2016届高考英语专题冲刺复习：完形填空5

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　　Learning to accept

　　I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. ____, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was ____ and ill.

　　My father was _____ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness ____ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit in a chair all day. Even talking is _____. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters, we started _____ about life, and I told them about one of my ______. I said that we must always give things up _______ we grow---our youth, our beauty, our friends--- but it always ____ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father _____ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up _____! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. _____, he answered his own question, “ I ______ the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

　　I was also _____ by his words. After that, when I began to fell irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I _____ remember his words and become ______. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of live for others, then I should be _____ to give up my small irritations. In this ______, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

　　Sometimes I ____ what other things I could learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one _____.

　　21. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile

　　22. A. tired

　　B. weak

　　C. poor D. slow

　　23. A. already B. still C. only D. once

　　24. A. took B. threw C. sent D. put

　　25. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. hopeless

　　26. A. worrying

　　B. caring

　　C. talking

　　D. asking

　　27. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking

　　28. A. as B. since C. before D. till

　　29. A. suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires

　　30. A. spoke B. turned C. summed D. opened

　　31. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

　　32. A. surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly

　　33. A. had

　　B. accepted C. gained D. enjoyed

　　34. A. touched B. astonished C. attracted D. warned

　　35. A. should B. could C. would D. might

　　36. A. quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy

　　37. A. ready B. likely C. free D. able

　　38. A. case B. form C. method D. way

　　39. A. doubt B. wonder C. know D. guess

　　40 .A. award

　　B. gift

　　C. lesson

　　D. word

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　　A proud father has named his son after a computer software term. Jon Blake Cusack, from Michigan, told local newspapers the US traditional way of adding “Junior” after a boy’s name was too

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　　.

　　So, when his son was born last week, he decided on the name Jon Blake Cusack 2.0, as if he were a __22__ upgrade. Mr. Cusack admitted that it took months to

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　　his wife, Jamie, to accept the idea. Mrs. Cusack said she asked several friends whether they can accept this name or not. All the men, she said, felt the name was __24

　　. However, her women friends did not think so. “I think the women ___25__ like it,” she said.

　　Mr. Cusack told the local newspaper he got the

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　　from a film called The Legend of l900, in which an abandoned baby is given the name 1900 to remember the year of its

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　　. “I thought if they could do this. Why can’t we?” After little Jon 2.0 was born, Mr. Cusack even sent a celebratory e-mail to the family and friends designed to look as if he and his wife had

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　　a new software.

　　“I wrote things like there are a lot of new features from Version 1.0 with

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　　features from Jamie”, he said. And he is already planning for his son’s future. “If he has a

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　　, he could name it 3.0,” he said.

　　21. A. ordinary

　　B. usual

　　C. normal

　　D. common

　　22. A. software

　　B. program

　　C. machine

　　D. computer

　　23. A. advise

　　B. suggest

　　C. persuade

　　D. ask

　　24. A. cool

　　B. bad

　　C. out-of-date

　　D. strange

　　25. A. take up

　　B. add up

　　C. end up

　　D. get up

　　26. A. plan

　　B. opinion

　　C. thought

　　D. idea

　　27. A. growth

　　B. birth

　　C. name

　　D. time

　　28. A. created

　　B. founded

　　C. discovered

　　D. found

　　29. A. newer

　　B. common

　　C. additional

　　D. scarce

　　30. A. son

　　B. child

　　C. friend

　　D. daughter

　　I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law. Let us take a

　　, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a（an）

　　were accepted.

　　Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction（分散注意力） of TV, they might

　　together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our

　　----everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of

　　illness ----are caused at least in part by

　　to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to

　　our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better. On evenings when such talk is

　　, families could discover more active pastimes(娱乐). Freed from TV and forced to find their own activities, they might take a

　　together to watch the sunset

　　they might take a walk together.

　　free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in

　　than in a TV program.

　　report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence,

　　at the college level.

　　is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour. A different form of reading might also be done

　　it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the

　　ends, the TV networks might be forced to

　　with better shows in order to get us back from our newly- discovered activities.

　　At first glance, this idea seems radical(激进的).

　　will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can

　　childhoods without television. It wasn't that difficult.

　　3．A. valuable

　　B. pleasant

　　C. serious

　　D. quick

　　4．A. suggestion

　　B. advice

　　C. opinion

　　D. offer

　　5．A. get around

　　B. sit around

　　C. meet with

　　D. stand stiff

　　6．A. misfortunes

　　B. troubles

　　C. affairs

　　D. problems

　　7．A. physical

　　B. mental

　　C. common

　　D. familiar

　　8．A. failure

　　B. attempt

　　C. ability

　　D. permission

　　9．A. comment

　　B. talk

　　C. discuss

　　D. remark

　　10．A. impossible

　　B. unpleasant

　　C. funny

　　D. unnecessary

　　11．A. ride

　　B. look

　　C. walk

　　D. rest

　　12．A. And

　　B. But

　　C. Or

　　D. While

　　13．A. At

　　B. With

　　C. For

　　D. In

　　14．A. a good book B. a fine poem

　　C. a quiet hour

　　D. a composition

　　15．A. Professors

　　B. Scientists

　　C. Educators

　　D. Parents

　　16．A. yet

　　B. still

　　C. just

　　D. even

　　17．A. Skill

　　B. Writing

　　C. Speaking

　　D. Listening

　　18．A. before

　　B. as

　　C. after

　　D. when

　　19．A. talk

　　B. programme

　　C. performance

　　D. quiet-hour

　　20．A. come across

　　B. come about

　　C. come out

　　D. come up

　　21．A. How

　　B. Whether

　　C. What

　　D. If

　　22．A. remind

　　B. recognize

　　C. remember D. know

　　Our three-year-old daughter Becky wanted a dog. But we were too busy to buy one. One day, Becky ran in, shouting, “Mom! Come to see my dog!” Her face was red with

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　　.

　　I followed her to the bush and found a

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　　! He was hurt. Seeing me, he stood up

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　　! I could see his teeth! God! My mouth felt dry. “Don’t be afraid. That’s Mom. She

　　39 you, too.” Becky said. Then he became friendly. It was

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　　!

　　I

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　　to find my husband and told him about the wolf. We should have 42

　　the wolf, but Becky loved him. Besides, he was gentle(温柔的) to Becky. So we called the vet finally.

　　Becky named the wolf (狼) Ralph ,

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　　she carried food to him every day. Later, Ralph got well. They played together in the daytime. At night, Ralph would return to the mountains. Sometimes he

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　　but came back several days later.

　　On Becky’s first day of school, we could see Ralph’s

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　　. After the school bus left, Ralph lay by the side of the road and

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　　. When Becky returned, he got happy again. This

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　　throughout Becky’s school years.

　　Twelve

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　　passed.

　　One day we heard that a she-wolf was killed. The other wolf was hurt and ran away. We were

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　　about Ralph. That night, Ralph returned with a wound (伤). Fifteen-year-old Becky held his head and

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　　him. We hope he could come through. However, he

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　　.

　　Becky cried. I noticed something strange in the bush — two little yellow eyes! Ralph’s

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　　! Before he died, Ralph

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　　his child to us! He knew he would be

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　　here, as he had been. Ralph, Ralph... I was

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　　.

　　“Don’t be afraid, little ... Ralphie. That’s Mom. She loves you, too.”

　　23．A. encouragement

　　B. entertainment

　　C. agreement

　　D. excitement

　　24．A. dog

　　B. fox

　　C. wolf

　　D. tiger

　　25．A. lovely

　　B. finally

　　C. suddenly

　　D. patiently

　　26．A. hurts

　　B. loves

　　C. kills

　　D. hates

　　27．A. wonderful

　　B. unhappy

　　C. unbelievable

　　D. normal

　　28．A. prepared

　　B. rushed

　　C. pretended

　　D. wanted

　　29．A. loved

　　B. found

　　C. damaged

　　D. killed

　　30．A. and

　　B. but

　　C. so

　　D. or

　　31．A. disappeared

　　B. turned

　　C. passed

　　D. came

　　32．A. sadness

　　B. dream

　　C. understanding

　　D. anger

　　33．A. slept

　　B. left

　　C. sang

　　D. waited

　　34．A. stopped

　　B. joined

　　C. lived

　　D. continued

　　35．A. days

　　B. weeks

　　C. months

　　D. years

　　36．A. surprised

　　B. puzzled

　　C. worried

　　D. careful

　　37．A. comforted

　　B. beat

　　C. washed

　　D. amused

　　38．A. succeeded

　　B. died

　　C. cried

　　D. woke

　　39．A. mother

　　B. father

　　C. wife

　　D. child

　　40．A. posted

　　B. brought

　　C. sold

　　D. threw

　　41．A. safe

　　B. happy

　　C. warm

　　D. friendly

　　42．A. confused

　　B. disappointed C. moved

　　D. frightened

　　参考答案

　　1． CBDAB

　　CDACA

　　DACDC

　　BDDBB

　　【解析】

　　2．

　　DACAC

　　DBACB

　　【解析】

　　3．C

　　4．A

　　5．B

　　6．D

　　7．B

　　8．A

　　9．C

　　10．D

　　11．A

　　12．C

　　13．B

　　14．A

　　15．C

　　16．D

　　17．B

　　18．B

　　19．D

　　20．D

　　21．A

　　22．C

　　【解析】

　　试题分析：作者建议美国每天晚上在法律上禁止60-90分钟的电视转播，而这些时间应当用于家人之间的交流及阅读书籍。

　　3．C上下文连串。作者在第一段提出了自己的建议。下面解释自己的理由。首先作者建议用认真理性的态度考虑这个建议被接受后的结果。根据reasonable的含义也可判断出

　　4．A名词辨析。从空白前的不定冠词可以排除advice。从文章第一句作者就表明自己要提出建议，因此选suggestion。

　　5．B 短语辨析。sit around固定短语，一般指坐着没事干。这里指吃过饭，全家人坐在餐桌旁交流。

　　由many可以推断出该空应该填入可数名词，首先排除trouble，该空后的破折号是对空白处词的解释。

　　7．B上下文连串。mental illness精神疾病。这里指家庭缺少交流、理解而引起的往往是精神疾病。

　　根据上下文可以判断出答案。

　　9．C动词辨析。“discuss our problem讨论问题”。家人坐在一起讨论问题，增进了解。

　　nnecessary没有必要的。晚上家人聚会还可以找到新的消遣形式。

　　由下面的they might take a walk together可以排除A项。为了看日出，开车到某个地方是很可能的。

　　此题用or表示选择。

　　13．B 介词辨析。with free time and no TV表示原因。

　　14．A 上下文连串。此题与前句是顺承关系。

　　15．C 名词辨析。educator“教育者”。

　　16．D 副词辨析。教育者的研究显示：看电视长大的这一代人几乎不会写一个英语句子，甚至上了大学的人也不行。Even表示强调。

　　学生看电视过多，因此不会写句子。

　　……之前；C在……之后；D当……时候。这里指因为它是在过去。

　　19．D 上下文连串。阅读的那种安静时间可以变成讲故事的时间，这时，电视网络系统就必须提供更好的节目以把人们再吸引回来。

　　come up with “提出、提供”，不能用被动语态； come across：“偶遇”； come about：“发生，产生”； broadcast“广播，播放”，不与with连用。

　　22．C动词辨析。remember记得。A回忆；B辨认；D知道。我们当中35岁及其以上的人还应该能记得没有电视的童年。

　　23．D

　　24．C

　　25．C

　　26．B

　　27．C

　　28．B

　　29．D

　　30．A

　　31．A

　　32．A

　　33．D

　　34．D

　　35．D

　　36．C

　　37．A

　　38．B

　　39．D

　　40．B

　　41．A

　　42．C

　　【解析】

　　试题分析：本文讲述了女儿和Ralph之间深厚的感情，是现实版的狼图腾。

　　23．D 名词辨析。A鼓励B娱乐C协议D兴奋；Becky兴奋地跑进来然我们去看她的狗。

　　24．C 上下文串联。根据下文第6空后的about the wolf说明这是一只狼。

　　25．C 词义辨析。A可爱的B最后C突然D耐心地；看见了我，它突然就站立起来，露出牙齿。

　　26．B 动词辨析。A伤害B爱C杀死D讨厌；不要怕，她是妈妈，她会爱你的。

　　27．C 形容词辨析。A很棒B不开心C难以置信D正常；它变得友好，真是难以置信啊！

　　28．B 动词辨析。A准备B奔跑C假装D想要；我奔跑进家里找到丈夫告诉他这一切。

　　29．D 动词辨析。A爱B发现C破坏D杀死；我们本可以杀死这头狼，但是女儿很爱它。

　　30．A 连词辨析。女儿给它起名为Ralph并每天带食物给它吃。慢慢地它好转了起来。

　　31．A 动词辨析。A消失B转身C经过D来；有时候它会消失，几天后又回来了。

　　32．A 名词辨析。A悲伤B梦想C理解D生气；在女儿上学那天，第一次感觉到了它的悲伤。

　　33．D 动词辨析。A睡觉B离开C唱歌D等待；Ralph躺着路边等待女儿回来。

　　34．D 动词辨析。A停止B加入C生活D继续；这样的生活一直继续到女儿学习结束。

　　35．D 上下文串联。根据下文Fifteen-year-old说明12年过去了。

　　36．C 形容词辨析。A惊讶B困惑C担心D细心；我们很担心它的安全。

　　37．A 动词辨析。A安慰B击败C洗D娱乐；Becky弯腰下去安慰它。

　　38．B 动词辨析。A成功B死亡C哭D苏醒；指Ralph最终没有撑过来，死了。

　　39．D 名词辨析。A母亲B父亲C妻子D孩子；根据下文所述，Ralph把他的孩子给了我们。

　　40．B 动词辨析。A邮寄B带来C卖D扔；Ralph把它的孩子带给了我们。

　　41．A 形容词辨析。A安全B开心C温暖D友好；他知道在我们这里是很安全的。

　　42．C 形容词辨析。A困惑的B失望的C感到的D害怕的；我被它感动了。