云南省楚雄市2017高考英语完形填空、阅读理解一轮基础训练（19）及答案
完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Loving Kindness Is Twice Blessed
I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so
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.
As I was sitting at my desk, I
it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her
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.
Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I
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to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift,
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to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have
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of a birthday this year. As always,
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, she sounded cheerful and was happy that I
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.
After I hung up, I couldn’t
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the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day.
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feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I
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gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise
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me I’d done the right thing and were a generous
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for the little effort it had taken.
When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a
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friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had
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my own!
Isn’t that the way it is
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we take the time and make the
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to do something for someone else? It’s like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who
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.”
Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with
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to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to
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. And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.
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) 1. A. special
B. positive
C. nervous
D. proud
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) 2. A. explained
B. complained
C. remembered
D. informed
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) 3. A. family
B. training
C. work
D. school
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) 4. A. decided
B. continued
C. agreed
D. refused
(
) 5. A. surprised
B. disappointed
C. bored
D. prepared
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) 6. A. much
B. many
C. little
D. few
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) 7. A. though
B. besides
C. therefore
D. otherwise
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) 8. A. admitted
B. called
C. succeeded
D. apologized
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) 9. A. experience
B. imagine
C. shake
D. understand
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) 10. A. Almost
B. Even
C. Never
D. Still
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) 11. A. luckily
B. finally
C. unhappily
D. hardly
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) 12. A. convinced
B. advised
C. promised
D. reminded
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) 13. A. response
B. contribution
C. reward
D. share
(
) 14. A. careless
B. lonely
C. weak
D. curious
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) 15. A. troubled
B. taken
C. wasted
D. made
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) 16. A. when
B. where
C. why
D. how
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) 17. A. suggestion B. friend
C. effort
D. call
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) 18. A. tries
B. receives
C. expects
D. cares
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) 19. A. opportunities B. dreams
C. choices
D. regrets
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) 20.A. someone
B. something
C. everyone
D. everything
1. B. positive意为“乐观的”，此处的didn’t feel so positive 与上文的felt gloomy相符。
. C. 记起。
. C. 从事护士职业30年，很喜欢她自己的工作。
. A. 我决定给她打个电话。
. D. 她是B班，准备工作到深夜。
. A. 不会有太多的时间过生日。
. A. though 意为“虽然”。
. B. 她因我打电话而高兴。
. C. shake 意为“动摇”，下文26空前有提示。
. D. 作者仍然感到沮丧，与文章开头相呼应。
. B. 最终。
A. 使我相信我做对了。
. C. 她的笑容和惊喜是对我慷慨的回报。
. B. 作者没有家人在镇里，所以孤独，与19空前内容相符合。
D. 与make her day 相符合。
A. 当我们付出时间和努力的时候。
. C. 同上。
. B. receives 与 gives 相对应。
. A. 生活为我们提供机会。
. A. 对某个人产生影响。
, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
President George Bush is heading to Camp David for Thanksgiving, thankful for his almost-expired "privilege of serving as the president."
President-elect Barack Obama is staying in Chicago to "have a whole bunch of people over to the house" and squeeze in some Christmas shopping.
On a holiday designed for reflection(回忆), one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city.
Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church with wife Michelle and their two daughters, shaking hands and happily telling people "you can call me Barack."
He followed that with a quick visit to a school next door, where he asked the excited kids, "Who's going to have turkey?" "Who's going to have green beans?" "Who's going to have sweet potato pie?"
Obama has shown a knack(窍门) for symbolism, in this case following the Thanksgiving tradition of helping the poor, said David Greenberg, a Rutgers University historian who is working on a history of political spin.
"Here he's showing a different side of himself, the president as national conscience or moral authority. I think that's probably a good note for him to introduce in a transition period that's been so heavily focused on Wall Street and the financial system and these economic problems," he said. "He's not forgetting who these economic problems are hurting the most."
For Bush, his final Thanksgiving in office is proving a time for nostalgia. He always reflects a bit at Thanksgiving, but he went further as he spared（放飞）the Thanksgiving turkey, "Pumpkin," on Wednesday.
He gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people. Then he gave thanks for his wife and twin daughters — "two Thanksgiving miracles who we were blessed with 27 years ago" — and that his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, was doing well after being hospitalized.
"Most of all," he said, "I thank the American people for the tremendous privilege of serving as the president."
This Thanksgiving, Obama used the opportunity for a relatively rare public event with his wife and children, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10 — and a chance for a little lesson for the kids.
"I want them to learn the importance of how fortunate they are and to make sure they're giving back," he said of bringing the girls to the church.
And what's he thankful for?
"I just want you to know what I'm thankful for is my family and my friends and my community," he told the schoolchildren. "That's the most important thing."
1. The best title of the passage should be _______
A. Thanksgiving for Bush and Obama
B. Thanksgiving Day
C. How to celebrate Thanksgiving Day
D. Thanksgiving Day for presidents
答案解析：答案为A。本题考查文章的标题。全文报道了即将卸任的总统Bush和新选举的总统Obama各自在感恩节做的事情。故答案为A。
2. The underlined word “squeeze” in paragraph 2 is closest to _______
A. force
B. push
C. join
D. take
答案解析：答案为C。本题为词义猜测题。结合下文的第三段 “On a holiday designed for reflection, one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city.”可知，“one man”指的是第一段提到的President George Bush，他和家人一起要去遥远的山顶；“The other”指的是第二段提到的President-elect Barack Obama，他在繁忙的城市中，周围都是人。可以推断，第二段写的是新选举的总统Obama加入了圣诞节的购物潮中，因此squeeze意思最接近 “join”，故答案为C。
3. Which of the following is NOT right according to the passge?
A. Bush is thought highly of by the people in the article.
B. Bush’s daughters are 27 years old now.
C. Obama visited some of the people who needed help.
D. Bush gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people.
答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由第三段 “On a holiday designed for reflection, one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family.”可知，“one man”在历史上不受欢迎，结合上题的分析，“one man”指的是Bush，因此A选项“文中人们对Bush评价很高”错误，故答案为A。
第九段写的是Bush, 由文中 “He gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people. Then he gave thanks for his wife and twin daughters — ‘two Thanksgiving miracles who we were blessed with 27 years ago’…”可知，B、D选项符合文意。由第四段 “Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church…”可知，C选项符合文意。
4. The passage suggests that _______
A It’s a tradition for a US president to spare a turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
B On Thanksgiving Day, Obama mainly has a get-together with his family and friends.
C Obama asked his two daughters to make contribution to the US economy.
D Bush thinks it a honour and also a pity to be the US president.
答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题，解答此题可用排除法。由第十一段 “This Thanksgiving, Obama used the opportunity for a relatively rare public event with his wife and children, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10 — and a chance for a little lesson for the kids.”可知，Obama利用这个机会和妻子孩子团聚，没有和朋友一起，故B选项错误。C、D选项未提。因此只有选择A选项“对于美国总统来说感恩节放飞火鸡是一种传统”，文中第八段提到 “For Bush, his final Thanksgiving in office is proving a time for nostalgia. He always reflects a bit at Thanksgiving, but he went further as he spared the Thanksgiving turkey, "Pumpkin," on Wednesday.” 由此可知，A选项是正确的。
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
“Mum，what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton(骨骼) in the closet(衣橱)？” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet？” her mother paused thoughtfully, “Well, it's something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad's
family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a skeleton in his family's closet’. He really wouldn't want any neighbor to konw about it.”
“Why pick on my family？” Jessica's father said with anger. “Your family history isn't so good, you know. Wasn't your greatgreatgrandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes？” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now，” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica's parents were still quite angry with each other.
Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica's closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica's mother sank into a faint(晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I？” she asked. “You just destroyed the school's skeleton, Mum，” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They're both crazy，” she thought.
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个幽默故事。杰西卡问妈妈“衣橱里放骨骼”是什么意思，妈妈解释说那是不为人知的秘密，并以杰西卡爸爸的祖先做例子，引起了杰西卡爸爸的恼火。饭后，杰西卡爸爸依然生气，杰西卡妈妈熨完衣服后把衣服放到衣橱里，结果发现了衣橱里的骨骼而吓昏过去。原来杰西卡为了完成学校的健康计划，把骨骼带回了家并放在了衣橱里。
1．According to Jessica's mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ________.
A．a family honor
B．a family secret
C．a family story
D．a family treasure
答案：B。细节理解题。由第一段的“it's something that you would rather not have anyone else know about”可知，B项正确。
2．What can we learn about some Australians' ancestors from Paragraph 2?
A．They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B．They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C．They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D．They were not regarded as criminals in their days.
答案：A。推理判断题。根据第二段的“but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners”可推断A项正确，即一些澳大利亚人的祖先是被作为犯人带到澳大利亚。
3．Jessica's mother fell down into a faint because she was ________.
A．knocked
B．frightened
C．injured
D．surprised
答案：B。推理判断题。杰西卡的妈妈是看到了衣橱里的骨骼而晕倒的，我们推断应该是吓倒的。
4．Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?
A．She was curious about it. B．She planned to keep it for fun.
C．She needed it for her school task.D．She intended to scare her parents.
答案：C。细节理解题。由最后一段的“You just destroyed the school's skeleton...I brought it home to help me with my health project”可知答案C正确。
5．Jessica's parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.
A．they were crazy
B．they were overexcited
C．they realized their misunderstanding
D．they both thought they had won the quarrel
答案：C。推理判断题。通读全文可知，杰西卡的父母误解了杰西卡的意思。