强化训练11 完形填空(三)
(45分钟,100分)
A
Many people are constantly waiting for their life to start. “When I'm older I'll do this.” and “In a few years I'll do that.” are words they always say. They think the life they are
__1__
is boring and meaningless.
Who has never
__2__
himself or herself as worthless and unattractive?
In others' eyes, you are always “the funny one” and become loud and overconfident to mask what you are truly feeling,
__3__
few people know about the way you feel.
All of us may
__4__ from depression and frustration, lose guidance, and thus need
__5__ physically, or spiritually.
Just think like this way:
__6__ feelings I am feeling will eventually go away.
I need to stop feeling so sorry for myself and
__7__
want to change. I am an incredibly lucky person who has come from a family where there is full of love and __8__ .
I have to be the one to make the
__9__ to change my way of thinking.
All the good things and all the wonderful people in my life would pass eventually too. __10__ I am feeling miserable, my life is still going on and I am missing out on
__11__
those precious moments.
We all have terrible things which happen to us and they will
__12__
each of us differently.
The most valuable thing to remember is that our
__13__
aren't what define us. What defines us is how we
__14__
what has happened to us and how we change the way we think about it.
We can either let it become us or we can use our newlyfound
__15__
to change the world around us all a little bit.
There's something much bigger than us and our problems. It is
__16__
to always remember that there is always someone who is in a(n)
__17__
much worse than our own.
Nevertheless, I am well on the
__18__
to becoming the person I want to be and I have goals and expectations of myself. I am now
__19__
that my life has started.
It started years ago and it's not
__20__
over yet. It's happening right now. Yours is too.
1. A. making
B. predicting
C. experiencing
D. expecting
2. A. elected
B. viewed
C. appointed
D. addressed
3. A. and
B. or
C. so
D. but
4. A. suffer
B. escape
C. differ
D. result
5. A. growth
B. service
C. aid
D. sacrifice
6. A. Pleasant
B. Horrible
C. Sensitive
D. Complicated
7. A. suddenly
B. exactly
C. continuously
D. actually
8. A. support
B. relaxation
C. comfort
D. pride
9.A. mistake
B. guess
C. decision
D. comment
10. A. Because
B. While
C. Unless
D. Once
11. A. calculating
B. recommending
C. forgetting
D. appreciating
12. A. attract
B. treat
C. affect
D. benefit
13. A. characters
B. problems
C. advantages
D. backgrounds
14. A. care about
B. make up
C. deal with
D. account for
15. A. wisdom
B. energy
C. chance
D. patience
16. A. difficult
B. unnecessary
C. impossible
D. important
17. A. occupation
B. relation
C. position
D. distance
18. A. turn
B. way
C. corner
D. direction
19. A. aware
B. surprised
C. afraid
D. worried
20. A. particularly
B. nearly
C. deliberately
D. necessarily
【语篇解读】 人生有两种选择:要么接受现实,要么接受改变现状的责任。作者在本文中告诉我们应该如何面对人生。
1.解析:根据上下文语境可知,此处指很多人认为他们现在的生活枯燥无味。experience在此意为“经历”,符合语境。
答案:C
2.解析:谁不曾把自己看作无用和没有魅力的人呢?view... as...意为“把……看作……”,符合语境。
答案:B
3.解析:根据语境可知,前后句之间存在语义上的转折,故用but,指但是很少人了解你内心的真实感受。
答案:D
4.解析:根据下文中的“depression and frustration, lose guidance”可知,此处指我们每个人可能都会遭受(suffer)挫折和沮丧,失去指引,因此,我们在身体上或精神上需要帮助(aid)。
答案:A
5.解析:参见上题解析。
答案:C
6.解析:根据上下文可知,此处作者告诉我们要这样想,可怕的(Horrible)感受最终都会消失。
答案:B
7.解析:根据空前的“stop feeling so sorry for myself”和空后的“want to change”可知,此处指实际上(actually)我要改变。
答案:D
8.解析:我是一个十分幸运的人,我来自一个充满爱和支持(support)的家庭。
答案:A
9.解析:我必须做出决定来改变自己的思维方式。make a decision意为“决定”,符合上下文语境。
答案:C
10.解析:我生活中所有的好人好事终将离去。当我感到痛苦的时候,我的生活还在继续,我也正错过体会那些宝贵的时光的机会。根据语境可知,此处应用While引导时间状语从句。
答案:B
11.解析:参见上题解析。appreciate意为“体会,领会”,符合语境。
答案:D
12.解析:我们都会遇到一些可怕的事情,并且它们会以不同的方式影响着(affect)我们每个人。
答案:C
13.解析:要记得,界定我们的不是我们(遇到)的问题(problems),而是我们如何去应对(deal with)发生在我们身上的事情以及我们如何改变我们看待这些事情的方式。下文中的“our problems”亦是提示。
答案:B
14.解析:参见上题解析。
答案:C
15.解析:我们要么接受现实,要么运用刚刚获得的智慧(wisdom)去稍稍改变周围的世界。这里指改变看待问题的方式,知道应该如何去面对生活中的逆境。
答案:A
16.解析:重要的(important)是,我们要常常记得,在这个世界上总有人的处境(position)比我们的更糟糕。
答案:D
17.解析:参见上题解析。
答案:C
18.解析:我现在正在变成我想要成为的人的路上,而且我有自己的目标和期望。on the way to...“在……的路上”。
答案:B
19.解析:现在我意识到(aware)我的生活已经开始了。
答案:A
20.解析:我的生活在几年前开始了,但它还远远没有结束。not nearly是固定短语,意为“远非,根本不”,符合语境。
答案:B
B
When I was quite young, my family had the first telephone. I was too little to
__1__
the telephone on the wall, but I used to listen with
__2__
when my mother talked to it.
__3__
she lifted me up to speak to my father, who was away on business.
Then I discovered that
__4__
inside that wonderful device lived an amazing person-her name was “Information Please”, and there was nothing that she didn't know. My first
__5__
experience with her came one day
__6__
my mother was visiting a neighbor. I hurt my finger with a hammer. The pain was __7__ , but there was no one home to offer
__8__
. Quickly I ran to the telephone. Climbing up, I held the
__9__
to my ear. “Information Please,” I said into the phone.
A click or two, and a small, clear voice
__10__
into my ear, “Information. ”
“I hurt my finger, and nobody's home. ” The tears came
__11__
enough, now that I had a(n)
__12__.
“Can you open your icebox?” she asked. “Then
__13__
off a little piece of ice, and hold it on your finger. That will stop the hurt. Be
__14__
when you use the ice pick(碎冰锥). And don't cry. You'll be all right. ”
After that, I called Information Please for everything. I asked her for
__15__
with my geography, and she told me the romantic river that I was going to
__16__
when I grew up.
And there was the time that nay pet bird
__17__
. I called Information Please and told her the sad story. She listened, and then said the usual things that grownups say to
__18__
a child. She must have __19__ my deep concern, and she said quietly, “Paul, always remember that there are other
__20__
to sing in. ”
Somehow I felt better.
1. A. consider
B. reach
C. observe
D. notice
2. A. sincerity
B. love
C. interest
D. respect
3. A. Once
B. Later
C. Again
D. Still
4. A. somewhere
B. something
C. anywhere
D. everything
5. A. distant
B. pleasant
C. personal
D. curious
6. A. since
B. until
C. before
D. while
7. A. unique
B. terrible
C. familiar
D. bearable
8. A. services
B. plans
C. hope
D. sympathy
9. A. receiver
B. line
C. stair
D. recorder
10. A. poured
B. crowded
C. spoke
D. put
11. A. suddenly
B. readily
C. surprisingly
D. properly
12. A. neighbor
B. audience
C. relative
D. assistant
13. A. get
B. take
C. break
D. cut
14. A. quiet
B. patient
C. careful
D. serious
15.A. help
B. secret
C. discussion
D. progress
16.A. develop
B. discover
C. expand
D. explore
17.A. escaped
B. slept
C. died
D. flew
18.A. comfort
B. protect
C. support
D. encourage
19.A. remembered
B. doubted
C. removed
D. sensed
20.A. pets
B. worlds
C. things
D. songs
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了儿时的自己与家里的第一部电话之间的美好回忆。
1.解析:根据语境可知,此处指作者个子太矮,够不着墙上的电话,因此用reach表示“能伸到,够得着”。
答案:B
2.解析:根据转折连词“but”可知,这里表示作者虽然够不着电话,但是每次妈妈打电话的时候,作者总是很感兴趣地听着。故用interest“兴趣”,with interest“有兴趣地”,为固定用法。
答案:C
3.解析:有一次,作者的父亲出差去了,作者的妈妈把作者抱起来和父亲通电话。因此选A表示“曾经,有一次”。
答案:A
4.解析:此处指在电话里的某个地方住着一个很了不起的人。故用somewhere表示“某个地方”。
答案:A
5.解析:这里说的是作者终于有机会能亲自跟电话里的那个了不起的人说话,故用personal表示“个人的,亲自的”。
答案:C
6.解析:根据语境,这里指当母亲去邻居家串门的时候,故用while引导时间状语从句表示“当……的时候”。
答案:D
7.解析:用铁锤把手指头砸伤了,当然疼痛难忍了,因此选B表示“可怕的,很糟糕的”。
答案:B
8.解析:手指头被砸伤了,家里却没有人,没人来表示同情。结合故事的发展和选项看,这里应用sympathy表示“同情”。
答案:D
9.解析:根据空后的“to my ear”可知,这里说的是作者把电话的听筒贴着耳朵,因此选A。
答案:A
10.解析:此处指电话里的声音传人作者的耳朵,用动词speak表示“说,说话”。
答案:C
11.解析:作者终于有了一个可以倾诉的听众,于是泪水就轻易地流了下来,因此用readily表示“轻易地,轻而易举地”。
答案:B
12.解析:参见上题解析。
答案:B
13.解析:由前面的“Can you open your icebox”并结合常识可知,此处指接线员要作者切下来一点冰块对受伤部位进行冰敷。cut off“切掉”。
答案:D
14.解析:根据语境可知,此处指接线员告诉作者用碎冰锥切冰块时要小心,故用careful表示“小心的”。
答案:C
15.解析:这里表示打电话向接线员寻求帮助,故用help表示“帮助”。
答案:A
16.解析:从语境和四个选项看,这里表示作者长大之后要到这条河里去探险,因此选D。
答案:D
17.解析:从后面的“sad story”和选项可判断选C,作者养的宠物鸟死了,作者很伤心,就打电话给接线员。
答案:C
18.解析:上文说作者很伤心,故此处指的应是安慰(comfort)作者,因此选A。
答案:A
19.解析:这里指她一定已经觉察到了作者内心深处的担忧,故用sense表示“觉察到”。
答案:D
20.解析:前面说作者的宠物鸟死了,于是,接线员就告诉作者,宠物鸟去了另外一个世界,在那个世界里,它依然会唱歌的,故选B表示“世界”。
答案:B
C
I have always loved the beautiful sound of the cello(大提琴). I would go to
__1__
and wonder what it would feel like to
__2__
a cello and make such glorious music. But as a young journalist in the late 1970s, I never
__3__
that I could play one.
One day, while dashing between assignments, I
__4__
knocked on the wrong door in an office building. A(n)
__5__
man with white hair opened the door, and there was a dark cello on a wooden chair
For a moment, I
__6__
what I was looking for. I asked, “Do you play the cello?”
“Yes,” he said.
“Do you want to become one of my
__7__
?”
“Yes,” I
__8__, almost without thinking.
Mr. J assured me that with practice and
__9__
to the instrument, I could become a musician.
I bought a cello and began my weekly lessons. Much to my
__10__
, the lessons began with a cup of tea. Mr. J wanted to know about my job, my interests, and my
__11__ .
Once we got to the cello, “Embrace(拥抱) your cello like you would a beautiful
__12__
,” he told me. “Now play,” he said. “Don't just listen to the sound.
__13__
the sound in your heart.”
Under the guidance of Mr. J, I made
__14__
progress. “Don't play for me,” Mr. J would always say. “Play for the people across the street.”
Mr. J was born in Germany in 1910. He studied music in Berlin but
__15__
made his way to New York. I studied with him for seven years
__16__
I got married. I stopped the lessons, but we stayed in
__17__
. When Mr. J died in 2002, I remained
__18__
to his children.
Mr. J's eldest son, Andrew, died in 2017. Shortly after, I got a call from Andrew's wife, who said she had a(n)
__19__
gift for me. A large box __20__
a few days later at my house, and inside was Mr.
J's “cello chair”,
the wooden one I had originally seen.
1. A. concerts
B. parties
C. plays
D. ceremonies
2. A. experience
B. strike
C. hold
D. perform
3. A. predicted
B. concluded
C. doubted
D. imagined
4. A. purposefully
B. hurriedly
C. merrily
D. mistakenly
5. A. elegant
B. elderly
C. cheerful
D. strange
6. A. remembered
B. reflected
C. forgot
D. found
7. A. fans
B. instructors
C. students
D. audience
8. A. responded
B. explained
C. complained
D. added
9. A. adaptation
B. reaction
C. devotion
D. contribution
10. A. regret
B. joy
C. relief
D. surprise
11.A. salaries
B. ambitions
C. preferences
D. backgrounds
12.A. scenery
B. woman
C. instrument
D. teacher
13.A. Guess
B. Play
C. Feel
D. Make
14.A. steady
B. little
C. hopeful
D. average
15.A. strangely
B. urgently
C. suddenly
D. eventually
16.A. since
B. when
C. until
D. once
17.A. touch
B. charge
C. shape
D. love
18.A. devoted
B. related
C. familiar
D. close
19.A. special
B. expensive
C. rare
D. unusual
20.A. existed
B. arrived
C. spread
D. dropped
【语篇解读】 这是一篇记叙文,讲述的是作者与自己的大提琴老师之间的师生情缘。
1.解析:前文提到作者喜欢大提琴演奏出来的美妙音乐,再结合后文中的“wonder what it would feel...make such glorious music”可知,这里应是作者会去听音乐会,因此选A。concert“音乐会,演奏会”。
答案:A
2.解析:作者想知道拿起一把大提琴弹奏出极好的音乐的感觉是什么样子的。故选hold表示“拿起”。
答案:C
3.解析:这里表示作者从来都没想过自己有朝一日会演奏大提琴。imagine表示“想象”,符合语境。
答案:D
4.解析:根据后面的“the wrong door”可知选D,mistakenly“错误地”,指作者敲错了门。
答案:D
5.解析:根据空后的“with white hair”和下文中的“Mr.J was born in Germany in 1910”可知,一位白发的老人打开了门,因此选B。
答案:B
6.解析:看到房间里的大提琴,作者就忘记了自己是来找什么的,因此选C表示“忘记,遗忘”。
答案:C
7.解析:从后面的内容可知老人邀请作者当他的学生,跟着他学大提琴,因此选C。
答案:C
8.解析:结合上下文语境可知,此处是作者不假思索地回答道,故用respond表示“回答”。
答案:A
9.解析:Mr.J向作者保证,凭借对乐器的练习和专心,作者可以成为一名音乐家,这里应用devotion表示“专心,奉献”。
答案:C
10.解析:结合后文内容可知,Mr. J开始给作者上大提琴课时,不是教作者怎样拉大提琴,而是和作者一起喝茶聊天,这让作者感到很惊讶,故选surprise“吃惊,惊讶”。
答案:D
11.解析:由前文中的“my job,my interests”可知,此处应用ambition“追求,夙愿”,指Mr. J想知道作者的工作、作者的兴趣和作者的追求。
答案:B
12.解析:Mr.J对作者说,要像拥抱漂亮的女子一样拥抱大提琴。
答案:B
13.解析:根据后文中的“in your heart”可知,应选C,表示用心去感受内心的声音。
答案:C
14.解析:这里说的是作者在Mr. J的指导下取得了持续的进步,因此选A表示“稳步的,持续的”。
答案:A
15.解析:这里用eventually表示“最后,最终”,指Mr. J出生在德国,在柏林学音乐,最后却去了纽约。
答案:D
16.解析:根据语境,这里应用until表示“直到”,指作者跟着Mr.J学了七年的大提琴,一直到作者结婚成家。
答案:C
17.解析:由前文的“but”可知,这里应用stay in touch表示“保持联系”,指虽然作者不再学习大提琴课程了,但作者和Mr. J却一直保持联系。
答案:A
18.解析:根据语境可知,这里应用close表示“密切的”,指Mr. J去世之后,作者和Mr. J的孩子们的关系很密切。
答案:D
19.解析:作者接到Andrew的妻子的电话,她告诉作者她要给作者一件特别的礼物。special表示“特别的”,符合语境。
答案:A
20.解析:根据语境,这里应用arrive表示“到达”,指几天后,一个大盒子到了作者家,里面装的是之前作者看到的放置大提琴的那把椅子。
答案:B
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