2016届高考英语二轮复习精练：完形填空（8）

　　完形填空精练（8）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　Passage 1

　　Did you hear the sports story that came out of Greece a few years ago? No, it wasn’t from the country that started the Olympics,

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　　it has an Olympic quality. The story came out of Greece, New York, and it was about Jason McElwain, a 17-year-old autistic(自闭的) kid, and Jim Johnson, a high school basketball

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　　.

　　Jason，who didn’t speak until he was five and always

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　　with learning challenges, was

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　　for a basketball player, only five foot six. In fact, he never

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　　the team. He was the team manager, who kept statistics and handed out water bottles.

　　But Coach Johnson

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　　Jason’s enthusiasm for the game and his unselfish dedication to the team. So he decided if the score

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　　, he might let him

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　　a few minutes.

　　Word got around and a group of students came to the game with signs

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　　his nickname, “J-Mac,” and cutouts of his face placed on popsicle（冰棒）sticks.

　　When Jason was put into the game with four minutes left, they

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　　wildly hoping that he might even

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　　a basket. In Hollywood, he would have done just that, and his teammates would have

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　　him off on their shoulders. But in the

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　　world of Greece, New York, Jason took a

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　　and missed by about six feet. His supporters

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　　and the coach worried that he may have set this young man up for

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　　.

　　But J-Mac

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　　another shot, and another, and another.

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　　he took 10 shots, and scored 20 points in his four minutes of

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　　.

　　And, yes, he was carried off on the shoulders of his teammates. And it was the career high point in the life of a coach who just gave a good kid a(n)

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　　.

　　21. A. if B. though C. since D. for

　　22. A. star B. game C. coach D. play

　　23. A. began B. went C listened D. struggled

　　24. A. short B. big C. good D. ready

　　25. A. gathered B. organized C. supported D. made

　　26. A. showed B. liked C. developed D. lost

　　27. A. decreased B. changed C. mattered D. permitted

　　28. A. train B. rest C. play D. direct

　　29. A. giving B. bearing C. calling D. keeping

　　30. A. blamed B. laughed C. ran D. cheered

　　31. A. score B. find C. fill D. hang

　　32. A. cut B. carried C. put D. knocked

　　33. A. real B. modern C. whole D. natural

　　34. A. shot B. seat C. look D. step

　　35. A. nodded B. broke C. agreed D. complained

　　36. A. fame B. embarrassment C. courage D. achievement

　　37. A. took B. heard C. got D. fired

　　38. A. In fact B. In turn C. However D. Meanwhile

　　39. A. sorrow B. joy C. glory D. guilt

　　40. A. lesson B. chance C. prize D. award

　　Passage 1：【语篇解读】一位教练给了一个孩子一次机会，从而创造了一个奇迹。

　　21. B。这个故事并非来自奥运会诞生的那个国家，虽然它具有奥林匹克的特征。这个故事来自纽约的一个小镇———Greece。

　　22. C。由下文可知，本文讲述的是一个男孩和一位中学篮球教练的故事。

　　23. D。由上文的autistic (自闭的)以及“他五岁才说话”的事实，我们可以推断出Jason学习有障碍。struggle with斗争，抗争，符合语境。

　　24. A。根据后面的only five foot six可知他太矮了，所以不适合打篮球。

　　25. D。由下文的He was the team manager, who kept statistics and handed out water bottles可知Jason实际上并没有成为真正的球员，而只是做一些计分、分发水壶之类的事情。make the team加入团队。

　　26. B。虽然Jason并不是真正的球员，但教练很欣赏他对篮球的热情以及他对球队无私的奉献。

　　27. D。

　　28. C。教练很感动，所以他想如果赛场上比分允许的话，他会让Jason打一会儿球。

　　29. B。bear此处的意思是“显示，带有”。signs bearing his nickname写着他的绰号的招牌。

　　30. D。

　　31. A。比赛还有四分钟就要结束的时候，Jason上场了。大家欢呼着，希望他能投篮成功。score此处用作动词，意思是“得分”。

　　32. B。如果是在好莱坞电影中，Jason很有可能在最后关头投篮成功，队员们也会把他高高举过肩头。carry sb. off on one’s shoulder将某人举过肩头。

　　33. A。

　　34. A。但是，在真实的世界里，Jason投篮未中。此处将现实与虚幻进行了对比。take a shot投篮。

　　35. D。Jason投篮未中，他的支持者开始抱怨。missed, worried是关键信息。

　　36. B。Jason投篮未中，观众开始抱怨。此时，教练开始怀疑自己的做法是否正确。他担心他把Jason置于尴尬的境地。

　　37. A。take a shot投篮。

　　38. A。Jason一次次地投篮。事实上，他投了十次篮。in fact用来作进一步的解释说明。

　　39. C。Jason在四分钟内得20分。此处选glory突出他的成绩非凡。

　　40. B。本文讲的是一位教练给了一个孩子一次机会，从而创造了一个奇迹。

　　Passage 2

　　We lived in a house with a big garden,

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　　we had planted different kinds of hot peppers. An African called Reeve worked for me. He

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　　hot peppers, too. It was late summer and a beautiful sunny day. My son, Marcus, eight, and my daughter, Ellen, ten, picked several

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　　hot peppers and entered our workroom with their

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　　. They wanted to see if Reeve could

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　　more hot peppers than I. After a little joking with them we agreed to the contest but they had to

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　　, too. That was not

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　　They

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　　about an hour later with a new proposal and some other large hot peppers they had just picked. Somehow, they had reasoned that when a pepper was

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　　in color it was the hottest kind. Marcus and Ellen would eat the green colored peppers

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　　Reeve and I would eat the red colored peppers. Giving Reeve a wink（使眼色）, we

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　　. Showing good sportsmanship, I had the kids

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　　the peppers that Reeve and I would eat. They picked the largest two red peppers. Then they picked a

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　　green one for themselves. __54

　　what was going to

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　　, I told them I would make it

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　　for them. I cut one pepper in half and removed the

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　　to reduce the heat a little. The contest was one of speed rather than quantity. Each child had pepper in hand and was

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　　to start.

　　Looking at my

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　　, I said, “OK, on three. One, Two, Three, Go.” Much happened all at once. Tears, screams and spitting running around, the children

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　　their mouth with fast waving hands. A short time later, Reeve and I agreed that the red tasted better than the green.

　　41. A. which B. where

　　C. who

　　D. that

　　42. A. ate

　　B. liked

　　C. sold

　　D. studied

　　43. A. heavy B. colorful C. large

　　D. green

　　44. A. proposal B. tricks

　　C. imagination D. plans

　　45. A. plant B. pick

　　C. harvest D. eat

　　46. A. taste B. participate C. contribute D. share

　　47. A. acceptableB. comfortable C. profitableD. tolerable

　　48. A. entered B. returned C. responded D. reached

　　49. A. purple B. green

　　C. red

　　D. orange

　　50. A. for

　　B. or

　　C. So

　　D. if

　　51. A. smiled B. understood C. agreed

　　D. jumped

　　52. A. prepare B. select

　　C. cut

　　D. cook

　　53. A. fresh B. small

　　C. delicious D. hot

　　54. A. Knew B. Knowing C. Known D. Being known

　　55. A. take in B. take on C. take place

　　D. take effect

　　56. A. easier B. happier C. more interesting D. hotter

　　57. A. seeds B. leaves

　　C. skin

　　D. color

　　58. A. nervous B. eager

　　C. willing D. glad

　　59. A. watch B. children C. partner

　　D. people

　　60. A. opened B. covered C. fanned

　　D. washed

　　Passage 2：21-25 CBABD

　　26-30 ACDDB

　　31-35 DBBAB

　　36-40 DEGAB

　　Passage 3

　　A man who loved to hunt bought two fine setters(特猎犬)that he later trained to be fine bird dogs．He kept them in a large, fenced pen(围栏)in his backyard．

　　One morning he 41 a little bulldog(牛头犬)corning down the path behind his home. It saw the two dogs and squeezed under the

　　42 . The man thought he should perhaps lock up the setters so they wouldn't

　　43 the 1ittle lovely dog. But then he changed his mind .Maybe they would teach that bulldog a1esson, he said to himself．

　　As he predicted，44

　　began to fly，and all of it was the bulldog’s fur. The intruder(入侵者)soon had

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　　and squeezed back under the fence to get away．

　　To the man's__46

　　the visitor returned again the next morning. And like the day before, it soon

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　　and squeezed out of the pen and get away.

　　The incident was

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　　，the following day，with the same result．

　　The man left home early the next morning on a business trip and49 after several weeks．He asked his wife what finally

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　　to the bulldog．

　　‘‘You won't

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　　it．’’She replied，“At the same time every day that little dog came to the backyard and

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　　with our setters and with the same ending，it got away．

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　　missed a day! It has come to the

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　　now that when our setters simply

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　　it snorting (喷鼻息)down the path，they start whining and run down into the basement．

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　　the 1ittle bulldog struts(大摇大摆地走)around our backyard

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　　he owns it．”

　　Dale Carnegie made this

　　58 ：“Most of the

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　　things in the world have been 60 by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all．"

　　41. A．kept

　　B．noticed

　　C．prevented

　　D．risked

　　42. A．door

　　B．wall

　　C．fence

　　D．backyard

　　43. A .catch

　　B. eat

　　C hurt

　　D beat

　　44. A dogs

　　B flies

　　C dust

　　D

　　fur

　　45.A enough

　　B much

　　C lessons

　　D wounds

　　46.A horror

　　B surprise

　　C amusement

　　D disappointment

　　47.A left

　　B returned

　　C quit

　　D rested

　　48.A copied

　　B changed

　　C stopped

　　D repeated

　　49.A succeeded

　　B recovered

　　C returned

　　D appeared

　　50. A happened

　　B attached

　　C stuck

　　D turned

　　51.A guess

　　B believe

　　C hope

　　D stand

　　52.A fought

　　B stayed

　　C played

　　D trained

　　53.A usually

　　B seldom

　　C never

　　D just

　　54.A point

　　B scene

　　C end

　　D result

　　55.A sound

　　B see

　　C smell

　　D hear

　　56.A Then

　　B However

　　C Besides

　　D Therefore

　　57.A in case

　　B so that

　　C as if

　　D even if

　　58.A observation B proverb

　　C decision

　　D discovery

　　59. A complex

　　B important

　　C interesting

　　D special

　　60.A created

　　B determined

　　C imagined

　　D accomplished

　　Passage 3：41—45 BCCDA

　　46—50 BCDCA

　　51—55 BACAD

　　56—60 ACABD

　　Passage 4

　　On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a

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　　beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench and opened the door for us．Regardless of his

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　　, he greeted us in a friendly way． Once inside, my daughters whispered, "Mom, he

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　　" . After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look

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　　the dirt．We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many

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　　him．Seeing this rudeness truly upset me．The day I became a mother, I had resolved to set a good

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　　for my children．Yet sometimes when things didn't go right, being a good example was

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　　. When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the car-sick pills in the truck．With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I

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　　myself from the meal and went to get them．

　　Just then, the "doorman" was opening the door for a couple．They rushed past him without even acknowledging his

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　　. Letting them in first, I said a loud "thank you" to him as I _30

　　．

　　When I returned, we talked a bit．He said he was not allowed inside

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　　he purchased food．I went back and told my family his

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　　.Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich．The kids looked

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　　as we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the "doorman" , they smiled．When it was time to

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　　our trip, I noticed the "doorman" enjoying his meal．Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily．He then

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　　his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted．I suddenly noticed the tears in his eyes—tears of 36

　　.What happened next drew great astonishment: I gave the " doorman" a

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　　.

　　He pulled away, with tears

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　　down his face．

　　Back in truck, I fell into deep thought．While we can't choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude(感激）．I said thanks to a man who had

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　　held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that

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　　to teach my children by example．

　　21．A．heavy B．long

　　C．messy D．grey

　　22．A．service B．appearance C．status D．attitude

　　23．A．smokes B．smiles

　　C．sniffs D．smells

　　24．A．beyond B．over

　　C．around D．into

　　25．A．hated B．ignored C．missed D．refused

　　26．A．target B．rule

　　C．record

　　D．example

　　27．A．stressful B．accessible C．awkward

　　D．tough

　　28．A．excused B．freed

　　C．prevented

　　D．withdrew

　　29．A．company B．presence C．effort

　　D．attempt

　　30．A．quitted B．marched C．exited D．approached

　　31．A．before B．unless

　　C．though D．since

　　32．A．story B．deed

　　C．experience D．demand

　　33．A．concerned B．shocked C．puzzled D．bored

　　34．A．make B．start

　　C．take

　　D．continue

　　35．A．extended B．washed C．raised

　　D．waved

　　36．A．approval B．affection C．sympathy D．gratitude

　　37．A．hug B．nod

　　C．lift

　　D．clap

　　38．A．slipping B．streaming C．rushing D．breaking

　　39．A．firmly B．constantly C．simply

　　D．politely

　　40．A．journey

　　B．wisdom

　　C．opportunity

　　D．coincidence

　　Passage ：21-25 CBDAB

　　26-30 DDABC

　　31-35 BACDA

　　36-40 DABCC