题目内容
19.Every day,I drive home along Colorado Blvd,a wide street with four lanes on each side of the median (中央分隔带护栏).I always notice a homeless man standing on the corner of Colorado Blvd,(36)B for spare change with a sign in his hand.Last Monday,when I was (37)D him,he suddenly threw down his sign and rushed into the middle of the street.At this time I (38)B a car moving across the 3lanes of traffic and heading for the median.The (39)B man ran to the side of the car and attempted to push the car back in the right (40)A.He also knocked on the window of the vehicle,but all (41)C Immediately,he ran across the small median into four lanes of oncoming traffic,(42)D madly for the cars to stop.Thankfully,all speeding cars (43)A to stop just in time to (44)C hitting him.The car which was out of (45)Dcame Moving across the median and the four lanes of traffic,where just seconds ago cars had been traveling with (46)Bspeeds.
The homeless man jumped back in front of the (47)Cto attempt slowing it down again.By this time,we were able to (48)A and help the man stop the car (49)D it ran into a supermarket on the other side of the road.As it (50)C out,the woman driver had a heart attack while driving and became (51)B in the front seat.
The homeless man is indeed a hero.He spends every day getting (52)A by people who are trying not to make (53)C contact with him so that they don't feel bad not giving him money.Yet he didn't even hesitate to risk his life to save this lady and other drivers who would have (54)D into her.He didn't think of his safety,nor did he expect anything in return.Heroes do exist in the most (55)B places.
| 36.A.waiting | B.begging | C.standing | D.answering |
| 37.A.greeting | B.leaving | C.attacking | D.approaching |
| 38.A.heard | B.saw | C.sensed | D.smelled |
| 39.A.wealthy | B.poor | C.handsome | D.cruel |
| 40.A.direction | B.condition | C.communication | D.situation |
| 41.A.in place | B.in particular | C.in vain | D.in common |
| 42.A.smiling | B.dancing | C.acting | D.signing |
| 43.A.managed | B.pretended | C.intended | D.decided |
| 44.A.delay | B.admit | C.avoid | D.risk |
| 45.A.sight | B.danger | C.date | D.control |
| 46.A.slow | B.top | C.strange | D.normal |
| 47.A.driver | B.beggar | C.car | D.bike |
| 48.A.pull over | B.pull out | C.pull down | D.pull through |
| 49.A.since | B.until | C.unless | D.before |
| 50.A.takes | B.picks | C.turns | D.points |
| 51.A.uneasy | B.unconscious | C.unnecessary | D.unfortunate |
| 52.A.unnoticed | B.admired | C.changed | D.punished |
| 53.A.body | B.face | C.eye | D.hand |
| 54.A.looked | B.broken | C.checked | D.crashed |
| 55.A.unsafe | B.unlikely | C.unfair | D.unwilling. |
分析 本文是一篇人物故事类的完形填空,文章主要讲述了一位无家可归的老人在路上冒着自己的生命救了一位患有心脏病的女司机.最后,作者认为英雄总是会出现在那些似乎不大可能的地方.
解答 36-40 BDBBA 41-45 CDACD 46-50 BCADC 51-55 BACDB
36.B动词辨析题.空格处语意为:一位手里拿着标牌"乞求"(begging)零钱的无家可归的老人,故选B.
37.D动词辨析题.此处表达的意思是:当我"靠近/接近"他的时候,他扔下标牌….A.greeting问候;B.leaving离开;C.attacking攻击;D.approaching靠近,接近.故选D.
38.B语境辨析题.根据语境可知,此处表达的意思是:我"看到"(saw)一辆车从第3道隔离带驶向中央隔离带.故选B.
39.B形容词辨析题.空格处语意为:这位"可怜"(poor)的老人跑到车边,试图将车推到正确的"方向".故选B.
40.A名词辨析题.A.direction方向;B.condition条件;C.communication交流;D.situation情况.空格处语意为:这位可怜的老人跑到车边,试图将车推到正确的"方向"(direction).故选A.
41.C动词词组辨析题.A.in place在正确的位置;B.in particular尤其,特别;C.in vain徒劳的;D.in common普通的.空格处语意为:同时他也敲打车窗,但是一切都是"徒劳的".故选C.
42.D动词辨析题.空格处语意为:他跑到车辆行驶的车道上,疯狂的"示意"(signing)他们停车.故选D.
43.A词辨析题.空格处语意为:谢天谢地,所有的车子都"成功地"及时停下以"避免"撞到他.此处managed的意思是:设法成功做某事.故选A.
44.C动词辨析题.A.delay延迟;B.admit承认,允许;C.avoid避免;D.risk冒险.空格处语意为:谢天谢地,所有的车子都"成功地"及时停下以"避免"撞到他.故选C.
45.D固定搭配题.out of control的意思是:失去控制.此处表达的意思是:刚才"失控"的车子开始在中央隔离带和车道上移动.故选D.
46.B联系上文题.根据上面的all speeding cars"所有高速行驶的车子",可知本题答案为B选项"top(speed)".故选B.
47.C语境辨析题.空格处语意为:这位无家可归的老人又一次跳到"车"(car)前面试图让它停下来.故选C.
48.A动词词组辨析题.A.pull over靠边停;B.pull out拔出;C.pull down下拉;D.pull through平安度过.空格处语意为:这时我们才把车"靠边停"并且帮助男子在车子撞向另一边的超市"之前"停下来.故选A.
49.D细节推理题.空格处语意为:这时我们才把车"靠边停"并且帮助男子在车子撞向另一边的超市"之前"(before)停下来.故选D.
50.C固定搭配题.As it turns out的意思是:"后来发现",为固定短语.故选C.
51.B形容词辨析题.空格处语意为:这位女司机患有心脏病,并且在前座上变得"无意识(unconscious)(才会撞向隔离带)".故选B.
52.A细节推理题.空格处语意为:这位无家可归的老人每天被那些不愿与他"眼神交流"的人"忽视"(unnoticed),这样路人就不会因为没给钱而感觉不好.故选A.
53.C语境辨析题.空格处语意为:这位无家可归的老人每天被那些不愿与他"眼神(eye)交流"的人忽视,这样路人就不会因为没给钱而感觉不好.故选C.
54.D动词辨析题.此处表达的意思是:他冒着生命去救女司机和那些可能会"撞向"她的司机.crashed的意思是:(使)猛撞,(使)撞毁.故选D.
55.B形容词辨析题.空格处语意为:英雄总是会出现在那些似乎"不大可能"(unlikely)的地方.故选B.
点评 "完形填空"题着重考查考生在阅读理解的基础上对英语语言知识的综合运用能力.考查的词汇知识包括:动词、形容词、副词、介词、动词词组、搭配、文章理解.完形填空的设题立足全篇短文而不是某个句子,但考生在判断选项时,往往忽略文义的整体性与连惯性,因此所选择的答案往往只符合局部意义,而与全文的意义相悖.有些选项需全面理解文章大意,依靠上下文或段落之间的逻辑关系,才能选出正确答案.
Last Christmas,my wife and I (43)B hid a few large presents in the storeroom.I feared the moment when my son,Jimmy,would (44)C me where that new bike had come from,but (45)D he did not see it.
On Christmas Eve,it took the children hours to go to sleep.It must have been nearly (46)Bwhen my wife and I went quietly into their room and began (47)A stockings.Then I pushed in the (48)C I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree.We knew we would not get (49)D sleep that night,for the children were (50)B to get up early.At about five o'clock the next morning,we were woken by loud sounds coming from the children's room-they were shouting excitedly!(51)A I had time to get out of bed,young Jimmy came(52)C into the room on his new bike,and his sister,Mary,(53)C close behind pushing her new baby carriage.Even the baby arrived,he moved (54)B the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him.Suddenly it burst.That woke (55)D up completely.The day had really begun with a bang(巨响).
| 36.A.faced | B.met | C.filled | D.pleased |
| 37.A.question | B.matter | C.problem | D.business |
| 38.A.concern | B.excitement | C.presents | D.parents |
| 39.A.pulled | B.divided | C.separated | D.torn |
| 40.A.get | B.stay | C.stand | D.wake |
| 41.A.lose | B.break | C.miss | D.leave |
| 42.A.awake | B.wake | C.asleep | D.sleep |
| 43.A.hopefully | B.busily | C.gladly | D.successfully |
| 44.A.answer | B.tell | C.ask | D.search |
| 45.A.sadly | B.unluckily | C.possibly | D.fortunately |
| 46.A.morning | B.midnight | C.evening | D.daybreak |
| 47.A.filling | B.sewing | C.mending | D.preparing |
| 48.A.present | B.stocking | C.bike | D.tree |
| 49.A.little | B.some | C.enough | D.much |
| 50.A.sorry | B.sure | C.glad | D.eager |
| 51.A.Before | B.After | C.Until | D.Since |
| 52.A.running | B.laughing | C.shouting | D.riding |
| 53.A.walked | B.moved | C.followed | D.jumped |
| 54.A.with | B.on | C.over | D.by |
| 55.A.him | B.her | C.me | D.us. |
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her.He would (38)Cto add something,but she stopped him.She wanted to tell everything herself.I found a large cancer that spread over much of the(39)Aof her mouth.A careful examination later (40)Athat it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment,I explained to her the (41)Cof the problem.She clasped my
hand in hers and said,"I know you're worried about me,but I'm just(42)C."
I thought otherwise.After considerable (43)Don my part,and kindness on her part because she wanted to(44)Bme,she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon.She saw him,but as I expected,(45)Atreatment.
About six months later she returned to my office,still energetic and(46)C.
"How are you?"I asked.
"I'm just fine,honey,"she responded(47)Bhigh spirits."When can I get stared on fixing
my dentures(假牙)?"
Surprised to see her at all,I answered (48)B,"Let me take a look in your mouth and we'll
see about it."
I couldn't believe my eyes.The cancer that had (49)Anearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone-only one small area of redness(50)D.
I had read of such things happening,but had (51)Cseen them with my own eyes.That was my first miracle.Since then I've seen many others,because they keep getting (52)Ato see.In fact,miracles are daily events for me now.And people are a miracle,(53)Dthrough them we have a chance to know ourselves and to(54)Dthe miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle,I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is(55)Bwe choose to find it.
| 36.A.cut | B.pain | C.wound | D.cancer |
| 37.A.declared | B.suspected | C.promised | D.insisted |
| 38.A.refuse | B.continue | C.attempt | D.manage |
| 39.A.roof | B.corner | C.bottom | D.surface |
| 40.A.confirmed | B.convinced | C.considered | D.concluded |
| 41.A.possibility | B.importance | C.seriousness | D.solution |
| 42.A.old | B.sick | C.fine | D.glad |
| 43.A.permission | B.support | C.approval | D.effort |
| 44.A.persuade | B.please | C.encourage | D.astonish |
| 45.A.declined | B.provided | C.received | D.required |
| 46.A.healthy | B.elegant | C.optimistic | D.humorous |
| 47.A.to | B.in | C.with | D.by |
| 48.A.worriedly | B.confusedly | C.patiently | D.confidently |
| 49.A.covered | B.reached | C.ruined | D.grown |
| 50.A.cured | B.faded | C.expanded | D.remained |
| 51.A.ever | B.also | C.never | D.already |
| 52.A.easier | B.rarer | C.happier | D.closer |
| 53.A.or | B.so | C.yet | D.for |
| 54.A.read | B.make | C.keep | D.see |
| 55.A.whatever | B.wherever | C.whoever | D.whichever. |
My dream was (43)A.By the time I was sixteen,I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour baseball and (44)C anything that moved on the field.I was also (45)C:my high school coach was John,who not only (46)A me,but also taught me how to believe in myself.He (47)B me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction (信念).One particular incident with coach John changed my life forever.
A friend (48)D me for a summer job.This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike,new clothes and the (49)Cof savings for a house for my mother.Then I realized I would have to (50)C summer baseball to handle the work schedule,and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn't be playing.
When I told John,he was as (51)B as I expected."You have your whole life to work,"he said,"Your (52)C days are limited.You can't afford to waste them."I stood before him with my head(53)B,trying to think of the words that would(54)D to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his (55)D in me.
"Well,"he asked,"is 3.5an hour the(56)B of a dream?"
That simple question made (57)A to me the difference between wanting something right now and having a(58)A.I devoted myself to sports that summer.I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball within that year.At the same time,I was(59)Da 20,000contract(合同).Later,I bought my mother the (60)C of my dream!
| 41.A.attention | B.time | C.patience | D.fashion |
| 42.A.bring | B.continue | C.make | D.afford |
| 43.A.athletics | B.music | C.business | D.money |
| 44.A.kick | B.play | C.hit | D.pass |
| 45.A.right | B.popular | C.lucky | D.confident |
| 46.A.believed in | B.relied on | C.called on | D.dealt with |
| 47.A.gave | B.taught | C.brought | D.asked |
| 48.A.called | B.advised | C.applied | D.recommended |
| 49.A.aim | B.idea | C.start | D.purpose |
| 50.A.give in | B.give away | C.give up | D.give off |
| 51.A.happy | B.mad | C.frightened | D.excited |
| 52.A.living | B.working | C.playing | D.dreaming |
| 53.A.moving | B.hanging | C.shaking | D.nodding |
| 54.A.express | B.announce | C.apologize | D.explain |
| 55.A.belief | B.pride | C.fear | D.disappointment |
| 56.A.length | B.price | C.power | D.spirit |
| 57.A.clear | B.direct | C.straight | D.attractive |
| 58.A.goal | B.thought | C.mind | D.design |
| 59.A.found | B.paid | C.presented | D.offered |
| 60.A.watch | B.car | C.house | D.book. |
foot.( )
| A. | has played | B. | is playing | ||
| C. | has been playing | D. | was playing |