专题二 完形填空
考试大纲 要求 考纲解读 主要测验学生的语言综合运用能力,包括词语辨析能力、在一篇约250词的短文中留出20个空白,要求考生从每题给的4个选项中选出最佳选项,使补足的短文意思通顺、前后连贯、结构完整。 语法结构分析能力、语篇理解既考查考生的英语基础知识,能力、逻辑推理能力、文化背又考查考生综合运用语言的能力。 景透析能力、作者意图剖析能力和生活常识综合运用能力。该题型分值高、区分度强,是考生最容易“拉开距离”的一项测试。
江苏高考完形填空近五年考查分布明细统计
选项设置 年份 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 体裁 词汇复现 记叙文 记叙文 夹叙夹议文 记叙文 记叙文 3 3 4 1 2 语境词义 15 14 14 17 14 逻辑关系 2 2 0 2 1 固定搭配 0 1 2 0 3 从上表可以看出,江苏高考完形填空题设空以语境题和词汇题为主,注重在语境中考查词义及搭配。四个选项基本上属同一词类,相同语义范畴,选择时要求上下文通篇考虑。
Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment.Their savings had been __36__ to pay lawyers’ fees.To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed(诊断) with a __37__ disease.There was no __38__,only pain relief.
Failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a __39__ journey, as they caught sight of an old hikers’ (徒步旅行者) guide.
This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and __40__ recovery.When leaving home, Raynor and Moth had just £320 in the bank.They planned to keep the __41__ low by living on boiled noodles,with the __42__ hamburger shop treat.
Wild camping is __43__ in England.To avoid being caught, the Winns had to get their tent up __44__ and packed it away early in the morning.The Winns soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a lot __45__ than they remember it was in their 20s.Raynor __46__ all over and desired a bath.Moth, meanwhile, after an initial __47__ , found his symptoms were strangely __48__ by their daily tiring journey.
__49__, the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that they thought had __50__ forever.“Our hair was fried and falling out, nails broken, clothes __51__ to a thread, but we were alive.” During the journey, Raynor began a career as a nature writer.She writes, “__52__ had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a(n) __53__ written book.It had also given me a __54__, either to leave that page __55__ or to keep writing the story with hope.I chose hope.”
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Raynor Winn和她丈夫Moth因为投资失误变得无家可归。祸不单行,她丈夫被诊断出患有严重疾病,无法医治。他们决定靠着仅有的一些钱外出旅行。 36.A.drawn up
B.used up
C.backed up D.kept up
答案 B [根据首句中的homeless与下文第三段中的“had just £320 in the bank”可知他们的积蓄都用于支付律师费了,因此选择used up(用光)。draw up“拟订,起草”;back up“支持,支援”;keep up“跟上,保持”。] 37.A.mild C.preventable
B.common D.serious
答案 D [根据下一句中的“only pain relief”可知,Moth被诊断出患了一种严重的疾病,因此选择serious。] 38.A.cure C.care
B.luck D.promise
答案 A [没有治疗方法(cure),只能缓解疼痛。 ] 39.A.business C.bus
B.walking D.rail
答案 B [根据本句中的“an old hikers’(徒步旅行者)guide”与下文的内容可知,他们决定进行一场徒步旅行,因此选择walking。] 40.A.expected C.disappointing
B.frightening D.surprising
答案 D [从下文内容可知,这不但是一个艰苦的旅行,也是一个给他们带来惊喜的旅行,因此选择surprising。] 41.A.budget C.compensation
B.revenue D.allowance
答案 A [根据本段中的“had just £320 in the bank”和“by living on boiled noodles”可知,他们想方设法减少预算,因此选择budget。] 42.A.frequent C.abundant
B.occasional D.constant
答案 B [以吃煮面条为主,偶尔也会去汉堡店里买点汉堡犒劳自己。occasional“偶尔的”,符合语境。] 43.A.unpopular C.attractive
B.lawful D.illegal
答案 D [根据后一句中的“To avoid being caught”可知,在英国野营是不合法的,因此选择illegal。] 44.A.soon C.late
B.early D.slowly
答案 C [为了不被抓到,他们不得不晚睡早起,因此选择late。] 45.A.harder C.cheaper
B.easier D.funnier
答案 A [他们很快发现在50多岁进行徒步旅行比在20多岁进行徒步旅行困难多了。因此选择harder。] 46.A.rolled C.ached
B.bled D.trembled
答案 C [根据上文并结合常识可知,Raynor浑身疼痛并且想洗个澡。因此选择ached。] 47.A.struggle C.excitement
B.progress D.research
答案 A [经过最初与疾病的斗争(struggle),Moth发现他的症状奇怪地减轻(reduced)了。] 48.A.developed C.reduced
答案 C [参见上题解析。] 49.A.Initially C.Temporarily
B.Eventually D.Consequently B.controlled D.increased
答案 B [最后,这对夫妇发现他们的身体好转。eventually“最后,终于”,符合语境。] 50.A.gained C.wounded
B.kept D.lost
答案 D [他们重新找回了原本认为已经永远失去的强有力的肌肉。根据re-found可知应选择lost。] 51.A.sewn C.worn
B.washed D.ironed