专题十六 完形填空
一、记叙文
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Cloze 1 (2014·辽宁卷)
It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had __1__ to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my __2__， I had a good excuse: A business meeting had __3__ and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.
When I arrived at the __4__， I apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late. She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I __5__ tell she was angry. “I'm sorry but it was not __6__，” I said. Then I told her about the business meeting. __7__， my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive __8__ mad as well.
Several weeks later, when I __9__ the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, “You __10__ a classic mistake. You're stuck __11__ your own way of thinking. You didn't __12__ to be late. But that's not the point. What is __13__ in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.” He pointed out that I focused on the intention __14__ Eleanor focused on the result. Thus, __15__ of us felt misunderstood and crazy.
Thinking more about Ken's words, I __16__ recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It's the result of the action that really
__17__. I should have started the conversation by expressing __18__ my actions affected Eleanor and __19__ the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.
Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really __20__ her experience of the results of my lateness, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently.
1．A.started C．continued 2．A.relief C．regret 3．A.broken out C．faded away 4．A.house C．restaurant 5．A.could C．will 6．A.movable C．acceptable 7．A.However C．Moreover 8．A.her C．me 9．A.spread C．translated 10．A.knew C．found
B．agreed D．managed B．surprise D．sorrow B．closed down D．run over B．room D．supermarket B．must D．might B．comfortable D．avoidable B．Therefore D．Otherwise B．him D．them B．wrote D．described B．made D．took
11．A.in C．for 12．A.need C．pretend 13．A.funny C．possible 14．A.while C．until 15．A.all C．both 16．A.usually C．hardly 17．A.inspires C．improves 18．A.how C．when 19．A.compared C．finished 20．A.showing C．understanding
B．beyond D．against B．prove D．intend B．important D．simple B．after D．unless B．none D．neither B．merely D．gradually B．matters D．challenges B．why D．what B．reported D．saved B．satisfying D．destroying 答案与解析
这是一篇记叙文。一次，作者与妻子约好一起吃饭．但是迟到了半个小时。作者的解释不但没有让妻子息怒，反而让情况变得更加糟糕。后来，当作者与一个朋友谈起此事，朋友的一番话让他恍然大悟，意识到了问题的根源。
1．B 根据上文中关键词语the dinner appointment可知，作者与妻子约好七点钟在餐馆见面，但是作者迟到了。start “开始”；agree “同意，商定”；continue “继续”；manage “完成，努力做到”。
2．A 根据上文I felt a little uneasy和句中的but一词可知，但是作者感到有些宽慰的是，他有一个很好的借口。relief “宽慰，放松”；surprise“惊讶”；regret“后悔”；sorrow“难过，悲伤”。
3．D run over 有“超过(预期的限额)”的意思，在此处表示会议的时间超出了原来预想的时间，这就是作者迟到的借口。break out“(火灾，战争等)爆发”；close down“倒闭”；fade away“减弱”。
4．C 根据第一段内容可知，作者与妻子约定见面的地点是一家餐馆，所以此处选C项。
5．A 根据上文妻子所说的话，作者能够判断出妻子生气了。could“能够”；must“必须”；will“将要”；might“也许，可能”。
6．D 根据语境可知，看到妻子生气了，作者继续解释迟到是无法避免的事情。movable“可移动的”；comfortable“舒适的”；acceptable“可接受的”；avoidable“可避免的”。
7．A 该空的前后两个句子之间是转折关系，所以选用however。作者原本以为自己有一个很冠冕堂皇的理由，然而，他的解释却使情况变得更糟糕。
8．C 根据语境可知，作者的借口使情况变得更糟了，事情的发展远远超出他的想象，这简直让他抓狂。由空格后面的as well可知选C项。
9．D 根据下文内容可知，几周后，作者向朋友描述了那天的情