高考英语二轮专题复习测试精选 完形填空34
1.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Almost every person has experienced failure. If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you 11 to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a 12 hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to 13 .
“What are you doing? ”asked one of the visitors.
“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!”one of the brothers 14 excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh, 15 the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was 16 . After a long 17 , one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide variety of insects. He 18 the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing(嘲笑) 19 .
Then he said quietly and 20 , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look what we have found along the way!”
Their 21 was far too ambitious, but it did 22 them to dig. And that is what a goal is for—to cause us to move in the 23 we have chosen; 24 to set us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully 25 . Not every job will end
successfully. Not every relationship will endure. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every endeavor will be completed. Not every dream will be 26 .
But when you 27 your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, 28 look at what I found along the way!Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”
It is in the 29 that life is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey, in the end, that truly 30 .
11. A. look forward B. set aboutC. set out D. give in 12. A. wide B. shallowC. large D. deep 13. A. watch B. discussC. introduce 14. A. whispered
D. instruct
B. volunteeredC. lectured D. commented
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15. A. telling B. explainingC. expressingD. arguing
D. incorrect
16. A. unnecessary B. impossibleC. unbelievable 17. A. recreation
B. intentionC. silence
D. imagination
18. A. folded B. removedC. coveredD. deleted 19. A. visitors 20. A. strictly
B. huntersC. contributors D. volunteers B. curiouslyC. immediately D. confidently
C. belief C. expect
D. goal D. force
21. A. idea B. thought 22. A. make B. cause 23. A. direction
B. feelingC. chance D. decision
24. A. as a result B. now and thenC. in other words D. all the way 25. A. absorbed 26. A. predicted
B. achievedC. controlled B. graspedC. realized
D. decided D. depended D. fall short of
27. A. correspond to B. head forC. live up to 28. A. and
B. soC. but D. or
B. searchingC. arranging
29. A. digging D. discovering
30. A. regardsB. provesC. occurs D. matters 2.
On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain caused the streets to __11__ and the subway system almost came to a stop. Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were __12__ to go home. Some battled to __13__ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the __14__ bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I __15__ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most __16__ had stopped. After making my way __17__ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was __18__. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __19__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the __20__. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like a forever, the train __21__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was __22__ through, exhausted and __23__.
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer __24__ I
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received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __ 25__ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their __26__ to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that __27__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __28__ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __29__ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately__30__ me and put a smile back on my face. 11. A. break
D. crash
B. refused
C. adjusted
D.
B. flood
C. sink
12. A. forced gathered 13. A. order search 14. A. climate
D. burden
B. pay C. call D.
B. scenery C. storm
15. A. used happened 16. A. practice
D. service
B. promised C. deserved D.
B. routine C. process
17. A. to
B. through C. over
D. for
B. cycling B. carry
C. turning
D. rushing
18. A. operating 19. A. check
D. board
C. find
20. A. street platform 21. A. paused 22. A. wet
B. ground C. floor D.
B. crossed B. weak
C. reached
D. parked
C. sick
D. hurt
B. discouraged
C. surprised
D.
23. A. ashamed puzzled 24. A. while
B. when C. where
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高考英语二轮专题复习测试精选 完形填空34
