2008年度百校联盟押题卷高考英语模拟试题
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was no hope of finding him in the crowd that circled round the bandstand. The light 21 and I was afraid I had lost him. Then I passed the church and saw him sitting on the 22 . I cannot describe what a 23 object he looked. Life had torn him limb from limb, 24 him so much. I went up to him.
“Do you remember Rome?” I said.
He did not 25 , nor did answer. He took no more 26 of me than if I were not standing before him. He did not look at me. His vacant blue eyes rested on the buzzards(鵟) that were screaming and tearing at some objects at the bottom of the steps. I took a yellow-backed note out of my pocket and pressed it in his hand. He did not give it a glance. But his hand moved a little, the 27 claw-like fingers closed on the note and tore it up; he made it into a little ball and then edging it on his thumb flicked(轻打) it into the air so that it fell among the buzzards. I turned my 28 and saw one of them seize it in its beak and 29 , followed by two others screaming behind it. When I looked 30 , the man was gone.
I stayed three more days in Vera Cruz. I never saw him again.
21. A. was twinkling B. was weakening C. was breaking D. was shaking
22. A. steps B. floors C. benches D. streets
23. A. happy B. beautiful C. dangerous D. sorrow
24. A. suffering B. changing C. damaging D. encouraging
25. A. speak B. response C. move D. cry