2013年高考第二轮复习英语湖北版 专题升级训练十 完形填空(二)
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(2012武汉统招适应)
Cindy Green had a serious telephone problem.The brand-new $100 million Ribrock Plaza Hotel opened nearby and had __1__ almost the same telephone number as Cindy's.From the moment the hotel opened, Cindy was __2__ by calls not for her.Since she had the same phone number for years, she felt that she should __3__ the hotel management to change its number.__4__， the management refused.The phone company was not __5__， either.It argued that a number was a number，and the fact that a customer was getting someone else's __6__ twenty-four hours a day didn't make it __7__.
After her request fell on deaf ears, Cindy decided to take __8__ into her own hands.At 9 o'clock the phone rang.Someone from Memphis was calling the hotel and __9__ a room for the following Tuesday.Cindy said, “No __10__.How many nights？”
A few hours later a secretary called and said that she wanted a suite (套房) __11__ two bedrooms for a week.Cindy replied that the Presidential Suite was __12__ for $600 a night.The secretary said that she would __13__ it.
The next day was a __14__ one for Cindy.In the morning, she booked a car producer's conference for Memorial Day weekend.Her biggest __15__ came in the afternoon—a mother called to book the ballroom for her daughter's wedding in June.Cindy hesitated for a while, but still __16__ the woman that it would be no problem.
Within a few months, the Ribrock Plaza Hotel was a disaster area.People kept __17__ for weddings, reunions (聚会) and parties, and were all __18__ that there were no such events.
Soon after, she read in a __19__ that the hotel might go bankrupt(破产)．Her phone rang, and a manager from Marriott said, “We're prepared to __20__ you $2 million for the hotel.” Cindy replied, “We'll take it, but only if you change the telephone number.”
1．A.required B．acquired C．confirmed D．dialed
2．A.bothered B．embarrassed C．disappointed D．frightened 3．A.expect B．force C．encourage D．persuade 4．A.Interestingly B．Amazingly C．Naturally D．Curiously 5．A.blamed B．patient C．involved D．helpful 6．A.answers B．calls
C．messages D．numbers 7．A.changeable B．guilty
C．responsible D．shameful 8．A.matters B．deals C．events D．requests
9．A.sought for B．asked for C．called for D．waited for 10．A.way B．wonder C．problem D．doubt
11．A.plus B．instead of C．next to D．with
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12．A.comfortable C．available 13．A.order C．purchase 14．A.lucky C．difficult 15．A.challenge C．fortune 16．A.promised C．convinced 17．A.turning around C．turning over 18．A.informed C．guaranteed 19．A.note C．poster 20．A.lend C．offer
B．reasonable D．affordable B．reserve D．register B．new D．busy
B．adventure D．business
B．reminded D．comforted B．turning up D．turning back B．impressed
D．discouraged B．brochure D．newspaper B．present D．award (2)
(2012武汉四月调研)
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.”It made a (n) __1__ on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the __2__ day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today？” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a __3__， I know I need to change something.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.The doctors told me this was almost __4__ a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should __5__ to live no longer than three to six months.My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs __6__， which is doctor's code for preparing to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day.Later that evening I had a biopsy (活组织检查) ，it __7__ to be a very rare form of cancer that is __8__ with surgery.I had the surgery and I'm fine now.
No one wants to die.Even people who want to go to __9__ don't want to die to get there.And yet death is the __10__ we all share.No one has ever __11__ it.And that is as it should be, because __12__ is very likely the single best invention of Life.It is Life's change agent.It __13__ out the old to make way for the new.Right now the new is you, __14__ someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so __15__， but it is quite __16__.
Your __17__ is limited, so don't waste it __18__ someone else's life.Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner __19__.And most important, have the courage to __20__ your heart and intuition (直觉)．
1．A.decision B．impression C．attraction D．difference 2．A.first B．best C．worst D．last 3．A.row B．line C．week D．month
4．A.thoroughly B．desperately C．certainly D．naturally
5．A.hope B．wish
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D．desire B．in place D．in time
B．turned out D．found out
B．acceptable D．curable B．church D．space
B．origin D．frustration B．escaped D．tolerated B．Birth D．Death
B．carries D．picks B．and D．so
B．effective D．troublesome B．desirable D．true
B．time D．chance B．entering D．enjoying B．noise D．whisper B．take D．fight (3)
The science teacher, Mr.Litmus, had asked his students to study some particular animal.They would write a short report, and tell the rest of the class their __1__.Some talked about dogs, others about horses, and some chose fish.But the most interesting __2__ of all was made by little Sophie.
“I found that __3__ are terribly ill-tempered，” she said, very sure of herself. Everyone smiled, waiting for her to __4__.Then Sophie explained, “I spent hours in my house, watching flies.When they flied __5__， everything was OK, but when they found a __6__ they would really be noisy.I had always thought they made that __7__ with their wings, but they don't.With my daddy's telescope I watched the flies really closely, and saw that what they were really __8__ was shouting and protesting.They were so hysterical (歇斯底里的) that they couldn't fly out of the window, and they would just __9__ their heads against the glass again and again.If only they had __10__ the butterfly that passed by, they would have seen that the top of the window was __11__.The butterfly tried to tell them, but it had no __12__ at all.The flies just kept on shouting and complaining.”
Mr.Litmus was __13__， and explained to the class that that form of fly's behaviour had nothing to do with __14__.Instead, it was an example of animals having different __15__ of intelligence and awareness.
And this was what __16__ a big disorder in the science class.Many parents had
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C．expect 6．A.in order C．in hospital 7．A.worked out C．pointed out 8．A.terrible C．imaginable 9．A.hell C．heaven 10．A.destination C．fate 11．A.expected C．understood 12．A.Disease C．Growth 13．A.sorts C．clears 14．A.but C．or 15．A.common C．dramatic 16．A.fantastic C．common 17．A.money C．energy 18．A.disturbing C．living 19．A.voice C．sound 20．A.follow C．find
湖北省高考英语二轮复习 专题升级训练卷十 完形填空(二)
