2024届高考英语二轮复习精练:完形填空(1)
完形填空精练(1)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Passage 1
Once there was a girl called Arachne who was very proud of her skill at weaving. Many people came to see her
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her threads in red, blue, green or yellow that made her
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pictures glow with life. “The goddess Athene
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have given you such a gift,” they said. But Arachne tossed her head. “No,” she replied
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“I’ve taught myself everything I know. ”
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those words, the goddess Athene decided to teach her a lesson. First she
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herself as an old woman and
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Arachne’s door. When she opened it, the goddess warned her, “You shouldn’t compare yourself with the great Athene. You should be more
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.” At that Arachne grew very angry. “ Let her come here and have a
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with me. Then we’ll see who’s better at weaving! ”
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Athene threw off her disguise and the contest began.
All day the two contestants wove bright
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into marvellous pictures. Arachne’s was definitely
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in skill and design. At that Athene grew
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angry that she hit Archne. At once the girl became smaller and smaller. Her head disappeared and her body became
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. Her human arms and legs disappeared to be replaced with twice as many thinner insect-like
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. As Arachne ran to hide, Athene laughed
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“You may live, Arachne, but you will do your weaving
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from now on. ” Hearing those words, Archne began to
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a thread and to weave a pattern in the air. She had become the first
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. Since then she has continued to recreate her lost
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beautiful masterpiece in her webs, and all other
spiders have followed her.
21. A. color
B. do
C. print
D. describe
22. A. taken
B. woven
C. drawn
D. moved
23. A. should
B. could
C. must
D. might
24. A. proudly
B. angrily
C. kindly
D. friendly
25. A. Saying
B. Finishing
C. Hearing
D. Listening
26. A. disappointed
B. disguised
C. discouraged
D. disaffected
27. A. took on
B. put on
C. turned on
D. knocked on
28. A. careful
B. humble
C. proud
D. honest
29. A. conversation
B. fight
C. competition
D. meeting
30. A. Immediately
B. Fortunately
C. Hopefully
D. Generally
31. A. colors
B. threads
C. wool
D. feather
32. A. superior
B. inferior
C. good
D. excellent
33. A. such
B. too
C. very
D. so
34. A. longer
B. prettier
C. bigger
D. rounder
35. A. heads
B. eyes
C. legs
D. ears
36. A. unhappily
B. uncertainly
C. untruly
D. unkindly
37. A. on the ground
B. in the air
C. at home
D. on the wall
38. A. preserve
B. press
C. prepare
D. produce
39. A. mosquito
B. fly
C. spider
D. insect
40. A. and
B. or
C. but
D. so
Passage 1:2125 ABCAC
26-30 BDBCA
31-35 BADDC
36-40 DBDCC
Passage 2
Every fast-food employee knows that the drive-through window is the worst position. The window sticks with constant ice; the roar of engines hurts your
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; your words are lost in the howling wind.
On a
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afternoon, everything changed.
Every once in a while, the sub-zero temperatures seal a
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windows shut. Drivers don’t exactly enjoy having to stand outside in the cold,
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their orders into a speaker box, when they expect to drive through on their heated leather seats. In such cases, most customers tend to show their annoyance to the employees.
This woman was
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.
“I’ll get the next car’s
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as well,” she said as she came up to the window to pay. She stood outside,
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much snow on her hair. Though she was obviously freezing, her bright
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lit up her face like a fire.
“You can’t
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their drinks,” I said, confused and tired.
“No, but I’ll buy them,” she said. “Pay it forward and all that.”
Completely puzzled, I charged her as
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, and when the next customer arrived at the window I explained what had just happened. I watched as his
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changed — first angry to be out in the cold, then
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at the random act of kindness, and finally, delighted by his
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.
“I suppose I’ll pay for the next order then,” he replied, nodding and waving at the impatient driver
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him. He
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over the cash and received his pre-paid hot drink.
The trend continued. Customers arrived annoyed, only to leave
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and pleased. Some were shocked to spend much more than they had expected,
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others ended up receiving their order for less than half the price.
Five vehicles passed, then ten, then twenty. No one refused to pay. Customers stood at my window
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a fist-full of change to buy drinks for a complete stranger. Cars drove off, honking (鸣笛) and
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their thanks.
It only takes one customer, one person, to change the entire
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of traffic. It only takes one moment, one smile, to warm up even the coldest of days.
21. A. ears
B. hands
C. feet
D. back
22. A. freezing
B. sunny
C. warm
D. usual
23. A. truck’s
B. vehicle’s
C. car’s
D. lorry’s
24. A. offering
B. throwing
C. screaming
D. cancelling
25. A. polite
B. angry
C. popular
D. different
26. A. number
B. coffee
C. fee
D. order
27. A. covering B. increasing
C. gathering
D. falling
28. A. eyes
B. smile
C. hair
D. annoyance
29. A. pay
B. take
C. buy
D. bring
30. A. instructed B. requested
C. directed
D. suggested
31. A. gesture
B. expression
C. figure
D. feeling
32. A. inspired
B. upset
C. surprised
D. disappointed
33. A. turn
B. sense
C. deed
D. luck
34. A. beyond
B. before
C. beside
D. behind
35. A. took
B. looked
C. handed
D. thought
36. A. shy
B. calm
C. anxious
D. regretful
37. A. while
B. since
C. as
D. unless
38. A. making
B. emptying
C. lying
D. holding
39. A. explaining B. sending
C. introducing
D. casting
40. A. jam
B. row
C. flow
D. line
Passage 2:2125 AABCD
26-30 DCBBB
31-35 BCDDC
36-40 BABBC
Passage 3
On a weekday evening, Jane was at home as usual. As her __41__swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly __42__by an urgent call from her sister “Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you…..” One facebook message and a phone interview later, Jane __43__herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering (令人发昏的)desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and __44___ awareness(意识)about zero-waste and climate change.
With a deep __45__ of the environment and a desire to make a __46__, Jane, Davey, and a group of self __47__ “environmental pick-up artists” went on a coast to coast road side trash pick-up. As they walked, sometimes only __48__0.9 miles in an entire day, they __49__ and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201,678 pounds of trash.
Jane and Davey _50__ with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their __51__to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently __52__how she would have enough __53__ to fly home for their two-week spring break, Jane found a blank, unidentified envelope __54__with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus __55__ outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got __56__and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where __57__from all over the state came together with a __58__of cleaning up trash all over the park.
Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they __59__was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply __60__ themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.
41. A. hands
B. thoughts
C. balance
D. position
42. A. blamed
B. frightened
C. moved
D. interrupted
43. A. found
B. cheered
C. dropped
D. taught
44. A. abandoning
B. raising
C. shaking
D. hiding
45. A. pride
B. trust
C. love
D. fear
46. A. plan
B. promise
C. mistake
D. difference
47. A. described
B. corrected
C. repeated
D. discovered
48. A. driving
B. covering
C. riding
D. fixing
49. A. slowly
B. secretly
C. helplessly
D. frequently
50. A. heard
B. read
C. wrote
D. shared
51. A. problems
B. costs
C. efforts
D. choices
52. A. depending on
B. replying to
C. worrying about
D. meeting with
53. A. time
B. money
C. food
D. room
54. A. filled
B. supplied
C. decorated
D. equipped
55. A. set off
B. held on
C. headed for
D. broke down
56. A. rest
B. practice
C. help
D. understanding
57. A. volunteers
B. members
C. tourists
D. reporters
58. A. question
B. purpose
C. decision
D. lesson
59. A. introduced
B. expected
C. examined
D. experienced
60. A. turn
B. limit
C. devote
D. compare
Passage 3:41-45 BDABC
46-50 DABAD 51-55 CCBAD
56-60 CABDC
Passage 4
Dropping into desperation completely, Jack wandered on the streets, knowing he came to the end of life. In his mid-fifties,
Jack had never been 41
, experienced the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family. On this miserable rainy night, he felt as if there was 42
in the entire world who
cared whether he lived or died.
Meanwhile, I was sitting in my room watching the rain 43
my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I
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from my chair and raced out. But my mother was already at the door. Opening it, she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face. My mother, overcome by 45
,invited the man inside, and he sat with my parents in our living room.
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,1 walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but the sight of the man, 47
his head in his hands and crying, made my chest ache. I raced back up stairs to my room and 48
my hand into my money jar. Pulling out my only half-dollar coin, I ran back downstairs.
When I reached the door of the living room, I walked right in .The three
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looked at me in 50
as I quickly made my way over the stranger. I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it. Then I gave him a 51
,turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs. I felt excited but happy.