专题四 完形填空
能力提升演练
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(2017重庆B卷)
March 22nd is World Water Day.It started in 1993.It not only makes us think about the importance of water,but also calls on (号召) us to 1 and protect water.Today,we’re facing terrible water problems.Among them,the wastewater problem is especially 2 .And the subject of World Water Day in 2017 is “wastewater”.
What is wastewater?It is used water.Usually,wastewater comes from homes, 3 ,hospitals and so on.It is produced by different kinds of activities,including washing the machines,taking showers and using the kitchen.The rain also 4 wastewater when it is running down the street during a storm.No matter where it comes from,this kind of water is sure to have 5 harmful in it.
6 must we treat (处理) wastewater?Wastewater has a big influence on our life.It causes both illness for us and pollution for the environment.We must care for our environment and our own 7 .
How can we treat wastewater?Different kinds of wastewater need different ways of treatment.Wastewater 8 homes can be reused.Then there will be 9 wastewater.Also,factory wastewater has to be cleaned 10 it goes back to nature. 1.A.drink B.save C.carry D.watch 答案:B
解析:根据后面的“protect water”可知选B项。 2.A.easy B.popular C.small D.serious 答案:D
解析:根据前面的“we’re facing terrible water problems”及“especially”可知选D项。 3.A.factories B.lakes C.rivers D.seas 答案:A
解析:从“homes”“hospitals”可知是产生污水之地,因此选A项。 4.A.gets back B.hands in C.changes into D.picks up 答案:C
解析:根据前面的“produced”及“also”可知选C项,change into“使变为”。 5.A.nothing B.something C.nobody D.somebody 答案:B
解析:污水里面是有有害物质的,排除A项,it是指污水,它里面应该是物质而不是人,排除C项和D项,故选B项。 6.A.What B.Who C.Why D.How 答案:C
解析:根据后面的回答可知选C项。 7.A.work B.interest C.health D.business
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答案:C
解析:既然污水对人体与环境有危害,那么我们就应该关心环境与身体健康,故选C项,其他均不合文意。 8.A.on B.for C.with D.from 答案:D
解析:此处应指“来自家中的污水”,故选D项。 9.A.less B.more C.better D.worse 答案:A
解析:家中的污水再次使用应是使污水减少,故选A项。 10.A.and B.whether C.after D.before 答案:D
解析:工厂在排放污水前应该进行清洁处理,故选D项。
B
Recently,I felt like I reached a very low point in life.My relationships weren’t good,I wasn’t enjoying my classes,and I felt like I had nothing to 1 .My life seemed to be full of endless homework,tests and loneliness.Nothing anyone said seemed 2 to me.I wasn’t sure what to do about myself.All I wanted was to be happy again,but I didn’t know who or what would 3 that. During these days,I had trouble sleeping.I had to take sleeping pills but still woke up in the midnight.I had no 4 but to tell my dad.He 5 the book The Secret.I immediately bought the e-book online and read the whole thing that night.I’m 6 quite a stubborn(固执的) person,but the effect on my mood after finishing the book was 7 .Suddenly,I felt like life was beautiful again.I had never felt such a deep and quick 8 in my life before.
In fact,the book’s message was very simple—think positively(积极地).The book had many stories about how people were able to 9 money,soul mates(心灵伙伴)and old friends back into their lives.I started learning to thank everything in my life like them.Little by little,I realized that The Secret could only work 10 I believed these people’s successful stories.
Now I’m sure I can bring myself happiness. 1.A.take care of B.come up with C.look down on D.look forward to 答案:D
解析:take care of“照顾”;come up with“想出”;look down on“看不起”;look forward to“期待”。根据上文提示“人际关系很糟,不愿意上课”可知空格处应用look forward to修饰nothing做定语,表示“没有什么可期待的”。 2.A.helpful B.colourful C.peaceful D.powerful 答案:A
解析:helpful“有帮助的”;colourful“色彩鲜艳的”;peaceful“和平的”;powerful“有力量的”。否定意义的nothing和前文“没完没了的作业、考试和孤独感”提示用形容词helpful,意为“任何人说的话对我都没有帮助”。故选A项。 3.A.serve B.solve C.keep D.prevent 答案:B
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解析:serve“服务”;solve“解决”;keep“保持”;prevent“阻止”。句意:我所需要的就是开心起来,但是我不知道什么人或什么事能解决这个问题。故选B项。 4.A.problem B.idea C.need D.doubt 答案:B
解析:根据下文“告诉我父亲”提示可知句意为“除了告诉父亲外我没有其他主意。”故选B项。 5.A.borrowed B.collected C.returned D.recommended 答案:D
解析:borrow“借”;collect“收集”;return“归还”;recommend“推荐”。根据句意他给我推荐了《秘诀》这本书。故选D项。 6.A.normally B.mainly C.finally D.probably 答案:A
解析:normally“一般地,通常地”;mainly“主要地”;finally“最终”;probably“可能地”。句意:通常我是一个很固执的人。这和下文but表达的转折句意贯通。故选A项。 7.A.realistic B.common C.obvious D.serious 答案:C
解析:realistic“现实的”;common“普通的”;obvious“明显的”;serious“严肃的,认真的”。句意:但是读完这本书之后它对我的情绪影响是明显的。故选C项。 8.A.breath B.notice C.surprise D.change 答案:D
解析:breath“呼吸”;notice“通知”;surprise“奇迹”;change“变化”。形容词deep和quick修饰名词change,说明“生活发生了迅速而深刻的改变”。故选D项。 9.A.attract B.control C.imagine D.mention 答案:A
解析:attract“吸引”;control“控制”;imagine“想象”;mention“提到”。句意:这本书有很多成功的故事,这些故事是关于人们如何把金钱、心灵伙伴和老朋友吸引回到生活中。故选A项。 10.A.until B.when C.unless D.before 答案:B
解析:句意:我意识到,当我相信这些人成功的经历时,《秘诀》这本书才会发挥作用。故选B项。
C
One summer evening as I was cooking dinner,there was a knock at the door.I 1 it to see a really bad-looking man.But his voice was 2 as he said,“Good evening.I come to see if you have a room for just one night.I came for a treatment this morning from eastern shore, 3 there’s no bus till next morning.”He told me he had been hunting(寻找)but with no 4 .I told him we would find him a bed,but to rest on the porch(门廊).I went inside and prepared dinner.When we were ready,I asked him if he would like to 5 us.“No,thank you.I had plenty.” 6 I finished the dinner,I went out to talk with him.It didn’t take a long time to see this old man had an oversized(过大的)heart crowded that tiny body.He told me he fished for a living to help his daughter,her five children,and her husband 7 was ill and too weak to do anything.At bedtime,we put a bed in the 8 room for him.On his next trip,he brought a big fish and
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some fresh oysters(牡蛎)as a gift.And for years,there was 9 a time he came without some fish or vegetables from his garden.
I know it was thankful for our family to know him,from whom we learned that to accept the bad without complaint and the good 10 thanks. 1.A.opened B.felt C.painted D.repaired 答案:A
解析:由上文“...there was a knock at the door.(有敲门声)”可推测要“打开”门。故选A项。 2.A.boring B.angry C.terrible D.pleasant 答案:D
解析:由“see a really bad-looking man”和but可知,虽然相貌丑陋,可推测他的声音很好听,令人愉快。 3.A.so B.but C.when D.if 答案:B
解析:上下文为转折关系,用but。 4.A.dinner B.job C.success D.problem 答案:C
解析:句意:他告诉我他一直在寻找,但是没有成功找到。 5.A.call B.join C.invite D.visit 答案:B
解析:我问他,他是否想加入我们。 6.A.After B.Before C.While D.Whenever 答案:A
解析:由下文可知,我出去和他谈话,是在吃完晚饭之后。 7.A.whom B.which C.what D.who 答案:D
解析:本句是定语从句,先行词是husband,关系词在句中做主语。故选D项。 8.A.students B.children C.children’s D.students’ 答案:C
解析:空格处缺少的是定语,因此可用名词的所有格,children的所有格是children’s。 9.A.always B.never C.often D.still 答案:B
解析:几年来,他每次来都会带着几条鱼和自己种的蔬菜。 10.A.for B.with C.without D.from 答案:B
解析:从老人身上我们学习到接受不好的东西时不抱怨,接受好的东西时心怀感激。
D
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