2018届高考英语二轮：完形填空五月天天练【11】【答案】

该套资源选择的完形填空短文既有经典的，也有新颖的，排版工整，每两天的组合在一起，除去答案，刚好4页，印制成1张练习卷，是训练完形填空的极好材料。

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Take a taxi from Sydney Airport and chances are that the driver will not say “G’day” with the broad accent you might expect. Probe a little further and you will probably 1 that he was not born in Australia. 2 the United States, Australia is a society of 3 , and Sydney has been a preferred destination for many of these new 4 . Over the past half century the Anglo-Irish immigrants who 5 the city’s original population have been joined by successive waves of Italians, Greeks, Turks, Lebanese, and , more 6 , Asians. This mixture has 7 a cultural activeness and energy that were missing only a generation 8 . Sydney is a city 9 .

Compared with the traffic in the 10 of Australia, Sydney is fast and impatient. The more than 4 million people in this 11 work hard and play harder, moderation is something practiced by the citizens of Melbourne. Sydney 12 the tallest buildings, the most expensive real estate, the finest beaches, and the seediest nightlife of any Australian city. Most Australians 13 its loud brash ways with a mixture of fear and fascination, 14 Sydneysiders prefer to think of home as energetic rather than ordinary. Visiting this city is a(n) 15 part of an Australian experience. But remember, as you do so, that Sydney is no more representative of Australia 16 New York is of the United States. It has joined the 17 of the great global cities whose characters are essentially 18 , offering great looks, style, and sophistication. In 2000, the year that the Olympic Games 19 to the city, Sydney became one of the 20 destinations of the new millennium.

1. A. observe B. discover C. expect D. catch 2. A. Like B. As C. With D. For

3. A. settlers B. immigrants C. citizens D. the rich 4. A. people B. race C. strangers D. arrivals 5. A. took up B. kept up C. made up D. brought

6. A. luckily B. surprisingly C. recently D. possibly 7. A. created B. supported C. given D. expressed

8. A. before B. after C. later D. ago 9. A. in a panic B. in a hurry C. in a way D. in a sense 10. A. rest B. other C. else D. most 11. A. country B. town C. city D. state 12. A. stands B. lies C. exists D. has

13. A. compare B. think C. match D. regard 14. A. if B. unless C. although D. so 15. A. essential B. final C. proud D. reasonable

16. A. than B. what C. that D. and

17. A. routes B. ranks C. circles D. ways 18. A. national B. racial C. personal D. international

19. A. added B. occurred C. came D. appeared 20. A. precious B. fashionable C. widespread D. complex

参考答案 （十一）

1~5 BABDC 6~10 CADBA 11~15 CDDCA 16~20 ABDCB

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On Easter Day 1722,some European explorers found a lonely island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They 1 it Easter Island. The explorers found that the island had good soil 2 the 200 natives living there survived with little food. Even more 3 , these people also lived among the ruins of what might have been a once great civilization. All that is left of it are around 800 giant stone statues 4 human heads. They 5 up to 270 tons and the tallest measures over 11 metres. The stone men face 6 , rather than out to sea, and their eyes are focused upon the sky. They are all carved from 7 volcanic rock (火山岩) and some have hats on their heads and eyes made from white coral. Since their 8 , these huge stone men 9 one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Who built them? Why did they do it? Some experts believe the stone men are 10 to Inca stonework, and suggest the figures were created by people of Peruvian descent (血统). 11 have even gone so far as to say that they came from outer space. The latest suggestion 12 the idea that Easter Island represents one of the worst cases of resource abuse in human history. It is said that a small group of Asians settled on Easter Island 13 between 400 and 700 AD. They developed a great civilization with huge forests and 14 food. At the peak of their civilization, the people began to build the giant 15 men. Why they did this is still 16 but it is possible the figures represent the settlers’ gods or ancestors. 17 the statues grew larger, the people’s lifestyles became more and more wasteful. The forest began to disappear, which 18 all the animals dying out. 19 couldn’t get food and were forced to eat other humans. Society began to 20 and the islanders themselves finally destroyed the stone men.

1. A. said B. were called C. named D. spoke 2. A. and B. but C. however D. still 3. A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly

4. A. looking B. resembling C. liking D. standing for

5. A. weigh B. lift C. get D. measure 6. A. forward B. outward C. onward D. inward 7. A. broken B. soft C. hard D. burnt 8. A. looking B. invention C. discovery D. covering

9. A. have happened B. have led to C. have taken place D. have created

10. A. usual B. common C. familiar D. similar

11. A. Another B. Other C. Others D. Many 12. A. is focused on B. is based on C. is depended on D. is concentrated on

13. A. some day B. one day C. sometime D. once

14. A. plenty of B. number of C. much of D. amount of 15. A. clever B. stone C. wooden D. iron 16. A. welcome B. known C. unimportant D. unknown 17. A. While B. After C. With D. As 18. A. resulted in B. resulted from C. created D. lay in 19. A. The islands B. The people C. The animals D. The Europeans

20. A. break out B. break in C. break into D. break down

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1~5 CBDBA 6~10 DBCDD 11~15 CBCAB 16~20 DDABD