三、完形填空题组 (一)完形填空 A (2015·江苏卷) I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel's books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional __1__ and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so __2__ to me and had such a big __3__ on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to __4__ my own cancer experience? I'm an ambitious __5__, and when I started going through chemo (化疗), even though I'm a very __6__ person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the __7__. One day, while waiting to go in for __8__, I had one of Dr. Bernie's books in my hand. Another patient __9__ what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me __10__ he had one of his books with him as well. It __11__ that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was __12__ a published author, and he was currently __13__ on a new book. We would see each other at various times and __14__ friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) __15__ of Dr. Bernie. He really put a __16__ on my face. He unfortunately __17__ last year due to his cancer, __18__ he left a deep impression on me and gave me the __19__ to pick up my pen again. I __20__ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”
1.A.tastes B.ideas C.notes D.memories
2.A.amazing B.shocking C.amusing D.strange 3.A.strike B.push C.challenge D.impact
4.A.learn from B.go over C.get through D.refer to 5.A.reader B.writer C.editor D.doctor
6.A.positive B.agreeable C.humorous D.honest 7.A.mood B.position C.state D.way 8.A.advice B.reference C.protection D.treatment 9.A.viewed B.knew
C.noticed D.wondered 10.A.while B.because C.although D.providing
11.A.came out B.worked out C.proved out D.turned out 12.A.naturally B.merely C.hopefully D.actually 13.A.deciding B.investing C.working D.relying 14.A.became B.helped C.missed D.visited 15.A.patient B.operator C.fan D.publisher 16.A.sign B.smile C.mark D.mask
17.A.showed up B.set off C.fell down D.passed away 18.A.since B.but C.so D.for
19.A.guidance B.trust
C.opportunity D.inspiration 20.A.promised B.swore
C.thought D.replied 答案与解析:
作者大学时读了Bernie的一本书,被他的新奇想法所吸引。后来作者在与病魔抗争的过程中,也是Bernie的书给予了他力量。
1.解析:他新奇的想法和他书中所描写的不寻常的病人令作者大为惊奇。 答案:B
2.解析:amazing意为“令人大为惊奇的”,符合语境。 答案:A
3.解析: have an impact on...意为“对……产生影响”,为固定搭配。 答案:D
4.解析:根据语境可知,多年之后作者仍然要依靠Bernie先生和他的光盘来熬过癌症。get through表示“(使某人)熬过(困难时期)”,符合语境。
答案:C
5.解析:根据6空后的“I lost my drive to write”及19空后的“pick up my pen again”可知,文章的作者是一位作家。
答案:B
6.解析:空处所在句是让步状语从句,根据空后的“I lost my drive to write”可推知,作者是一位非常积极乐观的人,因此选A。
答案:A
7.解析:作者因为病痛失去了写作的动力,感到太累,故可推知作者心情不好。not in the mood意为“心情不好”。
答案:A
8.解析:作者生病了,应该是等待治疗,因此选择treatment,意为“治疗”。
答案:D
9.解析:由下文可知,另一位病人应是注意到了作者正在读的书。notice“注意到”,符合语境。
答案:C
10.解析:空处前后是因果关系,所以because表原因,符合语境。 答案:B
11.解析:come out“被人所知”;work out“设法弄懂某事”;prove out“证明是适合的”;turn out“最后结果是”。根据语境可知应选D。
答案:D
12.解析:事实上,他是一名发表过作品的作家。actually“事实上,实际上”,符合语境。
答案:D
13.解析:目前他正在创作一本新书。work on“从事于,致力于”,符合语境。
答案:C
14.解析:后来作者和那位病人时不时地见面,也就成了朋友。become“成为”,符合语境。
答案:A
15.解析:根据上段可知,作者认为他的这位朋友就是Bernie先生的书迷。