记叙文专练一 (每篇限时17分钟)
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(2024·福州质检)I was once in an unusual sociology (社会学) class at Brandeis.Each week we studied the __1__ we interacted with one another, and how we __2__ to anger, envy，and attention.We were human lab rats.More often, someone __3__ crying.I referred to it as the “touchy－feely” course.Mr.Brown said I should be more __4__.
One day, Mr.Brown said he had an __5__ for us to try.We were to stand，facing away from our classmates and __6__ backward, relying on another student to __7__ us.Most of us were __8__ with this, and we couldn’t let
go for more than a few inches __9__stopping ourselves.We laughed in __10__.
Finally, a thin, quiet girl, whom I noticed almost always wear the same clothes, crossed her arms over her chest, __11__ her eyes and leaned back, just like one of those Lipton tea ads __12__ the model dived into the pool.
For a moment, I was __13__ she was going to fall on the floor.At
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the __14__ moment, her partner held her head and __15__ and pulled her up.
“Whoa！” several students yelled.Some __16__. Mr.Brown finally smiled.
“You see，” he said to the girl, “you closed your eyes.That was the __17__.Sometimes you cannot believe what you see，you have to believe what you __18__.And if you’re ever going to have other people __19__ you, you must feel that you can trust them，__20__， even when you’re in the dark, even when you’re falling.”
1.A.behaviour B.ways C.courses D.relationship 2.A.responded B.objected C.stuck D.referred
3.A.went on B.gave up C.put off D.ended up 4.A.skillful B.honest C.open－minded D.energetic 5.A.arrangement B.order C.introduction D.exercise 6.A.jumped B.moved C.fell
D.ran
7.A.catch B.pull C.control D .support 8.A.dissatisfied B.uncomfortable C.pleased D.familiar
9.A.before B.after C.while D.until
10.A.surprise B.excitement C.delight D.embarrassment 11.A.fixed B.opened C.closed D.touched 12.A.every time B.as though C.when D.where 13.A.sorry B.shocked C.sure D.puzzled 14.A.unusual B.crazy C.exciting D.last 15.A.shoulders B.attention C.legs D.chance 16.A.wept B.clapped C.laughed D.sighed 17.A.success B.difference C.result
D.requirement
18.A.feel B.notice C.hold D.meet 19.A.stand by B.rely on C.believe in D.call for 20.A.however B.too C.though D.therefore
B
Liz Woodward was working at the restaurant when she heard two firefighters __1__ a particularly rough task fighting a __2__ warehouse fire that took 12 hours to get under control.She ended up __3__ their breakfast
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and leaving them a __4__ note thanking them for their __5__.
“Thank you for serving us and for __6__ the places everyone runs away from.No matter your role，you are always courageous and __7__ ！Get some rest！”Woodward wrote in the note.
“It made me feel __8__—we firefighters are wanted，people __9__ us，”Mount Holly Fire Department’s Paul Hullings said about __10__ the message.
His fellow firefighter Tim Young made a post about the __11__ experience that was quickly __12__ more than 3，000 times.However，it was not until afterward that they realized they could help Woodward in a __13__ way.
“Turns out，the young lady who gave us a free meal is __14__ the one who needs help.Her father has been a quadriplegic (四肢瘫痪者) since 2010.”
Young posted along with a __15__ to a GoFundMe page for Woodward’s dad Steve.
__16__ news of Young and Hullings’ return of kindness got out，the donations quickly met the page’s $17，000 goal.One anonymous (匿名的)
donor __17__ by the story gave $5，000.
Steve Woodward was allowed to leave a __18__ in Trenton as news of his __19__ and the firefighters’ kindness spread.He is now doing well back at home and the family wants to __20__ a nonprofit to help people who are in need.
1.A.take up B.talk about C.carry out
D.prepare for
2.A.large B.slight C.frequent D.dying
3.A.cooking B.warming up C.ordering D.paying for 4.A.personal B.new C.secret D.kind 5.A.visit B.service C.discovery D.instruction 6.A.giving up B.looking for C.running into D.cleaning up 7.A.brave B.smart C.honest D.modest 8.A.sad B.convinced C.worried D.good 9.A.argue with B.differ from C.care about D.laugh at 10.A.delivering B.receiving C.answering D.recording 11.A.stage B.business C.dinner D.work 12.A.enjoyed B.collected C.shared D.examined
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13.A.similar B.cheerful C.traditional D.meaningful
14.A.really B.merely C.normally D.suddenly 15.A.note B.link C.letter D.picture 16.A.Since B.Before C.Although D.If
17.A.amused B.shocked C.inspired D.described 18.A.church B.hospital C.company D.hotel 19.A.daughter B.friend C.boss D.neighbor 20.A.name B.guide C.sell D.create
C
I was driving my car the other day.The radio was playing，and I was __1__ along.The song was a __2__ one and even my weak voice sounded good.Then something bad __3__，however.The sweet sound of the music ended and was __4__ with the alarming news break.
I drove on while the __5__ said prices were going higher again because of the __6__ speculation(投机) on Wall Street.The race for the Presidency was getting worse.Violence __7__ when fans of a sports team went wild，__8__
their favorite team’s championship.
Finally，I could __9__ no more and turned off the radio.Silence seemed __10__ to listening to anything else about the crazy，competitive society we live in.I slowed down as I entered a local town and __11__ the people.
__12__ a smiling woman was throwing birdseed into her backyard，a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the __13__ being laid out before them.A young man was __14__ his little daughter safely in his arms.He tickled (胳肢) her __15__ when she pulled the hat off his head and they both laughed.I laughed too as I looked at all of this __16__.Although in my car the radio was __17__，in my heart I was still singing.
__18__，this world could use a little more kindness and a lot less competition.Kindness makes us all __19__ in this life.Your only competition is with __20__：to be the best possible you that you can be. 1.A.singing B.dancing C.listening D.running 2.A.serious B.joyful C.sorrowful D.popular 3.A.disappeared B.struck C.occurred D.continued 4.A.disturbed B.combined C.compared
D.replaced
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5.A.speaker B.announcer C.singer D.programmer
6.A.creative B.representative C.competitive D.positive 7.A.broke out B.broke down C.broke in D.broke up 8.A.congratulating B.celebrating C.defending D.promoting 9.A.ignore B .escape C.share D.take 10.A.comfortable B.appropriate C.preferable D.pleasant 11.A.sought B.appreciated C.visited
D.watched
12.A.While B.Until C.Before D.After 13.A.smile B.service C.feast D.attraction 14.A.carrying B.tying C.placing D.dragging 15.A.angrily B.gently C.terribly
D.firmly
16.A.love B.mess C.kindness D.phenomenon 17.A.down B.on C.out D.off
18.A.In truth B.In theory C.In brief D.In turn 19.A.winners B.leaders C.fighters
D.learners
20.A.society B.yourself C.oneself
D.others
夹叙夹议专练一 (每篇限时17分钟)
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(2024·长春质检)When I was a teenager I volunteered to pass out water at a local race. I was so excited to __1__ all the different runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water. Some walked past, some jogged past and a few __2__ past.
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Watching so many __3__ of people doing it, I thought maybe I could do it too! The next year I decided to __4__ the race. With __5__ running practice, I just wanted to finish.
On the day of the race, it was terribly hot. Only after 2 miles, I felt sweat __6__ off me and my legs swelling. I began to __7__， “Why am I doing this? What was I thinking? I must be __8__.” For the following miles, I jogged, I walked, I jogged and walked. At times, I wondered if I could __9__.
__10__ the end, a 70－year－old man rushed past me, very __11__， and I felt a little __12__ that I was more than 50 years younger than him and I couldn’t __13__ keep up with him. But then I realized something: he was running his race and I was running mine. How often in life do we __14__ ourselves to others and feel disappointed in ourselves when we really __15__？ We are all unique human beings with unique __16__.It’s really no good focusing on others’ race. I decided that I would not __17__ running, and that one day I would be one of those __18__ people who were still running races.
高等考试英语完型专练
