2024届高考英语二轮专题复习突破完形填空17
高考英语二轮专题复习突破:完形填空
1.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分0分)Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing __41__ was something she picked up by herself. After her first__42__, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. __43__, writing stories was simply a __44__ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher. __45__, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long __46__ and paid Tracy a $ 15,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for __47__ writer.”
__48__ Tracy’s characters are interesting, her stories sometimes __49__ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could __50__ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”
“Can I ? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have __51__ when things come to me __52__. “Once, she was wondering how to complete a __53__ set in ancient China. __54__ the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese __55__. It came without her having __56__ it.
Though she has published 45 books, Tracy has remained __57__ by her fame. She lives in the same __58__ she lived 27 years ago ? although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for __59__ in her life ? and it wasn’t just __ 60__.
41. A. skill
B. experience
C. practice
D. method
42. A. duty
B. effort
C. job
D. task
43. A. Instead
B. Normally
C. Certainly
D. Then
44. A. general
B. deep
C. personal
D. lively
45. A. Interested
B. Anxiously
C. Seriously
D. Encouraged
46. A. film
B. story
C. program
D. article
47. A. a foreign
B. a popular
C. an unusual
D. an unknown
48. A. Now that
B. Even though
C. Just because D. Except that
49. A. find
B. turn
C. leave
D. hold
50. A. make up
B. connect with
C. control
D. explain
51. A. events
B. chances
C. feelings
D. moments
52. A. for no reason
B. from a distance
C. by accident
D. as gifts
53. A. description
B. condition
C. scene
D. talk
54. A. Surprisingly
B. Suddenly
C. Expectedly
D. Fortunately
55. A. cooking
B. history
C. play
D. medicine
56. A. known
B. sent
C. realized
D. ordered
57. A. unchanged
B. excited
C. determined
D. unmoved
58. A. life
B. city
C. house
D. way
59. A. success
B. work
C. joy
D. variety
60. A. writing
B. reporting
C. luck
D. fun
2.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
What would I do for Carol’s 50th birthday? It was
36
that she didn’t want a party, certainly not a surprise party(that was an agreement at our marriage).
“How about a small dinner with
37
?” I asked.
“No,” she said, “I hate being the center of
38
.”
Still, the milestone had to be marked. 39
wasn’t going to let her get away with a Stouffer’s frozen dinner and a movie video,
40
this was all she said she wanted.
I thought and thought, and
41
making my decision, I sent a letter to her friends, asking them for photos, poems, and letters.“Carol doesn’t
42
a party in person...but I’m hoping to
43
her a party in a book.” I bought a(n)
44_
with a friend’s advice, and what I wanted
45 .For a few minutes at the end of every workday, I
46
pull out the marking pens and make up the
47
, Carol’s.
Photos of her in junior high, pictures of us
48
the boys, original songs, notes, cards, and poems.It made me
49
for all the years we had had together.The
50
was more than the album.It was the friendship and love she had given to me and to our kids and to all her friends and family.You could
51
it on every page.
I wrapped it up and
52
it home.“Happy birthday, sweetie,” I said.“It’s not a frozen dinner or a video, but it’s
53
you deserve.” She cried.She doesn’t
54 like to cry, but I think she likes the book.She’s said so many times.And every time I remind her
55_ putting it together was a gift to me.
36.A.amazing
B.important
C.unusual
D.clear
37.A.neighbors
B.friends
C.children
D.classmates
38.A.view
B.comment
C.attention
D.interest
39.A.I
B.It
C.He
D.She
40.A.for
B.and
C.or
D.when
41.A.after
B.before
C.when
D.once
42.A.have
B.want
C.hold
D.attend
43.A.make
B.give
C.find
D.choose
44.A.album
B.novel
C.mirror
D.overcoat
45.A.went on
B.turned back
C.poured in
D.got away
46.A.could
B.would
C.should
D.might
47.A.book
B.story
C.mind
D.decision
48.A.for
B.around
C.with
D.except
49.A.worried
B.grateful
C.nervous
D.special
50.A.meaning
B.world
C.party
D.gift
51.A.read
B.count
C.express
D.improve
52.A.send
B.took
C.placed
D.packed
53.A.how
B.why
C.what
D.which
54.A.normally
B.merely
C.obviously
D.really
55.A.whether
B.when
C.that
D.who
3.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
When Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments __36
he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to
37
so many times. He said, "I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just
38
to be a 2000-step process."
Rudolph was born prematurely (早产) and her
39
was doubtful. At age 4, she had a high fever,
40
her with a paralyzed leg. At age 9, she removed the metal leg brace she had
41
on and began to walk without it. By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk, which doctors said was a
42
. For the next few years she
43
one race after another but always came in last. Everyone told her to
44
, but she kept on running. One day she actually won a race. And then another.
45
this little girl, who was told she would never walk again, went on to win three Olympic gold medals.
When Bell invented the telephone in 1876, President Rutherford said, "That's an 46
invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?" In the 1940s, another young
47
named Carlson took his idea to 20 corporations,
48
some of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down. In 1947 — after seven long years of rejections! - He
49
got a tiny company in New York, the Haloid Company, to
50
the rights to his invention. Haloid became Xerox Corporation we know today.
Character cannot be
51
in ease and quiet. Only
52
experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success
53
. You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience
54
you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you cannot do. And remember, the finest steel gets sent through the hottest furnace(熔炉). A
55
is not one who never fails, but one who NEVER QUITS!
36. A. after
B. before
C. since
D. until
37. A. win
B. gain
C. fail
D. lose
38. A. seemed
B. pretended
C. appeared
D. happened
39. A. survival
B. challenge
C. rescue
D. illness
40. A. making
B. leaving
C. reaching
D. causing
41. A. depended
B. supported
C. trusted
D. believed
42. A. success
B. achievement
C. victory
D. miracle
43. A. joined
B. attended
C. entered
D. escaped
44. A. quit
B. hold
C. take
D. refuse
45. A. Fortunately
B. Immediately
C. Unbelievably
D. Eventually
46. A. adorable
B. awkward
C. amazing
D. acceptable
47. A. inventor
B. discoverer
C. director
D. doctor
48. A. supposing
B. considering
C. regarding
D. including
49. A. finally
B. willingly
C. primarily
D. casually
50. A. pay
B. win
C. sell
D. purchase
51. A. born
B. produced
C. developed
D. gained
52. A. for
B. through
C. due to
D. across
53. A. achieved
B. made
C. caused
D. left
54. A. when
B. where
C. which
D. what
55. A. challenger
B. loser
C. winner
D. volunteer
4.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling
26
, but I always knew he was
27
. He never criticized us, but used
28
to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish (繁盛). If you don’t give them water, they die.” I
29
as a child I said something
30
about somebody, and my father said, “
31
time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best
32
people, I would get the best
33
. From then on I’ve always tried to
34
the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very
35
. At 15, I started a magazine. It was
36
a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a
37
: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to persuade me to change my decision,
38
any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad
39
me to go into law. And I’ve
40
regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,
41
I didn’t pursue (追寻) my
42
. You know what you want. Go fulfill (完成) it.”
As
43
turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national
44
for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad
45
me.
26. A. biologist