2009年高考完形填空大练兵（ 一）
A
Mother always said I was born to swim. I was 1 at the amazing fact. If this was true, then why was I afraid of water? I went to swim every summer, but I made 2 progress. I was worried and blamed myself several times. When I watched people swimming 3 , how I wished I had learnt to swim!
The story of how I learnt to swim is dramatic. One summer afternoon, my 4 and I went to the swimming pool to swim. While he was 5 his clothes, I was wandering along the bank of the pool. Suddenly I heard a voice, “ 6 !” and then came a big noise and 7 splashes(溅水). Just when I was 8 the swimmer’s skills, I slipped into the pool! I was so afraid that I 9 at once! But the water kept coming towards me and I 10 lots of it. I was moving upside down and trying to reach the 11 . I was struggling very hard to keep my head 12 the water.
A(n) 13 was like a hundred years to me. To my surprise, I was able to keep the style! Just then, my father saw me and he seemed to be 14 . He then said, “Calm down, just 15 your arms and legs like this. Right!” And I 16 it! I finally learnt to swim! You can’t imagine how happy I was and I wanted to 17 for joy!
From this experience I learnt that one’s power is 18 . Sometimes you could show that power in an emergency. If you believe that, you will discover the power 19 within yourself and achieve your goals. And one has to stay calm when it’s 20 . To calm down helps you to think clearly and make the best decision.
1. A. satisfied B. easy C. surprised D. happy
2. A. a little B. little C. much D. rapid
3. A. freely B. easily C. slowly D. hardly
4. A. coach B. friend C. brother D. father
5. A. changing B. buying C. washing D. drying
6. A. Turn away B. Hurry up C. Look out D. Look ahead
7. A. dirty B. strong C. ugly D. beautiful
8. A. studying B. admiring C. avoiding D. seeing
9. A. shouted B. sank C. swam D. dived
10. A. felt B. covered C. fought D. drank
11. A. swimmer B. base C. bank D. stick
12. A. above B. from C. under D. at
13. A. year B. day C. hour D. minute
14. A. shocked B. excited C. moved D. inspired
15. A. drop B. wave C. help D. move
16. A. dropped B. got C. fetched D. worked
17. A. jump B. cry C. swim D. run
18. A. strange B. endless C. unexpected D. unlimited
19. A. laying B. lying C. going D. starting
20. A. easy B. interesting C. dangerous D. complete
B
A woman I know stood on the bathroom scales（浴室磅秤）after two weeks of diet and hard exercise around the park. The needle was 1 stuck on the number where she had started. This struck her as 2 of how things had been going lately. She was destined (注定) never to be happy.
As she dressed, feeling her tight jeans, she
Every day, it seems, we’re 7 with advice about happiness. The cruel message is that there’s something we’re supposed to do to be 8 ― make the right choices, or have the right set of beliefs about ourselves.
Coupled with this is the 9 that happiness is a permanent condition. If we are not joyful all the time, we 10 there’s a problem.
Yet what most people 11 is not a permanent state of happiness. It is something more ordinary, a 12 of what the American writer Hugh Prather once called “unsettled problem, ambiguous (模棱两可的） 13 and vague (不明确的) defeats ― with few moments of clear peace.”
Maybe you wouldn’t say yesterday was a(n) 14 day, because you had a 15 with your boss. But weren’t there moments of happiness, moments of 16 ? Now that you think about it, 17 there a letter from an old friend, or a stranger who asked where you got such a good haircut? You remember having a bad day, yet those good moments 18 .
So in my opinion, happiness is an 19 , not a condition. It’s spending a pleasant hour organizing your closet. It is your family assembled at dinner. It’s in the present not in the 20 promise of a “someday when…”. How luckier we are―and how much more happiness we experience―if we can fall in love with the life we are living.
1. A. already B. never C. still D. often
2. A. usual B. difficult C. hard D. typical
3. A. wasted B. found C. picked D. got
4. A. funny B. sad C. simple D. dull
5. A. broke B. covered C. moved D. filled
6. A. often B. never C. always D. rarely
7. A. flooded B. troubled C. covered D. satisfied
8. A. worried B. happy C. successful D. angry
9. A. thought B. conclusion C. condition D. choice
10. A. wish B. deny C. agree D. conclude
11. A. want B. do C. experience D. ask
12. A. puzzle B. belief C. mixture D. time
13. A. life B. stories C. future D. victories
14. A. happy B. past C. easy D. warm
15. A. debate B. misunderstanding C. fight D. discussion
16. A. silence B. waste C. spirit D. peace
17. A. wasn’t B. was C. isn’t D. is
18. A. disappeared B. occurred C. worked D. changed
19. A. air B. ache C. attitude D. attempt
20. A. near B. possible C. distant D. difficult
C
Nowadays a lot of people would like to have some adventurous experience. Some will try to go down to the 1 sea to have a close look at the bottom of it 2 some others would like to arise into the sky 3 up till now to greet the so-called heavens. But you see, 4 all of them will have good memory after the adventures. Don’t believe that? So enjoy the following story and then have a 5 thought the next time someone invites you to take some 6 .
George liked to have all kinds of 7 . He had once bought a racing car and sometimes 8 to 200 kilometers an hour. He had also had a hand in 9 into the sea and boasted a lot in front of his friends. 10 to his description, he usually returned 11 and alive after many of the death-risking adventures.
When George was thirty-five, he bought a 12 plane and learned to fly it. He soon became very good and made his plane do all kinds of 13 .
George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day George 14 to take Mark up in his plane. Mark thought, “I’ve travelled in a big plane several times, but I’ve 15 been in a small one, so I’ll go.”
They went up, and George flew 16 for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air.
When they came down again, Mark was very glad to be back 17 , and he said to his friend in a(n) 18 voice, “Well, George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane.”
George was very 19 and said, “Two trips?“
“Yes, my first and my 20 , ”answered Mark.
1. A. deep B. blue C. wild D. dangerous
2. A. when B. as C. while D. before
3. A. undeveloped B. unfound C. undertaken D. unknown
4. A. nearly B. not C. almost D. hardly
5. A. second B. same C. reasonable D. different
6. A. travel B. ride C. risk D. flight
7. A. machines B. people C. training D. adventures
8. A. set up B. sped up C. flew away D. drove down
9. A. driving B. boating C. jumping D. diving
10. A. False B. Due C. True D. Thanks
11. A. happy B. sound C. wounded D. excited
12. A. small B. modern C. used D. cheap
13. A. turns B. activities C. tricks D. trials
14. A. promised B. decided C. refused D. offered
15. A. never B. always C. immediately D. recently
16. A. around B. away C. high D. up
17. A. dangerously B. safely C. pleasantly D. successfully
18. A. moving B. excited C. regretting D. trembling
19. A. interested B. worried C. pleased D. surprised
20. A. second B. third C. last D. fourth
D
A Brother like That
Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present.
On Christmas Eve, a boy walking around 1 it. “Is this your car?” he asked. Paul 2 , “My brother gave it to
me for Christmas.” The boy was 3 . “You mean your brother
gave it to you and it didn’t 4 you anything? Oh, I wish...” He 5 . Of course Paul knew he
was going to wish for a 6 like that. “I wish,” the boy continued,
“I could be a brother like that.” Paul looking at him in 7 , said, “Would you like
to take a
After a short while, the boy, with his eyes 9 , said, “Mister, would
you mind
Paul got out and lifted him to the 18 seat. The shining-eyed brother climbed in beside him and the three began a 19 holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul 20 that “it is more blessed to give...”
1. A. dragged B. stole C. admired D. spared
2. A. shook B. paused C. continued D. nodded
3. A. surprised B. dissatisfied C. hurried D. worried
4. A. give B. pass C. cost D. spend
5. A. decided B. hesitated C. argued D. replied
6. A. father B. mother C. boss D. brother
7. A. order B. common C. astonishment D. courage
8. A. bath B. ride C. bite D. photo
9. A. shining B. rolling C. closing D. moving
10. A. walking B. drinking C. breathing D. driving
11. A. fled B. prayed C. smiled D. begged
12. A. warn B. show C. promise D. teach
13. A. wrong B. sick C. generous D. innocent
14. A. greeting B. leading C. carrying D. introducing
15. A. meal B. door C. window D. car
16. A. tomorrow morning B. some day
C. next week D. this evening
17. A. pretty B. invisible C. terrible D. ugly
18. A. low B. back C. expensive D. front
19. A. simple B. memorable C. safe D. poor
20. A. learned B. announced C. predicted D. mentioned
E
I met Connie the day she was admitted to the hospital, where I worked as a volunteer. Her husband, Bill, stood 1 nearby as she was lying in the bed. Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight against cancer, she was 2 . Connie was a romantic and as we became acquainted (熟悉的), she said how 3 it was to be married 32 years to a man who often called her “a silly woman”.
“I know Bill loves me but he has 4 said he loves me, or sent me cards,”
She 5 , “I’d give anything 6 he’d say ‘I love you’, but it’s just not in his 7 .”
One day, I got Bill on the 8 of women and how we 9 romance in our lives. “Do you tell Connie you love her?” I asked. He looked at me as if I was 10 . “I don’t have to,” he said, “She knows I do!” “I’m sure she knows,” I said, “But she needs to hear what she has 11 to you all these years.”
Two days later I met Bill who was leaning up against the wall, 12 the floor. I already knew from a nurse
that Connie had 13 at
When Bill saw me, he 14 himself to come into my arms. His face was 15 with tears and he was 16 . “I have to say how 17 I feel about telling her,” he said, “I thought a lot about what you said, and this morning I told her how much
I 18 her... and loved being married to her. You should have seen her 19 !”
I went into the room to say my own goodbye to Connie. There, on the bedside table, was a large Valentine 20 ,“To my wonderful wife... I love you.”
1. A. bravely B. eagerly C. nervously D. calmly
2. A. healthy B. cheerful C. fortunate D. wealthy
3. A. satisfying B. scaring C. moving D. frustrating
4. A. never B. ever C. also D. always
5. A. laughed B. fled C. sighed D. stopped
6. A. unless B. if C. because D. although
7. A. challenge B. skill C. career D. nature
8. A. subject B. knowledge C. clothes D. rights
9. A. donate B. abandon C. need D. distribute
10. A. sorry B. patient C. reasonable D. crazy
11. A. chosen B. meant C. earned D. explained
12. A. talking about B. staring at
C. watching out for D. putting up with
13. A. died B. risen C. agreed D. survived
14. A. showed B. followed C. forbad D. allowed
15. A. wet B. damp C. hot D. dirty
16. A. standing B. praising C. trembling D. beating
17. A. funny B. good C. terrible D. difficult
18. A. prevented B. persuaded C. doubted D. loved
19. A. kindness B. politeness C. smile D. anger
20. A. card B. envelope C. novel D. medal
F
Life is a risk, so security is relative and never absolute. In this way, we 1 to weigh the benefits of additional security against the costs.
There is a 2 called agoraphobia（空旷恐惧）, the fear of open spaces or
crowded places. 3 staying home, one doesn’t 4 the dangers in the outside world, but one
In the same way, we can never be 7 secure, so we must be 8 to take some risks. We 9 that there are dangers around us all the time, but we don’t let fear 10 us. Driving or riding in a car is a highly 11 activity. In the year 2002, over 42,000 people died and almost 3,000,000 were injured in 12 accidents, just in the USA. With these huge numbers of deaths and injuries, we 13 travel in cars, even if riding in a car is a thousand times 14 than taking a plane. 15 , if our leaders decided to have a “War on Cars” and the news media had hourly 16 about people getting killed in car accidents, the car industry would go bankrupt（破产的） because everyone would be too 17 to drive. That was 18 happened to the airline industry after 9/11.
19 , to feel safe, is a basic human need. But we must 20 that we can never be totally safe and secure. To live intelligently means that we must be willing to put up with a reasonable amount of risk.
1. A. need B. intend C. fail D. spread
2. A. blow B. condition C. shame D. mark
3. A. On B. Before C. By D. Through
4. A. enjoy B. supply C. apply D. risk
5. A. results in B. gives up C. starts with D. benefits from
6. A. benefits B. dangers C. courage D. honors
7. A. partly B. strangely C. extremely D. totally
8. A. limited B. crazy C. willing D. confused
9. A. hide B. know C. doubt D. demand
10. A. cure B. disturb C. ignore D. control
11. A. attractive B. competitive C. terrifying D. dangerous
12. A. car B. flood C. fire D. plane
13. A. still B. yet C. seldom D. never
14. A. more comfortable B. cheaper
C. more dangerous D. slower
15. A. Moreover B. Therefore C. But D. Besides
16. A. interviews B. reports C. positions D. photographs
17. A. scared B. loyal C. pleased D. ridiculous
18. A. why B. when C. that D. what
19. A. Warmness B. Envy C. Security D. Honesty
20. A. balance B. realize C. vary D. suffer
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B 1-5 CDBAD 6-10 BABAD 11-15 CCDAB 16-20 DABCC
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