2017届高考英语一轮复习完形填空Like that of her own character，Harry
Potter，J.K.Rowling's life is like a fairy tale.Divorced，living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter，Rowling
__1__ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
__2__
a table in a cafe during her daughter's naps—and it was Harry Potter
__3__
rescued her.
Rowling
__4__
that she always wanted to write and that the first
__5__
she actually wrote down，when she was five or six，was a story about a rabbit
__6__
Rabbit.Many of her favorite
__7__
center around reading—hearing The Wind in the Willows
__8__
aloud by her father when she had the measles，enjoying the fantastic adventure stories of E．Nesbit，and her favorite story of all，The Little White Horse.
At Exeter University Rowling took her degree in French and
__9__ one year studying in Paris.After college she moved to London to
__10__
as a researcher and bilingual secretary.The best thing about working in an office，she has said，was __11__ up stories on the computer when no one was __12__.During this time，on a particularly long train ride from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990，the idea __13__
her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn't know it.He __14__
a school for wizardry—she could see him very plainly in her mind.By the time the train
__15__
into Kings Cross station four hours later，many of the characters and the early stages of the plot were fully
__16__
in her head.The story took further shape as she continued working on it in
__17__ and cafes over her lunch hours.
After her marriage to a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce，Rowling returned to Britain with her infant daughter and a suitcase full of Harry Potter notes and
__18__.She settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister and
__19__
to finish the book before looking for a teaching job.Wheeling her daughter's carriage around the city to escape their
__20__，cold apartment，she would duck into coffee shops to write when the baby fell asleep.In this way she finished the book and started sending it to publishers.
Notes：
measle n．麻疹 ②bilingual adj.双语的
【语篇解读】 Harry Potter是受全世界书迷喜欢的系列小说，可很少有人知道此书的作者J.K.Rowling的命运就像书中人物哈利·波特一样具有传奇色彩。
1．A.read
B．recited
C．wrote
D．copied
答案 C [作为一个作家，应该是“写”或“创作”小说。]
2．A.on
B．in
C．around
D．at
答案 D [写作时应该是“坐在桌子前”，用at a table。]
3．A.what
B．that
C．which
D．who
答案 B [本句采用了强调句型，强调的是主语Harry Potter。]
4．A.remembers
B．thinks
C．reminds
D．supposes
答案 A [此处是Rowling对往事的回忆，所以应该选 remembers。]
5．A.book
B．story
C．novel
D．fiction
答案 B [下文“was a story about a rabbit __6__ Rabbit”暗示了答案。novel 指一般的小说；fiction多指科幻方面的小说。]
6．A.colored
B．published
C．called
D．replaced
答案 C [语境为“关于一只名叫Rabbit的兔子的故事”。]
7．A.songs
B．sports
C．things
D．memories
答案 D [此段主要讲述的是Rowling对往事的回忆，这里的意思为“她的许多美好回忆集中在读书上”。]
8．A.spoken
B．said
C．told
D．read答案 D [read aloud意思为“大声朗读”；虽然tell可以表示“讲故事”，但它不与aloud搭配。]
9．A.cost
B．spared
C．took
D．spent
答案 D [spend time(in)doing sth为固定结构。]
10．A.regard
B．consider
C．work
D．treat
答案 C [虽然四个动词都与as搭配，但此处表示“当研究员和秘书”，所以用work as。]
11．A.searching
B．reading
C．listening
D．typing
答案 D [此处表示在上班期间搞业余创作，应该是在电脑上把构思的小说“打出来”。]
12．A.noticing
B．watching
C．observing
D．seeing
答案 B [语境为“当没有观察时，她就在电脑上打字”。watch表示“观看，观察，监视”，符合语境；notice表示“无意中注意到”；observe多表示“搞专门研究的人长期地进行某一方面的观察”；see表示“有意或无意中看到”。]
13．A.came to
B．struck to
C．stuck to
D．hit on
答案 A [表示“某人产生一个主意”常用an idea comes to sb，an idea strikes sb或sb hits on/upon an idea。]
14．A.studies
B．attends
C．builds
D．goes
答案 B [与上学有关的短语为study at/in a school，attend a school，enter a school和go to school。]
15．A.entered
B．pulled
C．reached
D．arrived
答案 B [火车进站、出站常用动词“pull into”和“pull out of”。另外，这两个短语还可表示轮船进出码头。]
16．A.organized
B．taken
C．formed
D．appeared
答案 C [此处表示故事中的人物和前边的部分已经在她大脑中“形成”。]
17．A.theatres
B．pubs
C．cinemas
D．concerts
答案 B [由“over her lunch hours”可知，此处应选pubs(酒吧)。]
18．A.chapters
B．books
C．magazines
D．newspapers
答案 A [从上文的“notes”一词和下文的“to finish the book”可知，此处表示那本书的“章节”。]
19．A.set about
B．set off
C．set up
D．set out
答案 D [此处表示定居下来以后着手完成她的书。表示“着手干某事”常用set out to do sth和set about doing sth两个短语，由后边的不定式结构推断出选D。set off表示“动身，出发”；set up意为“建立”。]
20．A.splendid
B．large
C．comfortable
D．tiny
答案 D [此处意为“离开她们狭小而又寒冷的公寓……”。]
维A 完形填空(每题1.5分，满选材相似度：★★★★
难度系数：★★★★★
In
seventh
grade，Brittany Blythe
dreamed
of
being
a cheerleader.Her school's coaches were __1__ enthusiastic.“They said，‘I don't know how you'll be able to do it，’”
she
__2__.“‘You won't be able to do the stunts(绝技)．’” __3__ Brittany，now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia，persisted(坚持)．And __4__ the junior cheerleaders won a tournament(锦标赛)last year，she was right there，__5__ with the rest of her peers.
Not
bad
for
someone
whose
__6__ were amputated(切除)
below the knee when she was two years old.
Brittany,18，was born __7__ shinbones—“just blood and muscle tissue，” as she __8__
it.When she tried to walk，her legs twisted.After the amputation，she adapted
__9__.“From day one，I basically jumped up and wanted to do __10__” she says.Prosthetic(假的) legs allowed her to move around upright，but too __11__
to keep up with her friends.Brittany's __12__：take the legs off and walk on her knees—something
she
still
does
when
safety
and comfort __13__.
She's rarely discouraged.Other children
__14__ her through the years，especially in junior high school，but she says the __15__
only made her stronger.Now she's trying to __16__ her coaches to let her take off the prostheses and be a flyer，the __17__ who's thrown in the air and __18__
by her teammates.
Brittany doesn't think her problems are any more __19__ than the next person's.“My disability was the first thing I had to
__20__，and that's going to prepare me for the future，” she says.
【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。从两岁开始Brittany Blythe膝盖以下的部分就被截去，但是这些年她一直梦想着自己能成为一名拉拉队队员。克服种种身体障碍和人们的嘲讽，她如愿以偿，并对自己的残疾有了新的认识。
1．A.less than
B．more thanC．a bit
D．no longer答案 A [联系下文I don't know how you'll be able to do it，可知，他们对此想法没有多少热情。]
2．A.complains
B．recallsC．replies
D．explains
答案 B [联系短文的第一句In seventh grade...可知，这些话是她在7年级的时候教练说的，现在她回想着这些话。]
3．A.But
B．So
C．Then
D．Never
答案 A [从第一段可知，当她说出自己的理想时，别人对她没有信心，但是她自己坚持了下来，因此前后为转折关系。]
4．A.if
B．when
C．unless
D．because
答案 B [联系空后的she was right there可知，当大三学生拉拉队赢得了去年的锦标赛的时候，她就在队里面。]
5．A.playing and singing
B．dancing and cheering
C．studying and walking
D．watching and shouting
答案 B [因为她们是大三学生拉拉队队员，因此她们在表演中的动作是跳舞与欢呼。其他选项都不符合拉拉队所做的。]
6．A.feet
B．hands
C．legs
D．arms
答案 C [联系空后的below the knee以及下文的描述可知，她膝盖以下的部分被截去了。]
7．A.without
B．with
C．on
D．about
答案 A [联系空后的“just blood and muscle tissue.”可知，出生的时候她没有胫骨。]
8．A.says
B．makes
C．recalls
D．puts
答案 D [空前的just blood and muscle tissue是她的陈述，put在这里的意思是“陈述”。A有一定的干扰性，say后面一般不跟it。]
9．A.well
B．slowly
C．quickly
D．later
答案 C [联系From day one，I basically jumped up and wanted to do...可知，她适应得非常快。]
10．A.nothing
B．everythingC．something
D．anything
答案 B [从空前的From day one，I basically jumped up可知，从第一天，她就想做一切事情。]
11．A.slowly
B．heavily
C．steadily
D．tiredly答案 A [联系空前的but以及空后的take the legs off and walk on her knees可知，安上假肢后，尽管她很快适应了，但是跑的速度太慢了。]
12． A.decision
B．opinion
C．solution
D．promise
答案 C [联系下文的take the legs off and walk on her knees可知，这是她解决自己跑得慢的办法。]
13．A.exist
B．permit
C．disappear
D．help
答案 B [联系空前的safety and comfort，可知，只要安全与舒适允许，她才这样做的。]
14．A.encouraged
B．supportedC．watched
D．teased答案 D [联系空后的but she says the __15__(challenge)only made her stronger可知，有的人嘲笑她。]
15．A.disability
B．conditionC．education
D．challenge
答案 D [联系上文可知，别人对她嘲笑，但是她把这些挑战看做是使得她更坚强的东西。]
16．A.allow
B．convince
C．force
D．forbid
答案 B [她努力劝服她的教练让她摘掉假肢。convince在这里的意思是“说服”。]
17．A.cheerleader
B．playerC．coach
D．girl
答案 A [本空以及后面的内容是对a flyer的解释，也就是被队友抛在空中然后接住的拉拉队队员。]
18．A.observed
B．cheered
C．caught
D．loved
答案 C [联系空前的thrown in the air可知，先是被抛在空中，然后接住。]
19．A.difficult
B．importantC．independent
D．special
答案 A [从空前的doesn't think可知，她觉得自己的问题比别人艰难不到哪里去。]
20．A.make up
B．learn aboutC．get through
D．end up
答案 C [从空前的My disability was the first thing I had to可知，她首先要克服的是自己的残疾。get through意思是“克服”。make up弥补；编造；learn about学习；end up结束。]