高考英语专项训练之完形填空

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A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment into the outer 1 of Harvard’s president. But they were 2 by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 3 that the couple would finally become 4 and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 5 . A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 6 face. The lady told him, “We had a son that 7 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was 8 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to 9 a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.” The president wasn’t 10 . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this 11 would look like a cemetery（墓地）.” “Oh, on,” the lady 12 quickly, “we don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a 13 to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and 14 at the couple and then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any 15 how much a building cost? We have spent over $7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was 16 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 17 ? Why don’t we just start our own? ” Her husband nodded. 18 their offer was turned down, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their 19 , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 20 about. 1. A. lab B. library C. hall D. office 2. A. watched B. stopped C. followed D. interviewed 3. A. hoping B. finding C. realizing D. imagining 4. A. surprised B. disappointed C. worried D. troubled 5. A. hopelessly B. carefully C. unexpectedly D. unwillingly 6. A. pleasant B. funny C. cold D. sad 7. A. attended B. visited C. studied D. served 8. A. clever B. brave C. proud D. happy 9. A. set about B. set up C. take down D. take over 10. A. satisfied B. excited C. moved D. ashamed 11. A. house B. part C. garden D. place 12. A. explained B. expressed C. refused D. admitted 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. astonished C. interested D. pleased 17. A. department B. university C. business D. club 18. A. Once B. While C. Since D.Though 19. A. name B. character C. picture D. sign 20. A. talked B. knew C. heard D. cared

高三英语专项训练——完形填空（二）

When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 1 the move, My father 2 us in the living-room on a freezing night. My sisters and I sat around the fire,not 3 that the universe would suddenly change its course. “In May, we’re 4 to Arizona. ” The words, so small, didn’t seem 5 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a train moving across the country. I watched the 6 change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 7 mysteries yet to come. Finally we arrived and 8 into our new home. 9 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 10 explored our new surroundings. One afternoon, I was out exploring 11 and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌), I crouched(蹲) down for a closer look. “You’d better not 12 that. ” I turned around to see an old woman. “Are you new to this neighborhood?” I explained that I was, 13 , new to the entire state. “My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 14 ? It must be quite a 15 after living in Boston. ” How could I explain how I 16 the desert? I couldn’t seem to find the right words. “It’s vastness,” she offered. “That vastness 17 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert__ you can 18 how little you are in comparison with the world. 19 , you feel that possibilities are limitless.” That was it. That was the feeling I’d had ever since I’d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my 20 would change with just a few simple words. “Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and you shouldn’t touch.” 1. A. During B. Until C. Upon D. Before 2. A. gathered B. warned C. organized D. comforted 3. A. hoping B. admitting C. realizing D. believing 4. A. going B. moving C. driving D. flying 5. A. good B. simple C. big D. proper 6. A. picture B. ground C. scene D. area 7. A. suggested B. solved C. discovered D. explained 8. A. settled B. walked C. hurried D. stepped 9. A. If B. After C. Once D. While 10. A. bitterly B. easily C. proudly D. eagerly 11. A. as well B. as usual C. right away D. on time 12. A. move B. dig C. pull D. touch 13. A. of course B. in fact C. after all D. at least 14. A. desert B. city C. state D. country 15. A. luck B. doubt C. shock D. danger 16. A. found B. examined C. watched D. reached 17. A. why B. when C. how D. where 18. A. prove B. guess C. sense D. expect 19. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. meanwhile 20. A. idea B. life C. home D. family

高三英语专项训练——完形填空（三）

Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings.

The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of __1____ is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone , whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld , fell in love with Persephone ,and he asked Zeus , the __2____of the gods , to give Persephone to him as his __3____. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he __4____ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without __5____ .When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden , he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter__6_____ what happened to Persephone , she became so ___7____ that she caused all plants to ____8__. People were in __9___ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow _10___ her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. __11____, still not wanting to disappoint Hades , decided upon a condition for Persephone’s ___12___ .She could go back to her mother if she had not ___13___ anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter __14____ it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴) seeds in the underworld. When Zeus __15____ this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her _16____ , but he added that since she had eaten the seeds , she must spend part of the year in the underworld . And so it _17____ that when Persephone is in the underworld , Demeter is sad and therefore __18___ not let the crops grow. That is __19___ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns , Demeter is __20__, it is spring, and plants begin to grow again. 1. A. periods B. seasons C. time D. age 2. A. winner B. ruler C. advisor D. fighter 3. A. wife B. lover C. partner D. daughter 4. A. forbid B. forgive C. admit D. accept 5. A. agreement B. warning C. reason D. permission 6. A. let out B. worked out C. thought out D. found out 7. A. excited B. tired C. angry D. serious 8 A. grow fast B. start growing C. stop growing D. grow slowly 9. A. danger B. hope C. turn D. case 10.A. since B. until C. after D. when 11.A. Persephone B. Zeus C. Demeter D. Hades 12.A. return B. change C. marriage D. journey 13.A. stolen B. found C . eaten D. heard 14.A. understood B. refused C. doubted D. accepted 15.A. discovered B. studied C. forgot D. prepared 16.A. daughter B. mother C. god D. ruler 17.A. works B. remains C. happens D. starts 18.A. should B. can C. dare D. will 19.A. where B. because C. why D. how 20.A. nice B. friendly C. fresh D. happy

高三英语专项训练——完形填空（四）

You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t 1 carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a 2 and you’re telling the TV 3 what is happening.

It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very 4 . In the first two years of the 5 in former Yugoslavia(前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were 6 . What kind of people put themselves in danger to ___7____ pictures to our TV screens and 8 to our newspapers? Why do they do it?

“I think it’s every young journalist’s ___9____ to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s __10____ you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it __11____ it is a war.”

But there are moments of ___12____ . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes ,when you’re lying on the ground and bullets(子弹) are flying _13_____ your ears , you think:' What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.' But that feeling __14____ after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be __15______.”

“None of us believes that we’re going to __16____ ,”adds Michael . But he always __17____ a lucky charm(护身符) with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh , __18_____ , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God,' If you get me out of this , I __19_____ I’ll never do it again. ' You can almost hear God _20___, because you know he doesn’t believe you.” 1 .A. simply B. really C. merely D. even 2 .A. crowd B. house C. battlefield D. camera 3 .A. producers B. viewers C. directors D. actors

4 .A. dangerous B. exciting C. normal D. disappointing 5 .A. stay B. fight C. war D. life 6 .A. injured B. buried C. defeated D. saved 7 .A. bring B. show C. take D. make 8 .A. scenes B. passages C. stories D. contents 9 .A. belief B. dream C. duty D. faith 10.A. why B. what C. how D. where 11.A. even so B. ever since C. as if D. even if 12.A. fear B. surprise C. shame D. sadness 13.A. into B. around C. past D. through 14.A. returns B. goes C. continues D. occurs 15.A. there B. away C. out D. home 16.A. leave B. escape C. die D. remain 17.A. hangs B. wears C. holds D. carries 18.A. never B. many times C. some time D. seldom 19.A. consider B. accept C. promise D. guess 20.A. whispering B. laughing C. screaming D. crying

高三英语专项训练——完形填空（五）

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 2 but a failure.” After 5 years of 3 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 4 that could have happened to me. I 5 I wanted to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to 6 that what people said about me was 7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 8 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 9 and went to college. My first novel 10 while I was at college. After college I taught during the 11 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 12 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 13 that job to write full time 14 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself— 15 was a working class boy who had 16 School early, now teaching at the University. My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 18 what does it mean? I 19 wish all the people that have put me down had 20 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.” 1. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful 2. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing 3. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful 4. A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing 5. A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told 6. A. me B. them C. her D. it 7. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty 8. A. see B. know C. understand D. face 9. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition 10. A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back 11. A. day B. night C. month D. year 12. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success 13. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up 14. A. while B. if C. when D. or 15. A. there B. here C. it D. that 16. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated 17. A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous 18. A. And B. But C. However D. Well 19. A. just B. exactly C. so D. very 20. A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised

高三英语专项训练——完形填空（六）

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I 1 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 2 he knew me. The man had a newspaper 3 in front of him, which he was 4 to read, but I could 5 that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my 6 the man was clearly puzzled by the 7 way in which the waiter and I 8 each other. He seemed even more puzzled as 9 went on and it became 10 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the 11 . When he came out, he paid his bill and 12 without another glance in my direction. I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 13 . “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective. He 14 you here because he thought you were the man he 15 ” “What?”I said, showing my 16 . The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man.” I 17 said he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he made a 18 . “Well. It’s really 19 I came to a restaurant where I’m known, ” I said. “ 20 , I might have been in trouble.” 1. A. knew B. understand C. noticed D. recognized 2. A. since B. even if C. though D. as if 3. A. flat B. open C. cut D. fixed 4. A. hoping B. thinking C. pretending D. continuing 5. A. see B. find C. guess D. learn 6. A. menu B. bill C. paper D. food 7. A. direct B. familiar C. strange D. funny 8. A. chatted with B. looked at C. laughed at D. talked about 9. A. the waiter B. time C. I D. the dinner 10. A. true B. hopeful C. clear D. possible 11. A. restaurant B. washroom C. office D. kitchen 12. A. left B. acted C. sat down D. calmed down 13. A. wanted B. tried C. ordered D. wished 14. A. met B. caught C. followed D. discovered 15. A. was to beat B. was dealing with C. was to meet D. was looking for 16. A. care B. surprise C. worry D. regret 17. A. must B. can C. need D. may 18. A. discovery B. mistake C. decision D. fortune 19. A. a pity B. nature C. a chance D. lucky 20. A. Thus B. However C. Otherwise D. Therefore

高三英语专项训练——完形填空（七）

Scott and his four companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians（挪威人） had 1 them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After 2 the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves 3 they started the 950-mile journey back.

The journey was unexpectedly 4 , and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly 5 . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had 6 to mark their way home. To make things 7 , Evans, whom they had all thought of 8 the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having 9 along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

The four who were 10 pushed on at the best speed they could 11 . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his 12 feet; at night his feet swelled (肿胀) so large that he could 13 put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great 14 . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that 15 could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him 16 a few more miles, until it was time to put up the 17 for another night.

The following morning, 18 the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said,“ I am just going outside and may be 19 some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out 20 into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

1 A . hit B. fought C. won D. beaten 2 A. growing B. putting C. planting D. laying 3 A. after B. until C. while D. before 4 A. safe B. fast C. short D. slow 5 A. rose B. set C. appeared D. disappeared 6 A. taken up B. cut up C. set up D. picked up 7 A. easier B. better C. bitter D. worse 8 A. to B. upon C. as D. in 9 A. battled B. struggled C. speeded D. waited 10 A. left B. lost C. defeated D. saved 11 A. manage B. try C. employ D. find 12 A. ached B. frozen C. harden D. harmed 13 A. hardly B. never C. seldom D. nearly 14 A. pain B. fear C. trouble D. danger 15 A. all others B. some others C. others D. the others 16 A. away B. with C. off D. on 17 A. bed B. tent C. blanket D. sleeping-bag 18 A. while B. since C. for D. once 19 A. missed B. separated C. passed D. gone 20 A. patiently B. lonely C. alone D. worriedly

高三英语专项训练——完形填空（八）

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. 1 I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed 2 . I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls 3 their souls belonged to the 4 . I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin , small man 5 in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m 6 ,” he said. He was chatting online and 7 , he was playing a computer game ---- a war game. I was 8 . Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 9 to speak to that computer geek（怪人）， 10 not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder , but no reaction（反应）. I was 11 . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “ 12 !”

I took a few steps back , wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me, I 13 , and saw nobody showed any interest. 14 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their

machines, not with people. They were more 15 having a relationship with the 16, particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to 17 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 18 with people.

I was worried and sank in my thoughts, I didn’t even 19 that the coffee was bad, 20 Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him. 1 A. Before B. Since C. although D. While 2 A. pain B. loneliness C. sadness D. fear 3 A. because B. when C. until D. unless 4 A. home B. world C. Net D. Cafe 5 A. sleeping B. laughing C. sitting D. learning 6 A. busy B. thirsty C. tired D. sick 7 A. first of all B. just then C. at the same time D. by that time 8 A. surprised B. delighted C. moved D. frightened 9 A. once B. again C. first D. even 10 A. but B. so C. if D. or 11 A. excited B. respected C. afraid D. unhappy 12 A. Shut up B. Enjoy yourself C. Leave me alone D. Help me out 13 A. walked about B. walked out C. raised my hand D. raised my head 14 A. From then on B. At that moment C. In all D. Above all 15 A. interested in B. tired of C. careful about D. troubled by 16 A. computer B. soul C. shop D. geek 17 A. tell B. plan C. imagine D. design 18 A. other than B. instead of C. except for D. as well as 19 A. pretend B. understand C. insist D. realize 20 A. as if B. just as C. just after D. even though

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