2016高考英语二轮完形填空初期练习（5）
完形填空
Preparing for Tomorrow
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms.Shelton believed in readiness.Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the__1__.They quickly protested that the words were not on their__2__and they couldn't learn them.
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these__3__.She said that she would teach them something that should be given.Ms.Shelton__4__by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to__5__，maybe even be president someday，and she wanted to prepare them for that day.
Ms.Shelton spoke those words many years ago.__6__did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them__7__.She believed that if they were well prepared，they could__8__high goals.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said，“People only see what they are__9__to see.”If that's true，then it is also__10__that they only become what they are prepared to become.And many things in life is just about getting ready.
“I want to be doing something more__11__with my life than what I am doing now，”a young man once said to me.He__12__what he was doing was just not that important.Other people have said things to me such as，“I only__13__I had a meaningful relationship.I'd really like to get a better job，but I just don't see__14__.”
You fill in the blanks.What is it you would like to__15__that isn't happening？Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet__16__.Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you__17__.
Think of today as another chance to__18__yourself for that exciting future you are looking for.Today is not wasted.If you desire more from__19__，then you can use today as training.For you will experience only what you are prepared to__20__.Something wonderful can happen.And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow. 1．A.desk
B．wall D．door
C．chalkboard
解析 结合前面的“Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms.Shelton”和“began writing words”可知老师在教室里，应该是在黑板(chalkboard)上写字。
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答案 C 2．A.duty
B．desk
C．mind
D．level
解析 由前面的“Sixth-grade schoolteacher”及“writing words of eighth-grade”可知这些词超出了他们的水平。故选D项。 答案 D 3．A.words
B．grammars
C．pronunciations D．sentences
解析 根据第一段中的“writing words of eighth-grade”可知此处表示老师认为学生们能够并且将学会这些单词。 答案 A 4．A.started
B．ended
C．warned
D．reminded
解析 结合上下文可知此处是老师总结性的话，即老师最后说??故选end。 答案 B 5．A.greatness
B．wealth
C．honor
D．failure
解析 从后面的“maybe even be president someday”可知此处指将来某一天这个班中的某一个学生会成为伟大的人物(greatness)。wealth财富；honor荣誉；failure失败，均不符合语境。 答案 A 6．A.Seldom
B．Little
C．Hardly
D．Totally
解析 从后面的“did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them”可知当时这个老师并没有意识到自己的话对学生的影响，其中有一个学生杰克逊很认真地对待了她说的话。seldom很少，不常，表示否定意义，指频率，可以排除；little不多，稍微；hardly几乎不；totally全部地；只有little符合语境。 答案 B 7．A.nervously
B．eagerly
C．seriously D．simply
解析 take sth seriously认真地对待某事，是固定搭配。 答案 C 8．A.keep
B．have
C．set
D．achieve
解析 根据前面的“She believed that if they were well prepared”可知她认为学生们只要做好准备，就一定会实现(achieve)他们的目标。keep保持；have拥有；set使处于。 答案 D 9．A.prepared
B．forced C．attracted D．tempted
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解析 根据后一句中的“they only become what they are prepared to become”可知答案为A项。 答案 A 10．A.proper
B．exact
C．legal
D．true
解析 根据前面的“If that's true，then it is also”以及空格后面的“that they only become what they are prepared to become.”可知，此处指他们仅会成为准备成为的那样的人，这一点也是真实的(true)。proper恰当的；exact精确的；legal合法的，均不符合语境。 答案 D
11．A.difficult
B．significant
C．pleasant
D．interesting
解析 根据后面的“He__12__what he was doing was just not that important.”可知此处表示他想做一些比现在所做的更加有意义的事情，所以选B项。 答案 B 12．A.boasted
B．behaved
C．felt
D．looked
解析 他认为自己现在从事的事情不重要。feel认为，符合语境。 答案 C 13．A.wish
B．expect
C．hope D．imagine
解析 前面的“want to”和后面的“I'd really like to”都是说明一些人的愿望。从这个空后面的had可知此处是一种虚拟的形式，所以不用hope，应用wish。 答案 A 14．A.what
B．when
C．why
D．how
解析 根据前面的“I'd really like to get a better job”可知此人想获得一份好的工作，但是不知道怎样获得。 答案 D 15．A.survive
B．happen
C．gain
D．win
解析 由后面的“that isn't happening”可知B正确。survive幸存；gain获得；win赢得，均不符合语境。 答案 B
16．A.adventurous
C．ready
B．active D．intelligent
解析 由后句“Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready...”可知C项正确。adventurous冒险的；active积极的；intelligent聪明的。 答案 C 17．A.concern
B．arrange C．adore D．desire
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解析 由下一段的“If you desire more from__19__”可知选D项。 答案 D 18．A.prepare
B．enjoy C．imagine
D．conduct
解析 根据文章题目“Preparing for Tomorrow”及文章主旨可知此处选prepare。 答案 A 19．A.history
B．nature
C．life
D．marriage
解析 由第五段第一句“...with my life...”可知选C项。 答案 C 20．A.suffer
B．experience C．struggle
D．work
解析 由此句句意“因为你只能经历你准备经历的。”可知B项正确。 答案 B
【2013界崇明县】完形填空。
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
It’s been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records weren't just broken, they were deep-fried.
Temperatures in the lower 48 states were 8.6 degrees above normal for March and 6 degrees higher than average for the first three months of the year, according to 50 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That goes far 51 the old records.
The extent of how 52 the year has been in the US has 53 some meteorologists(气象学者) who have warned about global warming.
“Everybody has this uneasy feeling. This is not good,” said Jerry Meehl, a climate scientist who
54 in extreme weather at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. “It’s a
55 pleasure. You’re out enjoying this 56 March weather, but you know it’s
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not a good thing.”
It’s not just March. “It’s been going on for several months,” said Jake Crouch, a climate scientist at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Ashville, N.C. Meteorologists say an unusual combination of several weather 57 , including La Nina, was the direct cause of the warm start to 2012. While individual events can’t be 58 on global warming, Crouch said this is like the extremes that are supposed to get more frequent because of 59 climate change from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil.
Normally, March 60 42.5 degrees across the country. This year, the average was 51.1, which is closer to the average for April. Only one other time — in January 2006 — was the country as a whole that much 61 than normal for an entire month. In March, 62 7,775 weather stations across the nation broke daily high temperature records and another 7,517 broke records for night-time 63 . Combined, that’s more high temperature records broken in one month than ever before, Crouch said.
“When you look at what’s happened in March this year, it’s beyond 64 ,” said University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver.
50. A. estimates introductions 51. A. beyond 52. A. unusual fascinating 53. A. excited 54. A. majors
B. attracted B. involves B. doubtful B. nice
C. affected
D. alarmed D. fills D. guilty
B. behind B. cold
C. below
D.
D. beside
B. calculations
C. predictions
D.
C. typical
C. specializes C. responsible C. hot
55. A. magnificent 56. A. freezing 57. A. styles 58. A. focused 59. A. manmade
D. terrible
D. changes D. depended
B. conditions B. blamed
C. patterns
C. based
B. natural C. sudden D. important
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60. A. defines 61. A. greater 62. A. at last 63. A. heat
B. averages B. quicker B. at most
C. includes C. hotter C. at least
D. means
D. richer D. at present
B. wind C. rain D. moonlight
D. unbelievable
64. A. unavailable 【参考答案】
B. unchangeable C. unavoidable
50. B 51. A 52. A 53. D 54. C
55. D 56. B 57. C 58. B 59. A 60. B 61. C 62. C 63. A 64. D
【2013界长宁区质量抽测】完形填空。
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
All over the world, people admire the beauty and grace of butterflies. Butterflies come in every color imaginable, and their 50 display an incredible variety of patterns. The largest butterfly, Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing, has a wingspan (翼展) of up to 280 millimeters and lives in Papua New Guinea. The smallest, the Western Pygmy Blue in the southern U.S., has a wingspan of only 12 millimeters. Sadly, some of these beautiful creatures are now 51 .
Estimates indicate that between 15 and 20 thousand species of butterflies exist around the world. A number of these species are endangered, over 20 in Japan 52 . Although that number may seem small, losing even one species would be 53 . Nowadays scientists even look to butterflies as a 54 of the environment’s health, since they are 55 to environmental changes. Many environmentalists around the world are eager to protect the endangered butterflies from extinction. The American Museum of Natural History in New York, for example, has an unusual butterfly exhibit. This
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exhibit 56 the important role that butterflies play in our environment. In recent years, environmental groups have made significant progress in 57 endangered butterfly populations. Governments throughout Asia have passed laws to help protect endangered wildlife, including butterflies. An area called Butterfly Valley in Assam, India, has become the focus of conscious 58 to protect the butterflies’ habitat (栖息地). Other projects in Serbia, Japan, and Canada are also hoping to 59 . Some of these efforts are already starting to work. The population of the El Segundo Blue Butterfly in California, for instance, has increased by 8 percent since 2010.
Finding a cure for the butterfly crisis is, 60 , not just for environmental groups. 61 citizens can plant butterfly gardens to support and enjoy these gentle creatures. A group of female prisoners in Belfair, Washington, are helping to rescue an endangered species called Taylor’s Checkerspot. They recognize how 62 seemingly insignificant creatures can be. The world cannot afford to lose any butterflies. As environmentalist John Muir once 63 , “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it 64 to everything else in the Universe.” 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
A. exposed
B. accustomed
C. sensitive
D. resistant
A. factor
B. picture
C. measure
D. display
A. predictable
B. possible
C. imaginable
D. terrible
A. nearby
B. though
C. besides
D. alone
A. out of control B. in great danger C. on the fly
D. out of date
A. colors
B. bodies
C. wings
D. feelers
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56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64.
A. highlights B. changes C. replaces D. finds
A. preserving B. controlling C. observing D. recognizing
A. projects B. efforts C. steps D. groups
A. set an example B. keep the
promise
A. however
B. furthermore
C. make a difference C. otherwise
D. take the time
D. therefore
A. Distinguished B. Leading C. Senior D. Ordinary
A. graceful B. significant C. pitiful D. mysterious
A. proposed B. commented C. promised D. recommended
A. restricted B. adapted C. contributed D. tied
【参考答案】Section A
50~54 CBDDC 55~59 CAABC 60~64 ADBBD
【2013界上海市宝山区质量监测】完形填空。
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Reading involves looking at illustrative symbols and expressing mentally the sounds and ideas they represent. Concepts of reading have changed 50 over the centuries.
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During the 1950’s and 1960’s especially, increased attention has been devoted to 51 the reading process. Although experts agree that reading 52 a complex organization of higher mental 53 , they disagree about the exact nature of the process. Some experts, who regard language primarily as a code using symbols to represent sounds, 54 reading as simply the decoding（解码）of symbols into the sounds they stand for.
These authorities 55 that meaning, being concerned with thinking, must be taught independently of the decoding process. Others maintain that reading is inexplainably related to thinking, and that a child who pronounces sounds without 56 their meaning is not truly reading. The reader, 57 some, is not just a person with a theoretical ability to read but one who 58 reads.
Many adults, although they have the ability to read, have never read a book in its 59 . By some experts they would not be 60 as readers. Clearly, the philosophy, objectives, methods and materials of reading will depend on the definition one use. By the most 61 and satisfactory definition, reading is the ability to 62 the sound-symbols code of the language, to interpret meaning for various 63 , at various rates, and at various levels of difficulty, and to do so widely and enthusiastically. 64 , reading is the interpretation of ideas through the use of symbols representing sounds and ideas. 50. A. specifically ridiculously
51. A. understanding substituting 52. A. involves analyzes
53. A. opinions functions 54. A. view
B. dramatically C. abstractly D.
B. translating C. defining D.
B. concentrates C. specializes D.
B. effects C. manners D.
B. look C. reassure D. agree
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55. A. support B. argue B. saying
C. attempt D. compete D. reading
56. A. interpreting 57. A. in addition to as
58. A. completely C. reciting
B. for example C. according to D. such
B. carefully C. publically D. actually 59. A. part B. whole C. standard 60. A. applied
B. granted
C. classified 61. A. instructive
B. doubtful
C. certain
complicated 62. A. strike
B. illustrate C. define 63. A. purposes
B. degrees
C. stages
64. A. On the other hand B. In short
C. By the way D. So far
【参考答案】50—54 BCADA 55—59 BACDB 60—64 CCDAB
D. straight
D. graded
D.
D. unlock D. steps
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