专题限时检测(十一) 完形填空之记叙文体(二)
(共3篇，每篇限时18分钟)
A
(2015·苏北四市第一次联考)It was a freezing day when I came across her at some point on my life course. She was a small woman, __1__ to catch the bus at a deserted bus stop.
“Where are you going now？” the woman asked.
“Well, I don?t know. I just want to see what it will be like at the __2__. You know I __3__it all. We were going to get __4__ after four years? ups and downs. And he came one day, with nothing to say, just to show me a __5__ on his finger.”
The woman gave a __6__ of sympathy. She seemed to well understand my pain. “Now, do you want to __7__ my life story while we?re waiting for the bus？” the woman asked me in a low voice. I gave her a __8__ look and nodded my head.
“Exactly thirtyfive years ago, my husband took me and my three children to America. The moment we arrived, he left us __9__ with a wish for good luck, to __10__ his own happiness. Yet how could I __11__ my three children in a strange land, with no money, no relatives and a __12__ heart? Then I took the kids to the beach one afternoon. However, the kids were scared and they cried __13__. Their desperation suddenly woke me up from a long nightmare. How __14__ I was！”
She continued, “I hugged them tightly, feeling a sudden strength __15__ me. Then, I did all the things that brought me __16__ a penny. Days in, days out, we __17__ each other to gather enough encouragement to go ahead. My kids grew up into good, responsible citizens. Later, I found a man with the same pain. I feel __18__ has paid me off.”
The woman stopped for a while. She __19__ my eyes and whispered in my ears, “Now stand up, little girl. Don?t go to the terminal because there?s nothing to see. Why don?t you get cheered up and enjoy the __20__ on the way？”1.A.pretending B．designing
C．waiting
D．trying
2．A.stop
B．road
C．place
D．terminal
3．A.lost
B．made
C．abandoned
D．ruined
4．A.paid
B．married
C．promoted
D．deserted
5．A.flower
B．gift
C．ring
D．necklace
6．A.sigh
B．whistle
C．reply
D．touch
7．A.tell
B．hear
C．cover
D．make
8．A.blank
B．cold
C．innocent
D．fresh
9．A.out
B．off
C．over
D．behind
10．A.rescue
B．seek
C．share
D．own
11．A.shelter
B．educate
C．command
D．attend
12．A.delighted
B．frightened
C．torn
D．excited
13．A.deliberately
B．wildly
C．casually
D．occasionally
14．A.curious
B．proud
C．brave
D．selfish
15．A.inside
B．alongside
C．beneath
D．over
16．A.also
B．almost
C．even
D．still
17．A.fought against
B．argued with
C．depended on
D．complained to
18．A.life
B．career
C．friendship
D．money
19．A.glared at
B．looked into
C．searched for
D．saw through
20．A.conversation
B．vehicle
C．scenery
D．love
B
(2015·南通四校高三第二次联考)Life is a series of choices and we cant always foresee the consequences.
Harry Saleem, an obese (too fat) man with too much money and power, faced a(n) __1__. Outside his office waited his personal __2__， bringing him the __3__ news about the only medicine that could save his life. On the other side of the world, one of his engineers waited for his decision on an important __4__ of business.
His secretary asked him __5__ she could bring the doctor in. The billionaire businessman made his __6__.“No, let the fool wait，” answered Saleem, “business comes first.” __7__ the health problem caused by his huge weight, he was still __8__ about making money. He __9__ a fat finger, and one of his staffs __10__ to switch on a large television set.
On the screen appeared his engineer. They talked by satellite directly to each other although they were thousands of miles __11__. “It?s all ready to explode, Mr. Saleem，” he said, “just one __12__.”His engineer was standing above Pakan Valley in South America. A few months ago, it had been a rainforest. Then Saleem’s men came, cutting down all the valuable trees and __13__ the villagers to move out. __14__ the valley, a dam had been built. This would provide power for the factories that Saleem planned to build in that area. The factories would bring him great __15__.
He saw no reason to delay. He ordered the engineer to press the button. There, in the valley, a cloud of dust rose, __16__ by a dull explosion. A large river changed its course and water flooded into the valley.
“Good, that?s that. Now, get that doctor in here，” he __17__.
The doctor came in with a worried look and started to examine his __18__ patient. “You are doing very well, Mr. Saleem. The only medicine is saving your life. But the difficulty is getting more of it.”
“Can you get more? Money is no problem.” Saleem said. “Tell me what you need and we’ll get it.”
“The medicine was made of a plant, which is __19__. There is only one place in the world where the plant grows.”
“Where？” asked the businessman, __20__.
The doctor smiled. “Well, luckily, the plant comes from one of the lands you own, sir. It comes from a place in South America, known as Pakan Valley.”
1.A.choice B．opportunity
C．consequence
D．problem
2．A.employee
B．secretary
C．doctor
D．engineer
3．A.amazing
B．interesting
C．heartbreaking
D．important
4．A.event
B．matter
C．incident
D．accident
5．A.that
B．whether
C．until
D．unless
6．A.decision
B．mistake
C．promise
D．plan
7．A.Besides
B．Except
C．Instead
D．Despite
8．A.addicted
B．crazy
C．interested
D．dying
9．A.arose
B．rose
C．raised
D．aroused
10．A.began
B．stopped
C．hesitated
D．hurried
11．A.apart
B．away
C．far
D．aside
12．A.look
B．word
C．moment
D．while
13．A.forcing
B．asking
C．forbidding
D．stopping
14．A.Above
B．Along
C．Through
D．Across
15．A.profits
B．advantages
C．preference
D．achievements
16．A.follow
B．to follow
C．following
D．followed
17．A.demanded
B．recommended
C．commanded
D．suggested
18．A.healthy
B．wealthy
C．worried
D．frightened
19．A.common
B．usual
C．rare
D．normal
20．A.delightedly
B．thoughtfully
C．impatiently
D．cautiously
C
(2015·泰州高三调研)There was a young woman who took great pride in the growth and care of the flowers in her flower garden. She was __1__ by her grandmother who taught her to love and __2__ flowers as she herself had done. So, like her grandmother, her flower garden was __3__.
One day while looking through a flower catalogue (邮购商品目录) she often ordered from, a picture of a plant __4__ her eye. She had never seen blooms (花朵) on a flower like that before. “I have to have it，” she said to herself, and she __5__ ordered it.
When it arrived, she __6__ had a place prepared to plant it. She planted it at the base of a stone fence at the back of her yard. It grew vigorously, with beautiful green leaves all over it, __7__ there were no blooms. Day after day she __8__ to take care of it, water it, __9__it, and she even talked to it attempting to coax (哄骗) it to bloom. However, it was __10__.
One morning weeks later, as she stood before the plant, she felt so __11__ that her plant had not bloomed. She was giving much __12__ to cutting it down and planting something else in its place.
It was at this __13__ that her neighbor, whose yard joined __14__， called over to her. “Thank you so much! You __15__ not imagine how much I have enjoyed the blooms of that flower you planted.” The young woman walked __16__ the gate into her neighbor’s yard, and sure __17__， she saw that on the other side of the fence the plant was filled with blooms.
There were __18__ the most beautiful blooms she had ever seen. The plant had grown through the fence and it had not flowered on her side — it had flowered on the other side. Just because you cannot see the good result of your __19__ does not mean that it __20__ no fruit.
1.A.supported B．raised
C．adopted
D．abandoned
2．A.care for
B．look for
C．stand for
D．reach for
3．A.first of all
B．out of order
C．second to none
D．out of place
4．A.gained
B．attracted
C．touched
D．caught
5．A.delightedly
B．formally
C．immediately
D．carefully
6．A.merely
B．almost
C．already
D．even
7．A.but
B．so
C．as
D．and
8．A.refused
B．continued
C．paused
D．struggled
9．A.feed
B．pull
C．grow
D．plant
10．A.ridiculous
B．secure
C．useless
D．innocent
11．A.pleased
B．disappointed
C．excited
D．puzzled
12．A.attention
B．devotion
C．emotion
D．thought
13．A.stage
B．point
C．part
D．section
14．A.yours
B．his
C．theirs
D．hers
15．A.can
B．will
C．need
D．may
16．A.toward
B．over
C．through
D．along
17．A.enough
B．still
C．ever
D．yet
18．A.therefore
B．however
C．thus
D．indeed
19．A.determination
B．labor
C．patience
D．faith
20．A.picks
B．eats
C．peels
D．bears
A
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者所爱的人另觅新欢，她非常痛苦，有一次在等公共汽车时，她遇到了一位和她经历相似的女士，这位女士讲述了自己的生活经历，并鼓励作者快乐地生活下去。1．选C 根据“at a deserted bus stop ”和“catch the bus”可知，小个子的女士在等公共汽车。故选C。
2．选D 根据最后一段倒数第二句“Dont go to the terminal because there’s nothing to see.”可知，当这位小个子女士问作者要去哪里时，作者回答说不知道，她只想看看终点是什么样。故选D。
3．选A 根据第四段第二句“She seemed to well understand my pain.”及全文可以看出，作者所爱的人另觅新欢，她感到非常痛苦，因此选择lost表示“你知道我失去了一切”，符合语境。故选A。
4．选B 由下文这位女士讲述了她被丈夫抛弃，自己和孩子坚强地活下来的经历，并以此来鼓励作者的描写可推知，作者遇到了类似的事情。因此，get married符合句意“经过了四年的起起伏伏之后，我们打算结婚”。故选B。
5．选C 由上文可知，作者和男友本来就要结婚了，然后有一天他来找作者，什么也没说，只是给作者看了看他手指上的戒指。这表明要和作者结婚的人已经和别的女人订婚或结婚了。根据“on his finger”可知，应选C。
6．选A 根据单词“sympathy”和下一句“She seemed to well understand my pain.”可知，这位女士听了作者的痛苦经历后，表示同情和理解，但是两人是陌生人，故可排除D项；B、C两项不符合语境；A项表示“这位女士同情地叹了口气”，符合语境。故选A。
7．选B 根据下文这位女士讲述了自己的痛苦经历可知，她问作者现在想不想听她的故事。故选B。
8．选A 根据“nodded my head”可知，作者愿意听这位女士讲述她的故事，但是此时作者非常失落，因此“面无表情地看了她一眼”。故选A。
9．选D leave sb. behind是固定搭配，意为“留下，丢弃”，此处表示“我们一到美国，他就怀着交好运的愿望抛弃了我们”，与下句“Yet how could I ________ my three children in a strange land, with no money, no relatives and a ________ heart？”相照应。故选D。
10．选B 根据上文“他怀着交好运的愿望抛弃了我们”可知，那位女士的前夫离开她和孩子们去寻找自己的幸福。故选B。
11．选A 根据句中信息“in a strange land, with no money, no relatives and”可知，对于她的三个孩子，这位女士需要做的不仅仅是照料他们，还要让他们有房子住，有食物吃，要抚养他们长大，因此只有shelter能准确、完全地表达这一含义。故选A。
12．选C 这位女士被丈夫无情地抛弃，还带着三个无辜的孩子，她的心当然是破碎的。故选C。
13．选B 由上文可知，这位女士带着孩子们来到海滩，也就是说她想和孩子们一起结束生命，在这种情况下，孩子们应该会害怕，会疯狂地大哭。故选B项。
14．选D 根据语境可知，孩子们在海滩上吓得嚎啕大哭，他们的绝望突然使这位女士从噩梦中醒来，这时她想到的应是“我是多么地自私啊！”，指她完全沉浸在自己的痛苦之中，而没有尽到一个做母亲的责任。故选D。
15．选A 由上文可知，这位女士清醒过来了，认识到了自己的自私，因此她“紧紧地抱着他们，感到内心有一股突如其来的力量”。inside me表示“在我的内心”。故选A。
16．选C 根据句中“I did all the things”可知，这位女士为了养育三个孩子而拼命赚钱，就连只能挣一个便士的工作都去做。故选C。
17．选C 上文提到，这位女士重新燃起对生活的信心，努力工作去养家糊口，由此可知，此处表示“日复一日，我们依靠彼此来获得足够的鼓励向前走”。故选C。
18．选A 根据上一句可知，她的孩子已成长为有责任感的好公民，她也找到了和她同病相怜的男人，由此可知，她感到生活对她有了回报。故选A。
19．选B 根据后面女士说的鼓励的话“Now stand up, little girl ...”可知，这位女士看着作者的眼睛，然后在作者的耳边低语，其他动作不符合语境。故选B。
20．选C 这位女士告诉作者，终点没有什么可看的，要快乐起来，欣赏沿途的风景。这些鼓励的语言与她们等车的情景一致，也用来比喻人生之路。故选C。
B
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了一个极具讽刺性的故事。一位富商患病后仍沉溺于赚钱，也因此毁了可以治疗自己疾病的最后希望。文章引发读者深思并使读者得到一定的启示。1．选A 根据文章第一句“Life is a series ... the consequences.”可知，人生由一系列的选择组成，我们无法预知结果，下文所讲的故事也是围绕着Harry Saleem的一个“选择”展开的。故答案选A。
2．选C 根据空格后的“bringing him the ________ news ... save his life”以及第三段第一句“bring the doctor in”可知，此处应指Harry Saleem的私人医生等在办公室外面，想来告诉他关于可以挽救他性命的药的消息。故选答案C。
3．选D important“重要的”与下文“an important ________of business”相呼应，并结合语境“about the only medicine that could save his life”可知，与性命有关的事情自然是非常重要的。故答案选D。
4．选B event“事件，体育项目”，尤指政治事件；matter“事务”；incident“事件”，一般指一些不愉快的小插曲；accident“意外事故”。结合空格后的“of business”可知，此处应指一项重要的商业事务。故答案选B。
5．选B 根据下文“No, let the fool wait， answered Saleem”，并结合空格前的“asked”可知，秘书在征求Saleem的意见，询问他是否可以把医生带进来。故答案选B。
6．选A 结合空格前秘书询问Saleem是否让医生进来，和空格后“No, let the fool wait， ... ’business comes first.’”可知，亿万富翁做出了决定。故答案选A。
7．选D 根据逗号后“he was still”的提示可知，此处表示逻辑上的让步关系；空格后跟的是名词性短语“the health problem”，不是一个句子，故用介词despite。故答案选D。
8．选B be crazy about“为……而痴迷”，为固定搭配，符合语境。故答案选B。
9．选C 根据空格后“a fat finger”可知，此处表示Saleem举起一根手指。故答案选C。
10．选D 根据上文“business comes first”和语境“He ________ a fat finger ... a large television set.”可知，员工得到老板的指示，赶快去把电视打开，与下文“On the screen appeared his engineer.”相呼应。故答案选D。
11．选A 根据空格前的“They talked by satellite ... thousands of miles”可知，此处指对话双方远隔千里。故答案选A。
12．选B 根据语境“It’s all ready to explode, Mr. Saleem， he said”可知，工程师在等着老板发号施令，与下一段第二句“He ordered the engineer to press the button.”相呼应。故答案选B。
13．选A force“强迫”；ask“要求，问”；forbid“禁止”；stop“停止”。根据上文“Harry Saleem ... too much money and power”和空格后的“the villagers to move out”可推知，财大气粗的Saleem把村民们赶出了热带雨林。故答案选A。
14．选D above“在……上面”；along“沿着”；through“通过”，指从内部穿过；across“穿过”，指从表面穿过。根据空格后的“the valley, a dam had been built”可知，大坝是跨山谷而建的。故答案选D。
15．选A 根据下文“He saw no reason to delay.”， 并结合上文可知，Saleem是一个对赚钱很痴迷的商人，由此可知，建立工厂会给Saleem带来巨大的利润。故答案选A。
16．选D follow和句子的谓语rose之间没有连词，故用非谓语形式，“________ by a dull explosion”作伴随状语，follow与其逻辑主语“a cloud of dust”之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用过去分词。故答案选D。
17．选C 与上文“He ordered the engineer to press the button.”相呼应可知，作为老总的Saleem在给自己的员工发号施令，让其把医生带进来。故答案选C。
18．选B 根据第二段第一句中“Harry Saleem, an obese (too fat) man with too much money and power”可知，Saleem是一个富有的病人。故答案选B。
19．选C 根据空格后“There is only one place in the world where the plant grows.”可知，这种植物很稀有。故答案选C。
20．选C 根据上文Saleem与私人医生的对话可知，Saleem现在急于找到药。故答案选C。
C
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了一位女士细心呵护的花儿在自己的院子里没有开花，却在篱笆外的另一面开得格外茂盛的故事，旨在告诉读者——不要因为看不到你的劳动取得的成果就认为它没有成效。1．选B 根据空格后的“by
her grandmother who taught her to love”可知，那位年轻女士是被祖母抚养长大的。故答案选B。
2．选A 根据空格前的“to love and”可知，年轻女子从小就被教育要热爱花儿、照料花儿，与上文“who took great pride ... of the flowers”呼应。故答案选A。
3．选C 根据上文“who took great pride ... flower garden”可推知，在这位女士的悉心照料下，她的花园是最好的。故答案选C。
4．选D 根据下文“She had never seen blooms (花朵) on a flower like that before.”可推知，这位女士被一幅特别的花的图片吸引了。catch ones eye为固定搭配，意为“吸引某人的注意力”。故答案选D。
5．选C 根据上文“She had never seen ... that before.”和语境“I have to have it”可推知，那位女士对这种花非常动心，所以她立刻就下了订单。故答案选C。
6．选C 根据上文对这位女士很会照顾花及她对这种花非常动心的描述可知，此处指这位女士已经做好了充分的准备来种这种花。故答案选C。
7．选A 根据空格前后句的句意可知，虽然它的叶子很茂盛，但是却没有开花，由此可知上下句之间表示逻辑上的转折关系。故答案选A。
8．选B 根据空格后“and she even talked to ... to bloom”可推知，那位女士没有因为它没开花而气馁，继续日复一日地照顾它。故答案选B。
9．选A 根据空格前“to take care of it, water it”可知，此处表示照顾它，给它浇水，给它施肥。故答案选A。
10．选C 根据“However”表转折可推知，那位年轻女士所做的一切都是无用的，花儿依然没有开，与下一段中的“her plant had not bloomed”呼应。故答案选C。
11．选B 根据空格后“her plant had not bloomed”可推知，她如此细心地呵护花儿，花儿仍旧没有开，她自然是很失望的。故答案选B。
12．选D 根据上文可知，此处指由于失望，她在考虑把它砍掉。give thought to为固定搭配，意为“考虑”。故答案选D。
13．选B at this point为固定短语，意为“就在这个点上，就在这时”，符合语境。故答案选B。
14．选D 根据句中“her neighbor, whose yard joined ________， called over to her”可知，此处应指她的院子，故用名词性物主代词hers来代替“her yard”以避免重复。故答案选D。
15．选A A项意为“可能，能够”，用于否定句时表示不可能，语气较强烈。根据空格前的“Thank you so much！”及空格后的“not imagine how ... blooms”可知，邻居非常喜爱这位女士种的花。can not imagine常用来表示“无法想象”，符合语境。故答案选A。
16．选C 结合语境“the gate”可知，此处表示那位女士穿过大门来到了邻居家。故答案选C。
17．选A 此处承接上文，且与空格后“she saw that on the ... with blooms”呼应，表示十分肯定的语气，且enough作副词修饰形容词或副词时经常放在所修饰词的后面，符合语境。故答案选A。
18．选D 与上文“sure”及“the plant was filled with blooms”相呼应，此处表示肯定。故答案选D。
19．选B 根据上文可知，这位女士对那株花儿细心照料、呵护，付出了大量的劳动。故答案选B，与结尾处“fruit”相呼应。
20．选D 根据空格后“fruit”可知，此处表示结果实。故答案选D。