完形填空（一）
1 、Although I love my life, it hasn't been a lot of fun as I've been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and in my twenties, when my 1 was more manageable, I 2 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. 3 that was years ago and times have changed. 4 I live with mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to 5 my disability pension (残疾抚恤金) . 6 I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my 7 . I decided that I would consider 8 to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was 9 when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn't have a lot of 10 to get started. And 11 you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can 12 use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my 13 ; he gave me a long thoughtful 14 . \"This means a lot to you, doesn't it?\" he said. \"Come with me.\"
He led me 15 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand 16 on his treasure and said, \"I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your 17 and I'll record them for you. That should get you started.\" I 18 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 19 that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help. His 20 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance. 1.A.loneliness B.sadness C.tiredness D.sickness 2.A.set B.enjoyed C.kept D.shared
3.A.Gladly B.Eventually C.Unfortunately D.Surprisingly 4.A.Now B.Then C.Sometime D.Meanwhile
5.A.add up to B.make up for C.get rid of D.take advantage of 6.A.If B.As C.Though D.Before
7.A.movements B.conditions C.choices D.positions 8.A.reaching out B.living up C.getting on D.going back 9.A.recognized B.interviewed C.found D.invited
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10.A.money B.time C.energy D.knowledge 11.A.thus B.once C.seldom D.often 12.A.actually B.hardly C.nearly D.formerly 13.A.job B.family C.idea D.offer 14.A.face B.view C.look D.sight 15.A.over B.along C.towards D.through
16.A.unhappily B.lovingly C.pitifully D.gratefully 17.A.pick B.turn C.role D.step
18.A.had to cry B.ought to cry C.should have cried D.could have cried 19.A.more B.the ones C.few D.the rest 20.A.courage B.devotion C.kindness D.trust
2、 I live in the northern suburb of San Francisco, where driving is considered the main transportation choice for most people. I still remember how 1 I was when I first learned to drive 10 years ago. 2 at night,with music calming me down,I was filled with joy and 3 in a foreign land! I had a photo taken of my hugging my 4 and sent it to my family in China. I 5 my car! Sometimes she was my only 6 in lonely nights.
7 , as time went by,that excitement wore off, and I 9 driving. So I joined the 21-day Mindful Walking Challenge and began to walk. On a walking day, I said 9 to a neighbor named June,who was watering her flowers. She 10 my greetings and asked,“What happened to your hair?” I touched my hair and 11 what might have gone wrong. Seeing the confusion(困惑) on my face,she then realized that she’d made a 12 . She walked across the street and said, “You sounded so 13 that I thought you were Mike. ” We both laughed. I 14 the new neighbor next door,and two different gardeners on different days and listened to their joy in gardening after a (n) 15 day一working all day in front of a computer. I 16 at everyone passing by me.
I walked to the streets I 17 wouldn’t pass through if I drove my car, and 18 a tinyfree library on the sidewalk. I began to 19 if I had really lived in this town all these years. It's a completely new town I 20 so little about! I'm grateful for the 21-day Challenge. Mindful Walking Challenge.
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1.A.disappointed B.calm C.excited D.shy 2.A.Running B.Traveling C.Walking D.Driving 3.A.worry B.independence C.doubt D.fear 4.A.car B.kid C.house D.neighbor 5.A.fixed B.improved C.loved D.missed 6.A.partner B.dream C.plan D.hope 7.A.So B.Yet C.Meanwhile D.Instead 8.A.suggested B.kept C.enjoyed D.hated 9.A.yes B.sorry C.hello D.thanks
10.A.returned B.ignored C.forgot D.refused 11.A.understood B.realized C.answered D.wondered 12.A.decision B.guess C.mistake D.deal 13.A.friendly B.humorous C.strange D.brave
14.A.played with B.looked for C.depended on D.talked to 15.A.special B.tiring C.interesting D.important 16.A.laughed B.smiled C.pointed D.shouted 17.A.partly B.really C.normally D.lately 18.A.discovered B.examined C.built D.learnt 19.A.check B.study C.see D.question 20.A.hear B.know C.talk D.think
3、 I live in an apartment building in a planned community, including private roads. I have lived in this 1 of mostly professionals and retirees(退休者) for over three years,but I had met only a few of my 2 . After the 3 had stopped falling, we were left to care for 4 because the city and state services didn’t work. I went out to the parking lot to dig out my and my girlfriend’s 5 . I took a large metal piece of my desk to 6 as a shovel(锹). After about 30 minutes of 7 , some of the neighbors 8 with snow shovels and told me if I helped them, they would 9 me. I agreed and we dug out each others’ cars. The streets were 10 due to a state of emergency declared by the governor, so we had nowhere to go.
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As I said, I only know my immediate neighbor,one who is elderly. But we all (we were 10 guys,all together,in the beginning) put our 11 together and figured out who was too 12 or too ill to dig themselves 13 and went about,as a team,helping them. 14 the day went on, more and more people 15 us, men and women. We became an army of snow 16 , our only motivation was concern for the people who were 17 and our growing friendship. Everyone was concerned for each other. Someone asked me if I had enough 18 to get by. It was typical of the spirit of the day. I 19 a lot of friends that day and we are planning a party to be held at the club house in the spring.
Kindness and 20 for others has countless rewards! 1.A.hometown B.building C.community D.country 2.A.friends B.neighbors C.workmates D.classmates 3.A.snow B.rain C.wind D.hail(雹子) 4.A.how B.that C.when D.ourselves
5.A.wheelchairs B.trolleybus C.cars D.coaches 6.A.work B.use C.look on D.think of 7.A.digging B.burying C.working D.walking 8.A.kept out B.came out C.broke out D.took out 9.A.make B.offer C.help D.provide 10.A.kept B.locked C.trapped D.closed 11.A.feet B.hands C.heads D.shovels 12.A.young B.old C.unhealthy D.unconfident 13.A.out B.up C.into D.for
14.A.With B.As C.While D.Although 15.A.fell B.saw C.digged D.joined
16.A.diggers B.supporters C.chatters D.helpers 17.A.struck B.stuck C.beat D.pressed 18.A.meat B.drink C.water D.food 19.A.trusted B.had C.made D.gave
20.A.concern B.confidence C.happiness D.help
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4、 At 10 am, I was sitting in a large hotel. I got to meet my 1 , Tony Hawk. I woke up early in the morning. I was excited but also a little 2 . Tony Hawk was considered to be one of the most successful pioneers of modern skateboarding and I
had 3 him since I first saw him on television. I left my home 4 what it would be like to meet him. I arrived at Tony’s hotel and 5 two teens. I learnt that they were also Tony’s fans and would attend this interview. 6 , we had taken part in the same group —the world was small. After a short talk, we started to 7 , going over all the questions we would ask Tony.
Shortly after we 8 and organized the most important questions, there was a knock at the door. I started to 9 . I could not get over the 10 that I was about to meet the best skateboarder. Tony Hawk walked in and sat down. I was very nervous 11 somehow was able to introduce myself. He was 12 and gave us honest answers to all our questions. Throughout the interview I kept 13 , wow, he was so cool. Most people in his position might be proud but he was 14 down-to-earth(朴实的). He also told us if we never 15 and worked hard, our dreams would come true. After the interview, he left. He was 16 because he had to attend an important meeting. I was so happy to have had this 17 to interview this great skateboarder, who had got so many 18 in the world. I would never forget this 19 and could not wait to get home and 20 it with my family and friends. 1.A.hero B.teacher C.friend D.guide 2.A.puzzled B.frightened C.sad D.nervous 3.A.recognized B.admired C.missed D.called 4.A.warning B.doubting C.wondering D.proving 5.A.watched out B.looked after C.turned to D.came across 6.A.Hopefully B.Amazingly C.Finally D.Obviously 7.A.leave B.perform C.work D.move 8.A.picked B.answered C.threw D.faced 9.A.ask B.shout C.laugh D.shake 10.A.project B.suggestion C.fact D.news
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11.A.as B.but C.so D.and
12.A.friendly B.simple C.shy D.cold
13.A.discussing B.reporting C.guessing D.thinking 14.A.partly B.hardly C.really D.normally
15.A.continued on B.gave up C.turned up D.came back 16.A.busy B.quiet C.lonely D.stressed 17.A.excuse B.reason C.plan D.chance 18.A.smiles B.awards C.friends D.gifts 19.A.game B.idea C.experience D.lesson 20.A.replace B.share C.exchange D.spread
答案以及解析
1答案及解析：
答案： 1.D; 2.B; 3.C; 4.A; 5.B; 6.B; 7.C; 8.D; 9.A; 10.A; 11.D; 12.A; 13.C; 14.C; 15.D; 16.B; 17.A; 18.D; 19.B; 20.C
解析： 1.当时“我”的病情还可以控制。sickness疾病;loneliness孤独;sadness伤心; tiredness劳累。
2.注意上下文的暗示:“我”生病了28 年。在“我”20几岁疾病可以控制时,“我”享受了十年在餐馆当专职歌手、玩耍、唱民歌的时光。 set意为“放;搁置”;enjoy意为“享受”;keep意为“保持”;share意为“分享”。
3.很不幸一切都改变了。gladly意为“高兴地;乐意地”;eventually意为“最终”;unfortunately 意为“不幸地”;surprisingly意为“出奇地”。长时间生病是很痛苦的,因此能在餐馆唱歌、玩耍是一种享受,但“times have changed”暗示这一切都成了过去,不幸已经降临。
4.和years ago照应,现在(now) “我”和母亲住在乡下的农场里。then意为“然后”; sometime意为“某个时候”;meanwhile意为“同时,期间”。
5.make up for补充,弥补;a(ki up to总计达;get rid of 摆脱,除去;take advantage of 利用;占……的便宜。“我”需要做点儿零工来补贴“我”的残疾抚恤金(的不足)。
6.由于“我”需要在下午睡一会。泛意为“如果”;as意为“由于”;though意为“尽管”;before意为
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“在之前”。
7.由于“我”需要下午睡觉,所以“我”的零工选择有限。be limited in my choices我的选择有限;丨novement意为“移动;运动”;condition意为“状况;状态”;position意为“方位;位置”。 8.“我”决定“我”还是考虑回到餐馆去演唱。go hack to doing sth.重新开始做某事; reach out伸出;live up快乐地过日子;get on上车;有进展。
9.“我”的家人都是音乐家,所以当“我”走进当地的音乐商店时很快就被人认出来了。recognize认出;interview采访;面试;find发现; invite邀请。
10.“我”实在是没有很多钱(money)来买那些昂贵的光盘。所以“我”只是想用录好的卡拉oK音乐伴奏来唱歌。注意money与上文中的expensive照应。time意为“时间”;energy意为“能量”;knowledge意为“知识”。
11.并且人们经常(often)发现一张光盘上只有十分之三、四的歌曲是你实际(actually )可以使用的。这是说的一种普遍现象,所以用often 一词。thus意为“因此”;once意为“曾经”; seldom意为“很少”。
12.actually实际上,事实上;hardly几乎不;nearly几乎;formerly以前。
13.当“我”把“我”的想法(idea)告诉店主时,他深思地看了“我”很长时间。job意为“工作”;family意为“家庭”;offer意为“提供”。
14.此处thoughtful指“有想法的,深思的”。look注视,表情;face脸;脸色;view风景;观点;sight视力;景色。
15.他领着“我”穿过(through)店里拥挤的人群来到一个工作台前,台上有一个大大的专业卡拉oK盒子。over翻越;经过一段时间;along沿着;towards朝着;through穿过(空间)。 16.从下文的treasure可以看出,店主对这些唱片很钟情,故用lovingly。unhappily不高兴地;pitifully怜倘地;gratefully感激地。
17.你选择你最喜爱的音乐,“我”来给你录制。take one’s pick(从……中)挑选(自己最喜爱的东西);take one’s turn 轮流,依次;take a step迈出一步。
18.“我”有可能(感动得)哭了。had to cry不得不哭;ought to cry应当哭;should have cried本来应当哭的(却没有哭);could have cried有可能哭过,本来可以哭(却没有哭)。
19.挑选出“我”能唱的那些歌曲。the ones (=the song)作先行词。more意为“更多”;few意为“少数;很少”;the rest意为“其余的”。
20.kindness善良,善行;courage勇气;devotion贡献;trust相信,信任。只有kindness可以更准确地概括出店主的行为。
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2答案及解析：
答案：1.C; 2.D; 3.B; 4.A; 5.C; 6.A; 7.B; 8.D; 9.C; 10.A; 11.D; 12.C; 13.A; 14.D; 15.B; 16.B; 17.C; 18.A; 19.D; 20.B
解析：1.根据后面的I was filled with joy.”可知作者现在仍然记得10年前刚学会开车时的那种激动(excited)。
2.依据前面的“... when I first learned to drive 10 years ago.”可知这里描述的是10年前作者刚学会开车时的情景,所以这里指的是晚上开着车(Driving)。
3.从空前的I was filled with joy可知作者在异国他乡一个人开着车,那是一种独立自由的(independence ) 快乐。
4.根据下文的“I 5 (loved)my car!”可知,作者刚开车很开心,拍了一张拥抱着自己的车(car)的照片,然后发给了在中国的家人。
5.联系后面的“Sometimes she was my only 6 (partner) in lonely nights” 可推断作者喜欢(loved)他的车。
6.从后面的\"... in lonely nights”可推断此处指作者在晚上独自一人开着车,陪伴(partner)他的只有他的车。
7.依据后面的“... that excitement wore off. ” 可知, 之前作者刚学会开车时很兴奋,后来这种兴奋慢慢地减弱,所以此处是转折关系,用Yet。
8.结合前面的“... that excitement wore off.” 以及后面的“... began to walk”可知作者讨厌(hated)开车。
9.根据后面的“She 10 (returned) my greetings and asked,‘What happened to your hair?’” 可推断此处是作者向她打招呼(hello)。
10.联系空后的“... my greetings and asked,‘What happened to your hair?’”可知,作者向她打招呼,她也向(returned)作者问候。
11.从前面的“I touched my hair”和空后的“what might have gone wrong”可推断,作者不知道(wondered )头发出了什么问题。
12.结合后面的“You sounded so... that I thought you were Mike. ”可推断她之前弄错了( mistake),将作者误认为Mike了。其他选视中,decision“决定”;guess “猜测”;deal “交易”。 13.联系前文可知,作者和她打招呼,听起来很友好(friendly),所以她就认错人了。
14.根据后面“... the new neighbor next door, and two different gardeners on different days and
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listened to their joy in gardening.\" 可知作者和新邻居说话(talked to)。play with“和......玩”;look for“寻找”;depend on“依靠”。
15.从后面的 \"... working all day in front of a computer” 可知作者一天都在电脑前面工作,所以是疲劳的(tiring)— 天。
16.联系前文“You sounded so 13 (friendly)” 以及作者和邻居们打招呼,所以这里指作者对每一个路过的人微笑(smiled)。
17.结合空后的“if I drove my car”可知,作者开车的时候通常(normally)不经过这些街道的。 18.根据后面的“It’s a completely new town. ”可知在路过街道的时候作者发现了(discovered) —家免费的小图书馆。
19.从空后的“if I had really lived in this town all these years”可知,在不常去的地方有了新的发现之后,作者开始怀疑(question)他是否真正在这个小镇生活。
20.联系空前的“It’s a completely new town”可推断,此处指作者对小镇了解(know)很少。
3答案及解析：
答案：1.C; 2.B; 3.A; 4.D; 5.C; 6.B; 7.A; 8.B; 9.C; 10.D; 11.C; 12.B; 13.A; 14.B; 15.D; 16.A; 17.B; 18.D; 19.C; 20.A
解析：1.由上文的“I live in an apartment building in a planned community,...” 可以推知。 2.因为是住在社区中,且由下文的“some of the neighbors”可以知道,“我仅遇到很少的邻居。”因此,答案为B项。
3.由下文的“with snow shovels”可知,是在雪已经停了之后。因此,可知答案为A项。 4.由下文的\"...because the city and state services didn’t work. ”及第三段中的邻居们互相帮助去挖车,可以知道“我们被留下去照顾自己”。因此答案为D项。
5.由本句中的“I went out to the parking lot to dig out...”可知,作者去车库挖出自己的和女朋友的车。
6.正常应该是用铁锹去挖雪,作者使用桌子上大的金属片当作铁锹使用。use as “把……用作”。
7.由上句\"I went out to the parking lot to dig out my and my girlfriend’s cars”,可知,在挖了大约30分钟后,一些邻居出来了。因此,答案为A项。
8.come out “出来”;keep out “(使)留在外面 ” ;break out “爆发”;take out “把……带出来”。 9. 由下文的 “... and told me if I helped them,...” 可知, 如果我愿意帮助他们,他们会帮助我
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的。这一点在第三段也可以知道。
10.由下文的 “...due to a state of emergency declared by the governor, so we had nowhere to go. ”我们可以猜出,街道被封闭了。因此选D项。 11.本句考查短语put one’s heads together“共同商量”。
12.由第一段中的“... of mostly professionals and retirees(退休者) for over three years,. 可知,作者住在一个大多数是专业人士和退休人员的小区中三年了。因此,邻居们共同商量并弄清楚哪些人是年龄太大或是有病不能自己挖出来。因此答案为B项。
13.dig out “ 挖掘;挖走” ;dig up “掘起,找到”;dig into “把……戳进,调查,挖掘”;dig for\"挖寻”。 14.as the day went on “随着日子的流逝”。此处as是连词,译为“随着”。with也有“随着”的意思,但是是介词。
15.越来越多的人加入到了挖雪的队伍中。join sb. “加入某人”。
16.根据上文的下大雪,邻居们互相帮助清理雪,可知,我们成了一个除雪的部队。因此答案为D项。
17.be stuck“被困住”。我们唯一的动机就是关心被困住的人们。
18.由上文的“我们被留下自己照顾自己。”以及“街道被封住,由于政府宣布了紧急状态,因此我们无处可去。”可知“有人问我是否我有足够的食物。”因此,答案为D项。 19.make friends“交朋友”。
20.由上文的“Everyone was concerned for each other.\" 可知,友好和关心其他人有无数的回报。因此答案为A项。
4答案及解析：
答案：1.A; 2.D; 3.B; 4.C; 5.D; 6.B; 7.C; 8.A; 9.D; 10.C; 11.B; 12.A; 13.D; 14.C; 15.B; 16.A; 17.D; 18.B; 19.C; 20.B
解析：1.根据下文“Tony Hawk was considered to be one of the most successful pioneers of modern skateboar-ding.\" 可知,Tony Hawk是作者心中的英雄(hero)。
2.联系上文“ I was excited but also a little” 可知,作者很兴奋,但也有些紧张(nervous)。 3.从上文“Tony Hawk was considered to be one of the most successful pioneers of modern skateboarding...\" 可知,作者很崇拜(admired)他。
4.依据空后的“what it would be like to meet him”可知, 作者出发时不知道(wondering)这次见面将会怎样。
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5.结合下文“I learnt that they were also Tony’s fans and would attend this interview” 可知,作者碰见(came across)另外两个男孩。watch out“观察”;look after “照料”;turn to“求助于”。 6.联系下文“…we had taken part in the same group — the world was small. ” 可知,令人惊奇的是(Amazingly), 作者和另外两个男孩曾经参加过同一个团体。
7.根据下文“... going over all the questions we would ask Tony” 可知,他们开始工作了(work),开始仔细检查需要问Tony的问题。
8.从下文“…organized the most important questions” 可知,他们在挑选(picked)和组织最重要的问题。
9.依据下文“I was very nervous. ”可知,作者非常紧张,听到敲门声,意识到他崇拜的人来了,就紧张得发抖(shake)。
10.结合空后的“that I was about to meet the best skateboarder” 可知,作者即将采访最优秀的滑板运动员的这一事实(fact)令他怎么也平静不下来。
11.作者非常紧张,可是仍莫名其妙地介绍了自己。根据前后文可知,此处为转折关系,因此选but。
12.从下文“... and gave us honest answers to all our questions. ”可知,Tony很友好(friendly),回答了所有问题。
13.根据下文“wow,he was so cool. ”可知,在整个采访过程中,作者一直在想(thinking):他好酷啊! 14.联系上文“Most people in his position might be proud.”以及but可知,作者觉得Tony是真正(really)朴实的人。
15.根据下文“... our dreams would come true” 可知, Tony告诉作者他们不要放弃(gave up),好好努力,梦想就会实现。continue on“继续”;turn up“出现;调大”; come back“回来”。 16.从下文“... because he had to attend an important meeting”可知他很忙(busy)。
17.结合空后的“to interview this great skateboarder”可知,作者非常高兴有这个机会(chance)来采访Tony。
18.联系前文的this great skateboarder以及空后的in the world可知,此处是对Tony Hawk的介绍,Tony Hawk荣获许多次奖(awards)。
19.依据空前的“I would never forget”可知,作者将不会忘记这次经历(experience)。
20.根据空后的with my family and friends,作者迫不及待地想回到家里,与他的家人以及朋友分享(share)这次经历。replace “代替”;exchange “交换”;spread “传播”。
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