题目内容
12.Growing up on a remote Michigan farm,Henry Ford,the founder of the Ford Motor Company,knew little of farming.Like most pioneer farmers,his father,William,hoped that his eldest son would(36)D him on the farm,enable it to expand,and eventually take it (37)C.But Henry proved a (38)D.He hated farm work and did everything he could to (39)B it.It was not that he was lazy.(40)B from it!Give him a mechanical job to do,from mending a gate to sharpening tools,(41)Ahe would set to work eagerly.It was the daily life of the farm,with its dull tasks,(42)A upset him.Henry was excited by the development in technology that could(43)B farmers like his father from wasteful and(44)Alabor.But these developments,in Henry's boyhood,had touched farming(45)C at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done.So Henry(46)C his attention elsewhere.When he was twelve,he became (47)B in clocks and watches.Soon he was repairing them for friends,working at a bench he built in his bedroom.In 1876,Henry suffered a serious(48)B.His mother died in childbirth.(49)B was no reason for him to stay on the farm,and he (50)A to get away as soon as he could.Three years later,he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit.(51)Dthis time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry's fascination.Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen.A chance meeting with an old co-worker (52)Da job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company.When he quickly learned the ropes of his new job,his interest in fuel engines had come to control his life.Henry learned(53)B a slow,painstaking business it was to build an engine by hand.Every piece of every part had to be made individually,checked and rechecked,and tested.(54)A the burden,he joined forces with another mechanic,Jim Bishop.Even so,it was two years(55)B they succeeded in building a working car.Henry called it"Quadricycle."(四轮驱动脚踏车)36.A.learn | B.find | C.work | D.join |
37.A.away | B.down | C.over | D.off |
38.A.success | B.discouragement | C.surprise | D.disappointment |
39.A.do | B.avoid | C.work | D.make |
40.A.Apart | B.Far | C.Free | D.Aside |
41.A.and | B.or | C.otherwise D.so | |
42.A.that | B.which | C.what | D.where |
43.A.prevent | B.free | C.take | D.bring |
44.A.boring | B.exciting | C.funny | D.inspiring |
45.A.almost | B.sometimes | C.hardly | D.always |
46.A.drew | B.caught | C.turned | D.attracted |
47.A.worried | B.interested | C.upset | D.bored |
48.A.disease | B.blow | C.beat | D.defeat |
49.A.It | B.There | C.This | D.That |
50.A.decided | B.avoided | C.stuck | D.took |
51.A.At | B.After | C.In | D.By |
52.A.attended to | B.related to | C.turned to | D.led to |
53.A.how | B.what | C.why | D.where |
54.A.To reduce | B.To bear | C.To carry | D.To place |
55.A.when | B.before | C.after | D.unless |
分析 文章大意:本文讲述的是福特汽车的创始人Henry Ford的父亲是一位农民,他希望Ford也像他一样将来从事农业,但是Ford却不感兴趣,他处处躲避干农活,后来他的母亲去世,这对他打击很大,Ford开始对钟表产生兴趣,并且开始把钟表应用到汽车上,后来遇到一位老员工,这时他成为了一名工程师,用了两年的时间制造出了"四轮驱动脚踏车".
解答 36.D 根据前面Like most pioneer farmers,his father,William,hoped that…可知Henry Ford的父亲像大多数农民一样,希望他的孩子也从事农业,"加入"他的农场,是他的农场扩大规模.
37.C 根据上文可知,Henry Ford的父亲希望他从事农业,扩大规模,以至最终接替自己.此处take over"接管,接替",take away"带走",take down"记下,写下",take off"脱下,起飞",根据语境判断应该用take over.
38.D 根据上下文以及可知,Henry Ford和他父亲的愿望正好相反,他讨厌农场工作.因此答案选D"令人失望的事情",其他三项与语境不符.
39.B 根据上文可知,Henry Ford不愿意在农场工作,因此他想尽一切办法避免做农活,因此答案选B.
40.B 根据前一句It was not that he was lazy可知,Henry Ford不是懒惰,而是想远离农场,far from"远离",apart from"除了;除…之外,还",free from
"是摆脱,免于"aside from"除…以外",因此根据上下文来看,答案选B.
41.A 此处与前一句话为并列关系,所以用and.
42.A 根据整句话分析,此处是一个强调结构,强调的是主语,不是非限制性定语从句,因此用that.
43.B 根据语境可知,Henry Ford 对农业技术发展"解放了"像他父亲一样的农民的劳动感到很兴奋,答案选free,此处用作动词"使解放,使…获得自由".其他三项与语境不符.
44.A 根据上文可知,此处要表达的意思是"令人厌倦的"劳动,因此用boring.
45.C 根据上文的内容以及此处的but可知,这种技术的发展根本用不到农业上,农民继续以他们的方式种地.hardly at all相当于not at all"根本不",因此选C.
46.C 根据上文可知Henry Ford把注意力转移到了其他地方,此处turn是动词,意思是"转向",其他三项与语境不符.
47.B 通过上文可知,Henry Ford把注意力转移到了其他地方,在他十二岁是,对钟表产生兴趣,因此答案B.
48.B 根据下文可知他的母亲在分娩是死去,这对Henry Ford来说是一个很大的打击,blow"打击,意外的灾祸"强调心理或精神上的打击,beat是指连续的、有规律的反复的"击打,跳动",可以指心脏的跳动,defeat意思是击败,打败.
49.B 此处是固定句型,there is/was no reason for sb.to do sth意思是对某人来说,做某事没有理由.
50.A 根据上文可知,他决定尽他所能找个出路. decide to do sth"决定做某事"符合语境.
51.D 主句时态为过去完成时,因此应该与一个过去的时间状语连用,此处by this time"截止到这时候",这时句子用过去完成时.
52.D 根据上文可知他在十六岁时到底特律车间生产和安装钟表,后来他遇见了一位老员工,这使他有了作为一名工程师的工作.lead to"导致"符合题意.turn to"求助于",relate to"与..有关",attend to"照顾,护理"与语境不符.
53.B 此处是一个感叹句.what+a/an+adj.+n.+主语+谓语+(it is),而how+adj.(adv)+主语+谓语.
54.A 根据语境可知,此处意思是为了减轻负担,To reduce the burden是不定式作状语表目的.其他三项不符合文意.
55.B 此处是一个固定句型,it was two years before they succeeded in building意思是"过了两年他们才建造成功".
点评 本题是人物故事类完形填空.完形填空题是高考必考的题型,要求考生先通读全文,把握文章大意,选择时要结合上下文合理推断,还要结合所学词汇用法做出正确的选择.
A. | A; a | B. | The; the | C. | The; a | D. | The;/ |
A. | connection | B. | motivation | C. | impression | D. | conclusion |
.( )
A. | I'm going to | B. | I shall | C. | I will | D. | I have to |
A. | possession | B. | symptom | C. | obesity | D. | prejudice |
A. | refer to | B. | apply to | C. | contribute to | D. | appeal to |