2016届高考英语二轮复习精练：完形填空（4）

　　完形填空精练（4）

　　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

　　People say one man's trash(垃圾) is another man's treasure. That

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　　comes to me as I

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　　the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed away in 1996. My father left the house

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　　my sister and me when he died a few months ago.

　　After Dad was

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　　, we looked around the

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　　house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so

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　　all the stuff(东西) left. Like so many of their generation, my parents

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　　everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious

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　　about what to abandon and what to keep.

　　As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every

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　　my parents ever saw, I also

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　　many hidden treasures. Mom's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it,

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　　her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran(退伍兵) and a world traveler, 32

　　everything -- from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the

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　　. The letters he wrote during the war 34

　　his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I

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　　our old kitchen table, which brought back

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　　of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.

　　I'm realizing all these things

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　　my parents' life journey. Each time I go to

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　　, I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I

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　　knew.

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　　, from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.

　　21. A. coincidence

　　B. goal

　　C. principle

　　D. thought

　　22. A. looked for

　　B. looked through

　　C. looked into

　　D. looked after

　　23. A. to

　　B. for

　　C. with

　　D. by

　　24. A. retired

　　B. ill

　　C. gone

　　D. injured

　　25. A. clean

　　B. strange

　　C. empty

　　D. modern

　　26. A. pleased with

　　B. familiar with

　　C. astonished at

　　D. disappointed at

　　27. A. saved

　　B. enjoyed

　　C. purchased

　　D. designed

　　28. A. decisions

　　B. bargains

　　C. challenges

　　D. responsibilities

　　29. A. person

　　B. doctor

　　C. neighbor

　　D. child

　　30. A. bought

　　B. discovered

　　C. buried

　　D. lost

　　31. A. just

　　B. even

　　C. only

　　D. yet

　　32. A. liked

　　B. bought

　　C. kept

　　D. lost

　　33. A. countryside

　　B. school

　　C. college

　　D. army

　　34. A. receive

　　B. direct

　　C. sense

　　D. describe

　　35. A. repaired

　　B. cleaned

　　C. spotted

　　D. set

　　36. A. introductions

　　B. memories C. descriptions D. communications

　　37. A. represented

　　B. recognized

　　C. instructed

　　D. confirmed

　　38. A. the supermarket

　　B. church

　　C. my office

　　D. the house

　　39. A. merely

　　B. always

　　C. really

　　D. never

　　40. A. Everything

　　B. Nothing

　　C. Anything

　　D. Something

　　Passage 1：21—25 DBACC 26-30CAABB

　　31---35 BCDDC

　　36---40 BADDA

　　Passage 2

　　My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of

　　21 ．Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some

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　　to the area．

　　Last summer, I found a tiny little

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　　in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either. We decided to let it

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　　growing until we could find out what it was.

　　Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the

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　　plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to

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　　the weeds around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something

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　　. The sunflower had not

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　　where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big

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　　and grown under and around it to reach the

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　　．

　　That’s when I

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　　that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its

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　　of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we

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　　ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we

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　　to go and get what we need for growth．

　　We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the

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　　to achieve our goals. Like the

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　　, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had

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　　in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be

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　　who and what we are, then the environment will begin to

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　　us. We will find a way to go under or

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　　any “rocks”in order to reach our goals．

　　21.A. flowers

　　B. insects

　　C. rocks

　　D. vegetables

　　22.A. color

　　B. water

　　C. fertilizer

　　D. shape

　　23.A. weed

　　B. seed

　　C. rock

　　D. plant

　　24.A. stop

　　B. continue

　　C. improve

　　D. escape

　　25.A. weak

　　B. lonely

　　C. strange

　　D. pretty

　　26.A. remove

　　B. tend

　　C. watch

　　D. collect

　　27.A. wonderful

　　B. terrible

　　C. valuable

　　D. unusual

　　28.A. passed

　　B. started

　　C. left

　　D. died

　　29.A. tree

　　B. table

　　C. rock

　　D. wall

　　30.A. air

　　B. top

　　C. sun

　　D. house

　　31.A. realized

　　B. doubted

　　C. regretted

　　D. hoped

　　32.A. place

　　B. way

　　C. course

　　D. process

　　33.A. fill in

　　B. put in

　　C. worry about D. believe in

　　34.A. forget

　　B. hate

　　C. aim

　　D. wait

　　35.A. ability

　　B. wish

　　C. plan

　　D. idea

　　36.A. yard

　　B. sunflower

　　C. home

　　D. summer

　　37.A. energy

　　B. virtue

　　C. courage D. faith

　　38.A. aware of

　　B. afraid of

　　C. proud of

　　D. tired of

　　39.A. support

　　B. affect

　　C. upset

　　D. forgive

　　40.A. into

　　B. around

　　C. through

　　D. from

　　Passage 2：2125 CADBC

　　26-30 ADBCC

　　31-35 ABDCA

　　36-40 BDCAB

　　Passage

　　When I was about to go back home, it was dark. In order to get home as soon as possible, I hired a taxi. The car was 16

　　along the road, now well-lit, now sank in darkness. I broke the

　　17on purpose, 18 that the driver might be too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening?” “9 o’clock. I’ll go after this trip.”“Then when do you come out in the morning?” I

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　　another question.“9 o’clock, too. And I go home for lunch and dinner, just as if I worked at an office.” His easiness surprised me, because every time I ride in a taxi, what I hear from 20 are only complaints. They complain that they 21 work 22 , that it is

　　23 to earn money, that they are bullied (欺侮) by the policeman, or that the corporation leaders are seated, 24 , and enjoy the 25 of others’ work. It seems that they have a grievance (不满意) against everything. But this driver told me, “I find it 26 to be a section chief as I was before. I don’t like management work. I like driving, just for

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　　drive without a passenger. So I can earn two or three thousand Yuan a month with ease. Any30? Yes, I never follow an empty taxi. If it goes31, I go northward. If it goes along the highway, I turn into a 32 street. In this way I always get customers.

　　His words showed his satisfaction with his life and the pride he 33

　　in his job. Such feelings are so 34 among people nowadays as oxygen in high mountains. As an ancient saying 35 , “Neither joy in material gains nor grieve over personal setbacks (挫折).” How many people nowadays can show high ideals by simple living and go far with a calm mind? I couldn’t help feeling curious when I found such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold winter night.

　　16. A. running

　　B. flying

　　C. driving

　　D Walking.

　　17. A silence.

　　B. stillness

　　C .calmness.

　　D. quietness

　　18. A. in order

　　B. for fear

　　C in case.

　　D

　　on condition.

　　19. A. . threw out

　　B. gave up

　　C let off

　　D. set off

　　20. A. driver

　　B. passenger

　　C. taxi

　　D. radio

　　21. A. need

　　B. should

　　C. must

　　D. have to

　　22. A. from morning till afternoon

　　B. from dawn till dark

　　C. from night till morning

　　D. from morning till night

　　23. A. hard

　　B. impossible

　　C. possible

　　D. easy

　　24. A. busy

　　B. lazily

　　C. lazy

　　D. busily

　　25. A. gains

　　B. fruits

　　C. results

　　D. achievements

　　26. A. excited

　　B. exciting

　　C. tiring

　　D. tired

　　27. A. work

　　B. pleasure

　　C. interest

　　D. money

　　28. A. fortunate

　　B. wise

　　C. unfortunate

　　D. likely

　　29. A. hardly

　　B. often

　　C. seldom

　　D usually

　　30. A. secret

　　B. method

　　C. trick

　　D. skill

　　31. A. eastward

　　B. westward

　　C. southward

　　D. northward

　　32. A. lonely

　　B. narrow

　　C. wide

　　D. empty

　　33. A. kept

　　B. had

　　C. took

　　D. made

　　34. A. much

　　B. little

　　C. rare

　　D. common

　　35. A. goes

　　B. talks

　　C. says

　　D. suggests

　　Passage 3：16-20 AABAA

　　21-25DDACB

　　26-30 CBACA

　　31-35CBCCA

　　Passage

　　An inspirational young man who wasn’t expected to survive a climbing accident is fighting his way back to fitness and raising cash for those who saved his life. Callum Rock’s family

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　　the worst after their 16-year-old son suffered injuries. The

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　　in the hospital lasted 12 hours to

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　　his damaged body, including a severe brain injury. But despite fears that he might never walk again, Callum, now 20, has

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　　everybody wrong with his amazing recovery. Not only is he walking, but he has just

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　　a 5-mile run in 50 minutes to raise money for the Great North Air Ambulance. Callum, who had to re-learn

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　　, has come a very long way from the day he nearly

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　　the accident. Back then, his parents were living every moment with the fear they might

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　　him.Mum Jan said “He wasn’t expected to survive

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　　his injuries were so severe. There were five surgeons

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　　to repair his artery(动脉). They had great

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　　in stopping the bleeding.” Jan said the surgeons were “

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　　” and Callum pulled through, but then followed a long

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　　of re-building his body. Jan said “When he first

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　　his eyes, he couldn’t do anything. He was just like a newborn baby again. He had to be

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　　how to sit up and walk.” Callum admits that having to learn things again has been

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　　. He jokes that he is like “the Iron Man”,

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　　the scars on his right arm.

　　His story has

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　　a local businessman, who donated ￡500 to Callum. With this generous donation,

　　Callum has now

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　　more than ￡1,800 for the air ambulance.

　　“It’s

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　　to be able to raise money for them for what I owe them,” he said. “I owe so many people so much.

　　21. A. gestured

　　B. dressed

　　C. feared

　　D. conducted

　　22.A. program

　　B. instruction

　　C. interview

　　D. operation

　　23.A. shake

　　B. repair

　　C. control

　　D. support

　　24.A. thought

　　B. made

　　C. proved

　　D. kept

　　25.A. watched

　　B. described

　　C. completed

　　D. abandoned

　　26.A.. everything

　　B. nothing

　　C. something

　　D. anything

　　27.A. died from

　　B. met with

　　C. escaped from D. dreamt of

　　28.A. affect

　　B. lose

　　C. harm

　　D. shock

　　29.A. or

　　B. so

　　C. while

　　D. because

　　30.A. expressing

　　B. weeping

　　C. working

　　D. learning

　　31.A. difficulty

　　B. experience

　　C. confidence

　　D. pleasure

　　32.A. easy-going

　　B. calm

　　C. brilliant

　　D. helpless

　　33.A. progress

　　B. list

　　C. type

　　D. queue

　　34.A. dried

　　B. rubbed

　　C. lifted

　　D. opened

　　35.A. warned

　　B. allowed

　　C. questioned

　　D. taught

　　36.A. interesting

　　B. frustrating

　　C. exciting

　　D. satisfying

　　37.A. showing

　　B. ignoring

　　C. cutting

　　D. leaving

　　38.A. attacked

　　B. inspired

　　C. educated

　　D. puzzled

　　39.A. discovered

　　B. borrowed

　　C. collected

　　D. wasted

　　40.A. romantic

　　B. strange

　　C. safe

　　D. good

　　Passage 4：21-25 CDBCC

　　26-30AABDC

　　31-35ACADD

　　36-40BABCD