2016届江苏省海安县高考英语二轮复习基础训练：完形填空（5）

　　江苏海安县2016高考英语【二轮】完形填空基础训练（5）

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　In order to reduce cost, local school board officials are discussing whether or not to

　　continue providing money for after-school programs.

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　　, there should be no discussion

　　about whether or not to continue paying for them. After-school programs are

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　　.

　　In many cities, lots of

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　　have jobs, and they work long hours. So who's taking care of the kids until Mom or Dad gets home? A major benefit of after-school programs is

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　　.

　　They keep children occupied, and

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　　children usually stay out of trouble. Besides,

　　after-school programs provide educational, cultural, and personal

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　　.

　　In terms of education, research has shown that students who participate in after-school

　　programs have a better

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　　, and as a result, they attend class regularly, get better grades,

　　and have a(n)

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　　chance of graduating from high school. Also, after-school programs can

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　　field trips to concerts, museums, and places that show the history of our city for

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　　purposes.

　　In after-school programs, young people may find out what they're really

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　　in and decide on a future career. While they're doing a science project or preparing for a dance

　　performance, students can develop their creativity and

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　　skills. Many programs give

　　students the chance to work together on a team.

　　Sure, after-school programs cost money, but they're worth every dollar. Besides, help is

　　always

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　　. Our school board can apply for funds（资金） from the government and ask

　　for

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　　from local business groups .There's no good reason to

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　　programs that

　　benefit our children.

　　1. A. Especially

　　B. Hopefully

　　C. Actually

　　D. Similarly

　　2. A. fundamental

　　B. useless

　　C. convenient

　　D. expensive

　　3. A. children

　　B. officials

　　C. students

　　D. parents

　　4.A. knowledge

　　B. money

　　C. safety

　　D. happiness

　　5.A.busy

　　B. young

　　C. lonely

　　D .poor

　　6. A. backgrounds

　　B advantages

　　C. abilities

　　D. views

　　7. A. attitude

　　B. look

　　C. future

　　D. result

　　8.A. slight

　　B. equal

　　C. increased

　　D. unique

　　9. A. suggest

　　B. offer

　　C. gain

　　D. evaluate

　　10. A. musical

　　B. historical

　　C. professional

　　D. cultural

　　11. A. interested

　　B. involved

　　C. stuck

　　D. included

　　12. A. language

　　B. research

　　C. teamwork

　　D. computer

　　13. A. valuable

　　B. available

　　C. necessary

　　D. legal

　　14. A. permission

　　B. employment

　　C. information

　　D. support

　　15. A. bring

　　B. expect

　　C. develop

　　D. reduce

　　【参考答案】

　　1—15、CADCA

　　BCCBD

　　ACBDD

　　【2017高考英语安徽省六校联考】

　　完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分, 满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

　　There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for

　　but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.

　　So they

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　　Socrates for advice on where happiness

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　　. But

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　　giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a

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　　first. The group of guys had to

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　　the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then

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　　together in it, singing with

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　　.

　　Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We

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　　be happier!” Socrates

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　　, “That’s it!

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　　you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”

　　From the story I got to know that happiness

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　　hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through

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　　work and creativity.

　　We may have to

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　　pain in our daily life and in the process of

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　　happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in

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　　things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our

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　　and spirit. So why not turn suffering into

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　　life, and

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　　tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.

　　So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of

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　　, and I

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　　you all a life of happiness.

　　36. A. pointed to

　　B. referred to

　　C. turned to

　　D. kept to

　　37. A. lay

　　B. belonged

　　C. stood

　　D. laid

　　38. A. apart from

　　B. instead of

　　C. other than

　　D. for fear of

　　39. A. house

　　B. boat

　　C. bridge

　　D. school

　　40. A. set about

　　B. set down

　　C. set out

　　D. set up

　　41. A. sat

　　B. stood

　　C. got

　　D. rowed

　　42. A. joy

　　B. sorrow

　　C. curiosity

　　D. hope

　　43. A. mustn’t

　　B. shouldn’t

　　C. couldn’t

　　D. needn’t

　　44. A. declared

　　B. thought

　　C. added

　　D. assumed

　　45. A. Unless

　　B. Whenever

　　C. Until

　　D. However

　　46. A. never

　　B. always

　　C. ever

　　D. seldom

　　47. A. cautious

　　B. endless

　　C. hard

　　D. effective

　　48. A. experience

　　B. avoid

　　C. enjoy

　　D. deny

　　49. A. searching

　　B. seeking

　　C. hoping

　　D. improving

　　50. A. spiritual

　　B. nice

　　C. new

　　D. material

　　51. A. body

　　B. part

　　C. soul

　　D. head

　　52. A. blaming

　　B. praising

　　C. ending

　　D. cursing

　　53. A. turn

　　B. put

　　C. divide

　　D. draw

　　54. A. time

　　B. energy

　　C. fact

　　D. choice

　　55. A. wish

　　B. promise

　　C. bring

　　D. require

　　【参考答案】

　　36~40 CABBA 41~45 DACCB 46~50 BCABD 51~55 CBADA

　　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。

　　One of the political issues that is heard a lot about in the States lately is campaign（竞选）finance reform（改革）. The people who are

　　1

　　for reform usually want the 2

　　to pay for campaigns and/or limit the amount of money that candidates（候选人）and their 3

　　can spend.

　　One reason that reform is called for is that it costs so much to 4

　　for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effort 5

　　money. The incumbents (those already in office) have less time to do chief jobs since they must 6

　　so many money raising events.

　　Another 7

　　is the fear that candidates will be owned or 8

　　by the “special interest groups” that give money to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the 9

　　.

　　On the 10

　　side are those who say that it doesn’t mean it’s really 11

　　just because you call something “reform”. They argue that the right to freedom of speech is 12

　　if the government can limit anyone’s ability to get his or her message out to the people.

　　If one person or a group of people want to tell the 13

　　what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to buy14

　　on TV, radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to put up advertisements along highways and on websites. All this costs a lot of15

　　.

　　Those against laws that control or limit spending say that you don’t really have freedom of 16

　　or freedom of the press if you can’t get your message out. They say the government should never be able to control 17

　　discussions. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make 18

　　.

　　What do you think about this 19

　　? Listen to what the candidates for national office have to say. Which candidates 20

　　the most sense to you?

　　(

　　) 1．A．waiting

　　B．calling

　　C．standing

　　D．preparing

　　(

　　) 2．A．government B．president

　　C．candidates

　　D．citizens

　　(

　　) 3．A．leaders

　　B．bosses

　　C．supporters

　　D．states

　　(

　　) 4．A．pay

　　B．compete

　　C．wait

　　D．work

　　(

　　) 5．A．raising

　　B．earning

　　C．giving

　　D．getting

　　(

　　) 6．A．notice

　　B．report

　　C．guard

　　D．attend

　　(

　　) 7．A．event

　　B．cost

　　C．reason

　　D．office

　　(

　　) 8．A．encouraged B．forced

　　C．controlled

　　D．ordered

　　(

　　) 9．A．joke

　　B．purpose

　　C．case

　　D．example

　　(

　　) 10．A．other

　　B．same

　　C．another

　　D．different

　　(

　　) 11．A．worse

　　B．better

　　C．easier

　　D．harder

　　(

　　) 12．A．meaningless B．unimportant C．unnecessary

　　D．impossible

　　(

　　) 13．A．reporters

　　B．truth

　　C．story

　　D．public

　　(

　　) 14．A．time

　　B．copies

　　C．rights

　　D．advertising

　　(

　　) 15．A．energy

　　B．effort

　　C．time

　　D．money

　　(

　　) 16．A．argument

　　B．opinion

　　C．speech

　　D．election

　　(

　　) 17．A．common

　　B．political

　　C．general

　　D．special

　　(

　　) 18．A．profit

　　B．trouble

　　C．plans

　　D．decisions

　　(

　　) 19．A．quarrel

　　B．problem

　　C．issue

　　D．affair

　　(

　　) 20．A．find

　　B．make

　　C．create

　　D．produce

　　答案解析

　　1.【答案】B

　　【解析】根据第二段第一句话可得知答案。call for号召。

　　2.【答案】A

　　【解析】根据下文支持改革和持反对意见的人的观点及其原因可知答案。

　　3.【答案】C

　　【解析】根据常识可知，西方国家每次竞选，候选人及其支持者都会花大量的钱进行宣传。

　　4.【答案】B

　　【解析】候选人及其支持者花费如此多的钱就是为了竞争政府的某个职位。

　　5.【答案】A

　　【解析】raise money募集资金。竞选者要竞选成功，得需要大量的资金用于宣传。因此竞选之前要想方设法募集资金。根据后一句中的money raising events也可得知答案。

　　6.【答案】D

　　【解析】候选人在募集资金的过程中会出现很多问题，出现问题政府工作人员就要进行协调，他们可能因为解决这些问题而无暇顾及自己的主要工作。attend此处为负责，处理。

　　7.【答案】C

　　【解析】上文提到了改革的一个原因，本段是解释另一个原因。

　　8.【答案】C

　　【解析】own与control同义，控制。

　　9.【答案】C

　　【解析】case情况。本段解释的是一些人主张改革的原因，是担心候选人因为钱而受到某个组织的控制。他们之所以担心是因为有时候情况就是这样。

　　10.【答案】A

　　【解析】上文所列举的是一些人主张改革的原因。本句起承上启下的作用，引出站在另一方立场上的人的观点及其原因。

　　11.【答案】B

　　【解析】本句句意为：你称呼某些东西为改革，而改革未必就是好的。

　　12.【答案】A

　　【解析】如果政府能限制人对外界进行宣传，那么人的言论自由权就变的名存实亡，毫无意义了。

　　13.【答案】D

　　【解析】联系上文及常识可知，如果要想竞选成功，候选人或某个组织必须对公众进行宣传，获得群众的支持和选票。

　　14.【答案】D

　　【解析】结合句意及常识可知，要想宣传自己的观点或看法，必须在媒体上大肆宣传，而宣传的主要途径就是广告。

　　15.【答案】D

　　【解析】要想在媒体上宣传，必须做大量的广告，而广告势必需要大量的资金做后盾。

　　16.【答案】C

　　【解析】根据第四段最后一句话可得知答案。

　　17.【答案】B

　　【解析】本篇介绍的是关于候选人所用奖金的改革问题，都是关于政治方面的问题。反对人士认为政府不能限制人的言论自由，不能限制人们在政治方面的谈论自由。

　　18.【答案】D

　　【解析】本句与上一句为递进关系。意为：政府更不能干涉人们决定赞成哪位候选人。

　　19.【答案】C

　　【解析】本句为本段的总结句，与第一段首句相对应。

　　20.【答案】B

　　【解析】make sense有意义，有道理。