四川省2016年高考英语 完形填空专题选练8
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A B C D）中，选出最佳选项。 Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order．A baby giraffe falls 10 feet from its mother’s womb （子宫） and usually lands on its 1 ．Within seconds it rolls over and tucks（缩拢） its legs under its body．Gary Richmond describes how a newborn giraffe learns it first 2 in his book, A View from the Zoo．
The mother giraffe 3 her head long enough to take a quick look．Then she 4 herself directly over her calf．She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most 5 thing．She swings her long leg outward and kicks her baby．
If the baby giraffe doesn’t 6 , the violent process is repeated over and over again．The 7 to rise is very important．As the baby calf grows 8 , the mother kicks it again to stimulate（激励） its efforts．Finally, the calf stands for the first time on its 9 legs．
Then mother giraffe does the most remarkable thing．She kicks it off its feet again． 10 ? She wants it to remember how it got up．In the wild, baby giraffes must be able to get up as 11 as possible to stay with the herd（鹿群）, where there is 12 ．Wild animals and hunting dogs all 13 young giraffes, and calves would be punished if the mother didn’t 14 her calf to be watchful and get up quickly．
Irving Stone 15 this．He spent a lifetime studying 16 , writing novelized biographies of such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, and Charles Darwin． Stone was once asked if he had found a 17 that runs through the lives of all these exceptional people．He said, “They are 18 over the head, knocked down, and for years they still get 19 ．But every time they are knocked down, they stand up．You cannot 20 these people．And at the end of their lives they’ve accomplished some modest part of what they set out to do．
1．A．back 2．A．look
B．side B．move
C．front C．lesson
D．head D．class
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3．A．raises 4．A．throws 5．A．difficult 6．A．get up 7．A．demand 8．A．excited 9．A．strong 10．A．Why 11．A．slowly 12．A．danger 13．A．hate 14．A．teach 15．A．accepted 16．A．kindness 17．A．history 18．A．injured 19．A．nowhere 20．A．change
B．lowers B．finds B．greedy B．work on B．struggle B．worried B．dusty B．When B．quickly B．love B．punish B．urge B．remembered B．greatness B．record B．beaten B．anywhere B．support
C．pulls C．points C．unreasonable C．lie down C．request C．surprised C．weak C．Where C．carefully C．silence C．enjoy C．remind C．declared C．nature C．thread C．killed C．everywhere C．blame
D．draws D．positions D．uncreative D．come up D．failure D．tired D．short D．Which D．frequently D．safety D．watch D．allow D．understood D．expectation D．means D．hurt D．somewhere D．destroy
【参考答案】ACBDC ABDCA
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I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____! I remember the buzz[嘈杂声] of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____.
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I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just ___48___ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to ___49___. But in the end, after three encores[加演], the show finished. We left the ___50___ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just ___51___ from a long sleep. My ears were still _52_with the beat of the last song.
After the ___53___, I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, ___54___, I listen to one of their songs and ___55___I’m back at that first show.
(C)36. A. members B. friends C. fans D. volunteers
(B)37. A. guessed B. discovered C. thought D. predicted
(D)38. A. flowers B. drinks C. clothes D. tickets
(B)39. A. booked B. offered C. returned D. found
(C)40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
(A)41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
(B)42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous
(C)43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
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(D)44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto
(B)45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear
(A)46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast
(A)47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest
(D)48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember
(C)49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
(B)50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage
(D)51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken
(C)52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling
(B)53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration
(A)54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides
(D)55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine
【语篇解读】
本文是记叙文，讲述了作者在八岁时第一次听现场摇滚音乐会的经历和感受，以及后来也成为那个Black Wednesday乐队的粉丝，也因此喜欢和走入其他的音乐，但是再听这个乐队的乐曲时又会回忆起那个演唱会的情境。
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36. 【解析】C 下文最后一段有照应“I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years ”。
37. 【解析】B discovered ““发现”。guessed “猜测“ thought “认为” predicted “预测”。
38. 【解析】D “ticket for…” 搭配，表演的票。
39. 【解析】B offered “主动提供“，从上文看，因为离演出还有一分钟时有一个朋友不能去，我的哥哥就将票给了我。
40. 【解析】C. 从上文推理出我得到票后应该很兴奋。relaxed “放松的”embarrassed “尴尬的” excited“兴奋的” encouraged“受到鼓舞的”。
41. 【解析】A. inside the theatre“在剧场里面”应是找到座位。entrance“入口”， spots“地点，现场space“空白，空”
42. 【解析】B。 和上文刚入场的嘈杂对比，要演出了应是静下来了。
43. 【解析】C。从上文”make out the stage”,指很难辨认出舞台，可推断因为太黑所以看不清。
44. 【解析】D。 踏上舞台用“stepped onto”. fell upon指”躺在..上“ got through“通过；做完” broke into “闯入“ 45. 【解析】B. 上下文。
46. 【解析】A。下文表明十分响就像一架喷气发动机。
47. 【解析】A.我能感觉到鼓点和贝斯的声音在我的肚子上震动。 48. 【解析】D。对应上文的recall “记起；回忆起”. 49. 【解析】C.下文有提示finish.
50. 【解析】B.只离开了剧场，上文有提示“theatre” 51. 【解析】D。我感到有些眩晕，好像刚从一场长梦中醒来。
52. 【解析】C. 耳朵鸣响用“ringing”。 aching“疼痛” burning “燃烧” rolling“滚动”。
53. 【解析】B。应是在演出后。 54. 【解析】A。though 做副词“然而”
55. 【解析】D。imagine 意为“想象”又回到了当时那个现场。
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四川省2016年高考英语完形填空专题选练8
