高等考试英语完型专练

As I crossed the finishing line, I was proud of myself. I didn’t regret having such an experience. If you don’t __19__ others but get the lesson and grow, you are truly a __20__.

1.A.see B.inspect C.stare

D.notice

2.A.struggled B.dragged C.rushed D.moved

3.A.styles B.ranks C.types

D.races

4.A.run up B.run out C.run across D.run for 5.A.some B.little C.much D.any 6.A.pouring B.taking C.melting D.blowing 7.A.doubt B.remember C.imagine D.suppose 8.A.friendly B.crazy C.generous D.tired 9.A.win B.stop C.make D.finish 10.A.On B.At C.Near D.By 11.A.slowly B.gently C.heavily D.fast

12.A.pleased B.frightened C.delighted D.embarrassed 13.A.just B.even C.still

D.already

14.A.compare B.devote C.recommend D.show

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15.A.couldn’t B.won’t C.shouldn’t D.can’t

16.A.significance B.pace C.principle D.concept 17.A.insist on B.look up to C.put up with D.give up 18.A.elderly B.professional C.international D.educated 19.A.persuade B.change C.beat D.follow 20.A.learner B.winner C.dreamer D.competitor

B

At my daughter’s presentation ceremony，the principal reminded the kids of that now－familiar truth: they could have multiple careers in their lifetimes.As I lay in bed that evening，another truth __1__ me that it is not just different careers that __2__ each child. I __3__ my own life and how much it has __4__.Five years ago，I was in an unhappy marriage，living in a house that I felt wasn’t mine.I felt __5__ most of the time and not __6__ my own future.Now，I live in my own beautiful apartment.My family life is peaceful，filled with____7__.My life is barely __8__.I created a whole new reality.I have always __9__ that great change is

possible.I am the great－grandchild of the immigrants who left their countries with few __10__.From the shtetls(犹太人小村庄) of Russia and Poland，they created their own communities.

My parents moved to a __11__ city with two small children and started a life different from that in their hometown.And my late grandmother lived two completely different lives.__12__ she was a widow at 43 after my grandfather died suddenly，she __13__ her daughters alone，cared for her elderly mother and __14__ travelled out of her hometown.At 68，after being single for 26 years，she __15__ us all by falling in love and remarrying.She and her husband，Harry，socialized __16__，and travelled around the country.

Life is full of __17__.We assume that our lives are linear(直线的)，leading us from birth to death into a straight __18__.But they can change and have sharp __19__.They can double back and leap forward and begin another __20__ altogether.

1.A.hit B.promised C.attacked D.suggested 2.A.hold back B.appeal to C.wait for D.call on 3.A.sought for B.tried out C.took over

D.reflected on

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4.A.transformed B.improved C.abused D.succeeded 5.A.terrified B.anxious C.curious

D.ashamed

6.A.in control of B.in defence of C.in honor of D.in place of 7.A.noise B.devotion C.admiration D.laughter 8.A.bearable B.recognizable C.suitable

D.acceptable

9.A.imagined B.doubted C.believed D.remembered 10.A.contacts B.belongings C.expectations D.devices 11.A.poor B.remote C.strange D.wealthy 12.A.Since B.Until C.When D.Although 13.A.educated

B.raised C.accompanied

D.comforted

14.A.nearly B.frequently C.smoothly D.rarely

15.A.amused B.annoyed C.satisfied D.surprised 16.A.endlessly

B.casually C.punctually D.accidentally

17.A.challenges B.possibilities C.hardships D.hopes 18.A.pattern B.shape C.path D.queue 19.A.tendencies B.directions C.increases D.twists 20.A.marriage B.relationship C.story

D.plan

C

(2024·洛阳模拟)When twelve－year－old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in late October 1931，he had no way of knowing that his life was about to change completely.The class____1__ that day was to show how __2__ a container of water would bring oxygen bubbles(气泡) to the surface.The container John was about to heat，__3__，was not like the containers students everywhere had used.Someone had been __4__ and put the wrong label(标签) on the bottle.And __5__ John heated it with a Bunsen burner，the container __6__，sending the liquid flying in all directions.John Wilson came away from it，completely__7__.

Wilson spent the next two months in hospital.After he returned home，his parents __8__ a hard time to find a way to deal with the __9__ that had happened to their lives.But Wilson did not __10__ the accident as a disaster.He knew he had the rest of his life to live.He learned Braille(盲文) quickly and continued his __11__ at the esteemed Worcester College for the disabled.There，he not only __12__ as a student but also became an

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accomplished rower，swimmer，actor，musician，and orator.

Many people，faced with the __13__ John Wilson met with，would have __14__ of their experience.Perhaps they would have considered themselves to be __15__ by ill fortune and discouraged in their __16__ to do anything significant with their lives.Wilson，however，lost his sight but found a __17__.Through his practical action and life attitude，he proved to us __18__ that it’s not what happens to us that __19__ our lives—it’s what we make __20__ what happens. 1.A.experiment B.discussion C.analysis D.management 2.A.bringing out B.turning over C.heating up D.picking on 3.A.therefore

B.instead C.besides D.however

4.A.light－hearted B.absent－minded C.cold－blooded D.bad－

tempered 5.A.as B.if C.once

D.though

6.A.leaked B.exploded C.collapsed D.melted 7.A.dumb B.lame C.deaf D.blind

8.A.called for

B.drove off C.went through D.depended on

9.A.catastrophe B.coincidence C.dilemma D.drawback 10.A.elect B.appoint C.regard

D.recommend

11.A.education B.occupation C.contribution D.recovery 12.A.survived

B.shone C.competed D.registered

13.A.discrimination B.resistance C.circumstances D.uncertainties

14.A.dreamed B.thought C.approved

D.complained

15.A.criticized

B.motivated C.surrounded D.interrupted

16.A.preferences B.requirements C.failures D.attempts 17.A.bridge

B.vision C.reward D.cure

18.A.dramatically B.occasionally C.abruptly D.roughly 19.A.limits

B.predicts C.determines D.replaces

20.A.of B.from C.for D.up

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记叙文专练二 (每篇限时16分钟)

A

(2024·湖北省七市州联考)It was an evening in September when I landed in Kuching，the capital city of Sarawak in Malaysia.I was a 19－year－old Dubai－raised kid away from home for the first time to start my undergraduate studies.

I had never travelled alone before.I pushed my __1__ and headed to the airport __2__ to find a grey car with the name of my university on it.

As we left the airport，the __3__ began talking to me.As I am a driving __4__ myself，we started talking about cars and driving.

“Never make a Sarawakian __5__，”he warned.“No road rage (路怒).Very dangerous！”Not long into our __6__，the lights of the car behind flashed at us.This continued more aggressively and my driver started to __7__.We pulled over to the roadside.My heart was pounding but I tried to

put on a(n) __8__ face as the man from the car came up and made his way to my side of the car.As he reached my window，I __9__ it and tried to __10__ a smile.

I looked down at his hands to see that he was __11__ my travel bag.It __12__ my passport，return tickets，as well as cash and letters for the university.I had left it behind on the trolley at the __13__ and this man had been trying to __14__ it to me ever since we had left the airport. Breathing a huge sigh of __15__，I took my bag and __16__ this stranger.The man welcomed me to Kuching，wished me luck with my university studies and drove away.

This act of kindness __17__ cheered me up and thanks to this honest __18__，the initial self－doubt I had about my decision to __19__ so far away from home was __20__ with hope and excitement. 1.A.presents B.books C.luggage

D.bike

2.A.entrance B.exit C.building D.hotel 3.A.driver B.teacher C.tourist D.classmate 4.A.expert B.athlete C.coach D.enthusiast

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5.A.nervous B.angry C.curious D.excited 6.A.journey B.conversation C.adventure D.practice 7.A.shout B.cry C.panic D.laugh 8.A.serious B.kind C.honest

D.brave

9.A.closed B.broke C.lowered D.knocked 10.A.force B.hide C.imagine D.draw

11.A.unfastening B.emptying C.searching D.holding 12.A.protected B.displayed C.contained D.collected 13.A.station B.airport C.supermarket D.harbor 14.A.pass B.deliver C.offer D.return 15.A.doubt B.regret C.relief D.sadness 16.A.comforted B.thanked C.praised D.satisfied 17.A.regularly B.normally C.occasionally D.instantly 18.A.stranger B.student C.policeman D.attendant 19.A.live B.study C.play D.work 20.A.replaced B.filled C.covered

D.crowded