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2016-02-15
Ⅱ.完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选取最佳选项。
(2015·保山模拟)Mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is.Through the years I would__1__a guess at what I thought was the correct__2__.When I was younger,I thought sound was very important to us humans,__3__I said,“My ears,Mommy.”She said,“No.Many people are__4__.”
Since making my first attempt,I had considered the correct answer carefully.So several__5__later,I told her,“Mommy,__6__is very important to everybody,so it must be our__7__”She looked at me and told me,“You are learning fast,but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”
Over the years,Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was__8__.Then last year,my grandpa died.Everybody was__9__.When it was our turn to say our final__10__to Grandpa,my Mom asked me,“Have you found the answer to my usual question—what is the most important body part__11__,my son?”
I was__12__when she asked me this now.I always thought this was a game between her and me.She saw the __13__on my face and told me,“This question is very important.It shows that you have really lived your life.For every body part you gave me__14__,I have told you were wrong and I have given you an example__15__.But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson.”She looked down at me as only a mother can.I saw her eyes well up with tears.She said,“Son,the most important body part is your__16__.”I asked,“Is it because it holds up my head?”
She replied,“No,it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry.Everybody needs a shoulder to__17__on sometime in life,my son.I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you__18__it.”
Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one—it is sympathetic to the__19__of others.People will forget what you said.People will forget what you did.But people will__20__forget how you made them feel.
1.A.make B.reply
C.think D.contribute
解析:选A。句意:这么多年来,我猜我当时想的是正确答案。make a guess at...“对……猜测”,是固定搭配,符合文意。故答案A符合文意。
2.A.guess B.answer
C.part D.choice
解析:选B。句意:这么多年来,我猜我所想的是正确答案(answer)。与第二段第一句“Since making my first attempt,I had considered the correct answer carefully.”相呼应,故答案B符合文意。
3.A.anyhow B.otherwise
C.therefore D.however
解析:选C。句意:在我小的时候,我认为声音对我们人类很重要,因此(therefore)我说:“我的耳朵,妈妈。”空格前后是因果关系。故答案C符合文意。
4.A.deaf B.blind
C.dumb D.disabled
解析:选A。句意:不,很多人是聋子(deaf)。与上文中的sound和ears相呼应,可推知答案A符合文意。
5.A.days B.minutes
C.months D.years
解析:选D。根据第三段中的“Over the years...”和语境可知,答案D符合文意。
6.A.hearing B.touching
C.sight D.taste
解析:选C。句意:多年以后,我告诉妈妈说,“妈妈,视力(sight)对每个人都很重要。因此我们的眼睛应该是最重要的了。”与下文中的“there are many people who are blind”相呼应,故答案C符合文意。
7.A.eyes B.ears
C.hands D.legs
解析:选A。根据下文中的“there are many people who are blind”可推知,答案A符合文意。
8.A.right B.wrong
C.the same D.different
解析:选C。句意:多年来,妈妈又问过我几次,而她的回答总是一样的(the same)。根据第一次和第二次妈妈的否定回答,和本句中的“always”可知,答案C符合文意。
9.A.injured B.hurt
C.wounded D.damaged
解析:选B。句意:去年,爷爷去世了,每个人都很伤心(hurt指心灵上的创伤)。故答案B符合文意。injure“在意外事故中受伤”;wound“一般指外伤”;damage“破坏”,均不符合语境,故排除。
10.A.sorry B.hello
C.goodbye D.yes
解析:选C。句意:当轮到我们和爷爷最后告别(goodbye)的时候,妈妈问我:“你有没有找到我经常问你的那个问题的答案——什么是我们身体最重要的部分,我的孩子?”根据常识可知,爷爷去世了,应该是来和他告别的,故答案C符合文意。
11.A.already B.still
C.though D.yet
解析:选D。句意:当轮到我们和爷爷最后告别的时候,妈妈问我,“你有没有想出我经常问你的那个问题的答案——什么是我们身体最重要的部分,我的孩子?”yet“已经”,常用于否定句或疑问句,表示到目前为止,符合文意。故答案D符合文意。already和still常用于肯定句;though“然而”,常用于句末,均不符合语境,故排除。
12.A.pleased B.shocked
C.disappointed D.satisfied
解析:选B。句意:她这个时候问我这个问题让我很吃惊(shock)。由语境可知,母亲在作者向爷爷最后告别时提这个问题,作者感觉有些意外。故答案B符合文意。
13.A.confusion B.smile
C.question D.excitement
解析:选A。句意:她看出了我脸上的困惑(confusion),然后告诉我……。由语境和句意可知,作者对母亲在这个时候问这个问题感到吃惊和困惑,故答案A符合文意。
14.A.in the future B.at present
C.in the past D.for the moment
解析:选C。根据下文“But today”和上文语境可知,答案C符合文意。
15.A.how B.why
C.what D.where
解析:选B。句意:对于过去你每次给出的答案,我都说你错了,而且我当时都给你举了例子说明为什么(why)。根据下文中的“Is it because it holds up my head?”可知,答案B符合文意。
16.A.back B.head
C.neck D.shoulder
解析:选D。句意:儿子,身体最重要的部分是你的肩膀(shoulder)。与下文中的“Everybody needs a shoulder to...”相呼应,故答案D符合文意。
17.A.cry B.rest
C.put D.carry
解析:选A。句意:在一生中,有时候每个人都会需要一个肩膀可以趴在上面哭泣。根据本段中多次出现的cry一词可推知,答案A符合文意。
18.A.accept B.get
C.need D.have
解析:选C。句意:我只希望你有足够的爱和足够多的朋友,在你需要(need)的时候,可以有个肩膀让你哭泣。与上文中的“Everybody needs a shoulder to...”相呼应,故答案C符合文意。
19.A.embarrassment B.pain
C.anger D.awareness
解析:选B。句意:就在那时,那个地方,我意识到身体最重要的部分不是一种自我的东西,而是一种对他人痛苦(pain)的同情。根据空格前的“sympathetic”和选项可知,答案B符合文意。
20.A.never B.ever
C.completely D.forever
解析:选A。句意:但是人们绝不会(never)忘记你给他们的安慰。根据此句中的“But”可知,此处与上文提到的两种情况形成对比。故答案A符合文意。
标签:高考英语试题
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