2014年版高考英语完形填空二轮突破练习24

2014年版高考英语完形填空二轮突破练习24

‎2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破：完形填空 ‎1.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） ‎ 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ Checks have largely taken the place of money as a means of 36 , for they are widely accepted everywhere. 37 this is very 38 for both buyer and seller, it should not be forgotten that checks are not real money: they are quite ‎39 in themselves. A shop-keeper runs a certain 40 when he accepts a check and he is quite 41 his rights if, on occasion, he 42 to do so. People do not always know this and are 43 if their good faith is called in question. A wealthy friend of mine told me he had an extremely 44 experience.‎ One day he decided to buy a particularly fine pearl necklace at a famous jewelry shop which keeps a large__45 of precious stones and asked if he could pay 46 check, the assistant said that this was quite 47 . But the moment my friend signed his name, he was invited into the manager’s office. The manager was very polite, but he explained that someone 48 exactly the same name had presented them with a worthless check not long ago. My friend got very angry at it and said he would buy a necklace 49 . When he got up to go, the manager told him that the police would arrive at any moment and he had better stay 50 he wanted to get into serious trouble. Sure enough the police arrived, __51 to my friend for the 52 , but explained that a person who had used the same name as his 53 for a number of recent robberies. Then the police asked my friend to 54 out a note which had been used by the thief in a number of shops. The note read, “I have a gun in my pocket, ask no questions and give all the money in the safe.” Fortunately, my friend’s handwriting was quite__55__ the thief’s. He was not only allowed to go without further delay, but to take the pearl necklace with him.‎ ‎36. A‎. change B. exchange C. trade D. business ‎ ‎37. A‎. Because B. If C. Though D. Since ‎ ‎　　38. A. favourite B. popular C. profitable D. convenient ‎ ‎　　39. A. dangerous B. priceless C. unimportant D. valueless ‎ ‎　　40. A. chance B. risk C. opportunity D. danger ‎ ‎41. A‎. within B. out of C. without D. beyond ‎ ‎42. A‎. refuses B. agrees C. fails D. hates ‎43. A‎. unhappy B. ashamed C. shocked D. puzzled ‎ ‎44. A‎. uninteresting B. unreasonable C. unforgettable D. unpleasant ‎ ‎　　45. A. amount B. accident C. stock D. number ‎46. A‎. in B. by C. with D. on ‎　　47. A. in need B. in common C. in use D. in order ‎ ‎48. A‎. used B. with C. named D. by ‎49. A‎. anywhere B. somewhere C. somewhere else D. everywhere ‎50. A‎. unless B. otherwise C. if D. whether ‎ ‎51. A‎. coming B. sticking C. apologizing D. checking ‎ ‎52. A‎. manner B. behavior C. inconvenience D. treatment ‎ ‎　　53. A. responsible B. answered C. charged D. blamed ‎ ‎54. A. copy B. read C. take D. bring ‎ ‎55. A. unlike B. different C. dissimilar D. dislike ‎ ‎2.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分， 满分20分）‎ 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。‎ In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be 21 with who you are. There’s always someone who’s a bit 22 . The only solution is to reach 23 and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. There is no more 24 measure for comparison than who your were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your 25 .‎ Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. Either you see yourself as better than someone and you get 26 , or you see someone else as better than you and you feel like all your hard work is for 27 . It is a fool’s game. Not one of us is exactly 28 . The only direct and honest comparison is 29 yourself. Everything else is apples to oranges.‎ My opinion is that you are only 30 to compare yourself to someone else if their life 31 is the same as your own. Good luck finding that 32 . And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work and how dedicated（埋头苦干的）you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if there’s not, you can 33 someone is coming up fast 34 you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best 35 .‎ Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to 36 you to the next level. If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who 37 if the guy next to you did 15? It doesn’t make a bit of 38 . You are a more 39 person today than you were yesterday. Your own 40 is all you need.‎ ‎21. A. patient B. strict C. content D. concerned ‎22. A. stronger B. better C. lazier D. wiser ‎23. A. inside B. out C. for D. up ‎24. A. accurate B. useful C. careful D. powerful ‎25. A. end B. best C. convenience D. side ‎26. A. satisfied B. busy C. inspired D. lazy ‎27. A. nothing B. fun C. sure D. success ‎28. A. equal B. unique C. alike D. common ‎29. A. within B. by C. for D. of ‎30. A. instructed B. allowed C. directed D. suggested ‎31. A. situation B. position C. occasion D. accommodation ‎32. A. game B. match C. friend D. enemy ‎33. A. conclude B. bet C. announce D. declare ‎34. A. before B. beside C. below D. behind ‎35. A. assistant B. competitor C. coach D. teacher ‎36. A. contribute B. expose C. push D. devote ‎37. A. cares B. says C. wonders D. asks ‎38. A. effort B. sense C. difference D. change ‎39. A. successful B. happy C. lucky D. fit ‎40. A. benefit B. progress C. habit D. result ‎3.阅读下面短文，掌握其段落大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A.B.C和D，选出最佳选项。‎ ‎ An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public 36 for knowledge about how the financial system 37 .‎ Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, 38 UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were 39 up.‎ Professor John Beath, the president of the society, and a 40 lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments—were 41 crowds of 400, rather than the 42 250.‎ ‎“There are a large number of students who are not economics 43 who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to 44 my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t 45 done.” He added.‎ University applications 46 7% last year. But there were rises 47 average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed 48 in careers in the public sector, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.‎ A 49 study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial 50 and almost half said their children had asked them what was 51 , although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.‎ Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the 52 will be a generation that’s financially 53 and better equipped to 54 their money through times of economic 55 .”‎ 36． A．concern B．thirst C．sense D．taste ‎ 37．A．works B．performs C．serves D．affects 38． A．in terms of B．according to C．on account of D．in spite of ‎39．A．yet B．once C．also D．still ‎40．A．outstanding B．inspiring C．convincing D．leading ‎41．A．catching B．appealing C．drawing D．covering ‎42．A．usual B．regular C. average D．common ‎43．A．majors B．interests C．preferences D．standards ‎44．A．attach B．adapt C．approach D．relate ‎45．A．generally B．frequently C．traditionally D．originally ‎46．A．raised B．rose C．fell D．struck ‎47．A．by B．in C．over D．above ‎48．A．effect B．focus C．interest D．benefit ‎49．A．recent B．late C．present D．unique ‎50．A．matters B．affairs C. events D．issues ‎51．A．taking up B．going on C．calling up D．keeping on ‎52．A．overturn B．downturn C．breakthrough D．breakout ‎53．A．cleverer B．smarter C．brighter D．wiser ‎54．A．strugglt B．measure C．manage D．earn ‎55．A．stability B．puzzle C．uncertainty D．recovery ‎4.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。‎ A boy lost his arms in an accident and had to depend on his brother for almost everything. His younger brother became his 1 , never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his  2 , he was completely unable to do anything in his life. 　‎ One night, his brother accompanied him into the 3 and went back to wait. But being so tired, his younger brother fell 4 , leaving him in the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew 5 , they had different opinions about many things and often 6 . His brother wanted to 7 from him to live his own life. Knowing this, he was heart-broken and didn't know what to do. ‎ ‎　     A similar misfortune happened to a girl. One night her 8 , who suffered from mental illness, 9 . So her father went out looking for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to 10 a meal for her parents, but only to overturn the stove, resulting in a 11 , which took her hands away. 　  Though her elder sister, who was studying in another city, showed her 12 to help her, she made up her mind to be completely 13 . And she made it.‎ One day, the boy and the girl were both 14 to appear on a television interview program. They both were asked to 15 something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My brother's arms are my arms; while the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying hearts. ‎ ‎1. A. volunteer B. bodyguard C. servant D. shadow　‎ ‎2. A. feet B. hands C. toes D. arms ‎3. A. kitchen B. bedroom C. toilet D. study ‎4. A. asleep B. ill C. awake D. silent ‎5. A. older B. taller C. stronger D. healthier ‎6. A. fought B. talked C. quarreled D. discussed ‎7. A. learn B. keep C. hear D. separate ‎8. A. father B. mother C. brother D. sister ‎9. A. died B. disappeared C. cried D. failed ‎10. A. buy B. change C. eat D. prepare ‎11. A. fire B. joke C. fall D. meal ‎12. A. anxiety B. willingness C. contribution D. respect ‎13. A. relaxed B. disabled C. energetic D. independent ‎14. A. made B. invited C. ordered D. tricked ‎15. A. write B. draw C. imagine D. read ‎5.阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 ‎ My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it  36  and he is very  careful with it. It still looks as good as new.“That umbrella must have   37  you a great deal of money, Uncle.” I said to him one day.“No,” he replied, “ 38 ”“Was it a present?” I asked again.“No,” said he.“Then how did you get it?” I asked.‎ ‎‘Well,’ he answered, ‘it is a strange true story. About ten years ago I was walking along a quiet London street one evening 39 it suddenly rained. I had no 40 and no umbrella. No buses 41 that street and there were no taxis in sight. As I was on my way to a party I didn’t want to get 42 . So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite 43 , there wasn’t a person around, and still it rained and rained. 44 a young man came to the place where I was standing, 45 a large umbrella over his head. As I hoped he would 46 me to walk to the next corner with him, 47 I could have got a taxi, I stepped 48 the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said, 49 , where are you going with that umbrella?‎ ‎ 50 by my sudden appearance, the young man 51 the umbrella which I am afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and 52 into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and 53 my walk. I knew it would be 54 in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I’ve kept it 55 .’‎ ‎36. A. for months B. for years C. since childhood D. since then ‎37. A. used B. cost C. taken D. spent ‎38. A. very little B. only a few pounds C. not a penny D. not a great deal ‎39. A. when B. then C. before D. as ‎40. A. car B. hat C. raincoat D. friend ‎41. A. moved through B. ran through C. went across D. passed across ‎42. A. tired B. back C. wet D. away ‎43. A. dark B. wet C. late D. helpless ‎44. A. At once B. At last C. Strangely D. Secretly ‎45. A. raising B. carrying C. holding D. lifting ‎46. A. allow B. let C. agree D. promise ‎47. A. there B. where C. from which D. in which ‎48. A. into B. out of C. towards D. from behind ‎49. A. By the way B. Pardon C. Excuse me D. Sorry ‎50. A. Encouraged B. Forced C. Warmed D. Frightened ‎51. A. shut B. took C. dropped D. forgot ‎52. A. disappeared B. wandered C. marched D. came ‎53. A. stopped B. started C. continued D. delayed ‎54. A. endless B. interesting C. exciting D. hopeless ‎55. A. ever since B. forever C. long enough D. in the end ‎6.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。‎ ‎ It was her giggling that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.‎ ‎ Walking over the offender, I asked for the __1__. Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet __2 __between teacher and student. When she finally handed it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”‎ ‎ It was a hand-drawn picture of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth. I managed to __3__ it up calmly. My mind, however, was working angrily as I struggled not to cry. I figured I knew the two most_ 4 _candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some __5 _ to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!‎ ‎ ___6___, I was able to keep myself controlled.‎ ‎ When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how ___7 _ this was for me. I told them there must be a reason behind and now was their chance to write down anything they need to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom.‎ ‎ As I read the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you, ” or “We’re __8_ of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I __9 __ were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too mean, too strict…‎ ‎ Reading those notes, I realize that over the course of this year, instead of _10_ my students, I had begun commanding them to _ 11_ .Where I thought I was driving them to success I was __12__driving them away. ‎ ‎ I had some apologizing to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and ‎ one girl each handed me a card. The one ___13__ by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls ask for __14____.‎ ‎ This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the __15_ .‎ ‎1‎ A. advice B. note C. reason D. help ‎2‎ A. conversation B. competition C. argument D. battle ‎ ‎3‎ A. fold B. take C. cut ‎ D. throw ‎4‎ A. unusual ‎ B. disappointing C. likely D. annoying ‎5‎ A. good B. harm C. favor D. punishment ‎6‎ A. Thankfully B. Interestingly C. Immediately D. Sadly ‎7‎ A. meaningful B. regretful C. hurtful D. forgetful ‎8‎ A. proud B. fond C. afraid D. ashamed ‎9‎ A. promised B. concluded C. confirmed D. figured ‎10‎ A. forcing B. encouraging C. comforting D. teaching ‎11‎ A. appreciate B. achieve C obey D. apologize ‎12‎ A. actually B. normally C. immediately D. generally ‎13‎ A. decorated B. offered C. bought D. signed ‎14‎ A. thankfulness B. forgiveness C. advice D. communication ‎15‎ A. friendship B. education C. future D. knowledge 试卷答案 ‎1.‎ 略 ‎2.21-25 CBAAB 26-30 DACAB 31-35 ABBDB 36-40 CACDB 略 ‎3.36-40.BABCD 41-45 CAADC 46-50 BDCAA 51-55.BBDCC ‎4.1-5 DCCAA 6-10 CDBBD 11 -15 ABDBA ‎5.36-40 BBCAC 41-45 BCABC 46-50 ABBCD 51-55 CACDA ‎6.1-5 BDACA 6-10 ACCDB 11-15 BADBC