2013届高三英语二轮专题复习：完形填空
1.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
“A” for Attitude
English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my 36 _______ allowed me to give spelling tests to the class. I had wonderful 37 _______ of my junior year. Mrs. Alexander 38 _______ me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was 39 _______ , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. Every student received a “C” or “D” grade the first quarter. 40 _______ English was still my subject.
I graduated from high school, 41 _______early and had children. Confident about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I 42 _______ long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an ‘‘A” student. I 43 _______ up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I 44 _______my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards 45 _______back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office，explaining that I had always excelled at English, and 46 _______ that I did not deserve a “D” from that 47 _______ teacher of my senior year. The advisor was sympathetic but unable to change a (an) 48 _______
Reading 49 _______my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to shred them or hide them. I was not an ‘‘A” student in high school English ！ Somehow, I had 50 _______ myself of this，when the grades clearly reflected an 51 student with an occasional “ A ” or ‘‘ B” but mostly “C” s.
Had I lived up to those grades and 52 _______ myself according to those letters，I would have never confidently sought my writing 53 _______ . Had I believed in my early grades instead of myself ，I would have allowed my fear of 54 _______ to defeat my enthusiasm and damage my creativity. 55 _______，I viewed my younger self as an “A” English student, except for that undeserved “D”.
36.
A.
monitor
B.
headmaster
C.
classmate
D.
teacher
37.
A.
impressions
B.
thoughts
C.
inspirations
D.
memories
38.
A.
approved
B.
appointed
C.
expected
D.
urged
39.
A.
flexible
B.
creative
C.
disappointing
D.
controversial
40.
A.
So
B.
But
C.
And
D.
Or
41.
A.
married
B.
worked
C.
succeeded
D.
progressed
42.
A.
wrote
B.
edited
C.
read
D.
copied
43.
A.
added
B.
lived
C.
grew
D.
went
44.
A.
counted
B.
remembered
C.
approached
D.
discovered
45.
A.
brought
B.
turned
C.
held ‘
D.
kept
46.
A.
reporting
B.
guaranteeing
C.
complaining
D.
recommending
47.
A.
impolite
B.
impatient
C.
inexperienced
D.
independent
48.
A.
grade
B.
figure
C.
paper
D.
entry
49.
A.
out
B.
through
C.
from
D.
into
50.
A.
warned
B.
reminded
C.
informed
D.
convinced
51.
A.
average
B.
enthusiastic
0.
outstanding
D.
awkward
52.
A.
considered
B.
defined
C.
reflected
D.
described
53.
A.
goal
B.
dream
C.
career
D.
enterprise
54.
A.
change
B.
risk
C.
stress
D.
failure
55.
A.
Otherwise
B.
Besides
C.
Instead
D.
Still
2.阅读下面短文， 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I grew up in Liverpool in a family with many business people around me. Thus I was always 36 to do business. When I began to 37 business ideas with friends at a younger age, they would shake their head and say, “It won’t 38 ” and I would answer, “Oh, yes it will.”
At twelve I started my first business with a local newsagent. I delivered newspapers door to door. It was all about building 39 . Beginning in November, I 40 that everyone in the neighborhood where I dropped papers knew who their paperboy was. The 41 was to receive a significant Christmas bonus to pay for a bike.
I was a headache to my mother and she found it 42 to deal with a child with all these wild thoughts. At fifteen, I 43 I didn’t like school and being a scholar was not the 44 to becoming successful. One particular autumn evening I 45 to my mum that I no longer wished to go to school. 46 I preferred to work on a business idea that I 47 would make me a million within the first year, enabling me to 48 Liverpool and move to London. So I dropped out of school.
However, I 49 and lost all my money. My business came to an end. I am very 50 that I not only have a strong and supportive family but also an intrinsic(固有的) 51 that always pushes me to overcome any difficulty that I’m faced with. There have been many 52 when I have lost money, relationships, or whole business, 53 I always had the thirst and hunger to move forward and meet the challenges head on.
I suppose that has been my motto throughout my life ------ always look at why something is 54 rather than thinking about reasons why I cannot achieve something. I 55 any person who wants to be an entrepreneur(企业家) to keep going and fight to achieve your goals.
36. A. afraid B. able C. eager D. unsure
37. A. share B. write C. test D. prove
38. A. happen B. exist C. hurt D. work
39. A. houses B. relations C. changes D. bridges
40. A. ignored B. ensured C warned. D. hoped
41. A. aim B. interest C. direction D. problem
42. A. useful B. costly C. interesting D. difficult
43. A. expected B. decided C. recalled D. regretted
44. A. attitude B. limit C. reaction D. way
45. A. seemed B. mentioned C. pretended D. afforded
46. A. Expectedly B. Therefore C. Instead D. Similarly
47. A. believed B. promised C. doubted D. concerned
48. A. visit B. remember C. leave D. pass
49. A. failed B. turned C. agreed D. existed
50. A. disappointed B. hard C. confused D. fortunate
51. A. event B. action C. drive D. conflict
52. A. requirements B. factors C. occasions D. surroundings
53. A. or B. because C. so D. but
54. A. discouraging B. possible C. exciting D. suitable
55. A. order B. urge C. allow D. forbid
3.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
The story happened years ago，when my daughter was still little.
I was driving across the country with my daughter to 1 my husband. Since I intended to get to my destination before supper time, I drove 2 for a long time without a stop. Then after driving for many miles, I became tired and needed to stop for a break to get 3 .
I found a rest area. It was mostly deserted, in a quiet area of the highway. I parked the car and carried my 4 into the restroom. When I came out I saw a middle-aged 5 wandering around. Feeling 6 about that, I asked the lady. What 7 me was: they were waiting for us!
The lady told me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our 8 . She explained that sometimes rest areas could be a 9 place for a young lady like me. She told me that she had a daughter almost my age, so they wanted to make sure that I got safely back on my way.
I was very touched by their 10 . Being young, and probably naive to the potential 11 of rest areas, it had never occurred to me that there was any possibility of something going wrong. I 12 them for their kindness. My daughter and I continued our journey and 13 our destination safely.
I never got their names but years have passed and their kindness is still not 14 . Sometimes angels come in make-up and just because you can’t see their 15 it doesn’t mean they aren’t angels.
1. A. desert B. stop C. join D. save
2. A. slowly B. quickly C. safely D. quietly
3. A. excited B. bored C. interested D. refreshed
4. A. daughter B. luggage C. license D. car
5. A. lady B. man C. couple D. angel
6. A. angry B. curious C. jealous D. terrible
7. A. surprised B. worried C. annoyed D. upset
8. A. room B. car C. area D. park
9. A. quiet B. noisy C. dangerous D. safe
10. A. devotion B. honesty C. potential D.consideration
11. A. stops B. dangers C. mistakes D. changes
12. A. forgave B. asked C. thanked D. blamed
13. A. reached B. left C. missed D. passed
14. A. seen B. forgotten C. deserted D. recognized
15. A. kindness B. safety C. faces D. wings
4.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Here is a letter from an old father to his son: Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I ? 36 ? teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I ? 37 ? the same things thousand and one times, do not ? 38 ? me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story ? 39 ? you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a ? 40 ?, neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I ? 41 ?, in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my ? 42 ? little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you ? 43 ? to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the ? 44 ? of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you ? 45 ? to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well ? 46 ? I need to and when not. When my ? 47 ? legs do not allow me to walk, give me your ? 48 ?, the same way I did when you gave your first ? 49 ?. And when someday I say to you that I do not want to ? 50 ? any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand。
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, ?51 ? my mistakes, I always wanted the ? 52 ? thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me ? 53 ? you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you ? 54 ? living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and ? 55 ?. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son
Your father
36. A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took
37. A. praise B. think C. repeat D. criticize
38. A. interrupt B. disturb C. look D. avoid
39. A. when B. after C. since D. until
40. A. rest B. word C. shower D. sleep
4l. A. discovered B. invented C. noticed D. assumed
42. A. knowing B. fearing C. enjoying D. consulting
43. A. what B. when C. how D. why
44. A. news B. attitude C. material D. thread
45. A. talking B. listening C. responding D. appealing
46. A. where B. how C. that D. when
47. A. tired B. short C. long D. strong
48. A. leg B. ear C. hand D. mind
49. A. step B. pace C. laugh D. cry
50. A. talk B. live C. write D. sleep
51. A. though B. since C. while D. despite
52. A. last B. first C. best D. most
53. A. near B. behind C. below D. against
54. A. made B. started C. earned D. found
55. A. mercy B. care C. excuse D. patience
5.阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The Manager Who Couldn't Write
What launched Amy Tan’s career was not a big break, but a good reason.
Before the million-copy 36 of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer—a business writer. She and a partner 37 a technical-writing business with lawyer-like “billable hours”.
Her 38 with customers was largely that of account management— 39 this daughter of immigrants wanted to do something more 40 with words, English words.
So she decided to talk to her 41 , “I want to do more writing.” He 42 her strength was doing estimates, going after contractors（承包商）and collecting bills. “It was 43 stuff.” The very stuff Tan hated and knew she wasn’t 44 good at. But her partner 45 that writing was her weakest skill.
“I thought. I can 46 him and just keep doing this or make my demands.” So she 47 and stood up for her rights.
He would not give in. Shocked, Tan said, “I 48 .”
And he said: “You can’t quit. You’re 49 !” And added, “You’ll never make a dime （ten cents）writing.”
Tan set out to 50 him wrong, taking on as many assignments as she 51 . Sometimes she worked 90 hours a week. Of course, being on her own was rather 52 . But not letting others limit her or define her 53 made it worthwhile. And on her own, she felt 54 to try fiction. And so The Joy Luck Club, featuring the bright, lonely daughter of Chinese immigrants, was born. And the manager who couldn’t write became one of America’s bestselling, best-loved 55 .
36. A. novels B. sales C. prints D. stories
37. A. cooperated B. enjoyed C. rushed D. ran
38. A. role B. position C. idea D. ability
39. A. so B. though C. but D. as
40. A. creative B. changeable C. stressful D. difficult
41. A. friend B. partner C. boss D. father
42. A. demanded B. explained C. complained D. declared
43. A. wonderful B. unforgettable C. horrible D. crazy
44. A. hardly B. really C. sincerely D. occasionally
45. A. insisted B. suggested C. knew D. realized
46. A. dismiss B. respect C. believe D. expect
47. A. agreed B. cheered C. struggled D. argued
48. A. dismiss B. quit C. drop D. retire
49. A. fired B. astonished C. successful D. skillful
50. A. keep B. remain C. prove D. turn
51. A. should B. may C. must D. could
52. A. satisfied B. ashamed C. tough D. easy
53. A. cases B. talents C. work D. future
54. A. free B. troublesome C. bitter D. grateful
55. A. managers B. immigrants C. contractors D. authors
6.阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出能填人相应空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time，a well-known painter was finishing his painting．It's an incredibly beautiful painting to be 36 during Princess Diana’s marriage·
The painter was consumed by and excited with his own painting that he 37 took a few step backward while 38 the 2×8 m2 painting．He didn’t look back when he walked backward．He kept on walking backward 39 it was simply a step away from the edge of the 40 building．Just one more step backward and he could get himself 41 .
A man saw what the painter was doing and was 42 to shout at him to warn him when he realized that his shout might have 43 the painter and thus made him incidentally took one step backward and 44 down．The man then took a brush and paint and began to paint on the beautiful painting until it was completely 45 ．Upon realizing what’s happened to his painting the painter got very 46 and moved forward to hit the man．However．some other People who were also 47 at the vicinity (附近)held him and showed him his last 48 which almost made him fall．
Sometimes we have 49 our future with such beauty and dreamed of beautiful days we will 50 with our loved one．But then God seemed to 51 our beautiful painting when He sees what 52 lies ahead of us．
Sometimes we are angry and 53 by what God has done to us，or we get angry to our superior in our workplace. 54 one thing we have to keep in our mind: God 55 only the best for us, His children.
36．A．awarded B．shown C．rewarded D．sold
37．A．eagerly B．unfortunately C．unconsciously D．hopefully
38．A．designing B．marking C．admiring D．describing
39．A．before B．though C．when D．until
40．A．tall B．large C．farm D．Old
41．A．stuck B．killed C．caught D．disturbed
42．A．anxious B．due C．about D．desperate
43．A．embarrassed B．interrupted C．discouraged D．surprised
44．A．broke B．fell C．looked D．put
45．A．damaged B．gone C．lost D．painted
46．A．confused B．angry C．depressed D．puzzled
47．A．excited B．frightened C．regretful D．present
48．A．chance B．danger C．position D．step
49．A． painted B．decided C．appreciated D．thought
50．A．stay B．spend C．play D．live
51．A．possess B．envy C．enjoy D．destroy
52．A．danger B．success C．pleasure D．future
53．A．hateful B．hopeless C．annoyed D．tired
54．A．And B．But C．So D．For
55．A．owns B．wishes C．stores D．provides
试卷答案
1.36. D 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. B 41. A 42. A 43. B 44. D 45. A
46. C 47. C 48. A 49. B 50. D 51. A 52. B 53. C 54. D 55. C
2.36-40 CADBB 41-45 ADBDB 46-50 CACAD 51-55 CCDBB
3.1—5 CBDAC 6—10 BABCD 11—15 BCABD
4.36—40 BCADC 41—45 BACDB 46—50 DACAB ?51—55 DCABD
5.36-40 BDACA 41-45 BDCBA 46-50 CDBAC 51-55 DCBAD
6.36－40 BCCDA 41—45 BCDBA 46－50 BDCAB 51－55 DACBD
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