  B. turned out                C. turned up                 D. turned in

53. A. sight                   B. fear                                C. risk                          D. face

54. A. looked down       B. looked in                         C. looked up                 D. looked out

55. A. different             B. worth                              C. difficult                   D. unimportant

 

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案